Blog, September 2012 
JADEtribe’s accessory designer Kimberly Hartman spends a lot of her time traveling. This summer alone the New York based and Texas-born Hartman was in Marrakesh working on her first ready-to-wear collection, attended market meetings in L.A., spent weekends in Montauk, Long Island, stayed in Thailand for a month working with her weavers and sewers to fabricate her signature boho handbags, and she also managed to squeeze in a trip to visit friends in Spain and Ibiza.
Blog, September 2012 
The Spring 2013 runways were full of an array of attention-grabbing shoes. High-impact heels, haute gladiator straps, cone heels, ornate wedges and the perennial staple, the stiletto heel, all came stomping down the runways. Designers’ new-season take on shoes involved re-imagining them in new silhouettes and dressing them up in special details. For instance, straps were an accent I was very excited to see many designers turn to for spring.
Blog, September 2012 
Designer Duro Olowu once told the Independent in London that his “job is not about dictating to women what they should wear, it’s about presenting them with beautiful options.” The selection Olowu presented for Spring ’13 was undeniably perfect. Olowu established himself in 2004 as a maestro of one-of-a-kind prints. The Nigerian-born designer was fearlessly mashing-up prints long before it became de rigueur in fashion.
Blog, September 2012 
We haven’t come to the end of NYFW Spring ’13 just yet, but it’s safe to say there are some styles that are finding themselves on more than one runway. Here’s a round-up of the styles that have made repeated appearances and are bound to be big trends next spring.
Blog, September 2012 
We’ve got another batch of street-style for you!
Blog, September 2012 
Part Deux of NYFW street-style!
Blog, September 2012 
Zac Posen’s elegant collection got off to a dramatic start with supermodel Naomi Campbell opening the show in an expertly cut feminine sweetheart-neck printed dress with a flippy hem. What followed was a string of ‘40s inspired romantic dresses in Posen’s signature corset bodice and jaw-dropping gowns replete with red-carpet trains and beautiful extras such as embroidery, chiffon, organza, tulle and pleating – which Posen has long proven himself to be a master of manipulating and mixing.
Blog, September 2012 
What will Marissa Webb’s debut collection look like? That had been the question on everyone’s lips since the former J.Crew head of women’s design left the company; which she had a hand in turning into a stylish powerhouse during her 11 years designing. At the presentation for her debut collection for Spring ’13, the design markers Webb made famous at J.Crew,
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