Nicole Giordano Blog

Spending the next few days blogging about the WWD MAGIC Trade Show.  Super excited!  First order of buiness?  A morning photo shoot and video filming at the DKNY store at Caesars!  Styled by Jennifer Margolin of Red Sole Diary, I was decked out in DKNY from head to toe;  sporting sequins, booties, and leather for [...]

Always on the hunt for online locations that offer work from the world of independent design, I was excited to find Boticca.  As you may guess, it’s a shopping destination that highlights and sells some of the best emerging labels from around the globe. Their slogan? I’d Rather Wear a Unique Story. Yeah, me too. [...]

About an hour ago, I posted a link to a most beautiful handbag by Alexander Wang on my personal FaceBook page, asking someone {anyone!} to give me $895 so I could buy it. In response to the post, a male friend posted this comment: Nicole, help me understand women’s fashion a little better. What makes [...]

Hello darling readers!  So sorry I’ve been a bot m.i.a recently. But I have a good excuse: Vacation.  Yep, that’s right, I spent last week “roughing it” in the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas in Arizona with my mr. and some very fun friends. I spent the week {almost} completely email free and tried to reconnect [...]

Eco-friendly shoes are my current interest.  I really feel as though it’s a bit more difficult to find earth-loving shoes than it is clothing.  At least shoes that are stylish and versatile and not granola and hemp-y. It’s not like I have delusions of restocking my closet shelves with boxes of eco label shoes.  It’s [...]

Light weight cotton voile, beautiful print, implied luxury.  All I can say is : I’m in Love. Oh and: Yes, please! Available at Pretty Plum Sugar (Just in case you wanted to buy me a present)

I know I’ve written about Surevolution in the past but I’m going to do it again. I was recently playing around on their site and stumbled on these super lovely rings. The tagua ring, is hand carved from a tagua seed by artisans in Colombia. It’s “socially responsible luxury jewelry inspired by traditions around the [...]

I love to come across brands that really believe in doing it all themselves.  From design and styling to photography and online creative content, EmersonMade is a fashion label offering pretty, delicate, and lovely clothes that perfectly master the intersection of contemporary and classic with the slightest hint of vintage. Emerson, along with her hubby [...]

Future: Standard is an e-commerce site with a vast array of ethical shopping options. Their categories hit all the major needs of fashion-savvy consumers from accessories, blouses, and denim to intimates, jackets, and jewelry.

Sunglasses made out of wood. Yep you heard me right and guess what? They are so stylin’. I had the pleasure of coming upon the brand Proof at POOL Tradeshow, the independent segment of WWD MAGIC.