{"id":19512,"date":"2012-12-07T17:56:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T22:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?p=19512"},"modified":"2012-12-10T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T21:13:44","slug":"lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Rinna and Kelly Rutherford don House of Romanitza at U.S. launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/romanita-kelly-rutherford-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19527\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19527\" title=\"Romanitza Iovan &amp; Kelly Rutherford\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/romanita-kelly-rutherford-2-397x600.jpg\" alt=\"Romanitza Iovan &amp; Kelly Rutherford\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/romanita-kelly-rutherford-2-397x600.jpg 397w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/romanita-kelly-rutherford-2-678x1024.jpg 678w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/romanita-kelly-rutherford-2.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a>This week, former international model\u00a0<strong>Romanitza Claudia Iovan<\/strong> debuted her fabulous Romanian\u00a0dress line, &#8220;<a title=\"House of Romanitza\" href=\"http:\/\/www.romanitza.ro\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">House of Romanitza<\/a>&#8220;, in the United States. And she had two beautiful ladies to rock the gowns for the first time &#8211; <strong>Lisa Rinna<\/strong> and <strong>Kelly Rutherford<\/strong>. Romanitza&#8217;s <strong>Butterfly<\/strong> and <strong>New York City<\/strong>-inspired collection of gowns were on display at the <strong>Kymberly Hotel<\/strong>. The red carpet ready frocks are made of luxurious materials, like handmade embroidery, silk &amp; tulle.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <strong>Romanitza<\/strong>&#8216;s gorgeous gowns that were on display at the launch event:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/romanita-kelly-rutherford\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19526\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19526\" title=\"Romanitza Iovan &amp; Kelly Rutherford\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/romanita-kelly-rutherford-397x600.jpg\" alt=\"Romanitza Iovan &amp; Kelly Rutherford\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/romanita-kelly-rutherford-397x600.jpg 397w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/romanita-kelly-rutherford-678x1024.jpg 678w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/romanita-kelly-rutherford.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ALLEGRIA \u2013 Hot Pink Top &amp; Tri-Colored Skirt Silk with Handmade Embroidery<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/romanitza-allegria-gown\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19525\" title=\"Romanitza Allegria gown\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Allegria-gown-590x390.jpg\" alt=\"Romanitza Allegria gown\" width=\"590\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Allegria-gown-590x390.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Allegria-gown-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GOLDEN BUTTERFLY &#8211; Silk &amp; Handmade Embroidery Tulle<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/romanitza-golden-butterfly-gown\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19524\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19524\" title=\"Romanitza Golden Butterfly gown\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Golden-Butterfly-gown-397x600.jpg\" alt=\"Romanitza Golden Butterfly gown\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Golden-Butterfly-gown-397x600.jpg 397w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Golden-Butterfly-gown-678x1024.jpg 678w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Golden-Butterfly-gown.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE ORCHID WEDDING DRESS \u2013 Handmade Embroidery Silk with Tulle<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/romanitza-orchid-gown\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19523\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19523\" title=\"Romanitza Orchid gown\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Orchid-gown-397x600.jpg\" alt=\"Romanitza Orchid gown\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Orchid-gown-397x600.jpg 397w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Orchid-gown-678x1024.jpg 678w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Orchid-gown.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/romanitza-orchid-gown-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19522\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19522\" title=\"Romanitza Orchid gown\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Orchid-gown-1-590x533.jpg\" alt=\"Romanitza Orchid gown\" width=\"590\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Orchid-gown-1-590x533.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Orchid-gown-1.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ORGANZA BOW \u2013 Silk with Handmade Embroidery Tulle<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/romanitza-organza-bow-gown\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19521\" title=\"Romanitza Organza Bow gown\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Organza-Bow-gown-590x481.jpg\" alt=\"Romanitza Organza Bow gown\" width=\"590\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Organza-Bow-gown-590x481.jpg 590w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Organza-Bow-gown-1024x836.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Organza-Bow-gown.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SILVER DREAM \u2013 Lace Handmade Embroidery Silk &amp; Tulle<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/romanitza-silver-dream-gown\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19520\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19520\" title=\"Romanitza Silver Dream gown\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Silver-Dream-gown-397x600.jpg\" alt=\"Romanitza Silver Dream gown\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Silver-Dream-gown-397x600.jpg 397w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Silver-Dream-gown-678x1024.jpg 678w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Romanitza-Silver-Dream-gown.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About\u00a0Romanitza<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Romanitza Claudia Iovan, a former model, famous designer and business woman, is the founder and head of the &#8220;Romanitza&#8221; fashion house in Romania. Starting her design business in 1991, Romanitza&#8217;s unique style struck a cord with Romania&#8217;s elite and within a few short years, Romanitza became one of the most successful and respected designers in Romania. Her collections were profiled in magazines around the world and speak to a forward thinking aristocratic air.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Romanitza&#8217;s debut show was called &#8220;Coco Chanel and Edith Piaf Redivius.&#8221; In 2007 she found inspiration in the Butterfly, known for its elegance and femininity using Grecian style dresses to symbolize free flowing beauty and flight. She was also garnered with the prestigious honor of designing the costumes for the first Romanian Opera production of &#8220;Romeo and Juliet&#8221; since the revolution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In bringing her designs to New York she hopes to attract a new audience and open a fashion house in New York City in the first quarter of 2013 as well as enter the world of Hollywood style by getting her dresses on the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of new York society and hip chic celebrities in NY and LA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Photos: Oscar Herrera<\/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 &#8216;Like&#8217; us on <a title=\"What's Haute on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/whatshaute\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, former international model\u00a0Romanitza Claudia Iovan debuted her fabulous Romanian\u00a0dress line, &#8220;House of Romanitza&#8220;, in the United States. And she had two beautiful ladies to rock the gowns for the first time &#8211; Lisa Rinna and Kelly Rutherford. Romanitza&#8217;s Butterfly and New York City-inspired collection of gowns were on display at the Kymberly Hotel. [&hellip;]<a href=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/lisa-rinna-and-kelly-rutherford-don-house-of-romanitza-at-u-s-launch\/\" title=\" Read More \u00bb &laquo;Lisa Rinna and Kelly Rutherford don House of Romanitza at U.S. launch&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":[8,34,403,16],"tags":[5130,13041,13045,13046,380,13043,13044,13042],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512"}],"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=19512"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19534,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512\/revisions\/19534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}