Add a blogDesigner Spotlight: Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair
Under the current economic climate it sometimes surprises me that the trend is moving more towards cheap, disposable fashion, rather than investing in well made, classic pieces. Swedish label Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair's focus is the latter: a label centered around high-quality construction and traditional tailoring.
Shopflick - a video-powered marketplace for indie-inspired goods - is giving away a $200 Gift Certificate to one lucky Paper-Doll reader. Shopflick offers a brand new type of online shopping experience where you can actually watch video clips from great indie designers like Raquel Allegra, The Battalion, Popomomo, KidViskous and many more.
How can you not get excited about a collection filled with oversized bows? Excited might even be an understatement. I absolutely love the quirky, playful designs of hansel, a Singapore based label headed by designer Jo Soh.
Sheila Frank refuses to pigeonhole herself. From season to season, her focus changes - one collection might be all about luxurious silk dresses, while the next collection consists entirely of swimwear. The one constant thread in Sheila's work: the coming together of old and new in a perfectly distinct aesthetic.
Designer Carin Rodebjer of Swedish label Rodebjer knows that women need variety in their closets. In one collection, Rodebjer offers clothes for the laziest of (stylish) days to the fanciest night on the town. I love that within one collection there are cropped tees, loose pullovers and relaxed fit pants to immaculately tailored blazers and vibrant sequins mini dresses.