NEXT @ Tower City Store Opening ( video )

In addition to buying the women's apparel for NEXT stores, I also am in charge of the merchandising for store openings within the company. Usually Steve Silver (partner/shoe buyer) will put forth all the ground work which entails putting into place all things needed to open a store from function to aesthetics. Then I come in and plan out how the merchandise will look in the store with layouts, product placement, and store visuals. Below is a video of the way the new NEXT in Tower City looked from beginning to end, with a special in store tour. Take a Lookie!!!
~AhrynT

Veni Vidi Vici

In case you're like what the hell happened to Lleya while she was typing, the title of the post is Latin, for I came, I saw, I conquered. In our case, we came, we saw, we partied, might be a little more suiting, lol, but you get the point. Last nite the party of choice was JJ and Booobie's party at Sushi Rock. There's sooo much I could say about the evening but I'll keep it short and sweet. We had the bestis table (thanks Dame)..central to everything and the people that everyone in the party came to see. And to keep it all the way 100, before JJ came on the floor (from a really ridiculous and secluded vip area), and was followed thereafter by Boobie and Keyshia, we pretty much held down that section. I don't know if the flashing lights at the table (just picture 7 girls all armed with cameras, lol), or the constant video footage that Ahryn is shooting (also with a bright light), or the fact that we're a table full of girls that are popping bottles (and digging face first into order after order of sushi) without the help of any men (though Merv did pop bottles with us too)...but let's just say that we garnered our own fair share of attention last nite...and not all of it was cool. We had random chicks drinking up Merv's Moet, smdh, and we had a dude or two post at the table and perpetrate like they had something to do with why we were standing on couches #fail. Anyhoo, other than those minor details the party was fab, blah blah blah, we had a great time, blah blah blah, lmao..but you can take a lookie for yourselves:

Lleya Fields

Drivin over

Mirror Pic

We are too much, lol

Shantier

Us with Dame

Ahryn & Ivory

Rachel & Bridgette

Izzy

Loren & Ahryn

Andrea

JJ, Andrea, & I

Ivory & Friend

Not sure who this dude is in the pic..he came over rambling something about Keyshia Cole and being related to her, and had a deep desire to be in the picture...I have no idea why....smh

Rany & Friend

Yet again Ant is making my favorite pic of the nite list, lol

Ahryn making sure Ant's scarf glow was perfect...

D Rug

Merv & Ahryn

Donovan & moi ...I call this look "The Smolder", obviously I haven't perfected it yet, lmao

Camario & Ahryn

Bodega - Weds Night

Last night all of us got together and went out to Amy's Wednesday night at Bodega. As I stated before I really luv luv luv this bar. So much so that Ahryn and I are seriously thinking of having a joint bday party in March there..more details to follow. Ahryn & I always have the bestis time togther and when you add other family/friends to the mix the nite just gets better and better. Shout out to the big homie Merv (the first man of silkandlookies.. chain to come soon, lmao) who came out and kicked it, and fit in sooo perfectly with all of us. Take a lookie:

Lleya Fields

Amy has sultry down...she looked soooo pretty last nite!

Merv & I

Hilarious!

Alex, Franny, and Karen...Franny was breaking it down earlier in the nite, lmao