Bold Fall Accessories
This Fall: Go Bold or Go home!
Chunky and bold accessories are this season’s must have in jewelry. Wear pieces that make a statement as you dress up an outfit. Fall is all about layering jewelry with great bib necklaces, over-sized cuffs, or large cocktail rings. Great colors to rock are gold and bronze, which give that warm look that fall represents.
Tip: When layering necklaces mix and match different lengths and sizes together. For an even bigger pop, mix different metals and bright colors!
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Upcoming Studio-808 Event!
Vitamin Water Zero presents
Studio-808 Accessories Style Lounge
Studio-808 is announcing the first ever “Accessories Style Lounge” showcasing Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 accessory lines from a select list of emerging Chicago brands. A shopping suite filled with fashion, fun and the perfect pieces to compliment any wardrobe from Chicago’s creative set.
This Chicago Fashion Focus event is hosted by Melissa Maynard De Kerch, editor of Factio magazine, and will feature music by DJ Megan Taylor of Fig Media.
When: Thursday, October 21st from 3-6 PM
Where: Hard Rock Hotel – Lounge Bar (230 N Michigan Ave.)
RSVP: events@studio-808.com
Alexander McQueen Recap
On Tuesday the Alexander McQueen Spring 2011 collection debuted at Paris Fashion Week. This was the first collection after the passing of McQueen and is the first collection designed for the brand by Sarah Burton. The collection was a huge success and Burton is receiving much acclaim for her work.
The collection had all the quirks we love of McQueen. It looked and felt like McQueen. Notably there was an underlying harvest and rebirth theme. With this collection Burton has officially established herself as the worthy successor of McQueen.
What do you think of the collection?
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AP Photo/Christophe Ena
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Upcoming Event
Chicago Fashion Focus Event by StyleChicago
Mark Your Calenders!
Join StyleChicago.com while they present the art of fashion 2010 Runway Show at Millennium Park. The runway show will be featuring collections of Chicago’s top designers such as Elda de la Rosa, Lara Miller, Borris Powell and much more! General Admission tickets are available as well as VIP tickets. Purchase a VIP ticket and receive an amazing goody bag along with an opportunity to attend the official after party.
When: Friday October 22nd, 2010
VIP Reception starts at 6pm-7pm
General Admission starts at 7:30pm
Runway show starts at 7:45pm
Official after party starts at 9pm
Where: E. Randolph St. Chicago IL
Reserver your tickets now! http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/129397
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Chanel Sping 2011 Recap
Yesterday the Spring 2011 Chanel collection made its way down the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week. Staged by Karl Lagerfeld throughout the entire Grand Palais, Chanel put on a show to be remembered. Lagerfeld created a garden like setting with fountains, borders, and stones. There was no grass in sight, but a lot of whimsy.
The show started with distressed pieces only Chanel could pull off. Lots of fake holes and unfinished edges. All in all everything was quite extravagant. The only way Laferfeld would have it done. The color pallet was black and white with some pops of pink and yellow. There were lots of pieces we have come to expect and love from Chanel; cropped tweed jackets, leather, fitted minis, and suit sets. Everything was lavished in embroidery, feathers, and bead work.
The pièce de résistance was a toddler walking down the catwalk in head to toe Chanel. Is this the sign of the future for this luxury brand? Only time will tell!
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AP Photo/Christophe Ena
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AP Photo/Christophe Ena
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Photo by Giovanni Giannoni wwd.com
Upcoming Events: Breast Cancer Awareness
Chicago Designers Shopping Event for Bright Pink
Come shop local designer fall fashions with 50% of sales processed benefiting Bright Pink. The event will include appetizers and desserts, and free drinks and goodie bags for the first 50 shoppers.
Bright Pink is the only national non-profit organization with an exclusive focus on early detection and prevention of breast cancer in high-risk young women.
When: Tuesday, October 12th from 5:30-8:30
Where: The Affinia Hotel, 2nd Floor Superior Room
Who: Anna Hovet, Brynn Cappella, C/Fan, jules, Kate Baggiano, Love, Lulu Mae, Marisa Swystur, Miriam Cecilia, NonPnie Threads, Paoo Jewerly, and Zamrie
Event Invitation
jules for Bright Pink
Local jewlery designer, Jules Schwanbeck, has designed customizable 14k “pink” gold ID tags in honor of breast cancer awareness month. A precendage of the proceeds will go to Bright Pink.
The ID Tags are customized to wear those closest to your heart – a parent, spouse or partner’s initial on the rectangle, the wearer’s initial or children’s initials on the circles or simply a first initial on a circle and last initial on a rectangle.
jules. ID Tags are hand–crafted, heirloom quality and available in 14k pink gold, 14k white gold, 14k yellow
gold, oxidized and sterling silver. Tags are available for women and men in rectangle and two different size
circle shapes, suspended from a beautiful caviar faceted women’s chain or men’s ball chain.
For more information and to purchase jules. ID Tags, please visit http://www.shopjules.com/. For more
information regarding non-profit Bright Pink, please visit http://www.bebrightpink.org/.
jules 14k "pink" gold ID tag
jules ID Tags for Bright Pink
Lanvin at Paris Fashion Week
On Friday October 1st, Lanvin showed it’s Spring 2011 collection.
Designer Alber Elbaz designed his collection for the real woman. One who knows what she wants and calls the shots. Fashion doesn’t control her life, it enhances it. We saw all of this in his collection which had both strength and glamor. This is what Elbaz had to say himself about his collection, “The whole idea of fashion is to make women fly and to make women beautiful, and to make women glamorous. This is the story of the collection.”
The collection included long flowy skirts and dresses combined with body suits and harnesses. Some pieces had a unique combination of flow and structure. The color pallet included lots of browns, black, and navy with pops of colors like red, pink, and yellow. Several pieces at the end of the collection had exquisite jewel and bead work.
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Photo by Giovanni Giannoni wwd.com
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Studio-808, Inc. is the brainchild of Erin Creaney, a PR executive with a near-athletic enthusiasm for emerging designers. Finding herself searching the city for great designers with new and different looks, she knew a larger operation was in order. What's more, she felt the world needed to know about the fashion percolating in the Windy City. Thus was born Studio-808.com.
