29 Tuesday Mar 2016
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belle ringers, Carmen Marc Valvo, cosmopolitan, Downton Abbey, dress, Food and the City, Girl Scout cookies, Nicholas, refinery 29, saks, SheKnows, Winw
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How to avoid Awkwardness
Girls scout cookies + wine ?!?! Winning
Our favorite show… Love these Quotes…
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We may want to rethink this Rule….
We are all about this Dress…
And are fighting over this Top…
Cheers!!
a&a
26 Friday Feb 2016
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Of shoulders that is…
We are loving this trend! It’s a great way to be sexy, sophisticated, sultry, romantic, chic, and above all…classy.
Here are our top pics:
Fresh & fun…wear it casual or add some jewelry to dress it up. From Saks. By Rag and bone
We are really loving Tibi right now. This top could be your uniform .
We can’t begin to tell you how much we love this Top from Saks
Sometimes a dress avec color is what we want…here it is
We want to wear this shirt every day! From Saks
This Rag and Bone top is everything. We know because we have it. Get it Here and Here
A classic top from Bailey 44. Available at Shopbop
So, belles …time to shoulder on….
a&a
21 Thursday Jan 2016
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amazon, aquazzura, booties, dolce vita, Intermix, loeffler randall, mules, nordstrom, Rag and Bone, saks, sandals, shopbop, Vince
Can y’all guess which ones we might have already purchased???
Sleek, sophisticated, classy…and the heel!!! This sandal is a must!!!
Great looking…and a great price to boot! These kicks are a great addition to any belle’s closet!
This cognac color is our new obsession. We can’t stop thinking about these beauties.
Y’all won’t feel like donkey’s a** in these mules !! Love the tassels!!
How about these grey, glamorous lovelies…and this is a great height to kick up your heels
We adore open toe booties….
My oh my, what do we have here??? No words!! These sandals make our hearts sing!!!
Done…for now…
These belles will always make room for more foot candy in our closets…just sayin!
a&a
25 Wednesday Nov 2015
Posted in belle of the ball, just sayin', what's ringin' our belle
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amazon, bespoke post, birch placements, champagne saber, cocktail napkins, houzz, laguiole, lights and decor for all occasions, nordstrom, saks, slipper, sunday pasta, Tory Burch, waiting on martha
A good belle always remembers to properly recognize her hosts and hostesses. Here are some ideas to make you the most prized guest…
Cocktails anyone???? From one of our favorite websites, Waiting on
Hostesses are always looking for new ways to Set the table
And the perfect Flatware to go with it…
We can’t think of a better way to open that champagne cork! Every home should have one….
A beautiful book…
Let’s hope you ordered the champagne sabre, now all you need is some great glasses for the bubbly…
After the ball, our feet deserve a little pampering slipper…from Saks
for a little gold-bug touch…any hostess would love these cocktail napkins from our fave belle-owned treasure trove, Croghans Jewel Box
Cheers, y’all! Focusing on the fellas tomorrow!
a&a
18 Tuesday Aug 2015
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alterations, arnold palmer, bailey 44 top, half baked harvest, real simple, refinery 29, saks, summer life hacks
Here are this week’s belle-ringers!!
Feelin boozy…?
Here are some great summer tips!
And speaking of tips….campers, glampers, and belles every where need to check this out…Belle-world survival techniques!
And as for techniques…here are a few your tailor can do to that might surprise you.
Here’s a dahlin top that would be great as layering piece or stand alone.
And, finally…because it’s just too hot to cook!
Ding-ding
a&a
21 Thursday Aug 2014
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Intermix, J Brand, Jeans, novelty denim, Paige Denim, prints, saks, Savvy Greenville
We belles appreciate and adore that denim has become fully embraced as a uniform for day, night and everything in between. We love the skinnies, the cropped, the high-waisted, the boyfriend, the straight leg and the bell (of course). We swoon over dark wash, light wash, coated, colored and printed.
Thank you, world, for making denim a fun, fashionable workhorse for our wardrobes!!
This season’s trend toward the novelty jean has us whistling Dixie!! We are smitten with two in particular…so much so that we had to buy both! We are confident that they are going to be in continuous rotation for the foreseeable future.
First, the Paige Hoxton indigo pinstripe. A dark wash with a higher-waist, it makes bending over a non-issue! This denim can be sporty-casual with a tee or tank, but can easily be stepped up a notch with a leather jacket or blazer and some heels…or throw in a pop of color…be creative, belles!
Available online from Paige or from one of our favorite local retailers, Savvy, here.
James jeans is always a go-to denim for us and they never disappoint. We just fell out over these camouflage jeans!! Again, dress them up or down and even play around with pattern…they look really cute with a black and white striped top! Also available at Savvy as well as online from James Jeans.
They are called the “espionage”…the name alone makes us want them!!
A couple of other fun options we are debating are the 7 for all mankind striped jean at Saks Fifth Avenue…
and the j brand kaleidoscope at Intermix…
Fun, fashionable, denim in so many prints…what a novel idea!!
a&a
08 Thursday May 2014
Posted in fashion forward, what's ringin' our belle
We love shoes…all shoes…can’t have too many…and we are thrilled to pieces about this season’s espadrille trend! They come in all shapes and price points, and color and pattern choices are vast. While we love the flat version for the comfy casual chic factor, we swoon for the dressier versions because they appeal to our passion for contrast and a touch of whimsy.
Here’s a sampling …which one catches your eyes??
These animal print ‘drilles are a neutral (animal print is our favorite neutral!). They go with just about everything.
These can be found at Shopbop. They are by Steven . ‘Nuff said.
We actually own a pair of these darlings…love the lace-up factor…and you can get them at Soludos.
We love a feminine touch…belles are girls after all…and lace is another trend that we can fully embrace! Why not sport these with your boyfriend jeans? A touch of tomboy and a dash of girly-girl adds up to the perfect summer look.
These Tory Burch are available at Shopbop but they are running out of sizes so you better get crackin’ !
And of course to take it up another notch we have a dreamy pair…but be forewarned they might break the piggy bank…but worth it…maybe…just sayin’….
Scrumptious . By Valentino at Nordstrom .
Sometimes an LBE (lil’ black espadrille) is what we are pining for and these are just what the doctor ordered.
From Topshop and available at Nordstrom . Love the leather, canvas and raffia textures!!
And where would we be without J.Crew? We belles often get a hankering for a J. Crew fix and these absolutely satisfied the craving.
Wear them with pants, jeans, shorts, skirts, sundresses. Can’t. Not. Wear. So there. Get them here J. Crew.
Belles love adornment…aka em”belle”ishments … And these fit the bill….and our feet!
From Kate Spade and you can get yourself a pair at Saks.
And lest you think we’d forget…you can always just put a bow on it! These will bowl you over….tee hee…
These beauties are from Gucci and you can get them at Nordstrom .
So there you have it…a selection that is beyond….
a&a
the RARE belle 
