07
Nov
Posted by TrigMom as TrigDesigner
What could be better than overseeing a fashion powerhouse that has ads with starlets like Nicole Kidman and Keira Knightley coveting its products?
Nothing.
45-year-old Maureen Chiquet is the lucky lady heading up Chanel. According to Portfolio magazine she helped make the estimated $14.8 billion company “arguably the single most valuable fashion brand.”
Chiquet has humble roots at working for L’Oreal in Paris and later Gap in 1988. Later she moved within Gap Inc. to help grow the Old Navy brand from 35 to 850 stores. Next she she became president of Banana Republic in 2002.
One year later she was at Chanel.
Since joining the house of interlocking C’s , Chiquet has put runway shows on iPhones; launched ads with a near-nude Keira Knightley; and hired starchitect Zaha Hadid to design a pavilion for a Chanel exhibit on a global tour starting this year.
Her inspiration is founder Coco Chanel whose “audacity and confidence give me the sense that there are no barriers as long as one follows one’s heart.”
Source: Glamour
26
Aug
Posted by TrigMom as TrigKid, TrigMom
Our favorite go-to store for adorable infant clothes and classic kid tees and jeans has just launched babyGap Home, available online and in several stores.
Offered is their own line of premium nursery bedding.
They also carry a large variety of some of our favorite products - Strollers are from Maclaren and Quinny, diaper bags from Storksak, Skiphop, and Bella Tunno, baby carriers from BabyBjorn and Hotslings, feeding items from BabyCie, The Safe Sippy, Crocodile Creek, skincare from Little Twig and MD Moms, blankets from Aden & Anais.
They also offer a nice selection of organic products.
Their furniture line is manufactured by Dorel and features two cribs, and matching changing tables and dressers, all of which are reasonably priced ($249-$699).
All in all, a very nice selection. Very similar to PBK, although Gap certainly has the edge over PBK when it comes to clothing. We’ll see how the two “superstores” develop in the future.
There are currently six babyGap Home locations in California, four in the New York metro area, two in Texas, and two in Illinois, with more to come. So far, only four locations carry the full line including furniture.
24
Jul
Posted by TrigMom as TrigKid
37-year-old Entourage Executive Producer Mark Walberg is more Invincible Daddy than Boogy Nights Bad Boy. Mark was spotted toting his son Michael (2) around LA this week. Michael’s big sister Ella (4.5) is not pictured.
Mom, Rhea Dunham (29) is preganant with their third child. A friend of the family told OK Magazine that Mark is, “thrilled to be having another baby. He is an amazing dad and his two children are his world. He always used to joke about wanting at least a dozen kids, but it looks like he wasn’t joking after all.”
Mark shares that, “when the kids are good, we want eight or nine. When they’re bad, we [want] to stop at three.”
Michael is wearing a blue and yellow striped Gap tee and navy shorts. Similar tees from Gap $8 - $14.50.
Mark and Rhea have been together 7 years and are in no rush to walk down the isle.
“In this day and age there is less pressure to be married. I hear that its just a piece of paper, and figure that that piece of paper will not make or break what we have built together. Coming from a divorced home and watching the court fights we decided not to go that route for the time being. There have been no hardships due to not legally married. Everything is the same from Doctors to school for unmarried parents as it is for married parents. The positive spin we have on the subject is that if the unfortunate ever happens and we split, there will be no court battles, costly attorney, and divorce proceedings. We are in this together whether I take his last name or not. I have been able to make a life for myself knowing full well that if anything ever happens I can handle it and that we will still be a team when it comes to raising our children.”
Ella and Michael Walberg at the pumpkin patch last October 2007.
Pictures: People/JJ
03
Jul
Posted by TrigMom as TrigFashion, TrigKid
Online shopping is my guilty pleasure and arguably the better way to shop - The stores never close. You can shop in the bathtub. No lines. No mess. And no driving - We’re green! We’re helping the planet and the economy. And the gas money saved can now justify your purchases, right?
My bookmarked and favorite sites for our kidlets are:
- CrewCuts - A staple for casual prep. Cute ties for boys. LOVE their shoes for kids. Decent selection of uniform polos.
- Milk Shop - Great selection of clothes. My favorites: Splendid for girls and baby, Petit Bateau for baby, Melissa Odabash suits for girls, Kingsley and Trunk tees for boys
- Garnet Hill - Great variety of reasonably priced clothes. Fun PJ prints for kids.
- MiniBoden - Bright and fun patterns. Cute skirts and dresses for casual play.
- Babystyle - A little of everything
- Gap - Great uniform selection at a reasonable price. Cute designs. Some of the cutest baby/toddler PJs although they are arguably very thin. Great sales.
- Nordstrom - Love them for their great customer service. Great holiday and church dress.
- Neimen Marcus - Need I say more.
- Hanna Andersson - Love their PJs. Great quality, cotton. Lasts forever!
- Piperline - Shoes
