These Stolen Girlfriends Club images have been circulating around the web for a while now, and I'm a bit late on the update due to being overwhelmingly busy with work. But, the collection is too good not to post about. It's as though the designer decided to put everything that's hot right now - strong shoulders, mesh panels, lace, nude shades, pops of neon and zippers - into one collection. We're not complaining!
Eco-friendly clothing is no longer a hard to find specialty. You don't even have to look past the mall doors these days to find a decent selection of organic and sustainable wares. However, the amount of designers fully committed to exploring sustainability is still limited. One of these designers is Brooklyn based Eviana Hartman for Bodkin.
As the weather cools down in Berlin, I'm finding myself drawn to chunkier jewelry. I couldn't have been introduced to Nektar de Stagni's "Serpents + Pearls" collection at a better time. The collection is a dramatic mix of crystals, pearls and heavy rope.
I have loved Valerie Dumaine's designs since the first time I laid eyes on them years ago. But Valerie's AW'09 surpassed even my wildest expectations. It is a collection I'd love to own in full - every piece as spectacular as the one before it. The strong silhouettes, beautiful choices of fabric, and smart touches of colour make it a stand-out collection.
During a recent trip to London, I stopped off in the Oxford Circus Topshop megastore. Amongst the thousands of designs, the dress that popped out at me was a beautiful colour-blocked bodycon number by tu.tu.blu. It is very exciting to see a label we've gushed about on Paper-Doll get the widespread recognition of being stocked in such a popular store.
Designer Arielle de Pinto was raised in Toronto and studied Fine Arts and Textiles at Concodia University in Montreal. It wasn't long after her graduation in 2007 that Arielle started receiving international recognition (and awards) for her work. Arielle does what most of us would never consider possible - she uses metal chains as thread to knit and crochet amazing jewelry.