{"id":8156,"date":"2014-10-15T14:04:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=8156"},"modified":"2014-10-15T14:04:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:04:24","slug":"the-merchant-hotel-has-autumn-fashion-down-to-a-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/10\/the-merchant-hotel-has-autumn-fashion-down-to-a-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MERCHANT HOTEL HAS AUTUMN FASHION DOWN TO A TEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fashion lovers sampled a stunning showcase of the latest trends from a selection of Northern Ireland\u2019s top boutiques and designers over the weekend, with the return of The Merchant Hotel\u2019s fabulous Fashion Teas.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-Merchant-Hotel_Fashion-Teas_online-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8157\" title=\"The Merchant Hotel_Fashion Teas_online (3)\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-Merchant-Hotel_Fashion-Teas_online-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a>On Saturday 11<sup>th<\/sup> and Sunday 12<sup>th<\/sup> October, the\u00a0 5*star hotel\u2019s Rita Duffy Suite provided a striking setting for five individual Fashion Teas, showcasing cutting edge autumn\/winter collections from Harper at The Merchant &amp; Gr\u00e1inne Maher; Art on Fashion; Castle Couture and The Boudoir, alongside a fabulous champagne afternoon tea.<\/p>\n<p>Models from Style Academy provided a round table fashion show, allowing guests to get up close and personal to the new season collections whilst sipping Moet et Chandon champagne and enjoying melt in the mouth patisseries. Guests were also given the opportunity to shop the collections hot off the catwalk, with pop-up boutiques for all five retailers housed in The Merchant for the whole weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A packed schedule of five shows included: decadent accessories from designer boutique, Harper and leading milliner and jewellery designer, Grainne Maher; stunning autumn\/winter collections from quirky homegrown label, Art on Fashion; beautiful bridal collections from Castle Couture and two shows from Dungannon boutique, The Boudoir.<\/p>\n<p>Funds raised from a luxury ballot at the events will be donated to the hotel\u2019s 2014 charity partner Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke.<\/p>\n<p>The Merchant\u2019s Fashion Teas will return once again to showcase spring fashion trends from a range of top local designers and boutiques on Saturday 11<sup>th<\/sup> and Sunday 12<sup>th<\/sup> April 2015. For further information and to book tickets, visit themerchanthotel.com or contact The Merchant Hotel\u2019s events team on 028 9026 2717.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion lovers sampled a stunning showcase of the latest trends from a selection of Northern Ireland\u2019s top boutiques and designers over the weekend, with the return of The Merchant Hotel\u2019s fabulous Fashion Teas. On Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October, the\u00a0 5*star hotel\u2019s Rita Duffy Suite provided a striking setting for five individual Fashion Teas, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/10\/the-merchant-hotel-has-autumn-fashion-down-to-a-tea\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8158,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions\/8158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}