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| Carol Hannah Showroom and Studio at 39th St. and 9th Ave. in the Garment District |
My amazing cousin is getting married in October. The dress has been purchased, the venue has been booked, and all was left -- other than a lot of other details that for the sake of simplification we are going to ignore right now and I'm not really in any position to talk about it anyway -- was to find some bling for the bride-to-be. Thus, Saturday was a jammed packed morning of familial bonding between my cousin, my sister, and me through bridal stores up and down Manhattan. After my falling down the subway stairs, an obligatory trip to Club Monaco, and browsing through accessories at Saja Bridal and Kleinfeld's, we wandered our way through Midtown over to 39th and 9th to Carol Hannah Whitfield's studio. If the name sounds familiar, that's probably because Carol Hannah placed 3rd in season 6 of "Project Runway." If it didn't, well, now you know.
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| Left: Collection of previous season gowns and party dresses; Right: Carol Hannah and I (forgive me, I have no make-up on and was on little sleep). |
If we didn't have the address on hand, it would have be hard to distinguish where the studio was from the outside, other than by a little "Sample Sale" banner poking through the window. However, inside was a veritable treasure trove of all things pretty, with the walls decorated with torn pages from old books and plants and lights strewn like garlands from the ceiling. We buzzed in from the outside, and imagine our surprise when the door opened and there was Carol Hannah herself. Of course, this in turn yielded a five-second "Project Runway" freak-out.
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