The end of the clutch

they came in fur too!

"If Prada does it, everyone will afterwards" is a common saying around fashion people, and yesterday at the show for next spring we witnessed something new. Well not completely new, as nothing in fashion really is, but something we haven't seen for a long time. There were no clutch/ big envelope bags accessorising the clothes. You know the ones every cool girl has been photographed holding, even though sometimes they were so big you almost needed two hands to hold? But there were never handles. Lucky for us girls, Miuccia things we should have them back! I know I will be a fan as I am really tired of trying to hold my bag close under my armpit, while talking on the phone and holding a glass of wine. Now with the mini totes you can slide your hand through and it just hangs there giving you freedom of movement. So reminiscent of late 90's early 2000! Plus they are extra ladylike and cute as a little Barbie bag.

* If you check my post below you'll see Marc Jacobs did it too, so you can't go wrong with these two.

Bye bye simple two dimension piece of leather, hello "little hand held bags" as british Vogue described them.

all images from style.com

p.s.: Check out the shoes too. So ugly and intriguing shape, but let Prada put a bow on it and some roses and now I've got to have them!!

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Fashion's Night Out in Japan

So I was wandering how come both The Chicmuse and Blonde Salad are in Tokyo-Japan, because usually they go to places when something is fashion related. And of course it is. Both these girls and other bloggers are invited to join the celebrations for Japan's Fashion Night Out on the 5 of November. Japan was recently struck by an earthquake and a tsunami as well, and Conde Nast decided to pay extra attention on this FNO, and boost sales as much as they can, since Japan is a very important market. It is today also that they revealed an amazing promo photo of all the editors in chief of the countries were Vogue is published (except Greece's and Brazil's for reasons unknown), headlined by Anna Wintour. It is so nice to see some of the most powerful women in fashion, join their forces!


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Defining "fashionizin"

"Fashionizin" is an infinitive I made up. It derives from the word "fashion" and the greek infinitive "zin" (actually spelled "ζην" in greek and pronounced "zin" which means "to live"). So there you have it, this blog is all about, living in fashion. Fashion is everywhere, from the dress you choose to wear, to the cocktail you drink, from the places where you travel to, to the music you hear and many many more hidden places. Based somewhere in Greece, I love the magic of fashion (not in a fashion victim"i-have-to-have-all-the-new-it-things-of-the-season", kind of way), the way it grows on us and very soon after it fades. Pictured above is Sasha in last years January editorial for Vogue. Hope you enjoy my blog.

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