Friday, April 22, 2011

my bag on the sartorialist...



could you imagine my excitment this afternoon when i hopped onto the sartorialist's blog to see my jil sander market acetate bag featured in one of his posts. i love the way she is wearing it, it really pops against her all black outfit. i love her mix of high and low, the juxtaposition of the opulent fur with the high-top velcro sneaker, and don't get me started on her hair, a-mazing...

Thursday, April 14, 2011

PELAYO...

k a t e l o v e s m e: Object of desire (5) - JIL SANDER

super excited to see this post on 'katelovesme.net' yesterday. my favourite blogger pelayo diaz zapico shares my love for the jil sander market acetate bag. lucky for me, i have it, not so much for mr. diaz...
love what he says about it, so appropriate...

Sunday, April 3, 2011

the amazing ms. wintour

welcome to the family...

look at what arrived in the mail for me today...

it's the jil sander market acetate bag that i featured in my last post, which, for me, was one of the stand-out accessories of the spring/summer 2011 collections. not because it is flashy or even that pretty, but it makes a statement. it's so pedestrian, but the fabrication, colour and ease of it make it super-appealing.


i ordered it off 'net-a-porter' last thursday and it arrived at the post office this morning... which i have to say is amazing, considering it came from 'net-a-porter's' headquarters in london, and over the weekend. it was such a treat to un-wrap, all done up with monogrammed ribbon, then inside, was a little dust-bag, inside it, was a tape measure [monogrammed, of course] and a pamphlet to fill in with all your measurements, such a great idea, easy to refer to when making your next purchase. then came the best bit, the jil sander dust-bag which held my precious... ...as featured in 'bazaar collections, spring 2011 edition' ...me and my jil sander market acetate bag ...getting artsy ... and with the rest of my birthday presents, BOOKS, 'i-d covers: 1980-2010,' 'prada,' 'backstage dior' and 'tom ford' ...as featured on the jil sander spring 2011 runway in milan, 25th september 2010 shot by jak & jil's tommy ton during milan fashion week, february 2011