Apr 09 2008

H&M embraces Comme des Garcons next autumn

Tag: News & Trendsadmin @ 8:43 am

H&M has established a tradition of selecting featured designers as partners for each major collection. After Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Victor & Rolf, now japanese(!) fashion Label Comme des Garçons is next. According to this press release:
Comme des Garçons’ founder and head designer Rei Kawakubo will create this autumn’s guest designer collection at H&M. […]


Apr 03 2008

Angelika Taschen, handbag rebel

Tag: Bags & Pursesadmin @ 7:40 am

The latest issue of the German KulturSPIEGEL features and interview with publisher-at-large Angelika Taschen. The article is an entertaining piece about her quest for the most versatile and yet hip bag with a certain edge.
She mentions a nylon Prada bag as her alltime favourite. A benchmark following “It-Bags” couldn’t reach, like the Fendi Baguette Bag […]


Apr 03 2008

Rent a handbag

Tag: Bags & Pursesadmin @ 7:15 am

If you are the business type, you’ve surely read about Bag Borrow or Steal, a rental business for handbags, bags, purses, clutches. The idea is similar to Netflix‘: register, pay a monthly fee of $20 to $100 and order the handbag of your choice. Send it bag and get a new one or keep it […]


Apr 03 2008

Strong George Gina & Lucy trend beginning to fade out

Tag: Bags & Pursesadmin @ 6:53 am

Have you been to Europe lately? When you’ve been to London, Cologne or Düsseldorf during the last year and had a look at what young fashionistas are sporting as bags, you have surely noticed the George Gina & Lucy bags that were everywhere.
The bags with the three lion logo and the signature carabiner hook made […]


Apr 03 2008

The Toywatch hype

Tag: Accessoiresadmin @ 5:37 am

What is so remarkable about a replica Rolex? Yes, nothing. But wait, it’s pink!
Toywatch USA has managed the unmanageable. To actually sell replicas and look-alikes of major brand watches, and that with a hefty price tag of about US$ 200 each. Best of all: people love it! Another example of clever product placement among celebrities […]