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Break out the good china, Coach and Tony Duquette launch a line of jewels.

By Erin Weinger on January 19, 2012

Late, great interior designer Tony Duquette is known for many things — Dawnridge, his opulent and quirky Beverly Hills estate, for one. A client list that included anyone in L.A. whose last name is now on a museum, for another. And — our personal favorite Duquette legacy — a jaw-dropping line of fine jewelry now designed by his longtime business partner, Hutton Wilkinson.

The jewel-quality broaches, cocktail rings and stone covered necklace strands are bold, colorful, and — as Wilkinson once told us — “designed to be seen from the back of a theater.” The look isn’t for those who prefer their jewelry dainty — or for those who aren’t on that museum naming track themselves, with prices frequently reaching $50,000 and more.

Lucky for those of us who have big bauble aspirations and can barely afford a ticket to the museum, Coach has paired with Wilkinson on a collaborative line of jewelry that combines Tony Duquette’s signature aesthetic with a much friendlier price point. And both brands celebrated with a cocktail party in Beverly Hills last night that brought out the likes of Jessica Joffe and ’60s supermodel Peggy Moffitt.

The collection itself — which ranges from $48 to about $700 — utilizes both faux and semi-precious stones and includes starburst pendants, stamped bangles and two killer bejeweled bib necklaces ($378 —$498) that would look equally as awesome at the opera or with a T-shirt. Charm bracelets ($248 — $498) and starburst stud earrings ($58) are a nice introduction to Duquette’s style without feeling like you’re playing dress up. While a selection of bug-topped straight pins ($58) have the same vintage feel that attracts us to Duquette’s signature pieces in the first place.

But our favorite Tony Duquette x Coach piece is a simple jade-hued malachite cocktail ring ($698) that we woke up thinking about this morning. It would be the perfect piece to make a sophisticated, yet playful statement anywhere your travels take you — the theater, opera or museum, included.

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Photo at top: New duchess bib necklace, $498. coach.com

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Art meets Fashion in Anselm Reyle’s accessories collection for Dior

By Erin Weinger on January 9, 2012

During Miami’s Art Basel this past December, Dior debuted a collaborative accessory collection with over-the-top German artist Anselm Reyle, which officially hits Dior boutiques and select Saks stores today.

Reyle is best known for his huge, colorful abstract paintings, modern sculptures and light installations that can be found in some of the best galleries in the world — London’s Saatchi, included. And now he’s lent his bold, ’80s-inspired aesthetic to Dior’s signature quilted bags, scarves, sunglasses and baubles, too.

While we’d run someone over with our car to own an actual Reyle painting, we’re not quite as enamored with the acid-tinged camouflage bags he’s made for Dior. His collection of stand-out jewelry, on the other hand, includes pieces that we’re most definitely pining for.

The goods come with Christian Dior’s usual price tag (aka don’t eat for a month, score a major promotion or hit the lotto if you hope to buy something) and are available at Dior Beverly Hills.

Photos: Top — a Reyle x Dior necklace that we like. Below — a bag that we, uh, don’t.

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Ai Candy: Ai for Ai teams with L.A.-based Matiko on sky-high fall booties

By Jennifer Elias on August 15, 2011

We are salivating over these fall boots designed by LA-based sibling design duo Carol and Elizabeth Ai of Ai for Ai, which pairs the duo with another local line, Matiko. And now we’re even more antsy for autumn.

“We dreamed up a tough city shoe that we wanted to wear,” said the Silver Lake-based sisters. So they sketched their dream boots and shipped the art to Matiko, an eight year-old Los Angeles line helmed by designer Jesse Howard.

The army-style boots come in four different styles, which each incorporate a bevy of materials and textures including patent leather, suede, perforated leather and — on one colorway in particular, a groovy leopard-print panel.

This collab, which on-line retailer Solestruck calls one of their “fave collabs to date,” reminds us that ~~good~~ great things come in pairs.

The Matiko Ai boots retail for $219.95 and are available for pre-sale at Solestruck.

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Target “leaks” images of Missoni collaboration through genius faux Tumblr blog marketing campaign

By Erin Weinger on August 10, 2011

Mad props to the marketing department, this is actually quite clever. It seems that Target has created a fake Tumblr called All the Way Up Here, helmed by someone named “Marina” who has been “hired” to cover the big box retailer’s about-to-launch Missoni collaboration. And today, “Marina” released a sneak peek of the Missoni x Target collection that launches on September 13 and stays in stores through October 22.

Her Tumblr says she hails from Italy. And the blog, which was created on April 5, is largely about Target and their dealings in the fashion world. Margarihta Missoni even tweeted to “Marina” today, calling her a “new friend” and linking to the Tumblr photo-driven post, which serves as the most extensive Missoni x Target preview to date (you can tell that “Marina’s” Tweet actually came from Target, as the link utilizes Target’s Tgt.bz custom shortened URL).

We could spend all day dissecting and applauding Target’s ridiculously smart use of social media, perceived organic marketing tactics and creation of a stylish, “real girl” personality to relate to their shoppers. But we won’t, as this is a style site and we don’t (yet) write for the Wall Street Journal or AdAge.

Instead, on to the important stuff — the goods. We were lucky enough to catch a sneak peak of the Missoni x Target collection a few weeks back, which ranges in price from $2.99 to $599. And may we just say that “Marina’s” leak doesn’t even begin to do the killer collab any justice whatsoever.

Zig-zag stamped ties, towels, bikes, beach gear, headbands, scarves, shawls and sweaters are all shown on Target’s — er, we mean “Marina’s” — blog. But the collection is 400 pieces strong with maxi skirts, clutches, cardigans, shoes, shift dresses, shorts and much, much more in the mix.

We’ve never been the type to stand in line for much of anything, let alone a piece of clothing from the same place we buy our toiletpaper. But for this baby, we’re seriously considering making a major exception.

A few images from the “leak” are below.

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Decades owner Cameron Silver collaborating with Miriam Haskell on line of statement jewelry

By Erin Weinger on August 1, 2011

Decades owner Cameron Silver is adding to his ever-expanding fashion empire with a line of Miriam Haskell-made costume jewels set to launch this fall.

According to WWD, the 24-piece line is called Uptown/Downtown and features earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces made of pearls, quartz, pyrite, crystal and vintage chains.

Haskell, a costume jewelry house that was founded in New York in 1926, is no stranger to collaborations having launched a line of bridal jewelry with J. Crew in 2010 and a capsule collection with Marchesa at New York Fashion Week in February.

The Cameron Silver-stamped pieces, which will be available at Decades‘ West Hollywood boutique in October and Nordstrom in November, start at $250 and top out at $1,500.

Photo: Pieces from the forthcoming collection, courtesy of the Decades blog.

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Google chat convo of the day, thus far: Karl Lagerfeld for Macy’s vs Missoni for Target

By Erin Weinger on July 21, 2011

Caitlin Monaghan: Save your pennies, poor little rich girls! http://www.styleite.com/retail/karl-lagerfeld-macys-details/

Renee Shaab: Good thing i have gift certificates to MACY’S!!

Erin Weinger: Eh, I’m not that excited for this one. Much more jazzed about Missoni for Target…now that shit I’d wait in line for!

Caitlin Monaghan: OMG, those M pieces are amazing!! I want the pants! how can i get $$ and buy all of it? PS – never EVER say Lagerfeld does not excite. I bought like 3 things from his H&M collection years ago, yet they have been lost over years and moves.

Yes, these are the things we ponder while eating breakfast.

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Former McQueen illustrator Jessica May Underwood teams up with Britt Bardo, Madison and 291 Venice on charity tee

By Erin Weinger on July 12, 2011

Jessica May Underwood is one of the most in-demand fashion illustrators working today. The 26 year-old British artist has created prints for Rebecca Minkoff’s fall 2011 collection, House of Holland‘s spring 2011 collection and Alexander McQueen‘s fall 2008 collection, respectively (she spent over four months interning for the late designer while studying graphic design at Saint Martins in 2007). Underwood has also sketched for Kanye West, worked with Top Shop and teaches fashion illustration at London’s School of Fashion & Design.

Not too shabby.

Now the talented creator has teamed up with L.A.’s very own 291 Venice, Madison boutique and super-stylist Britt Bardo on a T-shirt design for charity.

The shirt, which hits Madison stores in September and retails for $71, is part of a series that also includes designs from celeb stylists Johnny Wujek and Annie Jagger — the proceeds of which will benefit Art of Elysium, ASPCA and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Bardo and Underwood’s shirt comes with a fantasy quality, and you can almost envision Underwood sitting in her studio doodling the design. And if you don’t feel like wearing the thing, you can always tack it up on the wall for some instant, $71 art.

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The Way We Wore’s Doris Raymond plays Match.com with Proenza Schouler and Alex & Lee

By Erin Weinger on June 30, 2011

Anyone who has ever uttered more than two words to Doris Raymond, who owns high end vintage emporium The Way We Wore, knows that when it comes to style, the woman knows her shit (we recently spent two hours talking to Raymond about vintage costume jewelry and retained more during the conversation than from our entire high school career).

Not only does Raymond have an expert eye when it comes to sourcing old school Missoni skirts, 1970s metallic Galanos gowns and sparkly evening numbers worn by the likes of Whitney Houston and Gladys Knight, she’s apparently a yente, too, in that Raymond is quite adept at playing matchmaker.

Case in point: When Proenza Schouler was looking to partner with famed 70s costume jewelers Alex & Lee on pieces for their resort 2012 line, it was Raymond who brought the bunch together. According to Racked, Raymond discovered the hippie jewelers at the Sausalito Flea Market in San Francisco, where she had a vintage stall in the 1970s and Alex & Lee designers Alex Mate and Lee Brooks were avid shoppers.

Last year, Raymond acquired a bevy of Alex & Lee’s renowned oversized wares. And since her La Brea Avenue shop is an inspirational Mecca for heavy hitting designers such as Proenza Schouler (John Galliano was a regular before the world decided he was irrelevant), a love affair blossomed and Raymond put everyone in touch.

Pretty cool.

Even cooler is that Raymond still has a few original pieces from the Alex & Lee lot she featured last year, available to those lucky enough to be able to spend upwards of $1,000 on an amazing piece of costume jewelry worthy of being passed down to their kids.

And Doris, if you know any cute, straight single guys — we’re totally down.

[Racked.com]

Photos: Top, Raymond with Dita Von Teese and Debi Mazar in her shop. Bottom, an original Alex & Lee necklace that was part of Raymond’s collection.

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Cool collab o’the day: Missoni x Havaianas

By Erin Weinger on April 29, 2011

Growing up in the wintery depths of the Midwest, summer was never actually summer until you could wear your Havaianas. And now the Brazilian flip flop masters have teamed up with Missoni on a four-piece, limited edition collection of colorful sandals that launch today. They’re definitely darling. But thinking about Havaianas of our past that we’ve destroyed, lost, given away and damaged — not to mention the things those suckers have stepped in — make us question the sanity in spending $60 (or roughly three times the price of a standard style) on a pair. But that doesn’t rule out the completely cute zig zag print, Rasta-esque espadrilles that, at $130, feel like a bit more bang for the buck. Especially in L.A., where summer never ends.

Misoni x Havianas, $70 — $130. Available at Nordstrom, Bloomingdales and havianas.com

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Disney broadens its trendy fashion movie tie-ins with Hayden-Harnett’s “Pirates” collection

By Claire Butler on April 6, 2011

The Disney merch machine is at it again — tapping cult-fave fashion brands to create film-themed collections for the goofy new “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” movie.

Part of the new Disney Signature collection, Brooklyn’s Hayden-Hartnett created a leather buckle cuff, printed silk and chiffon scarves and a few slouchy bags with hardware that feels very buried-treasure.

Prices range from $78 to $498, and the collection will be available as of May 1. See the brand’s website for more details.

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