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This blog has moved to a new location! You can now find it at www.la-story.com.
I haven't left Fashiontribes.com. I am still part of the staff. It was to streamline the blogs.
Why the move?
So you can find it easier and the pages will load faster.
There's a ton of new podcasts and features waiting to go up. So check out the new location and let me know what you think!
Stevie Wilson
I love to shop especially for cutting edge fashions but can't always (or ever) afford the price tags on my favorite designer brands. Does this happen to you?
NEWS FLASH! NEWS FLASH!! NEWS FLASH!!!
This blog has moved to a new location! You can now find it at www.la-story.com.
Well it's time for a Bargain Alert!!
There's an online site that's got some major price slashing going on. Where?
Hit the LA-Story.com blog to get the deets. Better hurry, it ends June 4!!
Stevie Wilson
saw this in last week's Best Bets from the email newsletter from NYC that I subscribe too. What's really cute is the 'tude of the shirt, it's cotton and perfect for summer fun. Bright catchy colors and I love the price --$34.00..
want to know where to get this cheeky little shirt?
Check it out on the www.la-story.com , the new home for LA Story's 411 that makes it easier & faster to find online!
Stevie Wilson
If you aren't aware of what's cooking on this situation, here's some back story here on the LA Story and you can read the posts below about bloggers being harassed via phone and letter by attorneys for Steve & Barry over the publishing of PUBLICALLY POSTED photos of the Sarah Jessica Parker "not so fashionable savvy" line that Steve & Barry are launching 6/4.
What's really interesting about this is that the attorneys are threatening bloggers -- some of whom write multiple blogs and some who work in print as well-- who have a powerful reach out there to fashionistas everywhere.
See the rest of this post on LA STORY BLOG
Stevie Wilson
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Check this out. Planet Funk the store in LA and PlanetFunk.com is having a sale. Not just ANY sale mind you, but a sale where the more you buy, the more you save.
Buy one sale item -- get 25% off
Buy THREE sale items-- get 40% off!
NOW that's a deal-- but it's a LIMITED TIME OFFER!!
Can't be combined with any other special offer but it's definitely worth taking some time to surf the site and get some bargains in the process!!
Now if paying the credit card were that easy!!
Stevie Wilson
Stay Tuned BOYS and GIRLS.. there are HOT Updates hitting the LA STORY and also CoolPicking.com blogs about the situation with Fashiontribes, Second City Style, TheBudgetFashionista and other bloggers regarding this situation. It's definitely NOT cooling down-- It's hitting the BOILING stage about now
Come on girlies! If you missed the fem Fashion Elements sale last week at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica (or didn't but want to shop till your credit card smokes), then get your gas tank filled up and head to the OC -- to the Irvine Hilton (just off the Freeway!) and fill your trunk with designer clothing and accessories at MUCH LESS THAN RETAIL PRICES!!
What brands are you going to see? Check out these babies:
Orange County
2B Free-- Love them!
American Laser Centers
B. Boheme
BCBG--works for me!
Blowout Men
Cheena Chandra Jewelry-- GORGE jewelry
Christine Price Inc.
Contrabrand
Convoy
Eleanor Group - Spa Services--heavenly
Flux Nouveau
Geren Ford-Yummy!
Joan Nguyen
Julieri
Kristin Kahle Design--fabulous belts
La Chica Chic-- the most adorable bags
Lesa Wallace Handbags
Marisa K
Mike & Chris-- killer brand I have 4 pieces from this line
Nap
Natalie Anne Designs
Nyali
People for Peace- love them!
Rock de Goth
Rock & Republic-- rockin' jeans
San Damian Collection
Shop Robertson
Shu Shu Belts
T-Bags
Theresa Kathryn--great bags!
Too Faced Cosmetics-- Gorgeous cosmetics
Wahine Jewelry
Yoga Army-- cool yoga and leisure wear
Yesodra's Designs
And More…
Event sponsors include
944 Magazine, MONSTER Energy, ZMario, Sambazon and more!
The VIP shopping starts at 11 AM. Best to get going early and do order tickets online-- it speeds you through the check in process and saves you dinero!
Shop, get a spa treatment, have fun!
What more can a girl ask for!
Stevie Wilson
Haute stuff is going to start happening on the planet tomorrow.. PlanetLulu.com that is. What's going on? The May DENIM-Mania sale!! HUGE selection of brands starting at $59.00.
More than just denim though- woman does not live by jeans alone!! There's a lot more than that!
Check out the podcast that I did on what's HOT in the Planet Lulu Lofts!
Check out the cute stuff from Je'Lee
Other brands include:
Blue Dot--cool little LA brand that has a seriously fashionable flare.
Tiffany Alana--we adore Tiffany Alana and her dresses and lots more of her line.
Spiritual Fitness-- perfect for lounging, lounging and oh yeah-- lounging when you want to relax after working out.
Juicy Couture--gorge velvet Edwardian blazers with lace cuff trim. They got more of these-- they had blown through a ton and now have a new shipment of this originally marked $350 blazer
Kay Celine--cool tops
Junk Food tees- adorable!!
Literature-- we heart Literature tops
Betsy Johnson-- not a lot left but a few things are left and they are sooooooooo cute.
Lapis-- cute dresses that are so perfectly summer. You will want at least 2 colors.
Cristi Conaway-- lots of CC stuff particularly luscious satin camis!
Klub Nico shoes
swimwear
Love Tease Dresses-- one of at least 3 styles .. TONS in red-- for that red hot mama you are!
Vera Wang poly charmeuse chemise-- unbelieveable prices!!
Vasna Gypsy dresses- perfect for that boho chic style-- beaching it, vacationing, or just making yourself stylishly you..whether you are wearing flip flops, sandals or boots!
There's a lot more. Make sure that you check out that sale every day as the stock is filled in and updated on the site every day.
Sale starts:
May 16 9 PM PDT/ 12 M EDT
Sale Ends:
May 18 (Friday) 12M PDT / Sat 5/19 3 AM
Don't forget the coupon!! LULUMAY07 is the code.
It's good the last 12 hours of the sale and is worth 10% off.
Check www.myspace.com/planetlulu.com for other updates and maybe another coupon? If there is one, they aren't stackable or combinable--just come back the next day and shop again!
see ya on the Planet-- Lulu!
Stevie Wilson
Get your shopping groove on!! You have seen all the sample sales roaming the web and in major cities. DEFINITELY it's shopping time and with bargains beckoning, one has to be choosy. Given the price of gas these days, hitting the road can put a DENT in the credit car--which takes away from some shopping pleasure-- unless you carpool which makes it more fun to shop anyway. But if climbing into your car and driving isn't your idea of fun, and you want something now, then you can do it almost NOW with Planet Lulu!
Not only is this a huge sale.. it's a DENIM-MANIA Sale. What's that? It's a HUGE boat-load of denim from your favorite brands like True Religion, Joes, B-Union, Chip & Pepper, Rock & Republic and scads more brands-- they are overflowing with denim-- starting at $59.00!! That's a real STEAL. So girlie, get your denim groove on and hook it into your bargain hunting groove and make it stereophonic shopping from the comfort of your own home!
Here's the DEETS!
There is major bargains here-- more than just denim but shoes, bags, tops, pants, skirts-- tons of great names and cool things-- like Scanty Panty, Cristi Conaway, and even some nifty Betsy Johnson-- not a lot so if you are in the sale, scramble for it fast
Important Sale 411
Date: May 16
Opening Time: 9 PM PDT/12 Midnight EDT
Closing Time: Friday May 18 at 12 Midnight PDT or
Sat May 19 at 3 AM.
Guess what! We have COUPONS!!! Discounts good on the last day!
Coupon Code: lulumay07.
When is it good? 12 PM to 12 AM.. the last 12 hours of the sale.
How much? 10%!!! That's enough to help you out with the shipping!
So girls, boys, friends, country and city people, get your computers ready.
Make sure you have registered at www.planetlulu.com-- cuz if you don't you won't be getting that "you are so invited" email. YOU NEED THAT invite to get into the sale. Merely a few clicks away and voila, shopping heaven. So get going and make sure you tell a friend or two.
You can find Lulu on myspace too. Check out www.myspace.com/planetlulu.com for other details and info and sometimes extra coupons (not stackable or combineable).
Girlfriends, I would be remiss in not telling you to check back into THIS BLOG to find out more about the sale because I will have a podcast going up and you can hear about what's in the sale and I will get some images to toss up on to the blog.
Check in, check out and save!!
See ya on the Planet-- Lulu!
Stevie Wilson
Hitting the spring scene in the nick of time, fashion production house, Fashion Elements (fem) is hosting another FAB day of shopping-- sample sale style. fem will host "Spring Glam" on--
Saturday, May 12th
11:00am-5:00pm
Barker Hangar in Santa Monica
for shoppers to enjoy buying the fem way.
"Spring Glam" is a 70 designer sample sale featuring fashion, jewelry and accessories for men & women from high profile and emerging designers that sell at uber chic boutiques like Fred Segal, Lisa Kline, Kitson, American Rag, and Planet Blue.
Confirmed Featured Designers
T-Bags,
True Religion,
Yoga Army,
Onna Ehrlich,
Splendid,
Female,
Aaneta,
Odabash,
Hudson,
Single,
Louis Verdad,
Wendy Glez,
Ella Moss,
Yummi Glass,
Meaghan Fabulous,
J & Co.,
Jaime Pressly and many more.
By providing alternative platforms for designers to showcase their collections to local "fashionistas", fem "Spring Glam" includes two ticket options open to the public.
VIP Preview Access is $15 and includes, VIP Lounge hosted by LA.com with cocktails and hors d oeuvres
provided by Cocktails by jenn ,
Hint Water
and ZONE Diet.
Also featured is a runway show of the emerging designers key styles beginning about 1pm along with 3 hours of VIP-Only shopping.
From 2:00pm-5:00pm, "Spring Glam" will have general admission shopping for $5.
Anyone can become a fem VIP by buying a $15 ticket to shop. With sample sale prices, you can have the designer fashions you crave but usually can't afford. Shop from an entire airplane hangar of your favorite designers at "Spring Glam".
For more information and to buy tickets, please log on to www.gotofem.com .
Fashion Elements (fem) presents "Spring Glam"
Saturday, May 12th, 11:00am-5:00pm, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
3021 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, 90405
11am-2pm VIP Preview $15
2pm-5pm Open to Public $5
On-site parking $3
AMEX, VISA, MC, Cash all accepted.
Stevie Wilson
If you are anywhere in So. California, this might actually be the biggest three shopping days of the year. Yes, maybe more than Christmas because H&M is coming to town-- TODAY-- 4/12 opening not one but 2 doors at South Coast Plaza at noon.
What's up with the two stores in this penultimate mall of luxe stores? One store is 20,000 square feet of men, women, "hot trend" men, women, children and infant clothing and accessories like you have never seen.
I was there yesterday and was able to walk the store and interviewed the US Director of Press for H&M so there will be a podcast --broken into sections-- that will tell you more about why the 2 stores, what's going on with H&M, their designer relationships and also about some of their more environmentally conscious/aware trends.
Also there is another store in the Bloomingdales wing that is an 8,000 square foot store that is a cherry picked women's trend store. Consider it a spotlight on the hottest of the hot trends from H&M with some basics.
Both stores open at 12 noon with the first 200 shoppers gettingfree gift cards worth anywhere from ten to a couple hundred dollars as a surprise gift. Also there will be "special pricing" just for opening day. Just how long that special pricing lasts is a good guess
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If you happen to miss the Costa Mesa action, you aren't entirely out of the game! You can hit the Irvine Spectrum Center, Irvine Spectrum (junction of the 5 and 405 freeways) for another H&M Store that opens on Friday, 4/13 at 12 noon with the same prize for being one of the first 200 shoppers and special prices as well.
One of the coolest things I can tell you is that what you see in H&M one day will probably NOT be there the next week, so if you find something style savvy, snap it up! H&M gets shipments of goods DAILY and will have stock flowing out of the store super fast and there's a lot to see.
So hit the roads, my peeps and head south to the OC! There's a TON of parking there (free!) and lots of restaurants, shops and not one but TWO H&M stores to explore in South Coast Plaza with one more in Irvine Spectrum.
Check it out! You won't be sorry!
Bag Snob loves R & Y Agousti's line of eye catching clutches!
Coquette shows you the latest fashions in Nude, the new "in" color.
eBelle5 discovers the new Limited Edition Coach Straw Basket filled with L.E. Fragrance Line accessories
Fashion Blogosphere: 1, Steve & Barry's: 0. Fashion blogs scoop the traditional media & the media tries to bite back (unsuccessfully) as Fashiontribes discovers.
Kristopher's Fave: For Your Boy: “Kiss” Fornasetti Cufflinks handpainted porcelain shines, promising a slick "Thank you."
Girlawhirl's Fall 07 Fashion Wrap Up
My Fashion Life has exclusively snagged two pairs of straight leg jeans from the new Men’s N-Series line to giveaway courtesy of Nautica Jeans.
Papierblog looks at the Indian Fashion Week that was including a look back at Manish Arora
LA Story Gets the TIMELESS SECRET for FAB Skin at Studio at Fred Segal Santa Monica
Hayden-Harnett is out of the bag and into apparel. Second City Style has the interview with the designer about this super cute new line.
SheFinds Asks You: Toe Cleavage, Hot or Not? Nothing ruins a good pair of cute flats or sexy pumps like toe cleavage. Agree or no?
StyleBakery.com finds double duty multi-tasking cosmetics that do not disappoint
Styleaholics Najwa Moses checks out urban nomad designs by indie designer EEnamaria
Britney Spears hires Rachel Zoe, or at least Stylebites is sure of it
Stylehive brings you the 411 on the JCREW Wellie boots.
The Jewelry Weblog suggests that it's not always necessary for your earrings to match.
At last! eBeautyDaily discovers why our hair turns gray!
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This blog has moved to a new location! You can now find it at www.la-story.com.
American Rag is a store based here in LA, that's a hallmark of California and LA style. If you are wondering who/what/where/why about American Rag and want to know more, check out the podcast/blog featuring Marks Werts, the owner of American Rag. It's a HOT LA store on LA with outposts in Fashion Island (Orange County), San Francisco and other stores dotting the country and the globe.
While skinny denim seems to be populating the magazine, let me give you a a style alert --direct from the American Rag denim buyer (it's nice to have friends in the right places) -- of a hot trend that is popping up across Southern California and moving a select style of denim out of her stores FAST. It's been featured in some fashion magazines and it's been seen on the runways but it's already selling here across California. The trend: higher waisted denims and wider leg denims. In American Rag --whether it's in Fashion Island in Newport Beach, American Rag's World Denim Bar on La Brea in LA or in San Francisco -- several pairs of the wide legged, higher rise styles are selling out each week. It's moving fast.
What's so hot about high waisted denims and wide leg denims? It's more figure flattering. Here most women can't wear skinny jeans well. A majority of the email that I get about how to find the best fitting denim is about not being able to wear skinny jeans because they are size 8 or larger or have hips or have thighs etc. Turn to straight leg jeans for the skinny effect if that's what you want.
HOWEVER-- if you are you wanting to be fashion forward, a trendsetter and on the cutting edge, start watching out for-- scratch that-- GO LOOK FOR wider leg jeans and also ones with higher waists. Typically they will come as entire design-- the higher waist jeans will feature a less fitted, wider leg. Think Katherine Hepburn style, think Cate Blanchett style, think runway trends because you can see it in the fall 2007 shows.
Now what's the hottest seller right now at American Rag?
Here is a photo from American Rag featuring the Jenny Jen High Waisted, Wide Leg jeans.
Jenny Jen High-Waisted, Wide Leg Jean is featured in the "Dark Donna Wash". Retailing for about $180.00, it's currently sold in Fashion Island, Newport Beach, LA and San Francisco. The Dark wash is the best seller in all three stores. It also comes in a Light Grey Jackie Fit . It is also a high waisted wide leg. In LA alone, ten pairs have sold in the last two week. It's also selling briskly in Fashion Island and also San Francisco.
So consider that you heard it here first, and go check out the Jenny Jen jeans or go online and start looking for brands that are showing them. Level 99, Brown Label, Paige Premium, Denim of Virtue, Thirteen Denim, Fidelity Denim, and Freedom of Choice all have a wider leg, some have a higher waist, some have both! (Not all brands carried at American Rag or the World Denim Bar) Check it out!
Stevie Wilson
The Spring Clearance Parking Lot Sample Sale---Speggtacular Savings!
Where:
Ma Du Zi (parking lot)
7959 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
*1 block West of Fairfax.....right next to Agent Provacateur*
When:
Friday, March 30th 11-7
Saturday, March 31st 11-7
Sunday, April 1st 12-- till it's gone!
Dear Fashionista,
DD Push, Ma Du Zi and Kelly Nishimoto are coming together to bring you the clearance sale of the season. All inventory will be reduced 50-90% off retail prices. We have to do our spring cleaning to make room for new merchandise.
All of the merchandise is overstock and samples from various different designers and retailers.
We must get rid of it all!!!
We accept cash and all major credit cards.
Spring Clearance Parking Lot Sample Sale-- find dramatic savings on these designers:
A Common Thread
Barbara Bui
Burning Torch
C & C California
Chloe
Costume National
Denim Birds
Development
Dondup
Ernest Sewn
Frankie B.
Indigo Hand
Jaidan
Jean Paul Gaultier
Joie
Juicy Couture
Kelly Nishimoto
La Rok
Levi's
Lotta Stenson
Loy and Ford
Miguelina
Moschino
Nieves Lavi
Nudie
Paige
Paper, Denim and Cloth
Paul Smith
Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti
Rozae Nichols
Twelfth St by Cynthia Vincent
Velvet
Wyeth by Todd Magill
***There is a limited selection of some designers.
So HURRY!!****
Treat yourself....you deserve it! Happy Shopping-
DD Push--AKA Designer Discount Push.
Where everything designer is always on sale!
COUPON ALERT COUPON ALERT COUPON ALERT COUPON ALERT COUPON!!!!
FREE black jeweled tank top with this coupon
One coupon per paying customer.
Clip this coupon to receive a free black jeweled tank top with a purchase over $100. While supplies last. Early arrival is strongly suggested to receive this offer. This coupon is transferrable.
*You must have this coupon with you to receive this offer*
Good for the Spring Clearance Parking Lot Sample Sale March 30th- April 1st.
