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| BrandsBoutique Online Shop: Despite the recent grumblings about the handbag bubble bursting, we all know that the “it-bag” still reigns supreme. BrandsBoutique.com is for the fashionista who knows that building your handbag collection isn’t just about carrying the latest designer craze but about being a true handbag connoisseur. The site not only features a different designer handbag daily but also includes articles that discuss all things handbags, from handbag fads to tips on properly cleaning your handbag.
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| DesignersLA Online Shop: A great blog dedicated to honoring Los Angeles-based designers, DesignersLA.com features the handbag and accessories from some of the hippest designers in LA. From household names like Juicy Couture and Rachel Pally to smaller labels like Circa Studio and Bells & Whistles, whether you reside in LA land or not, you are sure to love this site detailing all the glitz and glamour that is LA fashion. Plus the site features particular items at a discount prices.
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| LuxuryVintage Online Shop: Ever since Hollywood starlets have started showing up on the red carpet in vintage gowns and accessories, vintage handbags and accessories are back in a big way. For those who admire the classic lines of fashion past, then LuxuryVintage.com is for them. Each day the blog features a different vintage designer handbag and accessory, from coveted designers like Chanel and Hermes to one-of-a-king jewelry, vintage groupies will love the looks and the off-retail prices. |
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| ItalysOutlet Online Shop: Shopping for Italian Designer handbags and accessories has never been this easy. ItalysOutlet features all the major Italian Designer brand names you have grown to love: Gucci, Fendi, Etro, Versace, Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana, Ferragamo, Bottega Veneta, Prada and many more. Plus, pay outlet prices. Never pay full price when shopping at ItalysOutlet for high quality Italian leather and fabrics. |
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| ValueBags Online Shop: Created for the budget conscious consumer who wants to carry a high-quality designer handbag but doesn’t want to spend a fortune, ValueBags.com highlights a different designer handbag each day (Fab Bag of the Day), from designers like Coach, Dooney & Bourke and BCBG, all at below-retail prices. The blog also features coupon codes and links back to the particular featured handbag.
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| Forget the flowers! Mom wants a new designer handbag for Mother’s Day |
| Friday, April 25, 2008 |
 What mom really wants for Mother’s Day is a new designer handbag so eFashionHouse.com is making shopping for mom easy with free shipping. Sky Valley, CA (PRWEB), April 24, 2008: Gone are the days where shopping for mom meant a pretty floral arrangement or a box of her favorite chocolate. Today’s moms are more interested in trendy or classic designer handbags, so eFashionHouse.com is making shopping for mom a little easier with free shipping for Mother’s Day (May 11).
Named Best of the Web by People StyleWatch for below retail priced designer handbags and recognized by About.com as the top of three online retailers of off-priced Chanel, eFashionHouse.com has all the designers and styles moms want. From handbag darling Elaine Turner, to couture legend Chanel, to American staple Coach, eFashionHouse.com offers the latest in designer handbags for all budgets.
"It’s not only fashionistas that want the latest designer handbag all the time, today’s mom is very hip and wants to carry a nice leather handbag as well" said Anna Miller, eFashionHouse Owner. "To meet the needs of our clients, we now carry handbags that are age-friendly…meaning most of the designers we carry cater to women of all ages who simply love fashion."
Not only does eFashionHouse.com, and its five fashion ecommerce stores (BrandsBoutique, LuxuryVintage, DesignersLA, ItalysOutlet and ValueBags), offer a wide variety of authentic designer handbags but they guarantee the lowest prices online for Tano, Melie Bianco, Murval, Elaine Turner and Pietro Alessandro. Plus the site offers a layaway plan that allows its clients to pay over time and still get the bag of their dreams.
If you still don’t know what to get mom, here’s a couple of hot selling bags that are sure to make her smile (and maybe even giggle with glee):
• COACH Hamptons Cream Large Tote – 26% off
• ELAINE TURNER Andie Platinum Distressed Leather Satchel – 24% off
• Tano Bauhaus Leather Tote – 21% off
• Gucci Brit Medium Tote in Brown – 26% off
• Yves Saint Laurent Downtown Tote in Cream – 21% off
• Vintage Chanel Quilted Lambskin Shoulder Bag – only $499
In addition to huge savings on brand new, 100% authentic designer handbags, shoppers will receive free ground shipping from April 24th thru May 2nd on purchase over $100 with coupon code MD08. Plus there is no sales tax on all purchases worldwide.
About eFashionHouse.com
Anna Miller is the President of i-GlobalMall.com, Inc. She operates the website http://www.efashionhouse.com/ and sells high-end authentic designer handbags and accessories at off-retail prices. EFashionHouse.com was named Best of the Web by People Magazine StyleWatch for Discount Designer Handbags and Purses. eFashionHouse.com should not be confused with any other website selling a similar product or using a similar name. EfashionHouse.com is the home of five fashion ecommerce stores: BrandsBoutique, LuxuryVintage, DesignersLA, ItalysOutlet, and ValueBags. Anna is considered an Internet Pioneer & Ecommerce Entrepreneur. She’s been reselling Designer Merchandise online since the early 90s. eFashionHouse.com has an extensive Press Page and a Fashion Blog Network. Visit the site for more details. Labels: authentic chanel handbags, authentic designer handbags, chanel, chanel designer purses, designer handbags, designer purse, designer purses, discount designer handbags online |
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| Lust for luxury labels lifts fashion house |
| Friday, February 8, 2008 |
By Elizabeth TilleyLAST week, in the grand penthouse of a new Kangaroo Point riverside apartment block, a select and very fashionable crowd gathered to welcome one of the world's most luxurious fashion brands to Brisbane.
A selection of handbags, shoes and other leathergoods from the spring/summer 2008 collection by Italian fashion house, Bottega Veneta is now stocked in Fortitude Valley designer accessories boutique, Jean Brown Gallerie.
The crowd could barely contain their excitement as they sipped champagne and swanned around the room carrying their designer handbags and sporting Miu Miu pumps. They had come to listen to Amy Tye, president of the global brand, speak about the lengthy and involved leather weaving process involved in making a suede-lined, lamb or deer skin handbag, and they left feeling less guilty about their desire to pay $5000 for one. For the increasing number of young luxury brand buyers in Brisbane, or those wanting to own something by Bottega Veneta without spending a small fortune, there's always the leather mobile phone strap, also worn as a bracelet, which retails for about $180.
The launch revealed a side to Brisbane that many people would not know existed, but which is rapidly gaining strength, partly due to the city's new style queen, Amber Long. Thanks to Long, and her husband, Matthew, who opened Jean Brown Gallerie in May 2007 and recently its clothing equivalent, Jean Brown Robe, names such as Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo are no longer only familiar to Sex and the City fans. And they have big plans for the expansion of Jean Brown into a fashion empire, starting as soon as next month, when they open a third boutique in New Farm. "It won't be a Jean Brown store – it will be a very different concept for Brisbane," Amber says, without revealing any more.
Amber says the Jean Brown Group is constantly approached by national retail developers looking to house a Jean Brown boutique in their development. "The branding's so strong now that (Jean Brown is) seen as a leading brand that will attract other retailers to a development," she says. Fashion houses are also interested in forming partnerships with the Jean Brown Group to open high fashion, mono-brand stores on their behalf. "That's one of a whole series of opportunities we're looking at," Amber says.
According to Matthew, it is not highly unusual for one of their regular customers to spend $15,000 in one transaction in one of their stores. Better-known brands such as Manolo Blahnik and Miu Miu have been big hits with Queenslanders in Jean Brown Gallerie, Matthew says, mostly because of their widely acknowledged reputation. He says it's too early to comment on the success of Jean Brown Robe since it opened in December. "We expect that brands like Chloe, Miu Miu and Yves Saint Laurent will sell well," he says. "Miu Miu has a strong following here and its ready-to-wear collection arrives in store this week."
Being the only store in Australia to stock YSL since the luxury label's Sydney store closed down in 2003, inquiries have been flooding in from all over the country. "We had a lady buy two different sizes of the one YSL top the other day." Amber describes Jean Brown Robe as a representation of the most important internationally recognised brands that would be found in leading department stores overseas. The current collections by Chloe, Yves Saint Laurent, Thakoon and Miu Miu hanging on the racks in the new store are bursting with colours such as fuchsia, yellow, red and bold prints – perfect for Queensland's sunny disposition. Soon, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's fashion label, The Row, will also be in stock.
"Queensland women know these labels and want them in their wardrobes as soon as collections become available, not the following season," Amber says. While both stores have a reasonably broad client base, Matthew admits that 80 per cent of their business comes from 20 per cent of their clients. When Amber goes on her twice-yearly buying trips to Paris, London and New York, she always keeps particular customers in mind, but trends are her primary focus and she has to be careful to buy clothes and accessories that suit Queensland's unique climate. "She has to be really selective about what to buy," Matthew says.
Labels to know
Thakoon (pronounced as it sounds; Thak-oon): The label by award-winning New York designer Thakoon Panichgul is being offered for the first time in Australia at Jean Brown Robe. The collection is based around the art of functionality while incorporating pixilated prints. Actor Kate Bosworth is his muse.
Bottega Veneta (pronounced Bott-ayga Ven-eta), below: Launched in 1966 as a family business of luxury leather accessories, this label is distinguished by its timeless, ultra-luxurious designs. Labelled only on the inside, its handbags boast classic clean lines and soft leathers.
Chloe: The Spring/Summer 2008 collection from this notable French fashion house features a fresh mix of ethereal mid-calf dresses in glacial white, while encompassing elements of drama, heightened by bold fabric panels in vivid tones of purple and navy as well as fresh seasonal colours such as egg-yellow and fuchsia.
Yves Saint Laurent (pronounced Eevs Sayn Loron): Legendary designer Stefano Pilati steered this French fashion house towards modern elegance and took a creative approach to tailoring, promoting new volumes and asymmetrical lines. Jean Brown Robe is the only Australian retailer of Yves Saint Laurent clothing.
alldressedup: Offered for the first time in Australia, this Singaporean label devised a collection that was inspired by Chinese lanterns and boasts soft smocks and ruched detailing.
Lanvin (pronounced Lon-van): The world's oldest ongoing fashion house is enjoying a rapid resurgence in popularity due to the exceptional style of designer Alber Elbaz.
Miu Miu (pronounced Myoo-myoo): Created by Prada as a cutting-edge label and is well-known globally for extraordinary designs as well as the use of gorgeous materials. Labels: bottega veneta, chanel, chloe handbags, lanvin, miu miu, prada handbags, yves saing laurent |
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| Valentine's Day - She loves CHANEL! |
| Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
 Every woman loves Chanel. Chanel is a classic. It's a timeless item and something to cherish forever. If you are purchasing a Valentine's gift this year, make it something special at below retial price. If you are like me, I buy myself a gift every holiday and special occassion. I certainly don't wait for someone else to get me the things I adore. Chanelis one of those special treats. I splurge every once in awhile. It's more fun surprising yourself. Click here. See what I mean! Happy Valentine's Day 2008.Labels: chanel, chanel handbag, coco chanel |
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| New Arrivals - CHANEL NAKED BAGS at eFashionHouse |
| Saturday, January 5, 2008 |
New Arrivals - CHANEL NAKED BAGS at eFashionHouse. CHANEL NAKED BAG designer handbags clear Chanel classic designer purse black. An authentic Chanel Naked Bag priced just right. Comes with all the trimmings. Cards, sleeper bag and box. Ideal size for everyday or evening. Perfect bag for all year wear. Dress it up or carry it wearing your favorite jeans and a T-shirt. Clear body with black leather trim. Silver hardware and chain strap woven with black leather. It's a classic, it's CHANEL.
The Chanel Press release about this bag reads:
How many secrets can a woman’s bag hold? Having passed through the x-ray machine, CHANEL’s new Naked Bag will answer this enigma when travelling by plane or train.
To travel with transparency, Karl Lagerfeld came up with a mini-collection of plastic and truly bare bags. Simultaneously elegant and practical, all have black, gray, golden or white piping, or are purposely left bare. Stylish and aesthetic, they come in three models in a range of four colors.
Nothing to hide? Dare to bare it. Shimmery gold leather trims this clear Chanel classic bag, topped by a signature chain-wrapped leather strap and logo. Features a single inside pocket drop handle.
The Chanel Naked Bag in classic flap front design with a CC turn lock closure measures about 11"L x 7"W x 3"H and has a long chain strap which can be carried over the shoulder doubled or made longer into a single shoulder strap. See photos for more details.
eFashionHouse.com is recognized as the top online retailer of off-priced authentic CHANEL handbags & accessories by About.com. For more information, please visit the eFashionHouse.com Press Page - Click Here.CHANEL items are priced as marked everyday prices are 30% to 60% off retail. No coupon needed. Labels: about.com, chanel, chanel handbag, efahsionhouse |
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| Handbag exhibit tells stories of the women behind the bags |
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 |
Article by Diana Dretske Daily Herald Columnist
Suburban Chicago's Information Source
The new traveling exhibit, organized and toured by ExhibitsUSA, and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, takes a whimsical look at this artful accessory. By any name --handbag, purse or pocketbook -- this essential component of women's lives is more than a mere personal possession.
More than 80 purses dating from the 1890s to 2006 are displayed, representing a wide range of colors, materials and styles. Many purses are what you would expect with their familiar iconic shape made of hand-tooled leather, plastic or embellished with jet black beading. Other purses break the mold completely such as novelty purses -- in the shape of poodles, champagne buckets, or birdcages -- which have gone in and out of style since the 1930s.
Simply put, a purse is a container for life's necessities, but it also reflects its owner's individuality.
During World War II (1941-1945), when everything from sugar to tires was rationed, women found a variety of ways to help the war effort including "recycling" purses by adding plastic cherries or a bit of ribbon to make an old purse seem new again.
Some purses are a story in themselves. Take for instance the purse on loan from voice actor Nancy Cartwright, best known for her role as Bart Simpson on the popular animated TV series "The Simpsons." The "Ponderosa" purse was purchased because of the name association with the Cartwright family on TV's "Bonanza." Along with the western-themed purse, Nancy included a hand-drawn map of the Cartwright's Ponderosa.
For many women, the right handbag is essential to making the best impression.
The owner of the Christian Dior leather bag on exhibit purchased the purse for $1,200 and carried it around the world to conduct international business. "Carrying the bag helped jump language barriers, and gave me an edge up," Casey Murphey said. "I was perceived as a successful businesswoman who was safe to do business with."
From designer handbags by Louis Vuitton to a homemade linen purse from the 1920s, "Pocketbook Anthropology" provides a colorful, story-filled exploration of the relationship between a woman and her handbag.
The museum is open every day except Christmas Day and New Year's Day, and the exhibition runs through Jan. 20. For hours, call (847) 968-3400. Labels: chanel, chanel handbag, christian dior, designer handbags, louis vuitton, luxury handbags and accessories |
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| Chanel Hanbags are hotter than ever! |
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Three cheers for CoCo Chanel! What a legacy! Read about the fashion icon, Coco Chanel, taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The picture of Coco Chanel was taken from Chanel.com.
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th-century fashion. Her influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
She was born the second illegitimate daughter of traveling salesman Albert Chanel and Jeanne Devolle in the small city of Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. There was a mis-spelling on her birth certificate that was recorded her surname as 'Chasnel', making the tracing of her roots almost impossible for biographers when Chanel later rose to prominence. Coco was born in a poorhouse. Her birth was recorded the following day. Two employees of the hospice went to city hall and declared the child of feminine gender. The hospice employees were illiterate so when the mayor François Poitu wrote down the birth, no one knew how to spell Chanel so the mayor improvised and recorded it with an "s", making it Chasnel. Her parents married in 1883. She had five siblings: two sisters, Julie (1882-1913) and Antoinette (born 1887) and three brothers, Alphonse (born 1885), Lucien (born 1889) and Augustin (born and died 1891). In 1895, when she was 12 years old, Chanel's mother died; her father left the family a short time later. The young Chanel spent seven years in the orphanage of the Catholic monastery of Aubazine, where she learned the trade of a seamstress. School vacations were spent with relatives in the provincial capital of Moulins, where female relatives taught Coco to sew with more flourish than the nuns at the monastery were able to demonstrate. When Coco turned eighteen, she left the orphanage, and took up work for a local tailor.
It was at the tailor shop where she met and soon began an affair with the English playboy Étienne Balsan. While living with Balsan, Coco began designing hats as a hobby. The hats immediately caught the attention of the female Parisian élite, and provided Coco with a path toward earning financial independence for herself. With the aid of Balsan and another rich lover Arthur "Boy" Capel (d. 21 December 1919 in a motor accident), Coco was able to acquire the property and financial backing to open her own millinery shop, in 1909, called ‘Chanel Modes’, at 31 rue Cambon in Paris. Her hats were worn by celebrated French actresses, which helped to establish her reputation. Chanel introduced in 1913 women’s sportswear at her new boutique in Deauville, France, in the Rue Gounaut-Biron; Marthe, Countess de Gounaut-Biron, (daughter of American diplomat John George Alexander Leishman) was Chanel's first aristocratic client.
Later in life, Coco Chanel concocted an elaborate false history for her humble beginnings. She would steadfastly claim that when her mother died, her father sailed for America and she was sent to live with two cold-hearted spinster aunts. She even claimed to have been born in 1893 as opposed to 1883, and that her mother had died when Coco was 6, instead of twelve. She never married. All this was done in order to diminish the stigma that poverty and orphanhood bestowed upon unfortunates in nineteenth century France.
The Chanel Empire
The influential Chanel suit, launched in 1923, it was an elegant suit comprising a knee-length skirt and trim, boxy jacket, traditionally made of woven wool with black trim and gold buttons and worn with large costume-pearl necklaces. Coco Chanel also popularized the little black dress, whose blank-slate versatility allowed it to be worn for day and evening, depending on how it was accessorized. Although unassuming black dresses existed before Chanel, the ones she designed were considered the haute couture standard.[citation needed] In 1923, she told Harper's Bazaar that "simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance." Chanel always kept the clothing she designed simple and comfortable. She took what were considered poor fabrics like jersey and upgraded them.
Later Years
For more than 30 years, Gabrielle Chanel made the Hôtel Ritz Paris her home, even during the Nazi occupation of Paris. During that time she was criticized for having an affair with Hans Gunther von Dincklage, a German officer who arranged for her to remain in the hotel. She also maintained an apartment above her Rue Cambon couture house and built Villa La Pausa in the town of Roquebrune on the French Riviera. However, she spent her later years in Paris, France (Hotel Ritz Paris) where she was buried. Her tombstone is carved with stone lion heads representing her birth sign, Leo.
Chanel designer handbags are hotter than ever! Did Coco ever realize the impact she would make on fashion?
The Chanel handbag shown above is constructed of a very dark green lamb leather. It has a double turn lock closure on the front flap. It is a hand held bag, or can be carried as shown messenger bag style. This designer purse is absolutlely one of the hottest styles and colors Chanel released this season. Very dark green quilted lamb leather with CC Chanel logo embossed on two strap inserts. See photos. Chanel handbag measures about 9 x 3.25 x 6 inches. The Chanel purse has two straps. The longer strap is leather and is adjustable up to about 52 inches. Chanel added the signature chain strap as a handle and it is about 10 inches long. The Chanel chain is woven with the same green leather. Chanel's hardware for this item is silver. The enterior if fully lined and there's two extra pockets. The double turn lock closures securely keep the front flap design closed. This is absolutely the most gorgeous bag. LAST ONE. Chanel items are priced as marked. Click here for more information about the green leather Chanel designer handbag shown above. Labels: CC logo, chanel, chanel handbag, coco chanel, designer handbags, designer purse |
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