Looking for that fun hostess gift or treat to serve at your next gathering? Taigan members discover a growing collection of specialty food shops who will deliver packaged treats to your home. Taigan’s collection of gourmet food stores include Star Provisions, the front of house of Atlanta’s most noted restaurant, Bacchanalia. Owned and operated by celebrity chef Anne Quantrano, shoppers will discover specialty cured meats, seasonal cheese selections, packaged spices, treats and more, including imported cookware and seasonal delicacies. Star Provisions and artisanal sweets store called Sucre (which means sweet in French).

Star Provisions is a culinary dream shop in Atlanta filled with quality cheeses, wine, beer meats, seafood and even gifts and accessories to dress a fancy table. Thin champagne flutes, Chardonnay glasses, wine glasses, beer glasses, cake stands and so much more. If you like meats, Star Provisions has a great collection of house cured Soppressata, potted chicken liver, house cured Finnochiona, pepperoni and more. And if you prefer cheese, imagine lavender/espresso cheese, Meadow Creek Dairy Grayson, Bayley Hazen Blue cheese and more. Star Provisions boasts about the gourmet shop having over 200 variations of cheeses, freshly baked breads and sweets and other gourmet delights you’ll find on Taigan like Sumatra Mandheling coffee and decaf organic Peru coffee.

Sucre on Taigan online is a dream come true for chocolate lovers and those with a sweet tooth. It’s located in the heart of the Gardens District in Uptown New Orleans, but Taigan brings Sucre into your home. Known for having the best macaroons, Sucre crafts seasonal macaroons, a wide variety of chocolate treats and other candies, plus perhaps the best Mardi Gras King Cake ever enjoyed. All make wonderful gifts, terrific personal treats or served at your next party. You can buy all the wonderful artisanal delights online, by becoming a Taigan member. Everything the specialty shop makes is handmade and in small batches. They use fine ingredients and are known for their Parisian macaroons. Be sure to watch the videos posted by Chef Tariq to see how these remarkable delicacies are created. Sucre also sells on Taigan an assortment of gift boxes like for example the Wedding Gift Box. This includes a 15-piece chocolate collection, 8-piece almond macaroon, Sicilian pistachio and rose petal chocolate bar, tea and a lemon and coconut loaf.

As you can see, Taigan is not only for the clothes and shoe lovers, our collection of specialty shops include a little something with big flavors for our culinary chefs in the making. Switch up breakfast, lunch and dinner with these great foods from Sucre and Star Provisions.

I had a great experience on this new fashion Website my friend told me about. I was looking for days and days for a dress to wear to a close friend’s wedding. It was going to be in a huge reception hall with so many people, including old friends from high school so I really wanted to look good. Plus, I recently lost some weight and wanted to treat myself to a fashionable something special. But I looked around in my hometown of Jacksonville, Florida and couldn’t find anything that I really liked.

My friend told me about Taigan’s collection of boutique stores online. She told me that they had clothing stores from all over including Dallas, Nashville, New York and a few more places. So I decided it was worth looking into. So on a rainy Saturday afternoon, I became a Taigan member and browsed around the specialty clothing stores online. Kind of like window shopping, except on the Internet.

I visited a few of the different couture boutiques. I started with H. Audrey because my friend told me celebrities shop there. I also checked out the clothing on Gavin Evanston, but those outfits were more casual like skinny jeans, tees and blouses. I was looking more for a dress, something that will make a statement but still comfortable. The Mimi boutique on Taigan had more of what I was looking for. More upscale dresses, with nice silhouettes and quality materials. Plus, Mimi also carries designers so I browsed around the Michael Kors jersey dresses, the Kevan Hall dresses, the Marc Bouwer gowns until I landed on a must-have Herve Leger red band-aid stunner of a dress. It was more than I expected to pay, but it was gorgeous and I had to have it. So I pulled all my savings together and ordered it. Let me tell you, it fit perfectly, totally showed off my new figure and was a success at the wedding. I felt comfortable in my own skin and that was totally worth it.

I recommend visiting Taigan’s Website and becoming a Taigan member. You’ll find so many unique finds and fashionable items to replenish your closet. All online, all the time. Enjoy the shopping spree via the comforts of your home. This testimonial was by Gia C., Jacksonville, Florida.

A veteran journalist-and consummate shopper-puts the country’ small, independent retailers on the e-commerce map. By Stellene Volandes

When you walk into a great store, you know it,” declares Taigan.com Creative Director Julia Reed.  “But who knew there was a great place in Nashville to buy Alexander McQueen? Continue Reading…

Taigan features the country’s best boutiques featuring children’s clothing, furnishings and toys. Pippen Lane in New Orleans is one of the specialty stores for kids on Taigan, and Bonnie Young in Aspen. Corzine and Co. in Nashville features baby gifts and children’s keepsakes including quilts, sterling silver porringers and Herend keepsakes.

Become a Taigan member and take advantage of these great finds for your little ones. One-of-a-kind designs, with a fresh eye yet classic detailing. Enjoy the perks of shopping the best boutiques in the country from home. Taigan’s membership site is able to present fashions and designers that otherwise don’t sell online – style for you, your children and your home.

Pippen Lane is touted as a ‘children’s emporium’. It’s a store like no other filled with clothing, linens, shoes, toys, even furniture and books for your little ones. There are beautiful and fashionable items both for boys and girls. On Taigan’s Web site, you’ll find swim shorts, hooded sweatshirts, two-piece matching outfits, dresses, little tees, one-piece swimsuits for girls, Capri tights and so much more. Pippen Lane also has fun things for children, like oversized stuffed animals and animal rockers. You’ll find huge teddy bears, plush alligators, racetracks and even beautiful tea sets to decorate your kids’ rooms. You can also find great gifts to give away on special occasions like baby showers and birthdays. Pippen Lane on Taigan sells sterling silver brush and comb sets, sterling silver beaded rattles, porringer bowls as well as velvet and satin blankets.

If you like more couture-style clothing for your kids, Bonnie Young on Taigan is where you’ll find remarkable high fashion for the jet-set child. Remarkable fabrics and couture styling, Bonnie Young designs keepsake fashion for children. Chic, unique and European-inspired, Bonnie Young designs are available for children’s sizes 0-16. In this children’s online boutique, expect to find velvet blazers, classic pants, motorcycle jackets, pleaded tuxedo shirts, lamb fur vests, cashmere pullovers, mohair tops, silk dresses, pleated skirts and more chic pieces perfect for special occasions.

By becoming a Taigan member, you’ll have access to all of these great items for your children, all in one place online. Shop elusive designer brands and home furnishings, gourmet and much more. Boutiques like H. Audrey, Sabot, Richters Jewelry are all on Taigan.com. With your membership, you’ll have get the first look at new arrivals, have access to Member’s Only savings, event invitations and first review of all new arrivals.

Taigan is a members-only online shopping experience that brings you exclusive access to interesting and unique stores from around the US. New shops added each month. New merchandise added daily. From apparel to jewelry, children’s to gourmet food, home to health and beauty. Many Taigan shops and their collections cannot be found anywhere else online. Join Today!

The world’s premier fashion event is finally here. Mercedes-Benz NY fashion week , where talented domestic and international designers show off Fall 2010 collections, starts today through February 18, 2010. And since fashionable birds wearing chic feathers always flock together, this year Taigan, an online collection of 34 fashionable boutiques, is sponsoring acclaimed writer and style maven Simon Doonan’s coverage of the event for the New York Observer.. Continue Reading…

Where would a fashionista be without a crew of style mavens keeping her up to date on the latest fashion trends coming out of the hottest design houses? Jenna Drew of DailyFashionistas.com makes sure today’s stylish femmes never have to find out. Searching high and low on the trendy social networking site, Twitter, she produced a list of 50 must-follow trendsetters with Taigan’s Twitter feed of tantalizing treasures making the cut.
With 34 one-of-kind boutiques under one Web site, Taigan pounds the pavement adding shops featuring unique gifts and fabulous fashion finds that will make any fashionista’s heart flutter. With new merchandise added daily and a trend discovering blog, “fetch”, helmed by Vogue alum Julia Reed, it’s easy to see why the Internet’s favorite fashion blog would count Taigan among the most style-forward to follow.
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Why give a newly engaged couple a boring plain vase from a mainstream retailer when you can give a set of beautiful and Seductive Teardrop Vases from Lush Life in Atlanta? These are just one of hundreds of unique him and her gift ideas savvy shoppers will find at the Internet’s new luxe online shopping mecca Taigan.com. Spearheaded by interior design author, Vogue writer alumni and pro shopper Julia Reed, Taigan is a collection of one-of-a-kind high style shops that sell first class merchandise which can’t be found anywhere else online.

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One of the perks of writing StyleBlueprint is interviewing someone as compelling and funny as Julia Reed, the newly appointed creative director for Taigan. You may know her name from the 20 years she spent at Vogue.  Talk about passion:  it runs through her blood.  Her job is to keep Taigan members interested and coming back for more– can’t think of a better job for Julia. Continue Reading…