Hi everyone,

Great news.. For the past couple of days, I’ve had several customers attempting to pay their orders with their credit cards. I have contacted Paymate and this matter has now been resolved. Credit cards transactions are now back in our check out system and is acceptable. Unfortuantely Paymate website was down for two days. Terribly sorry for any inconvenience, once again, thank you for your patience guys..

For more information on Paymate, please visit ww.paymate.com Remember you won’t need to have a Paymate account to pay with credit cards, simply just key in the your details and Paymate will process the transaction.

If you require any information of have any questions, please don’t hestiate to contact me.

Regards

xoxo Mary

Terribly sorry for any inconvenience, but I have spoken to someone from Paymate this morning, and they have been having technical difficulties with their website for the past 24hours. Therefore orders from Tuesday onwards have been affected. Your order is currently placed on hold until, Paymate has their website up and running and releases the funds to our business account.

Rest assure your orders have been processed, just awaiting confirmation from Paymate. Will keep everyone posted. I do apologise for any inconvience this may have caused, and will email you all individiually once it has been resolved.

Your sincerely Mary xoxo

What’s the big fuss over the chain bags?

Ok so have you noticed a big explosion of Chain bags lately? Spring/Summer season certainly didn’t hold back on the trend. Every store you walk into had the popular trend displayed on the mannequins. For any fashion froward individual chain bags are so upbeat and in right now, you are missing out if you don’t have on in your bag collection. With so many tempting textures, chunky chain straps and bold colours to choose from, there’s a chain bag for any type of style.

So if you have found yourself owning quiet a few chain bags, the good news it that this trend has only begun. This season, you will see bigger chains, more defined jewelled peices on handbags, and funky studs. This fad is here to stay. So if you are looking for some inspiration or wanna know what’s hot this season here are a few things to remember about the 80’s.

• sequins & studs
• short cocktail dresses
• grey is the new black
• any shades of blue
• stone wash denim
• leather skirts
• ray bans
• structured shoulder jackets (back then theycalled it shoulder pads)
• jewelled clothing peices
• ankle boots
• leggings pref. liquid leggings (they are lot shiny)
• red nail polish
• chain bags

Check out our latest range in chains bags.

Hey guys,

A big thank you to everyone who has supported Style-FORTE, these past 12 months, everyone’s constant support and encouragement has been overwhelming. And I really appreicate everyone dropping by.

Thank you to everyone who gave me feedback on my website, I love what I do and your continued support and honest opinion means the world to me.

The store will still be trading during the holidays, and new styles have just arrived.

Don’t forget you can follow me on Facebook and become a Fan.

Have a beautiful Christmas and even better New Year’s. Happy holidays everyone..

xoxo Mary

So with Christmas just around the corner, I’m sure you guys are busy rushing to finalise your holiday trip, presents and don’t forget that all important christmas parties and functions.

But if you’re planning to go away this festive season why not check out one of my best seller’s and probably the ultimate Travel Tote Bag, perfect for short trips and ideal for summer.

So what are the summer trends this year? Department stores and boutiques are flooding their stores with maxi dresses. Not only are they comfortable, they are so many styles & colours to choose from. The great thing about it, they not only look good on the stars, it looks great on just about anybody. Make sure you accessories it correctly and of course, make it uniquely you. Check out Eva, Lauren & Jessica sporting white maxi dresses.

2009 Summer Essentials’

• Oversized sunnies
• Metallic or Tan colour Sandals
• Oversized Handbag
• Oversized rings, bangles or long necklace
• Panama 20’s style hat
• Boyfriend Denim Shorts
• Tie Dye Prints (dresses or tops)
• Leggings
• Red Nails

So who’s getting it right? Not only is she gorgeous, Jessica Alb, she just gets it right all the time. Love her gorgeous dark teal dress and her panama style hat.

Check out some of these summer maxi dresses available in Australia.

Witchery Strapless Maxi Dress $189.95 ; Bardot Gold Dust Maxi Dress $49.95

Check out my Top 10 Best Sellers , lots of new styles that will cater for any outfit.

Hi everyone, with xmas just around the corner, I’m sure everyone is getting into the swing of the festive season. New styles just arrived last week, will have more hopefully this week or next week.

My favourite? Check out the Maxi 3-Way bag, I’ve got it in Black and everyone keeps raving on about it. Also available in Pure Red & Off-White, this will be great to add to your summer wardrobe. Also loving the Moon bag, light & compact and most importantly looks great with any summer outfit.

More news next week. Thanks again for stopping by and supporting me. Be sure to visit my facebook page and add become a fan.

Xoxo mary

 It’s official Taylor Jacobson leaves Rachel Zoe Inc forever. The finale of Season 2 aired just last week here in Australia. Things were looking up for Rachel & Tay, I remember hearing about her leaving a few weeks ago, and unfortunately it’s true. Some may say it’s been a long battle; Taylor was constantly questioning her future at the company. With her frustration of feeling like she was doing the one man show for the company, the promise of more involvement in the Rachel brand, was a new challenge that she was craving for in her career.

With so many followers of the rock chick Assistant Stylist, so many bloggers and fans are talking about what really happened? Did she get fired or did Tay simply had enough and decided to move on? Is she moving on to start her own company or rumours have it, she got a job with Dior?

 Without a doubt, Rach will be desvastated as Taylor has been her rock. Read Tay’s  Twitter post stating: “Today is an end of an era and a beginning of a new professional chapter. Looking forward to what the future brings…!!!”. Awww… good for her. With so much creative experience, this lady is not only gonna pull in great looks for future clients, I’m sure everyone wishes her the best in the future with or without Rachel.

As a personal fan of Tay’s style, fans of the show absoluately love her look.  Check out Tay’s signature look, and team it up with your favourite oversized handbag, flats and bold jewellery.

Sunglass Hut – Ray Ban Wayfarer $249, Bardot – Boyfriend Jersey Jacket $59.95, Cotton On – Oversized India Stripe Top $29.95, Sportsgirl – The Legging $15.95

Check out New Moon’s Dakota Fanning carrying the Balenciaga Funky City Motorcycle Tote Handbag.

With New Moon mania, here are some recent pics of the stars and what handbags they are wearing.

Kristen Stewart (Bella), makes casual wear look so good. With her signature Ray Ban’s, skinny leg jeans, converse, she’s usually seen sporting a black backpack. But this gorgeous Oversized Tan Tote adds totally stands out from her usual attire. Known for her rocker chick style, and her just got out bed look, she manages to always look so natural & stunning.

My absoulate favourite is Ashley Greene’s Rebecca Minkoff black oversized clutch. Super stylish and sleek. Oversized clutches are here to stay. Love her shoes too!

If you are a fan of Coach, you will die when you see Nikki Reed’s Hampton Tote Handbag pictured below. She teams it up with funky denim and sneakers. With such a high end sophisticated purse, she makes wrong look so perfect. Talk about super trendy these chicks are setting trends that people will adore.

Designed and inspired by his favourite model Jessica Stam (pictured below), Marc Jacobs sure knows what women want. Stam handbags is worship and adored by many celebrities.

Although its been around for a fews years now, the every popular stam bag re-invents itself every season. The orginial & classic Black Stam Handbag is the one that is most recognised and still to this day is still one of the most desired and  recognised handbags. With is quilted soft leather body, oversized gold clasp, heavy gold chain strap, there’s no doubt this bag has huge star appeal. With the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Vanessa Milano, Nicky Hilton, the stam handbag is a favourite among the stars in Hollywood.

What makes it appealing? You see 10 years ago, handbags were considered only as an accessory, an added feature I should say to complient your outfit. But you see, more and more women base  their outfits on their handbags. Not only is the Stam handbags super trendy, it works well for that rock chick and sleek streetwear. That’s why women fall inlove with the Stam bag, you can wear your a casual outfit and style it up with the stam, and your outfit works its justice. You could say that it addes finishing touches to your outfit. Two words to describe stam handbag style is that it’s cool & trendy. If you are already a fan and happen to own your very own Black Stam bag, the good news is that every season, Macr Jacobs experiments different fabric colours, and shapes. Year in and year out, the Stam bag is always  adds a new edition to the family clan. You will never be disappointed with a stam handbag.

Check out Style-FORTE’s Stam Handbags.

Ok, so if you are looking for the latest IT bag, Chloe’s Paraty bag is making a big splash in Hollywood. With the likes of Charlize Theron, Ashley Tisdale, Mary Kate Olsen, Kate Bosworth wearing the coveted style, there’s no doubt this style will embrace Chloe like it did a few years back when they introduced the beautiful Paddington style to the world.

To this day, people are still wearing their Paddington bags, some of us are probably still paying it off. The bad news, a paraty bag will set you back around $1600USD, and the python style a whopping $3000…. now that’s steep. The price of fashion I guess. But does it live up to the hype? We all loooved the Paddington, so how will the Paraty match up?

Chloe sure knows how to make handbags. This unique & uber trendy style will create a fan base, just like it did with the Paddington. It’s structured shape, defined tubular detailing and not to mention it’s sexy appeal, will spice up any outfit.

We know Katie Holmes loves her Paraty. It’s become her daily handbag taking it just about everywhere she goes. Katie not only has made this bag work for her look, she teams it up with her favourite boyfriend jeans and incorporated other denim making casual so relaxed and still galmours.

Check out Style-FORTE’s take on the ever stylish Paraty Bag. Worth a look. Available in three fabulous colours.