we've moved

and we are super duper excited about it. our blog is now part of shopbando.com. here's a link to today's monday = funday code. check it out.

monday=funday

it honor of our new best friend johnny weir. see why right here.

1st 3 gorgeous gals to enter "welovejohnny" at checkout will receive $10 off any one heart by ban.do piece. as always, offer ends at the stroke of midnight.

taking the gang to the movies

alice in wonderland here we come.

st. paddy's day

is coming up and you absolutely need to have one (or two) of our limited edition sparkly green ban.dos. plus, you'll be entered into our sweepstakes - - it's a win win situation.

jamie and jen modeling the st. paddy's day goodness. and yes, jamie's hair is blue. she was inspired by this.

thanks, us weekly!

thanks for the awesome write up. you're the best!

monday=funday

welcome, march!

1st 2 smart cookies that enter "ilovemarch" at checkout get $50 off of any one piece from the ban.do line.

janet leigh circa 1958 would make a great miss march, don'tcha think?

ps. thanks, bri. now we can have big photos, too!

new press: paper mag spring 2010

when you get a chance, pick up the spring 2010 issue of paper magazine, cause it's amazing! especially the spread shot at the madonna inn. our favorite stylist shirley kurata did such and amazing job and was able to use one of the ban.dos that we made especially for the shoot. oh, and it looks like ours was shot in this fun room.

monday=funday oh joy style

joy came by the studio for a visit and some laughs. in honor of said visit she will be posting our coupon today, along with a two part studio tour.

part one

and

part two (ps. this is the one with the coupon code)

ban.do GLEEKS rejoice!

cause we just saw this picture of lea michele spending valentine's day at disneyland while wearing heart s. yesssssssssssssss!

yes, we have braids.

and we use them to make this and this.
natalie always makes sure to take pretty pictures of all of our materials.
thanks, nat!

monday=funday

here's a post-valentine's day monday=funday, aimed at all you gals who may have become engaged yesterday.

1st 3 valentines to enter "lovesweetlove" at checkout will receive $30 off any one ban.do bridal piece.

hooray for love!

oozing with jealousy

that freckled beauty is our awesome intern, lani.
um, lani. why'd you go and steal our boyfriend?
well at least you were wearing a ban.do.
heart s, cause it was the valentine's day premiere.
did it touch him?
if yes, can you bring it into the studio today so i can kiss it?

did you get yours?

though they were sold out for a bit. they are back and better than ever. click here to order today and you should have it by valentine's day. if you really, really want to be totally, absolutely sure to have it by then just choose the rush delivery option at checkout. oh, and don't forget about this sweet deal.

cause it's in the air!
first 5 sweethearts to enter "loveisintheair" at checkout get $15 off any one piece from our ban.do line.

jamie isn't trash!

but if she were, she'd be one of these. not sure that you can buy the garbage bags, but for under $2000 you can get the new trash bag purse. don't do it jamie, please don't do it.

oh, and we don't want to have to tell you again. so we won't we'll just link it!

yes to the please: hair inspiration.

out of all of us, i think jamie would be the first to try this. she has a history of pink hair. also, she should wear heart b, cause it would look really cute on her.

oh, and listen. we don't mean to be bossy, but we insist that you sign up for dailycandy deals, cause if you do, you will get the secret coupon code for 30% off of any non-sale ban.do (that means, heart, ban.do, bridal . . . etc.). so c'mon already. and tell your friends. tweet about it. they will love your for it!!

pretty picture of our pink haired lovely from australian vogue.

why are they so smug?

i'll tell you why! cause they know about this and you don't. c'mon girls. get with it.

photo swiped from here.

she'd wear a ban.do

not only would she, but she absolutely must. and then we insist she gives us that dress. swoon!

mk image via here
ban.do via here

you can have this one today at a discount.

monday=funday coupon code: first five sparkle loving ladies to enter "bigsmile" at checkout will receive $20 off of any one piece from our ban.do line.

we can read!

yes, believe it or not . . . we can read, and because of that, we are starting our very own reference library. we have some ideas of books and magazines we want, but thought it would be fun to ask you girls if you have any suggestions. please help!

ps. some books & mags on our list so far.

tony duquette
more is more: tony duquette
valentino a grand italian epic
avedon fashion: 1944 - 2000
vogue
lula magazine
paper magazine

the sag awards

eh. we can't say that we were blown away with the fashion at the sag awards, but our girl diane kruger made our hearts sing in this jason wu number, especially because it reminded us of the vera wang beauty that michelle willams wore to the 2006 oscars. do you guys think pacey had anything to do with this? both ladies were smart enough to pair that lovely mustard color with the perfect red lip. now all they needed was this little sparkler to serve as icing on the cake.

ps. pacey, we LOOOOOOVVVEEEEEE you!

images via style.com

the tight off

and no, we did not take our tights off. since it's been a bit cold here in l.a. (below 70 degrees), all the girls at ban.do have been wearing our best tights. so we decided that we would have an office wide competition to see who had the best of the best. well let's just say that these girls play hard ball. i just grabbed my sparkliest (not a word, i know) pair of tights and thought i would take it, but oh how wrong i was. these girls brought the lace, the leopard, the shine, the fishnet and the sequins. it was tough, but the sequins took it. madeline, our winner, actually hand stitched sequins onto her tights. uh-may-zing! the prize was gonna just be candy, cause we love us some candy, but madeline decided she would like a cupcake instead. congrats, maddy. now what competition should we have next? we were thinking either best nails or best fake eye lashes. do you guys have any ideas? oh, and which pair of tights would you vote for?

ps. click on the image to make it big enough to properly judge.

pss. check us out on twitter to find out your monday = funday coupon code.

open invitation: maria dawlat

hi. we'd like to offer an open invitation to maria dawlat. maria, can you please come take our pictures the next time we go out for drinks. we'd like to look like these girls! no, no, we know they're professional models, but we really think you can do it. pretty please.

*** also, we wanted to thank you gals for helping make this week a huge success. and if you haven't already, you still have all day today to buy a ban.do and help haiti! ***

sequins and ruffles and glam, oh my.

even with the nasty downpour in LA, the ladies of the silver screen graced the red carpet dressed to the nines.  thankfully they were covered under a blanket of umbrellas to save their fancy coifs.  the award show must go on!!
we were blown away with all of that glam, sparkle, and beauty ... the stuff that makes our world go 'round.   the whole ban.do crew picked their favorite look of the evening.  who is your vote for best dressed for the golden globes?? 

::jamie::

 anna paquin -- stella mccartney

LOVE it because it is gold sequin heaven

::jen::

jenna fischer -- halston 

because i would wear it to the grocery store if it was mine. . . with a belt, of course.  oh, and cause there's sequins and you know how i feel about sequins!

 

::natalie::
diane kruger  -- christian lacroix haute couture 
color perfection

::kelly::

zoe saldana -- louis vuitton

it took me a minute to appreciate all of the amazing-ness it had to offer, then knocked my socks off. she killed it!! 

 ::madeline::

sofia vergara -- carolina herrera

it's statuesque, but also super modern

 

::lani::

drew barrymore -- atelier versace

its classy, glamorous, princess-like ... and i want it

photos from style.com

ps. on a more serious note, we are donating 25% of our sales between jan. 18 & 22 to help aid the victims of the earthquake in haiti. please spread the word!

who is jackie gonzales?

well we wish we could answer that, but we can't. a group of us ban.do gals met some friends over at the roger room last week, and the bartender was kind enough to let us sit at some reserved tables assuring us that the party that had them reserved would not be there for several hours. well about 30 minutes later a different bartender came by to tell us that these tables were reserved for jacki g.'s birthday party, and we would have to move. we said that we'd be happy to, but he changed his mind and said, "let's just see what happens, she should be here at 9:00 with 30 people in tow." well, that's where the fun started. we decided to call the bar and say we were jackie g. and we were angry that people were at our table. well, we did, but no one answered, so we left a message. and then another (this time in a russian accent - - thanks, madeline). and then a couple more. a few minutes later the bartender came by and said jackie called and she was pissed but it was hard to hear her message. so we held in our laughter until he left and then did the only reasonable thing . . . call again. well, jackie never showed and the bartenders did not find the humor in a bunch of ladies making crank calls to their establishment. oh well. at least the drinks were good.

photos my noah abrams for l.a. confidential

valentino + champagne cocktails = awesometown!

lately ban.do has really been turning into a giggly girls club, and jamie and i couldn't be happier. there are 7 of us now and we have all become fast friends. this weekend we gathered for a screening of "Valentino: The Last Emperor." we all agreed it would be appropriate to stay in our pj's and head to jamie's house on sunday morning. we ate bagels, and berries with fresh whipped cream (thanks, jamie), sipped champagne cocktails and oohed and ahhhed over the work of the creative genius that is valentino (oh and that spray tan is pretty darn impressive, too). in honor of the man, the myth, the legend, our monday=funday coupon code is "valentino." the first two glam gals to enter it at checkout will get $50 off of any one piece from our ban.do line. woo hoo and a hip hip hooray and hurry up, cause these coupon codes are getting popular.

beautiful image via one of our favorite blogs, this is glamorous.

she'd wear a ban.do

this amazing shot of tennessee thomas taken by alexa chung inspired us and also made us think, "hmmmmmmm. bet she'd wear a ban.do."

maybe this one. or this one.

thanks, l.a. times!

more great press from the l.a. times sunday paper, and for once jamie and i actually sound articulate. hooray for us!

click on the image to make it so big that you can read the article. that is, if you are so inclined.

february issue of glamour

we are dying over the styling in this glamour spread, and it's just icing on the cake that it's sprinkled with ban.dos. yessssssssssssss!

ps. click on the image to make it grow.

bon bon rose

be sure to head over to the bon bon rose girls for a fantastic giveaway and a coupon code that is good until midnight tonight.

mondays = fundays coupon

this one is for the bride (although there's certainly lots of stuff in our bridal line that works for non-brides, too. duh!). this orange butter cream cake from donna hay weddings (issue 4 - old school - jen's been collecting them from the beginning) inspired us . . .

first 5 lovelies to enter "buttercream" at checkout get $25 off of any one piece from our bridal line. and like always, you've got 'til midnight.

ps. what did your wedding cake look like?

that's a big ole hip hip HOORAY to you, m'dear.

we couldn't be happier that 2010 is finally here. we know this year is gonna be fantastic for all of us (that means all of us and all of you). it already feels amazing, doesn't it? we've got so much to accomplish in the coming months and we are thrilled to have you along for the ride. fasten your seat belts, ladies - it's gonna be a wild one!

awesome pic from this amazing duo and their infamous smilebooth.

ps. monday = funday is still here. first 10 lovelies to enter "happynewyear" at checkout get 15 bucks off of any one heart by ban.do piece . . . and you've got til midnight to do it.