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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 10

Lauren - Height: 5' 4"
What do you do IRL?
I am the training supervisor for Henry Street Settlement's Peer Training Institute while studying for my Master's in Social Work from NYU. At Henry Street, I instruct teens in important life skills (decision-making skills, relationships, and sexual health), and conduct individual and group counseling. When not at work or in the library, you can usually find me having dinner with friends, at a farmer's market (buying food for dinner with friends), or in a dance studio (before dinner with friends).

Your URL?
www.freerice.com

Why did you choose this look?
I chose the dress because I felt like a goddess of doom in it. But kind of a sexy, flirty, goddess, as in come and get me if you can. The wedges were a perfect and comfortable compliment to the dress. I love big necklaces, heavy enough so that you know what you're wearing at all times, and this gorgeous one was no exception. I grabbed the clutch as soon as I saw it, not only because it was shiny silver, but also because it brought out the grays in my dress, shoes, and necklace. I thought of the cuff as my piece of flair, if you know what I mean... The lightweight trench and colorful umbrella completed my stylin' outfit for a rainy day.

What she's wearing:

PHAEDRA Dress, Black $298
PARKER Canvas Trench, Pebble $298
KOKO Mini Bag, Steel $298
RAMONE Studded Slim Cuff, Papaya $90
GREENPOINT Cork Wedge, black/grey $228
Medallion necklace*, $135

Joanne Lee - Height: 5'9"
What do you do IRL?
I design handbags for Hayden-Harnett and eat/drink my way around NYC.

Your URL?
www.hel-looks.com -- I love how the Finns dress without fear.

Why did you choose this look?
This is the perfect "I look so put together, but really, I just threw this on!" dress. It's very polished but super low-maintenance and the color and fabric are the perfect combination I'm looking for this season; a flattering nude with a pop of bright blue, and it feels flowy and cool in hot humid New York summer! The sandals are perfect for walking around town in style and comfort, and I'm carrying the Conrad in ginger to contrast the flesh-tone palette. The bag is just the right size and has a pocket for everything I need in a snap and converts to a crossbody shape. People are definitely going to be checking out this outfit on the subway platform.

What she's wearing:

PENELOPE Dress, Bisque Boudoir $275
CONRAD Shoulder Bag, Ginger $450
JOEY Wide Cuff, platinum lizard $80
RAMONE Studded Slim Cuff, Black $90
IBIZA Slide, Platinum Lizard $120
ginkgo leaf necklace*, $60

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Labels: design:shop, fashion, IRL, spring, spring09, 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

sunshiney day (or ELSE)

the endless rain and in-between weather got you down?
dying to wear those cute sandals, feel the sun on your shoulders,
and stroll down the street in a lovely silk sundress? longing for daffodils
bobbing their lemony bright heads at you while chirping bluejays carry the hem of your dress?

ME TOO!

seriously. weather. i have two words for you.
be.have.

yes. behave before i throw a ham at you in a supermarket. perhaps that would change your fickle fickle mind.

in lieu of sunny and warm spring weather today, i post this 100% fantastically adorable video by a creative and smart fan of HH, beccakatehh, via youtube. thank you for making me smile this morning.

time to pull out a happy umbrella and tall boots yet again...

Labels: randomness, spring, videos

Swim is in!

Our swimwear has arrived. Don't miss it.

Labels: apparel, hayden harnett, spring, spring09, swimwear

Bedford Messenger: The Bag for All Kinds

You'll love learning about our new unisex Bedford Messenger bag and all the different kind of people it's perfect for.

Labels: brooklyn, fashion, how-to, messenger, spring, style, videos

Insights into our Spring 2009 Print Design

Madeleine Eayrs, our art director, gives us a little insight into how she designs and develops the custom prints for our collection. In this video, she discusses the "boudoir" print. Enjoy!

Labels: design, how-to, madeleine eayrs, spring, spring09, style, videos

Rachel Bilson <3's H-H for Target

Rachel Bilson sporting the day-fig print umbrella from our limited time only collection for Target

Rachel Bilson looks quite sunny under our day-fig print umbrella from our limited time only collection for Target. Check it out here.

Labels: celebs, fashion, hayden-harnett, sightings, spring, target

Whitney's BFF Erin also BFF of Hayden-Harnett

Anybody catch this on a recent episode of "The City"?

Whitney's BFF Erin sporting our Audrey Trench Coat from Spring

Erin from "The City" was strolling along wearing our Audrey rope-print trench from our Spring 2008 collection.

Labels: celebs, sightings, spring, the city, TV

Hayden-Harnett for Target

Labels: fashion, handbags, hayden-harnett, spring, style, target

Hayden-Harnett at the Movies

Our backpack had a cameo appearance on Courtney Cox in the new Disney Film Bedtime Stories

Hayden-Harnett Backpack in Bedtime Stories

Our limited edition backpack for Anthropologie had a cameo appearance in Disney's "Bedtime Stories" movie alongside Courtney Cox and Adam Sandler. We've redone our backpack in a sturdy nylon with leather trim as the all new Bleecker Backpack, available this spring.

Labels: backpack, celebs, sightings, spring

it's all about the shoes...

ladies love shoes. men love nice shoes on ladies. good shoes make life worth living, especially in nyc. hayden-harnett <3's shoes. 211 franklin street is shoeville, with no exiles.

ohmydog...everyone at hh is 100% freakily obsessed with shoes, me included. every time the ups guy drops by, 8 out of 10 times, there's a fresh pair of shoes being delivered to some lucky lady who's hoping that "this is the pair"...the magic pair that are super-stylish, comfortable, well-made, and not a total rent buster. the elusive footwear "one".

so, what to do about this all-encompassing problem? bags we have. check. awesome bags for both fashion and travel. apparel we have. check. great dresses and outerwear that we all love and help us refrain from nudity.

shoes were the only thing missing from the mix. time to design some shoes, obviously. so i did. i sat down on saturday, 4/27 and started sketching exactly what i was looking for. style. comfort. personality. crafty leather love. wearability with an edge. kicks with style and soul. interesting to look at. easy to love.

what came of the saturday sketch session? a collection of shoes for hayden-harnett that will launch for spring 2009. nine styles that range from a slide to a zippered cuff boot that can be worn over the knee. all in our signature soft, natural leathers we use on the handbags. seven weeks later, we have a fully sampled line and we're sending out linesheets.

we will be introducing our shoes to buyers during the collections at WSA in the venetian hotel at the end of july. super. hurrah! all the hh ladies love the shoes and i'm now testing out the first pair of personals that i ordered for myself, the iskia link wedge. they float around my foot. they are easy to wear with everything. they are badass and woven with a covered leather wedge heel. they rock and they roll. even ben likes them.

further sneak peeks of hayden-harnett shoes to come.
--toni

Labels: design, fashion, footwear, preview, shoes, spring

Spotted in Hayden-Harnett: Kim Stolz

Kim Stolz of America's Next Top Model, Veronica Mars & more was spotted on MTV's TRL wearing our Cara Pullover Coverup.

Kim Stolz in Hayden-Harnett's Cara Pullover Coverup

Labels: celebs, sightings, spring

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

Sighted: Mia Maestro & her Mosaique Hobo

Mia Maestro & her Mosaique Hobo on the Beach

We're not generally a fan of the paparazzi, but we were giddy when super-cute Mia Maestro was spotted on a cool day at the beach down in South America with our Mosaique Hobo.

Labels: celebs, handbags, sightings, spring

Spring is in the Air

Today we had a tantalizing hint of the spring to come, as temperatures rose into the positively balmy 40s here in Brooklyn, and the sun shone down on rivulets of melting snow, and we shed our jackets temporarily. We only got to enjoy the beautiful weather fleetingly, as we ran our separate ways from one place to another. We are as busy as bees at Hayden-Harnett. You'll notice in the past few months we haven't been updating our photojournals or posting much on our blog.

You will notice some changes, however, if you glance around our website :-) Our beautiful new spring collection of handbags is launched, with terrific new styles - the Suki Ladybag and Barnard Crossbody pre-eminent among them. We've also launched the Paule Marrot Editions by Hayden-Harnett collection, featuring the modern yet timeless print designs of Alsatian artist Paule Marrot. We would be remiss if we didn't mention our skinny belts riffing off our signature handbag styles and bringing in some charm of their own.

These days anomolous weather is both more frequent, and more jarring, as increased awareness about the dangers of human propelled climate change puts us all on edge about the future. That's why we launched the "Friends of Al" tote last month - to raise awareness about global warming, and to actually do something about it. We've already raised thousands of dollars and planted over fifteen-hundred trees, and made countless new friends.

Meanwhile, Toni has been hard at work designing our Fall 2007 collection. We've just set up our showroom with the new collection, which is our best yet! The colors are staggeringly beautiful, and too achingly perfect to describe, and we've developed some new custom hardware elements we're all longing to start carrying. And just wait until you look inside...

Oh - have you noticed? We've taken "handbags + accessories" our of the website logo, and added a new button - "apparel". That's right. We've just launched our first ready-to-wear collection, designed by the fantabulous Sonia A. We have trendy A-line dresses, stunning short and long jackets, a spring parka to die for, and countless other items. Keep checking back as we continue to refine the apparel section of the website. And we're pretty excited, because we've just had the apparel featured in Elle Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, and now Daily Candy!

Worried about ordering from the web? Don't - we've got a 15 day easy return policy, and we're sure you won't want to send it back. But maybe you really just want to see it in person and get to try it on? You're in luck, because we're in the middle of opening our very first store, in Greenpoint! Toni is ordering wallpaper samples, and Ben is supervising the construction, and we should be open in just a few more weeks. Thanks for checking in, and keep in touch. H-H.

Labels: apparel, fashion, handbags, spring

Spring '07: Just Around the Corner!

we're working away on getting the spring 2007 collection finished up and ready to show for september market. we have SO MANY great new bags and items coming...i can't wait until we get the sampling finished up.

new news: for spring'07, we're launching a fabulous (but casual) line of apparel. most of the dresses are very lightweight jersey. the main idea being that they travel and wear so well. seriously, you can roll our clothing up so small and throw it into your bag. change into them at the end of the day, and voila, you're ready to hit the town! i really think our fans are going to love the new line.

we're also launching belts for SP07...we have one style, the HARNESS belt, which will be available for autumn/winter'06. comes in whiskey, malachite, and vintage black.

hayden-harnett has asked two amazing new designers to join us (great friends of ours)...we're growing and couldn't have found more talented people to join our design team. sonia agostino, our apparel design director, who thoroughly kicks cold corporate design's ass. also, hanging out in our bklyn offices...madeleine (mimi) ayres, an incredibly talented graphic designer and artist. sonia is from NJ, and mimi is from argentina.

SPRING 2007 INSPIRATION:

MARK ROTHKO (illustrative work and color field)
BIBA
OSSIE CLARK
PARIS in the 60's (superb book...great for mood and silhouette)
EQUESTRIAN TACK & HARDWARE
BRIGHT ENAMELS
(slick finish/handmade and modern handcraft feeling)
TACKY 80's geometric plastic jewelry in vivid colors
(LOVE how hard they tried...)

MICROSCOPIC FOCUS on materials and unique usage/effects

UNEXPECTED ways of combining color/pattern that feel fresh and vivid or, on the oppostie scale, nearly invisible (black is out of the picture after the A/W06 goth aftermath)

MIX of color and pattern grounded with neutrals
CLASSIC silhouettes with a large nod to vintage late 50's early 60's...time to clean up our acts and "be good" as we prepare for unsteady govt, global warming, and uncertain economy.

BOLD DIRECTNESS and romantic escapism/capriciousness will be the two opposing moods that reflect our current schizo world psychology.

Above all else, a vintage and handworked feeling with modern sensibilities
of function and universal style...any woman can find pieces she loves and can work into her wardrobe.

more later ... over and out!
cross posted on Hayden-Harnett's myspace

Labels: fashion, preview, spring

Mena Suvari <3's Hayden-Harnett

Mena Suvari out with the Mosa Beaded Hobo

We were thrilled to see American Beauty's Mena Suvari sporting our Mosa Beaded Hobo in InStyle magazine. Rumor has it (no pun intended) she has a few other Hayden-Harnett items, but we're not talking.

Labels: celebs, handbags, sightings, spring

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

Seeing Red: Coral in History

Last fall the more fashion-forward were seeing a certain red on the runways for this spring, and to our eyes that red was coral. This color is named, of course, for the underwater animal/colony that so typifies it and is found throughout the Mediterranean. Coral in the Sea

In his Natural History (77 AD), Pliny the Elder describes the first use of coral as decoration, by the Celts who used it to decorate their swords, shield, and helmets. Their coral, collected from the Gallic Gulf and near the Aeolian Islands off Sicily was the best, the reddest and most branched, and when it was learned that in India red coral was esteemed to have mystical powers, it quickly became a scarce commodity. According to Pliny, in India the coral was thought to ward off danger, and branches were hung around the necks Coral...

round the necks of infants. Sometime in the intervening years, the Celts took up this practice, followed by the Italians, among whom it is popular today to hang a carved horn or branch of coral dangling over the chest. Lately, the corno as it is called has found its use in fashion less to ward off the evil eye than to draw in the eye. Now, this spring and summer, we hope everybody will be seeing red. See more coral from Hayden-Harnett.

Labels: fashion, handbags, spring

On the Runway

Model wearing the Havana Hobo in white at Kevin Johnn's fashion show.

Kevin Johnn of Project Runway augmented his debut Spring collection at New York's fashion week with our Havana Hobo in white. VIP guests to the show were also treated to a gift of our Celina cuff bracelets. Take a look at us unpacking our accessories at the show in Elle Magazine.

Labels: event, fashion, handbags, sightings, spring

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Summer Surprise #3: Tarte & Totes

Friday, June 19, 2009

IRL: Style, issue 10

Thursday, June 18, 2009

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

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

sunshiney day (or ELSE)

Monday, April 06, 2009

Swim is in!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Bedford Messenger: The Bag for All Kinds

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Insights into our Spring 2009 Print Design

Friday, February 06, 2009

Rachel Bilson <3's H-H for Target

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Whitney's BFF Erin also BFF of Hayden-Harnett

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Hayden-Harnett for Target

Friday, December 26, 2008

Hayden-Harnett at the Movies

Friday, June 20, 2008

it's all about the shoes...

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Spotted in Hayden-Harnett: Kim Stolz

Friday, February 01, 2008

Viva Tropicalia! Spring/Summer 2008 Lookbook Movie

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Sighted: Mia Maestro & her Mosaique Hobo

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Spring is in the Air

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Spring '07: Just Around the Corner!

Monday, July 31, 2006

Mena Suvari <3's Hayden-Harnett

Monday, June 19, 2006

Bag-O-Scope

Monday, April 03, 2006

Seeing Red: Coral in History

Friday, September 16, 2005

On the Runway

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