Casual

A lot of girls think of Lustre as a dress shop and even though that was true for the first couple of years, I know really try to focus on offering some easy every day pieces. Here are a few simple and fun pieces I've added to the shop this week.

 The Universal sweater is a wool blend cropped sweater in the most beautiful forest green. (75$)

 The Heart of glass top is super cute and works with everything. I know I'll be wearing it with my Best Friend skirt and my Satisfaction shorts all fall long (65$)

This is another Universal sweater, this one is made of the most comfortable cotton blend knit(75$). I also added the Goodbye Girl pants to the shop today, this pant is in a lightweight fabric and is super comfortable and practical for the last couple months of summer. The cut is also amazing, I'm definitely wearing them tomorrow, it's a true classic trouser. Plus depending of the size you can choose to wear them loose or more tapered.  (115$)

New Stock!

So I know it's still early but we've been working like little bees getting the back to school collection ready. I was hesitating bringing them in store this soon, but they're ready and I was so excited to show you some of my new styles!

This season, we're trying something new, most of  our styles will be limited, with only 2 to 4 of each style will be made in each size and if you're someone that needs custom pieces, I would need to know sooner then later.

 The English Rose dress is a perfect transition dress, it's a light cotton blend knit and has a lower back. Because of the scoop, you can also wear it backwards and have a scooped neckline in the front. (85$)

The Made of Stone dress is also a cotton jersey with a 3d affect. This bodycon knee length  dress hugs all of your curves (or creates some if you don't have any) but doesn't show any bumps. (115$)

 The Disco 2000 dress is a wool blend dress with a scooped back. It doesn't get any more classic then this. Well, I also have it in a gray-white-black plaid tweed. Now that's pretty classic.... Also just a little note, we did lengthen this dress by 10cm for production, cause most of us need to sit in it. (135$)

 I've already been secretly rocking the Artschool dress for a couple of weeks now! I Love it!!! and now that it's in the shop, I'm so excited that I can wear it to work. Actually, I'm gonna wear it tomorrow! 125$

 Most of you guys have already fallen in love with the Lovecats dress so I really don't have much to say except we also have it in a black and white print (120$)

Also all of our Lustre classics and graphic tees will be on sale for another week! All skirts, shorts and pants are 75$ and all tops 45$. Last call for those!

Hope to see you guys soon, and would love some feedback on what you think of the new styles!

xoxo

Yasmine

Some of my favorite pieces on sale!

Even though we still have 3 months of summer weather, in the retail world, its time for us to start liquidating our summer stock in preparations to the back to school collections. Here are a few of the pieces I own and can't get enough of!

 The Maggie's Farm top (now 45$) has been in my regular rotation since March. Even then, it made me seem a little tanned. We also have it in a coral knit, that I've been regularly pairing up with the satisfaction shorts (below) or my black Best Friend skirt. Actually, that's what I wore on CNN the other day. The Best Friend skirt fits so well, especially with the new flat front pockets, that we've decided to keep it in production as one of our Lustre staples, so they're on sale for a limited time at 75$

 

The Satisfaction shorts (now 75$) are my version of shorts, they look like a skirt hahahahaha. Since I can remember, I've had a difficult time with shorts. Even as a kid, I avoided them! It even took me about a week to get comfortable wearing these cause they're not a skirt. But now that I have, I LOVE LOVE LOVE them, so much that we'll be continuing them into the fall!

 Last, but not least the Misguided Angel (now between 55-75) because we have 2 lengths.  Earlier in the season I always wore this piece belted but now with the extreme humidity, it's my go to mou-mou. no belt just a beautiful draping square!

Come by and check out all the deals we have going on, before we start rearranging everything for some new stock!

xoxo

Zink Editorial

Here is a little editorial styled by one of my old employees Joelle Paquette. Joelle studied fashion design and has an amazing eye. That's why when she told me she had the chance to style for Zink U.S. I was so excited to see the results. Best thing about the shoot is that she used mostly Montreal designers and introduced them to an American market! (including Lustre)

 Here are the Lustre pieces on the right, there's the 1979 pants coming out in August and the Love Craft dress that's on sale for 95$.

Some styling with the oh so stylish

A few weeks ago, Kandle asked me to style the shoot of our teaser video for her EP launch this month. It was a fun afternoon and this is what came out of it! Check it out and if your in Montreal go see her show, you'll be enchanted by this amazing girl! Must also point out that the amazing Jimmi Francoeur directed it!

Summer Knits

When we think of knits we often think of winter. But designers like Missoni and Sonia Rykiel have taught us that light weight knits are the best way to create an effortless summer look. Here are a few pieces I have in shop right now.

 I just brought in a few of these dresses this week, I LOVE this fabric and all of the tones in it and the fit is so comfortable and flattering. Heat Wave dress 105$

 The Morning Light dress in Coral, hit the racks last week. This faux wrap dress screams for summer 145$. We also have a few of these in black lace 165$.

The Holiday is probably the most flattering maxi dress in the world! I can't even describe how great this dress is. You're just gonna have to come in and try it on. 155$

Go Ego

For those of you who know me, you now I'm a huge fan of teen drama. So when my friend Liam called me up to dress Jessica Stroup (A.K.A Silver from Cw's 90210),for the upcoming Eight and a Half video, I was more then thrilled.  After talking with the director, Gaelle January, we decided on the Lovecats dress from the upcoming fall collection. I Fedexed it to L.A. and 2 months later, the video comes out. Here it is! The song, Go Ego is amazing, so beware, it might get stuck in your head!

And here's the Lovecats dress (that I should probably rename to the Go Ego dress, since our names are song names anyways???) This is a shot from my FW2012 lookbook.

Cocktail

So this year I decided to make a mini collection of cocktail dresses for the shop. Every year tons of you come into the boutique looking for dresses for a wedding or a graduation and even though I always had a few one offs, this is the first time that we have a few styles from sizes 2 to 10. The response so far has been amazing, so I'm gonna continue and expand this little sections.

Here are a few of the styles and we have more in the shop!

Moonland dress 255$

Bad Reputation 195$

New Deborah Adams

I just got our 1st shipment of Deborah Adams purses for this Spring. If you guys don't know her work yet, Deborah makes the most amazing bags out of recycled leather. Each bag is hand crafted by her from old leather coats and often she will use the pocket or zipper detail from the coat and incorporate it to the bag. This process makes each bag unique!

Here are a few styles that we have in store!

 The Backpack, also comes with a detachable strap so you can wear it as a purse 189$

 The Margo bag, I love how the recycled leather drapes perfectly and Deborah cuts the fringe by hand! 165$

We have the Pocahontas in different colors and sizes the small Pocahontas is 69$ and the Large is 89$. Both sizes can be worn as a purse or a backpack.

Pamela Mann

Our Spring order of Pamela Mann tights came in today. If you have not bought some before, I'm sorry to say but you're missing out! This is our third order from them and I'm still wearing mine that I bought in September 2010. Yup you heard right, a year and a half and no holes! These tights are designed in London and made in Italy not only are they fashionable but comfortable and amazing quality! Here are some of the styles we have in store and as per usual I filled up in the indestructible 120 denier in black and a brand new blush!

  Get the look of the thigh high but in a full tight! I love these!!! 22$

 Glossy tights 16$ in black and nude (these are thin but shiny and make your legs like mannequin legs)

 Netted tights 22$ ( the ones on the right, the mesh stripe stops at the thigh)

Cotton thigh highs 15$, perfect for Spring!

Did you say built in shorts?

Presenting the Hollywood Nights dress! This dress is a classic silhouette for us at Lustre but this season I did it in a sheer jersey lined with a thin rayon. But here's the twist, the lining is a built in jumper! Perfect for biking around, hanging in a park or just to protect you from a windy day.

 Hollywood Nights dress 125$ also offered in Raspberry ( same fabric as the Candy top below)

Heavenly Silks!

I got this amazing silk last August when I was designing the collection. I'm so happy to finally have it in the shop. It's pretty thick so it holds well but still drapes like a dream. The shop is filling up so quickly I can't keep my head screwed on straight, but I'm enjoying every last minute of it! Hope to see you soon!

Call on Me dress also looks amazing with a thin belt! 155$

 Goddess of Love skirt ( also available in a black with white polk a dot cotton chiffon) 155$ From Above top (which we just sold out but will have more in stock by Saturday) 65$

Spring Sneak Peek

So the sale is still going on but in about a week, some new stock will be filling up the racks! Here are some of the pieces you can look forward to!

Maggie's Farm top and Best Friend Skirt (also in black)

                            

Candy Top (what you can't see in the picture is that the sides are lace!)

 California girls top and Dreamdolls skirt

Strawberry Fields Top (also in black and both are a thick chiffon)

Until then, come by and check out what's left of your Lustre favorites at ridiculously low prices!

More Sales!

 Harvest Moon Sweater 75$  Now45$ Jeanne skirt (also in black) 120$ Now 65$

 Tusk Cardigan was 75$  Now 45$

 Thunder Road sweater was 75$ Now 35$ Reptilia 115$ Now 70$

 Take my Heart jacket 175$ Now 90$ American Night Pants (also in red and grey) 110$ Now 75$

Cherry Bomb top 65$ Now 30$ Hong Kong Garden skirt (also in red) 80$Now 55$

We also have tons more tops on sale at the shop they're all going between 30$ and 45$!

Dresses on Sale

 The Sweetest Kill 125$ Now 80$! (the coziest dress around!)

 The Heartbreaker Dress 175$ Now 90$

 The Suburban War dress 175$ Now 95$

 The Boho Dance dress 155$ Now 75$

These are just some of the deals we're having right now! We got to make some room for the next collection. So all tops are 30$-45$ (including the Tusk Cardi), all skirts are 55$-70$ and dresses are 45$-95$.

Nothing in the shop is over 95$, that has been never seen!

End Of Season Sale!

This is the biggest sale we do all year! We have new stock coming in, so we got to get rid of the FW2011 collection! That means Deals Deals Deals!