Patent Leather
For the 10th Annual Video Game Awards, Jessica Alba went all black (is this a throwback to her Dark Angel days??) – even down to her nails. With side-swept waves, she’s part pin-up, part moto babe. Jess wore a va-va-voom Narciso Rodriguez leather dress, some strappy Giuseppes, and carried Christian Louboutin’s sexy Miss Loubi clutch. [...]
Finally, a bag that matches Carven’s young, quirky, improperly proper dresses! I’ve been enjoying their designs since last year, from the tweed to the very recent convertible tote, but this little orb is quintessentially Carven: original and just a bit Parisian. Perfectly cute and round, it’s like a miniature hatbox. Just looking at it makes [...]
The harrowing winds of Hurricane Sandy recently ripped through the East Coast – and now a Nor’easter on top of it?! Mother Nature must be stark, raving mad about something this season, and there’s bad weather around the world to prove it. I have a feeling we’re going to be in for quite a winter, [...]
With all the ghastly ghouls roaming around out there tonight, there’s enough scariness going on for one day. I’m countering it with a choice selection of bags yummier than a grocery-aisle’s worth of Halloween candy. Ask any snob, and you’ll get the same answer: she’d rather have a fun bag than a fun-size chocolate any [...]
Suddenly, I have the urge to go bird-watching. I’m not talking crack-of-the-dawn mornings and big binoculars but spying a sweet golden woodpecker perched atop my clutch. Kate Spade is really impressing me with their bags as of late, from paint sets to this new wooden wonder. High on creativity and low on kitsch, Kate Spade [...]
For Spring 2013 at Lanvin, Alber’s message is clear: he has a new focus on bags (and I couldn’t be more pleased!). He has recently realized the bag is “the essence of design” because it mixes the “emotional” and the “rational.” Oui! And he hasn’t wasted any time. The Pre-Spring bags are welcoming to the [...]
