“The Luella Gisele bag was launched in 2002 by Luella Bartley, though it only became really popular by the end of 2003 and early 2004 with celebrities such as Kate Moss, Reese Witherspoon and Christina Aguilera toting the bag on their arms. The fact that the bag was named after Gisele Bundchen might have also helped in its marketing along the way.
With English equestrian inspirations, the Luella Gisele bag came out in three main sizes, the baby, the standard and the large (as shown in the pictures here). The colours were all amazing on these bags, notably bright happy colours from apple green to yellow, pink and red.
The collaborated effort between Mulberry and Luella Bartley for the Luella Gisele proved quite creative in efforts and the design of this bag was produced in various materials from calf grained leather to patent leather, suede and canvas”
I don’t know about all this…I just really liked the colors and details of the bag. And got it on super sale! Plus with some store credit after “liking” the store (avelle.com) on FB (yay!) And had it shipped to friend in Reno (no sales tax.) Double-yay!
Avelle really has some good deals (sometimes) on couture bags. I was actually drooling over both a Louis Vuitton (one of the few LV bags I actually like enough to buy – no LVs all over it) and a Prada (gorgeous yellow color which I have NO bags in so need one!) but they were both sold before I had a chance to checkout! Dammit!
But I liked this one a lot as it looks quite whimsical and fun PLUS a great baby pink color which I totally need. And husband loves Giselle so he can’t possibly be annoyed by such a cute purchase that was named after her, right? ;)
Ok, I better step away from the computer and internet shopping and go on a hike now…
I’ve been wanting a more “structured” dark chocolate brown bag as my Kooba, that I totally LOVE, is more casual and slouchy. Plus I switched out bags today into my KS Opus in kelly green and remembered how much I LOVE the bag. Such soft leather and great design. So I checked to see if KS had anything good on sale and Tah-dah!
I’ll still want a smaller bag in this same color too. But I can’t help it – I love, love, love this color! Plus, totally a good deal on sale at katespade.com with FREE shipping! Wheeee! Oh! And 3.5% cash back if you link through ebates.com. If you are going to shop – shop smart :)
I ordered these on Friday via endless.com as they had a bing.com offer for 40%. I have a pretty solid rule not to pay more than $50ish for flats as really – that’s just silly. They are flats. I have been tempted by cute Kate Spade or Tod’s flats and some quite awesome J Crew Italian flats just this past spring. But NO I say. Spending more than $50 on ballet flats is robbery. Just silly robbery.
But then…I saw the pink satin mouse…I had to order them – at 40% off designer shoes – come on!! And my perfect color!!! Plus I figured, if I didn’t absolutely love them, I could send them back. No harm, no foul.
Received them today. Tried them on. SQUEEEEEE! SO CUTE!!! They are even cuter in person. I can’t wear 4-5″ heels EVERY day! Keepers….for sure. And they don’t actually smell like mice so the huskies won’t care about them :)
DSQUARED2 Women’s Hiking Pump…
DSquared Hiking Pump
Hmmm….I’m thinking maybe not a good idea when heading downhill with huskies or needing to outrun a bear:)
…I may have just hit the BUY button to add this to my charm bracelet….
The blue box
See what happens when I have to wait for my dinner to cook??
:)
Really? And…
Sometimes I look at what’s fashionable and think to myself “what the heck were they thinking?” I mean, I know everyone has different taste but these are fugly (IMO only of course.) And for $955 (first pair), I’d buy some classic Louboutins in a heart beat….
Oh well…to each her own…
Now these…these scream my name. And they are now mine (or at least they will be Friday when they arrive) Fairly certain I have no shoes in this particular shade of pink… :)
But I think I have always been more of a “classics” kind of girl, so the trendy stuff simply doesn’t appeal to me…..or maybe I’m just getting old :)
Just purchased at NM online. They didn’t have my size in the local stores so I must wait for the UPS man…but that’s OK. I’ve waited almost a year (when I tried them on and loved them instantly) so I can wait a few more days. I decided my birthday was the day and no one was stopping me!
Still a stressful day at work but doing a little dance inside :)
“British insurance company GoCompare.com found that the average woman has about 19 pairs of shoes – three pairs with heels, six pairs of flip-flops, flats, sandals or wedges, three pairs of boots and four pairs of “foxy-style.” They also own two pairs of “sensible” work shoes and two or so “random” purchases.”
19?? 19??? The average is 19 pairs of shoes? And EVERYONE knows flip-flops don’t even count in this number at all (same with any type of exercise shoe) so those better all be wedges and flats.
So that means this “average woman” might only have 13 pairs of real shoes. No way. Not sure where they found these women to interview…the Moon?
I guess I am very much not average…
Story:
http://www.myfoxnepa.com/dpps/news/study-woman-spends-$25000-on-shoes-over-lifetime-dpgoh-20100629-fc_8389388
Today is sucking. Actually…this month is sucking. But that’s no excuse not to look as cute as hell. These arrived for me today:
I am wearing Rock & Republic jeans with brown, pink and white Rs on the pockets with a pink tank and chocolate brown ruffled cardigan from J Crew. All of these colors are displayed on these new shoes. So I did what any girl would do…kicked off the chocolate brown suede Michael Kors 4.5″ heels I was wearing and put these babies right on.
The day can attempt to suck the life out of me but never the cuteness. I’m betting Carrie Bradshaw would approve… :)
I’ve been looking at these for over a month now and yesterday endless had a 30% cash back rate with bing so they became mine! The leather is soooooo soft. Cannot wait for a dress day!
