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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Kim K's Style: Out in Miami, February 02, 2010

Dita Wonderlust Sunglasses

Hermes Birkin Bag in Black

L.A.M.B. Zea Sandals in Black SKU# 7591524$359.00

Hermes Charm Bag Chain

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Kim K's Style: Leaving the Sun Life Stadium after the Superbowl in Miami, February 07, 2010

Christian Louboutin Alti Pumps

7 For All Mankind Gummy Motorcycle Leggings in Black

Hermes Birkin Bag in Vert Veronese

KAIN Label Pocket Tank

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Kim K's Style: Leaving the PIX 11 Morning Show in New York, February 11, 2010

Christian Louboutin Alti Pumps

Hermes Birkin Bag in Gris Tourterelle

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Kim Kardashian carries her Birkin in both dressy and casual occasions

First and foremost, congratulations to Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend Reggie Bush and everyone else on the New Orleans Saints for winning the Super Bowl last night! Although I freely admit that seeing our girl Kim and her momager Kris celebrating on the field after the Super Bowl was, uh, a little odd. To say the least.

I didn’t get a look at what handbag she was carrying last night, but she’s been carrying her big, black Hermes Birkin an awful lot lately. In these pictures, she’s wearing it two different ways – first, with an all-black evening outfit that I love (because it’s all black, duh, of course I love it) and second, with jeans and a fun leopard scarf (is it the Louis Vuitton Steven Sprouse Leopard Scarf?) while she gets a pedicure. Maybe she was carrying her Birkin last night – black leather and gold hardware would have matched the Saints’ uniforms, after all.

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Kim Kardashian heads to Miami with her Saint

9 Feb 2010 Is it just me or was there as much (if not more) coverage on celebs who attended Super Bowl XLIV as the teams actually in the game? It was as if every time I heard something about the Super Bowl, I heard about which celeb had just arrived, who was going to which celeb hosted party and which celeb was seen with another celeb.

So, I was not shocked at all to see Kim Kardashian all over the television. Like so many others, Kim was in Miami for the Super Bowl, but Kim was there to support a player too. Boyfriend, Reggie Bush, a New Orleans Saint received tons of attention both on and off the field. Kim and Reggie were spotted shopping in Miami Beach.

The couple stopped at a few boutiques where Reggie tried on formal wear. They also stopped into Curve and The Webster before grabbing sushi. The entire time, Kim had her coveted Hermes Birkin by her side.

Bag Kim’s Birkin Style via Hermes.com!

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Hermes to launch new Chinese brand

In the fashion industry (and, increasingly, in any industry), the phrase “Chinese craftsmanship” is usually an implied pejorative. Fairly or unfairly, things that are made in China are generally assumed to be less well-made than those made in Europe or the US, and much has been made over a handful of Chinese product recalls that have been announced for deadly dog food and baby formula or lead-filled toothpaste.

So when Hermes says that they’re going to launch a Chinese-designed, Chinese-manufactured luxury brand, surely they jest, correct? Wrong. Hermes never jests. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the new brand, Shang Xia, will be helmed by a head designer from the Chinese mainland, feature products made from Chinese materials and techniques and be autonomous from the design influence of its legendary parent company. All things considered, is it time to reevaluate our preconceived notions about Chinese-made goods?

Developments in Chinese fashion probably can’t be extrapolated out to optimism about more mundane Chinese exports, but considering how strongly so many of our forum members feel about their favorite brands outsourcing manufacturing to Asia, it’s still a phenomenon worth discussing.

In her oft-quoted book Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, Dana Thomas explains some unfortunate, well-hidden truths about Asian fashion manufacturing. As it turns out, many of those “Made in Italy” or “Made in France” tags on our favorite bags are technicalities at best. As is the case with lots of electronics, cars, appliances and other consumer items that boast a “Made in the USA” label, most of the components that go into the manufacture of our handbags are made overseas, often in China, before they’re shipped to their final assembly destination to receive their finishing touches and the all-important tag.

Some brands still do all their manufacturing where they say that they do, some save the European manufacturing for runway pieces and outsource the more mundane things to China and some do it all overseas. They all go to great lengths to hide any of their Asian manufacturing from the eyes of their consumers, but fashion is a bottom-line-focused business and Chinese factories present an opportunity to save money that’s too difficult to resist.

Is that necessarily a bad thing? Maybe not. Not all Chinese factories are created equal, and I don’t see why it would be impossible for a brand to enforce meticulous quality standards in whatever factory and country that they choose to produce their bags, as long as they have the correct oversight structure in place. Sure, China is known as the originator of many of the fake handbags that we all hate, but that doesn’t mean LVMH or a company nearly as powerful couldn’t build a state-of-the-art factory for authentic goods down the street. There is nothing inherent in Chinese soil that means that everything that we import from the country must be total crap.

Hermes’s investment in Chinese craftsmanship is perhaps the most striking measure thus far to indicate that China is coming into its own as both a market for and source of luxury fashion. Much has been made over the country’s burgeoning middle class, and it only stands to grown more over the next decade. It’s natural that consumers with newfound expendable income will look to companies in their own country for goods on which to spend it, and giving the Chinese an opportunity to do that may very well be a lucrative venture for the people behind this decision at Hermes. In addition to that, it’s one more step towards legitimizing Chinese manufacturing in the Euro-centric fashion industry, for better or for worse.

Original article via Women’s Wear Daily.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Birkin Fanatic, but those boots gotta go!

Ok guys, Catherine Zeta Jones really, really, really loves her Birkin. I can’t say that I can blame her. Obviously, the Hermes Birkin is just about as luxurious as it gets when it comes to handbags. However, I for one am ready to see Catherine with a different handbag. I understand that people have go-to bags, I certainly do. Yet, someone like Catherine has to have more bags in her closet.

And you know, even more than that, I have a slight problem with her outfit here. It has been painfully cold in the Northeast lately, but the outfit Catherine is wearing here in NYC confuses me. Per usual, she has a gorgeous fur coat, fabulous shades, that amazing Birkin and then, kind of awkward looking boots. I am sure that the boots could work with a different outfit, but definitely not with that fur coat. Do you agree?

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