Fabulous Giveaways: $200 Gift Card from Vivre
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To kick off Fashion Week and celebrate Fashion’s Night Out 2009, Vivre has generously offered to give away a $200 gift card to one lucky reader!
Vivre is one of our favorite websites, and they have the most beautiful and carefully edited selection of fashion, jewelry, accessories, and items for your home. There are so many beautiful things you can get lost for hours browsing the site!
To enter this giveaway, we’re going to ask you to get a little creative! Basically, we want you to browse Vivre, and create something that speaks to you. It could be an outfit with accessories, or you could put together a tabletop display, or just a grouping of items that is meaningful to you, for example. Be creative and have fun!
After you pick your items, then list them in our comments section below. Please include links to the items you have selected (or the name of the item and an item number) and a brief explanation of your selection. The contest will run until Wednesday, September 30 at 5:00 p.m. EDT, and then The Shoe Goddess team will select our favorite entry! Good luck to everyone! We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
***Update: A few of you have had problems with links in the comments section. If so, please just list the items. You can just name the item or use an item number—whatever works best for you! I’m sorry if anybody has had problems! If you continue to have problems, please e-mail your entry to samantha@theshoegoddess.com.***
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My final summer excursion…
Pima Cotton Slim Tank by ADAM Adam Lippes,
Kenneth Jay Lane White Enamel Branch Coral Cuff,
Shell Ring by Mesi Jilly,
Avaitor Shell Sunglasses by Celestina,
Leica M3 Silver Digital Camera,
Derringer Moto-Hybrid,
Slouch Tote by Isaac Mizrahi,
Patent Side Buckle Sandal by Bruno Frisoni.
I tried to link all my choices, but the page thinks I’m spammy.
I had picked a white kimono blouse and gold heels, as well as some roomwears.
Oh, I’m so sorry you had problems! You can describe the item and list the name if you have problems. So sorry about that!! xoxo, Tyler
This is the story of a woman who is elegant and unexpected. Her style is unique and au courrant. Here, she’s sitting in the entryway to her wardrobe, mid afternoon, becoming inspired for the dinner she’ll be hosting that evening.
WHAT SHES WEARING:
SILK CASHMERE FUNNEL TUNIC
by Vivre
ITEM NUMBER 41920
$445.00
In Gray
CHERRY BALLET FLAT
by Beirn
ITEM NUMBER 42694
$210.00
TURQUOISE & AQUAMARINE EARRINGS
by Bounkit
ITEM NUMBER 43186
$330.00
MULTI STRAND TOPAZ BRACELET
by Bounkit
ITEM NUMBER 42900
$875.00
STERLING BEAR RING
by Daphna Simon
ITEM NUMBER 42629
$475.00
BAG
WALNUT GRACE TOTE
by Beirn
ITEM NUMBER 42674
$475.00
WHATS IN IT:
METALLIC ‘PYTHON’ ZIPPER POUCH
by Vivre
ITEM NUMBER 39866
$115.00
Silver
BROWN PEARL SUNGLASSES
by Shanghai Tang
ITEM NUMBER 42961
htt$385.00
WHERE SHE’S SITTING:
FIN ARMCHAIR
by Tshuka
ITEM NUMBER 43140
$7,000.00
WHAT’S NEXT TO HER:
ELEPHANT PORCELAIN CANDLE
by L’objet
ITEM NUMBER 42706
$85.00
BEHIND THE CHAIR
PRENTISS MIRROR
by Reynaldo Gonzalez Design
ITEM NUMBER 42587
$2,990.00
NEXT TO THE CHAIR
TEXTURED ALUMINUM GENIE VASE
by DK Living
ITEM NUMBER 42832
$625.00
MALIBU LAMP (ONE ON EACH SIDE)
by Lisa Fremont
ITEM NUMBER 43172
$3,140.00
ADORNING THE CHAIR
ZINNIA PILLOW
by Archival Decor
ITEM NUMBER 42468
$270.00
IN FRONT OF THE CHAIR:
TRAY TABLE BY JORGE ALMADA
by Casamidy
ITEM NUMBER 39533
$875.00
ON THE TRAY TABLE
AMETHYST FRAME
by McCoy Design
ITEM NUMBER 41633
$450.00
WHAT SHE’S READING IN THE CHAIR:
CULINARY ENCYCLOPEDIA
by Alain Ducasse
ITEM NUMBER 40522
$250.00
It’s a very pretty picture in my mind!
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Beautiful items. Here are some must-haves that caught my attention:
*Luxe Cashmere Jersey Long Sleeve Cardigan
*Lipstick Queen Saint (Wine)
*Haircalf Journals (Zebra)
*Light Green Ballet Flat
Great giveaway!
Hi! I created a Fall trend list, hope you like it.
Rainbow Sheen Python Clutch by Sang A ITEM NUMBER 42859 – I love small clutches with long chains, that way I won’t misplaced it because it’s hugging my body. The snake skin is such a nice print too!
Black Ballet Flat by Beirn ITEM NUMBER 42686 – black flats cant practically take us anywhere, any season!
Chain Laced Necklace by Nicole Romano ITEM NUMBER 42134 – bib-like chunky necklaces gives a glam vibe
Quartz Star Ring by Sheila Fajl ITEM NUMBER 41761 – since big rings are so BIG right now.
Thank you, I had so much fun picking the items.
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Pima Cotton Slim Tank by ADAM Adam Lippes
ITEM NUMBER 42166 in white/pink is so soft and comfy yet allows your curves to be seen
Ponte di Roma Stirrup Leggings by ADAM Adam Lippes
ITEM NUMBER 42160 pairs well and shows off toned summer legs
Leaf Pendant with Turquoise by Uzca ITEM NUMBER 42515 adds an earthly element to a chic and clean ensemble
Sandal with Viper Coil by Rene Caovilla ITEM NUMBER 40557 is the shoe to be seen in as the snake slithers up those leggings
Rainbow Sheen Python Clutch by Sang A ITEM NUMBER 42859 is the perfect pairing that everyone will notice.
Landscape Color Palette by Hourglass ITEM NUMBER 37883 will show off that summer tan perfectly and make you glow like you’ve never glowed before!
peridot and iolite Horn Stacking Bangles by Asha by ADM ITEM NUMBER 43264 pair beautifully with a Multi-Colored Tourmaline Cuff by Jessica Kagan Cushman
ITEM NUMBER 43066 and a few Square Brown Croc Bangles by Kara by Kara Ross ITEM NUMBER 43222 to adorn the wrists and forearm.
the Green Conical Shell Ring
by Lena Bernard
ITEM NUMBER 42668 pair well with the earthy turquoise pendant and the Labradorite & Tiger’s Eye Earrings
by Bounkit
ITEM NUMBER 43190 dangle from the ears to let light shine on them and the hilights in your hair.
and a Stamped Croc Journals by Vivre ITEM NUMBER 42223 is the perfect place to store all those hidden sultry summer night memories
WEEKEND TRIP
This girl wants to be far away from everything this weekend, wanna enjoy silence and of course herself. That’s why these things are what she will take next to her!
-Vulcan Fibre Suitcase with Wheels by Globe-Trotter
ITEM NUMBER 42303
-Bamboo Eco Travel Set by Limited Liability
ITEM NUMBER 40812
-Hollywood Sun Hat by Kokin
ITEM NUMBER 42156
-Black “Double Happiness” Glasses by Shanghai Tang
ITEM NUMBER 42951
-Ponte di Roma Stirrup Leggings by ADAM Adam Lippes
ITEM NUMBER 42160
-Silk Cashmere Funnel Tunic by Vivre
ITEM NUMBER 41920
-Summer Ultimate Make-Up Box by Shu Uemura
ITEM NUMBER 37336
-Haircalf Journals by Vivre
ITEM NUMBER 42224
-White Floral Appliqué Kimono by Vivre
ITEM NUMBER 42800
-One-Piece Black Suit by Roberto Cavalli
ITEM NUMBER 41939
-Keywest Chiffon Poncho by Roberto Cavalli
ITEM NUMBER 41938
-Sacré-Coeur Tasseled Bookmark by Christofle
ITEM NUMBER 42601
-William Claxton. Jazzlife by Taschen
ITEM NUMBER 37447
-Portraits of the Renaissance by Assouline
ITEM NUMBER 40892
-Digital Leica LM3 Camera by Minox
ITEM NUMBER 42198
- Black Ballet Flat by Beirn
ITEM NUMBER 42686
-Grey Flip Flops by Beirn
ITEM NUMBER 43155
-Cashmere Robe by Derek Rose
ITEM NUMBER 36271
-Bath and Shower Gel by L’Artisan Parfumeur
ITEM NUMBER 41459
-Sapphire Firming Bronzer by Cornelia
ITEM NUMBER 41602
-Perles De Lalique 3.3 fl.oz. by Lalique
ITEM NUMBER 40930
-Liquid Jersey Slouchy Tank by ADAM Adam Lippes
ITEM NUMBER 42170
-Horn Open Hoop Earrings by Asha by ADM
ITEM NUMBER 42753
-Pima Cotton Gym Pant by ADAM Adam Lippes
ITEM NUMBER 42167
-Game Set by Giorgio Fedon
ITEM NUMBER 40690
- Wild Spotted Blouse by Roberto Cavalli
ITEM NUMBER 41669
-Camel Leather Tote by Isaac Mizrahi
ITEM NUMBER 43038
-Caramel Veined Horn Cuff by Mariana Lopez Osornio
ITEM NUMBER 43268
-Firefly Cuff by Patrice
ITEM NUMBER 41555
-White Gold & Diamond Pavé Rings by Mauboussin
ITEM NUMBER 42441
-Sultan’s Tulip by Nilufer Tarzi Kuran
ITEM NUMBER 39822
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I have a trip to Jamaica coming up in March and this is what I’d pick…
The black vintage sunglasses with the white floral applique kimono, sandal with viper coil shoes, vermeil snake earrings, and topaz and sterling snake ring. Hot, hot, hot!!!
This is my “love at first sight” list*. The items don’t have much in common besides the fact that I looove them all!
ITEM NUMBER 38241 Glam Rock Chandelier
ITEM NUMBER 42031 Cashmere Feathers Shawl
ITEM NUMBER 42842 Earth Shagreen Clutch
ITEM NUMBER 41079 Butterfly Chargers
ITEM NUMBER 37761 Shanghai Teapot
ITEM NUMBER 43145 HERMES “VUE DU CAROSSE” SILK SCARF PILLOW
ITEM NUMBER 41512 Daffodil Vases
ITEM NUMBER 41752 Smoky Topaz & Ebony Necklace
ITEM NUMBER 42522 White Topaz Cuff
I got a “bad request” when I clicked on it, but this still makes my list (tops my list, in fact): Rare First-Issue Copy: Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
*Also known as the “What recession?” list
This game is fantastic .. I keep choosing and choosing, ok my top ten:
10- Fish Paperweight (ITEM NUMBER 42918), it’d be so cool to have them around my desk
9- “Sea Turtle” Print (
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“Sea Turtle” Print by New Editions (ITEM NUMBER 42990) I have a friend obsessed with tortoises and turtles
8- “El Sol” Print (ITEM NUMBER 42992), I love astronomy
7- “La Luna” Print (ITEM NUMBER 42991), I love astronomy
6- Angel Wing Pajama (ITEM NUMBER 30894), the perfect gift for girl-to-born from some friends
5- Haircalf Journals (ITEM NUMBER 42224), a chic touch to the daiylife
4- Silk Satin French Cuff Shirts (ITEM NUMBER 41937), gorgeous!
3- White Floral Appliqué Kimono (ITEM NUMBER 42800), a bit ibiza style
2- Silk Cashmere Funnel Tunic (ITEM NUMBER 41920), different and unique
1- Grape Ballet Flat (ITEM NUMBER 42691), they look sooo comfortable and cute
I keep changing the order XD .. hope to win the gift card and be able to choose for real
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MALACHITE CHANDELIER EARRINGS
by Siman Tu
ITEM NUMBER 43337
$350.00
ONE SHOULDER DRESS
Here are just a few pieces that made my day!
by Chadwick Bell
ITEM NUMBER 43289
$1,940.00
CHOCOLATE PYTHON CLUTCH
by Sang A
ITEM NUMBER 42890
$485.00
CHOCOLATE PYTHON CLUTCH
by Sang A
ITEM NUMBER 42890
$485.00
VEIL CHIFFON BLOUSE
by Chadwick Bell
ITEM NUMBER 43292
$1,345.00
As I browsed the Vivre website, I tried to imagine the “ideal customer” and what her life is like. Here is my take on a Vivre shopper and her life. She is well-educated (maybe attended school in Europe and most certainly speak several languages), stylish (she loves and attends fashion shows but she has a style that is her own) and well-traveled….
Just back from a long trip, she reaches for her Stamped Croc Journal (42223) and writes down her impressions while still fresh in her memory. She lights the Marrakesh Seda Candle (39536) and its sultry scent reminds her of a recent Moroccan trip. She has an affinity for eastern designs; in fact quite a few pieces in her bedroom reflect her taste. She checks her reflection in a beautiful star-shaped Almidi Mirror (41159) and then turns to a handcrafted Almidi End Table (41102). On a table she laid out of few pieces of jewelry that she may want to wear to a dinner party she is hosting tonight. Should she wear a Serpent Pendant Necklace by Lalique (42405)? On her last vacation she wore it with her favorite black Roberto Cavalli Swimsuit (41939)… She finally decides to wear a simple yet unique Embroidered Sleeveless Jelaba dress by Muriel Brandolini (39743), her favorite Gold Sun Sandals by Michael Kors (35103) and for a statement jewelry she picks Amethyst and Lemon Quartz earrings by Asha (43255)- purple after all, is a great color for fall.
She is excited about the party- she bought her husband a surprise gift, a Leica M3 Gold Digital Camera (42564)- he loves photography. For her pregnant sister she got Angel Wing Pajamas for her baby (30894) and her mother-in-law will be impressed with a set of Silver Champagne Flutes (42605).
As she gets ready to meet her guests, she sprays Tam Dao perfume (42780) on her wrists to complete her look. Where did she find all these unique items, you may ask? No, she didn’t have to travel to the different corners of the world, she just visited Vivre website, her choice for exquisite handcrafted designs that please everyone on her gift list
I have a trip to the Dominican Republic coming up, for a wedding.
To get the trip started off on the right foot, I’d pack the UL Trafine Cashmere travel set in gray (42152) to ensure I’d have a smooth flight.
Of course, I’d have to travel in style, starting with the Vulcan Vibre Suitcase with Wheels (42303). Inside I would pack a Janavi linen tunic (42790), perfect for lounging or having breakfast on our balcony overlooking the blue ocean. I’d accessorize that with the Messy Jilly white shell ring (38551) . . .what would be more perfect, considering the setting?
I’d need a fabulous bikini, like Michael Kors terry cloth bathing suit (39951). And, of course, some hot pink flip flops (43154) for walking on the beach, worn with Black Horn sunglasses (42960).
For more fancy daytime footwear, worn to go have tropical drinks at one of the resort’s restaurants, I’d love to wear the Matthew Williamson’s python sandals (42984). They’d go perfectly with a Metallic Allegra Tote (42227), and, for a touch of glamour, my fave, Poppy King’s Sheer Lipstick in Saint Natural (40559).
For some night time sparkle, I’d throw on the Kenneth Jay Lane Center Quartz Ring (39719).
And, last but not least, I’d need an extra-special wedding gift. My choice: the White Lined Tree Print by The Studio at Fernando Bengoechea.
I chose these items because they reminded me strongly of my Grandmother, she was a stylish, classy, and slightly eccentric lady who lived life full tilt!
Amatrine Cheetah Ring by Uzca.
She loved her big rings, she jokingly said that if the conversation got boring, you could always have fun reflecting light onto people’s faces with a big ring. She was always a bit mischievous.
Black Shagreen Clutch by Genevieve Jones.
It is black and elegant, but has unique details that would have lured my Grandmother right to it.
Digital Spy Camera by Minox. and the Black “Double Happiness” Glasses by Shanghai Tang.
She loved spy movies and novels, when I was little, we’d play spy games together, stalking her cat in dark glasses and headscarves, passing empty film canisters to each other in the garden, pretending that they were filled with secrets. I loved it all.
I had many happy times in the company of my Grandmother and these items remind me of those times, giving me a bit of a warm happy feeling when I look at them.
Autumn always makes me think of ghosts – the wind murmuring through the trees, the echo of dry leaves hitting the windows, the sun setting unexpectedly (like a candle going out). In putting together this entry, I thought of traveling, ghostlike, through autumn: encountering the spectres of undead memories, the timelessness of a history that continues to breathe.
For a traveler in the halls of memory, I can’t think of a better garment than the Silk Cashmere Funnel Tunic in Grey. It flows like water while calling to mind the spirit of something lighter than air, yet substantial and comforting in the way soft-edged memories often are. It is essential for ghosts of the past to be quiet, I think (there is such a space inside stillness), so our traveler would wear the stylish Grape Ballet Flat to glide softly into view. Her essentials are packed into the Ash Grey Shagreen Clutch, a sleek compartment for faded photographs and love-worn letters. Stamped Disc Vermeil Earrings paired with an Amethyst Studded Bangle and Vermeil and Amethyst Stacking Bangle (amethyst has long been revered for enhancing the memory) would complete a look elegant and timeless, perfect for walking the streets of Time. I imagine the soft clink of bangle against bangle echoing off of marble and stone, like the music ofthe golusu anklet worn by Indian women. The scent of the Terracotta Amber Ball wafts around her, calling to mind autumnal afternoons, squares of sunlight upon the floor, the spicy scent of sandalwood and satsuma.
Sometimes we travel into the past to visit old loves, the crumpled remains of desire once real yet walled (and somehow made acceptable) by time. I picture our traveler’s lost-lost partner, a man from another time. He is sharp-edged in her mind, garbed immaculately in suit & Ashford tie, secured with the Antique Watch Cufflinks (what else is more suited to a ghost than the thread and needle of Time?) and Cross Medallion Belt. He removes a cigar from his Macassar Ebony Humidor, lighting the air with the smoke and haze of days long past. She sighes and turns away, longing.
Memory and time often surface through the written word. We gulp down texts and they explode on the palate like good wine, a bottle tasted once & saved for later (corked with the Raw Amethyst Bottle Stopper, a protective charm for the integrity of flavor). A page hastily marked with an “Écaille” Bookmark in a volume of Roland Barthes leaps out and lives a life of its own in the mind: “…is not a good wine the wine whose flavor oscillates, alters, doubles, so that the mouthful swallowed does not have quite the same taste as the next mouthful taken? In the draught of good wine, as in the taking of the text, there is a torsion, a twist of degrees: it turns back, like a lock of hair.” Well-said, as we all hold within us a library and wine cellar of ancient calendars and stopped watches.
Yes, memories – text and pictorial – sustain us. The paintings of Magritte recall another passage, written by Marcel Aymé, “…his painting had become so rich, so sensitive, so solid that it afforded true nourishment not only to the spirit but to the flesh as well. The beholder had but to gaze attentively at one of his canvases for some twenty or thirty minutes and it was as though he had eaten a meal consisting (for example) of paté en croute, roast chicken and fried potatoes, camembert, crème au chocolat and assorted fruits washed down by a sound St. Emilion.” The same sense of spiritual food is found, somewhat ironically, in the Zao Wou Ki Sky & Sand Plates. Perfect serving dishes for the ghostly victuals of memory… dare I say “soul food”?
[If you can't tell, I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Vivre website & was quite inspired by it.]