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FASHION & WEDDING EDITION! TRICIA FREDERICK Sassy, Sexy Sophisticated Style Stylist to the stars River Valley Stephanie Braun PLAN IT! Parties & anna uehling Weddings Plus Born to Create FREE! RiveRvalleywoman.com SeptembeR 2015 • volume 3 • Issue 4 n Early Childhood n Invisalign n Mini Implants Checkups n Whitening n Mouth Guards n Cosmetic Dentistry n Root Canals n Snoring Appliances n Orthodontics (Braces) n Extractions n Extended Hours Dr. Daniel Drugan Dr. Gregory Kjellberg Dr. Larry Parker Dr. Linda Giang-Carlson 127 N. 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HerStory: Sister Mary Ann Osborne............................................. 62 Connections Business Cards ................................................... 64 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | september • 2015 3 Lather, Rinse, Repeat I ran into an old friend in the grocery Wedding issue. Once again I am agog at the talent out there. Our cover store the other day. One of those rare features Tricia Frederick, who's self-proclaimed style is sassy, sexy and pals who, when you see them again, sophisticated. One look at her funky, punky hair style, along with her it's like no time has passed. As we unique, yet glam, clothing creations and you'll agree. She not only makes chatted and blocked other shoppers the stuff, she struts it on the runway as well. in the paper products aisle (don't If that wasn't enough to make you want to darn a sock or two (darn those you hate that?), I complimented her socks!), how about being a super-talented and creative 17-year-old? Anna on her super groovy jeans, as she Uehling takes duct tape, newspaper and gum wrappers to a whole new turned around to show me the silver level, turning them into skirts, shirts, and costumes. Patterns hold her shimmering pockets on the back. back, she says. You gotta love a girl who makes this claim. Read about While I admitted she looked awesome her inside, then watch for her to take the fashion world by storm in a in them, I told her I didn't think I was few years. the sparkly type. She replied, "Oh anyone can sparkle." The old phrase "dress for success" fits former river valley girl, Stephanie Maybe. But some do it better than Braun to a tee. Changing outfits several times a day as a kid was just a others. Take for instance RVW's sales dress rehearsal for her eventual career as a stylist to the stars. Taylor Swift's manager, who practically out shines look anyone? Yup, Stephanie was there to make sure she "never ever ever the sun in her personality, shoes, ever" looked bad. She even brushed the lint off the togs of actress Susan purses and outfits (even her teeth Sarandon. Live vicariously through her as Stephanie tells her story. blind me a bit). So much so that I've Nothing glitters and shines like one's wedding day, no matter what you nicknamed her "Sparkle Brite." She has wear or how lavish the decor. It's all in the planning, according to the dubbed me "Pretty Pony." I suppose I ladies at Parties and Weddings Plus. Mother and daughter duo, Linda do have a rather shaggy mane at times Miller and Katie Hayes, know this ever-changing industry and evolve along and, as a kid, coveted my best friend's with it. Today, grooms are getting in on the planning action. What the Jane West doll with her pleather vest heck? Aren't they just supposed to stand there and look handsome whilst and boots. dreaming of the forthcoming honeymoon? Guess not. That might be a It all boils down to—be-dazzled or be- good thing, though, to temper any over-the-top girly bling and let the guy leathered—clothes are good fun. Who have a say in their big day. Be wowed by this Mankato's biz' advice and doesn't want to say yes to the dress, their obvious talents in making your wedding sparkle. or the jeans, or the long sweaters There's that word again. The encounter with my friend in the grocery store that have made a comeback? And and the comment she made has stuck with me for the past week. As we who hasn't looked in their closet with were parting ways, I mentioned that the next item on my shopping list dismay at a few "what was I thinking?" was Sparkle brand paper towels. items. Just say no to that bow. "See?" She said. To help you come to your fashion senses we bring you our Fashion & Anyone can. 4 RIVER VALLEY WOMAN | september • 2015 Complete eye care to help you thrive. 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By Amanda Dyslin She’s wearing a sleeveless black halter top made of A fortunate accident satiny fabric draped from the neck where a layered- With a family, plenty of hobbies and a day job as an fabric detail hugs her neck, almost like a smaller and Intervention Specialist at Gustavus Adolphus College, more updated version of a cowl neck. Coupled with a Frederick didn’t need to find a new passion to fill her trendy pair of boot-cut jeans with a bit of sparkle on time. It just sort of happened by accident, she said. the pockets, Tricia Frederick looks like a woman who knows her own style and likes to have fun with it, too. “I’m short. I have short legs. So I always needed all my Her close-cropped hair, her makeup, her accessories – pants hemmed,” she said. “I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be all the details of her look underscore her creative and easier if I could just do it myself?’” sassy character. And these are all qualities that come Frederick’s mom had her grandmother’s