LV’s Mon Monogram personalization option already includes the Speedy and Keepall, and is now being expanded to include the Pegase 55 suitcase. Choose from 17 different colors for your two-tone initials (up to 3 letters) and stripes (either vertical or diagonal) - for more than 200 million (!) possible combinations per bag.  An in-store computer [...]

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bebe recently partnered with ELLE, Elite Model Management, and LOOK Model Agency to find the first bebe “it” girl.  1 million unique visitors and 6,500 submissions to the contest website later - not to mention 600 semi-finalists along the way, and finally, 6 finalists - lucky Rachel Pisciotta will be not only be featured in [...]

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Update your summer wardrobe without spending a bundle through the magic of accessories - cute sandals, a roomy tote, fun watch & other bling - in the season’s must-have turquoise’y aqua. For extra style points, be sure to touch up your toes in a coordinating shimmery shade (our pick: SEPHORA by OPI in “Mermaid [...]

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Tie-dye’s more sophisticated older sister is popping up on everything from summer dresses to handbags, shoes, scarves and even makeup. Ombre summer dresses are pretty and feminine with many sophisticated styles to choose from, while ombre accessories look fab with white denim. Composed elegant styles keep it looking less “Summer of Love” and more Ibiza, [...]

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Even at a tender young age, Danielle Nicole DiFerdinando harbored a passion for the finer things, in particular, accessories.  After later studying at NYC’s F.I.T. followed by a stint in Europe where she looked to the design prowess of houses like Fendi, Hermes, Prada, and YSL, she then apprenticed at Be&D, Anthony Luciano, Bergdorf [...]

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Along with the return of all things 80s has come a resurgence in “deconstruction”…ie. rips, tears, shreds, and garments seemingly torn asunder.  L.A.-based designer Raquel Allegra recently showed tattered L.A. County Jail shirts fashioned - unbelievably - into fabulously floaty tops and dresses (above), while Erin Wasson looked unbelievably tacky trendy in a pair of [...]

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A thrift-store and eBay aficionado, Sevigny believes in the fashion power of fabulous footwear.  “I definitely spend the most money on shoes,” she recently admitted to ELLE magazine. “Partly because vintage footwear can be a little funky - in a bad way. I like to keep things pretty simply up top and then go [...]

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For sexing up your LBD; for making your cropped slouch/harem pants look right; or just because…these YSL cage sandals add a directional, futuristic look to any ensemble.
HERE’S WHERE TO GET THE LOOK:

D&G cotton sheath dress
Yves Saint Laurent cage sandals
RingsEclectic chunky, stone-embellished ring
Chloe Paraty bag
Laura Mercier Lip Colour - Sheer Baby Lips
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A former Creative Director at Boucheron whose work has been exhibited at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs du Louvre and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London designer Solange Azagury-Partridge believes jewelry to be one of the most powerful, personal expressions of individual style. She describes her designs as “irreverant and iconoclastic talismanic ornaments layered with [...]

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Assembling a mix of textile-dyed grass beads and hand-blown Czech & Japanese glass beads on elastic which was invented for the movie Spiderman, talented Maasai women and men in Kenya work not in factories but outside under the acacia tress in the Rift Valley - creating this fabulous Zulugrass jewelry for The Leakey Collection.  Founded [...]

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