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SUE WONG SCORES A SMASH HIT WITH JAZZ BABIES SPRING 2014 COLLECTION

(Los Angeles, CA)Internationally renowned designer SUE WONG hit all the right notes with her swingingJazz Babies Spring 2014 Collection just unveiled at the Cicada Club in LA. Certain to be on the fashion

playlist for the coming season, the latest collection features a greatest hits of trends including polka dots in avariety of colors and iterations. Underscoring the collections core theme are intricately embroidered cocktail

numbers and exquisitely draped floor length ball gowns that contrast solid skirts with bejeweled bodices fitfor any special occasion. There are also a range of day-to-evening pieces in beautifully muted shadesincluding pinks and lilacs, classic blacks and beiges, and more paparazzi-bait showstoppers.

It was a packed, Invitation-Only affair with fashion and entertainment industry insiders all dressed intheir1920s finery to complement the collections theme and the elegant backdrop of the art deco club in thehistoric James Oviatt Building in downtown Los Angeles. Gracing the event were actresses Kelly Hu (CWsArrow, The Vampire Diaries), Breann Johnson (Red Wing), Sloane Avery (MTVs Teen Wolf), SarahDumont (Don Jon, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Erin Cahill (ABCs Body of Proof), Lindsay Seim (InsidiousChapter 2), and Kaili Thorne (CSI Miami).

Sue explains how the collection was inspired by the 1920s flappers or jazz babies as they were called:Before then, women were only ever portrayed as an extension of a husband or her parents. From the sparksof rebellion in the way they dressed and expressed themselves, those amazing women pioneered the kind ofempowered attitudes and lives we have today. Sue cites as inspirations women like actress Marie Prevost

who spanned a career of over a hundred films from silent to talkies, Paris sensation Josephine Baker, It GirlClara Bow, film star and accomplished businesswoman Norma Talmadge, and Anita Loos who was anauthor, screenwriter and playwright of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which featured the flapper as theprotagonist. She adds, They paved the way to a womans right to lead a truly independent life. They were

strong, vibrant and fabulous! precisely the kind of words to describe the Sue Wong Spring 2014Collection. The evenings primary sponsors included Prive for Hair, Mud Makeup Designory for Makeup,Leg Luxury for Hosiery and Vosges Chocolate.

ABOUT SUE WONGThe quintessential Hollywood designer Sue Wong has been dazzling both the fashion and entertainmentindustries for over two decades with collections of dresses that evoke iconic eras while remaining trulytimeless. Distinguished by the impeccable quality of traditional couture dress making, her designs aresteeped in romance and mystery while being thoroughly modern and accessible to women everywhere. Suecontinues to forge new ground in defining fashion that transcends generations and boundaries even as shecreates masterpieces of passion and desire expressed through inimitable style. She has dressed countlesscelebrities including Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Minnie Driver, Taylor Swift and Megan Hilty. Sue Wongis available from $229 to $829 nationwide at specialty boutiques, major department stores including NeimanMarcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Lord & Taylor, Macys and internationally in over

27 countries