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Milli Millu Spring/Summer 2012 Collection: City Slickers
Milli Millu’s new collection takes us on a continent-sprawling cosmopolitan tour, and the standouts on their fast-paced adventure? Surprisingly, it’s the understated cities of Vancouver and Copenhagen. You cannot deny the convenience and ease of a small shoulder bag, especially one you can wear cross-body, but do they have to be so boring? The Vancouver [...]
Best of Pre-Fall 2012: Structural Delights
Just before the big shows, Pre-Fall pops up like a nice fashion appetizer, just enough to satiate you for the moment and whet your palette for more! This pre-season, it’s all about structure. With a nod to club-hopping France in the late-eighties, Balenciaga gives us sharp lines and a refined design. The details are rich [...]
A Bright Forecast: All the Colors of the Rainbow!
Get ready to give the old-fashioned color wheel a big spin. Rainbow brights make up Spring’s new color palette, and I could not be more excited – I love color! And this is just the beginning. We will be seeing many more thrilling hues, including neon, throughout the season, but let’s kick things off with [...]
Matt & Nat x Apple: Reduce, Reuse, Re-Style
It seems only fitting that Apple, a company known for carbon-footprint consciousness, would stand behind an all-vegan bag label. Matt & Nat have just collaborated with Apple for a second collection of satchels even the greenest of snobs can be proud to carry. With crinkly faux-leather and accenting zipper hardware, the Ritual messenger ($180) is [...]
Top 5 Offbeat Prints: It’s Time to Work the Quirk
It’s not always all about animal prints! Printed bags are great when you’re eager to get playful with your look, and the latest releases prove that designers can get as frisky as the best of us. And sometimes even a little too sportive for some. Here, the top picks of the latest prints that march [...]
Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Straw Handbag: Get a Handle On It
Oooh, python set against straw makes for a fab contrast! It’s pure. It’s natural. It’s glamorous. But, being the decadents they are, Dolce & Gabbana couldn’t keep themselves from adding a gold chain. The flashy touch musses it up especially with the gold lock – this would pack a bigger impact without an extra fussiness. [...]
Emma Stone x Lanvin JL Bowling Bag
Granted, the JL bowling bag from Lanvin is a nice looking bag but why the JL logo stamp? I know it stands for Jeanne Lanvin but honestly thought Emma Stone stole J. Lo’s smooth beige leather bag when I first saw it. The embossed logo doesn’t make any sense- why bring back the Jeanne Lanvin [...]
Luisa via Roma Style Lab 2012
Kelly and I are having so much fun in Florence at the Luisa Via Roma Firenze4Ever 4th edition Style Lab! We’ve decided that if this blogging thing doesn’t work out for us, we will try to find a gig styling photo shoots. We were asked to style 3 looks, and we decided to do the [...]
Versace Metallic Leather Shoulder Bags: Versace is More
Versace stands wholeheartedly by their Italian routes, and there’s no doubt Italians often like to flaunt their love of the molto flashy. Their new metallic bags look like they were plucked out of the glitziest casino in Vegas, rather than snatched outside the runway shows in Milan. Lamb leather has been embossed in their signature [...]
Top 5 New Bags of the Year: 2011 Really Took Shape
2011 may be old news, but the fresh bag silhouettes to come out of it are anything but. Out of some of the most prominent fashion houses, new shapes came to the forefront, proving that what makes an “It” bag is not flash and logo-driven panache but innovation of shape and mood. Here, the top [...]
