Archive for June, 2007

June 29, 2007

Fashion News: Weekly Blog Round Up!
TGIF! You waited for this day all week. Not only for the simple fact that it’s the last day of the week but it’s web blog round up day. Which means it’s time to take a mini break from reality to read a few interesting articles from other sweet fashion sites…

Nichelle at 55 Secret Street has a Q&A with Author (and yes, Lucky Beauty Editor) Jean Godfrey-June.

Yet another affordable fashion line has gone the way of the designer capsule collection. Stiletto Jungle shows off Courreges for La Redoute.

Bag Snob wants to know if you’d be willing to shell out $1k for the Hermes Silky Pop Bag!

Beauty Snob reviews Lamisilk Foot Therapy.

Modern fashion with a vintage twist has Coquette falling in love with Jovovich-Hawk’s Fall Collection preview.

Get gorgeous summer skin naturally in the produce aisle of your nearest grocery. Fashiontribes gets the juicy scoop on using fruits & veggies for skincare.

Girlawhirl thinks Peace, Love and Earth jewelry is right on target

KRiSTOPHER‘s not into not carrying a plastic bag, but she digs the cheeky chic “I’m Not a Smug Twat” bag.

My Fashion Life takes a look at this seasons summer staple – The Shirtdress

Papierblog looks at the release of Apple’s new wonder, the iPhone

Second City Style shows you How To Shop the Summer Sales for Your Fall Wardrobe

SheFinds’‘ has the scoop on celebrity sunglasses — get the shades seen on Angelina, Ashlee, Aniston and more

Hot Stuff: StyleBakery.com lists their favorite totes, flip flops, hats and more to keep you looking and feeling cool this summer.

Check out Styleaholic Najwa Moses’ new Music & Style Foto Blog. This week she covers Will I AM’s Fall Fashion Preview

Trend alert! Bye bye bubble skirts says Stylebites

Stylehive Hive5: Kick it up a notch with one of summer’s hottest trends – bright, bold and beuatiful technicolor eyes!

Tammy at The Jewelry Weblog is doing a “Jerry Maguire,” as she rants about how some in the jewelry industry need to “get rid of that has-been hardcopy-mindset copyright BS on [their] sites” and recognize the 21st century and the blogosphere.

Join eBeautyDaily and explore where and how you spend your beauty dollars.

June 28, 2007

Hot for Fall: Botkiers Rose Satchel
I love everything about it – the double twist braided straps, the simple block-y silver hardware and the long unstructured soft leather body. Oh and not to forget that super adorable wristlet attached – how frikin cute is that?! Totally reminds me of the long-time-sold-out YSL Rose Nadja bag, which I still am to this day stalking eBay for.

The date is unknown when this bag will be available, but it will be sometime soon I can assure you that. I can also assure that this fabulous purse will be in my closet – oh yes this beauty will be mine! Even though this bag can’t be found on store shelves yet, that wasn’t stopping the blonde supermodel mommy Heidi Klum from getting her hands on one.

June 27, 2007

Reusable Shopper: Hermes Silky Pop Handbag
We have an update on the Hermes Silky Pop Totes I mentioned a while back… the bags are finally available at Hermes boutiques all over the world and at hermes.com!

The newbie is made of hand-wrought silk that’s decorated with a beautiful Hermes signature print. When not in use it easily folds up and collapses into a wallet-size calfskin pouch. To be honest when I first heard about this new addition to the House I wasn’t that excited. I guess I pictured some plain canvas shopper tote. But after seeing the gorgeous elaborate prints (much like the scarves) I was left in awe.

A spokesman for the designer house of Hermes said that the “Silky Pop Hermes bag is an upscale option to the extra fold-up shopping bag that many European women already carry in their purses.� And that this is the ideal tote if “Say you’re out walking. You decide to pick up a few apples, you pull out your bag. (But she quickly added) Though obviously, Hermes clients usually aren’t shopping for their own groceries.�

Discover the Hermes Silky Pop Handbag
Price: $943

via: trendencias

June 26, 2007

Louis Vuitton That’s L.O.V.E. Satin Tote
Move over canvas the satin is here…

Remember when I mentioned how the Louis Vuitton Canvas That’s Love Bags, which looked a lot similar to Marc Jacobs super cheap totes from the Special Items Line, were finally available at eluxury.com and Louis Vuitton boutiques all over the world, where they retailed for a whopping $1,720. Well eluxury now has the Satin version available which retails for, no big surprise, the same price of $1,720. Definitely a very cute summer tote, but good lord almost $2k for a shoppers tote? I was thinking $850-ish – what do you guys think??

So like I mentioned before, what makes the Louis Vuitton’s Love Bag so special is that the satin body is ornamented with the hand-stitched logo, which took over 20 hours and 620 gold and silver tube beads to create. That’s the only flashy part of the bag. The interior is simple, lined with linen and features one single pocket. Measurements: 13� x 14.5� x 4�

Discover the Louis Vuitton That’s Love Purse
Price: $1720

June 26, 2007

Kate Bosworth loves her Hogan Bag
Spotted: With her luggage brown Hogan shoulder bag this blonde beauty was spotted after spending an hour or two shopping at Bristol Farms in Los Angeles over the weekend.

June 25, 2007

Guess who loves the Dries Van Noten Purse
Spotted: After getting her hair done at Macmillan hair salon in Beverly Hills, this ex-Friend was snapped by the paparazzi with her hot black leather Dries Van Noten Purse in hand.

Who could it be? Well there is only one way to find out. Owner of the Dries Van Noten Purse Revealed!

June 25, 2007

Dooney’s Sausage: The New Emma Roberts Bag
So about that Emma Roberts Dooney Bag… some of you may have seen the Extra video staring Emma Roberts about her bag that “she designed� for Dooney and Bourke. How quickly we all forgot the original Emma Bag that she had a part in designing. I’m not saying that she did or didn’t help out in designing this second version, but I am saying that her first kick at it sucked, big time. And yes I’m sure the designer’s over at the D and B headquarters realized it and pushed for this newer (I guess) improved design. Do I like the new Emma Bag?? Well, it sure is a lot more nicer looking. But I’m still going to have to go with a nay on my side. It looks like a sausage wiener from the side!!

Details on the improved Emma Roberts Bag: The new and improved sausage-looking bag is made of buttery soft glove leather, with bridle leather trim and solid brass hardware. Available in two sizes – The small size measures 11″ length x 4″ width x 4.5″ height and retails for $210. The larger size measures 15″ length x 4.5″ width x 4″ height and retails for $235. And is available in eleven colors, from basic black and brown to red, white, and marine blue.

Discover the Dooney & Bourke Emma Roberts Bag
Price: $210 – $235

June 24, 2007

Purse Deal: Bottega Veneta Nutmeg Woven Purse
All good deals are not on the web. About a week ago while doing my boutique-department store hopping I managed to wander into Nordstrom’s sister store, the Rack. There, sitting on the white shelf was the Bottega Veneta Woven Shoulder Bag in the color Nutmeg (same bag pictured above) with a gigantic clearance tag that read only $500. Yeah, that’s it, but I wasn’t in-love so I had to pass. The structure and functionality of it was all there, and I love (of course) the woven intreciatto leather. But I was feeling super picky that day and kept pointing out everything I disliked, such as the color and the gold chain detailing and circular chain link buckle fastenings – just not what I was looking for. Although, I do slightly regret it now because I had no idea that the same bag was for sale on net-a-porter for $2086. Next time I will pull out my little blackberry and ask anyone in tBF if they are looking for a BV bag for only $500, haha. Oh well, a big bummer, but there are many more deals to be discovered…

Details: The nutmeg colored intreciatto leather shoulder bag is decorated with gold hardware and features chain detailing, a zip fastening on top, a pouch compartment on each side with concealed magnetic fastenings, lavender suede lining and adjustable shoulder straps with circular chain link buckle fastenings. Measures 15� width x 9.5� height x 6� depth

Discover the Bottega Veneta Nutmeg Woven Shoulder Bag
Price: $2980 $2086

June 22, 2007

Introducing: Coach Chelsea Handbag Collection
tBF’er BoysrSmelly beat me to the punch over in the forum, again! lol. Check out the new Chelsea Handbag collection to hit store shelves over at Coach. There are a few highs and a few lows but all and all I am pretty impressed with this new addition. Without a doubt its more appealing than Coach’s recently introduced (well revamped) Patchwork Line.

The new Chelsea Collection features soft shapes in some of Coach’s most popular silhouettes like the sling pack, mini shoulder flap, double strap satchel, hobos baby bag and tote. Also this newbie features identifiable features such as the brass or silver turn-lock closures, braided or grommet straps, patchwork and/or exotic leathers. That’s right, this collection comes in chocolate or mineral python-print leather! OMG the baby blue mineral beauty has looks to kill die for.

Pictured above are a few of the bags from the new collection. Below I looked at each one in more detail…

- Hands down the gem of the new collection is the mineral robins egg blue Python Satchel. This precious jewel is dressed in a python-embossed leather on the structured satchel body. The mouth of the bag is kept shut with the turn-lock closure which opens to show off the fabric lining, single zip pocket, multi-function pockets, ring to clip an accessory or keyfob. Perfect bag for those semi-dressy, going to hang out with the girls occasion, check it out. Measures 13� (L) x 7.5� (H) x 4.5� (W) Price: $998

- Next up is the bohemian-inspired Patchwork Large Hobo. Dressed in a pattern collage of neutral to gold leather and light to dark brown suede pattern fabric on the slouchy hobo shape. This bag also features a turn-lock closure, interior zip pocket, multi-functional pocket, and a ring clip for a keyfob. Not my favorite of the newbies, the criss-cross stitching pattern which merges the patterns together reminds me of bags produced in the 80′s. Click here to view more details. Measures 11â€? (L) x 11.5â€? (H) x 5â€? (W) Price: $458

- Yes again with the optic signature. It’s back for yet another season and this time it’s featured in the Chelsea collection. The bag pictured above is the boxy shaped Optic Signature Tote in either the denim or camel colored optic print with silver hardware and a matching braided shoulder strap. I love this style. It’s perfect for almost any occasion – from school to work and everything in between. Check out the other bags with the optic print at coach.com. Measures 11� (L) x 12� (H) x 5� (W) Price: $428

- Coach is introducing not only the new Chelsea handbag line, but a completely new hobo style as well – the saddlebag looking Abbey Flap Hobo. The bold features of this bag which make it look distinctly different than all the others include the leather whipstitch lacing through the brass eyes, mini tassels, studded detailing sprinkled all over the shoulder strap, a back pocket with magnetic snap closure and the gigantic flap which pops open to reveal the inside zip pocket, multi-function pocket, and a ring to clip a key fob. This new unique style is available in a few other styles, check ‘em out. Measures 15.5� (L) x 14� (H) x 5� (W) Price: $798

- And finally, *drum roll* it’s the Chelsea Hobo. This bag isn’t flashy or decorated with a bunch of overpopulated studded clutter, which is just how I like it. Truly this bag doesn’t need anything more then what going on – Dressed in the rich mineral baby robins egg blue on the timeless forever stylish retro-inspired body. Discover is here. Measures 11â€? (L) x 11â€? (H) x 4â€? (W) Price: $398

Discover the Coach Chelsea Handbag Line
Price Range: $138 – $999