See ya next week!

Aimee and I, and the other Noble Banditas, are once again venturing to the land of sunshine, smog, and stars (LA-yo!) on a search for stunning Spring and summer clothing and accoutrements. We'll also be looking forward to Fall and Winter and booking orders of the coolest caliber for those colder months to come later in the year.

While we're taking the city by storm and relaxing hard at on the beach(the one pictured is called El Matador and it was in one of our Book Club books so we're gonna go there!)
please entertain yourself with the following photos. You may even want to make a hand zoo of your own!

Prepare to be amazed.

SWEEEEEET, right?

Upon our return we'll regale you with stories of stunning fashion, daring adventures, and good food (cause we love to eat in LA!)

You can also look forward to seeing more shots from our recent photo shoot. In the meantime, here's another sneak peak.

You can bet Aimee and I will both be rockin' those strappy Jeffrey Campbell heels in the clubs, yo!

Miss you and see you next week!

Betty's Swim Sale 2010.

That's right, Bikini time is here! Going somewhere hot and sunny for Spring Break or just want to get a jump start on your Summer vibe? Now is the time!

Two-piece separates, one pieces, halters, hipster bottoms, bandeau tops, monokinis, vintage inspired...Selected suits are $15 or $20 or 50% off, and new suits are all 10% off!
Guys, we've got board shorts for you too! In lot's of lengths from short to long, and colors from bright and crazy prints to muted neutrals.

All day Saturday and Sunday-some of us might even be wearing bikini tops to get you all in the mood!

The first of many.

Tom Robertson, Betty's photographer extraordinaire, sent us the first picture from our photo shoot that took place yesterday at The Babs....isn't it lovely! Lael and I are adventuring into the competitive world of foot modeling here, and the result is fantastic! Let us call it Shoe Crisis Pile #3.

Apparently, Betty loves shoes in the black and tan hues for Spring?

A new way to tie fashion into sports.

Good Magazine, "Urban Golf" from Nate Goodman on Vimeo.

Garth, the fabulous proprietor of Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers on the Hip Strip, sent us this amazing video this morn as a great suggestion for a new league for Betty's to start. We really love mixing fashion in with nontraditional sporting events (example: Le Kickball Missoula, which is entering its 4th Season this Summer...), and it looks like Urban Golf may be our new Spring sport. Want to help us with this...email us and we will begin planning Missoula's first urban golf day together!

Spring 2010 Photo Shoot.

It's a good thing we didn't plan for an outdoor photoshoot today, what with the fresh snow we awoke to! Instead, we chose Betty's backyard, aka The Babs, for this season's lovely location! And boy was it lovely! We had the whole place to ourselves...beautiful remodeled hallways and stairwells, as well as dusty old Speakeasies and Nightmare on Elm Street-esque staircases. Fun, fun, fun!

Ryan, one of our lovely models, discovered a closet of curiously placed items in one of the empty bedrooms. Here he is inside it.

It contained a Tom Clancy novel and a box of Kleenex. What happened in this closet? A believable source tells us The Babs is haunted....do these curious and sad items belong to a ghost?

Does the ghost go on fishing expeditions in this hat? Should we tell it he could find a better one over at Betty's....

The Babs sure has wonderful flooring. We ate tater tots and drank Mimosas in this room. My belly kinda hurts now, but they helped us get through 5 hours of styling and stair climbing.

We highlighted many pairs of Betty's shoes today..... Christina is a talented shoe model, fo sho!
These Blowfish gladiator sandals are sweet.

It's pretty darn fun styling our models....it's like the adult version of dressing barbie dolls. I love my job.

Here's one of the views from The Babs. It was super cool being above the Hip Strip for a few hours.

This is what our end product would look like if we didn't have the amazing team of Tom Robertson and Ben Ferenz as our photographer/art director team....Not bad, but nothing compared to the great pics we'll have next week!

Giving my stamp of approval from a landing above....

Accessory explosion. Second floor.

Ben, doing art director tasks on the back stairwell. I think he likes the lighting..

Flannel-clad men working hard for the right shot.

Accessory explosion. First Floor.

Lael really liked the doorknobs, so she did a series of product shots by herself in a vacant room. She may have been crying at how beautiful it all looked.

This is a necklace from a local designer, Christi Borowy (above).

Betty says pastel and neon pearls work well together.

We tend to have a love-hate relationship with butterflies as bodily adornments. However, we like this one.

There you have it! Betties hard at work today .

Quick Spring Fix.

We have been having such amazing Spring-like weather during these last few weeks of Winter, but for most of us, it's still a bit too early to be breaking out our tank tops, shorts and strappy sandals.

We at Betty's have the perfect solution for you, so you can get some Spring vibes infused into your still-winter-wardrobe AND not spend a lot of money.....NAILPOLISH is the answer!

At just $3 a bottle, why not buy your two favorite colors from 1992 and go crazy on your fingernails! Green is quite the hot color right now for polish, and we have an array of hues and shades in stock. There's a perfect one for you in our dish! And, you can never go wrong with purple....

Do your nails look like this right now? If so, you (and I) are desperately in need of a paint job! It's so nice to wear bright colors on our fingers, where we can see them all day and get inspired!

Look at all your options!

So pretty, you could eat them!

It's the First Friday of March!

Aosta by Maura Brown

Maura Browne is a student at the University of MT studying Media Arts and Dance. Her childhood in Ireland inspires much of work, as do her experiences traveling through Europe. Most of what she photographs is aged; weathered buildings, rusted machinery, things forgotten...which is why this show is entitled Aosta, the Irish word for "old."

Carole Weber of Cturtle Designs will be having a trunk show featuring her uber cool hand made bags and purses. All proceeds will be donated to help save Sea Turtles.

Also, there is going to be a last minute musical appearance by Nanda's husband and some of his Jazzy friends. He's an amazing musician, so I am gonna bet that it'll be rockin' in here.

5-8pm

Art+handmade goods+environmentalism+wine+Bernices's cookies+music=AWESOMENESS!