Fashion Week S/S 2012 Dinner Party

At my place from left to right: Brittany Conner, Lindsey Menner, Rachel Conner, Lindsey Slipher, Kiley Duke and Megan Giannini. I jumped in the photo on the right.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Fashion Week! But while all the New Yorkers, Parisians, Londoners and Milanese have glamorous fashion events galore at their fingertips, us Hoosiers have to work a little bit harder to celebrate.

Me, Brittany and Rachel. I felt like J.Lo in this outfit, although that wasn't the original plan.

Since my sister Rachel, my cousin Brittany, and I all live conveniently close to each other in the Mass Ave/Lockerbie area, we decided to host a progressive fashion dinner party to toast the spring/summer fashion shows. Fashion week makes us a little bit wistful, since we all used to live around the NYC fashion action (especially Brittany, who just moved back), but this time, we brought the fashion to us! 

Left: Lindsey and Rachel. Right: Me, Lindsey Kiley and Megan.

We invited all our most fashionable friends to wear their best runway inspired ensembles and join us in a evening of food, fun, and obvie, fashion. We even used the American Fashion Cookbook, full of recipes from CFDA members, for some of the dishes. Food and fashion are my two favorite things, so I love tying them together whenever possible.

Some detail shots from our runway inspired outfits

Brittany made the super cute menu. For more on the food and recipes, go to IndySlim

We started off at Rachel's Mass Ave apartment with Derek Lam's yellowtail crudo, edamame and cucumber, mint and lemon martinis. We bought the yellowtail at Kona's Fish Market, and it was delish. Afterwards, we headed to my place for the main course, Diane von Furstenberg's Saturday Night Chicken, and a few bottles of white wine. 

 Left: Brittany and I at her apartment. Note that she's still taller barefoot. So unfair! Right: Brittany making some kickass St. Germain champagne cocktails.

Kiley pretending that she made the cupcakes, but we all know the real truth.

Dessert was Spiced Rosé Gelatin With Peaches, mini strawberry cupcakes and St. Germain and Champagne cocktails at Brittany's new place in the Maxwell. For more on the food, including recipes, check out my sister and my blog, Indy Slim.

 At The Libertine...

...with absinthe cocktails... yeah buddy!

We finished the night at The Libertine, Neal and Lindy Brown's new bar on Washington Street. The cocktails were glorious, and it was a great spot for a fashionable night cap.