remixing fashion and luxury for reality
There’s something about Anne Hathaway that just makes you trust her. I love her sense of grace and charm.
Nice dress and jewelry combo.
Interesting combination, red dress with white shoes? It works for me!
Kim is pulling off the cinched waist here, barely. This accentuates her thighs a little much.
I’m not feelin the double-mint dress nor the crooked boobs but I do love the LV.
Cute dress and shoes — I WANT!!
Have yet to see these in person so I might change my mind but for now I’m loving this pattern from Gwen’s LAMB line. From what I’ve seen of her bags in the past, they’re seemingly durable, sturdy.. almost a little too stiff. I’d defn. have to see this in person before going for it. The grey would match with just about anything and everything, the oxford style makes it also very versatile. I’d love to mix things up by pairing this pag with some urban pieces.
Have yet to see these in person so I might change my mind but for now I’m loving this pattern from Gwen’s LAMB line. From what I’ve seen of her bags in the past, they’re seemingly durable, sturdy.. almost a little too stiff. I’d defn. have to see this in person before going for it. The grey would match with just about anything and everything, the oxford style makes it also very versatile. I’d love to mix things up by pairing this pag with some urban pieces.
Here’s my fashion roundup for the week. All of these looks inspire me and make me happy just looking at them!
Helmust Lang Hooded Jacket
Milly Basket Weave Button Jacket
Citizens of Humanity Peretti Twill Dress
Lewis Cho Striped Boat Neck Dress
YAYA AFLALO Skim Top
Young Fabulous & Broke Sleeveless Back Draped Dress
All links to items can be found on my Luxe Mix Kaboodle:
http://www.kaboodle.com/manolo_blues/luxe-mix-blog-links.html
Just how did Portland come to be the specially odd place it is? I spent the weekend roaming the streets of downtown Portland with friends, tasting, shopping, feeling the relaxing parts of the city. It’s always pleasantly surprising to me to see the immaculate sense of design that fills every corner of this quaint yet contemporary city. Every street corner you can find some sort of a designer-esque business or shop — zen spas, edgy salons, unique boutiques.. Everything is branded fresh, clean, modern. It’s the kind of place you feel like if you showed up to a coffee shop with a PC you’d be number one loser. Good thing I got my Mac Book! So with all that I’d imagine I’m back in San Francisco with an equally urban community but no — It’s all Grunge and Granola!
My find of the weekend — an uber luxe cropped Michelle Mason jacket found at super sleek shop called Moule (located at 1225 N.W. Everett St., 503-227-8530). The best thing? It was on sale! I’ll post a pic of it as soon as I figure out my camera situation. Here’s a pic of the same jacket in cream below. Mine is in a muted stone-blue — blue btw is really catching my attention these days..
Cotton Crop Jacket with Ballon Sleeves
Available at Blue Clothing:
http://www.bleuclothing.com/brandlist.asp?brand=Michelle+Mason
What I like about Michelle Mason’s style is the subtleties and muted tones. Kind of refreshing and relaxing.
Here are some more chic pieces from Mason I found online…
http://www.blaec.com/mason.shtml
http://www.sloaneboutique.com/shop/items/628.html
Last call.. if you ever find yourself in Portland with some free time, stop by Sip & Kranz — my new all time favorite coffee shop. I had my usual iced espresso w/half & half and 1 equal but was shocked to find how much better these beans tasted than anything I’d had before — even Peets. They’re Stump Town beans btw.
Thank you Gracey and Mikey for hosting us through such a great relaxing weekend. Give Baby K a big scream for me!
It’s heating up this summer but I’ve got my eyes on these rubber boots… some fun Marc Jacobs Rubber Boots in Fog or Black.
Marc Jacobs Rubber Boots available at Shopbop for $190.00
It’s heating up this summer but I’ve got my eyes on these rubber boots… some fun Marc Jacobs Rubber Boots in Fog or Black.
Marc Jacobs Rubber Boots available at Shopbop for $190.00
I’m so lucky and my manager hooked me up phat with the 15" Mac Book Pro! The fact that the first one I got was bunk (hard drive was toasted) is besides the point… just look this piece of work. It’s so smooth to the touch, everything within the interface glides… the backlight of the keyboard and apple logo..
This baby needs something to wear when she goes out for her next hot date — my next big meeting at work! Take your pick…
If you don’t know what I do for a living I should give you a little background about me so this post will make some sense. I work for Cisco as a "User Experience Designer" or "UX" where I design Digital/Video Media technology products. There’s a process we follow as designers that we refer to as the "User Centered Design Process". It’s literally that. We design products centered around those people who will use the product. I’m very passionate about my work and I know this process works… so the other day when I saw some Kenneth Jay Lane jewelery at Bloomies I was ecstatic to see he’s following the "User Centered Design Process" to design great looking but comfortable jewelry!
How long have we been forced to wear ill-fitting bangles or bracelets? I’ve always found the big chunky ones to be particularly un-wearable. They are always huge and if I put them on they’ll just slip right off my hand. So what did Kenneth do? He added hinges to the bracelet! Why did it take so long for someone to figure this one out? If you’ve tried on any of Kenneth Jay Lane’s bracelets you’ll know what I’m talking about. You can slip the bracelet on with ease since the hinge help the bracelet open wide to a normal wrist-sized diameter. The rings have bendable hinges as well to grasp your finger (although these rings were way to big on my hand so I can’t honestly say whether these are ingeniously well designed or not).
I bought a bracelet right then and there just for design-appreciation sake. If Kenneth can make the effort to put some thought into his jewelery the least I can do is buy something! Mine is black and gold one similar in colors to the one below in the right but I must say mine is much edgier and HOT. I’ll post a pic someday… my camera is acting up right now.
Oh and I did mention that all his jewelery is so stylish it just makes it all the more incredible to me. I want to buy it all!
Pictured above (left to right):
Kenneth Jay Lane Snake Bracelet, Kenneth Jay Lane Giraffe Bracelet, Kenneth Jay Lane Stretch Bracelet
If you want to view/shop Kenneth Jay Lane check out Shopbop or Pinkmascara.
