Coutorture

Coach Resort 2009 Collection

coutorture — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:33:33 -0800

Madison fringe tote in purple, $1000, Resort leather shoulder tote in Lilac, $598, Resort python shoulder tote in silver $2200, Parker Karung shoulder flap (out 3/1) and Resort python clutch $1100

When we were little we convinced our parents to buy us everything in the color purple with bonus points if it had sparkles--when we were little one of the first luxury handbag lines we knew by sight was Coach. We never thought we'd say this but these thousand dollar handbags are actually pulling at our heartstrings in some strange way. If we were shown these bags back then, we probably would have bowled over with happiness..not that much has changed, these Resort 2009 handbags are making us pretty happy even as adults. To see images from the Resort 2009 collection, click here.

Coach Resort 2009 Collection

coutorture — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:08:33 -0800

Fashion in 50 Seconds 9/23 with The Met, Louis Vuitton, and Kirna Zabete

coutorture — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:16:57 -0700

Last night was opening night for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and star Renée Fleming wore Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, and John Galliano. The She even has a fragrance, handed out to concert goers, called La Voce by Renée Fleming which benefits the Met. Populism and opera may be a concept we can get behind.

Alice Temperely has given birth to a son Fox London Temperley von Bennigsen Mackiewicz just five days after her Spring 2009 show. Fox, the first child for Temperley and her husband Lars von Bennigsen, was born in London at 9am on Saturday, September 20.

Louis Vuitton seems to have quite the sense of humour with their "core values" campaign. First it was former Mikhail Gorbachev Russian president now its men who pretend to spy on the Russians. Sean Connery may have just sat for Annie Leibovitz. We suppose Ian Fleming's version of James Bond would be very into nice luggage as an idea. In other strange combinations news Sonic Youth's bassist Kim Gordon is making a line for hip moms. May be kindly suggest they check out Kirna Zabete newly launched ecommerce site? They are the only store to sell Lanvin online!

Coach Inc.’s president and executive creative director Reed Krakoff outearned his boss Lew Frankfort by a two to one margin. Let's here it for well paid creatives. Perry Ellis and C&C California are adding swimwear. Times are tough for weavers, textile manufacturers at Milano Unicaare concerned about the weak dollar.Gap has purchased Athlete for $150 million

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas. A gloomy one.

Macy's is getting behind Rwanda's basket weavers with a partnership to help sell their products with a program called "Path to Peace Baskets". Paul Kagame, the first democratically elected president of Rwanada, in town for UN General Assembly Meetings attended a reception to celebrate the event on Monday.

Fashion in 50 Seconds 5/30

coutorture — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:15:28 -0700

In choosing an economic system, Deng Xiaoping sady it doesn't matter if the cat is black or white so long as it catches mice. Apparently Chinese capitalism is catching a lot of mice as Coach is betting it will grow to a $250 million dollar retail presence as it grows from 15 points of sale to over 50 in five years time.

Times may be tough but we always go back to our favorite shoe brand.

Dolce and Gabbana plan to open 24 more stores next year.

Yet another shock, rich people get frustrated when they can't buy expensive things online easily.

We like to think it is all of the discount Marni we purchase that is helping Yoox get to its 2009 IPO.

Collab Mad: Joy Gryson Handbags For Target

coutorture — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:32:15 -0800

In April of this year, Target will be releasing a line of faux-leather handbags designed by Joy Gryson. Gryson, who has designed for Coach and Marc Jacobs, had enough it-bag experience to catapult her own line, Gryson, into mass popularity. And everyone knows, once you become an 'it' designer, Target will come knocking on your door. The Gryson line for Target introduces the Bottega Veneta-like woven leather that Gryson uses in her own collections, in a sophisticated palate of hunter green, black, slate blue, and white.

Photo from Gryson Fall 07/08, a likely resemblance to those appearing in the Target collection (tempting, isn't it?).

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