Mulberry has announced a little pop-up venture in the Hamptons. We're wondering if a pop-up can still be referenced as such when the town itself is a pop-up. It's kind of a mind bender. Nonetheless, the East Hampton shop will be open through the summer season and sell the brand's full range of accessories and some clothing.

For more on Mulberry, check out two inclusions from our network partner, Trust Your Style, on her 'Thirty Things I Like About Fall' short list. In the list, she breaks down some of Fall 08's best accessories, a category that isn't frequently editorialized until the clothing has really sunken in (i.e. mid-late summer). Below, we've put together a spread of Mulberry's Spring 08 offerings, for the Hamptons shopping spree you'll conduct with a big wad of euros. And, if you can't make it to the beach, some Mulburry offerings as part of the Net-a-Porter spring sale.

This Saturday was World Fair Trade Day, a time for fashionistas everywhere to feel guilty about their fast fashion habits. Except for British shoppers who now have the Oxfam Sustainable Fashion Boutique to enjoy. The new shops will sell items created out of donated goods, Fairtrade clothing and accessories made by volunteers as well as the more traditional second-hand clothing.

But there are dissenters in the eco-fashion movement. Some people are still happy to claim it just isn't very stylish. Community partner Susie Bubble however thinks its all just a bit too shiny.

It seems like the Valentino brand isn't quite as dramatic as the post He Who Will Not Be Named years at Gucci. In fact, after the retirement of Valentino the house seems positively bullish. Ironically no one felt that great about Alessandra Facchinetti at Gucci. Musical chairs anyone?

Mulberry is into collaborations. They have artists collaborations planned for each month this summer (this month was flower arrangements with neighbor McQueen's) the most anticipated of which is surely going to be The Artist's Tote, a collaboration with Fred Gallery on Vyner Street where five artists will interpret the Mulberry tote.

Mulberry Canvas JacketWalt Whitman believed in the power of the American working class and yet his poetry is beloved by the British intelligentsia. We wonder if this strange dichotomy has a parallel in fashion. In fact so many humble materials, cuts and designs originally meant for workers seems to have been reinvented as a prominent features of intelligent British luxury labels. And no we don't just mean the classic Burberry trench coat. We think this Mulberry Canvas Jacket is emblematic of this peculiar phenomenon of working class values being reinterpreted by elites. The humble canvas spring coat was meant for warmth on a brisk morning while out in the fields, or at least that is the romanticized version we have in our heads. But the $1,119 price tag is justified by its smart yet relaxed aesthetic. And so we have the poetry of a simpler people sold to a rarefied cultural class. Leaves of Grass indeed. Naturally we highly suggest picking one up for spring.

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