Posts Tagged ‘shopping’

On-Island Vs. Off-Island: Keeping It Local on Martha’s Vineyard

30th August 2010 by bellastraniera No Comments

One look inside the market at Morning Glory Farm in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard and you’ll see the crux of a food movement gaining ground here. Beets, baby squash, wax beans, corn and many more vegetables and fruit that come from this large working farm are labeled with a yellow “on-island” sign; anything shipped in from [...]

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Alexander Wang Horsehair Boots

4th August 2010 by bellastraniera No Comments

As anyone with S.A.D. could tell you, the days are already getting perceptibly shorter. The only thing that can get us excited about the approaching end of summer is the arrival of new fall clothes and accessories in stores – like these kick-ass Alexander Wang horsehair boots. Daring but not totally over-the-top, they tap into [...]

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Annabelle African-Print Dresses

29th July 2010 by bellastraniera 1 Comment

Usually I’m skeptical about buying clothes from street markets because you never know if the cut is going to be off. But it wasn’t just the vibrant African prints that set the rows of fetching Annabelle dresses apart at the Brooklyn Flea last weekend; it was the beautiful tailoring. Strapless dresses in particular have to [...]

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Safety First Dopp Case

28th July 2010 by bellastraniera No Comments

I have a (very aesthetically inclined) friend who’s obsessed with airline safety diagrams and has collected them – ok, stolen them from planes – around the world. Cartoonish yet macabre, they sum up so much of what’s wrong with travel today.

But when in airport hell, this cheeky carry-on throws it right back at ‘em [...]

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Ligne 6 Maison Martin Margiela

15th July 2010 by bellastraniera No Comments

Who doesn’t love a diffusion line? If you can’t spring for the Row, at least you can own some Elizabeth & James. Fashion-editor favorite Maison Martin Margiela has also become more accessible to the rest of us. Margiela’s MM6 line features the same urban sensibility and of-the-moment androgyny that has made his namesake line such [...]

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