Major score at Century 21 today ladies, Lanvin shoes for $40!!!
Fabulous Friday to me now go get your own!
They're also having a vintage designer sale, spend $500 and get 5% off or something like that but for your salivation, Hermes, Gucci, Louis, etc...
Good luck and share your scores with AlyaBuzz and I'll feature your shopping savvy!
If your closet is overflowing with stuff but you feel like you never have anything to wear...hello me! perhaps this is the year you learn how to buy less and invest more.
The concept of "investment dressing" is simple: channel the funds you'd spend on fast fashion into quality purchases. The application, however, is personal. I've always thrived for the eclectic mix of high end designer pieces and bargain buys but that is certainly more art than mathematics!
For example, if you're a city girl like me who drives her shoes into the ground with miles of walking, you might be better served by a bunch of footwear options and one really warm coat, while someone in LA could stand to do the opposite. Someone with a buttoned-up office job would get a lot of use out of one, good cashmere crewneck, but a student may find more use from a range of knit options.
To ease your path to quality versus quantity closet harmony (and make those resale efforts less frequent), Racked has done some basic fashion math taking the cost of investment buys and dividing them by their fast fashion equivalent. See how wardrobe styles like bags, jeans, and outerwear stack up in five handy infographics below.
At an average price of $99.90, you could buy six pairs of Zara shoes this year, or you could invest in a pair of classic Manolo Blahnik BBs, the gold standard of pointed pumps.
This swap really depends on your lifestyle and the current state of your shoe wardrobe. If you need to replenish your personal footwear inventory, or live a life where you drive shoes into the ground with a ton of walking, a "more is more" mindset might work for you. If you've got all the boots, sandals and party heels a girl could dream of, maybe this year you invest in a pair of versatile heels.
For the record, this is NOT me but these are my version of versatile...the YSL Tribtoo is by far the most ultimate in style, comfort and sexiness!
If you're ready to take the plunge into raw denim, you really can't beat APC's Petit New Standard jeans starting at $185 a pair. These investment jeans are equivalent to taking home just over three pairs of BDG jeans from Urban Outfitters.
You could buy six or seven ASOS coats at $160 a pop, or put all of that money towards a wool Burberry Brit toggle coat, $995 or...Chanel Coat, um sorry had to plug my newest investment and holiday gift from the hubby!
Really between you, your local climate, and general approach to winter, though you could apply the concept to a classic trench or the perfect leather jacket.
On the topic of warmth, how's that sweater drawer? If it's time to pick up a good cashmere sweater, you can get a basic crewneck style from White + Warren for $198, the same cost as about eight $24.95 H&M knits.
Chanel bags aren't getting any cheaper—right now the classic, quilted flap bag in the medium size will run you $4,900, which is equivalent to a little more than 175 Forever 21 bags at an average price of $27.90. If you use it five days a week for a year, the cost per wear is $18.85. You'll probably have—and use—this thing for a lifetime, driving that daily average lower and lower. The $4,900 is really just a matter of your current financial state and, uh, how much you value designer handbags. If you're Russian like me than that's a whole hell of a lot!
This year’s list of the 100 most innovative companies, according to Forbes, sees French luxury brand Hermès sitting at number 13. The list is determined by measuring which companies trade at a level incongruous to their underlying financials and assets, leading to an Innovation Premium (IP).
Hermès set a record last year, reporting an operating profit of $1.69 billion with $5 billion in sales – the fastest growing business in its industry over the past six years. In fact the only others categorized as ‘luxury goods’ on the list from Forbes are Li & Fung at 41 and Luxottica Group at 51.
Unlike a great number of its counterparts, Hermès has created desire coupled with mystique that even in today’s digital age it has managed to maintain. Doing so can be attributed to much more than just the elusiveness of its famous handbags however, and one such way is the creativity it defers to online.
While Burberry might be shouted about as a digital pioneer or Chanelheralded for its elegant YouTube channel, not to mention statement-worthy catwalk shows, Hermès should be regarded for the creative content it is pushing out across channels. It regularly, and always quietly, releases everything from quirky illustrated videos to pop-up e-stores that tick every box associated with the brand craftsmanship it is engaged in, setting it apart from many others in the space.
An article in the September 8, 2014 issue of Forbes magazine accompanying the list highlighted the fact Hermès doesn’t have a marketing department. “Why should it? McKinsey doesn’t have a consulting department nor does Microsoft have a software department. Marketing is Hermès’ core business,” writes author Susan Adams.
She quotes the company’s CEO, Axel Dumas: “Our business is about creating desire. It can be fickle because desire is fickle, but we try to have creativity to suspend the momentum.”
Taking it to that online space therefore, a recent exercise in such creativity can be seen in a pop-up virtual store dedicated to the brand’s silk squares, shawls, twills, scarves and stoles. Illustrated in typical Hermès style by Pierre Marie, Lamaisondescarrés.com looks like a grand house with an intricate interior and a diverse series of characters and creatures all featured. There’s a gardener floating on a hot air balloon, sunflowers twisting in the breeze, a play slide atop a large giftbox, a gentleman lying in a hammock and more.
The team behind it refers to it as “playful, welcoming, immersive and surprising”. Created in partnership with agency AKQA, it allows users to explore different rooms featuring 600 models of Hermès signature silks, all of which can be clicked to purchase.
Work in progress for the Hermès virtual pop-up store, Lamaisondescarrés.com
There’s also a link through to two of the brand’s apps – further explorations of creative content, this time with a functional edge. The first, called Silk Knots, is a how-to guide on 24 different ways to tie your scarf through images and videos. The second, the Tie Break app, is aimed at men and includes a variety of GIFs, games and comics as well as collection insights.
Like a fashionable shafeshifter, when he bumps into a lamppost, his jacket and granddad-collar shirt are replaced with a white printed shirt and green trousers; when he hits the wall with the chime of a pinball machine, the green jacket to match those trousers arrives… and so it continues.
Each piece is peppered with an eccentric, playful and quirky feel. Above is another strong example – Hermès taking its signature equestrian reference, and bringing it to life in an unexpected manner. Despite the fact that means models acting out being a horse (#jesuisuncheval is the hashtag), somehow there remains a chic French sophistication to it.
Hermès’ US CEO, Robert Chavez, is quoted in Adams’ piece: “We’ve always said we don’t take ourselves too seriously at Hermès.”
Arguably it’s this combination of creativity and light-heartedness that is making this 177-year old brand relevant in today’s digital world. A beautiful sense of humour anchors it, all the while an air of aspiration is maintained, resulting in content that is some of the best we’re seeing out there from a luxury house at present.
As the intro to the magazine article reads: “Quietly and diligently, the family behind Hermès has become one of the world’s richest, to the tune of more than $25 billion. They’ve done it by not only selling beautiful luxury items but also by selling aura as beautifully as any company on this planet.”
What fun at my nephew, Ethan's Bar Mitzvah yesterday and I finally got to wear my new / why can't they all be this cool & comfortable / dress from AKIRA!
First, it's asymmetrical so it looks cool, modern and unique.
Second, it was really inexpensive especially since it's an exact replica of a Christian Dior worn by Rose, let's compare shall we?
Me at Ethan's Bar Mitzvah at the Chophouse in NJ! (-;
Rosie Huntington Whiteley at the amfAR’s 20th Annual Cinema Against AIDS gala in Cannes, France...
HaHa! What a totally fab life I lead n' est-ce pas? The dress has an invisible zipper...I personally hate exposed zippers and not so sure why they've become such a huge trend!?
Best part thought? It has pockets! Yes ladies, pockets! Imagine how awesome it is to leave your clutch at the table...even at home...and use the pockets for your most important accessory, your smartphone!
Styled with gold Jimmy Choo platforms, vintage gold leaf necklace and lots of rings, I felt comfortable and was told looked pretty good too!
I'm in ♡!
The Bar Mitzvah was at the Chophouse in Gibbsboro, NJ...a bit unorthodox, I know but it actually turned out to be the ideal spot for such a memorable and important time in a boys life. We had beautiful weather and the ceremony overlooked a pond on which the restaurant sits...
Me and my handsome boys...
Jacob with his cousin Ethan, the Bar Mitzvah boy...
Not planned but everyone wore Navy...I'm pretty certain that it's the unofficial color of the Mitzvah circuit!?
The Kids had a blast dancing to DJ HTS...
Playing games...
Posing for pictures...
and winning all kinds of Bar Mitzvah swag...
Jacob handed me this ring and said, "One day Mama I'm going to buy you a real one!" #whatamensch
Jacob was stylin' in a striped dress shirt by Calvin Klein, black Nordstrom vest and pants by Dane Reynolds and blue/gray tie by Sovereign Code...
The Pièce de résistance? Black and white skull pocket square that he wore in the left pocket of the vest...Cool!
As the photog, Phil and Jacob did the "couples dance" while I captured the moments of the day...
Mazel Tov Ethan and now my feet and I need a much-needed break...Oy!
Want the dress? Just checked and they still have it in both, navy and white but only the navy one has pockets and that's a deal-breaker for me.
Gets a High-Fashion Makeover on Its 75th Anniversary
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Some of our favorite designers have dreamed up a very fashionable way to honor the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz: They’ve designed one-of-a-kind costumes for dolls, in various interpretations of the film’s leading ladies. Inspired by Dorothy, Glinda the Good Witch, and the Wicked Witch of the West, Trina Turk, Donna Karan, BCBG Max Azria, Chris Benz, Jenny Packham, Marc Jacobs, Betsey Johnson, and Anna Sui are among the designers who have created glamorous looks for the dolls in a collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and the Tonner Doll Collection.
For the most part, the designers took nontraditional and avant-garde routes when it came to re-envisioning each character’s signature style. Many of them modernized their leading lady’s look—Benz was inspired by events in the film (the tornado) for his windswept gingham update for Dorothy (below, left), and Turk drew from the star’s adventurous spirit and transformed her gingham pinafore into a chic peplum jumpsuit (above, right). Karan and Packham both put an ethereal spin on the Wicked Witch’s look (above, left; below, right), while Lubov Azria used a ball gown modeled after her first design for Max Azria Atelier for Glinda’s BCBG outfit (above, center).
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The miniature haute couture ensembles will be modeled on Tonner’s 22-inch dolls, which will make their debut during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 4, when they will become available for bidding by fans on eBay Giving Works. The charity auction will run until Sept. 14, with all proceeds contributing to the “There’s No Place Like Home” campaign benefitting Habitat for Humanity.
“These creations are beyond expectation—inspired, visionary and absolutely enchanting from head to toe,” says Robert Tonner, Tonner Doll Company CEO and acclaimed doll artist. “This is The Wizard of Oz and its leading ladies in a way you’ve never seen them before. Each doll is quite … bewitching, to say the least, and we are thrilled and honored to be a part of both the anniversary celebration, and generating proceeds for such a worthy cause.”
With the help of these incredibly talented roster of fashion designers, the leading ladies of The Wizard of Oz are going to transform the Yellow Brick Road into one unforgettable runway!
Anthropologie has nothing to do with their wears but the
feeling that I get when I walk in through the engraved wood and iron doors. I
love everything about the brand and the flagship store located right
down the street from home in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia is by
far the most impressive of them all. It's in a gorgeous 4 story building and I
often fantasize about living there. The clothes are a bit too bohemian for
me, the shoes too girly but the accessories, the candles and the merchandising
is brilliant! Yesterday I was on a search of a housewarming gift and no
one has a better selection of scented candles then they do so...as I
made my way up the grand winding staircase to the 4th floor following my note to the Valuspa candle section of the store, I came
upon this fantastic gown covered in delicate white to pale pink petals and
I couldn't resist snapping a pic, posting it on Instragram and asking the
handsome gay couple oohing and aahing at the creation where I could possibly
wear it. Their response?
Honey, this dress IS the occasion...buy it and then
have a party to celebrating it!
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the GAYS...they totally
GET me!
Ironic how right after that experience I came upon this article
and the comment about the rosettes made me stop and read.
Enjoy especially if you share in the obsession!
87 Thoughts We’ve All Had At Anthropologie
“Why does this maxi dress have so many rosettes. What even
is a rosette.”
1. Wow, what an adorable magazine spread/Pinterest pin/twee-as-hell girl on the street!
2. So lovely yet effortlessly chic. I wish my life could look like that.
3. MAYBE IT WILL ONCE I GET BACK FROM ~ ANTHROPOLOGIE ~.
4. God, even the outside is prettier than any room in my house.
5. How did they manage to get an entire upcycled barn into this mall?
6. And those window displays! Who knew you could make a ball gown out of half-charred love letters from World War II?
7. OK, I’m going in.
8. Damn, it smells great in here.
9. Yes, hello to you too, Zooey Deschanel-lookin’ sales angel from heaven.
10. Why do you look so good in peplum.
11. How do I even know what peplum means.
12. No, I don’t need your help, I’m just browsing.
13. Ooh, this dress is so cute!
14. It’s like my favorite T-shirt, only a bunch longer.
15. Imagine the life I could have in a dress like this.
16. Waking up with the sun, strolling down to the beach, writing in a weathered, well-loved notebook until my carpenter boyfriend sneaks up behind me with a latte and a passionate kiss.
17. It’s $268?!? Nvm.
18. This tank top has to be cheaper. It’s, like, literally just a tank top.
19. $168. Cool.
20. Ugh, but I can’t even pretend to resist this dress over here. It was MADE for me.
21. I should definitely try it on first.
22. So I might as well grab 12 other things to try on with it!
23. Can’t forget to stop by the sale section.
24. Man, my arms hurt.
25. Oh, hello there, Sienna-Miller-meets-Miranda-July-in-a-wrap-dress.
26. You want to take my stuff to a dressing room? OMG you were sent unto me by the lord.
27. No, that’s not my name, I think you misheard me.
28. Nope, still not right.
29. That’s not really anyone’s name.
30. You seriously don’t understand what I’m saying? It’s not THAT weird of a name.
31. OK, whatever, just write “Pam.”
32. Time to hit up the sales. Why do they hide it all the way back here?
33. And why is it so insanely crowded?
34. OW that bitch just elbowed me to get the last size 6 striped maxi dress.
35. Whatever, it’s covered in weird ruffles.
36. Actually, so is everything back here.
37. Even that teacup has a ruffle.
38. WAIT NO those pants are PERFECT.
39. OUT OF MY WAY, PEONS.
40. All’s fair in love and sale racks, amirite?
41. I belong in jail.
42. They’re not ~ exactly ~ my size, but I’ll make it work.
43. All right, time to go try this stuff on.
44. There are so many candles back here.
45. It’s like a seance for a kindly ghost.
46. I thiiiiink that’s my dressing room? If you squint at the name written on the little heart-shaped chalkboard and try to pronounce it phonetically?
47. Yep, that’s definitely my wall of clothes.
48. Don’t even wanna think about how much this all costs.
49. I’ll start with something simple.
50. Wait, why does this top have puffed sleeves AND buttons shaped like teeny ducklings?
51. How did I not notice that out in the store?
52. Whatever, this skirt seems normal.
53. FUCK IT’S NOT A SKIRT IT’S A GODDAMN APRON.
54. WHO PAYS 68 AMERICAN DOLLARS FOR AN APRON.
55. WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE. WHO HURT THEM.
56. OK, calm down.
57. You don’t have to try on the other stuff if it makes you mad.
58. Just breathe in the smell of sandalwood and listen to the generic lady-centric world music.
59. I have to try on the dress, no matter what.
60. Just gotta zip it up.
61. Just gotta snap that snap.
62. Just gotta button up 32 hidden buttons.
63. Just gotta tie this little tie thingy.
64. VOILA.
65. Damn, I look cute.
66. Like the hot teacher in a one-room schoolhouse.
67. It’s not REALLY my style, but it could be!
68. I could build my whole life around this dress.
69. Just gotta hustle back into my boring, basic clothes and find the items that will help me start anew.
70. Hello, pastel latte bowls!
71. Nice to meet you, statement necklace shaped like a bug!
72. Come to mama, racist candlestick.
73. Everything is going to be wonderful. I’ll move to my own garret, maybe somewhere in the Vermont countryside or just on the outskirts of Paris, and I’ll sleep on a bed covered in colorful pillows and frilly duvets and every cat will love me.
74. Wait a sec.
75. How much is this all going to cost?
76. If I carry the one…and don’t pay rent for two months…
77. Maybe three?
78. Ugh, I’m already at the front of the line. I should just ditch everything and bounce.
79. BUT THAT DRESS.
80. It’s practically winking at me, beckoning me, begging me to take it home.
81. FINE.
82. I just won’t buy any clothes for the rest of the season.
83. Or food.
84. Here, Natalie-Portman-in-Garden State, take my credit card and don’t even tell me how much it is.
85. Gotta get out of here before they ensnare me even more.
86. Damn, it really does smell amazing. They should bottle and sell that.
87. Oh, it’s a candle? And it costs $45? Rad.
