What is shop girl Jackie K's favorite piece from our Spring collection? The Choose Your Own Adventure Dress. We think this adorable mod shift would work for any occasion. In the office with a blazer, or with a cardigan for date night. We can imagine the stylish Jackie K wearing it with cowboy boots and a jean jacket.
On rainy days in the city like today we want our outfit to fuss free and simple. That's why we love a simple skinny jean paired with our new reversible top. Throw on our urban ease jacket and you are all set for whatever the day may throw at you. The jacket adds instant polish at the office or during a night out. Add a Lanyapi piece of jewelry and our favorite chevron design clutch and you are ready to go!
One of our favorite pieces from the Nana Spring 2012 collection is the All Occasion Dress. Why? Well, it's simply perfect for any occassion. You could wear this silky petal sleeve dress with matching belt to a wedding, to the office with a blazer, out for brunch with a casual jean jacket, and so much more. We love it paired with simple peep toe pumps, a touch of lip gloss, a funky clutch, and a statement necklace. What do you think?
It is my pleasure to bring you the Nana Spring line of versatile, timeless dresses and separates for my favorite modern, urban women... YOU! Our photo shoot was a blast -- from working with photographer Isa Salazar to seeing Nana's own Daisy McClellan be the model we love to seeing these samples on which we've dreamed up come to life in the photos.
While Allison & I and our Bits of Thread team are producing the pieces for their Spring delivery dates, I wanted to give you a chance to grab your favorite looks BEFORE their shop arrival as last season's pieces sold out quickly.
Enjoy!
XO Jackie
p.s. Nervous about ordering far in advance? Not need to be, you can always exchange sizes or colors when they arrive!
Our Urban Ease Jacket paired with the Hotcakes Dress (Yep, we named it hotcakes.)
My favorite look from our shoot. I already know I'm wearing the All Occasion Dress to a Summer Wedding in Vermont. With Lanyapi's Pendant Necklace (seriously, she's a model & a jewelry designer!).
Reversible Top in Black Silk Charmeuse tucked into our Pleat Front Skirt (now with pockets!) and Versatile Obi Belt. This was our photographer's favorite outfit.
That's just a few of our Spring line looks. Looks like I'll need a few more blog posts to cover the rest of the line. Stay tuned ...
- Rachel Simon, Digital Marketing, Nana
We’re so excited for the debut of Nana’s first full collection, which is right around
the corner: garments are arriving the first week of March, and online pre-sale starts on
February 14th! As this long-time dream comes to fruition, I sat down with the line’s
designer, Nana owner Jackie Flanagan, to learn more about what inspires her.
The Nana Spring collection was created in search of “perfect urban ease” – the timeless,
versatile styles that pieces that all of us overscheduled modern ladies – professionals,
moms, singles, or whatever combination of those – can reach for again and again. The
collection reflects Jackie’s own simple, eclectic, practical elegance – confident, chic,
and vintage-inspired in neutral colors, subtle patterns, and shapes that mix-and-match
effortlessly. Furthermore, the collection lives up to Nana’s ideals: hand-crafted in DC
of natural, mostly organic fabrics, these garments exemplify the “mindfully made” Nana credo.
Jackie’s favorite picks from the collection are done in a beautiful organic silk-hemp blend
charmeuse. A reversible tank top provides options upon options: with the neck high on
one side and lower on the other, the top offers the perfect demure layering shell or a slight
scoop in the front or back. A gorgeous sage green cocktail dress in the same material
features feminine petal sleeves and a sweet keyhole at the back neckline, while also
accentuating the waist with a self-fabric sash. This dress has work to cocktail polish in
the bag, effortlessly!
Here, Jackie’s Mood Board for her Spring collection – filled with, “…stuff that inspires
me, stuff that grounds me, things that remind me of the lost creativity in everyday…”
a. Woodblock print – a Christmas card from artist friend Tom Bunnell
b. Vintage vacation photos – “These feel like a rescued vacation,” says Jackie, who
loves the architecture and the put-together vacation ensembles pictured.
c. Adorable kid art! – drawing by Jackie’s daughter
d. Organic silk-hemp charmeuse in sage green
e. Fab Lanyapi Designs and vintage jewelry accessories for the photo shoot
f. Quirky polka-dot lobster postcard – “It reminds me of Boston, where my Mom lives and I was born.”
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