Louise is Tearing Up NYC with Courtney Love

The fabulous Louise Black is in New York as we speak whipping up dresses for Courtney Love's rumored new clothing line.

These are all re-worked one of a kind pieces made from vintage remnants & antique textiles. If you thought Louise's jewels and baubles that she does for Shrimpton Couture where fierce, this sneak peek at two of her original designs done in collaboration with Courtney, not only show off her dressmaking talents but will have you clamoring for the line to launch!

(pics from Louise's twit stream - follow her here. You can also follow Courtney here - she is back on twitter but you have to request permission to follow her. And if you want to follow me - you can do so here)

Beautiful Shrimpton Client Alert!

The beautiful Katie posted this picture for me to see of her gorgeous self on Facebook.

That necklace you see peeking out from under her shirt is from Shrimpton's very own Crystal Waterfall in the Louise Black collection!

Spotted - Louise Black

Our very own Louise Black rocked the Marie Clair NY red carpet in her own vintage inspired frock and signature cuff. Louise is doing terrific on Project Runway 6 and we could not be prouder!

Want to own a piece of fashion history?
Jump here to snag an original Louise Black piece from her capsule collection done exclusively for Shrimpton Couture!

PROJECT RUNWAY 6 - Louise Black

Unless you are dead you probably already know that Project Runway 6 debuts tonight and I would like to take a moment and wish Shrimpton Couture's own Louise Black tons of love and luck as its HER debuted tonight as well on the show!

We know she will kick butt!

Since at the moment we are the only shop to carry Louise Black pieces other then her own shop and the line we have is an EXCLUSIVE one designed just for us and the pieces are not available anywhere else we are a little full of ourselves tonight. Please take a moment to pop over to her in-shop boutique at Shrimpton Couture and fell free to leave some love in the comments for our girl!!

All Louise Black items are now In stock!

The full descriptions and details photos are now up on all the new
Louise Black pieces and all are ready to ship!

Click to any pic to jump to Louise e-boutique within the shop

Louise Black's Crystal Waterfall

SOLD

Fringe Follies by Louise Black

Art Deco Headband by Louise Black

SOLD

Louise Black's Pearl Corsage

Louise Black's Pirate Treasure

Louise Black Now on Pre-Order!

FIVE spectacular pieces from soon-to-debut
Project Runway Season 6 contestant
Louise Black

Check these beauties out and click any picture to jump
to the pre-order page to grab you favorite

Everyone's in the Hamptons.....

......including the beautiful Glamourai (go peek)
and as Style.com reports

"On Saturday, there were not one but two large-scale benefits, each with their own art auction. In East Hampton, Russell Simmons opened up his house for the tenth anniversary Art for Life party for his Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, a charity that supports public artistic projects for children in the city. ..........A town over, in Bridgehampton, meanwhile, revelers were whisked by golf cart past the rows of vineyards, horse stables, and the long, long swimming pool that make up Steven Klein's estate. The photographer was co-hosting a party with Calvin Klein Collection and Vanity Fair for ACRIA, the AIDS charity."

I have pulled some of the terrific summer looks for you.
Use them as inspiration as you hunt through the virtual racks over at Shrimpton Couture.
Can you spot the vintage equivalent to these looks?
Lots have their roots in vintage that is for sure!
Enjoy!

Pamela Glassman and Rachel Zoe rock caftans & maxis
find those here

Vanity Fair's Elizabeth Saltzman Walker with my girl, Tamara Mellon
go the opposite end of the scale in mini's

I have to admit that I do not have the vintage equivalent of this for the stage get up but I still had to share this picture - isn't it spectacular? BUT you could get the feel of the fringe and over the top lux by adding some Louise Black or RSVP pieces that I currently have in the shop

God I love Daphne Guinness - she is the modern day equivalent of all those woman who pushed fashion to its boundaries and constantly forged ahead.
Here she rocks a fringed mini and her own custom made-just-for-her platforms.
Get this look with a 20s piece

and the gorgeous Sarah Jessica Parker gets snapped with her husband Matthew Broderick, at the ACRIA's Cocktails at Sunset party wearing the modern equivilant of the wiggle dress

Picture Source

Congratulations Louise!

I am so pleased to finally be able to share a secret I have held for a while now. I recently launched an exclusive capsule collection of Louise Black pieces on Shrimpton Couture and knew she was headed for greatness and now that is confirmed!

Louise was announced today as one for the contestants on Project Runway Season 6!
The show debuts Aug 20th so I hope all the vintage lovers out there send her extra love and good wishes!

Click here to see her bio on Lifetime and click here to see the capsule collection she designed just for Shrimpton Couture!

Shrimpton Welcomes Lousie Black!

I was going to do a post on welcoming Louise Black but my e-friend Denise, writer extraordinaire of The Swelle Life blog, did such a lovely job covering the new collection that I am going to take the liberty of copying her post here for you all to see!

I am REALLY excited to welcome Louise to the Shrimpton family - her items are unbelieveable - if oyu think they look good in the photos wait till your piece arrives in the mail! There are some HUGE thiings coming up for Louise that I am sworn to secrecy on but trust me - this girl is ging to be BIG. Buy her now while you can get it!

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June 29, 2009

Louise Black's Victorian Beauties for Shrimpton Couture

My favourite vintage shop, Shrimpton Couture, has embarked on an exciting venture and enlisted the talents of a handful of carefully chosen independent accessories designers to create one-of-a-kind capsule collections for the boutique. Each is known for using special vintage materials that befit their own unique style and their creations are the perfect complement to the outstanding collection of vintage and reworked clothing that Shrimpton Couture offers.

The latest set of adornments comes courtesy of Louise Black whose richly detailed Victorian pieces favour delicate vintage laces and fringe and exquisite beadwork. The story goes that Courtney Love - a client of both Louise and Shrimpton Couture - suggested the two collaborate!

How I missed posting on the recent collection from The Glamourai I have no idea because I was completely smitten at first glance with her latest. It was influenced by the Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette and certainly captured the decadent, feminine styling at its best. My favourite piece went before it was even in the shop due to a frenzied reaction to a preview, so it's now with a lucky owner but I'm going to show it anyway:

However, somehow this piece is still available and is equally as luscious:

And a little something for the wrist, perhaps?

Modelled by The Glamourai herself along with another stunning

neckpiece that got snapped up immediately

Watch the Shrimpton Couture boutique for two more mouthwatering jewelry collections arriving soon. And fashion fans won't want to miss the Shrimpton Couture interview for Herald de Paris in which Norma Kamali answers questions from twitterers (tweeters? I'm not sure) including one from Yours Truly about the future of vintage.
You can read the article here

Louise Black is COMING SOON

I am so excited to be just a day or so away from officially welcoming Louise Black to the Shrimpton Couture line-up of fabulous goodies!

About a month or so ago I received an email from Louise saying that our fabulous shared client, Courtney Love, had urged Louise to get in touch with me. Courtney thought that we might be a good fit for each other and she was spot on!!

I love the work that Louise Black does, its rocker chic mixed with Victorian girlie decadence and I already personally own a few pieces that I wear regularly to rave reviews!
Her workmanship is incredible- I am incredibly picky about the quality and I am a fan - she does tight stitching, uses incredible antique and vintage textile remnants, and all are mixed and constructed into beautiful piece done with an astonishing aesthetic!

I will be posting more pictures soon and launching the entire line - I have 6 pieces in my hands right now and there are 6 more coming shortly.

I anticipate that like The Glamourai she will soon be selling out before I can even get items posted so watch this space carefully for updates!

Here is a sneak peek of one of her incredible cuff bracelets

LOVE!
Trust me when I say that Louise Black is on the cusp of being the next big thing so grab her pieces while you can!!