This is the necklace Kelly Pickler wore. Isn't it great? $395

People mentioned that the designer of this necklace was a Nashville based company, Sleeveless.  So, what’s a style blogger to do?  I immediately looked up the Sleeveless website and fell in love.  I emailed and crossed my fingers that they would respond.  My heart skipped a beat when they did.  Yes, I’m obsessed.  This line is just that cool.

And, OF COURSE, I negotiated a discount just for StyleBlueprint readers!  For THIS WEEK ONLY, you can score anything at the Sleeveless store for 20% off – if you mention StyleBlueprint! This offer is good from Sept.14 – Sept. 18.  For our non-Nashville readers, we didn’t forget about you – check out the Sleeveless basic collection online at www.wearsleeveless.com. Call the store, #615-414-2522 or shop online with the code STYLEBLUEPRINT to receive 20% off this week!

From the Sleeveless Fall 2010 collection. "Nilah" is $395.

Sleeveless is owned by the dynamic duo of Kyah Hillis and Jessica Maros:

Kyah and Jessica just ooze cool and they are also nice as can be.

The entire collection is made through the lens of what these girls would love to find if they happened upon some forgotten sunken treasure.  Chain is found throughout the country at overrun warehouses full of high quality chain — many of which already have a natural patina.  Jessica will sometimes add a patina to make the chain look even more antiqued.

This one can dress up your jeans or pair with the dressiest of outfits.

Look at these beauties inside the display case at Sleeveless. The one in the forefront of the picture is Edward, a much loved piece at $295.

Sleeveless, after selling wholesale to boutiques for the past year, has just opened their own boutique/workshop at one of my favorite shopping destinations: The Edgehill Villages.  The shop is set back, at 1201 Villa Place, Suite 101, 37212. It’s on the same side of the street as Simply Pilates and Dulce Desserts.

The new Sleeveless store.

The Sleeveless line is made right here at this location.  While you will continue to find their main line at boutiques throughout the country, including Nashville’s own Perfect Pair and Posh, the Sleeveless store exclusively sells their one-of-a-kind pieces, which are amazing.  Here is an example of one of these unique beauties:

How cool is this African inspired, one-of-a-kind, necklace? $295.

So, remember: for THIS WEEK ONLY, you can score anything at the Sleeveless store for 20% off!  Offer is from Sept.14 – Sept. 18.

Be sure to check out all the cool shops at Edgehill Villages including Nest Interiors, Tweed Baby Outfitters, and Dulce Desserts.

Are these not the coolest, ever?  Uh, huh, giiirrrl, ev-ah.

- Liza

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Peering in the window, my eye caught a complete section of darling espadrilles and a sign: yellow dot $29, red dot $39, green dot $49.  I love espadrilles and wedge sandals for the summer.

Curious???  Well, it’s smack dab in the middle of Green Hills!  Harlin Whitley (a proud Hillsboro High School graduate) owns Red Door Shoes and designs shoes under the label of Mariana.  Not only are the shoes manufactured with a green environmental consciousness: they are darn cute.  When asked to explain the green angle, it is all about using vegetable dies and their impact on the earth.  The process makes the leather soft and malleable; all of the Brazilian factories are certified.

Erin Michael espadrilles $29-$39

mariana pumps $39

men's shoes for $49

Harlin has been in the shoes business forever, cutting his teeth at Genesco.  As a wholesaler, he sells to 400 boutiques across the US, one of them being POSH. Because of his many contacts, he is continually getting overruns from all over the country.  In fact, he has an entire wall of shoes left over from the now defunct Graces.  If someone needs to move inventory, (including purses, clothing and jewelry), they’re likely to call Harlin.

As he walked me through the store, he paused at a display of men’s shoes. “Look at the lines of these shoes,” he mused,  “They look like Cole Haan, don’t they?  That’s because they are made from the exact same molds in a factory that used to produce Cole Hahn.  Basically, they are the exact same shoe.”  Except that they cost $49.00!!!

Again, back to the curious question of, “How can you sell shoes so inexpensively?”  (There is an incredible amount of goods being sold in this town that are truly high quality at really low prices.)  Harlin explained to me that last September was D-Day and the markets became flooded with so much unsold inventory that you could buy for Pennies on the dollar.  Harlin’s sources=low prices for us.  The continual foot traffic from Rebecka Vaughan and Brushfire Pottery has made Red Door Shoe outlet an instant success.

Shipments arrive daily, like the  case of Anne Klein shoes being unpacked when I was there.   There is a backroom with only sample sizes and last shoes in the run for $15-$19.

With prices so low,  buy some shoes, then treat yourself to lunch in the Hill Center.  Lunch may cost more than your shoes!

Red Door Shoe Outlet
(In the Calico Corner strip mall)
4004 Hillsboro Road
Nashville, TN
phone:  615-292-2945
Monday – Saturday  10A-5:30PM

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