Foot Candy: Charlotte Olympia

Hot new footwear label Charlotte Olympia is the brainchild of Cordwainers graduate and London IT girl Charlotte Olympia Dellal. The half-Brazilian, half-English designer is inspired by the glamour of the 40s and 50s and her statement making block color sandals and quirky-cool shoe boots are already a hit with style setters Kate Moss and Sienna Miller.

When I saw The Charlotte Olympia Ziggy leather ankle boots ($995) I feel instantly in love. This boot combines a suede leather-upper with a a tassel zipped back, 5.5 in. patent leather heels, and a red trimmed 1 in. gold tone floating platform with a gold tone spider web on the sole. 

All I can say is... HELLO LOVAHHHH!!!!

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Inspired By: Music/BP3!

The Billionaire Boys Club is releasing 3 T-shirts each with different quotes from the Pharrell Williams produced “So Ambitious” track off of Jay-Z’s ‘Blueprint 3′ album. The shirts should be available online soon at the BBC online store with a price range of $80 to $100, so look out for them.

Via - Upscale Hype

"The motivation for me, was them telling me what I could not be, I'm so ambitious"


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Fall Trend Alert: Leather Leggings!

Via - Loft in Soho

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Up & Coming: Melody Ehsani

You probably know Melody Ehsani  without even knowing her.  Her ubiquitous line of accessories caters to the bold, sexy, fierce and fearless women, so it’s no wonder that you can find her pieces all over the scene, from Rhianna, to Erykah Badu, to Keri Hilson.  Yes, those rings that turned you on in Miss Keri’s “Turnin’ Me On” video were done by Melody, who is one of the artist’s favorite designers.  She’s quickly becoming the favorite of many, in and out of the limelight.  Actually, Melody’s creative uses of bright plastics, shiny mirrors, chunky chains, and wild designs deserve their own time to shine!  If that’s not enough, this powerhouse designer started off by creating a bad-ass line of ladies shoes, and she still keeps it coming.  Melody Ehsani’s got it locked.

Although her looks go for the bold, her approach to life and her line is quite humbling, creating a divine balance between art and artist.  Melody taps into her strength as a woman to push boundaries and go for the unconventional, ultimately unleashing the same powers in those that don her products.

Without any further ado, I preset you with Final Frontier by Melody Ehsani: Accessories Lookbook, Fall 2009

Via - M.I.S.S

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Real Talk: Life Is What You Make It!

Even on the most dismal day there is stunning beauty to be found. Even in the most hopeless situation there is the opportunity for greatness. Life is not merely some arbitrary and random stuff that comes your way. Life is what you make it. Your circumstances are not someone else's fault. They are what you have chosen. Your future is not a foregone conclusion. It is whatever you choose it to be by the way you live right now. The dark, cold, grey days can be just as delightful as the warm, sunny ones. The later decades of life can be even more rich and fulfilling than your youth. Wherever you may find yourself, one thing is always certain. Your life is what you choose it to be, so choose the very best.

-- Ralph Marston

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Inspired By: Where The Wild Things Are!

Opening ceremony have released a special collection based on the upcoming movie, Where The Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak which comes out October 16th, 2009. The collection ranges from a $220 'Alexander mini skirt', to a $895 'Max Lined Parka'. Check them out here. While the accessories can be found here.

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Real Talk: A Great Tomorrow!

Today is an important day in your life. Because today is your opportunity to create the circumstances in which you will live tomorrow. If you could custom design tomorrow, how would it be? Where would you live, what work would you do, what people would be around you? What is the very best tomorrow that you can imagine? Today is when you can visualize any possibility for tomorrow, and then set about to actually make it happen. You make your own tomorrow, by the actions you take today. Right now, tomorrow is open for you to shape and design. It is available for you to do with as you please. Yet you must get started today. If you let tomorrow come without your active participation in its design, chances are that it won't be completely to your liking. Take action today, and make tomorrow whatever you want it to be.

-- Ralph Marston



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Picture of the Moment: Women ♥ Bags!

We do too!

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SP 2010 Fashion Week: What They Wore!

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Color Advance!

Engage in some digital decorating with the newest Pantone iPhone application. Want to match the walls of your breakfast nook to the color of your pomegranate iced tea? Now you can simply pull up the color chart on your smartphone, snap a picture and the app will instantly provide the closest color match. Brava, Pantone!



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Real Talk: Visualizing Forward!

To be truly effective at achievement, you must learn to look ahead farther than you can see, without losing sight of where you are. That means visualizing your destination, in rich detail, long before you can actually behold it. And yet you must not get so wrapped up in the ultimate goal, that you lose awareness of your current situation. In fact, any achievement is simply the result of making, and then following, the connection between your present circumstances and your visualized goal. You must be able to see both in clear, rich and brutally candid detail. Think of the last time you bought a plane ticket. Before you could purchase the ticket, you had to tell the airline the name of the city from which you wished to depart, and the name of the city where you wanted to travel. Without that information, it would have been impossible for the airline to issue your ticket or accommodate your travel plans. Your mind is a powerful goal-seeking tool, and it works in much the same way. It must know where you are, and where you want to go. There is most assuredly a way to reach whatever goal you set for yourself. Your task is to see both ends of the journey at once, in clear detail, and then find the best connection between them.

-- Ralph Marston

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London Fashion Week Spring 2010

Via - Fashion Forwarddd

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