Bring along a favorite handbag for LaRee Johnson’s seminar on vintage handbags at 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Covington House, 4201 Main St., Vancouver.
Johnson wrote “Ladies’ Vintage Accessories” (Collector Books, 2000), and is a whiz at dating objects. She owns a huge collection of purses, as well as shoes, parasols, aprons and hats. For this event, she’ll discuss the care, cleaning and dating of vintage purses from the 1800s to the present.
Cost is $20 per person, and pre-registration is required. To register, or for more information, contact Rebecca Morrison-Peck, 360-686-3482 or e-mail at peck@pacifier.com.
Morrison-Peck owns Lacings in Yacolt, a business specializing in creating historical-clothing reproductions. Lacings, which is sponsoring Johnson’s visit, offers year-round classes in a wide variety of historical costuming techniques and textile-related subjects.
Luxury fashion label Prada is pursuing annual growth of 23.5 per cent over the next five years, according to statements given to its banks.
The company forecasts sales of more than £1 billion by 2010, through a focus on its lucrative Prada and Miu Miu labels, more effective use of showcase stores, and upping the efficiency of its supply chain.
The company, which will also focus on strong brands Azzedine Alaia and Car Shoe, is targeting a sales increase of 3.2 per cent annually.
Prada has already sectioned off unprofitable units Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and Church’s - the British footwear business in which it has a minority holding - with the creation of a new company, Prada SpA, which excludes underperforming businesses.
The company said its shareholders were looking at a range of offers for the Jil Sander and Helmut Lang brands, but that it was not pressured to sell either one.
While Jil Sander is due to be relaunched with new creative leadership, Helmut Lang’s cost base has been frozen will the company considers future options for the unit.
Prada has forecast a 6.9 per cent rise in this year’s sales to €1.29bn, and profits of €51.7 million compared with last year’s €61.96m loss.
The positive predictions come after Prada SpA netted a 23.3 per cent earnings hike for the six months ended in July, plus a sales rise of 5.6 per cent.
Source: just-style.com
I was flipping through this months Elle. There’s some terrific style information in it! Looks like we’ve made it full circle to the 1970s. For some of us we’ll get to relive some of our favourite fashions but there may be some ‘yuck’ in the group too.
Flirty cuts in pretty colors with ruffles and frills are in. Remember the vibrant balloon tops - they are back. As are the wool wrap tops and wool jackets. Super high heels have also made their way back into the picture. Your jewelry selections are wide open for mixing and matching. Big and bold will certainly fit the current trends.
Elle says that these items are runway hits: croppped sweaters in acrylic, cotton, or wool. Satin wrap tops ranging from long sleeves to no sleeves, and asymmetrical skirts.
The skirts are definately fun and sexy - black is the hotest color, sequens are very popular, and beaded silk is definately in. Add some sexy earrings or a sparkly necklace and your ready for a night on the town.
Straight leg wool pants are also in, as well as wool jackets with faux fur collars. Chiffon and satin are big and sleeveless cotton knit turtlenecks are ever so in style.
Accessories are bright and bold - hot pink clutches, chintz hand bags, satin and metalic pumps, ballerina flats. Your jewelry can be a mix of bright and bold, and more muted tones. With this years fashions almost anything goes.
Check out the Spring 2005 Elle Runway
Some of Ralph Loren’s Spring Fashions are just terrific and they are fitting for almost everyone. Watch the Ralph Loren Show
Alberta Ferretti has some outlandish and fun pieces this season Alberta Ferretti Show
Alice Roe has some very sexy looks Alice Roe Show And check out Balenciaga formal or evening fashions - they are to die for! Balenciaga Show
Its a great year to set your own limits and make your own fashion style.
There is certainly something for everyone! You may also want to check out some of the other designers such as Blugirl, Calvin Klein, and Prada.
Always remember to complete your look with your jewelry!
They are flashy, hot and very in for the season. Metallic, sequence and don’t forget the faux fur handbags. Just take a look at a crowd and you will see quite a collection of each of these three. They are not hard to spot and definitely make heads turn. Which head turning style do you like to carry this season?
Let’s start with the flashiest of them all, sequence. They are everywhere and everyone is carrying them. They do seem to be a bigger hit with the younger scene. They come in an array of colors as well as sequence styles. Carry them with any outfit and they’ll dress it up no matter what the look. Do be careful, the looks you get may only be on your handbag and not on you. If you want your great outfit to stand out, I don’t recommend carrying one of these handbags.
Metallic is all the rage also. Just wait for the holiday parties and you will see an explosion of these. They come in many different colors but bronze definitely tops the list. There will be the gold rush in December for all those fancy outfits. Gold is being paired with black and also brown. That black little dress is going to look fabulous with the metallic evening bag and the big beaded necklaces.
Now don’t forget the faux fur bags. Some stand out very much but not as much as the sequence and metallics. There are plenty of faux fur trimmed jackets, tops and boots out there. The faux fur handbag will set off the ensemble. Some are a bit on the wild side and others are just really neat looking. As long as they don’t make a roar, these are the tamest out there of all three.
Sequence, metallic and faux fur, get them while they are hot!
