Kiesza Print Jumpsuit from Love Moschino

Kiesza wore a “motocross” print jumpsuit from the Love Moschino Resort 2015 collection during her performance on the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show in Los Angeles, California.

Watch the performance on the Youtube video below.

ela for Club Monaco Fall 2014

For Fall 2014 ela introduces a capsule collection of handbags exclusively for Club Monaco, the chic casual clothing retailer. The collection includes silhouettes in black and white to reflect Club Monaco's traditional aesthetic. Several luxe styles include calf hair - a nod to ela's Fall 2014 collection. The bags will be available at select Club Monaco stores and online beginning August 2014.

About ela

ela is a North American handbag collection co-founded in 2011 by husband and wife team Ela and Martin Aldorsson. The basis of ela, is the idea of humble luxury, where refined and sophisticated silhouettes strive to showcase, rather than upstage the wearer. From subtle asymmetry to luxe hardware and leather, every design element is infused with the highest level of craftsmanship, materials and a signature aesthetic. All ela handbags and leather goods are crafted in Spain using premium leather and custom hardware. The collection retails at specialty stores across the United States, in addition to Saks Fifth Avenue, ShopBop.com and now Club Monaco. 

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Trunk Club Being Acquired by Nordstrom

Nordstrom, Inc. announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire Trunk Club, a personalized clothing service for men. The men's market is one of the fastest growing and most rapidly changing segments in retail, and Trunk Club has created a unique approach to capture the imagination of an under-served customer. They deliver a stylist service that combines the convenience of online with a high-touch, personalized shopping experience. The acquisition aligns with Nordstrom's strategic priorities around superior customer service, fashion, relevance and a seamless shopping experience.

Trunk Club CEO Brian Spaly said, "Nordstrom is stellar at many of the things we aim to improve on to offer our members the best possible service: inventory management, planning and logistics are great examples. We knew that a partnership with the best-in-class retailer could significantly enhance our member experience and we are excited to have found a company that is such a natural fit with our culture and approach to customer experience."

Trunk Club offers a full suite of solutions, from day to day ready-to-wear basics to high-end custom garments. Customers can seamlessly experience the service across the web, mobile and in-store, with showrooms in Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C., and a fourth opening inLos Angeles next month. These offer the opportunity for customers to meet face to face with their Trunk Club stylists. The five year old business is high growth. "We have more than 1,500 talented personal stylists at Nordstrom as well – in our stores. This complimentary service is an important and successful volume driver for us that our customers appreciate," said Erik Nordstrom. "What Trunk Club does adds to our service capabilities - we can learn from them about what they call 'assisted commerce' so we can continue to meet the evolving needs of customers."

Trunk Club will continue to operate independently and focus on its core business while leveraging Nordstrom's capabilities and resources to scale its business. It will be managed by its current leadership team and remain headquartered in Chicago. The transaction is subject to closing conditions, including customary regulatory and stockholder approvals, and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2014. Nordstrom will provide additional details of the transaction on its upcoming earnings conference call on August 14, 2014. Guggenheim Securities, LLC is acting as financial advisor to Nordstrom; Paul Hastings LLP and Lane Powell PC are acting as its counsel. Goodwin Proctor LLP is acting as counsel to Trunk Club.

Kourtney Kardashian in Tangerine NYC

Kourtney Kardashian was spotted wearing Tangerine NYC today while boating in the Hamptons! The mommy-to-be looked radiant in her boho chic Dark Olive T-950 Blouse ($174, www.tangerinenyc.com).

This is the second time Kourtney Kardashian has worn Tangerine NYC.

Kourtney really looks bohemian chic in her olive blouse, trendy hat and floral pants.  Actually, she looks boho-chic in both outfits above.

Find the Supermodel

Can you figure out which supermodel is sunbathing topless in this photograph?

I know this seems like a trick question.  It looks like possibly three supermodels bathing in the sun.  Well, in all honesty, all three are probably models, but I do know the name of at least one...

The famous beauty is...

Alessandra Ambrosio

Is she the model in the left, center, or right?  That part, I am not telling you.

Skylton Paris Fashion Show

Baby Bow Tie

Baby Bow Tie brings kids fashion to a new level of cuteness with their stylish prints and high quality fabrics. These adorable and fun accoutrements are the newest must-haves in microfashion. The entire line features a comfortable magnetic closure and adjustable neck strap to ensure the perfect fit for the dapper little man in your life. Baby Bow Tie is suited for stylish newborns all the way up to 8 years old!

Inspired by her own little gentleman, founder Kat Armstrong says, "I set out to create affordable, high quality accessories for littles without compromising on style." Keep it classic with a gingham or seersucker printed bow tie, add a little edge with a cool camouflage print, or even sport your favorite team colors with a style from the Baby Bow Tie Game Day Collection! Baby Bow Tie is available at Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Kitson Kids and other retailers nationwide ($25; www.babybowtie.com). 

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Fashion Highlights of Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroes shared a photo on Instagram yesterday wearing Seraphine right before she gave birth to her daughter! The glowing mom-to-be compared baby bumps with a friend in her Tessa Black Shift Maternity Dress ($67). A long time fan of the brand, Doutzen has been spotted rocking Seraphine pieces on multiple occasions throughout her pregnancy (www.seraphine.com). 

Picture courtesy of Instagram: http://instagram.com/doutzen. 

TargetExpress for Your Convenience

Target opened the doors of its first TargetExpress store in Minneapolis, Minn. last week. The abbreviated 20,000-square-feet retail venue was designed specifically for the generation of consumers known for being acclimated to speedy and efficient shopping experiences (Millennial customers).

The TargetExpress is about a sixth of the size of traditional Target store locations.  The prototype is similar in size and feel as a drugstore along the lines of Walgreens, CVS, or Duane Reade but has its own special flair with merchandise that includes groceries, bedding, smartphones and more. Target is clearly keen on obtaining opportunities in the urban core following the population growth in those areas.

In 2012, Target began testing urban area markets by testing a 80,000 to 100,000 square-foot store format called CityTarget, to appeal to the urban shopper. Now there are eight CityTargets in cities such as Chicago, San Francisco and Portland, Ore. 

CityTarget and TargetExpress are aimed at shoppers picking up fewer items because they are on the go and may not have the time or desire to shop at the larger retailers. It is more of a convenience store shopping experience in my mind.

Apparel Search is not sure how many of these new TargetExpress stores will eventually open, but we assume the major players in the convenience store market are paying close attention.  This may be disruptive to some retailers.  We are not certain, but we did read an article that mentions Target is already planning four more locations for 2015.  One in Minnesota and three in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Although the store does sell basic socks and underwear, it doesn’t have a full apparel section. But it does have a full-size beauty department, along with the retailer’s fairly new beauty concierge service.

Super-sizing in retail is so yesterday’s news. Today, smaller is sometimes better.

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Holland Roden in Diamond White Gold studs

Holland Roden wore Harry Kotlar jewels to Entertainment Weekly's 2014 Comic-Con Celebration in San Diego! The Teen Wolf star looked fierce in a black jumpsuit and Harry Kotlar 2.0ct Diamond White Gold studs ($11,011).

See more of Holland Roden here on the Apparel Search fashion blog.
Holland Roden wearing Philosophy
Holland wearing Tacori

Hollywood's Little Black Dress

Kristin Cavallari, Carrie Keagan and Rose McIver have all been spotted wearing the Stella & Jamie’s Sylvie dress recently!

See Kristin Cavallari in this black dress.
See Carrie Keagan and Rose McIver in this black dress.

Hollywood's Little Black Dress

Kristin Cavallari, Carrie Keagan and Rose McIver have all been spotted wearing the Stella & Jamie’s Sylvie dress recently!

See Kristin Cavallari in this black dress.
See Carrie Keagan and Rose McIver in this black dress.

Net-A-Porter CEO

Online luxury fashion retailer, Net-A-Porter, is on the prowl for new leadership. The company announced that its longtime CEO Mark Sebba will retire from his post this week.

Maybe Net-A-Porter should post the CEO position at the Fashion Job Search website (career search division of Apparel Search).

 

By the way, for those of you that may work in the human resources department at Net-A-Porter, I am available to become CEO if you ask nicely.

16 Hour Style

One example of 16 Hour Style:

Softly tailored trousers + delicate cami + barely there sandals = understated muse

Here are a few thoughts from the stylish Julia Engel on the subject of 16 HR a day style.

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View more fashion tips from savvy fashionistas at Piperlime.  You can also find comments from Rachel Parcell and Wendy Nguyen.

SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap Purse

Handbags and purses are a woman's best friend, but they can also be our worst enemy. Oversized or heavy purses pose serious risk for injury to the back, neck, and shoulders. It can even lead to serious nerve damage or degenerative joint disease! That's right; slinging your gorgeous Marc Jacobs bag over your shoulder every day is damaging your muscles, tendons, nerves, and ligaments. So, how can a stylish woman carry her day-to-day essentials without lugging a handbag? By rocking a SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap purse.

The SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap purse is an uber-stylish infinity scarf with one major secret: it contains 1 or 2 hidden pockets perfectly sized to carry a woman's necessities, like her credit cards, ID, cash, phone, keys and lipstick. With SHOLDIT, the weight of its contents is distributed in a way that does not pose risk of injury to the neck, back or shoulders. Plus, its small size ensures you'll only leave the house with your essentials, because deep down, we know that's all we really need.

The SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap purse comes in a variety of colors to complement any outfit, including a line of new fall colors.

$40+, available at sholdit.com

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Mira Sorvino wore Melissa Lovy Bracelets

Mira Sorvino wore Melissa Lovy to Entertainment Weekly's Annual Comic Con Celebration in San Diego over the weekend! The actress accented her bright yellow cocktail dress with Melissa Lovy's Lawrence bangle in Hydro Pink ($172) and Samara bangle in Hydro Pink ($156, www.melissalovy.com).

If you enjoy reading about jewelry, you may want to continue reading about bracelets.  You are welcome to visit the bracelets blog post section for additional reading opportunities.

Anny Stern Jewelry Collection

Introducing Anny Stern, a high-end fashion jewelry collection that offers hand-crafted, simple statement pieces for the trendy fashionista. Drawing inspiration from her Brazilian heritage, Anny Stern incorporates interesting stones with bright color palettes, and designs into her pieces.

Each piece is hand-picked and carefully inspected insuring that every stone is of the best quality. Materials used are Abalone-Green-Fresh-Water-Pearls, Biwa Pearls, aqua, aventurine, coral, quartz, hyperstern and citrine.

Materials used are semi-precious stones, 18k gold filled, sterling silver, and unique elements that catches Anny’s eye attention.

About Anny Stern:

Anny Stern grew up in Brazil, where she was surrounded by the beauty and vast variety of semi-precious stones. These vibrant and energetic stones are natural to the area, and have been fascinating her for years. She remembers recognizing the stones by their names on the jewelry stores since she was a young girl. ANNY STERN™ Fashion Jewelry is these days showcased at prestigious locations and very high end boutiques.  She designs her pieces in hopes that customers will enjoy wearing them as much as she enjoys making them. Each stone is chosen with love; Anny Stern can feel that the stones talk to her like they know what they want to be.

AllSaints Multimedia Flagship Store in Las Vegas

THE STORE AllSaints continues its North American expansion with the launch of its new Las Vegas flagship, located at The Forum Shops at Caesars. Covering over 12,000 sq ft, it is the second largest store in the brand’s global portfolio and is the latest in an increasing US footprint which currently stands at 130,000 sq ft across 36 points of sale. A UNIQUE APPROACH TO RETAIL Each AllSaints store is unique and AllSaints Caesars is no exception. Designed and constructed by the in-house team, the store will trade until midnight and boasts over 1400 sq ft of digital display screens to stream the creative content produced by AllSaints Studios. In addition, the store features an 8ft by 4ft sewing machine table originally constructed in 1906 to makes sails for ships and a traditional English red telephone box modified to house an interactive display allowing customers to shop online. The exterior facade reinforces the AllSaints values of craftmanship and digital innovation by featuring 346 sewing machines against a backdrop of over 1000 sq feet of LED displays. GLOBAL PRESENCE AllSaints Caesars marks the 37th opening following the brand’s US launch in 2009. Collections are exclusively distributed through these stores and online at us.allsaints.com. The store is the brand’s second opening in Las Vegas, following The Shops At Cosmopolitan located on Las Vegas Blvd. The expansion is in response to a rapidly increasing customer demand that has seen the opening in the brand reach 114 stores in its 20th year. Further openings are scheduled for 2015 including AllSaints Seoul, South Korea, the brands first entry into the Asian market.

WILLIAM KIM, CEO “Propelled by a strong focus on the brand values of creative disruption and digital innovation, AllSaints Caesars represents the latest addition to our global footprint. A digital experience is interwoven into every AllSaints store and AllSaints Caesars represents the boldest articulation of this approach.” ABOUT ALLSAINTS Founded in London in 1994, AllSaints creates design-led clothing for men and women. The brand expresses attitude and individuality through a strong digital presence, deep-rooted links to music, and its film division, AllSaints Studios. AllSaints has 114 stores in 9 countries. ALLSAINTS STUDIOS AllSaints Studios is a multi-faceted communications channel, creating exclusive film, music, art and performance content to be shared digitally with the brand’s global community. The channel launched with New Music City, a documentary about the burgeoning Nashville music scene, created exclusively with Kings of Leon. Other AllSaints Studios collaborators include One Republic, Cage The Elephant, Richard Hell, Gilles Peterson, Roots Manuva and José González.

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NINObrand Graces Glamour Magazine

Bela was featured for the month of July in Glamour Magazines "What to Wear to Work" column.  How lucky to be recognized by a national publication!

Also, Rad Girls, a lifestyle blog based out of Philadelphia, did a remarkable in-depth interview with Bela highlighting her views on life, happiness, and, of course, NINObrand, their clothing line.

StyleBistro, the critically acclaimed fashion, beauty, and style site, featured Bela gushing about her most treasured accessory and her day to night routine in their "You Complete Me" column.

Obviously, NINObrand has also been featured on the Fashion Blog here on Apparel Search.  You can view our previous post about NINObrand fashion back in May of this year.

The company behind NINObrand hopes to see you soon at their Rittenhouse atelier.  To make your private appointment, simply go to www.ninobrand.com to join the stylish journey.

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Naya Rivera Wearing Zinke

Naya Rivera was spotted wearing Zinke during her surprise wedding getaway in Mexico! The newlywed soaked up the sun in the Gidget Bandeau in Black while relaxing with her husband on the beach ($66; www.shopzinke.com).

Jess Weixler in Floral Party Dress from Cynthia Rowley

Jess Weixler wore Cynthia Rowley a few nights ago at the ASP- The World Surf League Cocktail Party in NYC. The Good Wife star looked radiant in the White Jeweled Floral Bonded Party Dress ($395, www.cynthiarowley.com)!

In 2013, she joined the cast of CBS series The Good Wife, playing investigator Robyn Burdine. Jessica "Jess" Weixler is an American actress also known as the lead character Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy-horror film Teeth and the comedy The Big Bad Swim.

Kourtney Kardashian Boating in the Hamptons

Kourtney Kardashian wore Tees by Tina on Friday July 25th in the Hamptons, NY. The mommy-to-be shared a picture on Instagram wearing her Micro Stripe Maxi in Heather Blue/Navy while on a boating expedition ($85; www.teesbytina.com).

Emmy Rossum in STRÖM Brand

Emmy Rossum was photographed wearing STRÖM Brand this past Friday in LA! The Shameless star dressed up her Kort Mechanic Shorts with a printed blouse and metallic oxfords for a chic summer look. 

Lily Collins was also recently spotted in the same style ($148, www.strombrand.com)!

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Honor Warren and Mom Stylish as Can Be

Jessica Alba's daughter Honor Warren was spotted wearing Doloris Petunia while out and about in Santa Monica yesterday! Honor completed her back-to-school look with Doloris Petunia's Original Swarovski Crystal Friendship Bracelet ($25) and Frienemy Crystal Cuff ($70; www.dolorispetunia.com). 

Two very stylish young ladies.

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Gangstas, Gals and Glam

SAVE THE DATE: October 11, 2014

Dress for Success Miami celebrates 20 years by presenting Gangstas, Gals and Glam a tribute to the Roaring 20s With Honorary Chairwoman Star Jones and Honorary Chairs Maritere and Jon Secada. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/gangstas-gals-and-glam-20th-anniversary Join us for a cocktail reception, dinner, dancing, casino night, silent auction, live entertainment and much more. Saturday, October 11, 2014 7:30 p.m. Rusty Pelican 3201 Rickenbacker Causeway Key Biscayne, FL 33149 All proceeds benefit Dress for Success Miami.  Sign up for event updates at www.dfsmiami.org/gala.

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Save the date for Playtime

Playtime Paris – January 31 – February 1-2 2015

Parc Floral de Paris, Route de la Pyramide, Paris

Playtime Tokyo – February 24-25-26 2015

Belle Salle Shibuya Garden, Tokyo

www.playtimeparis.com

www.playtimenewyork.com

www.playtimetokyo.com

Pencil in the Fashion Trend for Fall 2014

Last nigh, I posted about Alexander McQueen and had included an image of a lovely jacquard pencil dress from the AW 2014 collection (toward bottom of post).  Today, I would like to share you with info about trendy skirts from another fashion brand we enjoy following.

From the runway to the street, the pencil skirt is a proven staple piece for every fashionable woman’s wardrobe. It dresses up any outfit and immediately creates glamour and sophistication.

Get on trend this fall season with Level 99’s recently launched Pepper Pencil Skirt & Pepper Paneled Pencil Skirt.

Direct link: http://www.level99jeans.com/level_99_mini_skirts_s/1903.htm

VÄSKA Handbags from Spain

VäSka is a Barcelona-based brand. The designer chose a Swedish name for her brand,VäSka, meaning “bag”. Ann Sofi Storbacka, the designer of Finno-Swedish extraction, draws her inspiration from the North to design her collections but also favors a very Mediterranean sense of aesthetics.

In her tiny studio, she makes all the bags herself using the finest natural leathers and fabrics. The final result is a line of bags and accessories featuring minimalist and visually stunning pieces.

VäSka was selected as a finalist in the accessories category of the Future of Fashion Program from the Who's Next apparel industry trade show event.  The mentors made the right choice by selecting this fantastic handbag brand.

Pasionae Jewelry Design

New York-based PASIONAE is a contemporary label that uses fashion as an artistic means. The designs reflect an interesting use of colors, textures and volumes. The most cosmopolitan city, New York, is a major source of inspiration, shown through a both bold and spectacular diversity. Jewels are all hand-made according to a unique process: the various emerald pieces are associated with wood thanks to a silver link. Each piece is unique, and shows the sign of a dark “Pasionae”.

Pasionae jewelry brand was selected as a finalist in the accessories category of The Future of Fashion Program from the Who's Next apparel industry trade show event.

Lamat Unique Handbag Shapes

Ivana is a young Belgrade-based Serbian designer. During her studies at the University of Decorative Arts, she showed a deep interest for sculpture and costumes, two fields which later inspired her in her designs, both graphic and theatrical. Lamat stands out immediately: each bag is made of monochrome leather, available in a very architectural and futuristic shape.

LAMAT was selected as a finalist in the accessories category of the Future of Fashion Program from the Who's Next apparel industry trade show event.

Isn't the bag pictured above clever and interesting?