Turns out the armfuls of colorful bangles worn by models during Diane von Furstenberg's spring 2010 runway collection in New York retail for less than $25.
Recycled from old telephone wires, the bracelets were made by artisans associated with The Bartel Arts Trust, a South African-based community art center that promotes local crafts. The DVF-approved bold accessories can be purchased at Gifts With Humanity along with organic fair trade coffees, home decor and note cards and stationery. Right in time for the holidays, happy (guilt free) shopping!
At the hands of Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten, mixed prints and layers of contrasting fabrics somehow make sense when paired with graphic jeweled cuffs and oversized neckpieces. Diane von Furstenberg took a more bohemian approach to the tribal trend for spring—with armfuls of bangles and printed maxi-dresses—while Frida Giannini and Nicolas Ghesquière fell hard for the urban warrior.
Diane von Furstenberg's global nomad bounced around the north African desert this season, making a sunset stop along the Nile River. Von Frustenberg is known to put on a great show, and this season her powerful front row included André Leon Talley, Tina Brown, Fran Lebowitz, Graydon Carter, Terry Richardson and Carine Roitfeld (in a blue and white striped button down shirt and khaki pencil skirt).
Presenting a collection of very wearable separates and dresses—we especially loved a cream tunic embellished with blue floral beading and the perfect-for-traveling, colorful jersey dresses—von Furstenberg is in her element designing for the spring season, when shoppers long for color and print. The strongest prints—animal skin safari, washed-out florals and ancient-inspired graphics—were offset by vibrant solid pieces in slate, red, green and yellow.
The bounty of accessories on the runway were one-part Egyptian Queen (armfuls of woven bangles) and one part Greek Goddess (gold laurel wreaths), celebrating the free-spirited traveler that is Diane von Furstenberg.
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New York 02/15/09. Photos by Scott Gries/Getty Images.
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