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Rebecca Taylor Spring Sample Sale - June 3 - 5, New York

Rebecca Taylor Spring Season Sample Sale
Now is your chance to snap up Rebecca Taylor's Spring collection at an affordable price. Join the many fans (including celebs Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ashley Judd) who indulge in her feminine designs. This collection is inspired by childhood memories spent in a fairy tale New Zealand seaside village where her mum indulged her desire for ethereal ballet costumes and "anything soft, sparkly, warm and kitten-like."

Marc Does the Super Bootee

These boots seem almost like a magical fairy tale. Imagine if Tinkerbell were to sprinkle fairy dust onto Peter Pan's boots, the result -  these silver, sweet and summery Marc Jacobs cracked leather bootees. They are comfortable yet jam-packed with style. Wear with a Camilla and Marc Shannon shift dress.

See more ankle boots on StyleMaven's Ankle Boot StyleGuide

 

Kirna Zabete designs Limited Edition FitFlop Boot

New York based Kirna Zabete, the "fabulous fashion emporium" which also btw has an outpost in Tokyo (Now that REALLY is fabulous!) has collaborated with FitFlop the maker of fitness sandals. Due out in June 2008 the limited edition sandal is comprised of black kid leather or snake skin. The 'Aurelia' is a corseted gladiator inspired hybrid Fitflop boot. The Aurelia will be available in June at Kirna Zabete's NYC store and in July online at Net-a-Porter.com

Below the Aurelia are the original FitFlop Patent Sandals which claim to be comfortable and designed to get those hamstrings and blobby body parts in order before your trip to Kauai.

FitFlop Patent Sandals at Macys.com., $49.99

The Denim Must-have for Summer

These Roberto Cavalli jeans are the ideal summer pant. The perfect shade of light blue and warm weather weight fabric are offset by contrast orange stitching. Imagine if you were on holiday on Capri...these are the pants you'd be living in while lunching on thin crust pizza at Aurora. These Cavalli 'hippie chic' pants were also seen on the runway and would look lovely with a puffy bell sleeve shirt and sky high wedge sandals.

Roberto Cavalli Lightweight denim pants

Mad About 3.1 Phillip Lim - Ombre Rope Belt

We at StyleMaven are mad about 3.1 Phillip Lim's Spring '08 Collection. Check out our editor's picks from the collection. New for summer '08 from 3.1 Phillip Lim is this 'Hombre' Rope Belt.

A play on words and on the ombre color trend. We love the graduated colors and we can see wearing this belt, perfect for cinching, over swinging summer dresses and long tunics.

See StyleMaven's picks - 3.1 Phillip Lim

Stella McCartney for LeSportsac

Stella McCartney for LeSportsac

Stella McCartney's eagerly awaited first limited editon collection for LeSportsac is now available for pre-order at LeSportsac.com. I am a  Stella fan, so I am so very excited to finally see the collection. The only problem is deciding which items to pre-order...

For Spring/Summer 2008 Stella has put her signature functional fused with whimsy on all the designs ideal for the busy modern woman. Being a new mum herself, clever Stella added multi-functional features useful for toting diapers and baby bottles which also can be use for working women on the go to house laptops and water bottles.

The range includes accessories, handbags, totes, backpacks, kids items, and luggage. Fabrics include a sweet pastel palette along with pop art prints and sporty color blocking. Small bunnies and swags of chains adorn many of the styles, upping the whimsical 'pop art' quotient that LeSportsac is known for. The bunnies remind me of Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami's characters. Murakami was recently featured at the LA County Museum of Art (MOCA).

In accordance with Stella's passion for eco-conscious designs, all of the toes and cases are made from100% recycled materials.

Available for pre-order at LeSportsac.com