True luxury addicts need look no further than Bling My Thing’s new “Golden Age” creation. Unveiled at CeBIT 2008, “Golden Age” is a Macbook Air decked in 12,000 Swarovski crystals. The crystals are even more shiny than usual thanks to a coating of 24k gold applied under each crystal. The translucence of the crystals allows for true layered luxury. Each “Golden Age” takes a week to construct since each and every crystal is hand-applied, so only 20 of these beauties exist, one of which will be for sale at Selfridges, Oxford Street, on March 18th. That is if you can muster up the £20,000 ($39,750) price tag for the mega-bling.
BELLPERRE, a new premium handset brand has launched a new range of tailor made mobile handsets. Interestingly the handsets have no plastic part and are made from premium leather, steel, gold, hardwood and other fine materials. The unique modular construction ensures that every handset can be uniquely tailored to every gender, taste and lifestyle. BELLPERRE phones are available in a leather palette of more than 200 colours. A wide choice of the most exquisite leathers is available, including crocodile, shark, buffalo and calf. Customers can choose from different metal casings, like aircraft aluminum or precious 18k rose gold, and different…
Brastraps.com maven Margarita Reis is reaching out to women, teens and tweens to let them know that it isn’t okay to reveal worn, discolored bra straps this summer.
“Summertime is prime season for Ugly Bra Strap Syndrome,” explains Reis. “Women need to realize that bras and bra straps do have an expiration date. Exposing discolored or worn bra straps underneath a sleeveless tank is a major fashion don’t!”
Fashioned from the seat pants of gently worn, premium recycled jeans, Bootie Bags are not only conversation starters, they are fashionable and functional. Created by Chris Graham in 2003, the custom denim handbag concept took off and has resulted in the sale of more than 20,000 shoulder bags, with placement in at least 1,000 retail outlets nationwide. “Bootie Bags are modern, wearable art,” said Graham, a former court reporter turned design entrepreneur who has taken jean purses to the next level.
It’s rare when the next male supermodel comes from a graduating class of 13 in a small town called Shady Cove, Oregon. But Sean Harju is living a “Model Life,” being booked by Narciso Rodriguez and Karl Lagerfield, and having appeared at “Fashion Week,” the modeling industry’s biggest event of the year. Then Harju secured the job most coveted by every male model; a solo editorial in a top fashion magazine with a top photographer. In the May issue, Harjo booked six pages in GQ magazine —with Tom Cruise…
1154 LILL STUDIO is the original “design your own” handbag boutique. Established in 1999 by owner Jennifer Velarde, the firm currently has three boutiques located in Chicago, Boston and Kansas City.
1154 W. Lill Street in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood was the address of the studio condo where Velarde lived when she first began creating LILL Bags in 1998. It was the first time she lived by herself and it was the first place that she owned. She decorated it in bright, warm, cheerful colors, set up her…
