{"id":10226,"date":"2011-06-23T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T12:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?p=10226"},"modified":"2011-06-22T17:18:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T21:18:02","slug":"haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute bag of the week: &#8220;Ludlow&#8221; by Michelle Fantaci for Lauren Merkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10227\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin\/picture-31-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10227\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-311.png\" alt=\"Lauren Merkin Cognac Glossy Snake Ludlow\" width=\"289\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10228\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin\/picture-34\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10228\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-34.png\" alt=\"Lauren Merkin White Serpent Ludlow\" width=\"278\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10229\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin\/picture-22-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10229\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-221.png\" alt=\"Lauren Merkin Copper\/Gold Cosmic Metallic Lizard Ludlow\" width=\"275\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10230\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin\/picture-23-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10230\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-231.png\" alt=\"Lauren Merkin Steel\/Gold Cosmic Metallic Lizard Ludlow\" width=\"299\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10231\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin\/picture-25-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10231\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-251.png\" alt=\"Lauren Merkin Black Glossy Snake Ludlow\" width=\"290\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10232\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin\/picture-33-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10232\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Picture-331.png\" alt=\"Lauren Merkin Graphite Snake Embossed Lamb Ludlow\" width=\"306\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lauren Merkin\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?tag=lauren-merkin\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Merkin<\/a> has teamed up for a second season with <a title=\"Jewelry\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?tag=jewelry\" target=\"_blank\">jewelry<\/a> designer <a title=\"Michelle Fantaci\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michellefantaci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Fantaci<\/a> for her <a title=\"Spring 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?tag=spring-2011\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 2011<\/a> handbag collection, which includes three exclusive styles of <a title=\"Evening bags\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?tag=evening-bags\" target=\"_blank\">evening clutches<\/a>.\u00a0Our favorite is the <a title=\"Lauren Merkin Ludlow\" href=\"http:\/\/laurenmerkin.com\/ItemList.aspx?ItemTypeId=139&amp;Option=1&amp;PageNo=1\" target=\"_blank\">Ludlow<\/a>, a simple mini box-shaped bag that instantly\u00a0boosts the\u00a0glam factor\u00a0of any outfit. Embellished with gold, nickel, and anthracite molded metal on the flap, the Ludlow also features a hidden magnetic closure, nude suede lining and snake chain strap that can be tucked inside for the option of wearing as a <a title=\"Clutch bags\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?tag=clutches\" target=\"_blank\">clutch<\/a>.\u00a0We appreciate\u00a0having seven luxurious Italian lambskins to choose from, along with solid black and taupe.\u00a0The shimmery metallic lizard and the glossy snake Ludlow are our top picks.<\/p>\n<p>Buy for $350 at <a title=\"LaurenMerkin.com\" href=\"http:\/\/laurenmerkin.com\/ItemList.aspx?ItemTypeId=139\" target=\"_blank\">LaurenMerkin.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>Get more <a title=\"What's Haute Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s Haute<\/a> &#8211; Follow us on <a title=\" What's Haute on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/whatshaute\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and &#8216;Like&#8217; us on <a title=\"What's Haute on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/whatshaute\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Merkin has teamed up for a second season with jewelry designer Michelle Fantaci for her Spring 2011 handbag collection, which includes three exclusive styles of evening clutches.\u00a0Our favorite is the Ludlow, a simple mini box-shaped bag that instantly\u00a0boosts the\u00a0glam factor\u00a0of any outfit. Embellished with gold, nickel, and anthracite molded metal on the flap, the [&hellip;]<a href=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/haute-bag-of-the-week-ludlow-by-michelle-fantaci-for-lauren-merkin\/\" title=\" Read More \u00bb &laquo;Haute bag of the week: \"Ludlow\" by Michelle Fantaci for Lauren Merkin&raquo;\" class=\"more-link\"> Read More \u00bb <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,21],"tags":[248,264,8885,1865,8754],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10226"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10226"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10403,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10226\/revisions\/10403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}