Recent news has come out that Hollywould Shoes is coming out with a masculine ballet flat for men. I have just got to give them a standing ovation for the courage; I don’t know of a single man that has the fashion sense to pull that off! Tempted, though, I logged onto their online boutique [...]
Entries from September 2007 ↓
Hollywould Fall 07 Collection
September 29th, 2007 — Handbags and Purses from Bal @ Handbag Purse and Fashion Blog
Ceremonial Purses in the 14th Century
September 28th, 2007 — ceremonial purses, history of purses from Henrietta's Handbags @ Handbag News and Purse Pattern Information
Purses have a long and illustrious history in Europe and played a large role in important ceremonies. In the 1300’s, a wedding purse was usually given to the bride from the groom and there was even a…
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Sonya Kashmiri at LFW Estethica - Spring Summer 2008
September 27th, 2007 — Spring Summer 08, eco-fashion, eco-friendly, news from antonello @ Luxury Handbags Blog - All about exclusive luxury handbags and eco-luxury handbags
Sonya Kashmiri was showing her luxury environmentally-friendly collection at The London Fashion Week Estethica Exhibition (Fashion Collections Spring Summer 2007 edition). Since I haven’t been to the show, I did some desk research (googling!). Vegetable tan leathers from Portugal with organic cotton linings are used throughout her collection. Non leather components in Sonya’s handbags are kept to a minimum, recycled leather are also used for structural support. This fantastic eco-handbag is available at the Natural Store with a £250 price tag.
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Life: Outside the Box
September 26th, 2007 — Handbags and Purses from Bal @ Handbag Purse and Fashion Blog
Life throws hassles, confrontation, obstacles one after the other each and everyday. We persist through all of the problems nourishing our bodies and minds to retain enough energy to do so. What about our souls, though, have you ever felt as though with every breath you take a little bit of you dies inside? That [...]
Slowing down fashion collections for Spring Summer 2008
September 25th, 2007 — Events, Spring Summer 08, eco-fashion, eco-friendly from antonello @ Luxury Handbags Blog - All about exclusive luxury handbags and eco-luxury handbags
The Estethica space within the Exhibition at the London Fashion Week, devoted to the eco-sustainable “high fashion” for eco-designers to showcase their collections. They have been selected according to these eco-fashion categories: FAIR TRADE, ORGANIC PRODUCTION, RECYCLING. I must say that I haven’t been there (not easy to get invited!), but I still would like to visit or exhibit there next season for Autumn-Winter 2008-2009 fashion collection. How can you apply? “Simple”, send back the questionnaire that you can download at the London Fashion Week website.
I will send back the questionnaire with details on Label (ethical principles, materials, production and transportation) to @fromsomewhere.co.uk, than I will let you know about the result. It is common knowledge that to be considered for the exhibition you have to be loved by the press first, but not harm in trying. The eco-handbag designers selected for the Spring Summer Fashion Collection 2007 were: Again NY and Sonya Cashmiri. I will be looking at them in detail soon.
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- Ebony Fashion Fair reminiscenses Ebony Fashion Fair is coming to town again. If you want to see a good show, very electric, by all means go. The fashions are wonderful; the music is wonderful; the strutting is wonderful; the audience is dressed to the hilt... There was a year, the first year I went.........
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Ask the experts at 100%Design.
September 24th, 2007 — Design, eco-fashion, eco-friendly, trends from antonello @ Luxury Handbags Blog - All about exclusive luxury handbags and eco-luxury handbags
Searching for new inspiration for the Autumn-Winter 2008-2009 eco-friendly handbag collection, I visited 100% Design. It couldn’t have been more exciting, the world of architecture and design coming together at a contemporary show.
The message was clear, the new more demanding consumer wants more information on the history and source of the material. All the ingredients where stuck on wall at the 100%Material, with lots of graphics to make visitor understand the connection between finished materials, finishing techniques and raw materials.
The Light Garden from Greenpeace underlined the energy efficiency as one of the best solutions to climate change. Their leaflet encourages people to use efficient bulbs for all the lighting needs. Greenpeace is calling for designers, architects and retailers to get rid of old fashioned, energy wasting bulbs NOW.
The Light Garden from Greenpeace underlined the energy efficiency as one of the best solutions to climate change. Their leaflet encourages people to use efficient bulbs for all the lighting needs. Greenpeace is calling for designers, architects and retailers to get rid of old fashioned, energy wasting bulbs NOW.
Photo Handbag Patterns by “Carry The Memories”
September 21st, 2007 — photo handbag patterns, photo handbags, purse patterns from Henrietta's Handbags @ Handbag News and Purse Pattern Information
We are very happy to announce that we are now providing photo handbag patterns by “Carry The Memories”. These unique and very personalized purse patterns come with complete instructions and, with…
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- Patterns Sewing Antiques
- Doll Patterns Patterns Doll Making Repair Dolls Dolls Bears
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Spring Summer 2008 eco-fashion events.The green trade shows
September 15th, 2007 — Events, Fashion, eco-fashion, eco-friendly, luxury from antonello @ Luxury Handbags Blog - All about exclusive luxury handbags and eco-luxury handbags
In trying to decide which eco-fashion trade fair that will be good for my handbags, I looked at key eco-fashion events, available in August - September (Spring Summer 2008).
For me, these are the fair that cannot be ignored: the So-Ethic eco-section of the Prêt a porter show and the Ethical Fashion Show in Paris, Estethica at the London Fashion Week.
More illustrious designers among the more mainstream labels eco-friendly handbag companies present at these shows, has attracted a wealth of new international buyers and exhibitors. In the following weeks, I will be focussing my posts on the eco-friendly handbag exhibitors.
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- Shoes Clothing, Fashion Advertising Collectibles
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- Ebony Fashion Fair reminiscenses Ebony Fashion Fair is coming to town again. If you want to see a good show, very electric, by all means go. The fashions are wonderful; the music is wonderful; the strutting is wonderful; the audience is dressed to the hilt... There was a year, the first year I went.........
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New authentic. Fine materials or complicated workmanship?
September 15th, 2007 — Spring Summer 08, eco-fashion, eco-friendly, luxury handbags, news from antonello @ Luxury Handbags Blog - All about exclusive luxury handbags and eco-luxury handbags
My sustainable luxury handbag world. I re-posted this entry because my blog is changing, it is only natural to concentrate on the eco-friendly luxury handbag market.
Luxury handbags are often made of fine materials with very simple workmanship, it is difficult for the average luxury buyer to perceive the actual value of workmanship. So what the consumer knows about quality? Not often the quality perceived by the manufacturers coincide with that of the consumers. Let’s take hand-woven fabrics for example, any imperfection for me means the fabric is hand-woven and adds value to the fabric. It means that that fabric is a work of art, made with love and passion. For the consumer, on the other end are defects. Luckily this is changing, the new trend “New Authentic” generation is tired of seeing the same sort of fashion, knowing where the item is made helps (at least for me!) to emphasise its luxury status.
Fashion has always been based on skills, craftsmanship and natural resources.
Now disposable fashion (clothing and accessories are worn twice and then thrown away) has made us forget: who, how and the costs of “fast fashion”. Handbag making is become more about the label than the expertise, many companies have seen and increased pressure from investors. No more highest quality but the highest profit.
Now disposable fashion (clothing and accessories are worn twice and then thrown away) has made us forget: who, how and the costs of “fast fashion”. Handbag making is become more about the label than the expertise, many companies have seen and increased pressure from investors. No more highest quality but the highest profit.
Luxury houses have been concentrating on new consumers abandoning the traditional customer, now many of the designers are trying to gain them back. Is this a sign of change? Expect the new fashion collections for spring summer 2008 and autumn winter 2007 to have a bit of a retro touch.
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- Pre-1920 Shoes Clothing, Fashion Advertising Collectibles
- 1950-1979 Shoes Clothing, Fashion Advertising Collectibles
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E-Bay Alerts Police About Counterfeit Handbags
September 7th, 2007 — counterfeit bags on E-Bay, counterfeit handbags from Henrietta's Handbags @ Handbag News and Purse Pattern Information
E-Bay alerted police that someone was using their website to sell counterfeit handbags and the warning was taken very seriously by authorities. A co-operative effort between the IRS, Immigrations &…
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Fashion Week Photos: Day 1
September 5th, 2007 — celebrity_fashion from The Bag Blog @ The Bag Blog
Dress for Misha.
First fashion item I recognized: shoes from Payless! Now I’m thinking of buying them….
Random entrance photo.
Hopefully better pics tomorrow. I spotted Brittany Snow standing behind me by the entrance but I felt stalker-like so I didn’t take a pic.