6:30-7:30 pm
Lord & Taylor
424 5th Ave

Visit Intimates on the 8th Floor and have Heather style your fall look! Learn how she combines her fashion design expertise and celebrity styling insights in the creation and design of her revolutionary shapewear collection that is all about showing it off and feeling great.  She’ll help you  decide the best style for your body type and how to wear it as your third daily essential.

Heather will only be at Lord & Taylor for an hour, so make sure to stop by so you don’t miss her!

More info: Follow @LordandTaylor on Twitter and like Lord and Taylor on Facebook!

8:00-10:00 pm
Bloomingdales
504 Broadway in Soho

Grab your second chance to meet Heather at the Soho Bloomingdales! She’ll be on the intimates floor, hosting a trunk show. The highlight will be a selection of pieces from her new signature fall collection: beautiful fashion with shaping built in!

Plus, buy any Yummie Tummie while you’re at Bloomingdales on FNO, and receive one free!

For more info, be sure to Like Yummie Tummie on Facebook, follow us on Twitter: @YummieTummie!

And we all know that everyone loves buying presents for babies. But I make a point of remembering the mamas, especially right after she arrives home and needs some yummie love and support!

I gained 68 pounds when I was pregnant with my son, Jax, who was born with bilary atresia. It’s a rare and life threatening liver condition, and getting him well enough to come home was the most important thing in the weeks after his birth. I didn’t have time or energy to work out, or diet to get back to my pre-baby weight — but that didn’t mean I was happy showing my belly to the world every time I reached in to adjust my nursing bra!

When I got pregnant with my daughter, Ella, a few years later (and gained 63 pounds!) I remembered my disappointment with the nursing tops on the market. So I designed the Yummie Tummie Nursing Tank that does it all: it allowed me to quickly and discreetly nurse my sweet girl, gave me gentle support around my core, slimmed my new post-baby tummie and was a stylish layering piece I could dress up or down.

Now I give the Yummie Nursing Tank to all of my expecting friends, who love it — especially the first-time moms! And the latest yummie collection has the perfect companion piece to the gift: the new Yummie Shaping Yoga Pants! I can’t seem to take these off! They slim, smooth and shape your tummie and are one of my most versatile pieces in my own personal collection yet!

Treat your Mom-to-be girlfriend (or yourself!) to this Yummie Mummie Combo. It’s a gift she’ll use — and love! — every day because it helps her look and feel great, without taking any time or attention away from the new center of her universe.

Note from a Yummie Fan:
If you are about to have a baby or just had a baby this is ESSENTIAL! I wear it pretty much every day; it looks great under everything… and makes breast-feeding a breeze! - Breanne in Grand Rapids, MI

Yummie Style of the Week: Nursing Tank

So versatile, so fashionable, and so functional! Stay cozy and covered up while discreetly nursing your little one. Plus get the confidence-boosting support from the Yummie shaping panel.

How to wear it: The nursing tank is great as a layering piece, giving you both access and coverage. We love how Bethenny Frankel pairs the nude tank with a pink cardi on this episode of “Bethenny Getting Married.” Click thru the images to see how stylish and comfortable she looks — plus her daughter Bryn is so adorable!

Congratulations to the lucky Amber from Valley, Washington!

Amber is the winner of the latest Yummie Tummie Facebook contest, and she will be the coolest chick in the Pacific Northwest, rocking her fabulous prize: the A-Morir by Kerin Rose embellished sunglasses, created for the Yummie Tummie City of Hope fashion show!

Fans of A-Morir include Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Adam Lambert. Read all about the amazing designer, Kerin Rose, in our recent interview.

Stay tuned for the  next yummie contest, coming soon. Want to be the winner? Remember to “Like” Yummie Tummie on Facebook, and you’ll always get updates announcing the latest contest, plus all kinds of yummie news, including new styles, special deals and fashion tips from Yummie Tummie creator, Heather Thomson!

Thank you for the amazingly positive response to the Yummie Tummie Shaping Legging!

And because you asked for it, we added a new capri length! Now you have more choices for adding fun, functional and comfortable style to a dress, skirt or a flowing tunic!

How to wear it: Leggings go with everything! Under a sundress, with a long tee to the gym, with a flowing top and cute sandals for movies with the girls!

STYLE OF THE WEEK: The Short Sleeve Crew T-shirt

At last, the perfect T-shirt, in the latest “invisible” Yummie style. You get all of the Yummie Tummie smoothing and shaping that you love, covered by a top layer of stretch cotton. No seams, lots of classic appeal.

HOW TO WEAR IT: Exactly the same way you wear your favorite white t-shirt! With jeans, shorts or a cute skirt! The top layer of soft cotton makes this top a smooth, seam-free and entirely versatile wardrobe-must-have!

Fall Classic Preview!

Hi Yummies -

The sun and fun of summer make it my favorite season. We’ve been celebrating everything Yummie about summer on Facebook, and the days are flying by! Even with a month or so of summer to go, everywhere you look, fall styles are appearing. We are easing our way back into my favorite fashion season with an early preview of a new piece you’ll love!

The Chelsea Classic Button Down is a beautiful example of form, function and fashion all in one gorgeous shirt.

Sharp tailoring on the collar and cuffs gives the Chelsea a neat and clean line, while blouson styling and the Yummie Tummie built-in shaping slims your waist, creating an undeniably feminine silhouette. A full, attached bodysuit keeps everything smoothly in place.

This is the perfect shirt to wear tucked into a skirt, a pair of hot trousers, or with boyfriend jeans on the weekend (and add a cardigan as soon as the fall temps kick in!) It will be the workhorse of your wardrobe! Right now, the thing I love the most is that the crisp white fabric really looks great with your summer tan. So you can show it off in this new style, and still be fashion forward for the new season!

STYLE OF THE WEEK: The Sexy Teddie in Plum!

The Sexy Teddie combines the seductive appeal of your favorite lingerie with the confidence-boosting smoothing of the patented Yummie Tummie shaping panel — now available in the sophisticated and flattering plum color!

HOW TO WEAR IT: The Sexy Teddie is all about versatility! This piece can take you “from the bedroom to the boardroom!” Perfect by itself as lingerie, just add a pencil skirt, silky blouse or tailored jacket and you’re ready for a day at the office!

STYLE OF THE WEEK: The Shaping Yoga Pant!

Throwing on a pair of yoga pants takes on a whole new stylish meaning when they’re Yummie Tummie Shaping Yoga Pants! Moderate built-in tummie control gives you just enough smoothing hold to feel confident, whether you’re running to the grocery store, or doing Forward Bend in a crowded yoga class!

HOW TO WEAR IT: There’s no wrong way to wear yoga pants, which is why we LOVE them so much! Pull them on with a cute t-shirt and hoodie to run errands or go to the gym, or pair with a trendy wrap sweater and long necklace for a casual night out!

The fabulous Kerin Rose

Yummie Tummie met the talented and stylish designer Kerin Rose when she created the stunning eyewear looks for the Yummie Tummie City of Hope fashion show this spring. Of course, we were already fans of her dazzling and bedazzled eyewear line A-Morir, as worn by fashion icons like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Kanye, Katy Perry, Adam Lambert, and so many more!

To know Kerin is to love her — and to want to hang out and talk about glitter, fashion, finding your true calling, and of course, dishing on all of those celebrities! Below we share the fun with you!

Thanks for chatting with us! We’d love to start by having you describe your work for the Yummie readers.

Well I was working in a boutique, and I really wanted sparkly glasses. There were none, so I made them.

That’s just like how Heather Thomson created the Yummie Tummie! You saw a need, and you filled it!

This all happened by accident. I didn’t get a degree in design, it wasn’t in my life plan, but I’ve always been really sparkly. And now I can pay my rent doing this! I like to say it legitimizes my glitter.

How did you start designing?

I had a long professional career in marketing. And then I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, and was actively ill for 9 years. When it went into remission, I decided to do what I really loved, and get my Masters in Costuming History.

The eyewear took off at the same time, and I wound up dropping out to do this full time.

And now you’re a “professional bedazzler” – we love that!

Yes, my glasses are pretty and flashy and sparkly, and turn everyone into a magpie. And every pair is different.

I’m not a fan of doing things that have been done. I try to do things I haven’t seen before, reappropriate materials, and use things that shouldn’t be used on eyewear. But not in a dangerous way!

Why do you think your eyewear is so popular?

I think the thing that compels people, specifically in the celebrity realm, is that no other designer is doing this right now. Yeah, Elton John created and retired unique eyewear, but no one does this in my generation.

Celebrities, especially the caliber I work with, see everything from the front row. They recognize the uniqueness, the quality, that I use the best materials, and that it’s all hand made. People have said that I do “factory perfect” work — when you put that combination together, people respond to it.

Where do you get your inspiration?

I get it from everywhere. I look for materials all the time. I might find frames and say, what can I do to this to make it better, or find some pieces and say, “Let me find a frame to put these on.” And I like to use things that are used for art, but in new and different ways.

The Yummie Tummie City of Hope Fashion Show

I’m friends with the stylist who worked on the Yummie Tummie City of Hope Fashion Show. She pitched my eyewear to Yummie Tummie, and they loved it. I did 30 pairs of nude pave’ eyewear for the show.  It was really amazing to see so many pairs of glasses worn at the same time in one place!

What are your thoughts about fashion becoming more fabulous, (e.g. Lady Gaga) and more functional at the same time?

I think that it’s wonderful and it’s about time! It’s something I strive for in my work as well. You shouldn’t have to decide between the two – fashionable vs. comfortable, or how you look vs. how you feel.

There is a phenomenal dress in the Yummie Tummie collection that I saw at the fashion show — black with these shoulders, and the shaping built in. I’ve been wearing girdles as outwear, bras as outwears for years. They can do both: hold up the boobies, and look really cool!

People always ask if you can see through my glasses, and answer is yes, of course! I want you to have cool, really unique eyewear, that you can really use. That’s the entire purpose of them.

You have so many celebrity fans of A-Morir. Who are some of your favorites?

Rihanna and I had a nice friendship, even though we haven’t seen each other, in a while. When we met, I really appreciated the fact that she had this unbridled excitement. And when she heard that we were going to be in Italian Vogue, she picked up the phone and called to make sure I knew — she was unbelievably supportive, and instrumental in speeding up the rate of people knowing about the eyewear.

I recently met Katie Perry and she’s an absolute doll. Adam Lambert is a total sweetheart, and very good-looking in person!

Estelle and Kid Sister went from being clients to being friends, they’re two of my favorite people. And Lady Gaga is very enthusiastic, very genuine.

What else is on the horizon for you?

I’m so busy with A-Morir, but my sister and I started We Love Your Guts, a non-profit to help to raise awareness and rebrand problems with your guts. No one thinks it’s ok to talk about it, but it affects so many people. Something I’d love to work on more in the near future is figuring out how we can partner with some other cool brands – Marc Jacobs also has ulcerative colitis, so that’s a natural fit – and help as many people as possible.

Win these A-Morir designer sunglasses!

Be as stylish as an A-List Celeb, win your very own pair of  A-Morir by Kerin Rose sunglasses, from the Yummie Tummie City of Hope Fashion Show! Visit our Facebook page to enter!