PDF catalogues now available!!

The PDF catalogues for the Corporate Boss Collection and the Spring 2013 Collection are now available for your convenience. Click on the links below to download.

The Corporate Boss Collection PDF download link

Spring 2013 Collection PDF download link

The beauty in creating.. The story goes on..

In the wake of the new year, like most people we make resolutions. And our sole resolution is to create more class, create more beauty for the ladies out there who have shown us support in the past year. Over the course of 2013, our 'Spring Collection 2013' was well received; it attracted the attention of women of note, designers, fashion houses, retailers, featured at shows, featured in magazines, you name it. But creation of beauty is only fueled further by such, is it not? At least ours is anyway. Besides, we'd like to believe we exist for such, the creation of beauty in fashion, the creation of class for the classy woman. And we intend to fully live up to that. This year will be an exciting one for us with so much already in the pipeline. The story of the classy lady continues..

"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is an art"          

- Ralph Emmerson

Our Bag of the Week - 2 to 9 December 2013

You voted and here it is! This week's Bag of the Week is a slouchy green suede handbag. As with all Lady Targaryen bags, this handbag was designed in Zimbabwe and is manufactured from the finest quality, genuine Ethiopian leather. We've put together a number of looks with this Bag of the Week: check them out below!

Look 1: a sleek office ensemble to get the week started on the right note

Look 2: casual and cool - perfect for weather that's a little rainy and makes the green colour of this bag pop!

Look 3: another office outfit - this bag can be worn all week with ease

Look 4: Saturday shopping? Yes please! This is the perfect look

Sleek and sexy: perfect for a weekend brunch - #LadyTargaryenRecommends this fresh and summery look

Want more? Follow the #LadyTargaryenRecommends hashtag for more handbag pairings. All Lady Targaryen handbags can be purchased at Truworths stores or directly from info.ladytargaryen@gmail.com!

THE THING ABOUT HANDBAGS

Here’s the thing about handbags: they’re the perfect accessory. Handbags will always fit, no matter how much weight you may gain or lose. Handbags look amazing, and they’re functional too. And nothing pulls an outfit together like the right handbag. Handbags are the perfect accessory.

The first women to start carrying handbags were the ancient Egyptians. In medieval Europe, the quality of a bag’s embroidery and leather revealed your social status – so not much has changed there, then! The handbag proper began life in eighteenth-century France where it was called a reticule; Louis Vuitton opened his first shop in Paris in 1854 and in 1856, Thomas Burberry set up shop in Basingstoke. Together, they are responsible for the most copied luxury goods in the world. Coach of Manhattan was established in 1941; Hermes of Paris began to produce the handbag now known as the Kelly back in the 1930s, a good twenty years before Princess Grace ever carried it. Jackie O preferred the Hermes Constance, and in 1981 the iconic Birkin was designed for actress Jane Birkin, who blames its weight for her tendonitis. Iconic brands and celebrities have always had a special relationship.

In the 1970s in Somerset, Roger Saul started his Mulberry workshop. When he sold out over twenty years later, deciding to run a hemp-seed oil farm instead, the brand went global, with prices tripling. But purists will still tell you that a Saul bag, with its tartan lining and oiled brass zips, is better than the modern Mulberry. Mrs Thatcher’s handbags were Ferragamo; Princess Diana preferred Dior, who returned the compliment by creating the Lady Dior in her honour. The average thirty-year-old British woman owns twenty-one handbags and will buy a new one every three to four months, owning about 160 in her lifetime.

HANDBAGS FROM LADY TARGARYEN'S SPRING/SUMMER 2013 COLLECTION

From the origins and history of handbags to their present day form, one thing is clear: women love handbags. As a status symbol, a piece of everyday luggage and just something pretty to carry on your arm, we love handbags – cheers to our favourite accessory!

-        Featuring an excerpt from Late Night Shopping

FASHION WEEKEND ZIMBABWE 2013 - REVIEW

It’s a wrap on Fashion Weekend Zimbabwe 2013’s inaugural edition; held at the Glasshouse (Borrowdale Race Course, Harare) on 2 November 2013, what is to become an annual event was launched with a jam-packed gala evening of fashion, music and food.

Fashion Weekend Zimbabwe delivered on all 3 aspects, showcasing 11 local fashion designers and 1 international fashion designer between a 2-course dinner and musical performances by Audius Mtawarara and Shingi Mangoma. It was a lot crammed into one night, with the event kicking off with a VIP cocktail from 5.30pm and going on into the early hours of the next morning. The event also featured a Fashion Market and Beauty Hub, albeit on a smaller scale than what one expects will be the case in future years when the event is put on over a full weekend. Perhaps because of the food and fashion shows indoors being the main attraction, the outdoor exhibition stalls for fashion and beauty businesses seemed to fall by the wayside with this event, almost as an added-on afterthought.

This wouldn't be the first time exhibition stands failed to deliver the desired outcome at a large fashion event: the exhibition stands promised by Zimbabwe Fashion Week 2013 were absent for the first 2 days of the three-day event and scarce on Day 3 when most (irate and very unhappy) exhibitors had decided against exhibiting at all and were looking to demand a refund from the organisers. This is a pity, because whilst fashion shows and a good time are certainly a great part of the fashion industry, the end objective is largely to sell clothes and accessories – vibrant exhibition stands would certainly enable this, but have unfortunately been a let-down for most paying exhibitors at these large events.

Poor lighting and windy outdoor conditions characterised the market area of Fashion Weekend Zimbabwe in 2013 – a well-lit tent setup would definitely be better for future editions of the event. At the end of the day, businesses would like to be able to track the success of their marketing ventures and the results from Fashion Weekend Zimbabwe were disappointing. Here’s hoping that there’s a marked improvement in the exhibition and market portions of fashion events in Zimbabwe in future years.

Real Men Carry (Man)bags

Real men carry man-bags. It makes sense: you have stuff, and you need somewhere to carry your stuff. That being said, that somewhere-to-carry-stuff should look good. Targaryen Man’s 2013 Spring/Summer collection has a range of genuine leather, quality bags designed with international trends and your luggage requirements in mind; a selection of leather-man bags creatively designed to make a statement with classic designs.

The black leather duffle bag and its tan-coloured cousin are practical for travel (roomy on the inside and with zip detail on the front and side pockets for extra storage), and are a refined yet casual carry-all option. The dark brown duffle bag with two flap-over pockets for extra storage space can also be matched with a casual travel wardrobe. 

< Black leather duffle bag by Targaryen Man

A classic brown flap-over leather laptop bag with an adjustable strap is sophisticated and practical. Paired with formal attire for the office, this bag is perfect for a laptop, files and papers; take it into the weekend by pairing it with casual clothing and it’s an effortless accessory. Alec Baldwin wears a similar style on the set of 30 Rock and David Beckham teams a brown leather version with a formal suit and tie.

Bags like this are the number one accessory, with masculine appeal and a versatile wardrobe accessory.

GOING GREEN

Hello Summer! The weather’s warmer, the hemlines are shorter and the fashion colours are brighter. There’s something about summer that’s lighter and brighter, and we absolutely love it! Lady Targaryen’s Spring/Summer 2013 range taps into that very summer feeling with fun summer handbags and shoppers in covetable green.

Our slouchy, casual-cool handbags in the softest Ethiopian suede are the perfect eye candy to combine with a sweet summer dress worn with rolled up denim sleeves. Pick up on the greens in floral prints to keep it coordinated and classic for summer, like the winning combination below.

Keep it casual with rolled up sleeves and jangly bracelets, or take it up a notch with a strappy summer heeled shoe.

We've got more, more, more in green including this easy and versatile olive shopper in a combination of leather and suede.

All Lady Targaryen bags are locally designed and manufactured from the finest genuine Ethiopian leather. You can purchase yours from Truworths stores or directly from Lady Targaryen on info.ladytargaryen@gmail.com or 0774 760 865/0774 999 856.