30% off all full-priced inventory and 10% off sale items at Beklina! Use code 30sale10. How about this gor-geous handmade silk scarf from Finnish design house Ivana Helsinki? After the 30% discount, it’s $108.
“Fennofolkists manifesto: If something is too perfect, it is not perfect anymore, it is boring. There has to be some edge to […]
We started our communal handmakery last week. (Finally got my pictures uploaded.) This is going to be HOT!
Our letterpressed gift tags are going to be a big hit.
I can’t knit, but Jen is knitting a neck warmer for me to give to someone on my list!
This old leatha skirt finally goes to good use. I’m […]
First, I saw them on The Sartorialist.
I sent the link to Heather, who’s helping me design Fashion Loves People — note the heart pin in my header, above. (Albeit much more rudimentary, we’re playing with the idea of making this my “thing.” Like pink ribbons.)
I initially thought these guys were some of the Sartorialist’s random […]
Boot accessories by 2 Bandits. Flipping brilliant! $48-$78 a pair.
Via Cat Party.
Oh, beautiful Chicago — the architecture, the neighborhoods, the parks, the youthfulness, the mob lore… and Pivot. My first visit to Chicago’s only eco boutique lived up to every one of my (high) expectations. The shop is sleek, quirky and just the right size — small enough to feel intimate, but large enough that its […]
You’ve felt it coming on for a while now — it’s a DIY day! A trip to your local craft store, and voila, you’re so in. Shop for any combination of:
+ Leather cord
+ Suede strips
+ Feathers (for the wing clusters, this may take a trip to an antique mall)
+ Seed beads / Metal beads […]
Flipping through an old journal from my mid-teens a few years ago, I found a one-liner that I haven’t been able to forget since:
“Save the shoe repairmen.”
I love the concept of the lone craftsman working away in a dusty shop at his ages-old trade. (Just call me a romantic.) With planned obsolescence designed into way […]
Leather jackets turned purses — brilliant! In 2005 Canadian designer Ashley Watson started sewing these beautiful accessories out of leather thrift store finds and officially founded Ashley Watson Recycled Leather a year later. Each piece is one-of-a-kind, one-hundred-percent recycled and incorporates detailing from the original jackets (as shown in particular below on the Brant). The […]
The listing for this ring set reads, “Hey Mom and Dad, remember that time I got married really young? Sorry about that. I can’t pay you back for the wedding, but I’ll split whatever I get for these with you. Deal?” The website is ExBoyfriendJewelry.com, a pretty self-explanatory name — users sell unwanted gifts from […]
Yes, the rumors are true… I will be appearing in Kansas City’s West Eighteenth Street Fashion Show on June 14. I must admit that I’m being quite sheepish to make any sort of formal “announcement” of this, but I am flattered and honored to have been invited to model for Bon Bon Atelier. The eighth-annual […]
There’s something lovely about the plain old canvas tote. Before we had Anya Hindmarch’s “I am not a plastic bag“ or “Be a bag,” the Marc Jacobs tote, the Nina Totin’ Bag, the Baggu or any number of other A-list shopping totes, we minded our stash of poorly-designed tchotchke bags. MapTote channels that same simplicity […]
Is it just me? Am I the only one not into this line? The 100% recycled polyester fabric is fantastic (and, of course, vegan) — but those prints??
To make one recommendation from the collection, the $350 Everyday Tote in Pop Colorblock flexibly includes two bottle-sized pockets inside and will hold a coordinating laptop case, sold […]
