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Indie Fashion Finds: New On Smashing Darling

by trish on January 16, 2012

It’s January. The calendar just flipped to a new year. This always makes me get a little dreamy. I dream about what will be in the months to come. I dream about all the goodness to happen. I dream about where I want to be in my life. I think about the 12 months I have before me to reach my new goals and make things happen. This always seems a good time to me to have fun with my wardrobe too. I like to buy something might not wear to the office … something just for me that reminds me the whole year to keep dreaming.

BOHO Chic Green Cotton Maxi Dress

Boho Chic Green Cotton Maxi by Stacie May of San Diego, CA

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Pim Like A Feather Earrings

Pim Like Feather Earrings by Manic Trout of Austin, TX

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Papusza Stain Psychedeliqua Tri-colored Crinoline Tutu Size

Psychedelique Tri-Colored Crinoline Tutu by Papusza Couture of Brooklyn, NY

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Antoinette Zsa Zsa Bling Ring Fuchsia

Antoinette Zsa Zsa Bling Ring by Manic Trout of Austin, TX

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Xanadu women's dress

Xanadu Dress by Coral Turner of London, UK

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trish

Art Basel: Papusza Couture in Gemma Fleming’s TWINS Exhibit/Installation

by trish on November 30, 2011

Kaytee Papusza has been a darling designer from just about day one. We at Smashing Darling are always so excited to see what is coming next for her and her collection of work. We celebrate her ability to push the boundary and blur the line between fashion and art. Fashion is her art. She is always the first to remind us of that. This message is not delivered vocally but instead shown to us visually through the amazing projects and other artists she works with.

Those of you who will be in Miami for Basel this year, please be sure to pop by Haired at the Cream Hotel to see the debut of Gemma Fleming’s TWINS. Kaytee did the costuming for the video, using pieces from Papusza Couture’s Oceania Etherea Collection, as well as select pieces from artist/designer/dear friend Mika Mae Jones. The opening reception will be on December 1st from 3-10, but the show will be up through the 4th.

Art Basel: Papusza Couture in Gemma Fleming's TWINS Exhibit/Installation at LMNT Gallery

Read more about our darling Kaytee, here.

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Mo

Miami Independent Fashion: KRELwear Summer Sample Sale

by Mo on July 20, 2011

KRELwear is back in Miami, ready to join some other great brands on the beach at the Funkshion Tent in South Beach this week.

/Thursday & Friday July 21 & 22, Free to the public 2 pm – 9 pm
To take advantage on the sale on-line, go here: Smashing Darling Sample Sale.
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(Wednesday July 20, 6 – 9 pm Special VIP Reception hosted by Gilt City by Invitation Only)

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trish

Nicki Minaj Loves KRELwear

by trish on December 17, 2010

Smashing Darling is happy and honored to be one of the few places you can get KRELwear & KREL’s DiscGlo collection … so all you Niki Minaj fans, if you are loving Niki’s must have look, you can have it too! Shop KREL- DiscGlo online at Smashing Darling. Lucky, lucky you if you are in Miami, KRELwear is having a sale Dec. 18th, 2010.
In the last month Nicki Minaj has blown up like crazy!
KREL feels so honored to have Nicki as a fan!

and more to come!!!
buy your KREL check out Smashing Darlings
or make an appointment with Karelle@krelwear.com

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Mo

Shop Miami Independent Fashion: KRELwear sale this weekend!

by Mo on December 17, 2010

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Shop KREL on Smashing Darling:

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KREL Disc Glo

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Art Basel Miami: Krelwear Quickie Couture and Darling Collaboration

by Mo on December 2, 2010

If you are down in sunny Miami for Art Basel, go find Darling Karelle Levy and have some quickie couture whipped up – just for you – at the SCOPE Art Show. Read all about the story of KREL 2 Go and see where else to find KRELwear this weekend in her newsletter. Shop KRELwear knits in her Darling boutique, and don’t miss the her DiscGlo collection. Wait darlings! More darling collaboration magic shows up in Miami tonight. PapuszaCouture with the help of Katie Burley have a couture installation at the SCOPE soiree tonight, click below for details!

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SCOPE and ARTISTS WANTED: The Night Event, details

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trish

Krelwear Is Having A Sale

by trish on June 2, 2010

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Thin Tank Tunic

now just $80.00

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Varigated Shrug

Now only $49.00

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Patterned Cowl Dress

Now only $135.00

Krelwear just slashed their prices to more than 50% off! The items listed above are just the tip of the iceberg. Shop the full sale Krelwear collection at Smashing Darling.

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trish

Krel 2 Go, Quicky Couture at Style Lab Miami

by trish on April 23, 2010

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READY… STEADY… THREADY!
KREL 2 GO
QUICKIE COUTURE
AT
STYLE LAB
SAT & SUN APRIL 23-24
3:00pm – 11:00pm
55th Street Station
(55th and Biscayne)
Join the family and get your thread on with Miami-based fashion and textile designer, Karelle Levy, creating custom fit knits in under an hour. These quickie couture one-of-a-kind pieces are constructed from fabric designed personally by Ms. Levy, Style Wars National Champion, Miami New Times Best Fashion Designer and a GenArt Fresh Face of Fashion. Each unique design is a collaboration between the client and the designer, with all the nuance and preciousness of KRELwear’s sought-after hand-knit couture. The entire experience is captured by Polaroid and added to the KREL-2-GO family album; a ritual that echoes a sense of “working together” to make something magical.
www.krelwear.com Shop Krelwear’s full collection on line here.

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KREL REBEL YELL Fall 2010 Collection at Eden Roc

by trish on March 19, 2010

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Expanding upon themes of the transformative and performative, KREL’s 2010 Fall Collection is comprised of a limited number of unique, hand-knit pieces, all of which are inspired by KREL’s 2009 visit to Iceland Fashion Week.
KREL’s Fall 2010 palette explores the muted tones of Iceland’s natural, volcanic landscape, juxtaposed with moments of brightness, like the pools of nearly-neon geothermal water that dot the treeless fields of lava rock.  Inspired by this incredible Icelandic journey, KREL’s Fall 2010 Collection celebrates the multi-faceted, resilient and bold, through shape, color, perspective all of which amorphous and ripe with potential.
An innovative knitwear line, KRELwear is renowned for its one-of-a-kind, hand-knit “deconstructed” dresses and separates made with tubular knitting techniques, all executed in a wide array of yarn and texture combinations.  In the spirit of innovation, each season, KRELwear reinvents itself, developing its line by combining minimal cuts with unique textiles, creative construction, and a mixture of fibers, including recycled, repurposed and organic yarns wherever possible. Known for versatility, KRELwear epitomizes the transition from day to night, with sexy, playful, sophisticated silhouettes.
KREL REBEL YELL FALL 2010 COLLECTION
THURSDAY MARCH 25, 2010
10:00 PM
ROCK FASHION WEEK
EDEN ROC
4525 COLLINS AVE
MIAMI BEACH
Contact: Daria Brit Shapiro

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Mo

Welcome to #36: Indie Fashion, All the Time

by Mo on February 12, 2010

What’s Going On

The craze of NYC Fashion Week has arrived, and with it a blanket of sparkling snow! Bloggers are in a tizzy, with good reason, out there covering shows to bring you details and images galore. Want to see a runway show? Well, it’s not too hard to catch a livestream this season. We love how fashion is becoming more accessible to you, wherever you are. Mostly we love how tech is making it easier for you to connect with designers everywhere making your clothes – THAT is fabulous.

Connect in Cali

We dedicate this newsletter to all of the Darling designers out there promoting their work all the time, and the communities supporting them. We can’t get everyone in one email, but you get the drift. Oakland based Darlings, FiftySeven-Thirty Three have a good thing going on. Buy up some of their sweet screenprinted goodies and show it off. Join their Flickr Beautiful People group, or better yet -click here- to show off your sexy and win in their latest contest. FInd them and be a fan on Facebook.
For more SF indie fashion goodness, check out SFindiefashon.com.

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Chicago Darlings

With the Chicago Fashion Incubator supporting emerging designers in the windy city there is a steady stream of indie fashion happenings rolling in. Darlings Anna Hovet, Lara Miller, and Che Woo Designs,  immediately pop into our head. We are thrilled that these darlings have so much support in their community. If you are in the Chicago area, or headed there for a weekend, keep an eye on the Darling blog – there is sure to be an event supporting indie designers while you are there!
Follow what all of these Darlings are doing on Twitter:
Anna Hovet: @annahovet, Lara Miller: @LaraMiller, Che Woo Designs: @chewoodesigns.

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Ohhhh Miami

The snow is falling here, sun is shining there. No matter the weather, Karelle Levy, designer of Krelwear, either has an event (or two or three) happening, is planning one, or is at her studio (or maybe at the Standard) knitting her heart out. If you get the chance to have her whip you up a piece of quickie-couture, ask her what it’s like to be an independent designer, and get ready to be inspired. If you are in Miami anytime soon, check out her installation: Oh The Tangled Webs We Weave.

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cheers ~ the Darlings

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