Fashion Week(s)

First and foremost, we'd like to dedicate this blog to Vicky Savio. Vicky has been a longtime friend of Laura and Rebecca, as well as the Julep ladies. I've been fortunate enough to have gotten to know Vicky over the past few months. She's very sweet, but perhaps our favorite thing about her, is how diligent she is when it comes to reading the Crush blog. It's flattering, and actually a bit of an honor, to have friends who care so much about Crush and who have taken such a vested interest in the daily goings on of the store. I'd even go so far as to call Vicky one of our biggest fans. Thanks Vicky, and thank you to all of our girlfriends who love Crush just as much as we do, we certainly wouldn't have this much fun without you.

On a somewhat less sappy note, Nicole Richie had her second baby this week, and we'd like to make it clear that while we've very happy for her, that has nothing to do with why we're picking up her line. No, I'm not talking about the one for Pea in the Pod.... we're picking up House of Harlow. The jewelry line, named for her daughter, is cooly bohemian, in a sexy vintage rocker kind of way.

House of Harlow 1960 isn't the only treat L & R brought us back though... other new lines joining the racks at Crush Boutique: Marc Bernstein, Kettle Black, Karen Zambos, B-low the Belt, and... (my beloved) Matt & Nat.

Marc Bernstein is easily described in in the following slang sentence: "His designs are really sick." Frankly, they are... these rope-like triple wrap bracelets are made from sterling silver or 18K gold and leather. We love motorcycle inspired accessories this fall, and these pieces have Rebecca glowing. Bernstein's line was created after he was asked to design pirate-inspired accessories for a French Vogue shoot. Now, what's more fashion forward than that? We love, just LOVE.

Kettle Black apparel is sexy in a very masculinity inspired way... we're talking easy button downs, flannel, plaid, motorcycle jackets... all the pieces that somehow sex up our denim this fall. It feels kind of like that 1980s too cool for school highschool crush that we all had... or you know, would have had if we'd been in high school then.

Karen Zambos: where do I start? Crush has an affinity for all things vintage... I blame (and love) Marisa Perry for that. In two words: VINTAGE COUTURE. You know that princess feeling you get when you put on a glamorous 1940s dress in a thrift store, or maybe a tiara?... imagine that, only it's now available all the time at Crush and isn't just for special occasions.

I'm now going to point out the obvious: B-low the Belt, is a (wait for it) ... belt line. It's not just any belt line though, it's lambskin and snakeskin and everything's made in LA. We love lines that are made in the USA, and we know that many of you do too. We can't wait for our first shipment.

If I've kept your attention this long, I'd like to say a word for Matt & Nat. We Crushettes are not vegetarian, but we really love vegan accessories. Matt & Nat balances design and social responsibility, something that we think really sets them apart from other luxury handbag lines.

That was Laura and Rebecca's week. While the girls were jaunting around Manhattan at Coterie, Kara and I held down the fort, and had our own personal Fashion Week, smack in the middle of New York's and Boston's. We used our time to put up a new press clippings bulletin board, pull together a denim looks spread in honor of Cameron Diaz (who was recently named Best Dressed: Denim, by People Magazine), photograph all of our new merchandise and fall in love with the new Priorities blazers-- maybe one of them is already hanging in my closet, maybe.

Stay tuned for the Denim Looks blog later this evening.

xoxo.

B