Tag Archives: Accessories

Portfolio, Published Works

Iris Apfel Celebrates her Birthday in Style.

Monday was a day to celebrate for icon Iris Apfel. The entrepreneur and fashion legend both turned 95 and launched her fashion collaboration with Macy’s in house brand, INC. While “fashionable” isn’t a term most people associate with women of a certain age, Apfel’s design work proves that stereotype obsolete.

And Iris x INC. dares other women to disprove it too. When asked her thoughts on the concept of women dressing their age she replied “I think that’s stupid. I think [the fashion industry is] all entirely too youth-oriented. I think a lot of designers create very expensive clothes for women 60s and 70s — people who wear them — and they create them for 16- and 18-year-old bodies. The kids can’t afford to buy them and the women look like a horse’s ass if they put it on. So it’s all out of whack.”

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Portfolio, Published Works

Explore Nine West’s Autumn Lineup.

While we still have three weeks of summer left, a sneak peek at Nine West’s autumn 2016 line up has rekindled our love for cold weather footwear. From flat loafers to sky-high thigh-highs, every shoe at the AW16 preview we attended this past week was glamorously finished with tassels, carved details or a patent finish.  A dominant theme this upcoming season seems to be a sense of exploration, with each shoe including elements like highly textured soles, woolen linings, and snakeskin textures to encourage wanderlust.

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Published Works

Case Study.

With most of us having a closet stuffed full of a rotating stock of bags, wallets, and shoes, not too many coveted items have the honour of being toted along all day, every day, so it is of utmost importance that those that do make the right statement. To help you along the way to making just the right statement with your phone case this season, I rounded up my favourite statement pieces.

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Anisha Parmar London.

Jewellery designer Anisha Parmar was born and raised in North West London, where she was tempered by her own familial heritage and the eclectic medley of cultures around her.  While drawing inspiration from her own experience as part of a migrant family, Parmar’s designs also explore the themes of immigration and identity.

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Brancale Apparel: life cycle.

Brancale dominated the cycling accessory market during the late 20th century with their leather helmet, but fell upon hard times when the “hairnet” style of protection went out of vogue. The company was recently revived with their new selection of leather cycling accessories.

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