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Behind the Scenes: Lucky FABB Conference

September 8, 2011

To kick off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and Social Media Week, Lucky Magazine hosted their FABB Conference, otherwise known as the Lucky Fashion and Beauty Blogger Conference. As a beauty blogger I’m most appreciative of this event. I see conferences for mommy bloggers, wine bloggers, tech bloggers…but I’ve never seen a conference for beauty bloggers. So kudos to Lucky Magazine for not forgetting about us and even more-so for no lumping up together with fashion bloggers and appreciating our unique voices about everything beauty.

Lucky Fabb panel Diane Von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg and Brandon Holley

The conference started off with designer Diane von Furstenberg as keynote speaker. Diane is so down to earth and I know that is such as cliched phrase but it’s so true. She came from humble beginnings in Belgium, she had a clear vision of the woman that she wanted to be and she manifested an empire. She was the perfect speaker to start the day off with, she gave candid advice sprinkled with a little humor. Diane also shared her three rules for women:

1. The most important relationship you will ever have is the one you make with yourself.

2. All women should have children.

3. It is very important for women to have an identity outside of their career.

Amen Diane.

Diane Von Furstenberg Lucky Magazine keynote speaker
Diane von Furstenberg

Panel like Brands & Bloggers working Together and Setting the Trends are always blogging conference favorites. Most of the advice given was to “be authentic” and to “find your own voice”. Now if they only have a panel on that advice…

We heard from industry professionals like Katia Beauchamp who is the Cofounder of Birchbox and Essie Weingarten, Founder, Essie Cosmetics. It was nice to see that beauty brands were represented, and I loved hearing from brands that i write about. I think that every beauty blogger has swatched an Essie nail polish a time or two!

Essie Weingarten at Lucky Fabb
If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not taking enough risks. ~Essie Weingarten

Rebecca Minkoff, Rachel Roy and Coco Rocha on Building Your Brand

Rebecca Minkoff, Rachel Roy, Coco Rocha at Lucky FABB
Rebecca Minkoff, Rachel Roy, Coco Rocha

And of course the panel would not be complete with some well know bloggers like Phil Oh, Founder, Street Peeper.

Setting the Trends Panel with "Street Peeper" and "Man Repeller"
Setting the Trends Panel with "Street Peeper" and "Man Repeller"

And just when you thought that you’d seen the Kardashian sisters everywhere, well they were at Lucky FABB too. The ladies were polite, funny and answered a few questions while being filmed for their reality series. I’ll admit that I’m a Kardashian fan so I was incredibly excited to see that they were speaking at FABB.

Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian
Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian
Kim Kardashians engagement ring!
Sorry but I had to take a photo of Kim's engagement ring!
The Kardashians
The Kardashians again!
 Kourtney Kardashian at Lucky FABB
Kourtney Kardashian

The full day conference ended with closing remarks from Brandon Holley followed by a fun cocktail party. Lucky also honored bloggers with an awards ceremony presented by Zappos.com.

This is my second time at Lucky FABB and I’ll be there again in February. Aside from enjoying a carefully curated panel, Lucky provided bloggers with an opportunity to connect with one another in real life. I met a few people that I follow on Twitter and it’s refreshing to put a face to a name and blog.

Should you go to Lucky Fabb? If you’re a beauty or fashion blogger, abolutely.

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Filed Under: Events Tagged: Coco Rocha, Diane von Furstenberg, Essie Cosmetics, Essie Weingarten, Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Lucky FABB, Lucky Magazine, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Rebecca Minkoff, Street Peeper

Comments

  1. For Those About To Shop says

    September 9, 2011 at 11:48 am

    Oh, I’ve always loved DVF but now I love her even more! I love when women say things I’m afraid to say like… I didn’t feel complete until I had children and you really haven’t lived until you’ve had children!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      September 9, 2011 at 8:27 pm

      I was pleasantly surprised by her motherhood comment as well, I love being a mom!

      Reply
  2. Gina @ MommyPosh.com says

    September 9, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    Wow this looked like amazing event..I attended IFB con and too had an amazing day..bummer that it was on the same day. hmmm so many choices during NYFW

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      September 9, 2011 at 8:28 pm

      It was a great event but yes, there is SO much going on during fashion week. I hope that you were able to catch it on the livestream!

      Reply
  3. Geena (@qgeevirgnyc) says

    September 17, 2011 at 10:45 am

    Nicole I liked this article! It was interesting and comforting to know when it comes to pampering ourselves we (Women) at the end-of-the-day enjoy and love “BEAUTY and LUXURY”
    And of course it was exciting to see some pics of the renowned DIANE VON FURSTENBERG and the fun-loving KARDASHIAN SISTERS!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      September 18, 2011 at 6:22 pm

      Thank you, I’m glad that you enjoyed the post.

      Reply

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