Introducing Mina + Olya SS14 Collection

Their story:: Co-founders Mina Yazdi and Olya Dzilikhova first met as colleagues in 2008 at a leading financial and communications consulting firm in San Francisco. After swiftly becoming close friends, they joined together with a shared vision and passion for fashion and sustainability that would ultimately lead to the debut of their ready-to-wear label mina+olya, in 2011. 

This is our second season with the talented designers and excited to debut their new gorgeous Spring collection.  Stop by and see the beautiful pieces in store or online

Sherri with the designers at the Fall fashion show benefitting Oakland Elizabeth House
Mina Yazdi, Sherri McMullen, Olya Dzilikhova

Monday Inspiration :: Live in the Moment

Monday Inspiration :: Live in the Moment

“You must live in the present, 

launch yourself on every wave, 

find your eternity in each moment."

~ Henry David Thoreau

All images from Pinterest. 

xo

McMullen

Introducing Lizzie Fortunato SS14 Collection

Each season, I travel to market finding the best designers for McMullen.   In some cases, something so beautiful happens and I fall head over heels in love with a designer and their work.  This happened with Marcus and David from Rag & Bone and with Andrea Lieberman for ALC when I bought their first collections and watched their brands grow and evolve into what they are today.  

I have the same feeling about designer, Lizzie Fortunato and her twin sister, Kathryn Fortunato.  They are incredibly talented and ever so grounded that you want to spend hours talking with them about their love for travel and their inspiration.  

I first bought Lizzie Fortunato in 2012 and each season, I watch it get better and better.  Last year, they introduced Italian leather handbags with intricate beading and whimsical details like hearts, lips, bananas and other spirited motifs.  They also happen to be my personal go-to jewelry when I have an event, travel or just want a special piece to wear with a simple cotton button down shirt. 

This season, Lizzie focuses on two stories: The Shibuya story and the Naoshimi story.  

 See her collection below and at McMullen in store or online

LOOK 20 CHOKER    

THE NEW BLUE NECKLACE    

MODERN KYOTO NECKLACE    

FISHERMAN'S HAUNT NECKLACE    

THE SCHOOLGIRL MINI IN BLACK & WHITE EMBOSS    

PORT OF CALL CLUTCH IN SUSHI BUN    

PORT OF CALL CLUTCH IN NAVY SPORT    

SAFARI CLUTCH IN MONET    

SAFARI CLUTCH IN BUZZ    

SAFARI CLUTCH IN NAOSHIMA LADDER    

xo

McMullen

Weekly Inspiration:: Growth

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

~George Bernard Shaw

All pictures from Pinterest 

Introducing Designer Tanya Taylor

These pieces plus more arriving this week to McMullen

xo

Behind the Scenes with Sherri during Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2014

Sherri McMullen regularly travels to New York and Paris for Fashion Week to view the upcoming season’s collections from the world’s top designers. Follow her to Paris as she goes from runway shows to designer appointments and dinners. Last week she viewed the Fall 2014 collections, one of the strongest Fall seasons she’s seen in a while.

Left to right from Top to Bottom:

Night at the Eiffel Tower,  Pleats and prints at Carven, Vanessa Bruno wall art

Bells of the ball at Peter Pilotto, Sherri meets Yves of Yves Soloman, Prints at Stella Jean

Prints and oxfords at Stella Jean, picture perfect Eiffel Tower, Chanel at Colette

cocktail hour at Hotel Costes, Paris at Night, Alaia boots

Left to right from Top to Bottom:

Sherri at night, Vivienne Westwood takes a bow after her show, Vivienne Westwood venue

apartment art, Vivienne Westwood invite, Vanessa Bruno runway look

Vanessa Bruno finale, Bottega Veneta, Sherri at night

Vanessa Bruno runway look, a fashion girl in Paris, Vanessa Bruno invite

Left to right from Top to Bottom:

Vanessa Bruno finale, Bottega Veneta, Sherri at night

Vanessa Bruno runway look, a fashion girl in Paris, Vanessa Bruno invite

My apartment in Paris, Sherri's looks for Paris

Inspiration Monday :: Letting

let go 

of things you no longer need

with grace

and thank them for how they served you 

when you needed them

because now is new

and boundless opportunity awaits

let go of what you know

to make space for what is next

each moment is a choice

an offering

slow down

listen

there are feathers 

falling from the sky

xo

McMullen

All images via Pinterest