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The March issue of People Style Watch – my favorite magazine – had a story in their fashion scoop section on how Coach revisits the classics. It seems every celebrity is now carrying classic purses. Coach has introduced its Coach Classics which is a collection of five of its most popular leather bag designs from the 1970s.  I have a few old school Coach bags just hanging in my closet that I rarely pull out -see picture.  It is nice to know that they are still in the best shape. I of course cannot say that about a few other non-leather designer purses I have.  I do love a good leather purse. I have a few designer fabric ones that just did not hold up as well as my leather coach ones have over the years. Here’s to the classics!

My girls still love the American Girl Doll store.  They have two dolls each and went through a time a few years ago when they played with them all the time.  Then they stopped.  A friend had her 5 year old daughter’s birthday celebration there yesterday and again my girls had a blast.  Now they are excited about playing with the dolls again.

AG puts on a nice celebration. The desert was great and the girls loved the presentation of the treats. The girls kept bugging me as they wanted to visit the salon for hair and ear piercing for their dolls – that is a bit pricy for a doll!  I would rather have my kids get their hair done!  But it is a nice way to spend the day!

The girl's dolls at American Girl

Treats at The American Girl Doll Store

Hair Accessories – my kids love them but they also lose them or break them…a lot! Headbands, clips, pony tail holders, etc. all here today and sometimes gone tomorrow. That is why I dread spending a lot of money on anything that goes in their hair.  On a recent gal’s night out with my 7 year old we took a trip to forever 21. She knew immediately that is was not a kids store when she went reaching for a few t-shirts but when we hit the accessories section she was in heaven and so was I.

Cute necklaces for under $4.00….. Hair clips and headbands for $1.50…I did not mind getting a few  for her and her sister. The store had the trendiest ones available – headbands with feathers in them. In fact anything with feathers is my 7 year old’s favorite.  These clips I might keep for myself!

@forever21 hair accessories

Today is a bright, sunny and warm day in Boston so it is making me think of Spring!  Right before the holidays the folks at the Pantone Institute announced the color of 2012:  Tangerine Tango.  It is like a reddish-orange color and full of energy. Glad I have some left over flip flops and t’s in this color from last season!

According to Pantone, orange has been gaining popularity among designers and consumers for years and is now being used in fashion, design and cosmetics. It has year-round viability with its vibrancy to match spring’s liveliness, while still holding on to the elements of its traditionally autumnal hue. Love it! What do you have in your closet from last year that you can grab this season in this fun color?

In keeping with my blog posts this week…..tis the season for cold weather…fa la la la la…

There are so many fun accessories for the winter season to make you look oh, so fashionable. Here are a few of my favorites and some I mentioned on NECN.

• It’s a scarf? A shawl? A belt? It can be all of them.  The Isatwist.com is a hand knit flexible woven fabric that does it all (starting at $76)
• I love Echo scarfs!  Echo Touch gloves in the kids version keeps your little ones’ hands warm while they keep in touch on their iphone, ipad, etc. ($24.00)  They have wonderful infinity ring scarf’s and sets as well. Nice colors and selection on their website
• Thumbdogs.com are great with any pair of gloves you own.  You can attach to any glove and use your iphone, even to ski gloves too, but make sure you check your phone on the ski lift and not on the slopes! ($12.99)
• These are very trendy right now: animal hats:  D&Y critter kingdom gloves and hats. Everyone seems to be wearing critter gloves and hats this season. I love this line!
• My kid’s favorite are the fuzzy animal hoods from Spirit Hoods.  ($79.00)
• And of course to dress up your boots this season check out HUGGRZ. (Disclosure: and I am not just saying that because they are my client.)  These boot wraps are great, try them out yourself and change the look of the boots you have (so save yourself some $ this season).  They have 20 different styles and fabrics from fur, leopard print and knit.

Calling all future project runway contestants and fashionistas -  If you have a child ages 5-12 you must head to this site now! fashionplaytes.com

FashionPlaytes is an online fashion community for girls where they are able to design their own clothing!    The online sketchbook allows kids to select, customize and accessorize their own clothes.  The clothes are pretty affordable and cute. T-shirts start at $8.00.  I was invited with my girls to tour their Peabody studios for a fashion show. My girls loved it and they loved their custom creations. (the company gave us a $100 gift card for the girls to design their own clothes)

Gift cards are available and they make a perfect and unique holiday gift.

Here are a few of the fun photos from their fashion shoot and show!

@fashionplaytes

I have heard about this trend before of swapping out clothes with friends but this is THE fashion event in the Merrimack Valley. Local gals – check it out and buy a ticket and attend! It is for a great cause and you could score a new outfit and/or some fun accessories for just the cost of a ticket. Here are the details.

The Swap Soiree is THE women’s clothing and accessories swap in the Merrimack Valley and is taking place on Thursday, November 3rd from 6:30-9 at Chester’s on 60 Island Street in Lawrence, MA.

It is brought to you by A Great New Look (Susan Kanoff, Fashion Coach)  and Monx Design House

Tickets are  $30 for General Admission and includes a Swap Soiree swag bag for the first 200 tickets.   You can trade in your unwanted clothes and accessories for new pieces!

The event is supporting two great causes—The YWCA domestic violence programs and Second Chances. The Pre-event clothing drop off will be at Chester’s, Wedesday, 11/2, 10am- 6pmChester’s, Thursday, 11/3, 9am-4pm.

For tickets go to Eventbrite

Check out the photos from last year!

I have to admit while I do love fashion and love to talk about it, I did not attend any of the shows at Boston’s Fashion Week - can you believe it? Yeah neither can I…..  I so wanted to but it’s a busy time of year for the kids. I can live through other bloggers and check out the latest news from them. However, you can try to get tickets still for tonight’s show by heading to the box office.

My friend and fashion stylist  Eva Gaiardelli is working the event and is even offering a great deal for a wardrobe consultation and closet analysis. So if you received some inspiration from the runway or are just looking to shop your closet check out her special here

So everyone knows bright colors are in this fall and Hollywood certainly showed off color last night at the Emmy awards. There was a ton of red and other bold colors choices.

hmm…..who was my favorite? Of course everyone was talking about Sophia Vergara’s coral Vera Wang number and her accessories were pretty cool.  Lea Michele looked spectacular in red as well in a cowl-backed, rosette-shouldered Marchesa gown as did Nina Dobrev in a Donna Karan strapless dress.

But I loved Kate Winslet and thought she looked fab in an Elie Saab gown with Cartier diamonds. We’ll see if the fashion critics agree!  Tune in to any night time entertainment show this evening and you can view the wrap up or go online to ET or E!

Emmy Award Fashions

So I hear a lot about this couponing thing. Yes, I have watched the TLC show and yes they save a ton of money but they also have a ton of stuff. Not sure I can jump on the bandwagon for the supermarket but I do love a good retail fashion coupon now and then!  Especially for the kids – why can’t every store be like Justice and send 40% off all the time??  So onto my find for the day… It is this adorable cream outfit I bought and thought I would stash it away for a special, dressy occassion. With my Gap rewards coupon it only cost me $1.75!  There are sequins everywhere this season on everything so I had to grab something sparkly!

Sequins for the Season