10 Designer Leather Bags Under $500
September 3, 2010
When September arrives, we almost feel like it’s a new year and a new beginning. We need to change our wardrobe and the perspective of getting new accessories to confront the coming winter season is too enticing. But deciding on a new bag is always a challenge and we often end up choosing a black leather bag. Why? Because black goes with everything, leather is not as fragile as suede and it’s more edgy & luxurious than a canvas or nylon bag.
We made a selection of the best designer leather bags under $500
From top left to right
Alexander Wang Brenda Mini Camera Bag $425.00 USD
Marc by Marc Jacobs Classic Q Baby Groovee Satchel$348.00 USD
Rebecca Minkoff Nikki Bag $495
Halston Heritage Carla Lady Flap Bag $295
Foley + Corinna Vivi Drawstring Bag $435
See by Chloe Rodas Bow Bag $295
Zimmermann Soft Slouch Bag $420
Marc by Marc Jacobs Trapped! Saddie Bag $458
Marc by Marc Jacobs Classic Q Little Ukita Satchel $398
Lindsay Lohan Goes Out With Rocco
September 1, 2010
Lindsay Lohan has been doing well since she got out early from rehab. We met Lindsay in Milan at Roberto Cavalli fall 2010 show and in Paris at John Galliano Fall 2010 show, she always seem focused with her feet on the ground. With a Vanity Fair cover, a major movie out such as Machette and numerous upcoming project Lindsay near future looks pretty good. Stylewise it’s great to see Lilo sporting a Alexander Wang Rocco Mini Duffel, but she didn’t stop there, we also spotted the Fall Winter 2010 Alexander Wang Tasha Stitched Overlay Boots
which look just so simple and casual with a pair of leggings.
Alexander Wang Rocco Mini Duffel
Alexander Wang Tasha Stitched Overlay Boots
Watch our Alexander Wang Fall Winter 2010 Fashion Show Video
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Alexander Fall 2010 T Campaign Starring Zoe Kravitz
August 9, 2010
Alexander Wang chose his rock ’n’ roll friend Zoë Kravitz for his T fall 2010 collection campain. Kravitz will appear on the ad along with male model Max Motta, which will hit the streets Thursday. As with last season, National Promotions & Advertising will be plastering the images around New York, this time targeting locations in SoHo and the East and West Villages. Alexander Wang will also unveil his first-ever women’s campaign video in collaboration with photographer Craig McDean, stylist Karl Templer and creative director Fabien Baron. “This is our way to sum up the season in a different light other than the show,” said Wang, adding the clip will premiere not only on his Web site but also a select number of fashion sites, including those for WWD, French Vogue, Love and Style.com. “I wanted to have global representation. Everyone can showcase it in their own way and have their own reaction,” said Wang.
The short video features model Abbey Lee and works the subtle Wall Street vibe that inspired Wang’s fall collection. “Abbey’s not walking down Wall Street past buildings, but there’s wind and newspapers flying all over the place. It’s very moody and seductive — like looking at a perfume ad where you feel for the girl a lot more.
Watch our Alexander Wang Fall Wnter 2010 Fashion Show Video below
Shop via Alexander Wang Fall Winter 2010Net-a-Porter.com
Up to 70% off on Alexander Wang Spring Summer 2010
July 14, 2010
Get the best Alexander Wang Spring Summer 2010 looks at up to 70% off via shopbop.com
Alexander Wang Ponte Dress with Sweatshirt Tie Overlay
Watch our Alexander Wang Spring 2010 Fashion Show Video
September 12, 2009 – Pier 94
Alexander Wang Fall Winter 2010 Collection
February 16, 2010
Saturday February 13th, 2010 – Pier 94
In only five years, 26 years old Alexander Wang has become one of the most talked about designer at the New York Fashion Week.
Wang’s show took place for the second season at the “far from Bryant Park” gigantic Pier 94 facing the Hudson River. After having re-interpreted the American Sportwear for its Spring Summer 2010 show, Alexander Wang showed a menswear Wall Street inspired collection and tight to the body tailored clothes. Wang took traditional wall street banker looks deconstructed them to give a dark and sexy line.
It was “about growing up, about progress” Wang said before the show “but it’s the same girl, she is just evolving”.
The jacket men suit becomes a tight beloro, some jacket are sleveless, the smokings are made of velvet covered by Swarovski Crystals. Thick ribbed thigh-high legwarmers are worn over tight pants and covering the shoes . One of the most acclamed accessory was the backpack matching the stripped flannel suit worn by Natalia Vodianova. Suprisingly the most tailored pieces kept this street look for what Alexander Wang is known for.
Alexander Wang has achieved something than no designer done before, which is offering a product that is very avant garde, sought after but at a very attractive price point.
On Saturday February 13th, New Yorkers had the opportunity to watch the Alexander Wang Fall 2010 Show live at Times Square on a giant screen. The show was also live via ShowStudio.com
Alexander wang reports 27 million of dollars for 2009 (12 millions on 2008) and project 40 millions of dollars for the coming year. A NYC Alexander Wang store is set to open in September 2010.
Shop Alexander Wang via NET-A-PORTER.COM, LuisaViaRoma.com, Shopbop.com and Nordstrom.com
See our pictures below:
Alexander Wang F/W 10
Stylist: Karl Templer
Hair: Guido Palau
Makeup: Diane Kendal
Casting: Anita Bitton for The Establishment
Alexander Wang’s Ad Campaign Hits NYC Streets
January 29, 2010
Alexander Wang is lauching his first ever ad campaign, not in magazines but in the streets of New York. The ads photographed by Dan Jackson and featuring model Hannah Holman will appear on Monday Feb 1st 2010 downtown Manhattan. The campaign features only the T line, which is Alexander Wang’s core foundation. The designer hired National Promotions & Advertising, the agency responsible for those ubiquitous Apple iPod posters, to blanket the intersections of Third Avenue and 12th Street and Grand and Crosby, as well as random hot spots throughout the East Village and Lower East Side. The ads will be replenished once a week for four weeks.
Shop the T Alexander Wang’s line on alexanderwang.com
Sarah Jessica Parker Alexander Wang Coco Duffel
January 11, 2010
Because we can’t wait for Sex & The City II we’ve been eying every Sarah Jessica Parker moves. For most of us SJP is still Carrie Bradshaw even taking her adorable son to school on a freezing cold early morning. Don’t we love SJP’s look with her Alexander Wang Coco Duffel and her UGG Bailey Button Boots? Her UGGs even match her son’s UGGs!
Get SJP’s Alexander Wang Coco Duffle via shopbop.com and UGGs via Nordstorm.com
Alexander Wang Spring Summer 2010 Campaign
December 30, 2009
Alexander Wang has unveiled his Spring Summer 2010 promotional spread on his website. The sporty summer 2010 collection is presented on Anja Rubik, Edita Vilkeviciute, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Mirte Maas and Liu Wen. Photo: Fabien Baron, Style by Karl Templer.
Shop Edita’s look at LUISAVIAROMA
See our Alexander Wang Spring Summer 2010 Show Video:
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Alexander Wang Spring Summer 2010 Collection
September 23, 2009
September 12, 2009 – Pier 94
“American football, jocks, high school & college” were the words Alexander Wang used backstage to describe his inspiration for the Spring Summer 2010 show. Nods to Varsity life were clearly in abundance; even the beauty and hair look boards looked like a sports yearbook.
Reinterpreting classic Sports Americana, Wang’s collection looked as if a few high school cheerleaders traded in their pompoms for their varsity boyfriend’s sports gear.
And yet for all its masculine sports motifs, there was always more than enough feminine hues to make it über-sexy. It was as if Wang took a granite rock concept that is the American male jock, and sculpted a feminine silhouette in its place. Clearly skilled in the art of effortless tailoring, pieces such as classic gray sweatshirts married to corsets and ribbed knee-high athletic socks with cut out backs left one thinking that mens clothing does look sexier on women. And you could easily tell that the front row was pleased with Wang’s execution; one walk from Frankie Rayder in an oversized sweatshirt with pleated leather shoulder pads left many magazine editors itching to get that piece in their Spring editions.
By giving ‘varsity pinup’ an edge that only Alex could, it’s no wonder the world is turning to him for new inspiration. Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, friend Erin Wasson, photographers Terry Richardson, Inez van Lamsweerde, and Vinoodh Matadin could be seen front row, often times smiling but more importantly, attentively gazing, their visages painted in the color few rarely see called “amazement”.
Shop Alexander Wang on NET-A-PORTER.COM, LuisaViaRoma.com, Shopbop.com and Nordstrom.com
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Rihanna Alexander Wang Brenda Chain Bag
August 7, 2009
I was curious to see how this bag would appear in the street after having seen it at the Alexander Spring Summer 2009 Show. It’s sometimes easy to project some runway pieces but I wouldn’t think it would look so cool.
Here is the picture that I took at the show, bad angle because you don’t see the girl but you get the idea.
Alexander Wang introduced bags & shoes for the first time at the spring 2009 show, I really loved the bags. Hopefully the produced bags are identical as you can see comparing both pictures, which is not always the case. Sometimes you see some clothes or accessories on the runway and 6 months later you see that the bag or the accessory has a different shape or texture.
I love this bag’s vintage look, the leather is so smooth. I also like how Rihanna carried it like a smoochy clutch. Visit Net-A-Porter.com to see the latest Alexander Wang must have bags
