Before and After

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It's never the same at the office when our designer leaves the East Coast to head out to the factory in LA. Sure, the Manhattan Beach sunset iMessages I get every night are great, but nothing beats the sneak peeks that pop up on my phone of next month's collection. I'm seeing red! The transformation of these boys becoming men amazes me ;) Above is a before and after shot of Mr. Right Now... he came a long way from a simple little sketch. He's finally taken his form, in the shape of a hard clutch! We can't wait for you to see more (and I can't wait to get my hands on one of these red hots!) The studs aren't going anywhere, xoxo.

New Year New Bloggers

Last week, I showed you my picks of some Holiday looks featuring my Misters! But now, it's your turn. I chose a couple of my favorite fashion bloggers to feature in today's blog post in lieu of the post Christmas festivities and the upcoming New Year! I'm loving how versatile these Misters are... they had no problem making the transition from each season. Some of you even took my advice and took him out to play during a snow day! It's a new year, and we've got our eyes pealed for new bloggers. Always be sure to hashtag your posts with #MisterCollection for a chance to be featured. For business inquiries and fan mail send us an e-mail to info@dandreahandbags.com, we LOVE hearing from you. Cheers to 2014! xoxo

My Style Diaries rocked Mr. One-Nighter with her holiday sweater dress. All these studs and sequins, totally our style. I don't think this trend is going anywhere any time soon... Would definitely wear this look with a pair of stilettos, a bold lip, and some glitter nails to a New Years Eve party this week. View The Entire Post Here!

 

Barbie is a Snow Bunny! Society Grl pairs her Italian leather with her Italian fur while walking in a winter wonderland. We haven't had much snow fall this year on the East Coast, but this post definitely gives us our fix. View The Entire Post Here!

Secrets of the Bad Boys in Your Closet: Part 4

Happy Monday and I hope you all had an amazing Columbus Day long weekend! I couldn't take a day off from my Misters and their d'andrea lovers! Everybody's always watching in this world of fashion, it never sleeps...so I decided to let you in on some more new secrets. Now I know my usual gossip hour takes place on Fridays, but this week we have a big event in NYC and I just cant wait a whole weekend to tell you all about it! Hopefully I can try to sneak away from the party to post a little #OOTD! Let's just say the Misters will be meeting a Misses, who happens to be a housewife with amazing style, and a whole lot of gossip and drama of her own! Any guesses? Don't worry, you'll find out shortly - but for now let me tell you a little bit about Mr. Heartthrob, and how your favorite designer learned that you can go home again. Shop Mr. Heartthrob Here!

No matter how many Misters follow, none will ever really fill Mr. Heart Throb’s shoes. After falling in love a few times, and in a few different cities, Nicole decided it was time to move home for a little while. With a click of her red bottoms, she realized there really is no place like home. Of course, not much has changed - and the guys remain the same. With the same jobs, the same spaces, the same group of friends, and the same old smile, and sense of humor that you just can't get enough of! Mr. Heartthrob is your comfort zone....The high school sweetheart, the quarterback, the homecoming King. And no matter what, whenever you're in his presence he'll always treat you like a Queen! So you may ask her why not him? However, while Nicole's busy designing all over the world, taking over one handbag at a time, she needs someone that can keep up, and Mr. Heartthrob is just not that guy! The Heartthrob will always be nothing more than the Home for the Holiday type...

Do you think she's actually met "the one" yet? But remember... I still haven't spilled much about Mr. Right Now yet! Tweet me your thoughts with the hashtag #MisterCollection ♥♥♥ xoxo

NYFW: Behind the Scenes of My Crazy World

Sorry for leaving you with a cliff hanger in my last post dolls! Have you been wondering who the latest lucky lady to meet our Misters is? Well, I had the exclusive invite to kick off fashion week right at the GBK and FGI Opening Party hosted by the one-and-only, legendary stylist behind Sex and the City: Patricia Field. She is everything you would imagine, sassy, classy, and dressed to kill.  Closets all over the world are inspired by the women of this show. I've always considered myself more of a Samantha - except I have similar taste in men as Carrie, with a Mr. Big of my own. A handbag designed by my favorite d'andrea girl, that will never leave you on your wedding day, dressed in a Vivienne Westwood! ;)

The next couple of days of New York Fashion Week were unreal. And even though we were toughing it out in our 4 inch heels enduring 12 hour days, I still can say that it went by way too fast! We spent Friday, and Saturday at the Empire Hotel where we had the pleasure of meeting some well known people in this industry! Jay Manuel and Miss J of “America’s Next Top Model” gave our designer Nicole their stamp of approval on her handbags. Celebrity Stylist June Ambrose and her fabulous daughter showed up, showing us all a thing or two about working the camera! Ice-T and Coco Austin showed up, and let me tell you us girls have never been so star struck! Coco even landed herself a silver studded Mr. Never Again. I'd love to see how Ice is going to match his outfit to this one...I was excited to meet the hilarious “Big Ang", her daughter Raquel, and Carla Facciolo of VH1’s “Mob Wives." Adrienne Bailon stunned all of our Misters when she walked in the room, she is flawless!  Some more Sex and the City ladies, Katie Findlay and Chloe Bridges of The “Carries Diaries” had a few laughs about carrying the same handbag! Then, Siggly Flicker and Nicole really hit it off! They have a very similar sense of style - peplums anyone? And to namedrop a few more girls on the list, Po Johnson from “La La’s Full Court Life” and Annaleigh Ashford of Broadway’s “Kinky Boots” left the lounge, and went home with Mr. Right-Now! Scroll down to see the rest of the guests on the list! What can I say... A girl's gotta have bragging rights to her FIRST fashion week!

Celeb Stylist - June Ambrose

Ice T and Coco

 

"America's Next Top Model" - Jay Manuel

"America's Next Top Model" - Miss J Alexander

"How Do I Look" - Jeannie Mai

"Miami Monkey" - Big Ang and Raquel

"Mob Wives" - Carla Facciolo

Adrienne Bailon

"Orange is the New Black" - Alysia Reiner

"Carrie Diaries" - Katie Findlay

"Project Runway" - Siggy Flicker

"Hostages" - Toni Trucks

"LaLa's Full Court Life"- Po Johnson

"Kinky Boots" - Annaleigh Ashford

Showtime's "Shameless" - Emma Kenney

On our downtime, Nicole and I had the chance to run around the city and play a bit! You know we had to check out what Bergdoff's, Barney's New York and Henri Bendel were carrying. Oh, and we just couldn't leave empty handed from the New York Zara. I'm totally loving their hippie headbands, I picked up a few. Everything is bigger and better in NYC, and speaking of bigger and better, we experienced the Dream Dry blowout bar! My stylist gave my hair more volume than I knew even existed. We carried our diva moments into the night, while having drinks either by the bar, or rooftop with one of our new favorite girls, blogger SocietyGrl. 

 

SocietyGrl Blog 

It's good to be home and back in the office where I belong with all of my Misters! After this event, this PR girl has a lot of work ahead of her. But it won't be long until we hit the road again...I wonder what city these boys will take over next, and the surprises to come! xoxo