Last Wednesday (April 8th), J.Crew hosted a party at the J.Crew Collection store located at 1035 Madison Avenue to celebrate Liya Kebede and the Lemlem/J.Crew collaboration.
Lemlem is a line of children’s clothing founded by designer and supermodel, Liya Kebede. She is also the face of the entire April J.Crew catalog.
J.Crew sent out an email today introducing Jenna Lyons’ March Picks. This is a monthly feature that rounds up all of the Creative Director’s favorite items in the new roll out.
See the description and items below. What do you think of the picks this month?
1. Primrose garden necklace
2. Coralie patterned heels
3. Coralie suede heels
4. Luxe solid tortoise-ring halter top
5. Luxe solid tortoise-ring hipster
6. Butterfly bauble bracelet
7. Merino flutter-trim tunic
8. Python clutch
9. Metallic flower belt
10. Wide patent-leather jeans belt
11. Skinny leather belt
12. Cashmere villa cardigan
13. Boyfriend military jacket
14. Slub cotton ripple-ruffle short-sleeve tee
I recently ordered the Painted Dream dress from because I thought it looked great in the Spring look book. The dress is part of the J.Crew Collection and is a catalog/online only item so I purchased it using a free shipping code from J.Crew.
I have a wedding to attend next month and I thought this dress would be perfect! See the post, “My Favorite J.Crew Spring Looks“ where I highlighted this dress as one of my favorites from the Spring Collection.
J.Crew dresses tend to run very big on me and this was definitely the case with this dress. I ordered my regular sizing and it fit me like a nightgown. I expected the dress to be a little roomy due its shift style, but it was very roomy. I suggest sizing down.
I really wanted this dress to work because I love the detailing at the neckline. It really is colorful and stunning in person. The on-seam pockets are an added bonus on this dress.
In the post, “My Favorite J.Crew Spring Looks,” I wrote about how I was excited to order the Havona Tank. When the tank became available for purchase, I ordered the size 0 and 2 with the free shipping code. I usually order both sizes in J.Crew because the sizing is not always consistent.
When the UPS box arrived last Friday, I was so excited to open it. The tanks were each wrapped in plastic. I opened the size 0, removed the tissue paper and was immediately disappointed.
The “extra-light whisper organza” fabric of the Havona Tank as it is described on the J.Crew website is completely sheer and see through. For this price point, I definitely expected it to be lined.
The picture below depicts the sheerness of the fabric. Here, I placed the plastic packaging under the tank. You can see right through the tank and read the text on the packaging!
The flower on the neck of this tank is also very heavy and just flops around. I would have liked it for it to be removable.
I am sorry to say that as much as I love the concept of this tank, it will be returned.
Have you purchased the Havona Tank? Are you considering it? Does the sheerness of the fabric change things for you?
While some of J.Crew’s new spring arrivals have already hit the stores and debuted on their website, there are still some new arrivals that will not be available until the end of this month or early March.
After viewing the J.Crew Spring Look Book, which is available online here, I chose my favorite new items that are still yet to come. These are my favorite items as pictured in the look book.
To pre-order these great spring items, please click on the items below.
Many brides have been looking for the Daphne dress that J.Crew introduced into the wedding collection back in January 2007. I wrote about the dress in the post, post, “The Coveted Daphne Wedding Gown.”
In that post, a bride named Jamie contacted me to let me know she had the Daphne dress hand made for her wedding day. I posted her pictures in the post, “A JCrewAholic Gets Married in the Daphne Dress.”
Today, the Daphne dress popped up on eBay. A seller named Paisley Petunia is selling a size 0. (The same seller also has many other wedding dresses from J.Crew. Click here to see them.)
Good luck to anyone who wants this dress for big day!
