Made of fish leather , Amalia Mattaör’s Dancing bags exemplify what can happen when creativity , luxury and sexiness hold hands. These little bags take our breath away…Spotted at shebreathes. View more beauties on the next page.

A couple of stylists and a photographer combined their love of fashion and cupcakes to create some sweet treats, designed to mimic designer brands Chanel, Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, Agent Provocateur and Betsy Johnson. Interesting to note the color and iconography they used for each brand. Via Stylefrizz.

Free People’s January catalog is now available, with a photography theme that seems to take some inspiration from fashion bloggers. Urban Outfitters, which owns FP, has talked about shifting fashion winds in its investor calls but these images don’t speak to any noticeable new directions….though maybe that’s the idea, keep change subtle and difficult to spot so as not to cause any uproar. Via Popbee

Singer Keri Hilson is on Vibe’s December cover. She’s definitely revamped her look recently and is going for an edgier feel. As far as her fashion choices go, in the article she talks about being pushed in a direction she wasn’t comfortable with so maybe this change speaks more to the true Hilson. One more image on the next page, the rest are at NB.

Not a lot of details on this new publication called Girlzine  except that it’s dedicated to folks who like girls and in this particular issue, they’re from Barcelona.  Also it’s limited to 300 issues. Via Colette.

Taking a cue from Vogue Italia, Vogue Brazil dedicates it’s January 2011 issue to a cast of all black models. Adressing the fact that Brazil as a country is populated by a very wide variety of complexions and that the darker skin tones are  seldomely  refelected in i’s fashion. Now why does this sound so familiar? In these parts blue purple or green, you get love! We love seeing the stunning Emanuele De Paula on the cover. Spotted a the equally stunning Shebreathes.

Handmade in Greece, Persephoni jewellery & accessories perfects the art of contrasting stainless steel with soft materials like, wool, fur, and leather. The result are pieces we can easily fall in love with. More designs on the next page via Asvoff.

Pop’Africana presents its highly anticipated limited edition second issue featuring contributions from Duro Olowu, Olufemi Terry, Marcus Samuelsson, Nina Keita, Maki Oh and more available only through pre-order here through January 20th, 2011.

When the average teen in  big cities can  walk around with real high-end,  logo accessorie , it tells you that luxury’s accessibility  changed, and that consumers are more than ever willing to pay for it. Keeping the big players on their toes to constantly provide new ways to make a product special, desireable. In  that case personalization if done well is always a good bet. On that note of stepping up its game, Prada announces that as of  January 15th, in 12 Prada stores worldwide and exclusively on Prada.com some of its signature bags such as backpacks, trolleys and shopping bags in saffianoleather or camouflage prints can be customized with the attachment of  the multicolored initials you can see above. View examples on the next page. Images courtesy of Prada.

Finding a classic pair of leather can be quite the task.While the most common has been the 5pocket denim style, we greatly admire Damir Doma’s sleek version that you would agree is timelessness and edge personified. A closer look on the next page, available  at the beloved ln-cc.