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designer: Esther and Julie of Elezar
design aesthetic: Art for your arm. Fashion forward and functional. A bit of an edge without many edges.
standout pieces: The Evening Morgan and Medium Morgan bags.
inspired by: Nature, fashion, what she is looking for in a bag, arches.
backstory: The founders of Elezar are close childhood friends from Cincinnati living out their dream and getting to build something together. Esther and Julie are very different and Elezar has become a combination of both of their talents and passions. Esther, a long time vegetarian, is really excited that Elezar will be introducing some beautiful italian made non-leather designs for Spring '08. Just like the leather bags, which Elezar will continue, the new line of bags will be created with Julie's artisitc flair, eye for fashion and unique sense of design.
celebrity fans: Kristen Bell, Mischa Barton, Hillary Duff, Fergie, Lindsay Lohan, Taryn Manning, Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, Jessica Simpson, Rachel Bilson and more.
find her designs at: elezar.com
** get 30% off any order through 8/31/07, code: stylebakery
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designer: Audree Halasz of Dutchy
design aesthetic: Funky, vintage-inspired Italian leather handbags for the practical women. The Fall '07 collection heads in a new direction for Dutchy: new sweet versatile colors, with stitching and button details.
standout pieces: The peety tara clutch, sassy doc and jet tote.
inspired by: Architecture, curves, nature and odd things like Clorox bottles.
backstory: Audree used to make costumes and one day decided to make a handbag. After wearing the bag out and getting tons of compliments, she started Dutchy.
celebrity fans: Paris Hilton recently bought two Dutchy bags.
get to know Audree: Visit her blog at handbaglady.wordpress.com
find her designs at: dutchy.net
** 60% off all Jet Collection items in stock now
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