Whitney Port Unveils Jewelry Look Book

It was only a few weeks ago that reality TV star-turned-designer Whitney Port shared a peek at her vintage-inspired new jewelry line, Bits & Bobs, which will be available this fall. Now, the full lookbook is live on Port's website. A quick click-through reveals antiqued gold long necklaces, earrings, pins, cuff bracelets and even crowns.
Whitney blogged about her latest venture:“The time has finally come!!!! The Bits & Bobs by Whitney Eve look book is here and I am so ready for you to check it out!"
“I have absolutely loved designing this first season of jewelry and cannot wait for many more! It has been such an intriguing learning experience to work with metals. I had a blast going through the bins and bins of chains, beads, brooches and vintage jewelry in order to achieve what we have made. I absolutely love making jewelry because it is that one touch of sparkle, that one statement piece that can make an outfit shine."

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Whitney Port Visits Philadelphia

It's been several years since MTV's "The Hills" and "The City" went off air, but Whitney Port continues to prove that her interests in fashion and clothing design are not exclusive to her reality-TV show days. On Thursday, the 27-year-old star, designer and author attended a garden tea party at Apricot Lane Boutique in Suburban Square in Ardmore. This was Port's very first visit to Philadelphia, as she was in town to promote the launch of her new, budget-friendly fashion line, WE by Whitney Eve, which combines signature styles from her original Whitney Eve collection with a more modern appeal. Port was dressed in a printed shirt paired beneath a relaxed, off-white blazer from her WE Collection, black skinny jeans and studded Giuseppe Zanotti heels. This is what the scene looked like at Apricot Lane: Ms. Port was greeted by a line of girls- some on the verge of fandemonium breakdowns- as each patiently waited her turn to meet her. Always the sweetheart, the designer interacted with all of the attendees, taking pictures and providing a style consultation for the local winner of the store's facebook contest. (An added bonus for guests was that the cupcake truck was parked right outside of the boutique.) "Whitney was so wonderful to all of our guests and made this event extra special just with her personality and style advice alone, said Ashley Seiden, co-owner of Apricot Lane.

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Whitney Port: "I Want People To Take Me Seriously as a Designer"

Whitney Port may appear glamorous as a budding fashion designer but insists "casual is more [her] style".
The reality star is set to showcase the fourth collection from her label Whitney Eve at New York Fashion Week in September. The brand, which was first unveiled in 2008, is being launched globally in Australia, Sweden and Norway this year.
She says her clothes reflect her own personal style.
"I design clothes that I want to wear," she told the UK edition of Grazia.
"I love getting glammed up, but casual is more my style."
She also describes her style as eclectic, funky, bright and cheery. Her new collection mirrors her own dress sense with pieces including bright leggings, fitted jackets, floral dresses and tailored shorts. Whitney, who first came to fame on hit reality show The Hills, insists she creates her own designs.
"I work with a design assistant and a print designer but it's mostly me, it's my baby," she revealed.
Whitney admits moving from TV into fashion has been tough. She says gaining credibility as a designer has been the biggest hurdle.
"I want people to take me seriously as a designer," she said.
"That hasn't always been easy. Proving myself as a valid fashion designer is the hardest aspect. And finding investment is a challenge. There aren't many who want to support new designers, but I've had people rooting for me."

While she is focused on her fashion line, Whitney is not finished with television. SMs. Port just finished filming a stint on the judging panel of Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model along with Elle Macpherson and Tyson Beckford.
"I'm back in front of the camera but this is different. I've found my voice now. I have the ability to speak up if I need to and it's really the first time on TV that I've been able to do that," she said.

The photos above are behind the shots for 'Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model'
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Whitney Port Expands Fashion Line By Designing Jewelry

If you love Whitney Port‘s Whitney Eve fashion line, you’re in for a treat!
It was recently announced that the reality star turned fashion designer would add another expertise to her repatroir, with the launch of her jewelry collection, Bits and Bobs by Whitney Eve. Now the 27-year-old beauty is showing off a sneak peek at some of the first pieces!
Whit blogged:
“I’ve been mentioning this jewelry line for a little bit now but I finally can share with you a sneak peek of what’s to come. This is my first time designing jewelry and I now introduce you to Bits and Bobs by Whitney Eve. I’ll be posting the Look Book soon so keep checking back. “

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Whitney Port Dishes on her 'Scary' NY Fashion Week Debut & Her New TV Gig

By Nick Barron
February is a month of firsts for designer Whitney Port, the former reality star of The Hills and The City. She watched her dreams come true on Wednesday when she debuted at New York Fashion Week and sent the autumn/winter 2012 collection for her Whitney Eve line down the runway at the Lincoln Centre. It is the first time Port has appeared on the schedule at New York Fashion Week since she launched the line in 2008. Backstage, I asked her how it felt to be in the NYFW club and among such great company. “Really weird and surreal,” she said. “But really, really cool.”
Scary?
“Yeah, definitely scary!” Port confirmed with a nervous giggle and a quick flick of her frankly amazing blonde mane. But the nerves aren’t going anywhere yet, she explained. “I feel that the really scary part is now when you’ve done it and you’re waiting to hear what everybody has to say, but I’m just trying to tell myself that it doesn’t matter, that it doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks!”
Whitney needn’t fret – the collection was a fun, varied and extremely wearable addition to what is becoming a rather successful brand. Inspired by an antique kaleidoscope she found in her grandmother’s attic, Port showed graphic prints, tailored trousers and the occasional oh-so-very-now peplum, as well as little touches of sequin bling for the young city girl that she clearly aims for.
Soon, she’ll have the chance to pick up a few new fans from this side of the pond as she undertakes another February first - a six-week stay in London filming her new role as a judge on Britain And Ireland’s Next Top Model alongside Elle Macpherson, Julien Macdonald and Tyson Beckford.
“I’m coming out there the last week of February,” she told me. “I’m really excited! I love London but I’ve never really got the chance to actually be out there for an extended period of time, it’s exciting.”
Exciting, yes, but has she picked a judging strategy as yet – is she good cop or bad cop?
“I think that I see myself more as the nice, easy going, accepting kind of judge,” she said. “I don’t see myself being too hard on the people. I mean, I do have a side of being brutally honest but I don’t know that I’ll be able to actually be like that.”
Perhaps she’s been taking tips on brutal honesty from her famously direct mentor, fellow The Hills/The City alumni and America’s Next Top Model judge, Kelly Cutrone. Clearly the two are still close and work well together – Cutrone’s company People’s Revolution produced Whitney’s show, so one would assume it’s an important relationship.

“Very important,” Port confirmed. “I mean, Kelly has really nurtured me and taken care of me and shown me the way and she’s helped me get to where I am right now so I have an infinite amount of thanks for her.”
With that kind of support, her talent and the not-unhelpful celebrity profile behind her, the firsts will surely keep coming for Port as opportunity continues to knock. Watch this space.
Whit blogged about these backstage photos :
"Here are some more photos from my show yesterday. Call time was at 6am and we got down to business the moment we arrived. From hair and makeup, to interviews, to steaming the clothes, to dressing the models, it was nonstop until the last model walked. We documented the entire process so you all could get an up close and personal look at what goes on behind the scenes."

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Whitney Port's Whitney Eve Fall 2012 Collection hits the Runway During MBFW

This morning, Celebuzz hit the tents at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week for the debut of the latest collection from Whitney Port’s uber-successful line, Whitney Eve. We also got to chat with The City star about her new collection – and even got her talking about former Hills beauty Kristin Cavallari‘s pregnancy news.
As Whitney herself explained to us yesterday as she prepared for Wednesday’s show, the collection was “originally inspired (at least prints-wise) by a kaleidoscope that I found at my grandmother’s apartment … I was just like, ‘Wow, these images are really awesome. Why don’t I emulate these kind of geometrics and jewel tones into my prints?’ My prints are really what I feel like stand out the most about what I do.”
“As far as the aesthetic of the collection, it’s really reflective of my style aesthetic – that kind of easy, breezy Los Angeles vibe, mixed with a little edge and sophisticated aspect of New York,” she added.
So, just how long did it take for Whitney to complete her collection? “It’s really like a six-month process,” she said. “You basically start your season as soon as your last one goes off the runway. So as soon as this one is done, I’ll be starting to work on Spring of next year.
Today marked Whitney’s first solo show, and her third overall show at New York Fashion Week. In that time, she tells us she’s grown “immensely” as a designer.
“I think at first, I was kind of looking at it like a fun art project, and now the collection looks much more cohesive,” she said. “I feel like I know how to design a whole look from head to toe. I think [my collection] is definitely more wearable and it speaks to girls like me who don’t take fashion too seriously, but they really love fashion and want to step out of the lines a little bit.”
“The thing that people don’t really understand about Whitney is that she was an intern at Women’s Wear Daily before she was ever on television,” added People’s Revolution’s Kelly Cutrone, who Celebuzz spoke to after the show. “She grew up in the manufacturing business. That’s what she’d always set out to do.”

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