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Welcome to # 24 – The Good News

by Mo on February 12, 2009

What’s Going On
Maybe Fall fashion is hitting NYC this week, but the rest of us are ready to shop for, and welcome, Spring! The hopeful colors of spring are popping up all around Smashing Darling as designers load up their boutiques with new inspiration. Mainstream fashion may be planning for 2010, but around these darling pages you can find one-of-a-kind clothing and accessories hot off the pattern table last week. We think that rocks. We hope you do too. Online or off, we think this Wall Street Journal article states it best:
…The clothes are exclusive, and the designers often offer alterations and special orders — as well as the pleasure of personal interaction with them.

Erika Hendrix, check out Spring

It Designer Limited Edition
What’s New
You heard it first here! First ever crowd-sourced fashion collection to be sold exclusively through Smashing Darling. We have Smashed Up with My It Things, a leading publisher of user-generated fashion content, to bring you the exclusive Pre-Sale of the ‘It Designer’ contest winner Wakana Koike’s Spring/Summer 2009 collection.
Read full story here.
Go check it out and be among the first to order these playful, yet sophisticated limited edition pieces for Spring/Summer 09. All fabrics were custom made by the Japanese ink-jet factory, Seiren, and were inspired by themes of ocean and sailing.
Coming Soon

Coming as soon as, oh -tomorrow!- New York Fashion week craziness! The darlings will be contributing from the outskirts making sure that the indie fashion scene is well, um…seen, and the voice heard. Fashion week now extends well beyond the tents especially for indie/emerging designers, and we will be there blogging, tweeting, and facebooking as much as we possibly can. Stay tuned to the Smashing Blog as well as Inside the Tents.

The Darlings end that run with a little ‘ole birthday, that’s right – ours! In our honor pop open a little pink bubbly, if you like, on the 20th of February when we officially become toddlers – we are TWO!

A Lil’ Lolita, by M641

Spring 09 Vegas Collection by Kitten Miami
Smashing Kudos and tidbits

Did we really forget all about Valentine’s Day? oops, but love rocks!…Find all things red here, and all things love here!…speaking of sweet, congrats to darling KRELwear – she is not only Daily Candy Miami’s Sweetest Thing but her designs graced the cover of Ocean Drive last month!…Brooklyn Royalty is cutting edge….We have a new manifesto – go read it!…OutsaPop is fabulous, we like the way she thinks…and a quick thank you to Brea Grant for shouting us out again!

Until next time…

cheers ~ the Darlings

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trish

Actress Brea Grant Shares her Editor’s Picks With Us

by trish on January 9, 2009

I love clothes and I love Smashing Darling. Supporting indie designers is the best way to give a gift this holiday season. And not just Christmas. As my friends know, no one receives a gift for me until after New Year’s and so this year, I’m embracing it. I am only giving “Happy 2009″ gifts or perhaps even, “Congrats on all you’ve accomplished in 2008″ gifts. Possibly even, “Don’t worry – this year will be better” gifts. Regardless, people appreciate gifts, no matter how late they are.

Picking just a few things was very hard so I chose one item and paired other items with it. This is often the way I create an outfit. I’ll have one handbag or one necklace and create the outfit based on an accessory instead of adding accessories to finish an outfit off. I feel like I’m playing dress up already….
I started with the gorgeous Flowers in the Dark earrings by Fancy Footwork.
I love dark earrings because they contrast with my hair and I feel like they go with anything. I am also a huge fan of vintage so these earrings caught my eye right away. These earrings really make a statement for me and I felt like I could match lots of stuff with them- so I did.

The 50’s Black Swing Dress by hello, fabulous is perfect for both dressing up or dressing down. Because everything is dark, you could pair a cute pair of bright shoes or a bright handbag. I thought the Anna purse would match the dress and the earrings perfectly for a nice night out.

When I’m not feeling girly and vintage-y, I’m probably wearing a cool tank top. The Anouk tank is exactly what I like to wearing on a day-to-day basis with a cute pair of jeans and, of course, cute earrings. I also picked out the BrooklynSoul Flutter Bracelet for this outfit just because it was so damn cute. Both are very affordable and created by awesome indie designers – what more could you ask for?

The next item is for all my girls with a lot of vintage dresses. If you’re like me, you buy the dress and then never wear it because you don’t own the right undergarments. The Mergirl Vixen Slip could fix that problem
right away. (By the way, this is the perfect gift for any vintage-loving lady in your life. Hint, hint.)

Everything in the Lara Miller collection is gold. For this particular outfit creation, I went with the Erin Miller dress It’s like a million dresses in one and it looks completely classy. Perfect for multiple occasions and no one will no you are wearing the same dress, you sneaky thing. Plus, you could pair it up with any jewelry.

I love this Erika Hendrix tunic. It’s so rock-n-roll and there’s so much you could pair it with especially a long necklace like the one from RockLove Jewelry. Both items could be such a fun outfit. Pair them up with the original black earrings to look very awesome.

Lastly, I wanted to include something crazy sexy and I think the BOAZ Silk Tuxedo Dress just screams sex appeal Perfect for a night out. I picked the Go Robot! Toronto Bangles to go with it so there was a splash of color. – Brea Grant

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Mo

Welcome to # 22 – The Good News

by Mo on December 11, 2008

What’s Going On
Hey there darlings! We hope this news-blast finds you in a celebratory mood as you prepare for your-holiday-of-choice this season. We have many things to be joyful about…maybe we forgot to tell you about a new Darling fan? Brea Grant from the NBC show Heroes added us to her list, check it out -and be sure to check out Julie’s picks
while you are there! This Angela Johnson dress to the right would sure look adorable on Brea…hmmm. Keep your eyes peeled, you never know whose dress she’ll stroll down the red carpet in next. Maybe, just maybe, it will come right off the Smashing Darling pages.

T-shirt Baby Doll

Corset, tulle, feathers, oh my!
What’s New
A few tidbits we want to share with you. First, whether you know your fashion lingo or not, check out our new addition to the blog: The Vocabulary. Hint: Be sure to scroll down; do not miss the amazing Madeleine Vionnet evening dress.
Next up,are you a goth-darling? Whether you are or not you will be entranced by the current exhibit at the FIT Museum: Gothic, Dark Glamour. Check out the online exhibit and  videos here. Strolling through the dark basement labyrinth at FIT yesterday, we couldn’t help but think of the gorgeous and darkly romantic creations of darling Papusza Couture, (left).
**Please let us know about any exhibits in your area, send us an email about your experience…maybe we’ll post your thoughts in the blog!

Coming Soon
Wow. A new year on the way. 2009, can you believe it? Seems like just yesterday the first Darling newsletter was sent out. We are grateful, for you, our Darling community – so thanks for being a part of it. We are also grateful for the new friends we have made along the way. Cheers to you all! Rest assured that the Darlings have great new collaborations coming up early in the new year – new features, more fun. That is one resolution we will keep.

Burgundy plaid & cream sateen

1930s riding cocktail hat
Smashing Kudos and tidbits
Kudos to darling milliner Anne De Pasquale
(left) who landed in the New York Times Style section on Black Friday…the crew at the Steel Closet stays warm in San Fran in a sweater by Love, Anjia…a top ten list discovers Smashing Darling, and others, delivering fashion from another perspective…the fabulous e-list.com shouts out some Darling love to the CT shoreline – thank you!..and two more reminders: find us on Facebook, find us on Twitter!
Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays, Peace, Love
from the Darlings ~ to all of you


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trish

Juliedarling guest posts her indie designer list for Brea Grant’s Blog

by trish on December 8, 2008

Wanted to share Juliedarling’s guest pot she did for Brea Grant’s Blog. I am looking forward to seeing more. I love that the highlight on indie design!

here is an excerpt from Juliedarling’s guest post:

Hi! juliedarling here to interrupt your regularly scheduled Brea list (~ insert loud high pitched noise~)

OK, now that I’ve got your attention, Brea has asked me to guest post today with a juliedarling list. Why a juliedarling list you ask, and who is juliedarling anyway? I’m the co-founder of www.smashingdarling.com, a site where you can find over 450 of the hottest indie fashion designers you’ve never seen. It’s my job to rock indie fashion, find hot new designers, and keep people like you looking smashing … and I love doing just that.

You can read the rest of the post and see all of the highlighted designers in Brea Grant’s Blog.

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