Better Late Than Never...

Wow!  It's 2011.  What's even more amazing is that we're over halfway through January 2011.  I've been quite busy over here, which explains the lack of blogging on my end.  December was a mad rush of trunk shows and traveling, filling last minute orders, and scrambling to get my Spring line ready.  I managed to do it all, and I even launched the new SuzannaDai.com.  Many more exciting things are in the works too!

At the beginning of December, I flew out to LA to do a few trunk shows at the Nordstrom stores in Santa Monica, Topanga, and Fashion Island.  It was great to be in the stores and talk to customers face to face, although I'm not going to lie - it was also nice to get out of the mad rush that is NYC before the holidays.  LA was so warm and sunny, and I met up with an old high school friend, who took me to some cool spots.  I also filled up on Mexican food, which is soooo amazing out there.  It's funny - I grew up in Texas and couldn't have cared less about Mexican food until I moved to NYC and suddenly no longer had it at my fingertips.  Now I crave Mexican like nobody's business.  I pretty much ate my way through all the Mexican restaurants in LA.

I came back to NYC, did a few more trunk shows, and filled last minute orders before heading to my parents' house in North Carolina.  It was so nice to have a break - well, a small one, at least.  I spent a lot of time at home designing.  It's the only chance I get to step back and focus only on being creative.

I'll have my Spring 2011 line up on the site before too long - I'm really excited about it, and I'll give you a sneak peek here:

Malé Drop Earrings

Jaipur Collar Necklace

Palm Spring Cuff

I also launched a collection of beaded clutch bags, which I'm super excited about!!  More about those soon.

Here's to a great 2011!!

Suzanna Dai Fall/Holiday 2010

I went home this weekend to shoot photos of my Fall/Holiday 2010 line, which I am very excited about.  I don't have names for all of the groups yet, but the overall feeling is very regal, with a mix of Edwardian, Victorian, and Gothic influences.  I suppose I was influenced by "The Young Victoria."

Everything came together very last minute, and for the past month or so, I have felt like a chicken running around with it's head cut off.  I've been doing some design work for Ann Taylor Loft, in addition to my own line, so things have been crazy!  Sometimes I feel like all I do is work...  I recently got to thinking about going to India this summer, and I'm slowly convincing myself I have to do it.  Just to get away and have a little adventure would be so nice.  Apart from a long weekend in Cancun (not my ideal destination by any means), I haven't traveled nearly enough this year!

So here's a sneek peak of some of the pieces in the new line:

I'm calling this the Windsor - it looks so decadently English

This is the Alexandria cuff - it's very Wonder Woman chic; it could probably give you super-hero powers if you really needed them

a deco inspired cuff...

More to come soon!  I know I haven't been so great at keeping up with posts, but I'm going to try much harder to post at least once a week!