Lovely Linda: The supermodels of our teen years are killing it this season on the campaign front. Evangelista and Galliano can really never go wrong as far as we’re concerned. {SassyBella}
Lend A Hand: The LOVE blog is reporting that photographer Corinne Day is very, very sick and in need of some super expensive medical treatment, so they’re selling a limited edition Kate Moss print (that’s too NSFW for even us to run on the home page) There are only 500 available. Do get well soon, Corinne! {LOVE}
Ew, Ew, Ew: In case you didn’t believe us about how douche-y those Fashion Meets Finance events are, maybe you’ll believe the Paper of Record. We’re just going to go back into our happy places where things such as this don’t exist. {NY Times}
Continue reading Mid-Day Snack…
Anna Sheffield, maker of the Anna Sheffield fine jewelry line as well as everyone’s favorite, Bing Bang, is having a big sale, starting tomorrow:
What: Seriously cute stuff at serious savings. Some examples - her Claw Talisman necklace is going for $1,035, instead of $2,300; her Heart Hoop earrings are going for $40, instead of $160; a leather pouchette with gold studs is going for $90, instead of $450…
Where: 153 Lafayette Street (at Grand), 4th Floor
When: Tomorrow and Friday, 12 - 7pm. Saturday, 12 - 4pm.
Why: They’ll take credit, they’ll take cash, and haven’t you been looking for a way to help the economy?
Yeah.
One of our favorite jewelry makers, Anna Sheffield, is expanding her company.
Her line, Bing Bang, is now going to sort of be available at Urban Outfitters.
She’s producing a lower-priced line, called Bee 23, exclusively for Fall that college girls might actually be able to afford now.
According to WWD, the move is meant to make her chain necklaces and pyramid stud earrings accessible to new (read: younger) customers without lowering the cache of Bing Bang, which is usually sold in places like Barneys.
No word on where she got the name (we’ll be sure to ask her later today), but we’re hoping it means a Teen Vogue spread…
The explosion of pyramid studs and chunky chains over the past few years may have some people surprised, but not Anna Sheffield.
The sculptor-turned-designer runs the jewelry label Bing Bang, whose textured metal pieces have been seen on the runways for Marc Jacobs, Phillip Lim, and Lutz + Patmos.
In the process, her home-hewed style of mixing metals, jagging edges, and studding even the most expensive of jewels to look like motorcycle dowries has become something of an industry standard - how many cleeted bags got sacked on the Burberry and Balenciaga catwalk for Fall?
Now Anna’s moved into making her own handbags, as seen on Claudia Schiffer, and designing a new collection for Fall ‘08. This year, she was nominated for the CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessories. Next year, maybe she’ll win an Oscar.
Okay, maybe not - but she’ll probably gain a good group of girls, sick of their status bags but still needing something stamped by the fashion packs as “approved.” Plus, she admits in her interview that she used to mangle her Barbies - a style soul mate, indeed.
Continue reading Inside The Designer’s Studio: Bing Bang…