Highlights: Chloe F/W 11/12

Aurore leather duffel bag









Patchwork Gabby shoulder bag

















Pictures: © Chloe



What a great collection. Chiffon, leather, 70s dresses and snake-print make a modern, relaxed, feminine look.



Which outfit and item are your favourites?

Vivienne Westwood and photographer Jürgen Teller campaign for a better world

Photos by Jürgen Teller



Vivienne Westwood and Yoox.com have joined forces with the United Nations Agency, the International Trade Centre (ITC), in a new creative collaboration, which provides dignified long-term employment for some of the world’s most marginalized people while protecting the environment. This is a unique system of sharing talent, sharing skills and sharing responsibility for the environment.



For this season’s Autumn- Winter 2011/12 Ethical Fashion Africa collection created through the programme, Vivienne Westwood and the team were joined on their first venture to Africa by the World renowned photographer Juergen Teller. He has captured the project and the people to help support and promote the campaign. ‘One of the things that really touched me on this trip was how Juergen gets everything from direct experience and really cares about human beings and their relationships. And together we can bring magic to those human relationships.’ - Vivienne Westwood.



The whole campaign will hopefully help promote the project and allow it to continue with maintained success for the future. Juergen Teller commented ‘I came back completely energized and full of life. It was truly inspiring to meet Simone Cipriani and the whole ITC team. It made a lot of sense to go with Vivienne to Africa.’



Vivienne Westwood, in collaboration with the ITC, have created a long-term objective to use fashion as a vehicle out of poverty. From the slums of Nairobi to the most barren rural areas, some of the world’s most disadvantaged women, marginalized by illness or oppression and the daily trials of extreme poverty, are empowered by this program. The Ethical Fashion Programme has already helped over 7,000 women to improve their lives. Without the income provided through the Programme, local communities would otherwise be forced to deplete the natural resources around them by cutting down trees to make charcoal to sell. The resulting deforestation is an international catastrophe.



‘What I do, making bags, can make a difference. This project gives people control over their lives- charity doesn’t give control, it does the opposite, it makes them dependant. These people have more control over their lives and can therefore choose not to exploit the environment because they have an alternative way of making money.’



‘Our project enables some of the world’s poorest people to enter fashion’s value chain as producers, while also allowing designers, who want to source ethically, to do so knowing their collaborators in the slums of Nairobi or impoverished rural areas are being paid a fair wage following the Code of Conduct stipulated by the Fair Labour Association.’ - Simone Cipriani, head of the ITC.



Global e-tailer, yoox.com joins with Vivienne Westwood to ensure the programme produces products which are truly ethical and made from recycled materials under conditions of fair labour, reaching customers around the world. Yoox.com is a welcome partner in making fashion fair and available to all.



It’s quite incredible to think that we might be able to save the world through fashion.’ - Vivienne Westwood.



NOT CHARITY, JUST WORK.



Vivienne Westwood Ethical Africa bags are available from www.viviennewestwood.com and www.yoox.com





Source: Vivienne Westwood



Great bags for a good cause. I`m getting one! Are you?

Top 20 Picks: Givenchy Bags F/W 11/12

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OMG I`d give my left arm for one of the panther bags! *LOOOOOVE*



Which bag is your favourite?

Our Lord & Saviour Bags F/W 11/12

Our Lord & Saviour returns with its second collection keeping its

emphasis on sophisticated classic shapes with subtle touches of its acclaimed

controversial Christian iconography.





Olympus Teneo Clutch Shiny Black Python





Olympus Teneo Clutch Rose Gold Python





Olympus Teneo Clutch Sapphire Lizard





Olympus Teneo Clutch Natural Ring Lizard





Rosary Sac





Winged Putto Tote



Picture source: Our Lord & Saviour



Which bag is your favourite? How do you like the two new styles?

Burberry Prorsum Men Bags F/W 11/12

Picture source: Burberry Press



With such FANTASTIC men-bags around, there is no excuse left for men to carry bagpacks or nylon notebook bags.

I love these bags and would love to wear number 1 - 5 myself. With so many great men-bags around I think we`re heading for a culture of unisex bags and I mean that in a good way - classic style shared, truly matching both sexes.



Which bag is your favourite?

S/S 11 Trend: Box Clutches

Emma Watson at the MTV Movie Awards 2011 After-Party in L.A. wearing golden Salvatore Ferragamo pumps and a box clutch.



Box clutches have become THE red carpet must have. Check out these trendy but timeless & classy Ferragamo clutches;





Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at the MTV Movie Awards 2011 in L.A. carrying a black-gold Salvatore Ferragamo clutch from the Prefall 11 collection.





Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at the Spike TV Guys' Choice Award 2011 in L.A. carrying a white rayskin clutch from Salvatore Ferragamo`s S/S 11 collection.





Kate Hudson carrying a golden Salvatore Ferragamo phython clutch at the "Natural Resources Defense Council's Ocean Initiative" dinner in L.A.



Picture source: Ferragamo Press

Picture agency: Gettyimages / SplashNews



Do you think the small box clutches are the consequent counter-trend to the XXL bags of the last years?

Do you own a box clutch already? If not, are you getting one?

Bags: Our Lord & Saviour S/S 11

Style Icons like Kate Lanphear were already carrying the cult-clutches last season, now New York luxury handbag label Our Lord & Saviour returns with its second collection keeping its emphasis on sophisticated classic shapes with subtle touches of its acclaimed controversial Christian iconography.





Niger Calf Leather



“Olympus Teneo,” the brands signature clutch, featuring its famed crucifix, is resurrected in a neutral palette of natural, black, and bone. This season the clutch is available in polished black box calfskin and a new exotic skin, a beautifully marked ring lizard. For evening the clutch is also carefully executed in a chainmail silver python, adding a bit of restrained flare, which drew inspiration from the amour of the Crusades.





Chainmail Silver Python





Bone Python





Natural Ring Lizard



Picture source: Our Lord & Saviour Press



The last time I was super-excited about a handbag was in 2003 (it was Dior`s Koi Saddle Bag) and I already feared I had lost my ability to be thrilled about something until I recently discovered Our Lord & Saviour`s divine Olympus Teneo clutches.

I`m blown away by the classic, sophisticated design and the depth of the iconography. Jesus sacrificing his life for our salvation was the biggest grace mankind has ever received - this highest of all possible sacrifices embodied in luxurious design and finest materials just knocks me off the hook!



THIS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE BAG E-V-E-R !!!