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Cydney Mandel Wedges

January 11, 2006 by Designer Ella

While we’re mid-winter, even with a “January thaw” in the air, Spring fashions have arrived in shops. Right on step with the trends is one of my newly discovered designers, Cydney Mandel.

The Printed Fabric Wedge (right) has a modest heel height (2″) on top of the upcoming trend of a platform, and I also love the Springy tonal print.

And I’m so glad to see Mr. Sequined Wedge Slide’s sculpted wooden wedge (left), which carries the sophistication, I cry to you, we must have. Even Miss Fabric’s cork heel has a unique pattern that is refreshing. Ahhh, breathe in the changing styles!

Spring, I’m ready, you big tease. Now I must wait.

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Scented Reading?

January 11, 2006 by Designer Ella

Sometimes when I think about the existence, especially popularity, of perfume blogs, I can’t help but think of irony. We can’t smell fragrances from the screen, so I wonder how the excitement can be put across. (Perfume television ads must go to the strange and extreme, there’s no “smell-o-vision,” either.) With fashion, we have images to guide us, but one should still be able to weave words in order to make an entry about an item interesting. It’s a difficult task. The readers of most fashion blogs need to be seriously interested, perhaps we must be obsessed. I don’t know, for I am just one person, and it’s hard to face fashion blogging with an objective view. It makes me wonder how well I interpret my subject. For instance, as a non-fan of fragrances, I would need some fantastic poetry to really understand the passion. I’m partial to think that a parfum writer should wildly imagine a visual picture of a favorite fragrance. Me, I don’t know what sage and cherry blossoms smell like by name.