High impact sunnies and kiddies

I used to work part-time as a preschool English teacher here in Spain. Not exactly what I studied in college but hey, the pay was good and I had to make rent. I actually enjoyed making goofy little crafts with oftentimes hilarious little 4-year-olds. They're so friggin' cute; they are my absolute weakness. So you can just imagine how little kids mixed with fashion would hit the spot for me. New Zealand born ultra cool designer Karen Walker used actual preschool kids in her latest campaign for her eyewear collection and I am just dying of cuteness!

Awesome eyewear and insanely adorable kids. I love how they even interviewed them. See the whole campaign and find out what these tiny tots did in preschool last week here. 

Mirrored lenses like the ones in the Karen Walker collection are super hot right now, as well as round and cat eye frames. Here are some other sunnies that I've been checking out recently.

I tried a pair of oversized Céline sunglasses in a shop recently and I couldn't take them off. They were pure LOVE.

Illesteva Leonard II

Cutler and Gross  0261 Crystal

Linda Farrow for The Row

House of Holland Cagefighters

Batwing Babies

There's no hiding from it, bat-wing or trapeze style bags have exploded on the scene and I'm sure you've spotted them everywhere. When it first became popular I thought this bag silhouette was quite refreshing, seeing it a lot in the streets on designer and non-designer bags alike. We all know that the perpetrator of this trend is Parisian fashion house Céline with its creative director Phoebe Philo who definitely gave the brand a stronger identity. Here are some designs from Céline's retailgasmic winter 2013 collection.

The mother of all batwing bags, the luggage phantom tote

The beautiful Trapeze

The already classic Luggage

Now in woven and a new multicolor designs

And new in the mix is the Tie. I'm not really a big fan of this one.

The trend seems to be hanging around and a lot of designers have included the batwing/trapeze style in their collections. Let's check out some designer and diffusion line offerings. First, some diffusion line options that are not too ostentatious and all under 500 euros.

MICHAEL Michael Kors

See By Chloé

Marc by Marc Jacobs 

Moving on to the big boys, here are some designer picks.

I really like this stylish yet discreet 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli trapeze tote with its detachable shoulder strap and the zipper details. The designer seems to have abandoned this trapeze style though in his fall 2013 collection and has stuck to boxier, vintage-inspired designs. 

  

Valentino has a Rockstud leather trapeze bag that's not for the faint of heart, or would you rather get the famous Rockstud leather pumps? I think I'd definitely rather have those studs on my feet with those killer pumps, sorry trapeze bag!

Alexander Wang just had to have one batwing style in his collection as well, obviously THE A.Wang bag is definitely the Rocco, although this hard shell horn back Pelican satchel is a classy one for sure.

Marc Jacobs also has a token trapeze style. The Amelie shoulder bag has a cool leather texture contrast happening and zip-up sides.

Jumping on the batwing bandwagon, Balenciaga also has a couple of options. These bags are also made with zippers, I guess so that you can simply zip up the sides and convert the bags into classic box-shaped totes when you get tired of the style, or when this trend actually fades away. Do you think this style isn't going to be around for long, or is it here to stay? I'm curious to see what the next big bag trend will be ❤