Fashion Slow Lane!

I think ETSY is great for people who just make a few items by hand on the side or for a hobby. However for handbag and accessories designers like myself, its impossible to sell on ETSY because frankly I don't hand make 500 handbags per year or whatever it is that I produce. For me, my goal is to make enough bags to actually make a living and a profit, so hand making is not possible. I think hand made things are amazing and there is a market for them, but does it make me less of a designer because I don't hand stitch each piece on my own kitchen table? I am not sure. I can tell you that I design over 100 bags per year and over 12 collections per year in my design studio and on my kitchen table AND I get paid to do it, so that is good. I am afraid of knives and cutting instruments. Really. When I took a pattern making class two years ago in Milan, Italy, the teacher (Signore) was eternally frustrated with me because I did not use the blades to cut the patterns, instead I...

This past few days I have finally received some orders from Linea Pelle show that I placed ages ago. So now I have 75 lbs or purple and green Italian leather that inspired me for some bags, that alas I long forgot about - and the hardware that came in also that was ordered at the Linea Pelle show is like so five months ago. It takes them that long to get it to me, that by the time they do send it, I have forgotten, um..what I was inspired to make with the items...That is my biggest RANT ever is how slow suppliers are....

I was looking for some great boots for the past year or so, something reasonable and casual yet not too casual. I found these amazing "Veronica" Frye boots the other day at Nordstrom and love them! They are super comfortable and you can walk all day in these, I wear them with denim skinney jeans or leggings. The leather is great and molds to your foot, and they have traction on the bottom, just enough for rainy Seattle days when the stairs get slippery.

New at Clutch in downtown Seattle. Rocco e Dante Italian leather cuffs in three different styles, dark purple, green and black Italian leather with gold tone hardware and screw top studs. From $48 on up. Check them out at www.clutchseattle.com or visit their downtown handbag and accessory boutique - in the heart of the financial district at the Fairmont hotel in downtown Seattle.

Just got done watching the latest edition of RH of OC. Vicki needs to wear longer skirts. They say when you are over 35 not to wear mini-skirts, and she is like 48 and has huge thighs. I am 38 and don't wear a short skirt unless I wear black tights and I have nice thighs. Just sayin'. I think Gretchen dresses the cutest and most fashionable, she has a great figure and does not have huge fake DDD breasts. To be honest, I am so over the fake tits and fake hair thing that was so fashion in LA for the past decade. I am so over it. I like thin women with smaller chests and long brown hair - like 70's style. The Pamela looks is SO OVER. So ladies, if you are saving your money for a big boob job, don't bother, the hottest chicks now are not Pamela Anderson and porno star figures, its more natural, slender and really amazing hair and clear skin. I have never had an issue with my chest, I have been a 34B my whole life and 120-130 lbs. I am not thin, not fat, just ave...

I am not a very dedicated fashion blogger. I still do have opinions about things in fashion but I get so busy I forgot to write about them. One of them was that I really loved the dress that LiLo wore to the Golden Globes parties. It was a sequined mini dress and it has a hoodie on it, that I thought was adorable. A lot of bloggers wrote about how stupid that dress was, but I though it was super groovy. Is that still a word? I love hoodies and I loved the way they put a hoodie on a glamour type mini dress, it was a really fun twist. I will have to find a photo and post it on here. I have like 1,001 things to do each day its hard to keep up with my blogs, facebook, myspace, clients and my own small fashion line. Not to mention a five year old, two dogs and a house., etc.

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