Karl Lagerfeld introduces affordable line

Big news concerning Mister Karl. The fashion mogul has decided to open the gates of his golden Empire to the common people. Say what?

Yesterday, Herr Lagerfeld announced to the world that he would introduce two new lines in the upcoming year.

The first one, cleverly named 'Karl Lagerfeld', will be a mix of city and evening wear. Karl told fashion magazine Women's Wear Daily that he'd wanted to start up a label like this for a while now, but that his business partners wanted to stay close to the likes of Fendi and Chanel. Poor, poor Karl. The rock 'n roll inspired line will contain about a hundred pieces, ranging from silver jeans to LBD's and will be available at prices going from 60 to 450 euro. From January 25th, the collection will be available at net-a-porter.com and later at karllagerfeld.com. Let's rock!

The second line, 'Karl Lagerfeld Paris' will be produced and distributed by the Italian Ittierre SpA and will be available in stores in fall 2012. More news about this second line will undoubtedly be unveiled in the near future.

Tick-tock-tick-tock ... Is it January 25th yeeeet?

x Magel

Hot child in the city!

Okay, I know that I've already made a name for myself as a SERIOUS Isabel Marant-addict (and it's sad, actually: I want it but I can't have it), but I have to say: the S/S 2012 that I.M. showed in Paris last week was, once again, a sight for sore eyes. Why, oh why, Isabel, must you be so pricy??

 

 The most eye-catching items in the 2012 Isabel Marant collection are soft pastels, knitted dresses, glossy high heels and slouchy boots. Yum!

A message that Isabel OBVIOUSLY hasn't gotten yet, has made its way to the Balmain house. Because yes, oooooooh yes, the fabulous Parisian brand is launching a second line: Pierre Balmain. And guess what: it's rumoured to be a lot more affordable than its older brother.

The brand is being very mysterious about the new line, though (childish, is what I'd call it!), and doesn't want to give away too many pictures of the collection yet. 

They did, however, release a smokin' hot video showing pieces of the collection. Actors/models are none other than the members of Our Mountain and lead singer Matthew Huntchinson's girl slash supermodel, Abbey Lee Kershaw. Check out that video pronto! Here!

And staying on the topic of cheaper lines of designer brands (yes, there's more than one), it's almost time for the Versace for H&M launch! Yay! As we're marking our calendars and counting down to November 17th, Vogue Russia kindly went and offered us a sneak peek of the upcoming collection. Wanna see? Yea you do!

Okay, I'll admit, I don't understand a word of it either. But an image speaks louder than a thousand words, njet?

And finally, I urge you to get your butt to the store and get your hands on OPI's limited edition Pink of Hearts - Pink Shatter. 

For every bottle of this bubbly shade that's sold during the month of October in one of the Planet Parfum shops, one euro gets donated to the fund of breast cancer research.  I don't even need to say more, you should be there already!

If you're not really sure how the shatter polish works, you can visit this website to watch a simple tutorial.

Enjoy those goodies!

x magel

- NEWSFLASH -

Jil Sander Navy, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Vanessabruno, adidas by Stella McCartney, Sonia by Sonia Rykiel,...

You like where I'm going with this, don't you?

Well then, fabulous Ghent store Quadra offers all these brands and more, and from now on they're doing it in a new location!

Come October 6th, the store is reopening at Brabantdam 42, in a beautiul location that is entirely decorated by Marie-José Van Hee. This very talented architect was also responsible for the Antwerp Modenatie and the redecoration of the Ghent Emile Braun square.

The grand opening weekend will be from Thursday October 6th 'till Monday October 10th, and you're invited!

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Sonia by Sonia Rykiel

adidas by Stella McCartney

 

Big designer brands and their more affordable lines, hot accessories and yummie perfumes, all in a deliciously luxurious location.

I can't wait. Can you?

See you there! 

x Magel