The Ballooning Trend

Summer of last year saw Cameron Diaz totting the fabulous and oh-so-happy Marni balloon bag in yellow, and its popularity seems to be riding just as high even now! And most designers seem to have caught onto the shape... look at the Balenciaga and Gucci bags from their spring 08 collections...

While I like it, its a great casual, day-bag, the only thing I find inconvenient about this shape is that anything you put in the bag seems to collect at the bottom and it takes major rummaging to find something! But then again, maybe its just me!

Left: Cameron Diaz
Right: A Bag From Marni

Left: A Bag From Balenciaga
Right: A Bag From Gucci





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Bloom'ing Love

If you thought that influences of the 'garden-variety' were limited to the clothes in the Spring 2008 collections, you are wrong! The inevitable happened and the influence tipped over onto accessories as well.

Thankfully, not much of that happened because no matter what they say, I just don't think lugging around a floral bag that costs $$$$ is fashionable! But some of these shoes were cute (ooh, Blahnik!!)...as were some of the pieces of jewellery that I saw, again, emphasis on 'some'!!

Left: Missoni
Right: Dolce & Gabbana

Left: Manolo Blahnik
Right: Bottega Veneta

Left: Ralph Lauren
Right: Balenciaga

Left: Louis Vuitton
Right: Marc Jacobs

Left: Alexandra Neel
Right: Prada




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Would You Wear It?

I have been looking at accessories of various designers' from their Spring Ready To Wear 2008 collections and some of these 'crazy-super-over-the-top' shoes jumped out at me..

What do you think? See yourself in any?

Left: Christian Dior
Right: Christian Louboutin

Left: Fendi
Right: Manolo Blahnik

Left: Marc Jacobs
Right: Miu Miu

Left: Prada
Right: Sergio Rossi

Left: Valentino
Right: Yves Saint Laurent

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