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FOR OUR RETAILERS: - Tuesday, April 4, 2017
<div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Greetings Fabulous Retail Community!<br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Thank you for your interest in joining Lydia Place for our 5th Annual&nbsp;<a href="https://lydiaplace.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/HandbagsforHousing2017/tabid/861143/Default.aspx" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://lydiaplace.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/HandbagsforHousing2017/tabid/861143/Default.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491422300036000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHqFFZJGwMh2N9r1m8fZMJb8RjkGg" style="color: #1155cc;">Handbags for Housing</a>&nbsp;Fashion &amp; Fun event June 8th, at The Depot Market Square.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Our theme this year is,&nbsp;<strong><em>"Its All About The Handbag"</em></strong>, and we are pulling out all the stops to make this the best and most fashion forward event ever!</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong>The fashion show is a key component of the event.&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><br /> </strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">This year, we are doing a mash-up of our traditional fashion show, and incorporating our Live Auction - by having our stores carry a featured Live Auction handbag, and then auctioning the bag off the model after your last store model has walked the runway. This will give your trio of models even more time on the runway and be an exciting to challenge to build a collection around a featured designer bag! We hope this will be a fun and exciting new spin on this event for you and our guests.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">The fashion show will be hosted in a Bryant Park style white tent (3200 square feet) next to the Depot Market, and is a professional and polished showcase of some of our community's top retail shops (THAT'S YOU!).<br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">And... if you would like to enjoy additional marketing benefits for this inspired event welcoming over 500 ladies (and men) to a night of fashion and fabulous-ness, select any level of sponsorship, and the Runway Participant features will apply!</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">We will have a dynamic judging panel that will be scoring each collection based on the following&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"> <ul> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Cohesive Collection&nbsp;<br /> </span></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Avante Garde<br /> </span></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Best Incorporation of Assigned/ Featured Handbag&nbsp;<br /> </span></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Peoples Choice&nbsp;<br /> </span></li> </ul> </div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong>WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE LAST YEAR?&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/%E2%80%A6/local/article81610742.html" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.bellinghamherald.com/%E2%80%A6/local/article81610742.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491422300036000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHn-38IaCJYptCYx5lDvk0OWrPLmg" style="color: #1155cc;">CLICK HERE!</a></strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OTHER THINGS TO NOTE</span></strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong style="text-align: left;">COUPON SLEEVE:</strong><span style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;There will be a coupon sleeve that you can contribute a store discount to.&nbsp; You will need to provide 400 coupons. Find details in the packet.&nbsp;</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong style="text-align: left;">VIP GOODIE BAG:</strong><span style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;All our VIP guests will receive a tote filled with fabulous items and samples from our event participants.&nbsp;</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> <div style="text-align: center;">We hope this helps to add to exposure and fun for everyone. You will need to provide 175 items/goodies for the bag. Find details in the packet.&nbsp;</div> </span><br /> </span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong style="text-align: left;">SILENT AUCTION HANDBAG:&nbsp;</strong><span style="text-align: left;">Your shop will contribute a bag valued at $100 or more (can be filled with items to make this the total) and be an additional advertising feature at the event.&nbsp;</span></span></div> </div> <div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong style="text-align: left;"><br /> </strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong style="text-align: left;">LIVE AUCTION BAG:&nbsp;</strong><span style="text-align: left;">You will be building your store's three piece collection around your assigned handbag. Want to feature a bag from your store instead one assigned? Let's talk! Call me and we can make it work!</span></span></div> <div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">________________</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><img alt="" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&amp;ik=4b99ad9cf6&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15b3629211e55949&amp;attid=0.0.1&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=ii_j0x1yc1p0_15b219ff677b0b83&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ8fvAifkiudQvII78sW0lZQBfSnZXYoTiEVHTgVNHsXjX-nBReKuSb_nY9uwxZ7V-aWGabc2hT03nkFXZ54SWtaxiEBn0TCshqX-1gvYGF6nBJZqhpZVMqDtz4&amp;sz=w428-h434&amp;ats=1491335900035&amp;rm=15b3629211e55949&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1" width="214" height="217" class="m_1522668690560665949m_-7493773369043702897gmail-m_-1657218381432477536CToWUd m_1522668690560665949m_-7493773369043702897gmail-m_-1657218381432477536a6T m_1522668690560665949m_-7493773369043702897gmail-CToWUd m_1522668690560665949m_-7493773369043702897gmail-a6T m_1522668690560665949CToWUd m_1522668690560665949a6T CToWUd a6T" tabindex="0" style="margin-right: 0px;" /><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">In our above downloadable links, please find our <a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/509d8670da7689dfdb78435ee/files/384bd5aa-560b-4f16-a0fa-05b042776a47/Handbags_Sponsor_Form_2017_.pdf">Sponsor Packet</a> &amp; <a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/509d8670da7689dfdb78435ee/files/87e89ede-9bed-447c-a50d-8a046ebc717e/STOREPACKET.pdf">Runway Participant Packet</a>.&nbsp;</span></div> <p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">These contain:&nbsp;</span></p> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><em>SPONSOR PACKET:&nbsp;</em></strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><em>Sponsor Form - due by May 1st</em></strong></span></div> <p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><em>(or fill out online)</em></strong></span></p> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><em></em></strong><strong style="color: #222222;"><em>RUNWAY PACKET: &nbsp;</em></strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong style="color: #222222;"><em>Check-list&nbsp;</em></strong><br /> <em><strong>R</strong></em><em><strong>unway Participant Form - due by May 2nd&nbsp;</strong></em></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><em>----You can scan these and&nbsp;send me a copy prior to May 2nd. ---</em></strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><em><strong>Runway Model Sheet - due by May 19th&nbsp;</strong></em></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><em><strong>Model&nbsp;Info Sheet (For&nbsp;Model)&nbsp;</strong></em></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><em><strong>When Complete Send To: <a href="mailto:kylef@lydiaplace.org">kylef@lydiaplace.org</a></strong></em></span></div> <p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em></span></p> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Want to register now, and get the fashion ball rolling?&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Register online now at:&nbsp;<a href="http://handbagsforhousing.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://handbagsforhousing.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1491422300036000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuQV2YTUh_8fMTwHEYR42q0mnTtQ" style="color: #1155cc;">handbagsforhousing.com</a></span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Thank you so much for your consideration of partnership for this exciting event.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><br /> </span></div> <div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Best wishes</span></div> <p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Kyle Fuller &amp; Shultzie Willows&nbsp;</span></p> 

 

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