Rung Boutique

Trina’s 925 Trunk Show

Mallarie — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:51:47 +0000

A Mom Makes A Bet With Her Son, and Rung benefits! On Saturday, May 12 from 10a – 2p, Trina will open her jewelry trunk to reveal an impressive collection of 925 Sterling Silver jewelry for sale. The prices can’t be beat, and a portion of the proceeds goes to Rung! Plus, if Trina sells it all, she wins a family bet. Give Mom a Mother’s Day gift this year with a really great story!

Blue & Green for Organ Donor Awareness

Mallarie — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:25:30 +0000

Blue & Green can save lives

Friday, April 20th is National Blue & Green day.

All across America on April 20th, people are participating in National Blue and Green Day to promote awareness for organ, eye, and tissue donation. According to Donate Life Missouri, each day, 18 people in the U.S. lose their lives while waiting on an organ transplant. This is because there aren’t enough donors to meet demand. So myself, and several other Missouri bloggers are standing with Donate Life Missouri and Donate Life America by participating in National Blue and Green Day. How are we participating you ask? We are participating by offering 20% off anything with Blue or Green in it. So wear some Blue. Wear some Green. Remind your friends and family members to become organ donors.

Do you need some inspiration? We’ve included a photo of just one of the 100′s of possibilities that await you at Rung! Just one of the 100′s of options that await…come see us. And if you haven’t already, please become an organ donor.

Below are the other Missouri bloggers participating in today’s Blue and Green Virtual Fashion Show for National Blue and Green Day.

Economy of Style

Original Cyn

SKIDmarks

Crazy and Cool with a Side of Crafty

COMO Style

Meet Coatie — Our first in Rung’s Adopt-A-Frock program

kirsten — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:09:56 +0000

Hi there! My name is Coatie Montaldo and I was born in 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri. I began my life as a coat for my first mom, Debbie, a career girl for the St. Louis Post Dispatch who quickly married her boss, Daniel. Debbie quit her job to take care of Daniel and we moved to our home in Webster Groves. Debbie and Daniel started a family right away and were doting and loving parents to their four children, Daniel Jr., Sam, Rachel and Beth. But there were many nights that my mom would take me out on the town – dinner and dancing, sometimes out all night. Those all nighters, I found out later, were to escape the children. Who knew?

Coatie has found an amazing home through Rung’s Adopt-A-Frock program! For more information, call Rung and see if you too can be a proud, adoptive parent of a deserving frock.

Stay tuned for more installments on Coatie and her life….

Hat Party at Rung!

Mallarie — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:31:13 +0000

Join us on Sunday, March 25th from 1pm to 4pm for our 2nd Annual Hat Resale Event in partnership with Forest Park Forever!

All kinds of ladies hats, for every season and every occasion will be on display and for sale. Find the perfect hat for the Hat Luncheon, the Derby, June weddings and summer vacations and on the beach!

Hat donations accepted through 3/12/12 at Rung and the Forest Park Forever offices.

Our Tribute to Marilyn Monroe and You…

Mallarie — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:34:38 +0000

March Means Glamour at Rung

This month, our displays are a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, one of the most glamorous women in U. S. history. At Rung, we’re always committed to offering style, luxury and classic looks to you at very good prices.

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

Mallarie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:17:39 +0000

from left: president of World Circus Federation Laura van der Meer, St. Louis' own Jessica Hentoff and Princess Stephanie of Monaco

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

Mallarie — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:06:04 +0000

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

Mallarie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:28 +0000

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.

Upwardly Mobile News 12-6-11

Mallarie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:17:55 +0000

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

Mallarie — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:03:27 +0000

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!