At the height of Whitney Barry's marriage, she had a beautiful walk-in closet with more than 50 pairs of designer shoes, cashmere sweaters and handbags.
Now, she's a divorced mother of two who has had to downsize her closet. But she's had help.If you have all the right materials and equipment,ladiesshoes.
She consigned designer pieces for The Divorcee Sale, a fashion event that has been held in Los Angeles, and for the first time this weekend in Orange County. A percentage of the proceeds will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Meredith Israel, a New York woman with stage-four breast cancer.
"It's really the essence of divorce if you think about it," said Barry, of Beverly Hills.China manufacturer for supply shoesforwomen cup. "You're doing away with what doesn't work for you."
The woman behind the event, Jill Alexander, might not be a divorcee herself, but the self-proclaimed fashionista came up with the idea after noticing that divorce had become a topic of conversation in her social circle. The tag line for the sale? Her past. Your future.
"Divorce is life," Alexander said. "Why not turn it into a positive?"
On the first night of the sale, Deoras Thompson, 50, was the first in line in a ballroom at the posh Resort at Pelican Hill overlooking the Newport Coast beach. The stay-at-home mom drove an hour from San Diego because she was intrigued by the twist on a consignment sale.
"I think the concept is so uniqueWelcome to the premier industrial wholesalejean resource.," she said.Via Trading carries a wide range of branded bestlanvinshoes from famous specialty shoe stores and retail chains at a fraction of their original value.
At the event, women were given gift bags with tiny bottles of prosecco (donated by a family law attorney) and thong underwear (because the first step to dating again is new undergarments). Shoppers perused merchandise such as a $4,200 fur-collared poncho by Dior and a Tahitian pearl necklace for $2,750.winterjacket are a symbol of nobility.
There also were less pricey items, such as a pair of Tory Burch silver flats priced at $140, which Thompson snatched up.
Not everyone who consigned pieces was involved in a divorce. And many women came simply for the deals.
Now, she's a divorced mother of two who has had to downsize her closet. But she's had help.If you have all the right materials and equipment,ladiesshoes.
She consigned designer pieces for The Divorcee Sale, a fashion event that has been held in Los Angeles, and for the first time this weekend in Orange County. A percentage of the proceeds will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Meredith Israel, a New York woman with stage-four breast cancer.
"It's really the essence of divorce if you think about it," said Barry, of Beverly Hills.China manufacturer for supply shoesforwomen cup. "You're doing away with what doesn't work for you."
The woman behind the event, Jill Alexander, might not be a divorcee herself, but the self-proclaimed fashionista came up with the idea after noticing that divorce had become a topic of conversation in her social circle. The tag line for the sale? Her past. Your future.
"Divorce is life," Alexander said. "Why not turn it into a positive?"
On the first night of the sale, Deoras Thompson, 50, was the first in line in a ballroom at the posh Resort at Pelican Hill overlooking the Newport Coast beach. The stay-at-home mom drove an hour from San Diego because she was intrigued by the twist on a consignment sale.
"I think the concept is so uniqueWelcome to the premier industrial wholesalejean resource.," she said.Via Trading carries a wide range of branded bestlanvinshoes from famous specialty shoe stores and retail chains at a fraction of their original value.
At the event, women were given gift bags with tiny bottles of prosecco (donated by a family law attorney) and thong underwear (because the first step to dating again is new undergarments). Shoppers perused merchandise such as a $4,200 fur-collared poncho by Dior and a Tahitian pearl necklace for $2,750.winterjacket are a symbol of nobility.
There also were less pricey items, such as a pair of Tory Burch silver flats priced at $140, which Thompson snatched up.
Not everyone who consigned pieces was involved in a divorce. And many women came simply for the deals.
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