Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Orla Kiely SS18 Stem: Sixties Stem Vinyl in Kingfisher


2. Big Zip Wallet £80
3. Small Cross Body £100
4. Luggage Tag £25
6. Zip Messenger £155
10. Luggage Flight Bag £130
11. Luggage Work Bag £160
14. Small Backpack £145

There are several awesome new pieces included in Orla Kiely's Stem collection, which I discussed in more detail with the Spring Bloom Vinyl line. This Sixties Stem Vinyl collection has the same pieces with the addition of the Luggage Large Pouch, a great little accessory that I think would be perfect for organizing your purse as it's quite a good size and the vinyl material is quite durable. I really like the Kingfisher colorway of this collection - such a pretty deep blue color with little pops of red. This collection also features the new Stem Flower printed lining.

The Small Cross Body featured in the SS18 Stem lookbook.

What I'm looking forward to most, however, are the new luggage pieces! They are shown in the lookbook and I have seen a few pics on Instagram from those lucky enough to live near one of Orla Kiely's shops, but I have yet to see them on the website. They did appear briefly on ChrisElli's website, but for some reason they are no longer showing up and I'm wishing I had captured the product shots before they disappeared. I know they will show up online soon enough, but I'm just so excited about them! I have far too many luggage pieces already since Orla Kiely did a travel collection for Target, but a part of me would like to upgrade to these pieces. The vinyl material would definitely make these suitcases more durable than the polyester from the Target line, which from my experience, is prone to staining. I would love to upgrade to some travel items that require less maintenance and can withstand...well, travel.

Featured here is the Luggage Work Bag, which is quite a good size. I'm just loving the way these two pieces look together! It's been so long since Orla Kiely created travel pieces, and while I'm fortunate enough to have gotten the multi-color Large Car Medium Tote for my birthday several years ago, along with its matching travel beauty case, I did miss out on all the suitcases. So I'd love to be able to add a travel piece from Orla Kiely's main line to my collection, and this Sixties Stem version just might be it!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I see a couple of suitcases up on Chris Elli website now although none in the Kingfisher color

iloveorlakiely said...

Thanks so much for the heads up! Just blogged about it now :)