May 2015 - PurseBlog

PurseForum Roundup – May 29

May 29, 2015 by Pattie Rechtman

It’s time to wrap up May, Roundup readers, and we are going to do it in fine style. This week, we stopped by our brand new Wardrobe Showcase subforum and paid visits to Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta. And that was just the beginning! Thanks for joining us on another romp through the PurseForum–let’s get to it. We … Read more

In Case You Missed It: The 5 Posts PurseBlog Readers Loved Most in May 2015

May 29, 2015 by Amanda Mull

This month included both a holiday weekend and an unofficial season change, so, as always, we forgive you if you haven’t read everything we’ve slaved over in this hot Internet kitchen. With new fall lookbooks and Cruise 2016 collections popping up left and right, though, you might have missed something well worth going back to see. To help you catch up before we roll into June, take a look below at the new posts your fellow readers visited most frequently in May 2015.

PurseBlog Beauty: Five Tools to Have in Your Summer Beauty Arsenal

May 29, 2015 by Amanda Mull

Every season has its own beauty challenges, and as we sweat our way into summer, you’re likely rediscovering all the frizzy hair and calloused feet that cold weather lets us forget about for a while. In an effort to help you solve your problems (which are also our problems), we did a little research and came up with five indispensable tools to help you look your best until Labor Day. We’ve got you covered from head to toe.

The 22 Best Bag Deals for the Weekend of May 29

May 29, 2015May 29, 2015 by Amanda Mull

Sale season comes but twice a year, and right now, we’re in the thick of it. We gave you the rundown on 30 incredible bag deals when the sales launched on Wednesday, and now that dust has settled and retailers have added some more stuff to their offerings, we’re back with 22 more. We have … Read more

@PursesandPaws Should Be Your Newest Obsession, Trust Us

May 28, 2015 by Megs Mahoney Dusil

Like many of you, I am Instagram obsessed. Once I launched the PurseBlog Instagram account a few years ago, I was hooked and it started to become a huge part of my day. While Vlad and I don’t have our own pet yet (we are planning to get a puppy sometime soonish!), I am still entirely enthralled with other people’s pets – like @pepperpaprikash above!

Moda Operandi’s Luxe Tech Trunkshow Includes a $115,000 Apple Watch

May 28, 2015 by Amanda Mull

When the Apple Watch pricing structure was announced, I couldn’t titter at the people who were predicting the downfall of western culture because it came in a $10,000 gold version. When you work in fashion, you know better than to think $10,000 is where luxury goods end. As I silently predicted, that was just the beginning–you can now get an after-market Apple Watch updated with even more gold and diamonds, plus several other tricked-out gadgets, at Moda Operandi.

The Many Bags of Racked’s New York Team

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 by Vlad Dusil

We’ve been running The Many Bags Of features for years, starting with celebrities and their vast collections of handbags. Racked.com is one of the sites I visit daily, and their team’s industry-insider series Working It gave us the idea to investigate what some of our favorite fashion people carry to work. Recently, we turned the lens on them.

We had the pleasure of hanging out with and photographing the team in Racked’s New York office, and they were just as we’d expected: laid-back and cool. Check out the bags the team carries to work below!

This Week, the Bag-Spotting is Great in Monaco, Nice & at Joel Silver’s Insane Memorial Day Pool Party

May 28, 2015 by Emily Anderson

Dear Mr. Joel Silver, I would like to humbly request an invite to your 2016 Memorial Day Pool Party. I know I’m making this request a full year in advance, but I’m allowing you plenty of time to get your ridiculously impressive, A-lister guest list completely nailed down before you start letting in randos like … Read more

Raf Simons Signed the Inside of Rihanna’s New Dior Bag

May 27, 2015 by Amanda Mull

The perks of mega-celebrity are too numerous to list; you can get into any restaurant you want without a reservation, boxes of free stuff arrive at your door every day, you’ve got enough money that you could quit on the spot and never work again. If you’re Rihanna, it means that not only do the world’s biggest designers give you their wares for free, but some of them also include a personalized note, right on your new Dior bag.

Bag Battles: Givenchy Leopard vs. Valentino Leopard

May 27, 2015 by Amanda Mull

Sometimes it’s easy to trace a print, material or size trend back to a particular source, but other times, it seems like a bunch of big designers met behind our backs and simply decided all to do the same thing at the same time. Leopard print is too classic and ubiquitous to really be called … Read more

The 30 Best Bags from All of This Week’s Recently Launched Sales

May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 by Amanda Mull

Sale season is great, but it’s also overwhelming; there are a lot of directions to look in, literally thousands of bags to sift through and decisions to be made. Because we’re here to help, I spent yesterday combing through the newly launched sale sections at Saks, Barneys, MATCHESFASHION.COM, ferfetch.com, SSENSE, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman to find the best of the new discounts. Below, you can peruse the fruits of my labor to get your sale season started on the right foot.

This Week is a Return to Form with Celeb Bags from Hermès, Prada, Louis Vuitton, & More

May 26, 2015 by Emily Anderson

Every few weeks, the celeb bag trend cycle resets itself, and everyone starts falling back on classic handbags from Hermès, Prada and the like. The hot new bags are still represented here (hello, Chloé Faye!), as are some increasingly popular designer clutch picks for the red carpet, but the big name brands definitely have the … Read more