Fur

After many seasons of floppy-schloppy chic, I’m excited to see the commitment to sleek structure from the Parisian houses. The French understand the power of subtlety (perhaps more so than any other breed), and Fall 2012 is going to be one of refinement if they have any say in it! Céline toys with the triangle [...]

Designer Monica Botkier has always marched to the stylish beat of her own bag’s drum. It’s an interesting move for her to go up-market, when everyone else is scrambling to do high-street collaborations or creating bridge lines. After acknowledging that Monica’s core-line prices have gone down a lot, she realized there are a lot of [...]

‘Tis the season to get a little free with your style – we all get a bit looser in the spring, even maybe slightly bohemian. But not too free, please! I’m all for a bag with some whimsy to it, but these five overly embellished examples show that sometimes more is too much, whether you’re [...]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a bag can make or break your outfit. Few occasions make that more apparent than Fashion Week, when It-bags are seen on It-girls all over the sidewalk and in most cases they are “making” it. Here, the most noteworthy clutches, totes, and satchels of Paris, where [...]

During Milan Fashion Week, my blog bestie Catherine Kallon (aka Red Carpet Fashion Awards) took me to a Pollini party. Honestly, I didn’t really know much about the brand (though they’ve been around since the sixties) and wasn’t expecting to be wowed. But the instant I walked in, a bevy of interesting bags caught my [...]

I almost bought a Diane von Furstenberg goat-hair vest last month that looked amazing on my friend with blonde hair, until I looked in the mirror and realized the goat hair looked like an extension of my own hair. When you can’t tell the difference between your mane and your jacket, you need a change [...]