Blogging has been the most rewarding professional career I’ve ever had, and it’s also brought incredible people in to my personal life. It’s hard to imagine meeting genuine friends over the internet, especially ones who become your confidante, cheerleader and a constant source of support and encouragement but that’s what happened when I met Sasha Charnin Morrison, Fashion Director of US Weekly and author of Secrets of Stylists: An Insider’s Guide to Styling the Stars
Sasha is a true original and her love of fashion is infectious (it’s not unusual to find us obsessing over bags and shoes at 2am together online!)- she attributes her fashion sense to her stepmother Jade Hobson (former Creative Director at Vogue under Grace Mirabella) who nurtured her fashion obsession at an early age. Sasha put in serious time as fashion director at Allure, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar and did the fashion show circuit globally 3 months out of the year. When she had her twins, she jumped ship to US magazine in order to stay in NYC with them.
In her new book, Secrets of Stylists: An Insider’s Guide to Styling the Stars
If you live in NYC, please stop by Sasha’s book launch party at Scoop tomorrow (Tuesday, May 3rd from 6-8pm) hosted by famed stylist Annabel Tollman. I will be there of course (I’m in it along with a few of my favorite bags!) and would love to have a glass of bubbly with you– rsvp for the party here!
Jump to read Sasha’s favorite Five Essential bags (and then some, she added her own category!)–
I am in love with the Thursday Friday bags! Hermes is out of their minds to for suing them to cease and desist. I mean, come on, I think WE ALL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE REAL THANG?! It’s the perfect daily tote to keep an extra pair of shoes, change of clothes and anything else I need throughout the day running around with my twin boys. My color? Camel.
I believe in trying to be chic and functional at all times, but it gets tough while traveling because baggage claim treats bags like they’re unwanted stepchildren! My Tumi rolley bags not only get me around in style, they take the abuse fabulously. I have two sizes, and working my way up to a 3rd. Love my Tumi Vapor small size in silver, extended trip in gold and can’t wait to buy the largest in black soon.
Celine bigger black bag with a fox tail. (Which I already own). Celine casts a mysterious spell on me in regards to its bags. There is something refined and classic– not usually something I would gravitate to normally. But there’s always a twist of some sort– the shape, the color, the blocked color, the animal print. I love the construction of this particular bag because I am a sucker for a boxy tote bag! The fact that it has grown bigger makes me want it even more-I already have one, how many do you need?! As many as you can get your paws on. I also love the fox tail attachment.
Torn: I love the Versace fringed insanity, the Valentino Rockstud in leopard (not included above), Louboutin snake with the bow and chain (but I’m not really a bow person) and crazy for Cavalli fringed hippie bag.
That gorgeous Chanel brown bag. I don’t know what it does… but I want it, badly!
Well. There’s only one. The McQueen Brittania Punk leather box clutch. It won’t matter what you’re wearing when you have this in your clutches!
How weird is that – I ordered this book this morning before reading your post.
We Will be there!
My God – that Celine bag! I need that in my life. And I like to see a travel bag that looks like, well, a travel bag for normal people.
I could see all of Sasha’s choices in my closet! I hope this post from her is less dramatic than when she posted about her gorgeous orange Celine luggage tote
BTW, hope she still loves it as much as I love my leopard ponyhair version! Looking forward to reading her book too!
I honestly can’t believe (unless you don’t know) that you would promote a bag with such an unreputable company. I am referring to Thursday Friday and their Birkin Bag. I too fell in love with it, purchased (and paid for it) back in February when it was only $35.00. Since then, they have raised their price to $45.00 per bag and have yet to deliver to those of us who have ordered as far back as January. Check their Facebook page and you will see so many unsatisfied customers.
When you email their customer service they EMAIL you back and simply just apologize for the back order and basically tell you NOTHING else…but to hang in there (all the while they keep stealing innocent shoppers money in my opinion). They just keep uping the delivery date to the next month and we have yet to see anything.
The interesting thing though….they DO seem to have enough bags to send to those who are promoting them. Hmmmm. I wonder how that happens.
As a blogger you may simply just be unaware of this problem so I thought I would bring it to your attention (and others on this site that may want to order one).
As for me…I haven’t yet tried to get my money back because I do like the bag and would love to have one….and $35 isn’t going to break the bank for me. However, I’m sure there will come a time (soon) when I’m over it and decide to open a dispute with my credit card company.
Good luck everyone…
Really??? That’s insane. Have to be honest to your hmmmm comment-I posted it out of obsession and not promotion. I ordered myself and had to wait 3 months for it after paying for it and that jazz. I love it and used it on a trip. I hope you got yours by this point. And if you haven’t that’s silly and they should send you two.