The Buzz | Stylist to the stars for Derby parties

By Christa Ritchie • critchie@courier-journal.com • May 4, 2010


From left: Amanda Mattingly, Merika Rock, Bonnie-Jill Laflin and Whitney Kayrouz.

Celebrity stylist Merika Rock of M. Rock Style in Southern Indiana (she did Kim Kardashian's hair and makeup last year for Derby) helped get Bonnie-Jill Laflin camera-ready for her Derby festivities

NBA's first female scout for the Los Angeles Lakers got glam by Rock and her team of stylists — Amanda Mattingly and Whitney Kayrouz — for the Julep Ball and the Party in Pink.

Rock and company even had to do some last-minute handiwork on Laflin's outfit.

“We had to do some emergency alterations on her dress,” she said. “We got her done just in time for her red-carpet entrance.”

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