Nancy Gonzalez

Kermit had it all wrong. Whether you’re more into high-impact yellow or mighty-potent green, get ready for bright brights this spring. I’m talking retina-searing, almost blinding! The fresh hue of green is traditionally a color signifying growth and renewal in the Spring, but I’m interested in a shade that requires sunglasses. Not quite neon, but [...]

Here’s a riddle for you: is exotic skin all the more exotic when it’s been snipped and layered into a bona fide bouquet? Or should something rare look just that: unique? As an object, this artfully cut arrangement of tropical flowers in the girliest of hues is undeniably a great feat of skin. It almost [...]

I’m in the mood to get a little savage. Wilderness calls, and I’m going to answer. But am I going on safari? To put it delicately, hell, no! I’ll take my savagery in the form of an exotic bag that speaks to nature. A bag of exotic skin in all its glory or with a [...]

I know black is fashion’s #1 color, and while I get it, I still love a little brightness. But if you must go black, choose something embellished (just not so much so that it takes away from the reason you need a black bag – for versatility). You don’t want your bag to be a [...]

Bergdorf’s is having a Nancy Gonzalez “Candy Event” this Thursday and Friday. Translation: tons of her exclusive candy-colored bags and clutches will be available for our tasting (I mean buying!) pleasure. The pink crocodile dot clutch bag ($1,300) is my biggest craving right now – the polka dots are like chic little gumdrops. If you [...]

I need a white clutch, but pure ivory always seems too boring to buy. That is, unless it’s a laser-cut exotic by Nancy Gonzalez. Leave it to the queen of croc. A beautiful (if not decadently wasteful) way to use the skin, the lacy cutout-floral effect makes her classic flap clutch thoroughly fresh and exciting. [...]