The Brooklyn based boyfriend/girlfriend team behind Hayden-Harnett make fabo to-die-for bags. They also make clothing, like these 60’s style babydoll dresses. I am so in love with their Beatrice bag (the brown floral) but it’s sold out, arrghhh! Go lust here: Hayden-Harnett.
When my grandparents downsized and moved into an assisted living condo a few years ago my Dad went through their things and picked some choice items for each of us kids. For some reason I ended up with all my Grandma Jean’s hostess aprons and a bunch of white car washing rags from my Grandpa Harold. Hmmm wonder what that means? Anyway you can get your very own vintage inspired hostess apron ($20 a pop) at The Curiosity Shoppe.
The fine women over at Give Simple are offering you, my Little Willow reader, a discount! Just use the code WILLOW (all caps) to receive 10% off any Give Simple purchase now through Mothers Day (May 13th). They have some really cute items and great gift ideas for Moms, love these t-shirts. Thanks Give Simple!
The lovely ladies over at Beklina just notified me of a sale they are having on Stewart Brown (mentioned in an earlier post). All Stewart Brown is 20% off this month with this Code SB407 (not including sale items). Spend some time at their online shop they have lots of great products for you earth friendly mama’a and your babies. Also free shipping!
I have no business coveting anything from the Spring 2007 Bottega Veneta line but God it’s stunning! Sad that clothing gets me this excited, but see for yourself. Incredibly rich fabric, beautiful draping and flattering shapes, ooh I love! Net-a-Porter carries a few items from the Spring line, if you have a spare $2,000 spend it on a luscious dress.
While getting a much needed pedicure today I was reading the April issue of Town & Country and saw this lovely cornflower blue hemp dress by Stewart Brown. I did a search and found they have a complete line of earth friendly clothing and being that’s it’s Earth Month I thought I’d mention them. Their products are made from 100% cotton, hemp-silk and Mongolian cashmere and they give 1% of each sale to the One Percent for the Planet organization. Being that it’s for a good cause, this is shopping I can justify!
My Rebe has some new items! Cute dresses, cozy sweatshirts and flouncy skirts with many of the fabrics coming from France, Australia, and Japan. Also, the sweathsirts and sweaters are all made from recycled fiber and/or organic cotton so they are extra cozy and environmentally friendly. I still want one of their handbags made of vintage fabrics, but I’m waiting to go to LA and pick one out in person.
I love crafty do it yourself types and these gals at Loops are just that. They met at a baby class, became friends then joined forces over their shared desire to find something better to hold up their pants! We all benefit from their ingenuity with these adorable reversible belts. They have tons of fabric options so you can customize your own. Available for men, women, girls and boys, they even have pet leashes and collars!
Adam + Eve is fairly well known at this point, but I had to share since I went to high school with the creator and designer Adam Lippes. I don’t think I’ve seen Adam since we shared a limo to prom in 1991 but I recall he was the most dapper dude on the dance floor. Known for his incredibly soft t-shirts and lux basics (featured on Oprah) he also has a fabulous ready-to-wear collection for men & women. Here is sampling of his designs; gorgeous fabric matched with simple classic designs, bravo!
My Mom is starting the search for a MOB dress for my sister Quinn’s May wedding in Charleston, SC. I thought I would get right to it and find some options for her. One of my favorites for wedding outfits (and where I got my BM dresses) is Thread Design. Here are a couple looks I think could be appropriate (they have lots more color options than these). Then again when I tried to dress my Mom for my wedding, she laughed hysterically when I showed her what I had in mind. It’s hard to dress Moms hip for weddings these days! Someone start a great MOB store please!
Wow, I’ve made officially over 100 posts on this blog, yeah for me!
In honor of the 101st post I’ll share one of my fave cheap-o shopping secrets, which is Delia’s! I have been buying clothes and accessories from Delia’s since I was 24, probably time to outgrow this phase but with everything under $100 and usually under $50 I can’t give it up. Here are a couple cute new tops and dresses I saw today.
It is 70 degrees here is SF today and I wore all black today and sweat my back off while at lunch. I am so glad it is skirt season again, I am so over my Winter wardrobe! Check out these cute Spring skirts from Skirt Spot (they used to be Boutique Ooh La La). The skirts are mostly a-line which looks great on most gals and they range in price from $64-$92.
Satine boutique has some really sweet white tops and dresses. With this whole Factory Girl, Edie Sedgwick craze going on, you’ll be seeing lots of 60’s inspired clothes out there this Summer. Here are a few of my faves. These designers are 3.1 Phillip Lim, Jovovich-Hawk and Anna Sui.
I just got back from an excursion to Forev’s (Forever 21) and as usual it was a pattern explosion in there. I kinda can’t deal after about 10 minutes in that place there is just too much going on. But it’s pretty impressive the amount of prints and styles they can come up with. They did have some cute cropped jackets though, I bought a faux linen one in brown for $28!
I then hit my all time fave Anthropologie and bought two over priced tops and debated heavily on a dress but decided to wait on the dress. I can’t find pics on their site to share with you, but trust me good stuff 
Ok it’s February but it was almost 70 degrees here yesterday, glorious! Sorry East coast I know its still dumping Winter on you but I’m ready for warm weather and skirts! Here are some really cute wrap skirts from Made with Love by Hannah. According to Hannah she takes her inspiration from the German style skirt called a dirndl and being a little German girl myself I guess that explains why I an attracted to these skirts. I love her take on the traditional style. Really reasonable at $62 a pop too.
Some fashionable finds for a Monday morning. Le Train Bleu boutique is sort of Anthropologie with an edge and is one of my favorite spots for hard to find designers like Vena Cava, Erotokritos and Mint. They always have interesting shoe styles and if you check often enough they have great sales as well.
Me and the hubs are planning a little getaway in April or May to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary this year (yikes!). I would like to go back to Kauai and the Princeville where we spent our honeymoon but they have more than doubled their rates since 2002, nutty! So we’ll probably rent a condo instead. I want my biggest decisions of the day to be “where are we going to snorkel” and “which pretty dress or skirt shall I don?” Here are some faves in silk dupioni from Calypso.
P.S. If I were to get married over again, I would have dressed my BM’s in something like the long purple skirt with a simple top for my beach wedding, they might actually have worn the outfit again!
From Office Space.
Joanna: You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Brian, why don’t you just make the minimum 37 pieces of flair?
Stan, Chotchkie’s Manager: Well, I thought I remembered you saying that you wanted to express yourself.
Joanna: Yeah. You know what, yeah, I do. I do want to express myself, okay. And I don’t need 37 pieces of flair to do it.
But I do need these fabric belts by Sarah Snyder aka Maxsui to express myself. I bought one at Lavish an excellent Hayes Valley boutique a couple years ago and just purchased another. In my opinion you can never have enough belts or flair! P.S. They are reasonably priced $40-$45 depending on the size, 1″ or 1 1/2″ width and can be pruchased from her website as well.
My head is still in Mexico or as my friend Blamp says “I’m riding on happy fumes from the weekend”. I really wish I was still wearing sunny clothes like these lovely dresses by designer Sari Gueron. I spotted them in Harper’s this month and I want them all. You can find her clothes at Susan in San Francisco or Burlingame or Satine in LA.
My oldest sister Britt was the first one to turn me on to preppy brands starting with her love of Laura Ashley in the 80’s and Lilly Pulitzer in the 90’s so it’s no surprise that she is a big fan of Hadley Pollet belts. Hadley’s most popular belt is her zinnia design and all her belts are reversible so you get 2 belts for the price of one! Or at least that’s what I tell myself to justify a $100 belt.
She also has some cute purses only available from her website.
The rain is back, but lucky for me the rain had a purpose! I re-connected with an old friend, Ramey Griffin Caulkins, who happens to have her own line of rain jackets, Rainy Ramey!
Ramey (isn’t that the coolest name?) was one of the best dressed girls in High School and I was always very impressed by her fashion sense and sophisticated tastes even as a teenager. Lucky for us she is now spreading her great taste throughout the land with her adorable rain coats. They are available short or long in green, blue and black with different color toggles.
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