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Anchors Away!

June 19, 2013 in Bay Area Fashion / Eco Chic / General Fashion / Jewelry / Local Designers tagged earrings / nautical / necklaces / outfits / summer 2013 / twisted silver by Bay Area Fashionista

Anchors are a huge trend this year. This nautical symbol is popping up everywhere on apparel, accessories and jewelry! Although considered classic, anchors have an important place in street style this year and Twisted Silver has designed the perfect jewelry collection for celebrating this sea-worthy trend; the “Anchors Away!” collection.

This eco-chic collection offers a lightweight pair of earrings and adjustable necklace. The necklace can be worn as a lariat or pendant necklace. Love that! Twisted Silver added a little bit of oceanic love to the “Anchors Away!” collection by pairing the anchors with a hearts and blue beads. What better way to celebrate your love for the sea!

I love wearing the necklace as a lariat and find the collection works perfectly with summer attire. Since navy is going to be a huge color in the fall 2013 color palette, Twisted Silver’s “Anchors Away!” collection will easily blend with fall attire due to the copper metal and blue beads. Love that!

In these photos I wore Twisted Silver “Anchors Away!” collection to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk with my family and paired them with these fun elephant shorts from Banana Republic’s Milly collection. My kids adored the hearts and anchors, as well as the elephants!

Twisted Silver’s “Anchors Away!” collection can be found online at Twisted-Silver.com. Use coupon code INSIDERS for a 15% discount. Happy shopping, and stay fabulous

Outfit details:
Earrings and Necklace: c/o Twisted Silver
White blouse: Converse
White tank: Mossimo Supply Co.
Shorts: Banana Republic
Lipstick: c/o Dolce & Gabbana “Gentle Monica”
Handbag: Chloe
Leather wrap bracelets: Tory Burch
Nail Polish: Chanel Azure
Shoes: Diane Von Furstenberg

What you cannot see:
Fragrance: Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine

Photos: Bay Area Fashionista 2013©

Dainty jewelry returns: Twisted Silver’s Princess Rocker collection

June 12, 2013 in Bay Area Fashion / Eco Chic / General Fashion / Jewelry / Local Designers tagged bracelets / necklaces / outfits / summer 2013 / twisted silver by Bay Area Fashionista

Dainty jewelry reigned supreme on the fall/winter 2013/2014 runways in New York, Paris, Milan and London. Designers showed they are starting to move away from large statement pieces and more towards smaller, more personal jewelry styles.

For the summer 2013 season, Twisted Silver has felt this movement and has created a daintier collection than what we have seen in season’s past from the Bay Area jeweler. To start off the summer, Twisted Silver has given us a colorful yet dainty collection which is appropriately named the “Princess Rocker Collection.”

This beautiful collection is easy to wear with dressy or casual attire; and like many other collections from Twisted Silver, the “Princess Rocker Collection” can be worn several ways! My favorite way to wear the necklace and bracelet is when they are hooked together into one long necklace.

Of course the dainty bracelet looks amazing when stacked with other slim bracelets. The necklace, when worn alone, is a sassy chocker style that blends well with the current 1980’s apparel trend. Love that!

My favorite part about the “Princess Rocker Collection” from Twisted Silver is that each piece is unique. The bracelet and necklace each feature a one-of-a-kind piece of a vintage silver spoon which adds a unique twist to the pieces.

The “Princess Rocker Collection” can be found online at Twisted-Silver.com. The necklace is priced at $50 and the bracelet is priced at $40. Use coupon code INSIDERS for a 15% discount. Happy shopping, and stay fabulous

My outfit details:
Tank Top: Mossimo Supply Co.
Sweater vest: c/o Calypso St. Barth
Skirt: Splendid
Lipstick: c/o Dolce & Gabbana “Gentle Monica”
Earrings: John Hardy
Handbag: Chloe
Necklace: c/o Twisted Silver (Princess Rocker bracelet and necklace worn together as one)
Leather wrap bracelet: Tory Burch
Rings: John Hardy and Tiffany
Nail Polish: c/o Dolce & Gabbana “True Monica” collection “Gentle”
Shoes: MICHAEL Michael Kors (on sale!)
Toe nail polish: Chanel Fracas

What you cannot see:
Fragrance: c/o Dolce & Gabbana “The One Desire”

Bottom two photos: Twisted Silver “Princess Rocker” collection. Necklace worn alone and bracelet stacked with a c/o Twisted Silver “Rag” bracelet and “Pixie” bracelet.
Last photo: “Princess Rocker” bracelet worn alone.

Levi’s celebrates 140 years of the 501 jean at Macy’s Union Square

May 22, 2013 in Bay Area Fashion / Events / Local Designers / Men's Fashion tagged denim / historical fashion / levis / macys / san francisco designers / summer 2013 by Bay Area Fashionista

Levi’s held their 140th anniversary celebration at Macy’s Union Square in San Francisco on May 20, 2013 at 6pm. This exciting event attracted a large crowd filled with Levi’s fans, shoppers, bloggers, media and tourists. There was a live presentation with priceless artifacts from Levi’s museum. The oldest pair of jeans in Levi’s archives, which are pictured in the sixth photo from the top as well as on the right of the above photo, are circa 1879. The pair on the left in the above photo, were found in the Calico Mines and are dated from the 1890’s.

Levi’s Historian Lynn Downey took guests through the Levi Strauss story with amazing pieces of history including the changing use of the rivet over time. In addition to several historical pairs of 501 jeans, Lynn Downey shared marketing material which included a Jefferson Airplane radio commercial. The commercial was a song titled “White Jeans” and sounded quite similar to their smash hit “White Rabbit.” How fitting to have a San Francisco band singing for a San Francisco company! Love that!

Levi’s is taking their iconic 501 jeans into new territory this year as they are planning to roll out a new twill version of the popular pant style. Can’t wait!

Here’s to 140 more years of the fabulous 501 jean!

To learn more about Levi’s and the iconic 501 jean, born in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, please visit Levis.com.

To see a video with historical shots of 501 jeans, please click here.

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