It’s an exciting time for the women’s sneaker game - it seems like people are noticing that ladies love kicks too (finally!). The big companies have started tapping women designers to design collaborative projects and smaller independent companies are beginning to cater to the women’s market by developing new lines just for us. The newest kid on the block is an offshoot of JB Classics, is strictly for the ladies, and is called Booji.  The first model, releasing later this year, is called Regal-One.  To say that it’s Chanel inspired is an understatement.  Between the quilting and the side purse (reminiscent of the ankle bracelet purses Karl created for his trouble-making celebrity clientele), most Chanel fans would find something to love about this shoe.  I personally love these sneaks - it’s a great silhouette (high tops - yay!), i love the quilting and side purse, and you know I’m a sucker for lace locks.  Stay tuned for more styles and a release date.

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A couple of months ago we were “introduced” to the work of Lorena Barrezueta. It was love at first site. Taking a material that one might associate with your grandmother’s candy dish or vase, porcelain, and bringing it to a modern and up-dated place, Battezueta, creates jewelry and tableware for the design savvy. Please believe this ain’t your Granny’s fruit bowl! All items are crafted by hand in her Brooklyn studio. Her jewelry collection, “Listen Lady“, features printed bangles and “Mannuel Communication,” all printed with 22K gold or platinum.  I am so into the tromp l’oeil studded bracelets and the watch bangles, lovingly named “Cassie” and “Rollie” . . . I can finally get the 22K Rolex I’ve been wanting! And her “Gourmet Collection” of tablewear made from molds of disposable take-out containers, genius . . . um, I’m no where near getting married but at least I know what to register for my tableware!

See Rollie, Cassie and much more after the jump!

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Help the ladies at Sweet Tater fight the beast that is The San Gennero Feast! Tonight and tonight only from 6:30 untill 10pm you can stop by and preview their signature Sweet Tater Fall collection as well as recieve 20% off all vintage pieces in stock! An now a litte word from the ladies:

We’re the yellow awning just behind “The Chicken Man.” If some young gentlemen (used here quite loosely) offers you a taste of their meat, you know you’ve come to the right place. For some, this may not be a one night only occurance, but on this particular night there’s a little something extra in it for you.

Sweet Tater 280 Mulberry Street btw Prince & Houston 212.219.6400

Foley & Corinna will be hosting a sample sale at their NYC location. Get in on lot’s of vintage goodies and pieces from their signature collection too!

This Saturday Screaming Mimi’s will be hosting the 1st Annual Celebrity Sidewalk Sale. You can score goods from Mr. Mickey, Charlotte Ronson, Peter Davis, Emma Snowdon-Jones and Star Von Bunny. All to benefit Charity Water. Charity Water is a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

How many times have you wished and prayed for this day? Every time we saw a pair of INSA’s customized high heels we cooed and swooned over them just wishing we could slip our danty foot inside…if only for a moment. And now we can! Today INSA dropped his INSA Heels in 3 styles: Chelsea (Gold/Blk), Hackney (Pink/Blk/Wht), and Lewisham (HotPink/Blk/Wht). Available at INSA-Heels.com and in sizes US 5-10, they can be yours for £200 (conversion chart available here). All leather and all day sexy, that’s about a 3.5-4″ heel I’m thinking…might be best for sitting, or errrr…you fill in the blank. Don’t let these pass you by…

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INSA’s world is one where fetishism, desire and graffiti collide; through extensive street level work and fine art INSA has taken the iconic high heel image and made it his own, infusing a simple, yet clever, graphic ‘logo’ with meaning and relevance. High heels represent a myriad of different things to different people; sex, money, fashion, the battle between masculine and feminine sexuality, dominant and submissive, consumerism and object fetishism; all of which are themes actively explored in INSA’s work. Heels themselves are often, of course, objects of desire and objets d’art in their own right.

The fantasy of ‘INSA HEELS’ is now a reality…

Check out all the color ways and more pics after the jump!

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It’s about damn time! Nails Did just dropped this limited edition sterling silver ‘Nails Did’ nameplate necklace. The perfect addition to your “Boss Bitch Uniform”. Holler at info@nailsdid.com and get ur’s grrrrl!

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One of the events I was most looking forward to attending last week was the unveiling of the Bijules NYC’s Arsenic & Old Lace Capsule Collection that we gave you a sneak peak of a few weeks back.  I couldn’t attend at the last minute but we were able to find some photos of the unveiling at Last Night’s Party.  More photos after the jump and you can view all the photos here.

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Last week we attended the Grand Opening of Aloha Rag NY and Hysteric Glamour Trunk Show and it was a great time.  Aloha Rag is a boutique with a beautifully edited selection of clothing, jewelery, glasses handbags and shoes for men and women.  The boutique has a very simple gallery style setting of white walls with neon arches of color that fall into literal splats of color with brands names in each splat (Hysteric Glamour in pink pictured above).  I really liked the way the boutique was set up and the simplicity of white with pops of color really let the impeccable array of products shine.  They carry brands including Hysteric Glamour, Rogan, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Kitsune, Ksubi, and Linda Farrow Luxe.  While we were there we had the chance to meet Motoko Calloway from Hysteric Glamour (pictured below).  Afterward, we went next door to Don Hill’s for some celebratory hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.  The best part though?  The Hysteric Glamour tote bags!

Aloha Rag NY
505 Greenwich Street at Spring Street
New York, NY

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Thursday night we got all fancied up and went to the MOB x Missbehave Magazine fashion week party, “The Bad & The Beautiful.” The soiree was at the Red Bull Center and we got the chance to see lots of people that we don’t get to see on the daily. Afterward, we went over to the WAD party at Hiro. Here’s all the good folks we saw: Missbehave Magazine ladies, MOB posse, Uffie, Annie from Cubannie Links, Wendy from Nitrolicious, YM from Freshness, Mika from Cream, Michelle Ten, Mel D. Cole, Brian Lichtenberg, Dee & Ricky, Erin from Made Me, Radio Rose, Alice, j.e.w.e.l.s, Kari and Ron. You can see pics from the party here and here. And we have a few pics after the jump . . .

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