HEIGHTSTONIAN presents Christian Siriano for Payless & F/W 2011 & SS 2012

Fashion designer, Christian Siriano loves Houston and he's back a year after participating in Fashion Houston's 2010 inaugural shows. This time he was here to push his two new lines of shoes for Payless, where I caught up with him at the Galleria November 3, 2011. The day after was a sneak peek of his SS2012 at a trunk show in the Houston Galleria's Neiman Marcus, where he was also marketing his FW2011 collection. Also in tow, a unique creation Heidi Klum wore at the Emmy Awards. Mr. Siriano was sweet enough to take the time to share all about it work, and then some! My colleagues, Jay Maroquin and Luis Soto of Metrovelvet and local fashion designer Gin Martini were in on the coverage.

See his latest collection in motion here!!

If you missed it, here is Christian's SS/2011 collection at Fashion Houston 2010, presented to you online by HEIGHTSTONIAN.

HEIGHTSTONIAN ends "MaxXandauX may" series TONIGHT!

***12-5-11 UPDATE: See Parts 5 & 6 of the debut documentary by Rachel Estrada, entitled "MaxXandauX may." I've been screening it during the monthly movie night at Avant Garden, hosted by Mike James since Monday, October 24, 2011. In this final stretch of the series, see MaxXandauX engage his "Engorged Glitterii" in back to back performances as they came together one Sunday in May 2009, including MaxXandauX's performance at Mango's, in front of a group of senior citizens. That, and an impromptu gig I personally booked at LaStrada's Sunday Funday for MaxXandauX that same afternoon. This exclusive footage of rehearsals, make-up and all the friends and fun in between, gives you, the viewer, the fan, and the friend, an inside look at MaxXandauX's love of what he does & his beauty within the performance. To see it all come together in this final stretch of "MaxXandaux may," be at Avant Garden tonight at 9:30pm. Run time: 20m. This series ENDS TONIGHT & it's not anywhere online, so who knows when you'll ever get a chance to see it again?

Original release for "MaxXandaux may"  We have screened it in its entirety once before but it's never been put online.

HEIGHTSTONIAN presents Celebrating the Career of Kay King

HEIGHTSTONIAN presents The Career of Kay King. This spectacular evening featured a reception and unique fashion retrospective celebrating the Fashionably Fabulous Career of Kay King. Many people from the Houston fashion community came together to celebrate King's stylish journey, complete with models outfitted in King's own creations. Here is a recent writeup of King by Houston Woman Magazine. Proceeds of the event benefit fashion, interior design, and beauty industry scholarships through The Fashion Group International, Inc. of Houston and the Kay King Scholarship at Houston Community College.

HEIGHTSTONIAN pictures of FASHION HOUSTON 2011

This year, I brought Tony Rio to take photos of FASHION HOUSTON 2011. He captured some fun arrivals and pieces from Spring/Summer 2012, which will be here before you know it, so take note! If you were there, you don't need me to identify "Who's Who." If you didn't go, there's always next year, so see you then. Enjoiah!!