Hello-Hello and Gobble-Gobble!

For those thinking about an excursion (there’s a euphemism!) of a retail kind in the next several days, we offer our list of Sales and Savings this Thanksgiving weekend.  We may update it once again before the weekend concludes, but are more likely to revel in the company of family and preparations for our Pink & Green Monday!

That’s right, 20% off everything at The Princess for one day only, complete with our free gift wrapping! Use promo code PGM at checkout to receive your discount on all of our preppy goodies!

Here is information on other preptastic retailers; well, mostly preptastic. As always, check with your local store, shopping center or outlet mall for specific hours and details.

J. Crew: Already underway online, take an additional 20% off merchandise only, use promo code EXTRA20 at checkout.

J. Crew Outlet stores: before 8am Friday morning take an additional 40% off Clearance merchandise, other weekend discounts at Crew outlets include 30– 50% off select holiday styles & 30–40% off select Crewcuts holiday styles.

Lacoste: Already underway online, 30% off all merchandise, use promo code THANKS09 at checkout to receive the discount; ends 11/30/09.

Lilly Pulitzer: On Friday only spend $500 and receive a limited edition Resort Tote like the one seen below (a $200 value); gift wrapping is also complimentary all day on Friday.

Polo Ralph Lauren: Already underway, 25% Off, use promo code HOL2009, ends 12/7/09

Ralph Lauren Factory Stores: 20% discount on purchases of $150+ after midnight Thanksgiving night/Friday morning until 10am.

Brooks Brothers: Friday & Saturday 7am – Noon receive an additional 15% off your entire purchase; receive an additional 5% when using your MasterCard or your Brooks Brothers Platinum MasterCard.

Brooks Brothers Factory Stores: 40 percent off all items until Sunday, and an extra 10 percent off of this Friday and Saturday until noon.

Banana Republic: We have heard but have not confirmed that on Friday only cashmere sweaters will be Buy One, Get One free

Banana Republic Outlets: 40% Off Any Purchase.

Ann Taylor: “Style Steals” on various items now through Sunday.

Ann Taylor Loft: “Style Steals” on various items now through Sunday.

Tommy Hilfiger Outlet Stores: 40% off the entire store all day on Black Friday and additional discounts for specific days; to download coupons providing these markdowns, click here.

The Gap: Already underway and online-only, 50% off all regularly-priced  Men’s & Women’s Sweaters, Kids & Baby Cozy Fleece styles.

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Here is what we can share on the more standard department stores, offered with an apology for the more East Coast-centric emphasis:

Saks 5th Avenue: Starts online Thursday and at 8am Friday in stores, up to 60% off original prices on selections for her & him, various additional offers too lengthy to list; also free shipping for any online order, use promo code HOLIDAY9, offer valid through midnight Monday night (the 30th)

Neiman Marcus: The Women’s Apparel Sale is already underway with up to 40% off original prices; there is also free shipping on any online orders until midnight 11/3/09, use promo code NMNOV at checkout.

Neiman Marcus Last Call: Shoppers using their Neiman’s card will receive an additional 25% off, ends 12/1; select stores are open midnight-8am as well, click here for details.

Barneys: their sale is already underway online with up to 40% off on select merchandise.

Bergdorf Goodman: free shipping with any online order, use promo code SHOPBG at checkout.

For more information on special sales, promotions and the like, here are a few general interest sites that may be of assistance:

• Black-Friday.net
• BlackFridayAds
• GottaDeal.com
• BlackFriday2009.com

With that, farewell until next time, and may everyone enjoy a simply splendid Thanksgiving!

Gobble-Gobble.

Alright alright. You are reading my last post from my France trip.

I figured I needed to stop dragging my feet about it, and to just post it, before things here start picking up and I start making other cool things I want to post photos of.

But Vernissage, our final exhibit, was amazing. It took a lot of work getting it all ready, but everyone was running busily around the village, and was much fun.

I don’t know what I was thinking that weekend, but I only took photos of the fibers studio, and nothing else.

I will explain a bit what Vernissage consisted of, because talking to my mom, she didn’t really understand, and I think that was my lack in explaining what it was.

Basically, “Vernissage” is the French word for “opening” and used in reference to art openings. So that’s all that means, is we put together our own show (which you’d probably figured out anyways). But since there were a few different majors represented at SCAD Lacoste this past quarter (as there always is) and many talented students, we had a lot of things to find places for, and took over Rue du Four. We were in little galleries up and down the street, in back rooms and in our various studio spaces we’d been in all quarter. There was a lot of stuff, and everything (really, everything!) looked GREAT. I really am going to one day be looking through a magazine, see a commercial or billboard, or be reading a design blog, and will see something someone did and be able to truthfully say, “Oh! I lived in France with them for 8 weeks when I was a senior at SCAD.”

I know talented people, for real.

So here is a little bit of what the Fibers room looked like at Vernissage. Please look at Lissa Nancy’s blog, because I know she is the only one that took before and after photos and while they’re not on her blog yet, I’m sure she’ll put the up when she’s back in the states. (She gets home today, so she can finally feast on our long awaited guacamole!!!!!!!!!!!)

Kara and my kitchen display.

Me with the things I made (and a few of Kara’s!)

Megan and Caitlin making a sale of my napkins!

Cute Kara with her wonderful tea towels.

Kara Wentz- tea towels.

My napkins- 6 sets, 4 napkins in each. 3 designs.

Elise Fornell.

Allison White- off loom weavings.

Erica Parker- beautiful aprons and hats.

Whitney Sharpe- exquisite embroidered portraits.

Caitlin Betsy Bell- quilts.

Megan Kiehna- wonderful linen and French things.

Lexi Paladin0- the best Christmas ornaments I have ever seen.

Caitlin Betsy Bell.

Paige Striebig- Incredible handmade lace, dress. She’s insane. And amazing.

And here are some detail photos of my napkins done with my favorite thing: free motion embroidery:

It was a wonderful wonderful show, and we had a lot of fun.

I wish I had photos of the rest of the things that happened, but browse around the blogs on the right, and see what you can find. I have a lot of people from Lacoste on there, so I’m sure you’ll find something.

Thanks so much if you’ve been reading these blogs faithfully while I’ve been in France. I truly did miss home so much while I was away am I am so glad to be back, but I already feel a little bit like it was a dream! It really was such a wonderful quarter and I wouldn’t ever trade it for anything else, despite how much I missed home sometimes. It was such an incredible time, and I did tons of things. I have only touched the surface of my travels on this blog, but I did the best I could without saying too much. (Although I’m sure I did sometimes.)

I will be in Florida for the next month or so, before going back to Savannah, but I plan on making lots of cute things over the break, and continuing to do fun things and take photos, and continue to update this blog, so it’s not ending here, although it won’t be as dependable, that’s for sure.

But that is all for now. Happy Thanksgiving (tomorrow) and welcome home to my fellow France loving friends.

xoxoxox.

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Hello-Hello and greetings from a rather frenzied Prepatorium!

We jump right in today with a look at some of the young ladies making their debut this weekend at the Bal Crillon in Paris, always a fascinating event filled with pretty people and stunning party frocks. (Previous participants include Lauren Bush, Scout Willis, Victoria and Vanessa Traina, and Lily Collins.)

This year’s group includes Francesca Eastwood, daughter of Clint Eastwood, seen on the right in the photo below; younger sister Morgan is on the left.

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Also entering society, Lady Kitty Spencer, seen below on the cover of Tatler, (she was named the magazine’s ‘Girl of the Year’).  The young Lady is the daughter of Earl Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother.

Seen in a more casual photo, this debutante will be wearing British couturier Bruce Oldfield, a favorite designer of Princess Diana’s.

Frederic Nebinger/ABACAPRESS.COM

Also making her official entry into society, Autumn Whitaker, daughter of Forest Whitaker and actress/model Keisha Whitaker.

Christophe Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

Today’s story in WWD about the Bal notes that Miss Whitaker will be wearing Jason Wu and shares a bit more on her escort:

“Friend William Bellingham, who can trace his ancestry back to Sir Anthony of Bellingham, 8th Baronet of Castlebellingham.”

A young lady who happens to be a delightful blogger is also part of this year’s class, Jane Aldridge.

Frederic Nebinger/ABACAPRESS.COM

Miss Aldridge writes the Sea of Shoes blog and has also designed two capsule shoe collections for Urban Outfitters. We are guessing the teen is probably more concerned about her hair than she is about shoes at this time; here is part of Saturday’s post from her blog:

Courtesy Sea of Shoes

Miss Aldridge will be wearing Chanel Haute Couture.  We can only hope the poor child’s hair turns out as she hopes.

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The holiday season increases the amount of merchandise described as ‘preppy’, with most merchandise labeled this way resembling nothing most readers would own, but it is that time of year.  We were pleasantly surprised when perusing the Prepster gift guide at PlazaToo suggesting this Shearwater Boot from Sperry.

On the flip side of the coin, a new boot debuting this Friday, created jointly by Ralph Lauren and Ronnie Fieg.

The new Ranger “Cookie” boot will only be available at hip shoe emporium David Z and its online site.  Clearly not for us, but the David Z site does have some fabulous markdowns on footwear for those in the mood for a little harmless shoe surfing. (Ahem.)

We move to another Ralph Lauren-related item, one of today’s updates to our Black Friday listings.  The Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Outlet Stores offer a 20% discount on purchases of $150+ after midnight Thanksgiving night/Friday morning.

Courtesy Polo Ralph Lauren

We enjoyed the helpful suggestions included with a portion of the copy detailing this year’s Midnight Madness event, tips on how a “well-planned excursion creates a more enjoyable environment” and remembering the “generous spirit of the season”.

Courtesy Polo Ralph Lauren

Ah, an effort at bringing civility to a rather uncivil occasion, laudable on PLR’s part.

We also have an update on Lacoste; this retailer is not waiting until after Thanksgiving to start its sale.

Lacoste is offering 30% off all merchandise as of now; use promo code THANKS09 at checkout to receive the discount.

Eddie Bauer is promoting its Thanksgiving Weekend sale; like Lacoste’s promotion, the Bauer sale is also in progress.  Yesterday’s post offers more Preppish Sales and Savings information.

Finally, we close with a look at our “9 Under $10“.

This was actually supposed to be “10 Gifts Under $10,” but someone here at the Prepatorium is clearly incapable of performing the most rudimentary math functions. (That would be yours truly, most assuredly not The Consort.)

At any rate, our idea was to make a quick and easy list of preptastic gift ideas for Christmas, Hanukkah, whatnot, all of them under $10. Friends who visit us on Polyvore may have already seen this little effort, but we want to blanket the Planet (heh-heh) as part of our ongoing efforts to Protect Your Pocketbook. The Seaside-themed Notecards, Custom Key Fobs, Magnet Packs and everything else you see is fiscally friendly, $10 or less.

With that shameless self-promotion, we say G’Bye until next time, may everyone enjoy a perfectly splendid evening!

Eu adoro saia de cintura alta com camiseta ou camisa usada para dentro. Lembro que na década de 90 teve o boom dos bodies. Aqui no Rio de Janeiro, nessa época, a Ecletic vendia (e como vendia!) várias opções de cores e tecidos. Os bodies me parecem que cairam um pouco em desuso (algumas mulheres não acham prático abotoar em baixo) mas uma coisa é certa: eles garantem que a blusa fique esticadinha e perfeita! Esta aí, quando eu encontrar vendendo vou arrematar um para mim!

Foto do desfile da Lacoste, primavera 2010. (Style.com)

It comes and it goes…

The BIG Holiday Outlet Sale 2009 will be held at the SMX Convention Hall 4 this December 4 – 6 from from 10AM to 9PM.

Free entrance for all BPI Cardholders and Php 50 entrance fee for non-cardholders.

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 Married to the MOB + Lacoste, saiu isso:

Achei lindo!

I testpiloternas uppdrag ingår alltid att prova minst en doft vid varje testomgång. Premiärdoften blev Lacostes Challenge och om den gick åsikterna minst sagt isär. Så här skrev några av piloterna om denna klassiskt aromatiska doft:

“Mycket fräsch doftinledning. Men jag upplevde att den dessvärre inte stannade kvar alltför länge.”

Jan, 63, promoter.

“Lacoste Challange har en väldigt diskret lukt som den första veckan inte alls sticker ut eller gör sig påmind.
Tills man splashat lite på huden så luktar den rentav billig, men blir därefter ganska fräsch. Efter nån timme får den “rundare” och angenämare doft och den träigare lukten börjar ta över. Från att ha tyckt den var en katastrof första veckan så har jag övergått till att faktiskt tycka att den är rätt ok även om den fortfarande inte sticker ut. Inget man skulle ha på nobelmiddagen men faktiskt ganska fräsch.”

Aron, 30, programmerare.

“En väldigt frisk och dominerande citrusdoft, för att sedan bli tyngre och mer träig, mellannoterna försvann på mig. Så för mig kändes den mer som en skvätt citron, för att sedan tyna bort. Trevlig doft för dagsbruk och då mer som en uppfräschning efter gymmet, men definitivt ingen höjdare. Prismässigt tycker jag att den ligger lite för högt, runt 250-300 hade känts lagom.”

Anders, 47, akupunktör.

“Det häftigaste med den här parfymen måste väl vara flaskan där locket imiterar handtaget på en tennisracket. Lacoste säger sig vilja återvända till rötterna med den här doften, och visst kommer man att tänka på tennis, men inte så mycket den 80-tals glamour som en gång förknippades med sporten utan mer herrarnas omklädningsrum efter matchen. Det doftar inte dåligt, men ointressant och inte särskilt nyskapande. En svennedoft för Kalle Anka Cup.”

Jesper, 36, tv-journalist.

“En sportig doft som passar perfekt efter träningen.”

Daniel, 23, gruppträningsinstruktör.

La marca del cocodrilo le da un salto de calidad al modelo, sacandolo en 1 pieza..El release llega en 3 colorways diferentes: Purpura, plata y azul…Ya estan a la venta en retailers exclusivos de la marca como Flauge…

Buying authentic designer brands are an investment in themselves and so where you buy them can make all the difference. In a time challenged world, when you don’t really have the time to visit the brick-and-mortar stores, you may take the easier way out and shop online. In fact online shopping is taking the world by the storm and to cash on its popularity, many high end brands are taking the online route to improve their sales.

While online selling has its advantages in that the stores are open 24×7 enabling people to shop at any time of the day and night from the comforts of their homes, it also has its disadvantages, the major being that people can be taken for a ride. This is all the more possible with online stores selling fake brands. All they need is to put up images and pictures that closely resemble the originals and since as a customer you can not touch and examine the clothes and accessories closely, there are high chances that you can mistake the fakes for the originals.

So the question arises, how to identify a store that is authentic and is selling genuine brands and not fakes. If you don’t have the time to shop in person and are considering buying from an online source, you must make sure the store is authentic. For this, check out the reviews of the customers on the online store’s website. Testimonials are an important way of identifying if the store is genuine.

Secondly, you must check out social networking sites and try to find the reviews of the people who have bought from a particular store. In fact studies reveal that a majority of the people in the USA first ask for reviews of a particular product, service or store in the social networking sites before actually making a purchase. For example, if you are buying from Ebay, you can go to the discussion groups for the item you have in mind. You’ll come across various threads on fakes, how to identify fakes and if some one has had a bad experience from which you can learn. Then again there are many expert buyers who can offer you tips on how to identify the fakes from the genuine.

Then again, you must have an idea of the price of the clothes or accessory that you wish to purchase. Always remember that branded goods usually come in limited editions and are expensive. So if a particular online store is selling these products at lower rates, chances are they are probably fake.

If you don’t have much experience in buying brands, be it clothes, shoes, or handbags, you should first visit a brick-and-mortar store that is nearby and get an idea of their colors and look. Designer products usually come in limited colors and patterns and develop what you can say is an experienced eye, you would be able to identify the genuine products.

Finally, you can visit the website of a particular brand and write to their customer care to enquire which online stores stocks their brand.

Autor – http://www.designerstudiostore.com

LACOSTE X MARRIED TO THE MOB-HIRONIA

REEBOK THE PUMP X ATMOS

JORDAN SPIZ’IKE WINTERIZED BOOT

(Via: Sneakersbr.com)

After 81 days, 5 flights, 4 train rides, 5 countries, 1345 photos, 39 youtube video uploads, 28 blog posts, 4 times of crying out of sadness, 2 times of crying tears of joy, and an uncountable number of tears while laughing; 15,000 dance parties, 5 birthdays, 21 embroideries, 30+ field trips, 4 times of eating sushi, 80 songs purchased on itunes, 2 internships set up (Melissa & me), 2 failed attempts at guacamole, 3,000 rants with Lexi, more sweet & meaningful conversations with Kara, a few days of homesickness and despair, but more days of utter joy and amazement, seeing fall change for the first time, 40 sent postcards, dozens of markets and countless vendors, tons of cute dogs, mastery of the Thriller dance, 1 night of karaoke, 1 stolen spoon, lots of coffee & chocolate, an uncountable number of emails, 24 napkins, 6 sales, tons of new and amazing friendships, and I’m finally home.

I have yet to sit and look over my pictures, journal, and blog and to absorb what in the world I just did. It was fun and exciting and I loved it. I am so happy to be home though, although it has been a weird past few days adjusting again to being here.

It is odd that the French culture is so slow paced, but I feel like my life sped up over the time I was there, and now that I’m back in America, where things are supposed to be faster and crazier, I have no idea what to do with myself!

NYC-based women’s streetwear label Married To The Mob linked up with Lacoste to create a collaborative version of the brand’s Hironia silhouette.  Pretty simple collab, the design features a lace overlay, which is clearly inspired by French designer Christian Louboutin, within a black and slightly metallic purple colourway.  No further details have been released as of yet, but stay tuned!

SOURCE: HypeBeast

Please excuse my lack of words, but I’ve been at my laptop working on my capstone project since 1pm today. I am utterly exhausted.

image via c’est la vie

Fala-se muito das cores de verão mas a mistura de todas elas, que é o branco, é a minha preferida! Não absorve muito calor, é chique e deixa o visual limpo. Um vestido branco é a peça “tem que ter” do armário para usa-lo em qualquer época do ano. É uma tela branca, seja para acrescentar mais cores (nos acessórios, por exemplo) ou não!

Foto do desfile da Lacoste, primavera 2010. (Style.com)

The guy who likes to leave his phone on the street has got another habit (also phone related) which is annoying. He will still be pressing snooze for the alarm he has set an hour and a half after it first went off. Why not just set it to go off later instead of waking me up early for the past 2 days! Plonker.

I had a later than intended one last night, there’s a Dutch guy who works here who I was having a few drinks with. A very clever and interesting bloke though also quite weird. He is either a compulsive liar or has had a Forrest Gump/Benjamin Button style life in his short 23 years on this rock. I’m not sure which it is.

The weather is great here today, it’s in the mid 20s. So it will make for a good day of wandering about.

The first place I went to was the San Mamés Stadium. They do a tour but once again I had more or less hit siesta time. I saw the outside at least and I’ll see how I’m doing for time later and maybe take a proper look then, I’m not really that bothered though if I have to leave it.

The main bus station is right next to the ground so I had a look at the bus times to San Sebastian. Pretty much every half hour, so that’s nice and easy.

While walking down the main shopping street on my way to the Guggenheim I nipped into the Lacoste shop as I always do. I don’t know why I bother as even though they have some mega threads, their stuff is so expensive. I saw a nice jacket. €310. I didn’t have to mull that one over for too long.

As much as I like Spain, it will be a bit of a relief to get into France as I’ve found it pretty difficult trying to order food, very difficult at times in fact. Before my next visit a crash course in Spanish might be in order.

The Guggenheim was good. It cost me €11 to get in though if I was 26 rather than 27 my student card would have got me in for €6.50. Doh.

There isn’t actually that much in there, I managed to get s decent look at eveything in 2 hours. Some of the stuff seems very pretentious to me. Mainly some of the video installations on the ground floor, ‘Zidane’ being a good example.

I really enjoyed the massive exhibition of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s work. I’m hardly very well up on architecture but I could appreciate how amazing some of his designs are, about half of which were actually realised.

I liked the abstract and surrealism stuff too, that sort of thing appeals to me. The works they have by Kandinsky and Gottlieb is particularly good.

The building itself is also very impressive. If you’re in Bilbao and you don’t intend to go inside the Guggenheim, you should at least take a walk down the river to it just to see the exterior.

Crikey it’s a strange bus infrastructure in Basque country. I got to the bus station at about 18:15 with the intention of getting the 18:30. I then bought a ticket from the automated machine for €7, all hunky dory so far. When at 18:35 my bus still hadn’t turned up at platform 2, 3 or 4 (as the screen stated) I was a touch concerned and begun to check the destinations on the other buses nearby and show my ticket to the drivers just in case. It was lucky I did as with the 2nd one I tried it was my bus apparently, even though it had Santander (which is in the opposite direction) as the destination and was parked at platform 8. Barmy these Basque lot.

The hostel (Olga’s Place) is okay, nothing special, but it will do for a few nights. It’s located on Zabaleta Street strangely enough.

There’s nothing on the agenda for tonight, just get some grub then take it easy. Over.

PS One last thing, as I type this on the PC at the hostel I’m being forced to listen to a conversation between the most boring couple you could possibly imagine, as dull as it gets. I’m not sure I want to go to New Zealand anymore.

APART FROM good food and wristwatches, scents are another passion of mine.  A good scent – top, middle, and base notes considered – has the power to evoke intense emotions, brighten someone’s day, or pull the past through the time and space continuum back all the way to the present.

Some of my favorites on the shelf here at home.

I’ve ticked off quite a number of fragrances as personal favorites through the years.  And as a tradition at the start of a new year, I put together a list of up and coming scents that have piqued my interest and have merited a trial whiff or two at the department store fragrance counter.

My all-time favorites include In Motion by Hugo Boss (memories of Stanford University), Style In Play by Lacoste (my birthday 2004), Carolina Herrera 212 For Men, Michael Kors’ Michael For Men, Egoiste Platinum by Chanel, Clinique Happy For Men, Ralph Lauren Polo Blue, Kenneth Cole New York (the classic one in the round gray bottle…  reminds me of someone in my one-and-a-half years in the States), M by Banana Republic, Fahrenheit by Christian Dior, and Lacoste Original (from Batman…  this is THE BEST).

So just how much perfume does one need to put on?  Just enough that only the person close enough to kiss you will smell it.

I don’t usually follow my own rule.

Some of my faves on my DVD/CD cabinet. I don't think they make that Kenneth Cole anymore.

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Un nuevo miércoles encima… hoy es el día de la sección! Vamos a incursionar en la magia, amada por algunos y rechazada por otros.  Este mago llamado Cyril Takayama es realmente asombroso. Más allá del video que les mostramos hoy, les recomendamos que tipeen su nombre y que busquen sus trucos, que no tienen desperdicio.

El truco de hoy lo hace entrando a una tienda de ropa y jugando con el logo del cocodrilo. A disfrutar se ha dicho! Buen miércoles!