Trina Turk
In magazines, on the net, out in the shops, one cannot help but notice Trina Turk. We ourselves have featured clothing by her in Fashion Geometry and on Mischa Barton in the OC Fashion Finale. I'm sure that many of you, like me, have wondered just WHO and WHAT this brand is all about. And so I went online and did some research. Here's what I've gathered:
Trina Turk is a west coast native who was named California Designer of the Year in 1998. She started out designing jeans for Brittania and juniors for OP, but after years of hard work her brand is now sold in Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth to name a few in addition to two seperate stores in Palm Springs and LA. Influenced by her Japanese mother, her designs incorporates simple Asian elegance and lots of prints, adding a contemporary twist on lady chic. And we can definitely see this in the pictures above, the blazer and the jacet. . . . Here are some more of her designs:
Is she not simple GENIUS?? Are these not the most BEEEEAUTIFUL things ever?? It is no wonder that so many celebrities have been seen in Trina Turk, including Halle Berry, Gwen Stefani, Kate Moss, Natalie Portman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Anniston . . . and the list goes on.
And should you live in or pass by Palm Spring or . . . ..
. . . .LA you simply MUST go visit the store. The interior designing of Trina Turk stores are just too cool for words! Learn more about Trina Turk at her website (which btw is absolutely fabulous containing all the pictures and information that you'll ever need).
Trina Turk
In magazines, on the net, out in the shops, one cannot help but notice Trina Turk. We ourselves have featured clothing by her in Fashion Geometry and on Mischa Barton in the OC Fashion Finale. I'm sure that many of you, like me, have wondered just WHO and WHAT this brand is all about. And so I went online and did some research. Here's what I've gathered:
Trina Turk is a west coast native who was named California Designer of the Year in 1998. She started out designing jeans for Brittania and juniors for OP, but after years of hard work her brand is now sold in Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth to name a few in addition to two seperate stores in Palm Springs and LA. Influenced by her Japanese mother, her designs incorporates simple Asian elegance and lots of prints, adding a contemporary twist on lady chic. And we can definitely see this in the pictures above, the blazer and the jacet. . . . Here are some more of her designs:
Is she not simple GENIUS?? Are these not the most BEEEEAUTIFUL things ever?? It is no wonder that so many celebrities have been seen in Trina Turk, including Halle Berry, Gwen Stefani, Kate Moss, Natalie Portman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Anniston . . . and the list goes on.
And should you live in or pass by Palm Spring or . . . ..
. . . .LA you simply MUST go visit the store. The interior designing of Trina Turk stores are just too cool for words! Learn more about Trina Turk at her website (which btw is absolutely fabulous containing all the pictures and information that you'll ever need).
Memorial Day Holiday
Happy Memorial Day everyone! With all the Memorial Day sales going on . . . everywhere- Barneys Girl is out shopping (naturally)! Harrods Girl is still studying for her exams in London (the poor girl). And so we encourage you all to follow Barneys Girl's lead and go shopping today and enjoy all the fabulous sales out there!
And for those of you that are home and cannot go shopping, we leave you with these gorgeous floral Manolo's to dream about.
Memorial Day Holiday
Happy Memorial Day everyone! With all the Memorial Day sales going on . . . everywhere- Barneys Girl is out shopping (naturally)! Harrods Girl is still studying for her exams in London (the poor girl). And so we encourage you all to follow Barneys Girl's lead and go shopping today and enjoy all the fabulous sales out there!
And for those of you that are home and cannot go shopping, we leave you with these gorgeous floral Manolo's to dream about.
Top Ten Outlet Tips
This weekend is Memorial Weekend! And since I slept through the post Thanksgiving sales (I didn't KNOW!!) I am not about to miss this one. Things are going to be at an all time low, and where to go then to an outlet right? Here are a few tips I picked up the last (and first!!) time I went to the outlets.
Top Ten Tips for outlet shoppers:
Top Ten Tips for outlet shoppers:
- Outlets are very far and you want to know someone with a car-otherwise the time needed to get there can be very dampening on the spirit
- Outlets are usually outdoors, even though they're called an Outlet mall and in any normal people would inspire an image of an indoor mall. So bring a lightweight jacket (lightweight so as to not get in the way of shopping)
- Outlets are rather big and require walking. And people tend to buy a lot of things, so minimize amount of carry on to your keys and wallet-maybe some water (but there's always the foodcourt. . ) so as to maximise the shopping bags you can hold at one time and wear comfortable slides (so you can try on shoes quicker!
- Not all shops in outlets malls are outlets and sell items cheaper then normal. You must look carefully at prices and make you own judgement. Most of the times they have tags saying price before and "our price" so you know its cheaper, but sometimes your not so lucky. An example of this would be the PacSun and the Miss Sixty/Energie shop.
- In outlet stores, when you see something you like, you must grab and hold onto them, even if your not sure if you want to buy them or not. Because there are competitive shoppers around who has the eye of an eagle, and before you know it, its gone! This also applies to places like Filene's Basement as well. . . . . esp when your a size small. In the event of undecision, ask and see if they can hold it for you for an hour or two
- In the event of a huge confused queuing system, you are not supposed to ask people around if they're in the line or not. Just barge right in as if you were always there, and hope no one noticed.
- Do not wear expensive branded items to outlet shopping. They will just appear incomparable against the super cheap items on sale and make you miss out on a super bargain like a pair of $40 Guess Jeans, which you can wear anywhere, mess around in, get dirty and you wouldn't feel too sad about it when they expire.
- Classical pieces like v necked sweaters and turtlenecks are timeless. Go for it, buy loads! They are easy to match with, warm, never out of style and will last for ages (esp those from Gap). And you can just stick it into the washing machine without a second thought.
- Allocate a whole day to shop, so as to ensure that you have the chance to do a double check around and time to think all that you've seen to ensure that you have no regrets and have not missed out on a great bargain-esp since getting there without a car is so difficult, you'd want to maximise this shopping experience.
- The price marked on the item in a shop is not always the actual cost of the item. And here are 3 reasons why:
- In America there is always the stupid sales tax designed to dampen your aggregate demand to cool down the overheating economy. And this applies to outlet malls as well despite it being in the middle of nowhere (although the tax rates are usually lower), so mark the price about 10% up.i.e. a 30% off sale is in fact only a 20% off sale.(this is all except for Philly which is tax free for both food and cloting-as it should be)
- Some shops are just not bothered to label everything, especially outlet shops. So you just have to read the signs hanging around the store that gives additional sales sometimes. Like the red labelled items being an extra 20% off or some shit like that. OR they just shout it out, so keep eyes AND ears open.
- Lastly, its so messed up around there that some things are simply labelled incorrectly. So you'll just have to ask around and test your luck. Like my adorable sky blue adidas track pants, which I loved so much I was willing to pay $32 for, but was lucky enough at the cashier to get them for $19.
Happy Memorial Weekend everyone!
Top Ten Outlet Tips
This weekend is Memorial Weekend! And since I slept through the post Thanksgiving sales (I didn't KNOW!!) I am not about to miss this one. Things are going to be at an all time low, and where to go then to an outlet right? Here are a few tips I picked up the last (and first!!) time I went to the outlets.
Top Ten Tips for outlet shoppers:
Top Ten Tips for outlet shoppers:
- Outlets are very far and you want to know someone with a car-otherwise the time needed to get there can be very dampening on the spirit
- Outlets are usually outdoors, even though they're called an Outlet mall and in any normal people would inspire an image of an indoor mall. So bring a lightweight jacket (lightweight so as to not get in the way of shopping)
- Outlets are rather big and require walking. And people tend to buy a lot of things, so minimize amount of carry on to your keys and wallet-maybe some water (but there's always the foodcourt. . ) so as to maximise the shopping bags you can hold at one time and wear comfortable slides (so you can try on shoes quicker!
- Not all shops in outlets malls are outlets and sell items cheaper then normal. You must look carefully at prices and make you own judgement. Most of the times they have tags saying price before and "our price" so you know its cheaper, but sometimes your not so lucky. An example of this would be the PacSun and the Miss Sixty/Energie shop.
- In outlet stores, when you see something you like, you must grab and hold onto them, even if your not sure if you want to buy them or not. Because there are competitive shoppers around who has the eye of an eagle, and before you know it, its gone! This also applies to places like Filene's Basement as well. . . . . esp when your a size small. In the event of undecision, ask and see if they can hold it for you for an hour or two
- In the event of a huge confused queuing system, you are not supposed to ask people around if they're in the line or not. Just barge right in as if you were always there, and hope no one noticed.
- Do not wear expensive branded items to outlet shopping. They will just appear incomparable against the super cheap items on sale and make you miss out on a super bargain like a pair of $40 Guess Jeans, which you can wear anywhere, mess around in, get dirty and you wouldn't feel too sad about it when they expire.
- Classical pieces like v necked sweaters and turtlenecks are timeless. Go for it, buy loads! They are easy to match with, warm, never out of style and will last for ages (esp those from Gap). And you can just stick it into the washing machine without a second thought.
- Allocate a whole day to shop, so as to ensure that you have the chance to do a double check around and time to think all that you've seen to ensure that you have no regrets and have not missed out on a great bargain-esp since getting there without a car is so difficult, you'd want to maximise this shopping experience.
- The price marked on the item in a shop is not always the actual cost of the item. And here are 3 reasons why:
- In America there is always the stupid sales tax designed to dampen your aggregate demand to cool down the overheating economy. And this applies to outlet malls as well despite it being in the middle of nowhere (although the tax rates are usually lower), so mark the price about 10% up.i.e. a 30% off sale is in fact only a 20% off sale.(this is all except for Philly which is tax free for both food and cloting-as it should be)
- Some shops are just not bothered to label everything, especially outlet shops. So you just have to read the signs hanging around the store that gives additional sales sometimes. Like the red labelled items being an extra 20% off or some shit like that. OR they just shout it out, so keep eyes AND ears open.
- Lastly, its so messed up around there that some things are simply labelled incorrectly. So you'll just have to ask around and test your luck. Like my adorable sky blue adidas track pants, which I loved so much I was willing to pay $32 for, but was lucky enough at the cashier to get them for $19.
Happy Memorial Weekend everyone!
White Hot Summer
Just in case you missed it, I wanted to very much stress the other very hot color this season: white. Apart from being naturally a summer staple, the catwalks this season has had an extraordinary amount of it-so much that it has been blinding.
Ralph Lauren, Donna Karen, Tommy Hilfiger and Zac Posen just to name a few. Here are some of our top picks for a white hot summer:
Armani Exchange white blazer. This is it. This is going to be mine. . . .
Pretty white cami from Urban Outfitters to match with absolutely ANYTHING.
Long Free People skirt. It doesn't look so good here in this image, but check it out properly on its site. Its is absolultely gooorgeous!
Armani Exchange pleated white mini skirt. These are just SOOOO adorably cute!!
This Marc Jacobs bag is my summer love. I've been staring at it and holding it everytime I bump into it while shopping. Sigh. . .
Match them with these very delectable white wedges from Marc by Marc Jacobs. . and I'm all set to go!
White Hot Summer
Just in case you missed it, I wanted to very much stress the other very hot color this season: white. Apart from being naturally a summer staple, the catwalks this season has had an extraordinary amount of it-so much that it has been blinding.
Ralph Lauren, Donna Karen, Tommy Hilfiger and Zac Posen just to name a few. Here are some of our top picks for a white hot summer:
Armani Exchange white blazer. This is it. This is going to be mine. . . .
Pretty white cami from Urban Outfitters to match with absolutely ANYTHING.
Long Free People skirt. It doesn't look so good here in this image, but check it out properly on its site. Its is absolultely gooorgeous!
Armani Exchange pleated white mini skirt. These are just SOOOO adorably cute!!
This Marc Jacobs bag is my summer love. I've been staring at it and holding it everytime I bump into it while shopping. Sigh. . .
Match them with these very delectable white wedges from Marc by Marc Jacobs. . and I'm all set to go!
The Desperate Housewives Fashion: Eva Longoria
And how can we forget Gabrielle Solis, the ex-model who had an affair with her hot gardener John, played by Eva Longoria. She is by far the most entertaining housewife of all. You just gotta love her for that. And her style is just very glam and sexy.
The sexy and glam ex model desperate housewife shops at. . . Neiman Marcus, albeit in a slightly different department then Bree.
The sexy and glam ex model desperate housewife shops at. . . Neiman Marcus, albeit in a slightly different department then Bree.
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