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Sylvia Toledano -Designer of fairytale evening bags and jewelry

Dear Frenchonistas,

We are fans of Sylvia Toledano.

Sylvia makes us dream. One look at her jewelry and her minaudieres and we don’t even have to close our eyes to picture ourselves lounging on a pre-revolutionary sofa while eating caviar. Did they eat caviar before the French revolution? I bet they did. But I’m digressing. Sylvia makes us dream about long forgotten opulence and single handedly has managed to make the minaudiere a must-have on a chique soiree or any red carpet event. On a side note, minaudieres were originally put on the map by Judith Leiber, who started her career by designing one for the first lady Mrs. Eisenhower in 1953.
Sylvia Toledano has modernized the minaudiere without making it lose the elegance that comes with the name. Each piece is a work of art and has a spiritual meaning.

What is a minaudiere exactly, you might ask.
A minaudiere looks like a clutch, with the only difference that it is embezzled with a variety of precious metals such as silver, gold or (Swarovski) crystals. The clutch and the minaudiere are thus related and this would mean that Sylvia Toledano and Samia Taika are related! Well, this is part of a dream and we can predict a collaboration in the near future, and that’s all I’m going to say about that…

Sylvia is extremely talented, beautiful and French. She received her education in fashion at the Paris school of Cours Berçot and has her atelier in Paris today.
Besides designing the precious evening bags, she does a breathtaking jewelry collection that is featured in the most stylish fashion magazines all over the world. There are bracelets that look like they have been stolen from a kingdom in the depths of the oceans where mysterious mermaids reign, each intricate detail more sophisticated than the next. There are earrings, necklaces…I could just go on and on, we crave them all! And as such things go, we are not the only ones, because people like JLo, Rihanna, Catherine Heigl and Kirstin Davis have been spotted wearing her designs at important events.

Just take a look at the pictures below to get an idea of why we love her so much.

xoxo Liza Brouwer for Frenchonista

Website

www.sylviatoledano.com

Follow Sylvia on Facebook and comment on this post! You will increase your chance of winning the upcoming giveaway from Sylvia Toledano on Frenchonista’s Blog!!! Yes Yes! You heard me right! A giveaway worth 300 euros is Coming up this week!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sylvia-Toledano/145719682110600

You want to buy online?

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You can also Contact Sylvia directly via her website for special requests.

Sylvia Toledano

Minaudiere spotted on Rihanna, see below

My Minaudiere

Snake and Swarovski Clutch

Kourthney Kardashian wearing one of Sylvia’s Minaudiere

Kristin Davis

Jlo

Rihanna

Byzantine Jewelry

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My purchase at Ready To Fish

Dear Frenchonistas,

I’m a big fan of edgy Dutch fashion designer Ilja Visser. This dress in particular – I wish I could wear it as a dress but, you know what, I just wear it as a top and it’s so perfect and comfortable that I really do feel Ready To Fish! I love the cut and the shape of it and the fabric feels so luscious on my skin.

Besides this fashion tip about Ilja’s Ready To Fish collection, I’d like to share another one with you. When you find something you love and it fits well, just make sure you buy more than one item, maybe in different colors, or who cares, even in the same color! Because, and I’m sure you won’t have to dig deep in your fashion memory, how often has it happened that you wish you had bought two instead of one pair of your favorite jeans, or that top you’d just wish you could live in forever?
….I rest my case!

Needless to say, I applied my successful strategy to this dress and immediately bought it in both black and yellow and am very happy to discover that Ilja Visser will keep this model for next summer! Absolutely can’t wait to buy the one in Ivory with neon threading! So please prepare, my dear Frenchonistas, to see me wearing it a lot!!

Voila’! Ilja Visser, thanks for creating models that even plus size people can wear.

XoXo Frenchonista.
Text Samia and Liza Brouwer

and me wearing it.

Here with My fatal Fatal Beertje Van Beers and Her amazing Friend Tom Sebastian!

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I Am Zu Feather Earings Giveaway!

Dear Frenchonistas,

I can’t wait to reveal the new ZU Clutch with you!
It is called after my friend and Feather Earring Designer Arzu Aksoy.

But Till then, why don’t you participate to her Giveaway?
All you have to do is share the post on Facebook and Like her page!
You can also comment on saying why you think you should win this pair of Earrings?

The Pair is worth 49,95euros

I am ZU Facebook Page to LIKE:

https://www.facebook.com/IAMZU.ARZU

XoXo Frenchonista

http://www.iamzu.com/

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The New Swatch Chrono Plastic

Dear Frenchonistas,

I stopped wearing watches about six months ago.

Why, would you ask?
Well, I swore to myself that my wrist would soon be sporting a Rolex, my dream watch. But then I tried on the new Black Chrono Watch from Swatch and I really like the masculine look of it.
I’m now wearing it all the time and I’m planning to get the white or grey version as well!

My ambassador and friend Carolien Spoor is also addicted, she’s wearing it at the AFW and on vacation in the south of France!

Over the years, Swatch has always had a special place in our hearts in some way and now it has touched mine again this year, with this special edition!

Which wil be yours?

XoXo