Saturday Shopping

My mother has impeccable taste and style.  She doesn’t need fashion magazines to dictate to her what to wear.  It’s as if she has built-in fashion instinct.  Everyone goes to her for style advice.  She’s been known to go to friends’ homes to help edit and clean out their closets.  She often accompanies them shopping helping them to choose new outfits in small boutiques and larger department stores.  Her friends and family are very lucky to have someone so stylish.  I would like to think I inherited some of her style.  What I always remember is her ‘less is more’ mantra when it comes to fashion.  She always said to remember that someone will always remember if you are wearing too much jewelry or too much makeup.  But you won’t leave an embarrassing mark if you showed up in a chic ensemble that was sleek and streamlined without any sort of tacky embellishments. 

This weekend I was the lucky one.  We met for lunch and then set out to hit the boutiques and stores.  I needed new blazers and a few new handbags.   You won’t be surprised to hear this, but she has amazing taste in accessories as well.  Over lunch I told her I needed several new clutch bags and a larger handbag or even two for work and travel.  She said she knew the exact line for me and that I would love it.  We had coffee for desert and then left.  What a delicious lunch it was and what a great treat to spend time with my mom.

The first luxury department store we visited, she made a beeline for the accessories department.  With a big smile, she told me this is the handbag line she just loves.  It is called http://www.pliadesigns.com .  I have read about them in VOGUE and other major fashion magazines.  She pulled down lovely lambskin clutches.  I knew right away I couldn’t only purchase one clutch.  I told the sales clerk I’d take three clutches.  They are called the Eloise clutch.  Then we moved on to PLIA Designs larger handbags.  These were some of the best designer handbags I’d laid eyes on in a very long time.  The courier satchel handbag came in two sizes.  I was overwhelmed.   What beautiful designer bags.  I took one of the new small courier satchels and then their original larger size.  Wow.  I hadn’t imagined I’d buy this many handbags today.  I am so thankful for my mom introducing me to PLIA Designs designer handbags.  These will be amazing additions to my wardrobe.  After purchasing my new handbags, we set off to search for new blazers.  What a fun day it turned out to be.  I’ll update you in a bit on my new blazers.