When I heard that Luella Bartley was designing merchandise for a limited-time-only run at Target, I was especially excited to see what handbags would be available. I haven’t had an opportunity yet to go to the actual store, but after taking a peek at the handbags on Target’s web site, I must admit, I’m slightly underwhelmed. Maybe that’ll change once I can actually see the purses in person. Read the rest of this entry »
At 49 years of ages, Christian Lacroix along with Jean-Jauques Picard began their career in Haute Couture. A french term known as high fashion, couture is the art of
dressmaking and sewing mainly by hand. Because this fashion creation process is perfectly fitted to the shape of the woman, haute couture dresses ran for over ten
thousands of dollars. Haute Couture caters for an exclusive clientele thus, each dress is carefully fitted to the client and done through appointment only. It was
at the house of Jean Patou, Christian Lacroix and Jean-Jacques Picard evolutionized haute couture. In the eightees Haute Couture was then regarded as an almost
extinct way to dress up elite woman in society. It also because the less favourable path to take for a known designer. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicole Young’s idea to sell the halter jersey dresses she was making for herself was an accidental overnight success. The dresses were nowhere to be found last summer, but since January of this year Naomi Campbell, Lauren Davis, Emilia Fanjul, and Joy Bryant (among other Us Weekly faves), have turned up in Young’s creations, and the red-hot dresses are selling out at stores in New York and Los Angeles. We sought out the lifestyle correspondent and former entertainment publicist-cum-designer to find out just how easy it is to create an “it” item of the season, her take on the power of friendship and how she intends to continue fanning the flame of her success. Read the rest of this entry »
Every woman needs a basic leather bag that she can fill to the brim with the necessities of everyday living and know that it’s up to the task, but many times affordable basic leather bags seem to only be available in black or brown. Frankly, there’s just some days where I need a hint of color like the light blush on this Leather Slouch Bag to help perk me up on those cloudy, dismal days or hey, even bright sunny days when things just aren’t going right. Read the rest of this entry »