Amazing App Alert!

Ever dreamt of having a personal stylist to categorize and archive your closet for you? Well, now your dream can become a reality thanks to this fantastic new app called Cloth. With Cloth, you can snap photos of your favorite outfits on your iPhone, place them in categories like everyday, vacation or work. You can easily browse all your outfits at the push of a button, and better yet, you can share them directly to Facebook and Twitter.

What are you waiting for? Download it now!

*And how cute is our friend Hannah of The Loved One in this video. Oh how we'd love to have access to her closet.

Red Hot.

Our TYPEWRITER wedges are one of our new featured styles and so many of you have let us know just how much you love them! To celebrate that (and so much more) we paired them with a holiday-inspired outfit perfect for this Christmas weekend and whatever you have in store for New Years. 

Can you believe we're almost closing the 2011 chapter! Cheers to time spent with family, a day or two of rest and a new clean slate come 2012. 

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Love, Seychelles xx

The Vamoose.

The Vamoose is an amazing handmade jewelry collection from the UK designed by Kathryn Blackmore. She garners her inspiration from various places around Europe and the world which results in each piece telling it's own story. 

Her work has been featured on many of our favorite style blogs and now we know where to go next time we're in the need of amazing hand crafted accessories. (she ships worldwide, sometimes even for free!) Get to know her.

Baking 101.

(Courtesy of FORTY SIXTH at GRACE)

 



Every year when the holidays come around, we get in the mood for baking. Whether it be cookies, or scrumptious pies; we always have our expectations set high. 

What we fail to remember is, we're not blessed with the ability to throw a couple things together and create a masterpiece; we need guidance and A LOT of it. 

So we collected amazing sounding recipes, taken from the always yummy Smitten Kitchen and we're looking forward to trying our hand at some over the holiday break. We'll keep you posted with how it goes. (fingers crossed)

Apple Pie Cookies 
S'more Pie
Shaker Lemon Pie 
Vanilla Roasted Pears 

spotted around the office

Yesterday model and makeup artist Megan Porschen stopped by our office for a visit. She was dressed to perfection in this modern bohemian look, looking cozy and layered for a California winter. We love the way Megan wears our "Stakeout" boots. She says they're the perfect boots and she wears them with everything! What do you think?

Seychelles in Real Life.

We love seeing our shoes make it into to the blogosphere! It's always interesting to see how they look styled out and strolling the streets, so keep it up and don't be shy about sending more photos our way. 

Happy Weekend!

Top L to R . A Lovely Escape wearing our WILDLIFE wedges, Lust for Life wearing our LISBON booties

Bottom L to R . That's Chic wearing our AMPERSAND heels . The Loved One's Gift Guide featuring our PRIVATE EYE flats and CARE TO DANCE mules.

A Good Gift

Happy Holidays! If you are like me, you are probably scrambling for gift ideas and preparing for the holidays. One of my favorite gifts to give and receive are cookbooks! There is something really special to me about sharing food and the way you eat with others. This is the kind of gift that is thoughtful, practical, and brings the person joy throughout the year when they use your gift!

So in the spirit of the holidays, here are some cookbooks that I think would make great gifts this season!









1. The Mozza Cookbook2. I Know How To Cook3. Off The Menu4. Momofuku Milk Bar5. The Family Meal6. Noma

We're Celebrating You.

Winter Gift Guide.

Anthology 2011 Holiday Guide Preview from tiger in a jar on Vimeo.

We've been obsessed with Matt & Julie Walker, the husband and wife team and creative geniuses behind TIGER IN A JAR for almost a year now. Like all healthy relationships, (ahem obsessions) we try and let a little time go by in between check-ins so we're pleasantly surprised at what newness they have created for us to swoon over. 


Well....they've done it again. A perfectly made, beautifully shot, gift guide filled with treasures and treats one can create and make for their loved ones DIY style. This literally could not be more us!! 


Matt and Julie, we raise our cider and tip our knit caps to you. We can't wait to see what 2012 brings.

Ode to Burgundy.

We're definitely in a festive mood as of late and to help continue that along, we decided to build a look featuring one of our "in love with at the moment" colors, Burgundy. 

To be specfic, Burgundy is a rich, blue under-toned red, works back with everything and is the perfect color to sustain you through the dreary weather months of Winter. Don't you agree?

What helps keep you in the holiday spirit?

House of Fraser poet dress . TopShop polka dot scarf . The Paris Wife . Seychelles Typewriter wedges .  

deborah lippmann polish in Single Ladies . Laura Mercier Warm Roasted Chestnuts candle

Closet Visit + Jeana Sohn

Wouldn’t it be nice to take a peek into the closets of stylish women? 

Artist Jeana Sohn does just that with her website Closet Visit, taking us into a world of beauty and inspiration.  Founded in 2010, Jeana photographs the closets (and the things that go in them) of fashionable women all over Los Angeles.  There are inspirational outfits, gorgeous designer pieces, amazing vintage finds, sparkling jewels, and fabulous shoes to be seen.   Included with the beautiful photos are interviews about style, favorites, and some fashion advice.  Jeana Sohn along with Claire Cottrell also introduced two short films this year for Closet Visit that are simply breathtaking.  Watch them below, and once you have fallen in love with the beauty of the films, wander over here to start some closet visiting.  And, when you are done with that, check out Jeana's blog, art site, and photography site for some more loveliness.  

A Closet Visit Film No. 1 from Claire Cottrell on Vimeo.

Matilde from Claire Cottrell on Vimeo.

Kinfolk Magazine Volume Two.

Kinfolk Volume Two from Kinfolk on Vimeo.

We have definitely touted this before but we're going for it again. We LOVE Kinfolk magazine. It's an amazing new resource for us to ooh, aah and swoon over. 

Volume Two will be released next Monday, December 12th and this time it's focus is on spending time with family and friends during the Winter and Holiday months. We're so excited!!

Watch the teaser above and if you're as enamored as we are, click here to become a subscriber.

Contest! Contest!

d.RA Spring 2012 Preview Party Giveaway

You're all invited to attend d.RA's Spring 2012 Preview Party/Sample Sale! (see details below)

We're partying the night away with our favorite bloggers and giving them exclusive gift bags, and now you too can get in on the fun! 

Enter our contest to win one of your own gift bags packed with goodies!

How to enter:

1) Follow @dRAclothing on Twitter

2) Follow @SeychellesShoes on Twitter

3) Tweet "I want to win an exclusive gift bag from @dRAclothing's Spring Preview Party and Sample Sale! http://on.fb.me/tGMXmC"

Winner will be chosen and announced on d.RA's Twitter @dRAclothing on 12/3 (tomorrow)!

 *Open to US residents only.

Holly's Holiday Inspiration

Once Thanksgiving is over, it's already time to start planning for the holidays. I've been taking a peek around online to find the perfect holiday outfit, and found these pieces that would transition perfectly from Holiday Shopping to Holiday Party! Since I'm based in Los Angeles we can get away with shorts and dresses in the winter, but these pieces would also look great layered with tights and a chic coat! You can bet I'll be pairing some of my favorite Seychelles shoes with my outfits this season!

Shop with Seychelles and D.RA

Supadupa Seychelles.

(photos by Marko Knezevic)

Supadupa Vintage's new look book features our very own THEORY boots. How amazing are these photos? 

Seychelles & The Muppets

Amy Adams wore our lovely JIG shoes in multiple colors all throughout THE MUPPETS movie. We're so excited!! 

If you go and see it, make sure to be on the lookout!

We're Keeping the Party Going.

Indulge yourself with gifts or start your Christmas shopping for family and friends today and throughout the weekend at Seychellesfootwear.com. 

Seriously so many cute styles to choose from, which one is your favorite?

Black Friday Seychelles style.

POP UP shop Helsinki.

Our Helsinki boots, designed through a collaboration with Finnish designer Ivana Helsinki, walked the runway during NYFW in February. Now they are ready to be worn among the masses. 

Recently our Queen Bee at Seychelles, Sari traveled back to her hometown of Helsinki, Finland and was able to capture our amazing boots featured in Ivana's pop up shop in the city centre. 

If the holidays find you abroad this season, make sure you make a side trip to Helsinki. If not, shop the boots here and know you own a little piece of Seychelles fashion history.

The Civil Wars.

Today we're lauding The Civil Wars. To say we love this band is simply not enough. We had the privilege of seeing them live this past weekend and the show far surpassed our expectations. 

Every once in awhile, you hear, see or experience something that you know is extraordinary. The Civil Wars, live in concert, was definitely one of those defining moments.

Having sung together now for only 3 years after meeting in a song writing session in Nashville, this duo has taken the industry by storm. Their voices blend as if they are coming from the same source. They are old school, talent rich and dress up for the occasion. 

Get to know them with these backstage videos shot on their tour this past Summer.

Glitter Glam.

Add a little glitz to your wardrobe. Go for it, you've earned it. 

Seychelles EXCLAMATION POINT . Seychelles OUT ON THE TOWN

Day to Evening.

Our new ALL DRESSED UP heels are the perfect shoe (and the truth is they are even better in person). Paired with a faux fur jacket and a tunic dress over skinny jeans, this outfit lasts from work meeting to friend's dinner.

Where would you go wearing this?

Be Like Lucy.

 

We love visiting The Selby to get a daily dose of what's happening in other people's lives. They now have taken it one step further and teamed up with ZARA on a video series featuring English bred and NYC based gallerist Lucy Chadwick.

If we were to describe Lucy's world, we would use words like simple, classic, linear and artistic. An artist by trade, her effortless aesthetic is apparent in her NYC apartment, her barn in the woods and pretty much everything she takes part in. 

Instead of feeling the need to hurry and finish, her and her partner have chosen to build from the ground up, take time curating and making the right choices for the spot they've chosen to put their roots down. We should all seek to find our place and do the same.

Factory / Park Series

(left to right: Explorer Boots, Stakeout Boots, Letter Press Heels, Daisy Wheel Heels)

David Amico's FACTORY / PARK SERIES is now up at Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills. This Los Angeles based artist took inspiration from Skid Row and transformed it to create these beautiful abstract paintings. I was inspired to pair up some of his paintings with my favorite fall Seychelles shoes. I can just imagine wearing any of these shoes while visiting the gallery with my friends. The show just started and will be on view through December. This is one art show you should not miss this season!

ACE GALLERY - BEVERLY HILLS
9430 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 858-9090

(images from Ace Gallery)

Tom Ford: Visionaries.

 

Tom Ford's new documentary VISIONARIES premiered on the OWN network in October. It documents his rise and continued success in the various verticals he dances between;  photography, beauty, eyewear, fashion design and movie-making. 

Since his exit from GUCCI in 2004, he has worked to establish his own brand and continues to amaze the masses with his attention to detail, design and overall aesthetic. Simply put, he is and will continue to be a force in the fashion industry for decades to come. 

We love him, can you tell?

Ode to Loulou.

Today we pay tribute to the original muse of haute couture, Loulou de la Falaise. She died November 5th in her home in France, after a year long battle with cancer.  She was 64 and much too young.

Loulou was a fashion pioneer, she challenged the normal standard for women's wear and became the muse and closest confidante of Yves Saint Laurent. She was the first person to inject the Paris collections with bursts of jewelry and solidified the importance of hand crafted baubles as an integral part of each season's collection. She worked for the design house for three decades and will forever be remembered as the inspiration and force behind both YSL and her own label Loulou de la Falaise.

Versace for H&M

The Versace for H&M collection is unveiling itself tonight in New York City with a full fashion presentation and a performance by Prince and Nicki Minaj. We wish we could be there to watch in person but will have to settle for the many pics and blog postings showcasing it's fierceness online tomorrow. One thing you can see, no matter where you are this evening, is the collection in full. 

Slated to hit 300 stores nationwide and online November 17th means for the first time in forever Versace = affordable and accessible. Start taking notes on your favorites and plan on setting the alarm early to get a good spot in line. (both locally and virtually) This collection already has amassed enough buzz to rival its predecessor, Lanvin.  

Are you excited?