Honored to wear this iconic diamond Lalique Manhattan Necklace for opening night of their global flagship, Maison d’Artiste! It resides in the historic Chopard Mansion and the space is absolutely phenomenal, and feels like you’re stepping into the most luxurious townhouse on the Upper East Side, full of exquisite French crystal and glass creations of course. The Manhattan Necklace is a wonderful high jewelry piece made exclusively for the flagship and it is so spectacularly special. The design is a perfect interpretation of an original drawing by René Lalique that was taken from the house’s archives: white gold, entirely paved with diamonds, and illustrates New York’s iconic skyline. It required 420 hours to craft. This story behind it inspires me, and it feel like such an honor to wear a piece of thoughtful art inspired by the city that I love so much around my neck.

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// NATALIE x DL1961 Denim //

Here is an inside look at the making of the NATALIE x DL1961 DigiTag jean. From first design meeting, to our last fitting. I love the final product: a true blue baggy wide-leg jean with a vintage high waist. I gave it a supermodel inseam as well so that it nearly hits the floor giving it a really slouchy, cool feel. The DigiTag inside my jean shows you exactly how it was sustainably made. It’s always so much fun to look back into the design process. I loved every minute of it. Total dream team right here.

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The NATALIE x DL1961 jean is a mix of my two favorite styles, a vintage high waist and a baggy wide leg. I am so excited to have designed this jean with the DL1961 team right here in New York City. It is made with recycled fibers, water, and energy. All of the NATALIE jean’s sustainability metrics are traceable with each pair’s DigiTag, short for Digital Tag. It’s made with a hint of stretch so that you can move with them and dance in them. This jean will give you the freedom to do whatever your heart desires. The NATALIE jean is made with less water than anything else in your closet and I hope you love them.

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You guys have been patiently awaiting the SUAREZ SISTERS x APERÇU Eyewear collection restock and I’m so excited to say, that it is finally here! Thank you for all your support and love for our designs. We were able to restock all styles and colors just in time for summer this past week! The Fern sporty oval sunglasses, that I’m wearing here, remain a bestseller. So get shopping before we sell out again!

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// Suarez x APERCU eyewear sunglasses, Aritzia blazer and shorts, FRAME boots, vintage Chanel backpack // 

Dylana and I have been blown away by your #SuarezxAPERCU eyewear posts and are so grateful to see we have a fan base for them! Seeing you style and get creative with our collection makes me extra inspired for spring and summer. Bring out the sunshine and the sunnies. A few of our color ways and styles are currently sold out, but you can still join the waiting list. We will be restocking as soon as possible! CAPRI, the colorway I am wearing here, is a fun piece to go monochromatic with. Honestly, it’s my favorite way to style all of our designs. Easy and simple. A boyish blazer and matching trouser short and you’re good to go. Yep, I wore this to grab groceries in Brooklyn Heights the other day. Super casual, I know. But what other reasons do we have to dress up these days?  

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Our swim collaboration, Maiyo x NATALIE OFF DUTY, is now available to shop at REVOLVE! Still pinching myself. I designed this collection with simplicity, mixed materials, and soft colors in mind. My swim style has definitely become more and more minimal through the years. With each ribbed and crochet piece here, you will notice something special whether it be a luxurious belt or button accent. Every piece has that sexy 90’s high hip that we totally nailed, which always makes the legs look stellar. I want you to feel extra confidant and free in your body when you’re wearing my designs. Which piece will you be sporting this summer? 

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// Suarez Sisters x APERÇU eyewear collection // 

We just launched a brand new Suarez Sisters x APERÇU sunglasses shade! Meet the CAPRI. This special pair is inspired by the escapism that we all crave today. The team and I have been loving all of your posts in our sunglasses and we are ecstatic to expand the collection with a fresh new hue for the new year. 

SPECIAL: We are offering 15% off with code ESCAPETOCAPRI now through through Tuesday, 1/19 11:59 PST! Enjoy!

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// Suarez Sisters x APERÇU sporty oval sunglasses in Tomato and Aquatica // 

This weekend is the only time you can shop our Suarez Sisters x APERÇU sunglasses at 25% off for Black Friday! Here we are wearing our sporty oval design Tomato and Aquatica. We wanted to make sure we created the most beautiful translucent red and deep teal. We are keeping things playful and bright these days and styling our sunglasses with bold tops and extra large shoulder pads. Retro chic. 

The Black Friday Sale is sitewide at APERÇU Eyewear, and goes on from now until Sunday, 11/29 at midnight. Happy Shopping! 

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// MAIYO London x Natalie Off Duty swimwear designs //

My latest design collaboration is here: MAIYO x NATALIE OFF DUTY swimwear! My designs are inspired by classic All-American sporty shapes like the 90’s ultra high hip combined with Maiyo’s way of glamour and embellishment. We created some really flattering belts and luxurious buttons. I wanted this collection to have a focus on texture. You will find ribbed, crochet, and sparkly pieces! Some pieces happen to mix all of the elements. I designed these just for you! Made for the true glamour girl. I am so proud of this collection. The quality. The fit. The fabrics. It’s been a dream come true to make my swimwear visions come to life. 

Each style comes in more colorways! Happy Shopping! 

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SUAREZ SISTERS X APERÇU eyewear

Time to shop our Suarez Sisters x APERÇU eyewear design collaboration! It is officially here and we just celebrated launch day! We designed these beautiful sunglasses with you in mind. You will find our two styles. SUAREZ is a sporty oval style. SUAREZ II is our noveau cat style. Both come in 5 gorgeous colors: Licorice, Fern, Aquatica, Tomato, and Sweet Tea! APERÇU eyewear has been a dream team to work with. Our sunglasses are made with the highest quality, and with a whole lot of love. Which pair is your favorite?

Read the Q+A below. Dylana and I answered a few of your questions, walking you through our inspiration and design process. Thank you APERÇU eyewear for celebrating creators like us through your work! We couldn’t be happier with how our special collection came out!

Why sunglasses? Why now?

As lovers of fashion since day one, sunglasses have always been a way that we made a statement through what we are wearing. We both love that final touch it adds to a look, or how it can fully accentuate a look, or it’s also just a feeling one has while wearing them. A good pair of sunglasses go hand in hand with confidence, and that is something that is so important for us all to have right now. Dylana and I both have very different face shapes. Dyana’s rounder and mine more heart shaped. Eyewear was one thing we didn’t share from our closets. So when the opportunity came about with APERÇU, this idea of a universally fitting pair of sunglasses that looked good on all face shapes was always at the top of our minds. And especially in today’s climate and new normal, sunglasses feel like an accessory just as important as masks. We are wearing less makeup, but it’s okay because we can wear a pair of sunglasses that make you feel good in. We seem to be spending more time in our sweat pants and running our errands without doing our hair at all, and one can still feel dressed up because of a good pair of sunglasses. There is something special about that. We designed these with timelessness in mind, quality in mind, and renewability in mind. The Italian cellulose acetate is made from plant-based polymer made from renewable resources of cotton and wood fibers. The cardboard box is recyclable. Today most people are shopping for essentials that are more lifetime investments, we wanted to design a pair that felt like both like a fashion investment and an essential to be worn for years to come.

What was your inspiration for the two shapes: SUAREZ and SUAREZ II?

Our inspiration was definitely pulled from decades past and we wanted them to feel nostalgic when worn and have that quality feel of a proper retro pair of sunglasses. Our vision was a twist on classic 80’s/90’s sporty styles and a substantial 70’s cat eye styles that one may find in a vintage store in Paris, re-imagined in a way that still felt timeless. We pulled images from old Chanel runways from the 80’s and 90’s, French Vogue, and current Homme Girls editorials to bring to life how we would style out sunglasses, which is bold, a bit masculine yet still sophisticated. We really put a lot of thought into shapes that we felt were universally flattering, so of course, our other main inspiration was every woman! It’s so interesting to see how differently the sunglasses suit each of our faces, and I think that’s the beauty of it. The SUAREZ sporty oval style is definitely the tomboy of the two, and the SUAREZ II nouveau cat style is more feminine, but there is a substantiality to the shape and contours of it that makes it feel so luxe and different. We took the best of both our perspectives and personal styles with these designs, and made something truly together. That in itself was inspirational for us during the design process.

What was your inspiration for the colors?

The inspiration behind the color palette was definitely earthy yet bold jewel tones, but we also wanted some classic neutrals thrown into the mix like the black licorice and the brown sweet tea color. We wanted the colors to feel rich so that it felt in tune with the warm and fuzzy feeling of fall, but that could also transition into the warmer months, since we want our sunglasses to be able to be worn year round. It was super fun to come up with our color combinations of frames and lenses, and I think we really nailed it with what we decided to go with. We look at each of these colors, and the colorful ones feel so playful but at the same time, the tones we chose them in seem so timeless, as if they were neutrals. For us, they are essentials in our wardrobe! Our inspiration was definitely based on the tones that we felt we were always looking for but could never find. Like the teal Aquatica color. It’s a blue that nears on black depending on the light, and it just feels so cool and 80’s. I remember seeing an old photo of David Bowie in a pair of sunglasses with teal lenses and really wishing I had a pair. Now I do!

Share the packaging & how you used your own scarf (so personal!) for the cleaning cloth HD print?

There was a lot of nostalgia behind our designs and creative process, and we wanted that to come across in the packaging, as well. So we thought of using the print of our vintage scarves as the print for the cleaning cloth! Warm jewel tones are the foundation of this collection, and I realized that I had so many vintage scarves that fell into this color theme. The one we chose in the end was perfect, like a nice fall red wine. We loved how all of our sunglasses looked against this print, they just all coordinated in such a right way. And the burnt orange bag for the box also felt that way. Warm and autumnal, and that very nostalgic feeling. It’s an orange that we would see a lot in old photos that parents were in, so it felt fitting.

Show the Limited Edition collection now!

Suarez Sisters x APERÇU! 

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