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NEARLY 150 handbag-loving women packed into Harvey Road Tavern at the weekend to raise a record amount for Variety the Children's Charity. Event organiser Carly Quinn said the Variety Old Bags Lunch raised at least $20,000 - a good improvement on last year's $18,000. "We're very happy with that and everyone had a fantastic time raising it," she said. Auctions were a popular feature of the day, with a Gladstone Cinemas Gold Room Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas movie night pulling $1650. "One of belstaff jacket the main highlights was we were able to announce that Variety Queensland will be granting a wheelchair to a special needs child in Gladstone," Carly said. "It's a specialised piece of equipment that is built for him, to help him and his family manage his rare brain disorder. "His mum was there yesterday. She got up and thanked everyone. It was very moving." Ninety handbags were distributed, and Carly Cheap Louis Vuitton said some women left with six or seven. The popular event will return to Gladstone next year. Stay tuned for a date claimer soon, for the first half of 2014.

Shoppers in The Woodlands soon will have more options available to them, from a Kate Spade shop at Market Street - The Woodlands to high-end retailers at The Woodlands Mall. Market Street "During the last seven months we've been just boom, boom, boom," said Jenny Taylor, assistant general manager, Market Street. "It's just a good time in the world of retail and leasing here in Texas." Market Street is an open air shopping and dining venue, located at 9595 Six Pines Drive. Kate Spade New York is expected to open this November at Market Street next to Elaine Turner. The shop will carry handbags, clothing, jewelry, shoes, stationery, eyewear, baby products, fragrance, tabletop items, bedding and gifts. Kate Spade products are known for their crisp colors and graphic prints. "We're super excited about Kate Spade," Taylor said. "It's just more to offer to our customers." Set to open Aug. 29 at Market Street is a Lucky Brand Jeans store, which will feature designer clothing and denim products for men and women. Opening this month is Vineyard Vines, a clothing and accessory retailer founded in Martha's Vineyard. "Vineyard's Vines is a really fun store," Taylor said. "They're best known for their whimsical neckties and their whale logo." This October, Market Street will welcome LUSH, which carries organic body products including cosmetics, soaps and lotions. "Anything yummy, sweet-smelling, scrubby that you want to apply to the skin, you'll find it there," Taylor said. "And they're very conscientious about the environment." LUSH will be located by Hyatt Market Street, next to Z Gallerie. Recent Cheap Louis Vuitton arrivals at Market Street include Tumi. The retailer carries briefcases, totes, luggage and similar products. "It's definitely what I would call an upscale retailer," Taylor said. "They have a lot of fun stuff." Madewell opened recently, too. "Madewell is considered J. Crew's hip, trendy sister," said Taylor. The Madewell shop, geared for the 20-something crowd, has a denim bar and more than 20 styles of pants. Also new to Market Street are Calypso St. Barth and Elaine Turner boutiques. The Woodlands Mall The Woodlands Mall, 1201 Lake Woodlands, is a two-story, enclosed shopping mall. It has welcomed several new arrivals lately as well, including a Silver Jeans Co. Loft location that opened July 20. The Silver Jeans brand offers apparel for men and women. "This is their first actual store, and the fact they opened it in The Woodlands is exciting," said Noemi Cortez, marketing manager for the mall. Coming to the mall in mid-month is Tyler's, an Austin-based retailer that carries men's and women's apparel, footwear, eyewear and accessories. "This will be their first store in this area," Cortez said. This winter, Destination Maternity will open at the mall. "We only have one maternity shop at the mall, so we thought it would be nice to have another," belstaff outlet Cortez said. "It will give expectant mothers another place to shop." The mall's current maternity shop is Motherhood Maternity. The new retailers coming this year will complement the mall's newest anchor store, a Nordstrom slated to open in fall 2014. "We've Louis Vuitton Monogram Vernis always had good tenants," Cortez said. "We try to meet all shoppers' needs. Nordstrom is providing the high-end we needed in The Woodlands. And with a high-end anchor like that, we needed other high-end retailers." Also coming to The Woodlands Mall this fall is Noodles & Company, a restaurant featuring international noodle selections and a signature macaroni and cheese dish. Area shopping centers also are seeing increased activity from the back-to-school shopping season. "We're always busy with back to school," Taylor said. "We also get some shoppers going back to work," she added. "They might have been traveling during the summer or they're returning to work after their kids go away to school. "It just is a really good time to get back in the swing of things."

If you want to buy a designer handbag but are held back by pangs of price tag guilt, just look to Hong Kong. There certain designer handbags are considered safe investments that often retain their retail value - so much so that you can even use them as collateral to take out a loan. Yes Lady Finance Co. is one such lender. The company offers cash-strapped but designer-heavy women (and occasionally men, who make up one in five of their customers) a loan within half an hour at 80% of their bag's value, as long as it is by Gucci, Chanel, Hermès or Louis Vuitton. Special editions and vintage classics give even better loan leverage. READ: How Jane's Birkin bag idea took off So what's the deal? As long as the customer pays back the loan within four months with four per cent monthly interest on top, they can have their bag back. All bags Louis Vuitton Outlet are assessed for authenticity by the company's affiliate Belstaff outlet and second-hand designer goods expert Milan Station Holdings Ltd before any loan is approved. Recently a Hermès Birkin, one of the French design house's most iconic bags, allowed one customer a $20,600 (£13,170) loan. A brand new Birkin will typically cost upwards of £4,000 with some selling for as much as £100,000 if a limited edition or made in exotic skins, and they are known to hold and often increase their value the older they become. The Wall Street Journal reports that "almost all" of Yes Lady's customers pay the loans back in full within the time period and get their beloved bags back. Those who use the service include people whose money is tied up in savings or the stock market. One customer, named Ms Wong, trades in her Gucci and Louis Vuitton bags whenever she's struggling to cover daily expenses or her son's school fees, while another, Angel Yam, traded in a Chanel bag for a $1,550 (£960) loan that she used Belstaff outlet to travel and buy stock. Yes Lady Finance, which translates to 'Rich Woman' in Cantonese, and similar companies are "carving out a niche in a city with 200 licensed pawnbrokers and over 900 more-typical lenders" that primarily target low-income earners.

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Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards of Little Mix were all on hand to support boyband One Direction this week at the premiere of their film, This is Us. And whilst we may have first noticed the diamond ring that is now placed on Perrie's finger, she's engaged to 1D star Zayn Malik, it was Jade's embellished jacket that made us take a second look. Each of the girsl looked polished and stylish, as opposed to their usual teenage fun outfits. Jade stood out however in Topshop silk shorts and matching cami top, a beautifully embellished Paul and Joe blazer and black Kurt Geiger heels with gold metal accents. She looked amazing. We're helping you to steal the Style of Jade and have picked out a selection of embellished jackets for you to shop now. Wear it on a evening out with shorts and heels, or dress up a pair of jeans with it too.

We always knew Roberto Cavalli had a thing for Michael Jackson, once writing, "His creative genius, his vision and his message of unity, harmony and hope for a better world have always resonated with me." We didn't know about that time Jackson came to Cavalli and asked him to revamp his look -- specifically, his signature footwear. Cavalli recalled to Vogue UK: "He came to me and said, 'Roberto, I need you to belstaff sale give me a new look. I'm tired of the moccasins, I'm tired of the white socks.' So I created a fantastic jacket for him, it took months to make... I remember when belstaff outlet he got on stage, there were thousands of people in the audience yelling, 'It's too hot for the jacket.' So he threw it into the crowds! I couldn't believe it. I said to myself, 'I am never making him a jacket again.'" Aw, poor Cavalli. But kudos to whichever audience member managed to grab the jacket -- think that thing's floating around eBay?