“Holiday Fashion Highlights” on The Bella Petite Hour

PETITE FASHION EXPERTS

The Bella Petite Hour with Host Ann Lauren is coming to you live with “Holiday Fashion Highlights” on December 15th! The show will feature two guests: Bella Petite’s very own fashion expert, Kim Williams Dahlman, and fashion designer Fernanda Carneiro. The show will be an excellent mix of holiday fashion advice and fashion designer insights.

FERNANDA CARNEIRO FASHION DESIGNER

Fernanda Carniero was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil and moved to the United States at age five. Carneiro showed a penchant for design at a young age, cultivating her creativity under her grandmother, from whom she inherited her refined taste for clothing design and impeccable construction.

Carniero graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in marketing and went on to complete her education at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles. FIDM’s provided excellent opportunities for an upcoming designer to network with working professionals and current fashion houses, according to Carneiro. Upon graduation she received and accepted an offer to work in production and design for major fashion label BCBG Max Azria.

Carneiro also explained why she is not an exclusively petite designer, “the word ‘petite’ has a bad rep in the industry by the buyers,” she says, so she decided to offer “contemporary sizing as well as petite.” In fact, she tells us her clothing line is “not scaled according to petite or contemporary sizing standards.” Carneiro has developed “signature sizing for more of the latina frame.” Meaning the hip sizing is a bit wider to accommodate real figures like hers and she’s 5′4″. Not necessarily the typical straight cut fashion frame.

What we’ve learned is that Fernanda Carneiro is an innovative and fresh designer not falling in line with the expected fashion standards. She utilizes true petite models in her advertising campaigns, and since she sent bella petite her 2010 look book, we can confirm it features petite models! Here’s a sample of Fernanda Carneiro’s 2010 collection, we thought it would be great to give you a sneak peek at her “little black dress,” perfect for any occasion, along with a wonderful white dress ready for spring. Change is coming in the fashion world and Bella Petite Magazine, in harmony with fabulous designers like Fernanda Carneiro, will make it happen!

Working for BCBG gave her the experience and the working knowledge she required to launch her namesake label Fernanda Carneiro in 2008. The capsule collection premiered with vivid silk dresses and separates. Carneiro strives to create pieces that are elegant, timeless, innovative and versatile. Created upon a foundation of meticulous construction, refined fabric selection and ingenious design conception to embody the modern woman. Fernanda Carneiro debuted her 2010 spring collection as a winner of the first Fashion Angel Awards Emerging Designer. Carneiro’s collection is fit for the stars as seen on petite celebrities: 5′2″ Anika Noni Rose, 5′3″ Julie Benz, 5′4″ Roselyn Sanchez, 5′2″ Melonie Diaz and 5′3″ Kirsten Storms to name a few. One things is for certain, Fernanda Carneiro has stars in her future!

Fernanda Carneiro 2010 Collection “Look Book” Photographer: Nick Gill

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KIM WILLIAMS DAHLMAN: PETITE FASHION EXPERT & AUTHOR

Kim Williams Dahlman first show was totally interesting and the response was fabulous from our listener’s, so we are very excited to have Kim back! She’s Bella Petite’s noted “Petite Fashion Expert,” and she most recently posted an article on Bella Petite about “The Little Black Dress.” She’ll be talking to us about the latest holiday styles and trends, the importance of the wardrobe essential “Little Black Dress,” as well as hot list accessories of the season. You’ll be smokin hot and ready for all your Christmas and New Year’s parties! You can expect Bella Petite to provide you with great advice from industry experts. Our goal is to keep it fresh, informative and on the cutting edge of the fashion world. We guarantee to cover all the latest trends and styles for petites! Get your very own copy of the essential fashion accessory every petite woman needs The Petite Handbook! It’s the perfect little book to throw in your purse, so you can use the reference guide as you shop!

Bella Petite Hour Radio Show

Next Tuesday, December 15th at 10:00 am PST or 1:00 pm EDT, LIVE on AmericasWebRadio.com we’ll feature informative and relevant guest in the fashion world beginning with Fernanda Carineiro, a talented fashion designer, and Kim Dahlman, petite fashion expert. Together we’ll discuss interesting fashion industry insights, offer great holiday fashion highlights, review trends, provide advice and more! We’ll answer all your questions about what’s in and what’s out this year. If you have questions or comments for our guest, please leave them here and we’ll discuss them on show.