🍃🪻Happy June!🪻🍃

Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby Drink Prices

🏇Kentucky Derby Week Bag Policy🏇

Churchill Downs Racetrack will enforce a restricted bag policy from Saturday, April 27th, 2024 through Derby Day (Saturday, May 4th, 2024). Each guest is permitted one bag no larger than 12″ x 6″ x 12″. Here is the link to purchase this clear messenger bag from the Kentucky Derby Museum store:

https://derbymuseumstore.com/Products/KentuckyDerbyIconClearMessengerBagwithZipper.aspx?skuid=1027543

Lily Pulitzer

Style Challenge-Catherine Walker London

Are my Lovely Readers ready for a new Style Challenge? I found these beautiful winter dresses on the "Catherine Walker London" website. I was looking for wool dresses and found coat dresses as well. I had a coat dress in the 1990's that I loved. I haven't seen them very often since then. #1 isn't a coat dress but I like its classic style. I like the collar and bow details on coat dress #2. The company makes several retro styles like coat dress #3. Please choose 1., 2. or 3.❄

https://www.catherinewalker.com/

https://www.instagram.com/catherinewalkerlondon?igsh=Z3czemNjN2s2MmIz

#kentuckyfashion 

#kentuckyfashionbypamelaowen

#stylechallenge 

#cathrinewalkerlondon

#coatdress 

#retrocoatdress

#womenover50 

#womenover60

2024 Suggestions

Instead of making New Year's resolutions maybe adopting some new habits will improve your life.😉

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#kentuckyfashionbypamelaowen 

#newyearsresolutions2024

Matching Plaids

I'm old enough to remember when manufacturers always made sure their plaid garments were matched at the seams. Things are different now and many buyers are unaware that their plaid purchases should match. I'm not going to reveal the name of this coat's popular clothing brand or the store that sells it. I'm using these pictures to illustrate how the plaids on all the seams have not been matched. If it opens in the front always check the to see if the plaids match when buttoned or zipped. Then check the side seams to make sure the plaids are matched there. On this coat it appears that the front plaids match but the side seams don't. Look at arms and see if the plaids match with the front and back of the coat unlike this one. The plaids almost match in front but they don't in the back. Look at the back of this coat and you can see that the back section of fabric hasn't been matched with the sides. The pocket flaps don't match on the front of the coat. Always check the shoulders where the plaids from the front should match the plaids from the back. Matching plaids when sewing a garment requires extra fabric and labor. It's much faster when you don't match them especially in a clothing factory. Often the higher priced brands make sure their plaid garments match. I would spend the extra money to have a better quality piece than one that is cheaply made.

#plaidcoat

Happy 12th Anniversary Kentucky Fashion by Pamela Owen!

Kentucky Fashion by Pamela Owen on Facebook is 12 years old today. It's been a fun fashion hobby and I never thought it would last this long. It's so gratifying to run into people in Louisville who follow me and play my Style Challenges. I appreciate the many compliments over the years and hope to continue for many years to come. 

I still have my Kentucky Fashion Pinterest and Instagram accounts. The links are below.

The first picture of me was taken in 2015 by my daughter Rachel Hood Barr, owner of RHB Photography. The business card is what I've used for my Cover picture for several years. The third picture was made by our friends at MKJ Marketing shortly after I launched this page. The last picture was taken last month at the The Monarchs Louisville Halloween dance. My husband David has been a vocalist with the band for 14 years. Our friend Bill Woods snapped this picture while we were enjoying a rare slow dance. We have been married for 45 years.❤️ He is always so pleased when one of his friends mentions Kentucky Fashion to him.😁

Thank you again Lovely Readers for supporting me on Facebook since November 5, 2011 when I sat at my computer with my finger hovering over the keyboard waiting for the "courage to launch" the page. I have never regretted it.💝

E-mail: kentuckyfashion@gmail.com 

https://www.instagram.com/pamela_owen/

http://pinterest.com/KentuckyFashion/

Thank You Lovely Readers

🌹 I had a wonderful surprise today. A Kentucky Fashion Follower named Dorothy L. saw me at a local fruit market and introduced herself. I was thrilled to meet her in person. She complimented my Style Challenges and told me how much she enjoyed them.😊 I saw my friends Judy D. and Patricia J. Saturday night who also follow my page and told me they love to play the Style Challenges.😍 My friend Teresa Q. never fails to compliment me whenever she calls.😘 I appreciate my personal friends and My Lovely Readers giving me positive feedback on my posts.👍I want to thank ALL of you for sticking with me since 2011 when I launched Kentucky Fashion by Pamela Owen.💝

Dina Merrill

My favorite film that she starred in was "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" in 1963. Dina's character is a fashion consultant and her fabulous wardrobe was designed by Helen Rose. This is from Dina's biography on IMDb.

"It would have been pretty difficult for willowy actress/model Dina Merrill to have pulled off playing a commoner on stage, film or TV in her day. She reeked of elegance and class. The epitome of style, poise and glamour, the New York-born socialite and celebrity was born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton on December 29, 1923, the daughter of E.F. Hutton, the financier and founder of the Wall Street firm that bore his name, and heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, of the Post cereal fortune. Although Dina made elegant, elaborate use of her upbringing over the decades, she handled it all positively and graciously without tabloid incidents, instilling these same refined credentials into a large portion of her characters."🎬

Click on this link to read more about her:  https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0581277/bio/

#dinamerrill

#helenrose

#oldhollywood

In Celebration of the "Forget Me Not"

This is how I styled our Teri Jon powder blue, chiffon evening gown from Glasscock Boutique. I was inspired by this beautiful "Forget Me Not" bridal bouquet. I styled the outfit suitable for a mother of the bride or groom. I chose the double strand pearl necklace with the Aquamarine stones because pearl accessories are classic wedding attire. I chose the Aquamarine and diamond earrings because they are a set with the pearl necklace. I chose the white heels for their blue stone and pearl embellishments. I chose the pearl evening bag with the crystal clasp to coordinate with the necklace. I like these classic accessories because they would be easy to wear with other special event clothing. Imagine them with a simple white dress in the warm months and a black dress in the cool months.💎

This second collage is how the majority of my Lovely Readers styled the evening gown.

Thank you again for playing this Style Challenge. The next time you need an outfit for a special event or the Kentucky Oaks or Derby please check out the selection at Glasscock Boutique and Glasscock Too. They will give you the personal service so lacking in most clothing stores today.

https://shopglasscockboutique.com/collections/teri-jon-1

#kentuckyfashionbypamelaowen 

#stylechallenge 

#terijon 

#glasscockboutique 

#motherofthebride 

#motherofthegroom 

#summerwedding2023

#aquamarinejewelry 

#forgetmenotbouquet