Fall

It certainly is hot here in California, but fall has arrived at riki.

All of our French lines have sent their first shipments and we are selling through faster than anticipated, especially the IKKS pieces in metallic coated fabrics.

Fillmore jackets and coats just arrived this Friday. I particularly like the tweed belted jacket vest with its distinctly wider shoulder cut and fitted waist, somewhat reminiscent of the 80s. Very stylish when paired with narrow, fitted bottoms.



To all of you that participated in the trunk show for Sydney Turnshek, thanks so much for coming. For everybody else that couldn't make it, stop by and see her selection of felted wool hats, caps, cloches and headbands on display on one of her beautiful hat stands in our Berkeley store.


Our riki belts in fall colors will be in our stores by next week, promise. I know many of you have been asking for them. I also added some crocodile embossed cowhide leathers in our smaller contour belt, I really like it, hope you do, too.



It has been a pleasure to get to know and work with many of our Bay Area customers on my Wednesdays in Berkeley, great fun!

French Arrivals

Lines from France we all love that arrived or will arrive this week!

IKKS, France

I know many of you have been waiting for IKKS to arrive. We've built quite a following for this edgy, urban French line. Great jackets, skirts, jumpers, metallic accents, coated fabrics, oh, you can tell I love IKKS! It's very modern with clean architectural design lines, on trend, but very wearable and refined.

Poles/Tehen, France

We've been carrying this French knitwear line for several seasons now and everybody really likes it. I've focused on bringing you their fine knit sweater tops in beautifully vibrant shades of berry, purple, turquoise and grey as essential, luxurious basics for your fall wardrobe.

Cotelac, France

Our shipment should arrive no later than this Thursday. Cotelac to me is the ultimate French boutique line. It's feminine without being frilly, artistic without being theatrical, youthful and very refined. Cotelac is only available in select boutiques in the US as well as the cotelac boutique in Soho, NYC that opened its doors two years ago. I feel very fortunate to be able to bring you this beautiful line. For more information visit their website www.cotelac.fr.

Neen, France

Another fabulous knitwear line from France! Last year we sold out of their long black boiled wool trench in two days but couldn't reorder it, so it's coming again this year, actually, next week. It's clean-lined and simply chic, travels well, and looks great with jeans and boots. Don't miss out on this one! Their knit dresses and tops are equally as great and always look very polished.

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