Roxy, Bono & Blue…THE PUPSTARS OF SONOMA

How Three Pugs Are Taking the Fashion World by Storm

By Katy Cable, -TWR
A 4 min. read

It’s kind of a funny story, but I originally came across Roxy, Bono & Blue, the darlings who are the models/actors and inspiration behind Pupstar Sonoma, by accident. While searching for an image to use on a flyer for my Pug Beach “Bone-anza” event, I stumbled across what still remains one of my absolute favorite pug pics (not counting pics of my own pugs) of all time…Little did I know the man posting this beautiful image on my social media timeline was in fact the creator, photographer, and mastermind himself, Philip Lauer. -And here I just thought he had excellent taste. The event drew quite a bit of publicity, (-no doubt that perfect pic had something to do with it.) And I quickly came to find out it was HIS work which I had never asked permission to use. Whoops!

In what could’ve ended up in some “un-friending” at the very least, instead resulted in a new friendship and treasured experience. After a heartfelt apology and explanation of my mistake, I was excited to receive an invitation to the launch celebration of Pupstar Sonoma’s first FANTASY PUGS calendar.

It turns out Phillip Lauer and his wife Susan are not just the creators of the picture I fell…