Saturday, January 05, 2008

Givenchy Couture Velvet Cloak

Never ones to pass up a good Sarah Brightman reference, there's something about this macabre Givenchy Couture cloak that's so Phantom of the Opera circa 1986. We love Monsieur Lloyd Webber and this is THE cloak we'd wear, hands down, if ever we were to skulk around the canals underneath the Paris Opera House. Fo' Sho'. Crafted in a navy velvet, this size 36 cloak features a black ostritch-inspired textured velvet lining which peaks out from the rolled collar. In mint condition and priced at $1200. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com








Jeremy Scott Green Tulle Ballerina Dress

Oh my goodness gracious, we heart Jeremy Scott and we know that you do too. This pop culture wunderkind, who revamped the Longchamp accessory line, reknowned for his wonderful and wacky printed garments--think telephones, french fries, constuction worker boot prints--is not just some avant garde flash in the pan. The man can sew, mmmmmmkay? and design gorgeous clothes that are as functional as they are fabulous. Take for example this deep jade tulle confection. Simply stunning on any gal, this baby is Swan Lake not Echo Park Lake. Dig? Priced at $600 and in next to new condition! For further information, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com SOLD




Oscar De La Renta Resort 2007 Dress

Here are our 10 favorite Oscars:

1. Oscar The Grouch

2. Oscar aka the Academy Award (how do you think he feels knowing that so many stars use him as a door stop or a paperweight in the bathroom?)

3. Oscar Wilde--writer & humorist

4. Oscar Madison, roommate of Felix Unger

5. Oscar Nunez--who plays our 6th favorite Oscar below

6. Oscar Martinez--hahaha, we LURVE The Office

7. Oscar De La Hoya--boxing is so basketball 2008 style

8. Oscar the warrior son of Oisin and Niamh

9. Oscar Goldman--btw, how freakin' hot was Lindsey Wagner back in the day?

10. Oscar De La Renta--for many many things, among them, this beautiful cocktail dress from the Resort 2007 collection. We say say: love it, buy it, and wear it to a resort or wherever else you choose to vacances. In a size 10 and New With Tags. Orginally Retailed for $5650! Priced at $2500 at Decadestwo. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com SOLD










Chanel Fall 2006 Boucle Tweed Jacket

Well, for the past month, I've been blogging about Chanel, more Chanel, and nothin' but Chanel, so help me, Karl. I thought that I couldn't possibly quip another bit about the French house but then this AMAZING Chanel jacket came in from the Fall 2007 collection and I just had to show it off to you gals. Slung around the slinky shoulders of Raquel Zimmerman on the runway, this gorgeousness is a dream made into reality. In a size 36 and priced at $3000. In mint condition! For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com








Sunday, December 16, 2007

Chanel Quilted Black Leather Jacket

OK, sometimes we just wanna throw on this Chanel black quilted leather jacket with uber thick gold hardware and chains, put Run DMC on our ghettoblaster, hop on the train up to the grand concourse to create a mural or two. and, should you have the same urge, here's a Chanel quilted leather jacket for you too. In approximately a size 42 (size/composition tag is missing) and priced at $1200. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com








Chanel Fall 2000 Calfskin Vest

While we consider oursleves feminists, and usually would never salute a film whose title inferred the type of guy totally supported by his girlfriend (I mean, we stopped dating musicians years ago for just this reason), we luuuuurve Peter Fonda in this movie and would gladly throw this Chanel antiqued calfskin leather vest on to hop on the back of his bike. From Chanel's Fall 2000 collection, in mint condition, in a size 38 and priced at $600. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com








Chanel Spring 1997 Cream Lambskin Vest

We love this vest. It's so My Friend Flicka, uber National Velvet, tres Black Beauty. It's from Chanel's Spring 1997 collection, fabricated with a cream colored lambskin, and has that classic English countryside style inspiration. We'd pair it with a black turtleneck, black leggings, and Hermes riding boots. In a size 38, next-to-new condition and priced at $600. For further information or to purchase, please conatct: thegang@decadestwo.com




Chanel Cruise 2003 Blazer with Grosgrain & Ruffle Trim



If you haven't yet seen the MURAKAMI exhibit at the MOCA--run, don't walk, Mary--you only have until February 8th, 2008! The awesome Japanese wunderkind's artwork is phenomenal, to say the least. We've seen it (twice) and just can't get enough of Marukami's saturated flat color planes and graphic anime characters. We've allowed the exhibit to influence our style choices and we hope you will as well. In order to help you facilitate the process, we've chosen a piece that we thinks embodies the MURAKAMI spirit. Voila--a Chanel boucle blazer with hot pink grosgrain ribbon trim and sheer ruffle detailing that gives the classic blazer a harujuku girl update. Vive La Superflat! In a size 42 and prices at $1000. In mint condition! For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo










Chanel Spring 2001 Sequined Boucle Blazer with Belt



OMG--this blazer is like an uber perfect blend of everything we adore form the thirties including Schiaparelli's (famous designer and contemporary of Chanel's--outfitted Zsa Zsa in Moulin Rouge, 1952--hellloooooooo) shocking pink mixed with the elegant equestrian flair we so often associate with Chanel. From Chanel's Spring 2001 collection. In in a size 38, in next-to-new condition, and priced at $1200. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com








Chanel Fall 1999 Boucle Cropped Blazer

Generally, the end of the fourteenth century is seen as the birthdate of fashion, or when clothing represented more than class or professional position. Rather clothing was designed, in order to reflect personal preferences and in doing so, brought style as an influence to life's choices. N one understood this balance of influence and decision more than Chanel. We can still see her form and function marriage, for example, in this cropped blazer with dolman sleeves, hook-and-eye metal front closures with logo stamp and boucle with metallic threading. Women were for the first time, able to dress not just by social status as their determining wardrobe factor, but were able to select garments based on their style and a certain comfort level meant for all people. Vive La Revolution! In mint condition and priced at $600. In a size 40. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com




Chanel Cruise 1999 Deco Boucle Blazer

Forget Lauren, Whitney, Audrina & Heidi . . . the real fashion plate on the Hills is Lisa Love in our opinion (Paris is our favorite city too). If we going to dress her in a French fashion piece, we would choose this gorgeous Chanel lightweight boucle blazer with delicate deco detailing and silver hammerred CC button closures. It matches the effortlessly chic and poised style both Love, and dare we say, Coco herself, are known for. From the Cruise 1999 collection. Priced at $600 and in mint condition! For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com




Chanel Fall 2004 Black & White Blazer with Camellia

It was CoCo Chanel who first dictated that clothing could be worn from day to night and that certain pieces were not limited by time of day. This is certainly true for this superchic blazer fabricated with black and white boucle that goes directly from a day in the office to a night on the town. Certain details such as the lace peekaboo trim or the black velvet collar and detachable camellia pin help accent the pieces versatility. In mint condition and available for $1600. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com




CHANEL Spring 2002 Beaded Halter Top

Sometimes, it's better to leave a little to the imagination. Of course, you still want to give 'em enough to want to keep on guessing. Not to worry, D2 has solved the conundrum (encore, comme toujours). Here's a little number that rides the fine line between naughty and nice and is festive enough for all your winter wonderland fetes. Made by Chanel, this black silk tank is adorned with pink, fuschia and white pearls and features two mini hook and clousres at the rear neck and an open back with interior tie at the back--VA VA VA VOOM! (Don't worry about support for the girls--Lagerfeld made to sure to put in lingerie detailing on the interior so the twins will stay where they are supposed to!) In mint condition! Priced at $1200. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com




Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Chanel White Leather Moto Jacket

We love Nico. Love her. Love her blond hair, mod wardrobe, german drawl, affinity for amphetamines . . . we mean, art. Anyhoo, we'd put on this white leather Chanel cropped jacket with quilted trim, throw on some black glasses, iron our hair and take it back to the autobahn. The size/composition tag is missing--approximately a size 8. Priced at $1800. For further information, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com




Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Chanel Spring 2006 Black Tweed Boucle Blazer

There's something about this blazer that's so Charlotte rampling in Great Expectations. Something so proper and elegant yet restraining the darkness that lies within. Something so Mrs. Havisham that we can't help but feel the beautiful chills down our backs. In a size 44 and from the Spring 2006 collection. In next-to-new condition and priced at $1500. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com













Chanel Fall 2002 Reversable Lambskin Shearling Coat

Spies Like Us . . . Love it. Can't get enough of it. Love Millbarge and Fitz-Hume. Love lovely Donna Dixon aka Ms. Aykroyd. Love the fact that Bob Hope plays golf through the surgery scene. Love the cameos by fellow filmakers Terry Gilliam, Joel Cohen, Sam Raimi and Frank Oz. If we were putting up an homage performance to piece to how much we love this flim, we'd wear this reversable Chanel Lambskin Shearling jacket--straight outta the Tajik tundra. In a size 40 and from the Fall 2002 collection. In next-to-new condition and priced at $2400. For further informationor to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com SOLD



















Sunday, December 02, 2007

Chanel Spring 2003 Cream Boucle Jacket with Sequins

Ah, mademoiselle Chanel, the lady made famous for tailoring men's fashions to suit both her whimsical and practical needs. In fact the contributions to women's fashions for which she is still most associated with today, her soft-bleted coats, tweeds and blazers, sailor sweaters and cuff linked shirts, were all inspired by the Duke of Westminster's wardrobe. We love a borrowed-from-the-boys look and find the perfect mix of masculine/feminine in this Spring 2003 blazer. Slightly boxy, it has a longer huntsman cut and design but is accented with miniature sequin details. Ah, Chanel. They always get it right. In a size 40 and in mint condition. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com




Chanel Spring 1999 Rainbow Tweed Boucle Blazer




Ah, our old pal: ROY G BIV, taking me back to Mrs. Niles 8th grade science class. Visable when water droplets are in the air and the sun is shining behind you at a low altitude, Mr. Biv is a seven colored quatised arc aka the rainbow. And, to be frank, there's something just something about this rainbow tweed boucle blazer from Chanel's 1999 Spring collection that just makes us feel like kicking up our heels, and singing down the yellow brick road like a handholding friend of Dorothy! In a size 44 and priced at $800. In next-to-new condition. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com








Chanel Champagne Boucle Spring 2003 Blazer

"A woman should wear fragrance wherever she expects to be kissed." -CoCo Chanel



At the beginning of the 20th century, CoCo chanel comissioned Enrest Beaux to create 6 samples of perfume for her. Bottle No. 5 was the one she liked best--perhaps due to the fact that a fortune teller had once told CoCo that her lucky number was the number 5--and in keeping with her auspicious numerical forecast, she introduced the fragrance to some of her friends on 5/5/1921. Originally, the perfume was given away free to favored clients and the dressing rooms at Chanel were scented with No. 5. In 1924, Chanel partnered with Pierre Wertheimer and the fragrance was sold internationally.



Sales of the scent increased exponentially when in 1953 Marilyn Monroe was asked what she wore to bed. Monroe's infamous answer: "Two drops of Chanel No. 5" So dab on a little No. 5, wherever you expect to be kissed, throw this chic champagne boucle blazer from the Spring 2003 collection over a silk cami and create that Chanel je ne sais quoi mystique--in Coco herself's words, "something abstact and unique". In a size 36 and priced at $1300. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com