Carrie Underwood Wears NIKOLAKI on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"!!!

GORGEOUS Carrie Underwood!

Turquoise Winner: Carrie Underwood wearing NIKOLAKI by Nick Verreos/David Paul on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"

Guess who wore one of my dresses on the Ellen Show? Yep, the one only Carrie Underwood! Multiple Grammy Award winner, Golden Globe Award nominee, three time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Female Vocalist winner, as well as (we all know!), Winner of the fourth season of American Idol, Miss Carrie Underwood wore a NIKOLAKI dress on TODAY'S "Ellen DeGeneres Show".

Chattin' Girls: Carrie Underwood (in NIKOLAKI dress) and Ellen DeGeneres, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"

My NIKOLAKI Co-Designer David Paul and I were ECSTATIC when we found out that Carrie would be wearing one of our fabulous cocktail dresses on TV yesterday (they taped the show a day before) but of course, we had to keep a secret until now.

Clap For Couture: Carrie Underwood (in NIKOLAKI dress) with Ellen DeGeneres, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"

She was a guest today on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" to promote the new film she is starring in, "Soul Surfer", which opens tomorrow. I think Carrie looked DAZZLING in our NIKOLAKI turquoise blue silk ziberline dress featuring a high pleated neckline, open back and contrast waistband. PS: Turquoise looks GORGEOUS on Carrie!!!

It's all about color-block dresses kids---and somehow, David and I knew this when we designed this dress many many months ago for our NIKOLAKI Spring 2011 Collection. You can see the dress from our Look Book on model Amanda Fields above.

Pleated Beauty: Carrie Underwood, in NIKOLAKI turquoise blue silk dress, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"

After their initial sit-down interview--where they discussed everything from her new film to her doggie, her wedding as well as her husband's closet--Carrie and Ellen also didplayed a fun little game involving a couple of audience members and some Vitamin Water.

Le Back: Carrie Underwood, in NIKOLAKI dress (left), on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

What was great about this was that we actually got to see Carrie's dress from the back as she turned around and had to throw mini water balloons for the game...Miss Carrie, you looked AMAZING in NIKOLAKI and, as one of the designers, I give you a dozen kisses for choosing to wear it!


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Katy Perry Wears NIKOLAKI Spring 2011 at New Purr Fragrance Launch!!!

Katy wears NIKOLAKI!

PURR-Gorgeous: Katy Perry in NIKOLAKI Spring 2011, New Launch of Purr by Katy Perry Fragrance Mexico City

Well kids, my NIKOLAKI design partner, David Paul and I barely touched down in LA from our whirlwind of a quick trip to showcase our Collection in San Antonio Texas at the SUPER-fabulous Alteza Penthouse when we found out that...

The ONE and ONLY Katy Perry wore one of our Spring 2011 Collection dresses to the Launch of her new Purr Fragrance in one of my favorite cities: Mexico City! It's a lilac silk chiffon hand-beaded sequin paillette one-shoulder cap-sleeved cocktail mini dress with a cowl-draped front. Of course, we think she looked AMAZING! Love the jet-black "pin-up" model hair and STOMPING heels!

Saludos Mexico: Singer Katy Perry in NIKOLAKI at the Purr New Fragrance Launch Mexico City

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Nick Verreos and David Paul Debut their Spring 2011 Nikolaki Collection at Style Week Orange County OCTOBER 1st!!!

DIVAS in the OC!

For the Tenth Anniversary of our NIKOLAKI Line, David Paul and I decided to debut our Spring 2011 Collection at the fabulous Style Week Orange County! Last year, I was asked to host...

The great Ezekiel Needle & Thread Competition, where FIDM Fashion Design Grads exclusively participated--as part of Style Week Orange County. Of course, I had a blast! After years spending many a Three-Day Weekend R&R time in beautiful Laguna Beach...who knew I would be back hosting a fabulous design contest and fashion show!

NIKOLAKI Designers Nick Verreos and David Paul, at Islands of The World Fashion Week, Bahamas

And this year, I will be showing at Style Week OC! David and I have been "busy bees" for the last four months working on our Spring 2011 Collection and now we are (almost) ready!

All I can say about our upcoming Spring 2011 Collection is that it will be full of Red Carpet Glamour and that, it was inspired by our recent Europe trip as well as...

Former socialite/fashion diva of the early 20Th Century Rita De Acosta Lydig and this...

Giovanni Bondini Panting of Mrs. Howard Johnston from 1906. That's all I can say for now--stay tuned for more soon! I'm so excited to be showing Friday October 1st! The Fashion Show begins at 7 PM and the wonderful thing about this show is that everyone can see it! It will be held in the center of Irvine Spectrum and can be viewed by all!

Here are the Details:
NIKOLAKI Spring 2011 Fashion Show

Date: Friday October 1st Time: 7 PM
Where: Style Week Orange County Irvine Spectrum, 71 Fortune Drive, Irvine California 92618
RSVP: No RSVP Necessary, just be there!
Media and Press: Please Email
Stacie Ellis at sellis@irvinecompany.com
Jane Gillespie at janegillespie@cox.net

Nikolaki by Nick Verreos and David Paul on Roiworld!

On The Virtual Red Carpet: NIKOLAKI Gowns Ready for their Close-up!

Recently I attended the book signing of Author and Fashion Aficionado Tom Julian. We quickly hit it off and he told me that I NEEDED to be part of a project he was doing called Roiworld. After doing a little research I discovered that Roiworld is a great sight that allows you to play "virtual paper dolls" on the computer. It combines games, shopping and some great fashion. It is something that most Girls (and some boys!) wish we had "back in the day".

Roiworld was gearing up to create a Red Carpet Closet just in time for the Academy Awards. They asked me and my company NIKOLAKI to be part of it and I, of course, said YES!

NIKOLAKI Virtual Closet: Choose Which Style You'd Wear on the Red Carpet!

They took 3 Gowns from my collection: A Black Silk Taffeta Gown, a Celedon Green Beaded Siren Gown and a Red Silk Zibeline Strapless Gown.

You can add heels, handbags, hairdos and accessories to all the looks. It was so fun to see these creations animated and I even had a great time playing with the different styles!!

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Carrie Ann Inaba wears Nikolaki to the Grammy Awards

Architectural Carrie!
Carrie Ann Inaba in NIKOLAKI Fall 2010, hosting TV Guide Network's Grammys Red Carpet Pre-Show

Late last year, when I did my Emmys Fashion Wrap with Carrie Ann Inaba, she took me aside and said "You know what? I need to wear NIKOLAKI when I host one of my upcoming Red Carpet Shows..." We decided the Grammys would be perfect. The next time I saw her while filming the Golden Globes Fashion Wrap, I brought sketches for her and her stylist extraordinaire, my fellow Fashion Wrap Panelist, Jen Rade, to see. They loved all of them but decided they should stop by my NIKOLAKI Design Studio to take a closer look and "play dress-up". And boy did she: She tried on half a dozen gowns and dresses. But her eyes began "wandering"... She couldn't take her eyes off a muslin/toile sample that we had made for our Fall 2010 line. Couture Muslin: Nick Verreos and Carrie Ann Inaba pose with the muslin/toile of her Grammys dress

She asked "What is that??" We said that it was just a mock-up (in cotton muslin) of one of the dresses in our upcoming line. "I HAVE to try it on!" she quipped. She did and both her and Jen found their dress. Done and done. My design partner, David Paul and I took her measurements and discussed length and any other minor adjustments. Now we just had to make it--custom--in just ONE WEEK!!! The final result: A strapless cocktail dress made with black Italian Silk-and-Wool Zibeline featuring Oragami-like "petal" folds up top and cascading down the bottom.
Hand Delivery: Nick Verreos at the Staples bringing THE dress to Carrie Ann Inaba's trailer for a fitting

These last few days prior to the Awards have been crazy, making trips back-and-forth to the Staples Center--site of the Grammys--for some final fitting last touches and today both David and I were at her hotel room, getting her dressed in our NIKOLAKI dress. We think she looks amazing!
Click below for Carry Ann Inaba (in NIKOLAKI) and Chris Harrison interviewing Taylor Swift at the Grammys 2010:


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