We are very excited to be blogging. We feel it's a great chance to let you know what's happening in the store with new deliveries, special sales, and best of all, the priceless styling advice from everyone here. Whether your classic, cool, modern, edgy, or just adding some great basics to your wardrobe, we are here to help. Feel free to make an appointment with any of the staff to have a more personal experience. We are more than happy to pull items ahead of time if you are in a rush and can accommodate curb side pick up or delivery.
Also, we've added a Facebook Fan page and Twitter page to our online resources to help you stay in the loop on what's new. Look for updates on new deliveries, designers we love, and special events that you don't want to miss!!
Right now: It's finally getting chilly and to celebrate we are hosting a Multi-Designer Sweater Trunk Show from Friday, Nov 6th - Sunday, Nov 15th at Krista K Boutique and Krista K Maternity + Baby. We will be featuring an extensive selection of sweaters from our top-selling knit lines including Brochu Walker, Joie, Twelfth Street, Vince, Shyde, Haute Hippie, Elizabeth and James, Re Collection, Rebecca Taylor, Line and Velvet.
At the maternity store we will have designers such as, Inca Mama, Ripe, Olian, and Line. We'll have a wide variety of styles (cardigans and pullovers, dressy and casual) as well as a full range in prices (some starting under $200). For the event, take 20% off all sweaters, providing the perfect excuse to buy something for yourself when you are shopping for others in the holiday season.
In the know: On Monday we had a photoshoot with Becky Hill for Re Collection, one of our favorite new lines that is exclusive to us here in Chicago. The line is inspired and created from vintage pieces, made into modern silhouettes. The line is designed by PJ Faulstick from Twelfth Street. He scours vintage shops looking for embellishments and inspirations and sometimes the lost jewels of avante garde women, from which he turns into fantastic plays of color and detail. Daily Candy is a fan and featured a write up on the emerging line and designer.
The word is:
"Environmental club
Local brand Re: Collection manages to succeed where other "green" fashion lines fall short, re-purposing vintage items into a contemporary line so stylish and modern you might have to be told twice before believing it was once a pile of castaway clothing.
The brand is the brainchild of Soex, a German-based company that each year turns 300 million pounds of old clothing into refreshed items for wear in developing countries or sustainable industrial materials such as automotive and residential insulation. Re: Collections' pieces hang alongside designer lines at Ron Herman and Barneys Co-Op. Prices range from $80 to $400.
The line's creative director, P.J. Faulstick, culls materials from 14 warehouses around the world, choosing supplies that are abundant enough to make multiples of each item."
-LA Times
Photos from Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
"From a young age, designer PJ Faulstick would scour vintage stores and flea markets hunting for treasures to redesign. Today, his line Re Collection works in that spirit, resurrecting vintage clothing by marrying the materials with new fabrications, transforming men’s suits into dresses and giving discarded T-shirts a chic new life.Re Collection clothing pairs boho inspiration with a button-down East Coast sensibility, and by using reclaimed fabrics, recycles as it pays homage to fashion history. Re Collection is a merging of the best in old and new, masculine and feminine, and high and low. Re Collection is an eco friendly line as each piece is made from recycled garments." -Live on Sunset
