Archive for the 'Accessories' Category

Digby and Iona has a blog…

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
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Digby and Iona is one of my ultimate favorite jewelry lines. His pieces are so poetic. He now has a blog to show recent works, which can be viewed at, http://digbyandiona.blogspot.com.

Louise Wants…An Everyday Bag

Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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I’m in dire need of a new everyday bag, and I think this one by Anna Corinna is really chic and practical.

Louise Wants…Karen Walker Shades

Saturday, January 26th, 2008
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I love these wannabe ray-bans by Kiwi designer Karen Walker.

Louise Loves… Henrik Vibskov

Friday, January 25th, 2008
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I’ve always had a sweet spot for Henrik Vibskov’s amazing knitwear. His fresh use of both simple and complex graphic prints is really extraordinary. While checking out the British online store, No-One, I discovered that he also designs shoes. My favorite pair are these adorable electric blue booties.
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Louise Loves… Balenciaga

Friday, January 18th, 2008
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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.

Erica Weiner Jewelry…

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
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While browsing Cool Hunting, I came across the beautiful jewelry of Erica Weiner.  Using an array of non-precious metals, her line features nature and antique inspired charms and trinkets.  If your in the Philly area, you can pick up one of Erica’s pieces at Vagabond.

Louise Loves…Geometric Pendants

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

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While browsing the latest S/S 08 collections, I noticed this adorable geometric jewelry trend. I love how Missoni’s collaged interpretation fuses wooden elements with tons of bling. Marni’s clean, color-blocked version is definitely my favorite, though, because I think it’s much more wearable.

Shiny shoes…

Friday, May 18th, 2007
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I have a new obsession…shiny shoes. It all started with this pair. Leo and I argued about the impracticality for me to wear these at work (amongst the screen printing and general mess, probably not the best choice). But I’ve got to say that I totally adore the fact that they stay pretty and shiny no matter what my environment happens to be. I like them so much that yesterday I picked up the heeled version to go with my 2nd wedding dress (it has red embroidered flowers on it so it’s the perfect opportunity to wear red shoes!
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Headband Hysteria…

Sunday, April 15th, 2007
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This weekend I was shocked to realize there was total headband hysteria in the accessories world. I can’t say that I really understand the above example. Every store I went into had these ill fitting lumpy headbands (I know they are supposed to emulate a head scarf without slipping in a Prada-esque way but I just think they look frumpy). This example is from Forever 21.
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The second look that ever present was these head-wrap-meets elastic pieces. I think it just looks lazy, I don’t really understand what’s so hard about wrapping a scarf around ones head. This piece is from J.CREW.
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And thirdly, I love this. I spotted Joy wearing one of these over the weekend, and it is super cute and looks great with dark hair. This one is from Urban Outfitters.

Spring ‘it’ bags…

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
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I just got the Barneys spring bag catalog yesterday, and here are some of my favorites. Shown above is “Mariah” by Marc Jacobs, in the middle “Nightengale” by Givenchy and lastly (but not least-ly) is Marni’s “Balloon”.

Patent Leather…

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
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Lately everywhere I look there are mirror-y shoes. Here are some of my favorites from Sigerson Morrison (the top two) and the bottom by Nine West.

Is the head wrap here to stay???

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
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I took some time this morning to take a closer look at the Chloe show and realized that the models were sporting the latest trend, head wraps. I like the idea of this look, but when a friend asked me to wear one for a recent fashion shoot I instantly refused. What do you think, will you wear it or not?

Isabel Marant I Heart You…

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
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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

Hmmmm…do I retract my hatred of ballet flats?

Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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In the past I’ve made some pretty strong statements about ballet flats, but I think I may have changed my opinion. In Paris almost everyone was wearing ballet flats and it actually looked really cute. The best way to wear the look is with red patent leather flats paired with black jeans tailored to the perfect length (very Audrey Hepburn).

The other reason why I’m so ready to accept these shoes is that they are the opposite of my most recent focus of hatred, Uggs. I know they are comfortable but enough is enough.

Bling is Big in Paris Stores…

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

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.

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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!

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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.

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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).

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And lastly we have mama bling herself, Miu Miu.