September 2011
Less is more when it comes to this online shopping emporium, a collection of carefully chosen high-end shops available at one Web address. House of Lavande vintage jewelry, Ann Koerner Antiques, and Sucre of New Orleans are just a few of the specialty retailers (taigan.com).
City Chic New Orleans: The Best Spots for Your Weekend Getaway
Planning a trip this summer? We turned to our Rolodex of fashion insiders to give you tips on their cities’ high points. Stay tuned for a new destination each week.
The expert: Mimi Bowen, owner and buyer of Mimi.
What is your favorite part about living in NOLA? The amazing cultural opportunities and diversity, and believe it or not, the weather! Hot and humid is great for the skin (stay out of sun, of course!) or carry the quintessential parasol!
In your opinion, who are your city’s most stylish inhabitants? The Mardi Gras Indians, Olivia Manning, Julia Reed and my daughter, CeCe… Not necessarily in that order!
What are the essential places to go if you only have a weekend to visit? Tipitina’s for music, the whole French Quarter for the heartbeat of New Orleans, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the National World War II Museum for culture, Mother’s Restaurant for the best PoBoy sandwiches and Felix’s for the best raw oysters… Don’t leave N.O. without trying them!
Besides your own store, what are your favorite shopping spots? mac Maison for the most fab antiques, Hazelnut for amazing gifts and just about any little shop on Magazine Street — the most interesting shopping street in America!
What’s your favorite place to go for a quiet meal? A boisterous one? Quiet: Gautreau’s on Soniat Street, an uptown hideaway in a stylish, but unpretentious setting. One of New Orleans’ best kept secrets! Boisterous: Galatoire’s, a New Orleans institution. And if they know it’s your birthday, beware — the WHOLE restaurant will sing “Happy Birthday” to you, led by one of their great waitstaff!
What’s one thing you can only get in New Orleans? Mardi Gras
What is your favorite historical site? Lakefront Airport — an Art Deco gem that has just been redone after Katrina!
Where can you find the best…
Burger: La Petite Grocery. And don’t miss the truffle fries — to die for!
Cocktail: Cure. Imagine your own cocktail or let them entice you into something you never dreamed of!
Vintage clothes/Flea market: The French Market in the Quarter. You’ll never see the same thing twice!
Haircut/color/blowout: Jesse de Leon at the salon at Mimi. He’s a master of cut and color, an addiction that is impossible to break!
All-night dance party: F & M Patio Bar. Nothing like it on earth and the clientele runs the gamut from debs to truck drivers. Another example of the cultural diversity of N.O…
Outdoor activity Any activity at the Audubon Zoo and Park.
Spa treatment: The new Guerlain Spa at the newly refurbished Roosevelt Hotel… Not to miss!
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/bazaar-blog/weekend-getaways-new-orleans-062811?src=soc_fcbk
Creating + sharing wedding registry videos is gaining popularity for couples as online boutique marketplace Taigan.com partners with noted home & gift retailer The Mercantile to offer a unique twist to bridal registry
New York, NY – March 30– The digital age brings even bridal registry to a new high-tech level: the video bridal registry. Taigan, a collection of wonderfully hand-selected retailers, introduces the new online video bridal registry in partnership with Atlanta-based retailer The Mercantile. The service gives engaged couples a convenient way to share their registry with friends and family around the world via video.
Once the couple creates their bridal registry from a posh line of gifts, home accessories, furnishings and art found at The Mercantile on Taigan, the shop creates a video of the items selected, describing the inspiration behind the couple’s choices, how the pieces work together in their new home, and reminds shoppers how each piece will add to the new life of the couple.
When the registry is completed, couples send the video bridal registry to friends and family via e-mail, Facebook, or any other social media networks, making it convenient and fun for friends and family to shop. Whether across town or across the country, buyers can view the video online and with a click of the mouse, purchase the couple’s registry selections, knowing the special story and meaning of their purchase to the happy couple.
The rewards of video bridal registry
As the cherry on top of this chic sundae, The Mercantile gives the couple a store credit worth 10% of the total registry purchased, which can be used on additional items such as a L’Objet Evoca Footed Cake Plate or a beautiful John Matthew Moore Framed Giclee.
Julia Reed on weddings, amour and more
Says Julia Reed, Creative Director of Taigan’s shopping magazine, Fetch, and Vogue Magazine alum, about shopping on Taigan for weddings, amour and more, “The romance of Taigan is that it’s the next best thing to being on the most well-edited, fabulous shopping district in the world. And once you are on it, you’re taken care of personally by these great visionary retailers and their staffs to select the best bridal registry, gifts or that special something for you or a gift.”
About Taigan
Launched in September 2009, Taigan showcases retailers in some of the hottest markets across the country including New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, Chicago, Aspen and New Orleans. Featuring a hand-selected collection of specialty retailers of apparel, home décor, art, antiques, jewelry, and gourmet food, Taigan is making it more fashionable than ever to shop right from your home. Connect on Taigan’s Facebook Fan Page or Follow us on Twitter @TaiganFinds.
About The Mercantile
The Mercantile is a fashionable, upscale boutique created to bring gifts, furnishings, accessories and art to both Atlanta’s trade and retail communities. The Brookhaven design destination overflows with styles to suit every taste. Among the long list of the intriguing lines are George Smith furniture, one-of-a-kind accent pieces from emerging glass artisan Elizabeth Lyons, and spectacular lamps from Swank Lighting.
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…
Nothing beats discovering a small shop with a big sense of style and one-of-a-kind creations—unless of course you can browse that shop from the comfort of your own home. That’s the idea behind the unique online shopping community Taigan. The Web site allows members to access numerous small shops that have the coolest finds yet rarely have e-commerce to service the masses. In addition, members receive special discounts and invitations to private sales. Continue Reading…
Online retail collection of 34 one-of-a-kind boutiques with hundreds of fashion designers and artists, Taigan, gives style lovers good reason to stay home and shop online to celebrate this Valentine’s Day season. Continue Reading…
Just in time for Santa! Its like shopping the best a chic town has to offer without ever setting foot there. Taigan, a new, highly curated e-commerce boutique shopping site, provides access to stylish finds around the country that are unique to their locale. Under the creative direction of longtime Vogue writer and pro shopper, Julia Reed, Taigan, is named after a treasured hound from Kyrgyzystan. It is said to be a keen hunter and national treasure,as well as an endless seeker. This highly prized dog is their staunch logo. Continue Reading…
Attention all you lovers of the good life. Boy, do we have something for you. Taigan, a masterful, exclusive shopping site featuring unique, tasteful items from boutiques across the nation, has arrived. The brainchild of some well-known Nashvillians, Taigan is named after a tenacious sighthound, famed for its ability to seek and find the best game for its master.
With beloved author Julia Reed at the helm as creative director and a posse of savvy shoppers on the prowl for products, this will become your go-to Web site. We sat down with Elizabeth Nichols, a partner in the Taigan venture, to get the hot skinny. Continue Reading…
Well, as I am creative director of a new retail website called TAIGAN.com (which the dear and always amazing Liz Smith so generously announced in her wOw column a few weeks ago), I am very high on online shopping right now.
Taigan differs from most online shopping sites in that it is not a retailer itself — it collects wonderful, one-of-a-kind boutiques that are already known for having great merchandise and great customer service and steers the shopper directly to them. It’s like being on the most well-edited, fabulous shopping street in the world (containing purveyors of everything from estate jewelry to cured meats and coffee), and once you are on it, you’re taken care of personally by these great visionary retailers and their staffs. Continue Reading…
2009 Holiday Gift Guides and Shoppers Put Taigan on the Who’s Who Shop List Where Specialty Boutiques Meet Personalized Online Shopping
Holiday VI, Gift Guide III
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