Introducing, Veronica, the model

While the house has been under renovation (we’re on 8 years and 3 weeks and still counting…), the wife of one of the workmen stopped by one afternoon. Lesley had worked in the New York fashion world for 12 years. She is just amazing, funny and super sweet. (Her husband is cool too, but I’m not sure how he would feel if I called him “sweet.”)

They moved here, as many of us do, because they visited friends and fell in love with Wilmington. But what’s a fashionista to do in Wilmy-wood?
Design, design, design. Lesley has opened her virtual clothing store, Just Like Honey Clothing...but she would also love to meet and talk...and sew for any of her new (and soon-to-be-new) Wilmington friends. And Tuesday night she invited Veronica to be one of her models at a fashion show at the Wilmington Tea Room. (We love the tea room, by the way, and it has a perfect location: right on the Riverwalk.)

Okay, moms and dads, these are cute clothes. The colors are vibrant and the cloth, purchased in New York during Lesley's buying binges, are funky and fun.
What's even better is a lot of the outfits can be up-fitted for moms, without looking like you are wearing the identical outfit as your mini-me. (I covet the outfit Lesley was wearing at the fashion show.)
Cool, one-of-a-kind clothing and a super neat person to deal with: priceless!
As for Veronica, her brush with the catwalk may not have launched her modeling career. Since Tuesday she's decided she needs to practice her acting skills and wants to try out for any local plays.
But I know Veronica will be glad to donate her time on the catwalk any time Lesley asks. (Even if my daughter missed the cookies.)

P.S. - These photos are from Veronica's fitting with Lesley, not from the fashion show. My pictures didn't turn out well from the fashion show.