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The Sweetest Thing

we love candy. and our favorite candy of all . . . DailyCandy, was nice enough to nominate us for a sweetest thing award! we are nominated for everywhere style, and we are thrilled! please vote for us! it's easy, and it will make us happy. really, really happy. you want that, don't you? (just click on the DailCandy on the right side of the page).

THE FIRST ANNUAL TOTALLY AWESOME MULTI-DESIGNER HOLIDAY SAMPLE SALE

so we've decided to join in on this whole "holiday spirit" thing, and have a sale in our studio this sat. we've even convinced some friends to join in on the fun with us.

announcing . . .

The First Annual Totally Awesome Multi-Designer Holiday Sample Sale

ban.do, dream society and vega jewelry are joining forces this saturday from 10-2 at the ban.do studio. come one, come all, bring your friends and lots of cash, so you can take advantage of the great deals all 3 lines are offering. hope to see you there!

best,
jen & jamie

ban.do
7958 beverly blvd.
los angeles, ca 90048

www.shopbando.com
www.dreamsocietyusa.com
www.vegajewelry.com

the ban.do caddy

story here.

our new belts

in our spare time (insert laughter caused by the absurdity that we have spare time) we created some belts. check'em out over here. cute, right?

toast uk

how great is this shot from the toast holiday catalogue? how bad do i the top she is wearing? well, i'll tel you . . . really, really bad.

coming soon: belts

just a little something we are working on. click on the image for a larger view.

nyc here we come

ban.do at bendel's and we couldn't be more thrilled. please come to our trunk show if you are in the neighborhood. december 4 - 6. woo hoo!

a polaroid

to commemorate our new ban.do of the month. cotton candy for your head!

our inspiration wall

it's important to stay inspired!

what we ate yesterday

macarons from paulette.

jen's first ban.do

i made this one for myself, before ban.do was even a thought. i just wanted something fun for when andrew and i went to vegas to renew our vows (more photos here). i had so much fun wearing it that i decided i would make more and sell them. strangely enough, at the exact same time, jamie made something similar for her birthday - - and she wanted to sell hers, too. and ban.do was born.

ban.do girls

i found these little ladies at the swap meet about a month ago. i keep them on my desk. i love them!

she inspires ban.dos

beautiful mia

she inspires us!

although that mustache would not survive today's harsh "facial hair on women" views, she was quite amazing. we are hoping to do a whole bunch of "frida" ban.dos for spring. my friend rachel gave me this book when we first started ban.do. i nearly fell off my chair when i saw it (and yes, i really almost did fall off - - i know people just say that, but i really, really did. i admit i was drinking at the time, but i really attribute it to the book.) if you want a copy go here (and just make sure you are either in a secure seat or sitting on the floor when you open it).

she'd wear a ban.do

i'm guessing she'd wear this one.

on our inspiration wall

so we started building an inspiration wall, and this image is one of our favorite. we found it here.

ban.do girl

i love this picture of ali macgraw. the only thing missing...a ban.do!

a dress that begs for a ban.do

we saw this dress while perusing jcrew. how gorgeous is it? and doesn't it just beg for a ban.do. we think we found the perfect one. oh, and we couldn't resist the purse either.

new shop page!

hooray! we've just added a new shop page with lots of great new pieces. so get on over there and click your little hearts out!

one of our favorites

we've been super busy creating several new pieces for the site. we had a photo shoot this weekend and the new shop page is being assembled as i type. jamie and i picked this one as our favorite from the shoot. we bought the vintage leaves a over a week ago and we have been waiting to be inspired. thank you jerell from project runway. kenley isn't the only one wearing feathers.

jen + swap meets = true love

i'm hopelessly addicted to swap meets. i have been for a long time. and it's always fun to find new things to collect. i've been collecting vintage photos for a long time, and this morning it occurred to me that it would be fun to look for vintage photos of girls who are either wearing something fun in their hair or just look like they would be up for wearing a ban.do if they were around today. if you have any photos that you think would work for this little project email them to info@shopbando.com. here's one of my favorites. she would definitely wear a ban.do . . . don't you agree?

this was pretty fantastic!

one of our wishes (we have lots of them) was to be featured on daily candy. it came true in our second week of business. and that was pretty darn fantastic!!!

and so it begins

well, that's not entirely true. "it" actually began on august 4th, but we are just now getting around to blogging about it. we thought it would be fun to take you along for the ride. since, as it turns out, starting a fashion business is pretty exciting. so if you need some excitement, you're in the right place.