Nicolas Ghesquière never ceases to amaze me.  Each collection he creates is pure gold in my view, and his pre-fall line is no exception.  This time around he decide to go prep, and I love this layered sweater and shift mini look.  The brooch definitely makes the outfit, though.  After looking through the whole line, I think these square tipped booties are my favorite creations.  His shoes are always so fresh and inspiring.

I’ve had a long standing obsession with Isabel Marant. Her shops are delightfully relaxed and her garments, jewelry, and footwear are all beautifully crafted. And to top it off her items are reasonably priced. I found myself drooling over many of her embroidered caftans and plaid tunics. Knowing how much I love anything Isabel, Leo picked out this necklace for me. XOXO

So after strolling into some of my favorite stores in Paris I started to see a unanimous direction for Spring handbags. As the Spring runways proved, bling hasn’t been this big in a long time. Normally I only like bling in small doses, but some of my favorite stores, mentioned below have managed to make me love it in large doses.

I do want to point out that I failed to see anyone on the streets actually sporting these bags on the street, as the Parisian ladies seem to be sticking to their red patent leather bags for now. But I think that once the weather changes I’m envisioning droves of fashionable women strolling around pairing these blingtastic bags with some sweet summer dresses.

The first of my affections was for Vanessa Bruno’s bling shopper-bags. It’s a bit hard to tell from the pic, but the handle is covered in sequins. I love that it’s such a simple shape, but totally fabulous. It reminds me a bit of some bags that were really popular that Old Navy brought to the masses a few summers ago, I’m totally kicking myself for not picking one up back then!

Here are two more Vanessa Bruno bags that I didn’t see in the stores, but I came accross them on her site and just had to put them up.

Next on the list are Zadig & Voltaire, who are known for their slinky luxury looks. I wasn’t super impressed by their normally cute slip-like dresses and ultra-light sweaters this time around, but these bags were really supple and gorgeous in person (I don’t think the pic really does them justice).

And lastly we have mama bling herself, Miu Miu.