Retailers: What better way to promote your hat business than by offering your customers the experience of meeting the designer of your store’s one-of-a-kind millinery creations in person at your store? That Garrison Girl Trunk Shows present that unique moment annually in both the Spring and Fall, affording your clientele a prime shopping opportunity to purchase “that special hat” and to compliment “that special outfit” with floral pins, fascinators, chokers, hat pins, jewelry, and other fashion accessories.
With Chris in attendance, she is able to offer suggestions and advice regarding a client’s choice of hats, fascinators, and accessories such as Floral Pins, Jewelry, and other finery. She is additionally available during each show to custom design hats for all occasions directly with individual customers.
Many of Chris’ Trunk Shows are linked to annual special equestrian events such as Louisville’s Kentucky Derby, Nashville’s Iroquois Steeplechase, Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes, and The Carolina Cup, and polo matches as well as Mardi Gras celebrations and notable charitable events.
Chris has also presented her Collection at hotel High Teas, women’s club functions, breakfast gatherings, and at country club luncheons in addition to Fashion Shows sponsored by her retail clients.
Chris can assist your Trunk Show promotion in numerous ways to help generate the most publicity for your in-store event. Alerting local print and broadcast media about your show, planning after-hour receptions with the artist, and pre-show personal appearances, including breakfast “hatter chatter” gatherings and local television talk shows, are just a few options available to create interest and awareness in the community.
With enough advance notice, Chris can schedule her Trunk Shows around your store’s promotional calendar. Simply give her your time frame, and she can usually confirm a date within 48-hours.
Chris is personally available at each Trunk Show to consult on-site with your millinery clients, suggesting styles and offering custom solutions to their fashion concerns. On special occasions, and for event-driven sporting affairs such as Louisville’s Kentucky Derby, Nashville’s Iroquois Steeplechase, Baltimore’s Preakness, The Carolina Cup and polo matches as well as Mardi Gras celebrations and notable charitable affairs, Chris’ designs stand out from the crowd and impart a distinctiveness to the wearer of a That Garrison Girl hat.
She has presented her collection at the Ritz-Carlton hotels’ High Tea, women’s club functions, breakfast gatherings, garden shows and at country club luncheons in addition to Fashion Shows sponsored by her retail partners. She additionally participates with numerous charities raising funds for their causes with specialized shows and donations for charitable auctions, as she does every year for Atlanta’s Shepherd Center Derby Day.
Chris can assist your Trunk Show promotion in numerous ways to help generate the most publicity for your in-store event. Alerting local print and broadcast media about your show, planning after-hour receptions with the artist and pre-show personal appearances, including breakfast “hatter chatter” gatherings and local television talk shows, are just a few options available to create interest and awareness in the community.
With enough advance notice, Chris can schedule her Trunk Shows around your store’s promotional calendar. Simply give her your time frame, and she can confirm a date within 48-hours.
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