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Katie Hillier Talks Jewelry, Luxury, and, Of Course, Bunnies

Katie Hillier has had a career most could only dream of. Designing accessories at Luella, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and working as a contributor and senior-editor at POP, Katie’s resume is a fashion wonder.

But it was only recently that the British designer turned her sights on a different goal: creating her own label. Fresh on the heels of her win as Accessories Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2009, Katie set to work on Hillier, her eponymous jewelry line.

Mixing luxury with fun, Hillier is adorable, unexpected, and highly covetable. Click through for our convo with Katie.

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Shopping

Special Report: Sunglasses

We’re Fashionista. Of course we like sunglasses. But this year, it seems to be the accessory of choice: The Thing everything wants to get their hands on. Who cares if they’re from The Row or Target? As long as they look good, we’re happy. So we’ve rounded up the season’s best. We’ll be following up later today with a few longer features on the world of sunnies, so stay tuned.

**All graphics by Steff Yotka.

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  • Monday, Jul 26, 2010 / 5:30 PM
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Elle Misses Luella As Much As We Do

It was rough going through London Fashion Week without an early morning Luella show, and we’re not the only fans going through withdrawal. In the Keira Knightly covered March issue of Elle, a floral Luella bracelet pops up in an editorial. She’s credited, and the Shopping Credits direct readers to the designer’s website, which has [...]

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People We Like

Dame Viv On Luella

Last night was the second time this week we found ourselves in the car park at Selfridges. On Sunday, Yasmin LeBon hosted the Really, Really Great Garage sale to raise money for Mothers4Children and last night, Vivienne Westwood showed her Anglomania collection to everyone from Tracey Emin, Rosemary Ferguson and Little Boots to Julia Restoin [...]

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People Are Talking

http://fashionista.com/page/2/?s=love+is+blind

Which darling, well-heeled blogger posted this on her Facebook page, “there’s Lacroix and then there’s Luella…tragic about Lacroix :( makes me happy for my Lacroix stash I have in the garage…but Luella imo is the fucking worst?”

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People Are Talking

Luella Screws Liberty?

We’ve been far too selfish in grieving Luella. We completely forgot having announced, just the day before, that Liberty had invited her to decorate their holiday windows and curate an in-store pop-up shop. She was supposed to have a Christmas grotto complete with cider and Santa and full priced merchandise which would be a fantastic [...]

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Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

Proenza-envy: Kristen Stewart’s roaming the world with two heartthrobs and she’s wearing new Proenza. If we were sixteen we’d be green with jealousy over the former, but we’re positively devastated over the latter.{NYMag} #saveluella: We wish we’d thought of this first. The Guardian‘s Fashion Statement column’s composed an Ode to Luella. It says, “Luella, we [...]

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People We Like

If You Love Luella…

The world’s gone crazy since Luella lost her backing on Tuesday. There’s a #saveluella campaign going strong on Twitter, even Alexa Chung’s weighed in, a Save Luella group on Facebook and, unless it’s our imagination, we saw more Luella out and about last night than we have in a while. But the only way to [...]

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Ungaro on Ungaro

The whole world weighed in on Lindsay Lohan and Estrella Archs’ SS10 collection for Ungaro. Except Emanuel Ungaro himself. The founder’s kept quiet since he sold the house in 2004, but yesterday, at a film festival outside of Lisbon, he was quite blunt, “Lindsay Lohan’s collaboration was a disaster.” “I am furious but I can’t [...]

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The Grinch Who Stole Luella

All those perfect polka dot dresses? The punchy bows and tulip silhouettes from Luella Bartley‘s SS10 collection? They basically don’t exist anymore. The label’s ready-to-wear producer Carla Carini closed last month, unexpectedly, which put a stop to all SS10 production. Whether or not that’s worse than this morning’s news that Luella’s lost their licensee, too, [...]

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Trendspotting

Calling All Girly Girls

You already know how much we love the schoolgirl braids and pigtails that made their way down the runways for SS10. But the girly trend didn’t stop there. From flowers at Chanel, bows at Luella and Vuitton, sweet barrettes at Phillip Lim, and pretty headpieces at Peter Som, sweet hair accessories are definitely having a [...]

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Trendspotting

Trendspotting: She’s Gone Dotty

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