Looking “Spectacular” in Monte Carlo: Rung Meets Royalty!

Jessica Hentoff, artistic and executive director of Circus Harmony, is on the cover of Spectacle all decked out in Rung attire!

These photos show Jessica attending the largest and most prestigious circus event in the world, the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo. She was there to judge the world’s most acclaimed circus performers (with Princess Stephanie of Monaco) and to speak about a subject that’s near and dear to her life’s work, “Social Circus,” a global movement which uses circus arts to teach powerful social and personal tools.

Thanks, Jessica, for choosing Rung; keep up the great work in St. Louis and beyond!

For more information about Circus Harmony and its programs, please visit their website.

All for Rung and Rung for All

In honor of Women’s History Month, the creative team at Rung developed a concept for an ad that would represent the 3 generations of women in the workforce today and how each generation should be learning from one another: mentoring, encouraging, sharing anecdotes and cautionary tales to make our community, and our world, a better place.

We invited Karen Klaus, development director at Operation Food Search; her daugther Devon Cahill, a talented performer; and Vivian Eveloff, Women’s Foundation board member and director at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life to model for our March 2012 St. Louis Magazine ad. Erica Dunk, Rung sr. sales associate, styled the ad and photographer Preston Page made our vision come to life.

Karen submitted the beautiful story below to help us further communicate Rung’s commitment to women helping women helping women…

I am blessed that my grandmother was a very strong role model in my life.  She grew up during the depression and had the perseverance to do the most with the least.  I remember that she was always very well put together and very fashionable, whether for work or for play.

I love looking at photos that were taken of her in her youth. Dressed to the nines in hat and gloves. Coyly posing in pictures romantically dedicated on the back to my grandpa. Or looking lovely in her jodphurs riding a horse.

She became a keypunch operator at IBM and worked her way up to managing a large office in St. Louis, looking beautiful in her heels and suit.  When the weekends came, she would change into her flats and capris, pack up her luggage (and me) and off to the Lake of the Ozarks we went to play.  At the lake, she taught all of my friends and me how to water ski, and after a waterlogged, sundrenched day, an amazing spread of food would magically appear on the table to nourish our hearts and souls.

She was an original Youthquaker and instilled a youthful spirit in me.  When I was a young girl, she made sure that I had Hullabaloo go-go boots and fishnet pantyhose in all of the day-glow colors.  I flipped for the matching mini-dresses that she bought for her and me that were made out of paper!

And another thing that I really loved about here was that she had the poise and confidence to wear a bikini when she was in her 50’s!

My grandmother taught me about fashion and style, despite some incredible hardships that she endured in her life.  She never wore her suffering on the outside.  Instead, what she took off her shoulders and draped over mine was her amazing capacity for love and incredible strength – a legacy that I hope to pass down to my daughter.

Rung Gives $10K to Women’s Foundation

On the evening of Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Rung Founder and President Ali Kindle made a champagne toast and presented a “big” check to members of the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis at a special surprise party. The amount written on the dry-erase check was $10,000. Later that night, a real check for $10,000 was given to the Women’s Foundation from Rung. Both organizations look forward to continuing to work together to benefit the women of St. Louis.

Photographs courtesy of by Emilie Sullivan of Rival Emages Photography
Copyright © 2012 • All Rights Reserved • Rung

Upwardly Mobile News 12-6-11

All Decked Out for the Season!

We’re ready to outfit you for holiday parties, New Year’s Eve and winter weather! Page through our holiday gallery, then scroll down to read about special events happening right now!

Get to Know Us! We have new staff bios up for Kirsten Wylder, store manager and Kim Hayes, sales associate. Plus, we’ve gotten some great news coverage lately. Read Get To Know: Ali Kindle and watch our latest Show Me St. Louis holiday segment.

Show Me Sale! In honor of our recent Show Me appearance, we’re offering 10% off all accessories and an add’l 15% off all clothing (including clearance) from now until Saturday, December 10.

$25 Business Suits! Every Thursday this year, all business suits are only $25.

Holiday Food Drive, Save 10%! We’ve launched a Holiday Food Drive for the St. Louis Adventist Community Services food pantry. Same-day savings, get 10% off your entire purchase on the day that you bring in any non-perishable food items such as pasta, cereal (hot and cold), tuna, cooking oil, coffee, sugar, peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix, cornmeal mix, hamburger helper, soup and canned goods.

Get on down to Giddyup Jane! Rung’s featured boutique this month is offering a $20 gift card to all customers who donate items from our wist list (winter hats, gloves, scarves; handbags and jewelry) at Giddyup Jane in Ladue.

Don’t forget! We have gift certificates.  From $5 to $100, these make great gifts and stocking stuffers for all the ladies on your holiday gift-giving list.

November Ladder of Savings & Upwardly-Mobile News

So much happening, we had to make another ladder graphic…!

Rung 1-  NEW! Hyper Haute… All new couture pieces from Rung’s own Erica Dunk are on display and for sale. Click here to scroll through a few examples.

Rung 2- ENTER TO WIN! Spend $50 or more and enter for your chance to win an accessory from the S. King Collection. 4 chances to win, drawings every Saturday through December 17th.

Rung 3- $25 SUITS! Every Thursday until the end of the year, All Business Suits are ONLY $25!

Rung 4- TGI(B)F SALE! Friday, November 25th (a.k.a. the early turkey gets the best deals)

• 10a-11a: 50% OFF ALL CLOTHING
• 11a-12p: 30% OFF ALL CLOTHING
• 12p-1p: 20% OFF ALL CLOTHING

Rung 5 – SAVE UP TO $50 on Small Business Saturday!

• Buy $100 in gift certificates for only $75!
• Use your registered American Express® card to spend $25 or more at Rung and get a $25 credit on your American Express® account!
• Support small, women-owned businesses when you shop with any of our boutique partners. Donate at Femme through November 30th and get up to 15% off!

New! Hyper Haute – just in time for the holidaze… ; )

Rung is proud to announce:

NEW pieces from the Hyper Haute collection (designed and created by Rung’s own Erica Dunk) are in stock and for sale. Just in time for the holidays!!!

About Erica Dunk & Hyper Haute

It wasn’t until a year ago that jewelry became Erica’s whole life. She studied fashion in L.A., and after class field trips to Rodeo Drive, she discovered she that while she may even not be able even “afford lunch on Rodeo, let alone designer pearls” she was walking away with the motivation to be a highly successful designer.

Her love for everything haute, vintage and couture, along with her intense fascination with the avant-garde and surrealism inspires working with an eclectic mix of materials.

She’s showcased jewelry in fashion shows for Paul Mitchell school, Rung, Pashmina, and was Ola Styles’ chosen jewelry designer for the Alive Magazine and Delux fashion weeks. She’s also been in numerous photo shoots with House of Style and was interviewed for their magazine.

Her signature piece is the chain lock necklace. The original was anchored by a fully-functional, gold chain lock used for doors and flanked by vintage white pearls. She’s made many variations since then and just recently created a bracelet version. Erica is currently working on her Fall 2012 collection, and we’re all very excited to see what her imagination holds for the future of Hyper Haute.

 

Couture Jewelry Clearance

You don’t have to wait for Black Friday to save big on some of the most luxurious and glamorous accessories in town. Now thru November 12, all Hyper Haute and S. King Collection jewelry and handbags in stock are 50% off !

The St. Louis-based Hyper Haute line features one-of-a-kind pieces that are perfect for the “confident women who loves attention.” Items on sale from the S. King Collection include Alexis Bittar, Erickson Beamon, Kara Ross, Kenneth Lane and more! Hurry in to pick out the perfect gift for her, and for you!

Creating Your Own Personal Brand

Rung is joining The Gruenberg Society at Saint Louis University’s John Cook School for Business for Creating Your Unique Personal Brand  on Thursday, Nov. 3, at John and Lucy Cook Hall, 3674 Lindell Blvd. at Spring. The event, presented by Fifth Third Bank, is free and open to the public however registration is required. 

The evening begins with a panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. in the Anheuser-Busch Auditorium followed by cocktails and networking at 6:30 p.m. in the Cook Hall Atrium.

The panel discussion will focus on how creating a personalized brand gives you the power to control how you are perceived by colleagues, executives and competitors, and how to market yourself for success.

Guest presenters include Ed and Ann Marie Mayuga of AMM Communications and Ali Kindle of Rung.

To register for Creating Your Own Personal Brand, visit alumni.slu.edu/gsfall11 or call (314) 977-4103.

October Sales & Events

• BOGO Pants/Jeans, 10/18-10/29/11- Buy 1 pair of pants/jeans and get 2nd pair of pants/jeans of equal or lesser value 1/2 off!
• Pink & Purple Sale, 10/18-10/29/11- 20% off any pink item (in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month) or any purple item (in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month).
• Rung & RCP, 10/18/11, 5:30-8p- Join Rung for Happy Hour at Bar Louie on Tue., 10/18 with the River City Professionals!
• 3rd Thur., 10/20/11- 50% off all business suits!
• Costume Sale, 10/25-10/29/11 - Need a last-minute costume? Buy one from our costume rack the week before All Hallow’s Eve, and we’ll give you 1/2 off!
• “Creating Your Unique Personal Brand,” 11/3/11, 5:30-8p- Learn how to create your own personal brand at SLU event on 11/3. Admission is FREE but registration is required.

Our Favorite Day of the Year

October brings lots of great things to St. Louis: autumn leaves, Oktoberfest, joke-telling trick-or-treaters, another World Series win for the Cardinals (we hope). It also brings to light two major issues that threaten the health, safety and happiness of women all over the world. October is the month when we honor survivors and foster the awareness of Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence.

One of Rung’s favorite October traditions is the devotion of one special day to Lydia’s House residents for a private shopping party. Lydia’s House provides transitional housing for abused women and their children. During the private party, we provide lunch and a $150 gift certificate to each guest.

This year, 17 residents came, and our goal was to make sure they leave with at least 2 new outfits and an accessory. It’s common knowledge that the right shoes can brighten any woman’s day, so we also invited Madeline Long-Gill, executive director of Every Step Counts to give shoes to the residents. As always, they were a big hit.

We invite you take a look at our party pics and reflect on how the lives of these women can be transformed by massive programs, like those that Lydia’ s House provides, as well as smaller gestures, like providing a fun and safe place to shop freely among friends. The faces of residents are not shown, to protect their anonymity.