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52 Interesting People: Meet Alexis Bittar

Sarah Phillips — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:00:26 +0000

As 52 Thursdays evolves, we keep taking your ideas and suggestions and we strive to give you all compelling, interesting and useful content. When one of our lovely readers wrote to us suggesting that they would love to see more designer spotlights, we got to thinking and soon enough a new series was born from that reader’s email. We are excited to finally introduce this new series to you all that we have been working extremely hard on for the past few months, called 52 Interesting People. This new series will consist of 52 interviews with the most influential people in the fashion, food, beauty and fitness industries and we will be sharing all of them with you. It was only fitting to kick off our new series with world renowned jewelry designer, Alexis Bittar, since his DC store just opened its doors last week. Sarah had the pleasure to meet Alexis at the DC opening and he was just as charming as the beautiful jewels he creates. See his interview below: You certainly have come a long way since selling your jewelry on the streets of New York, now your jewelry is sold in the most exclusive stores in the […]

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Update Your Wardrobe for under $150

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:44:44 +0000

When Sarah and Michelle told me I should contribute a post on fall fashions under $100, I thought, “Umm, well…like, actual good clothes that cost less than $100? Umm…” Which is not to say that I’m some rich snob who only wears $800 shoes. I don’t own any $800 shoes. C’mon, my last name isn’t Rockefeller! (And my husband reads this blog. Hi honey!) Ahem. So, no of course all of my clothes aren’t expensive, but I think I’m a savvy shopper: I find good deals, I tend to buy off-season items on sale and I never set out to shop for, say, a party dress. I see a dress that I love, I buy it and I find a party later. And I always find party worthy of a good dress. That said, I believe in investing in quality. When everything in your closet is well-made and looks good on, you always look good. So after I negotiated my baseline to $150….ish, I set out looking. I’m not going to insult our good readers’ intelligence by sending you to Forever 21 or Old Navy. You know they sell cheap affordable clothes. That tend to fall apart after a season. I’ve been […]

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Citron

admin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:27:00 +0000

Guess what….NEON citron is back for Spring 2013!!! With Spring just around the corner, I’m getting very antsy as temperatures remain in the low 40’s. To lift my spirits, I dug out my citron PS1 to help transition into the new season. Check out some of our favorite Proenza Schouler pieces for Spring 13…… helmut lang sweater, equipment blouse, helmut lang leather leggings, PS1 bag, alexis bittar, vita fede XO Sarah & Michelle

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