Hello Ace&Jig!

Baja Hoodie

Introducing you to Ace & Jig; one of our newest F/W '10 collections here at O&L.
The look is laid-back, the fabric is hand-loomed in India, and there are pockets on absolutely everything. Need I say more!

Day dress

Mini dress

The designer scoop:

Cary Vaughan and Jenna Wilson met as NYC fashion design interns almost ten years ago. Transplants from Virginia Beach and Vancouver respectively, they bonded over their common love of antique textiles.

Cary and Jenna designed for Language NYC in 2001, having their hands in all aspects of the business. In 2004, they launched LaROK together and built the brand into a multi-million dollar venture. However, in 2007 they both left LaROK to refocus their energy on starting their own familes. After Cary gave birth to daughter Alice and Jenna had her son James, they felt the time had come to collaborate again. Thus, ace&jig was born.

NEW Dresses NEW dresses.

Marigold

Shadows

Violetta.

Copper

Oliver & Lilly's 2nd Anniversary Party!

Join us for a summer evening celebration with special guests; WALRUS and Nicole Ginsberg Jewelry. We're pulling out the old record player, pouring some delicious vino, launching new arrivals and serving up an ice cream bar to dip into! So we can say THANK YOU, thank you to all our amazing customers for supporting our little shoppe over the past two years. We hope you can join us this evening as we launch our anniversary celebration.

Please RSVP to Kristin@thevanguardpr.com

Studdly little sneaks.

Stud City Gals have done it again. This time in black! Sassy, studly sneaks. We like!

New addictions: Cargos and Boot cuts.

Twiggy Cargo in Cappuccino

Reboot in Mediterranean

*who knows what we were up to taking this photo!
Squats, dancing?

New Styles. New Arrivals. James Jeans.

It's always a great day around here when there's a New James Jeans Delivery. Especially when we've been anticipating two new styles. Introducing....



Much love and anticipation for the new Twiggy Cargo. I mean, how great is this pant? It will go with everything. Move straight and very fashionably forward into Fall. And it doesn't hurt that your butt will look smoking it in too! Awesome Possum.



Okay, so our little future looking glass is showing us that the Boot Cut is back! Did it ever really die though!?! Because, to me it's always had this classic 70's vibe going to it, that is if you're sporting it with some motorcycle boots. I say, grab a crop tee shirt or a new denim button down, throw on something sparkly and vintage on your wrist or ears. Polish off those frye boots and walk around sporting a peace sign! You hot thing you!



... and we've got a huge replenishment of the always amazing China Doll and Black Cat!

Music Series: Stuck in our head Sundays!

Polish off those dancing shoes my friends. We've got Nouvelle Vague up next for our Sunday music series. Enjoy!

Artist: Nouvelle Vague Song: Dancing with Myself.

New Arrivals: In a flutter over Fluxus

Viv blouse in blush

Four Bar dress

The Diane Blouse in naked

The Flag dress in naked/black

The lemons are brewing.

It's the weekend. Time for lemonade.
Every weekend. All summer long. We're serving lemonade! A little treat for your taste buds while you cruise through all the new arrivals.

From France, with love...

Every summer when our Eze Sur Mer collection arrives, it has us day dreaming over to that little village in France where the collection derives from. It's pieces like these that have us wishing that summer will never ever end; the picnics, the bike rides, the ice cream... the lemonade- there is nothing like easy summer living. Sigh!

The Casbah blouse in white

The Casbah blouse in noir

The Clover dress in white

Wisdom Worker in chambray

Seven Minutes with Heidi Merrick

Seven Minutes With Heidi Merrick via. Elle.com

Heidi Merrick traded in styling and New York City for Santa Barbara beaches and designing her own collection about four years ago. We asked her what she'd want a girl to know about her as a person before buying her clothes.

I grew up surfing in Santa Barbara.
Heidi's surfing roots are so ingrained in her aesthetic that it's impossible for her to even articulate how much it plays into her collection. "I've lived in London and New York, but I just wanted to get back to that lifestyle from my childhood."

In fact, her dad's a surfboard shaper, and she likes to think of her business like his. "No matter how big he gets, he still shapes everything by hand...I like to run my studio like that, like an atelier. I'll always make the dresses and sew them and make the patterns and drape the fabric; it's so good for my mind, and kind of how I stay normal.

I'm really into geeky fantasy stuff.

A lot of Heidi's inspiration comes from traveling, but she seriously loves Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings. "I can't help but think about that stuff with almost everything I do, like "Does this look like a storm trooper?!"

I have a fantasty of running a Parisian house when I'm 50. }
We asked if she was perfectly satisfied running her own business, or if she ever thought about moving in another direction. Heidi sounds perfectly content for now, but she admitted to the occasional dream of moving to Paris, running an esteemed house and sending her daughter to the Sorbonne (the daughter that was born six months ago). She's even teaching her French!

*all images Heidi Merrick and Elle.com

Introducing: RagMarket Tee's

Rag Market is a back to basics 'worry free' clothing concept, made with Peruvian Pima cotton. Every piece comes with its own rag doll too... how neat is that? Just a little something to help wash your worries away while wearing another great basic tee line. I'm sold!

First up.. the Jersey Crop top in white and black

Second.. the oversized Vneck tee in blush, nude, charcoal and black

Last but not least... the Dolman Scoop tee in white, blush, charcoal and black


*here's a photo to show you all the color options.

We thought we'd do a little 'short film' to introduce the RagDolls that go along with the new tee's from RagMarket. Though, in the process we discovered that we're WAY better at having fun rather than at film making. All in a days work... we hope you enjoy!

Rag Doll short film take 1

Rag Doll short film take 2

Music Series: Stuck in our head Sundays!

We have a serious serious serious crush on Lissie. Last week we featured her with Ellie Goulding, so this week we must share her solo work. Below is Lissie's When I'm Alone video, or if you're in the mood to hear her cover Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, you must click here.

Enjoy! xo O&L

Lemonade lovin'

Get ready people. Today at noon, we're officially rolling out our Summer Weekend lemonade stand. Come by and grab a lemony glass of goodness! Happy Summer!

images via. here and here

... and there's more Back to basics.

New Pretty garden flower prints to go with this lovely sun sun sun!

Valerie Tank in black or white

Blair dress in teal or black