1404 Micheltorena - Silverlake. Coming soon.

So much is going on...there was this Ghost Project for Kartell, I was doing last week. 

See the chair I'm sitting in? 

We had good studio visits all week at the old CViv HQ, with lovely ladies in CV like Jeana Sohn.

Designer Jesse Kamm

Jeweller Maya Brenner

Ginger-headed beauty Kimberly Muller.

But most of all, what's happening is: Bye bye all the wonderful ladies who visited us at my home studio. 

We will no longer be accepting studio visits at the Vivier residence.

Because we got a STOREFRONT! Yep, with studio space too!  

We are now proud Silverlake business owners - sharing a space with the talented miss Kathryn Bentley.

Opening in a moment's time.

More to come. 

Can't wait to see you there.

xoxo

Vogue.com + Royal blue = Love

Each morning, when the sun or Oscar wakes us up, before maybe we even open our eyes, le mari et moi turn to our respective nightstands and grab our ipads and check email that came during the 6 or 7 hours we've been disconnected, er, I mean asleep. And, yes, I'm aware that this may sound crazily techno-addicto to some, but remember, we both have our own businesses where many things can come up on different timezones. Besides we're all just doing the best we can. :) This morning, my iPad emails revealed an anonymous comment posted to this blog that read "More press! Love your clutches" with a link to Vogue!

Lawren Howell, contributing editor at Vogue, bought this clutch at one of our holiday sales. I sent her an invite and was thrilled to get a response saying she was planning on stopping by. She bought this clutch, a pebble red clutch for her sister and a Tropezienne for another gift. She's just gorgeous and I'm pleased-as-punch to see her wearing it. It really makes the outfit come together, right?

 

Sometimes iPads can be lovely things to wake up to.

Grace goes to Paris

Grace came over yesterday because she was leaving for Paris only a few hours after hitting my studio and she absolutely needed a Simple tote in leather for her trip. I've written about this phenomenon I call "women on the verge of departure" before, so I completely understood.

She left her two young daughter's for the first time and went to Paris for the first time (exciting!) for a very coveted meeting regarding her jewelry at a GREAT store in Paris, so she needed the perfect outfit and I think she's got it. Well, she's covered in the bag department :) and I know she'll pull some chic winter-y thing out of her suitcase to pull it together.

She picked up an orange clutch too which might as well be called the "Jeather" clutch for the demand that Heather and Jeana's two blogs have created for this color.

I love my creative friends. Everyone wish Grace good luck at her meeting in Paris! xox

Cute girl in Nylon Magazine

I like this girl - her hair, jacket, gloves, skirt, tights, le total, quoi. But I especially heart her bag. :) 

A few days in the showroom

I spent last Thursday and Friday at the Steven Alan Showroom meeting new stores and teaching the staff about my line. It was so fun to meet all the new buyers, and of course, so nice to see the buyers who've been with us for a while-

like the Japanese store GALERIE VIE. It is always such a pleasure to come into contact with these buyers. This time they brought me the new GV send-out, catalogue. It is very special to be featured in the mailer because there aren't many pages in it. So far we've had the good fortune to be featured two times.

I love the simplicity of their styling. An egg with our silver Bando bag! Cute.

We also had some darn stylish women walk through the showroom and try out the bags! The black pebble laptop clutch looks great with this Marni coat, right? And can you peep those Isabel Marant hidden platform sneaks on this girl? I was dying.

This stylist picked the royal blue pebble clutch which managed to make her already adorable ensemble even a-door-bell-ier!

The very hot, (in more ways than one, it was very warm in the showroom) Evelyn from Diavolina in Los Angeles, picked two things she would like: Our new bando bag in Tomato and black laptop pebble clutch. :)

One of my favorite things about this blog is the people I've met because of it and Kee Edwards is a perfect example of that. Long story short, because she liked my blog she emailed me out of the blue, told me about her line Loup Charmant, I loved it so we met for coffee in New York the next time I was there and we've been friends ever since! It turns out that her line of lux organic leisure wear was just picked up by Steven Alan showroom this season as well! We were so happy to find we'd both just joined the same showroom. Then, when we saw one another on Thursday, we were kinda surprised to see we were wearing very similar outfits - fluffy, fuzzy white jackets

 and vintage Italian boots!

I'm Magda, The Motherf-ing Queen of Spain

It is my first portrait by an artist ever, it is by Frohawk Two Feathers currently at Taylor De Cordoba gallery in Culver City. I "sat" for him a few months back in his backyard while he photographed me with all sorts of props in my hands like knives and machetes and proper hand-fans for effect, I was sitting in for Magda, the Queen of Spain in the late 1700s for heaven's sake and security was no joke. People in power were bad-ass and showed it or they were eliminated, but the weapons did not make it into the portrait. Frohawk went for the facial tattoos instead. That is my hat though - remember it from here?

Read a very informative review of the show and Frohawk's works here.

Mile High Bloggers Club

I'm on my way back to New York. (Literally on my way, in flight blogging. Thank god for wifi.) Two trips in two weeks, phew! It's better than the alternative of staying away from my family and work for 10 days. Last week it was for magazine desk sides, a fashion show, a Theory appointment and a few potential showroom appointments. Our little company is growing and it seemed to be the time to outsource a bit of work. As of now, our retail accounts will no longer be handled in-house. After visiting showrooms in NY and LA, we decided Steven Alan was the best fit. I'm very excited to see what this new partnership will bring. This week: Thursday and Friday buyer appointments in our new digs.

xoxo