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Protecting your iPhone the fashionable way

As they did with the iPod, Apple have turned the iPhone into a must-have fashion accessory. And as with the iPod a lot of us are now looking for those must have accessories for the iPhone, those things that will make it even more fashionable.

The Chloe Paddington bag alternative

Can't afford £800 for a Chloe Paddington bag, but don't want to stoop down to buying a fake? Well how about getting a genuine replica in the form of this Chloe Paddington key ring.

Two Unique Jewellery Finds

I love jewellery that is intense and unique. Here are two jewellery designers that I've discovered recently who fit that description.

Brazillian Alex Palma creates a unique and really quite pretty range of jewellery, as you can see by his photolog. His trademark is to use resin to mould the pieces, but with the addition of unusual materials like fabric, lace, real flowers and other organic material set inside.

Via Cool Hunting.

iPhone soon to be released

We've brought you a fairly large amount of information about the Prada Phone, infact you can read articles on it here watch a video of it here and theres more information about it in our forums. Though as much as we like the Prada phone, I'm much more enamoured with the iPhone, prefering the idea of controlling it with gestures and it's more vibrant interface.

Hello Kitty goes to Paris

Prior to her jail bird days, Paris was more of a kitty kat. First with the Hello Kitty diary, whoops sorry I meant the Hello Kitty Hello Love! Locked Diary to be precise. Then there were the Hello Kitty tees and stuffed toys. Carmen Electra has also been seen with Hello Kitty merchandise.

There is a lot of Hello Kitty merchandise out there, like the Hello Kitty USB port for example, and then there is the Hello Kitty guitar and amp (of course!). I also came across the Hello Kitty tombstone, Hello Kitty skype phone, Hello Kitty digital camera and mp3 player, Hello Kitty ipod docking station and even a Hello Kitty exhaust for your car.

How to make your own vintage style bracelet

If you feel like getting creative, Couture Candy have a great tip for using an old brooch to make your very own bracelet:

Find some old lapel pins or brooches and some luxurious ribbon. Velvet is my favorite.

Most of us have a handful of pins passed down from Mom or Grandmom from another era when brooches easily complimented a wardrobe. Now, not so much, but you can add these little jewels to your wrist making a chic bracelet with a dose of heritage.

Headbands - the lavish way

Some months back we took a look at Dominique Duval's 'Rivers of Gold' headband, a somewhat elaborate and glamorous version headband, over at style spy. Well the headband trend has continued, throwing away simplicity for big patterns and glitzy designs. Natalie Portman has been seen wearing an authentic diamond headband, as well as Eva Longoria who prefers wearing the Swarovski Crystal Red headband.

Now even your garbage bags can be fashionable

Ever thought that your garbage bags were too ugly? No? Well, even so, now you can have fashionable ones. They come in a black and white damask pattern, with blue drawstring and are $9.99 for a pack of 20 at organize-everything.com.

Core77 make a very valid point: "those truly concerned about how they look while lugging trash to the street usually pay someone else to do it."

Apparently someone is buying them though - the website states they're out of stock.

Zip Jewellery by Kate Cusack

Zip in English or fecho-eclair in Portuguese. The zip was an invention that revolutionised the ready-to-wear world; it's as useful as paper clips. Both are designer items, useful and in our day to day life and we don't give then its true value. But now we have Kate Cusack, a jewellery designer that lives in Brooklyn. She wants to show the world the potential of the zip. She designs necklaces and pins using zips to do it. She creates unique articles that are full of imagination and are very sophisticated. When she is working she pays special attention to materials, colours and textures. The result is very unique.

Visit http://www.katecusack.com

Miss-En-Scene - Shoes by Coq.Luxe

Sara Rochas and Ines Golcalves are sisters and the designers behind Coq.Luxe, a new Portuguese brand of shoes. Coq.Luxe started as a conversation between the two sisters at the table of a cafe, from where it jumped to the red carpet, as they say, referring to the Storytailors fashion show in Paris, last January. For this event they created exclusive shoes.

Coq.Luxe was born mainly because, shoe addicts as they are, they need to find a solution for a very serious problem. Sara and Ines needed to know how they could manage their salary in order to feed the shoe addiction. The solution was... working with the items that gave them pleasure. So Coq.Luxe was born.

After getting the attention of a factory in the north of Portugal, Helsar, the first collection came to the world, this Spring. It's inspired in the Cinema Divas, the Miss-En-Scene collection presents nine high heels platform pair of shoes.

At this time, the next collection is ready to hit the stores, the second of two Portuguese designers that want to make Coq.Luxe a Five Star brand.

Their website will be up soon at www.coqluxe.com.