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Can you tell me what designer bag inspired this black faux patent leather bag? It was given to major Beauty Directors and Editors in America last Christmas, and is still incredibly hard to track down (unless you’ve made a trip to Thailand).
With its similar shape, chain and shiny material, you can pick this up for $38.99 at AccessoryBug.com. But…
1. What is name of the (real) bag and it’s designers’ name?
2. For extra points, can you tell me what are the differences?
Talk about designer inspired. Fashionista pointed out that a dress designed by Brian Reyes and worn by Mischa Barton last year has popped up on the recent Gucci Cruise 2008 collection. Now it’s popped up again, this time designed by Australian designer Carl Kapp for his winter 2007 collection in stores now.
Sure it’s a gorgeous dress in it’s first carnation (and looked hot on Mischa), the Gucci carnation is floating and pretty… but the Carl design? It’s very pleated and not sitting right on the mannequin.
What do you think?
If you love the front panel detail in at the base of the plunging neckline, you can buy the Carl Blue Tucked Dress for AUD$690 (approx US$586) from FrockShop.
You’re probably wondering, who is Doris Duke, and what does it matter that Bottega Veneta shot their Fall 2007 advertising campaign on her farm? Well it doesn’t really matter, but FYI Doris Duke was an American heiress and philanthropist. She wasn’t a Paris Hilton type heiress mind you, after all Doris was born in 1912 and died in 1993. Some time before Paris’ notorious video release on to the internet.
Anyway, I digress. The Bottega Veneta advertising campign was shot by Annie Leibovitz as the Italian fashion company take a hot and steamy approach for Fall 2007.
“Annie’s pictures are always strong and unexpected because she draws her ideas from who and what she is photographing,” said creative director Tomas Maier. “There’s an emotional intelligence in her work, an openness to the individual, that makes her impossible to categorize, and for that reason, she’s exactly right for Bottega Veneta.”
The ads feature models Anja Rubik, Inguna Butane, Kim Noorda and Noah Mills in the pretty but moody scene that you could just image Doris Duke fitting in…
[Via WWD.com]
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We’re testing your designer bag knowledge at SASSYBELLA.com Can you tell me what designer bag inspired this black crocodile embossed hobo bag? The real one retails at over $1,000, but this one (pictured above) is just $39.50 at AccessoryBug.com 1. What is the (real) bag and it’s designers’ name? 2. For extra...
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