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For nearly three decades, Heydari has been a Maven favorite at Essential Elements, dressing women for everything from church to special events. But behind the brand is a woman whose journey is as bold as her designs—Mariam Heydari. Mariam started...
Aside from cotton, linen is an amazing natural fabrication and if taken care of properly, will last a lifetime! Essential Elements built a foundation on selling wonderful linen clothing, this blog gives you pointers on how to care for yours.
Beautiful fabrications, alluring styles, and gorgeous prints and colors are all components of the wonderful clothing line, Ralston, lovingly made in Switzerland.
The spotlight is on Trippen shoes, amazing handmade shoes from Germany for the diva who desires unique, head-turning footwear.
Pantone denotes a color for the season, but at Essential Elements, black and white is the order of the season!
One of the highlights of my profession is meeting with designers as they present their new collections for the upcoming season. Although I've shopped the Las Vegas and California markets, New York is where my heart is!
By all accounts, the European jewelry line, MONIES is unsurpassed in the genre of bold, unique, statement jewelry. Worn by the stars and jewelry lovers everywhere, Essential Elements is proud to be a long time destination for this amazing wearable art.
The stork loves visiting our web studio, guess who's expecting, Brigid!
A cloud of despair is over our country, but never loose hope.