DoveLewis’ Boutiques Unleashed

On Friday, April 9th, our lovely Miss Wells modeled and auctioned for the Boutiques Unleashed event to raise money for DoveLewis‘ Pet Loss Support Program – a cause so many of us pet owners can empathize with.

In short, the organization pairs several of Portland’s media personalities with a pet and a boutique and puts together a unique fashion show experience. Both human and animal strut their stuff on the catwalk, turned llamawalk, turned bunnywalk, turned dogwalk…you get the idea.  One of the many special guests who designed high fashion apparel for the event to fit a llama and a bunny, was Portland’s own Seth Aaron Henderson from Project Runway (pictured above).

We would like for you to meet the BA360 mascot, Oliver, who is pictured above showing off his tricks!  Oliver comes into the office with Johnna on most days of the week and serves as our constant reminder to take it easy. He and Johnna have enjoyed being a part of the Boutiques Unleashed show for the past few years.

A favorite moment of mine from the event was heading backstage to watch both the pets and humans being groomed in the “Hair and Makeup” area. Above you can see that Sir Sean Connery (yes, that is the dog’s real name), the white, fluffy, poodle is being primed and primped for the runway.

In addition to the Live and Silent Auction, we often suggest that clients include other opportunities of giving throughout the event. Raffles can be appealing (DoveLewis raffled off a gorgeous 14k white-gold ring with a 2k genuine blue topaz, surrounded by brilliant 1/3k round diamonds – valued at $5,000), or a Wine Wall (shown below). You can see by the empty racks that the Wine Wall is a popular addition to their event).

Congratulations to DoveLewis for a successful, sold-out show! For more coverage of the show, visit PDX Neat Sheet!