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2nd Annual Independent Handbag Designer Award
THE INDEPENDENT HANDBAG DESIGNER AWARDS™
Handbag Designer 101 invites you to compete in the Second Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards™, the only handbag competition of its kind in the world.To participate in the open call, you are required to upload one digital jpeg image any one or more of the following categories:
| Best Student Made Handbag | Best Handmade Handbag |
| Most Socially Responsible Handbag | Best Green Handbag |
| Audience-Selected Handbag | Best Handbag in Overall Style & Design |
All finalists will be invited to participate in the Second Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards™ that will take place on June 18, 2008, at the New York Historical Society in New York City. Over 500 members of the fashion industry, including press and retailers, will attend the Independent Handbag Designer Awards™.
Win the opportunity to have your bags:
- Be part of a full international marketing and press tour on Handbag Designer 101
- Sold in Henri Bendel, featured in their renowned window display and even get an apprenticeship with their design team
- Featured on Bag, Borrow or Steal
- Worn on a famous celebrity on ABC’s All My Children
- Showcased at WWDMAGIC with a free booth and display-Be the BEST in its category
To learn more check out:www.handbagdesigner101.com or www.hbd101.com.
The deadline for entry is Friday, April 18, 2008.
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From Old To New
By Milton
Every time I go shopping for something new, it becomes my favorite piece of clothing and I want to wear it over and over. Of course that only last until I go shopping again and I find something else. Then they all end up piling up in my closet and I forget about them.
With time I have discovered that with simple changes I can bring those forgotten pieces back to life and make them my favorites again. I’m sure this happens to many of you, and that’s why every week I’ll give you ideas on how to transform pieces that you already have and make them new again.
For my first blog I’ll show you one of my favorite technique to adding iron-on appliqués to my clothes. They are so simple to apply; it takes less than 5 minutes to transform any piece of garment. The first one I did for myself was a studs eagle appliqué on top of a gray t-shirt. Everyone loved it and asked me where I bough it from. I always get compliments about it.
I’m not a rhinestone person, but recently we had a shipment of new styles of iron-on appliqués and one of them was an all crystal dragon. It is really hot and the first thing I thought was it would look perfect on my black blazer. So I added it to my blazer and I love the way it looks. With over 200 styles of rhinestone & studded iron-on appliqué on our website, I’ve been redesigning a lot of my clothes. If you have good drawing skills you could also make your own design and then fill it with rhinestones and studs.
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