From the top: a Peruvian Pillow soon to be on the FORTUNE FOUND portion of the Lizzie Fortunato e-comm! // via practicalfancy.tumblr.com // via jcrew.tumblr.com // Lizzie Fortunato FW12 Noir Tassel Earring photographed by Andrew Stinson // via http://thebrickhouse.tumblr.com

Also loving the Lizzie Fortunato FW12 Midnight In Paris Earrings on Style.com‘s Red Carpet Gems today:

 I adore Marina’s slideshows. How cool is this Sergio Rossi lily for your neck? And my favorite Jen Kao earrings…

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Just returned from Jamaica where we celebrated Jenny & Joe’s wedding. We couldn’t have imagined a more picturesque setting or beautiful bride; And now I’m in pina colada withdrawal.

(Much) more to follow.

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vintage mantas that we lugged back from Peru:

Originally designed as cloaks, satchels, & blankets for mules these are now inspiring me for bags:

Love This:

I want them all.

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Kathryn and I returned from Peru on Sunday, where we spent several days sourcing fabric & getting inspired and several days in a tent on the Inca Trail.

We began in Cusco where we explored the beautiful neighborhood of San Blas (Check out Pacha Papa for lunch), day-tripped into surrounding towns for textiles (we scoured the markets for vintage mantas to use in Resort ’13 and sell on the new “Fortune Found” portion of our website), and lingered at the stunning Pre-Columbian Art Museum (“MAP”, complete with a glass-box cafe in the middle of a courtyard).

Then it was off to Ollantaytambo to begin our 28 mile trek. Four days (and many Hershey’s bars, steep hills, alpacas, water purification tablets, and cups of cocoa tea) later, we reached Machu Picchu. It was spectacular and breathtaking and I’m still thinking about it…

More updates to follow about our Peruvian purchases… But for now back to work till Jenny’s Jamaica wedding this weekend.

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We love this shot of our good friend & SUNO designer, Erin Beatty, on the New York Times site this week. She’s wearing floral prints from SUNO’s FW12 collection along with our oversized, graphic-print “Tales of the West I” clutch (in stores now), and looks awesome:

Speaking of show-stopping prints…  we are now in PERU. I’ll be starting my trek from Cusco to Machu Picchu at the crack of dawn tomorrow but for today I am sourcing, sourcing, sourcing. The textiles here are beyond (some incredible throws & pillow shams will be in the Fortune Found section of our web store soon!)

More to come … Have a great week!

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The Lizzie Fortunato SS12 collection is now up on the site & you will be able to shop at www.lizziefortunatojewels.com in just days!

Kathryn and I are off to Peru on Saturday. Lookout for Lizzie Fortunato online shopping (!!) and hopefully warm weather upon our return…

Teen Vogue April 2009 // A shot of the dia offices in quemado, new mexico // 'shop now' graphic by lauren festine for lizzie fortunato // Teen Vogue April 2009 // painted desert necklace from the ss12 lizzie fortunato collection // blog.apieceapart.com // shot in santa fe from the epicures.com // shot of austin's st. cecilia from blog.apieceapart.com

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