{"id":16575,"date":"2012-04-26T12:50:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T16:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?p=16575"},"modified":"2013-01-10T12:31:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T17:31:31","slug":"nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Richie and John Varvatos host &#8220;Fashion Star&#8221; party at H&#038;M flagship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/john-varvatos-and-nicole-richie\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16594\" title=\"John Varvatos and Nicole Richie at H&amp;M Fashion Star party\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/John-Varvatos-and-Nicole-Richie.jpg\" alt=\"John Varvatos and Nicole Richie at H&amp;M Fashion Star party\" width=\"590\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/John-Varvatos-and-Nicole-Richie.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/John-Varvatos-and-Nicole-Richie-420x600.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a>On Tuesday night I attended the NBC &#8220;<em><strong>Fashion Star<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; party at the <a title=\"H&amp;M\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?tag=hm\" target=\"_blank\">H&amp;M flagship store<\/a> on 51st Street and Fifth Avenues. The 3-story store was packed to the brim with celebrities, editors, bloggers and socialites, plus the designers from &#8220;<em>Fashion Star<\/em>&#8220;, buyer <strong>Nicole Christie<\/strong> and two of the show&#8217;s celebrity mentors, <a title=\"Nicole Richie\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?tag=nicole-richie\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Richie<\/a> and <a title=\"John Varvatos\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?tag=john-varvatos\" target=\"_blank\">John Varvatos<\/a>. We got our groove on to the sounds of <strong>DJ Mia Moretti<\/strong> who made it feel like a party, playing throwback hits from the 90&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/hm-fashion-star-ep-1-sarah-parrout-cut-out-mini-dress\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16591\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16591\" title=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Ep 1 Sarah Parrout cut-out mini-dress\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-1-Sarah-Parrout-cut-out-mini-dress.jpg\" alt=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Ep 1 Sarah Parrout cut-out mini-dress\" width=\"590\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-1-Sarah-Parrout-cut-out-mini-dress.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-1-Sarah-Parrout-cut-out-mini-dress-393x600.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a>One side of the store was sectioned off with mannequins dressed in the winning &#8220;<em>Fashion Star<\/em>&#8221; designs bought and sold by H&amp;M, plus the winning outfits from the night&#8217;s episode &#8211; that was yet to air! Also, <strong>Nicole <\/strong>(who looked stunning in a blue and yellow print dress and red sating heels) and <strong>John<\/strong> were hanging out giving press interviews, and the contestants were mingling in the crowd. I spotted some of my favorites, <strong>Nzimiro Oputa<\/strong>, <strong>Kara Laricks<\/strong>, <strong>Orly Shani<\/strong> and <strong>Luciana Scarabello<\/strong>, who became the first designer on the show to sell to all three retailers &#8211; H&amp;M, Saks and Macy&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/hm-fashion-star-ep-7-luciana-scarabello-floral-cap-sleeve-dress\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16586\" title=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Ep 7 Luciana Scarabello floral cap sleeve dress\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-7-Luciana-Scarabello-floral-cap-sleeve-dress.jpg\" alt=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Ep 7 Luciana Scarabello floral cap sleeve dress\" width=\"590\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-7-Luciana-Scarabello-floral-cap-sleeve-dress.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-7-Luciana-Scarabello-floral-cap-sleeve-dress-393x600.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a>I tried on Orly Shani&#8217;s winning blue dress which was super cute with the keyhole zipper detail in the back. Somehow I forgot to pick up one of Luciana Scarabello&#8217;s chic floral print dresses but I&#8217;ll be heading back to the store to try them on &#8211; if there are any left! All partygoers received a special discount, and since H&amp;M is my favorite store, of course I didn&#8217;t leave empty-handed! Check back soon to see my finds in the &#8216;<a title=\"Monie Loves Fashion\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/tag\/monie-loves-fashion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monie Loves Fashion<\/a>&#8216; section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/hm-fashion-star-ep-6-lingerie-set-designed-by-ross\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16592\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16592\" title=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Ep 6 Lingerie Set Designed by Ross\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-6-Lingerie-Set-Designed-by-Ross.jpg\" alt=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Ep 6 Lingerie Set Designed by Ross\" width=\"590\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-6-Lingerie-Set-Designed-by-Ross.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Ep-6-Lingerie-Set-Designed-by-Ross-393x600.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/hm-fashion-star-nikki-poulos-maxi-dresses\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16588\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16588\" title=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Nikki Poulos maxi dresses\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Nikki-Poulos-maxi-dresses.jpg\" alt=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Nikki Poulos maxi dresses\" width=\"590\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Nikki-Poulos-maxi-dresses.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Nikki-Poulos-maxi-dresses-393x600.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/hm-fashion-star-sarah-parrout-blazer-suspender-trouser-pants\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16590\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16590\" title=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Sarah Parrout blazer suspender trouser pants\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Sarah-Parrout-blazer-suspender-trouser-pants.jpg\" alt=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Sarah Parrout blazer suspender trouser pants\" width=\"590\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Sarah-Parrout-blazer-suspender-trouser-pants.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Sarah-Parrout-blazer-suspender-trouser-pants-393x600.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/hm-fashion-star-dresses\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16587\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16587\" title=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star dresses\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star-dresses.jpg\" alt=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star dresses\" width=\"590\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star-dresses.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star-dresses-393x600.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/hm-fashion-star-nikki-poulos-dot-print-keyhole-front-maxi-dress\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16589\" title=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Nikki Poulos dot print keyhole front maxi dress\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Nikki-Poulos-dot-print-keyhole-front-maxi-dress.jpg\" alt=\"H&amp;M Fashion Star\u00ae Nikki Poulos dot print keyhole front maxi dress\" width=\"590\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Nikki-Poulos-dot-print-keyhole-front-maxi-dress.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HM-Fashion-Star\u00ae-Nikki-Poulos-dot-print-keyhole-front-maxi-dress-393x600.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/nicole-richie-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16593\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16593\" title=\"Nicole Richie at H&amp;M Fashion Star party\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Nicole-Richie-2.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Richie at H&amp;M Fashion Star party\" width=\"590\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Nicole-Richie-2.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Nicole-Richie-2-420x600.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCheck out more H&amp;M Fashion Star winning looks at <a title=\"hmfashionstar.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hmfashionstar.com\/ \" target=\"_blank\">hmfashionstar.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Get more <a title=\"What's Haute Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s Haute<\/a> &#8211; Follow us on <a title=\" What's Haute on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/whatshaute\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and 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The 3-story store was packed to the brim with celebrities, editors, bloggers and socialites, plus the designers from &#8220;Fashion Star&#8220;, buyer Nicole Christie and two of the show&#8217;s celebrity mentors, Nicole Richie and John [&hellip;]<a href=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/nicole-richie-and-john-varvatos-host-fashion-star-party-at-hm-flagship\/\" title=\" Read More \u00bb &laquo;Nicole Richie and John Varvatos host \"Fashion Star\" party at H&#038;M flagship&raquo;\" class=\"more-link\"> Read More \u00bb <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,34,403,16,21,433,20],"tags":[9850,6264,11466,536,995,11498,11500,3894,11496,99,11497,11499,975],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16575"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16602,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16575\/revisions\/16602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}