Happy & Merry Christmas to all!

Diva Darling would like to wish Merry Christmas to our friends, families, readers, followers and respective clients all over the world. This is our favourite days of the year and we hope you are all enjoying it as much as we do!

While we wanted to take this festive post as an opportunity to say a massive, genuine and heartfelt thank you to you all for your support, feedback and readership during 2014, we also wanted to use it as a platform to share the love with some old, new and new-to-us followers and clients that we have enjoyed rendering our service over the past years.

Once again, we hope you have an incredible and fabulous Christmas full of love, laughter, food and fun. See you soon!

Hugs and love xoxo

Hermès Collier de Chien

The most coveted bracelet and most popular piece of ‘jewellery’ by Hermès, every fashionista dream to have this amazingly chic and bold jewel. By history, it was originally designed for a client’s bulldog, thus the name “Collier de Chien” in English ‘dog collar’ (introduced in the 1940s).

The signature  It has a turn lock closure that is adjustable, and has 4 pyramids

CDC is available in different materials like calfskin, stamped leather, suede, crocs, lizard and silver. It comes in two sizes, for men and women – small size is 2.25″ in diameter, and large is 2.5″ (for women) and small size measures 2.75″ in diameter and large is 3″ (for men)

Our lovely client with her Hermes CDC Fawn Berenia and Bolide 31 in gold (woot woot)

Small size is 2.25″ in diameter for women

Leather bracelet in Fawn Barenia calfskin, palladium-plated clasp (wrist size: 17 cm)

We managed to get our hands on the ‘Fawn Berenia’ calfskin leather to our VIP client (thank you so much for having us to be your Personal Shopper!) and we are still waiting for ‘Black’ colour to come in soon! Good news to CDC bracelet in a larger mens size is also available so for those who are truly an avid fan of CDC, email us for more information.

This cuff's is highly sought after...but good things come to those who wait!

Studded rose gold cuff fully encased in brown diamonds, introduced by the company’s artistic director for jewellery, Pierre Hardy comes in at 30 carat

We adore this classic sassy style bracelet, it is a true fashion statement totally worth it and you know that it will be worn for years!

For more information on our Personal Shopper service, please send your inquiry to diva@diva-darling.com or fill in your request in the inquiry form above.

Our Love to J’Aton Couture

We have been holding on to this post for a while and we have decided to share the beautiful collection of J’aton couture wedding dresses after receiving so many requests from our clients. We are in LOVE with the Australian design duo lines - Jacob Luppino and Anthony Pittorino, they have started J’Aton Couture in 1995. The collection is based on accentuating a woman’s curves with gorgeous embellishments, intricate detail and frothy tulle.

Such a beauty, jaw-dropping!

Their work is undoubtedly breathtaking, J’Aton Couture dresses have been in these celebrity weddings recently – Michael Jordan, Amar’e Stoudemire, Holly Valance and Amber Ridinger to name a few. Each of their gowns are tailor made to perfection.

One of our favourite

Beautiful bride, beautiful dress

Rebecca Judd in J’Aton Couture dress

J’Aton Couture attention to detail is absolutely magnificent, with traditional Italian approaches and techniques being implemented, offering brides a unique dress that leaves responders in awe. You may need a moment of silence just to endure the sheer beauty that is about to leave you speechless and then after you pick your jaw up off the ground, you will know what couture dreams are made of.

Haven’t found wedding dress of your dreams? Then you definitely need to take a look of our hand pick selection of fabulous J’Aton bridal gowns.

Chanel-Paris Dallas Metiers D'art Bag

The 2013/2014 Paris-Dallas Chanel collection contains some of the most unique Chanel handbags. We totally adore the cowboy flair, with a touch of rustic to very masculine bags and the whimsy and spunk design that will truly brings the playfulness of Chanel enthusiast.

Excited!!!

mmm Chanel lambskin smells divine

Some may find the Paris-Dallas collection is a bit too rodeo-y, but we believe, Chanel always produces timeless and classic style that you will at least appreciate for its conservative spirit. Thank you to our lovely client for trusting us to get this beautiful Chanel lambskin navy blue camera bag from the Paris-Dallas collection.

Dimension: 6.7 x 11.8 x 3.9 inch with gold hardware

Special cloth to polish the bag and elaborate guide/recommendations to handle the material of the bag

Many raised us a question, is it worth buying Chanel bag as an investment? Designer handbags (also the same goes to watches or jewellery), are particularly subjective when compared to other investment opportunities. Handbags are a little more important than other "investment pieces" (like shoes) and thus require even more careful consideration. Unless you can afford to buy a new ‘it bag’ every season, you want one that will withstand the passing of trends and continue to look amazing for years to come.

We also think it's important that you really (yes, really) love it and aren't just buying it for status or because it's on the most coveted list bags of the year. Remember, just because it's marked down doesn't necessarily mean it's the bag for you. We know from a classic example, buying a Chanel caviar flap bag with gold hardware will cost you more than $4000 (treating it like your little princess, nurture with love and care). Then the next three years later your little princess valued at a retail price of $6500. That’s a difference of $2,500.

Prices have been rising for 100% in 3 years, that’s 30% profit each year. And Chanel is going to raise again for 20% next year. If this continues, how much would your Chanel bag be worth.

P/S: "Don't buy a bag that's on sale unless it's the one you really want. If you're going to spend a lot of money regardless, pay full price for something you'll love for a long time. I know from experience."

For more information on our Personal Shopper service, please send your inquiry to diva@diva-darling.com or fill in your request in the inquiry form above.