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Hello hello! It’s Saturday once again and I’m sure everyone is as thankful for that as I am. I hope everyone has had a good April and they are excited and ready to move into May within the next few days. This blog will be my last as my internship closes out at the end of April, so I wanted to take a moment and thank Ashley Thacker, the wonderful creator and visionary behind everything that is Illume Boutique. Both myself and Olivia, our other intern that is behind the social media, are very grateful for the opportunity you gave...

Last weekend, Illume took a road trip to the North Carolina Art Museum to do a photoshoot. We made some new friends along the way. First we met up with the fabulous hair stylist and makeup artist Don Whit. Our lovely models, Alexis and Emily, got all dolled up as Callie and I picked out a few outfits that could easily work with any Illume choker. We packed up and went to the art museum. We started off working with Emily individually while Callie and Alexis finished with hair and makeup. Here are a few of our favorite individual shots...

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday. This week I have decided to focus on the popular colors you will be seeing hit the stores very soon for the Spring season. There are many different facets to trend analysis, but one of the most well known and forefront sections is that of predicting/deciding the popular colors for the season. Today, I wanted to discuss Pantone’s color trend report for Spring 2018 for New York Fashion Week. (Image from fashiontrendsetter.com) As we can tell from the image above, it is looking like muted colors will be at the forefront. “The color palette showcases an...

This week’s blog is featuring one of our amazing friends Nicole Caudill! She is participating in the World Race and we will be donating 25% of each sale in December to her mission. I reached out to her and had her answer some questions on what exactly she will be doing. “In August 2018 I will be launching on an 11 month, 11 country missions trip. I will begin in Ukraine, followed by Romania, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Each month's ministry site will be different. My squad and I will spend a month in...

This week Illume had the opportunity to have a photoshoot with some of our new products in Lafayette village! We got to work with two amazing models, as well as a photographer and makeup stylist. We tried on so many chokers and had an amazing time doing it! We got to style our models in fall inspired outfits that still worked with the chokers perfectly. Below are some of my favorite pics! This first outfit is paired with one of our oak island shell chokers! This necklace can be worn long or short depending on your outfit. The off-the-shoulder sweater...