Guess who?!?!

Guess who I finally got to meet?!?!

Last week, the whole family headed to Forth Worth, Texas for the 2011 Yorkie Kingdom meetup. During our trip, we were finally able to meet and visit with one of our very favorite and world renowned (seriously, her designs can be found in brick and mortar stores all over the world, including Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom, just to name a few, but who can keep up?) canine couture designers, Desiree Mendoza. Des is the incredibly talented and sweet designer behind the fabulous go.fetch and ToniMari lines.

It's worth noting that despite several reminders from both my sweet fiance and Des that I waited until the last minute to get pictures of my girls with the celebrity herself, and we didn't have the greatest backdrop or lighting. Maybe next year...

Also, guess who else we got to meet? I don't want to make anyone jealous or anything (or maybe I do...nanny, nanny, boo, boo), but she also brought along her adorable little maltese, SeRi, who is even cuter in person (if that is possible) than in all her gorgeous modeling shots showing off her mom's latest creations.

I liken Des to the Marc Jacobs (naturally after his makeover) of the doggie design world. It wouldn't surprise me at all to hear she got a call from Louis Vuitton to work alongside him, the current Creative Director, as the Canine Creative Director, if they ever decide they want to expand beyond dog carriers and collars and leashes. Seriously.

As fans of go.fetch and ToniMari already know, she is constantly pushing the envelope when it comes to her designs. You can find everything from doggie diapers to formal wear in her collections. It is apparent that she is never satisfied with even her most wildly popular styles by the way she continues to push the envelope and out do herself with each new design, season after season.

Incredibly, I think we are now even bigger fans of go.fetch and ToniMari. They've always had impeccable customer service, but it's always nice to know the person behind the company is someone who is so appreciative and gracious for all her success.

You can see more pictures of the girls with Desiree Mendoza here.

You can see more pictures of the girls with SeRi here.

Disclaimer: We only brought our crappy point and shoot camera with us to Texas. The flash caused all the pups to have those "demon" eyes, so we are left with these pictures, which I realize appear to be taken underwater, in a cave, while I was swimming by, with my first ever cell phone's camera from 1999. Okay, fine. My first cell phone didn't have a camera, but you get the picture; no pun intended.

Get the Look

Rory and Lane are wearing ToniMari's Madison sleeveless tutu ballerina dress, which can be found here.

SeRi was debuting a new style of tutu in ToniMari's upcoming vintage tutu line. We can hardly wait until these go on sale!

All the pups are wearing bows by M'Lady's Dog Bows. Rory and Lane are wearing velvet bow ties, and SeRi is wearing a single looped 5/8 inch bow.