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Summer Surprise #3: Tarte & Totes

For registered users of haydenharnett.com, save on an exclusive beach beauty kit from Tarte cosmetics and super cute totes from Hayden-Harnett. From 3 PM 7/16 through 3 PM 7/17: enter the sale.

Labels: cosmetics, discount, flash, fun, hayden-harnett, spring, spring09, tarte

IRL: Style, issue 12

Laurel Wells - Height: 5'7"
What do you do IRL?
I design clothing for Hayden Harnett, practice and sometimes teach yoga, play in bands, and turn my apartment into a national disaster area with my frequent manic craft projects.

Your URL?
www.laurelwells.com

Why did you choose this look?
The print on this dress is so gorgeous and eye-catching without being flashy, and I love the element of surprise as it just peeps out from under the coat. The Athena sac is perfect for me because I ride my bike everywhere and the strap is long enough to wear cross-body. The shoes are just fantastic--extremely comfortable (I know this for a fact--I broke them in at the Masters in Augusta) and dressy enough to wear at night. I adore Oblique jewelry, it is so delicate and this necklace doesn't overwhelm the bold print on the dress.

What she's wearing:

HELENA Wrap Dress, painterly $324
PARKER Canvas Trench, crown blue $298
ATHENA Sac, Brandy $398
ATHENA Cuff, moonbeam $66
ATHENA Sandal, Moonbeam $158
IRIS Tassel Clip, Multi-color $28
OBLIK ATELIER GUGGENHEIM ring* $375
OBLIK ATELIER "Slice" necklace* $185

Sara Zucker - Height: 4'10" in flats, up to 5'3" in heels
What do you do IRL?
Right now I'm a "professional intern", working in the archive of a Vanderbilt mansion/museum. My free time has been spent cooking new and old family recipes, keeping my hands busy with arts & crafts projects, taking voice lessons, and applying for jobs since my completion of graduate school two weeks ago.

Your URL?
www.sarazucker.com
blog.styld.me

Why did you choose this look?
I chose this look because I am trying to branch out of my usual layered look of vintage flannels and hoodies. The silk of this dress was so buttery, I couldn't help myself, and grey is my favorite shade. The purse added the perfect pop of color and its threading matched the detail of the dress. I loved the sandals and was shocked at how well they fit (it's so hard to find size 5s!).

What she’s wearing:

FORTUNA Dress, Pebble $308
LORCA Turnlock, Lagoon $335
ISKIA Link Wedge, Black $238
OBLIK ATELIER “the fall” earrings*, $300

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Labels: design, design:shop, fashion, fun, IRL, style

summer surprise #2: flash sale duex 6/26 online from 9am to 7pm

register online to enter our secret flash sale

Our second flash sale starts tomorrow, Friday, June 26th at 9AM and ends at 7 PM EST. Enter the sale at haydenharnett.com/flash2/. Sale is accessible by registered members of our website only. If you are not registered for Hayden-Harnett's website, you can register and enter the sale here.

Don't miss out on this great private sale, and be sure to join our e-mail list, read the blog, and follow us on Twitter in order to stay up to date on Hayden-Harnett sales. Also, check out our regular sale items in the sale section of our website.

Labels: fun, sale

IRL: Style, issue 11

Crosby Noricks - Height: 5'6"
What do you do IRL?
I am the founder of PR Couture (www.prcouture.com), a successful blog about all things Fashion PR, Social Media Strategist for Red Door Interactive in San Diego, CA, intermittent kitten foster mama with the Rosebud Society, semi-motivated hula hooping trickster learner, hearts and unicorns and feathers and photo booth photo collector. The kind of lady that takes a trip to NYC with her BFF to celebrate my my recent birthday and putting things on the agendy like jet-lagged soggy
adventures to Greenpoint to visit HH in person, throwing an impromptu PR Couture party with Smashing Darling and Nolcha, and dressing up like a silver mermaid in the pouring rain at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

Your URL?
www.prcouture.com

Why did you choose this look?
Perhaps it was arriving at HH in the pouring rain rather soaked through, but I loved the decadent feeling of this silk dress, as well as its twirl potential and unique style. There was no way I was not going to wear a gold feather crown, so it was an added bonus that the two went well together. Having a bit of an obsession with the color gray, and loving flat boots, I paired the ensemble with the riding boots and added some extra accessories, well, just because I could! It's the kind of outfit I dream about the whole world wearing just for kicks, on the way to the grocery store or at the park.

What she's wearing:

ARTEMIS Dress, Ginger $348
STACI Crossbody, Platinum Tejus Lizard $258
ATHENA Cuff, Moonbeam $66
CELINA Signature Cuff, yam $78
PCM Headpiece, Goldie Luxe $98*
MADELEINE Riding Boot, eucalyptus $448

Marie Rounsavell - Height: 6'
What do you do IRL?
By day, I'm a technical writer for a great big staffing company. I write business proposals and responses for requests from public and government entities. Despite sounding like a total snoozer, this job that allows me to travel all over the country hunting down new opportunities to put people to work and it can be really rewarding. By night (and by weekend and pretty much all the time in the back of my mind) I am thinking about indie arts and crafts and the handmade movement. I used to do a lot more writing on the subject and am working on a relaunch of that effort later this summer.

Your URL?
marimello.tumblr.com / @marimellome

Why did you choose this look?
I know everyone wears it here on IRL, but I just love this dress! I have to throw on some leggings because it's short on me, but I could see wearing this sans leggings with something a teeny bit longer, fluffier, and brighter underneath. My work adventures sometimes put a damper on my bright and fluffy looks, but I can't help standing out in a room of government contractors, so why bother! In a heartbeat, I'd keep the bobbles and bright bag, and wear this dress like long top with some wide leg pants. Speaking of shoes these are fab! Super comfy and just the right height.

What she’s wearing:

HELENA Wrap Dress, Black $324
HAVANA Large Hobo, Lagoon $498
JOEY Wide Cuff, Black Crinkle Patent $80
ATHENA Cuff, black $66
GREENPOINT Cork Wedge, Black/grey $228
brandish "krash" pick ring*, $80
dot iris headband $17

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Labels: design:shop, fun, IRL, magazine, style

summer surprise #1: shoe & cuff flash sale 6/19 online from 9am to 7pm

Make sure to join our e-mail list, follow us on Twitter or read our blog frequently to get information about our special sales and events. If you missed our first secret sale, don't worry -- there will be other surprises.

To see our latest sale offers, visit the sale section of our website. Our flash sale is open to registered customers of Hayden-Harnett, the prices are valid only during the time indicated, do not combine with any other offers, and no price adjustments will be honored.

Thanks and have fun!

Labels: fun, sale, spring

Where the Boys Are...

It's no secret around the design office that I'm totally into men's apparel and style right now, so when I read an article in the NY Times style magazine about Sid Mashburn's amazingly perfect shop in Atlanta, I was instantly in superawe mode. Sigh...I want to go and shop for Ben (and myself!) so so so badly, but time to watch the $'s.

Oddly enough, our superlative apparel designer, Laurel Wells, went home for the holiday break and popped into the southern mecca of homme chic after I begged her to simply touch the door and then touch my hand. Well, SID TOUCHED HER TOTE!!!!!!!!!!

Sid, you are amazing and the Hayden-Harnett spring 10 collection is dedicated to you (and nomads...and lava...and, uhm, abyssinian kittens).

PS- I NEED to buy the neon Caran d'Ache pens from you for my summer writing. do you take phone orders from wishful girls?

Cheers and thank you for being my new style icon (who thankfully has a lovely sense of humor).

-Toni

Labels: atlanta, fashion, fun, men, stores, style

IRL: style, issue 1

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Labels: design:shop, fashion, fun, IRL, magazine, spring09, style

New HH style series coming: IRL

For the sake of real-time summer fun and style, we're starting a summer style series called "IRL" (in real life). We'll have hh staffers, friends, family, and special guests come into the Brooklyn HH design : shop and style a complete look from head to toe. Should be interesting and fun since summer style can get a bit repetitive when the mercury climbs. Not all of us are glamazon models and often wonder what something looks like IRL on an average non-model body.

If you live in NYC (or are in the area and can make it to our brooklyn shop) and you're interested in doing an IRL style shoot with us, please email hhshop@haydenharnett.com with the following info:

-snapshot of yourself
-brief paragraph letting us know a bit about you...interests, hobbies, where you live, what you do

The IRL style shoots are on Tuesdays. Mailer gets posted to our blog on Wednesdays and sent to our mailing list.

Happy summer style,
-Toni

Labels: customer, design:shop, fashion, fun, hayden-harnett, shopping

tiny visitors bring much happiness to our day!

Labels: children, cute, design:shop, fun

Consider Yourself at HHome

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Labels: fun, hayden-harnett, home, hula-hoop

randomness for monday, 1/26/09

which of these things is not like the other?

Labels: barbie head, cat, daisy, fun, pictures, py, randomness

Video Contest - Win a Complete H-H Outfit

You may have noticed we've started to make some fun videos about our products and adding them to our product pages. We're excited, because it's a novel way to show off our favorite stuff. Each of the girls in the design:shop has lots to say about her favorite bags and apparel, showing off some of the amazing features, the hidden talents (both of the bags, and their own!), and just having fun.

Now that you've seen our videos, we want to see yours! You could win a complete Hayden-Harnett outfit, that's right, head-to-toe Hayden-Harnett for you, and for your best friend! Just create a short video about your favorite Hayden-Harnett product, or the Hayden-Harnett product you're craving most, and post it as a video response to one of our videos on YouTube. For more contest details, visit http://haydenharnett.com/contest/ See all our videos here.

Labels: contest, fashion, fun, videos

Word is... Hayden-Harnett on Gossip Girl Tonight

Here at the HH warehouse it isn't rare to find oneself in the midst of a conversation over the previous nights cable lineup. Sadly, with only 4 channels in my apartment I rarely get to join in on the fun. So this weekend when the weather looked gloomy, my roommate Ashley (a fellow HH-er) and I decided to binge on some DVDs.

As Ashley looked for deep, intriguing movies, I stood in the aisle known as 'sitcom heaven' pondering what season to add to my collection first. I decided on Gossip Girl -- I had never seen it, but had heard all the rage, seen the Times Square billboards, & even have a male friend who Tivos it religiously.

As Ashley and I settled down this Saturday afternoon we had no idea what we were in for. Needless to say, I didn't leave my house all weekend... hardly even left my couch. I hit the ignore button on my phone, neglected to study for a microeconomics test: it was "XOXO Gossip Girl" until 2am Monday morning rolled around. As we finished the last episode we sunk into a funk: what were we going to do without GG?

But there's good news: a new season has started and an episode is on tonight. And then the word came through: Hayden-Harnett will be on Gossip Girl tonight!! Serena van der Woodsen will be sporting the Corcovado Tote in Cordovan! So, at 8pm tonight, Ashley and I will be on the edge of our couch looking to spot the Wyeth on our new favorite show. Hope to see you there! -- Melissa

Hayden-Harnett Clara Flap on Gossip Girl

Serena also loves our Clara Flap Bag in Black Zeus Patent.

Labels: celebs, fall, fashion, fun, handbags, musing, sightings, style

green is good? green is great!

Press has been all over this handy tote like butter on toast, but I thought I might contribute my 2 cents (actually, all proceeds to FarmAid, to be quite accurate) on this bag as a real live actual user.

I use this super sturdy tote for anything and everything, from carrying my yoga clothes and lunch to and from the office to saving a plastic bag and toting my groceries to packing a picnic and a book to the park. And in a pinch, it works really well as a barrier between my pants and the wet grass or a nice little pillow for naps in the great outdoors.

To top it all off, I feel good knowing that I'm spreading a positive message all over NYC and that I have contributed to a great cause.

So there you have it. My tote/my self. Don't tell my mother.

Labels: environment, fun, musing

Viva Tropicalia! Spring/Summer 2008 Lookbook Movie

rhumba, samba, frevo. hayden-harnett's s/s08 collection is deeply inspired by a love for the passionate arts and culture of 60's brazil. vivid color, bold shapes, and hand-crafted detailing reflect the cultural flashpoint of tropicalismo. so, put on some caetano veloso or os mutatnes on the hi-fi, kick back and watch the surf roll in. remember, it is forbidden to forbid. from corcovado to sao paulo, we hope there's something perfeito for the artisan in you. view the catalog

--Toni

Labels: apparel, cinema, fashion, fun, preview, spring, summer

"Everything I Love in One Place"

Recently, we got a sweet picture from one of our customers, and we couldn't help but share it with you. In it, she said, she captured everything she loved: her boyfriend, her bike, and her favorite handbag (Havana Hobo in Moss). Here it is, as titled by her -- "hh smooch":

Do you have any great Hayden-Harnett moments to share?

Labels: fun, handbags, sightings

What's in a Bag?

Recently we had some people ask about the Ana, one of our new bags for the fall. It's a smaller bag, but we were surprised road-testing it: it sure holds a lot! Anyway, just to show you, this is what one of our employees has in hers:

The Ana bag in yellow, exclusively at Anthropologie

The Ana bag in yellow, exclusively at Anthropologie

Yes, that's a book, camera, cell-phone, flats, clutch-wallet, and address book.

Labels: fall, fun, handbags

Bag-O-Scope

Having trouble deciding on a bag? Ever wonder what the stars have to say about what handbag you should carry? Ponder no further. Hayden-Harnett has done the work for you. We've pulled down the old astrological tomes off the top shelf, blown off the dust and pored over charts and numbers. We've tracked the constellations in the sky, and noticed a lot of them actually seem to be carrying handbags. Don't delay, enter your birthdate in our cosmological calculator, and find out which bags are right for you, today! Bag-O-Scope. Illustrated by Irit Baniel.

Labels: artists, fashion, fun, spring

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Summer Surprise #3: Tarte & Totes

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

IRL: Style, issue 12

Thursday, June 25, 2009

summer surprise #2: flash sale duex 6/26 online from 9am to 7pm

IRL: Style, issue 11

Thursday, June 18, 2009

summer surprise #1: shoe & cuff flash sale 6/19 online from 9am to 7pm

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Where the Boys Are...

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

IRL: style, issue 1

Monday, April 06, 2009

New HH style series coming: IRL

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

tiny visitors bring much happiness to our day!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Consider Yourself at HHome

Monday, January 26, 2009

randomness for monday, 1/26/09

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Video Contest - Win a Complete H-H Outfit

Monday, September 29, 2008

Word is... Hayden-Harnett on Gossip Girl Tonight

Thursday, June 05, 2008

green is good? green is great!

Friday, February 01, 2008

Viva Tropicalia! Spring/Summer 2008 Lookbook Movie

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

"Everything I Love in One Place"

Friday, December 15, 2006

What's in a Bag?

Monday, June 19, 2006

Bag-O-Scope

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