As the fittings progress, so does the dress.
I love my designer Alina Pizzano! She is creating such dreamy dress. The Golden Globes…
My first Red Carpet interview 2014
The folks at Red Carpet Report took a great shot of us on the Annie Red Carpet and kicked off all the interviews. Check out the 2 links. http://www.flickr.com/photos/minglemediatv/12298442223/ Click to watch the Mingle Media interview The Red Carpet experience is always fun, interesting and exciting. It’s also a very humbling experience if you are not a…
Paying Homage to the Designer
My 2013 Road to the Red Carpet is complete. The Oscars paid homage to the designers on the red carpet and I wanted to follow suit here. So, to the incredible Alina Pizzano: From Concept to Couture, I present The Ribbon Dress.
Red Carpet @ The Oscars
As the Oscars approach, I can’t help but think of all the famous and infamous people who will be required to walk the gauntlet of photographers, reporters, interviewers and fans on the “Red Carpet”. It is an awesome, incredible, overwhelming and humbling experience. I have now walked the Annie Awards Red Carpet twice; a square…
Red Carpet Follow Up Fun
I met a wonderful photographer, Billy Bennight, at the Annie Awards. These are some of his images. He wrote an article for LA Beat about the event. Click here on Billy to read his Annie experience! It is an award show like no other! Another photographer, Shelly Waldman, asked to do a photo shoot about the…
Red Carpet at The Annie Awards
Check out the first shot of my Alina Pizzano on the Red Carpet. 2013 Annie Awards. Hair and Make up by Kathleen Hagen. Haute couture and comfort. This dress is a dream! More photos to come.
Watch the Annie Awards Live
Once again the Annie Awards will be shown streaming live. Click Here to enjoy the best in Animation! February 2, 2013, 7pm PST
Final peek at the Pizzano -Red Carpet 2013
A sneak peek at my Alina Pizzano before I get to wear it down the Red Carpet tomorrow night. It is luscious!
The Hosts for the Annie Awards!
Comedy always has a rule of 3, and this year are we in for a treat! Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, & Leonard Maltin, will all 3 host the 40th Annual Annie Awards! And for the comedy 4th, a special appearance from Seth Green. I can’t imagine a better night of animation, fun, laughs and awards! Saturday night, February…
Count Down to Annies 2013
The awards show is this weekend and my Alina Pizzano dress is looking amazing. The artistry is beyond words. Pictures can tell you the colors, but can only hint at the texture and flow. Shelly Waldman a lovely gal and fabulous photographer, is shooting some “making of” shots & video, and will also be joining…
Art Couture-Road to the Red Carpet 2013
Less than 2 weeks to the 40th Annual Annie Awards! The excitement is building and my dress is getting closer to the red carpet, stitch by stitch! Actually, my Pizzano design took a special, multi-needle machine to sew & create several 3-dimensional panels. The design is a work of art, the likes of which I’ve never seen! Each panel…
The inside of couture-Road to the Red Carpet 2013
Now construction begins. Seriously, this is the inside of haute couture. Or in my case, the inside of my bodice. Alina has built the bodice of the dress and has put it on me inside out. She is nipping and tucking and making it fit like a glove. However, she also has to make sure it isn’t too tight,…
I am the canvas! Road to the RC-2013
OMG! Alina is drawing on me!! Thank goodness I’m not that ticklish. Although I was surprised when she pulled out the marker, I could barely feel her markings and the ink didn’t soak through. Could you imagine?!! Many designers will create a muslin gown, or sheath and then proceed to draw their design directly on…
Concept to Couture 2013
Alina Pizzano pulled out her dream book and designed something long, stunning, and 3D just for me. Here is the sketch of the dress. It doesn’t show the cape off the left shoulder, that can be wrapped around me to keep the February chill at bay. (It gets really cold on the Red Carpet!) The swatch is a sample…
Road to the Red Carpet #2
Alina and I headed downtown to the garment district, to check out fabric. All those colors, textures and patterns were so overwhelming! Thank goodness Alina knew just what she was looking for, and this year, dahhhlings, it looks like we are going red! Oh, but don’t think solid red, oh no, red and then some!…
Road to the Red Carpet #1
I met the very talented Alina Pizzano at her shop and we went over some sketches. Her gowns are divine and her drawings for my dress, exquisite. However, I am no Angelina Jolie. I just couldn’t see myself in a sultry, tight, mermaid cut gown. I tried one on once and the lovely flare that was supposed to flare…
Road to the Red Carpet 2013
I’m so excited to once again be the announcer for the 40th Annual Annie Awards. 8 years now, and this year I will be gracing the red carpet in an Alina Pizzano original. I’m looking forward to more updates and pictures as we jouney down the road from concept to couture, culminating on the big night of Februry 2nd,…