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Showing posts with label editorial. Show all posts
The Coach Conman Brand
Well, well, well. Doesn't that shearling coat in the first photo look like something out of Almost Famous? Totally over the top, extremely bulky....and I love it. These new ads for Coach definitely make me take a second look at a brand I mostly associate with heinous knockoffs and a special portion of the early 2000's where I was obsessed with a flat cross body bag. I still have said tiny purse my mom gave me as a Christmas gift in high school because in retrospect it is one of my most favorite material possessions. Not because it was one of the earliest brand name goods I got, but because of the shameful lesson it holds.
See, at the time it was $199, which was just outrageous, not to mention completely unaffordable for my family. I was prepping for college and tests were expensive, and I could not contribute financially to my family in any way because I was always in school doing annoying extra credit classes and sports to look good for colleges. But somehow on Christmas day I open a Coach branded box with beautiful satin ribbon and inside was the little logo purse. I was happy, nay elated, and even a little cool in that one moment. But soon a guilty feeling eventually came over me for wishing for something so expensive, and even worse for knowing my loving and doting mom would get it for me. I feel like Coach made me a conman that year for having dollar signs for eyeballs, and the brand reminds me of how silly it can be to be completely caught up in the beautiful appeal of a designer item.
Music + Fashion: Love Etc.
Psychedelicious, Glamour UK, September 2012, ph. Chris Craymer, model: Mayara Marchi, stylist: Sophie Cooper, via coupde.foudre.co
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Being Young and Green
via fashiongonerogue
Love this surreal video and editorial shot by Daniel Thomas Smith. It's feminine, modern, completely charming. It also features artwork by Rosanna Webster and is styled by Jeanie Annan-Lewin for Dossier Journal.
Ringing in the New Year
They generously offered me a chance to customize my own ring at anjolee.com and I gleefully accepted. I ended up choosing a the vintage beauty band in gold with millgrain edge detail because I was looking for something delicate and vintage-inspired.
A couple days later I receive this beauty at my office and literally squealed with delight: it's the perfect, dainty, feminine, stacking ring I've been looking for.
Photos by Nick Smith
I'm definitely going to be checking out some more jewelry, starting with a diamond wedding ring Who says you need to be engaged to buy yourself a nice piece of jewelry? That's right, no one. But in case you plan on doing so in the future (congrats!) they offer a bridal set and anniversary rings as well.
I especially loved that you can specify every aspect of the ring, even the quality of the diamonds you decide to use. If you sign up for the newsletter you get a bonus 5% off your order! This may seem small, but we're talking about diamonds, people. Anything counts.
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
Photos by Nick Smith
Mohair Paneled Theory Knit
This Theory knit sweater was almost borderline too-warm for this afternoon, but I couldn't resist taking out the sweater for a test drive. My saving grace was the panel of mohair loose knit at the back and shoulders. Just enough skin to make a sweater sort of sexy.
Photos by Nick Smith
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