Jason Wu Attendees

Jessica Pare

 Harley viera newton

Michelle Harper

Alicia Keys

Rachel Manning

Évelie Mouila

So I found this amazing jewelry artist on tumblr and I just wanted to share. Her name is Évelie Mouila and she is a graduate of the Royal College of Art & Design (in London) who specialized in goldsmithing, silversmithing, metalwork and jewelry design. I love how simple her pieces are and how they interact with the model's body. I always have loved accessories that have a purpose.. or some sort of interaction other than just being there...

like a handbag that you have to put your hand through like a glove...

...or this necklace that acts as a hair tie.

I feel the pieces are very on trend as well. I mean, go into any little store in soho that is "hipster friendly" and you will find thin wire bracelets and rings galore. Girls these days are accessorizing with pieces that are so thin and fragile they are almost.. well, not even there. I like how the artist has that same sense of style but the pieces move the body: hair, fingers...etc. The pieces are simple and invisible, but also completely visible because of their interaction with the wearer. I don't know if that even made sense.

Anyway, check her out. She needs to be noticed: http://www.eveliemouila.com/

More designs by Évelie:

I do not own any of the photographs posted above. All photographs are from http://www.eveliemouila.com/

Rachel Manning

Gotta Have it: Prada Handbag

My most recent "Gotta have it" moment occurred just a few days ago. I was watching the Prada Menswear show on, you guessed it, Prada.com (and totally digging the prints and layering by the way) when I saw this bag. It was a marvelous bag. The amount of need that was on my mind.. okay fine, not need.. but never-the-less my desire to own this handbag immediately shot through the roof.

All of the sudden the bag was speaking to me. It was saying, "Rachel look at me. We could make beautifully accessorized outfits together. Lounge with me among the palm leaves and bask under my midnight blue sunshine." I was in a trance. A very wonderful off-navy and basket-ball-orange Hawaiian trance.

I mean just take a gander at this bag. How can you not cheese back at the cheeky smile radiating off of this woman's darling face? The drawing is so charming! The whole accessories side of this menswear collection really reminds me of a cheesy postcard you could have found years ago at a destination gift shop. I can see it now; Aloha plastered across the four by six piece of cardstock. I can't wait until all the style forecasting sights are telling everyone to start dressing the trend "vintage postcard." What a way to describe something. *Pats self on the back even though its not that original* *I need a little loving bare with me*



UPDATE:Apparently when you Google "Cheesy Hawaii Postcard" the exact postcard that I was imagining pops up. Perfect, I am on the right track.


I guess the bigger reason for my undeniable yearning for this bag relates back to my new beach themed state of mind. I cannot seem to escape this feeling. Maybe I am looking for my "Paradise Island" in the wrong place; instead of searching these grassy planes I should really be scanning Style.com...


Any who, this is this week's gotta have it. I gotta have this bag. I will now add it to my imaginary collection that I intend on making a reality.

-Rachel Manning

Ralph Lauren Accessories

I know it has been a while since New York Spring Fashion week, but there were so many photos that I had to disperse them over time! I am so happy to have finally reached the Ralph Lauren show. Not only was I ecstatic to just.. be outside of my dream employer's show... but the fashion on the street was impeccable.  The accessories were absolutely to die for. Hopefully you can see that in the pictures below! 

Rachel Manning

Breaking My Ankle for Fashion

Outside the Rodarte fashion show.

The Queen

Rachel Manning