As we get closer to the holiday season, we have more and more excuses to get ourselves all pretty and fancy.
Check out this totally cute Phoebe Couture strapless party dress – it’s one of many fabulous evening dresses on sale for at the ideeli eveningwear sale today.
And it’s a super-great sale: This dress is marked down to $99, normally $352. At that price, you don’t have to feel guilty wearing a different dress to every upcoming formal occasion.
Actually, if there’ll be people overlap and/or pictures taken, do you even have a choice?

After this weekend, I won’t be home very much for about a month – I’m going on a cruise launch in a few days, and then I’ll be in China until Thanksgiving.
There’s something about traveling – even when your laptop and major credit cards are coming with you – that make you want to be ultra-prepared before you leave. Who wants to be flying over the Pacific and realize they forgot their must-have favorite bra that works so well with a certain dress? Not me. And thus, I tend to overpack, and over buy.
Which means I need a bigger suitcase…good …read more

About a year ago, I was at a bar – of all places – and saw a friend’s shoes. She revealed to me they were from a line named Melissa, and beside being crazy adorable, they were like NOBLE.
Noble, you say? Yes. Because while I was admiring how cute they were, I discovered they were plastic!
Brazilian brand Melissa has informed me that plastic is indeed fantastic.
(And honestly, Brazil is like the capital of plastic surgery, the Brazilian blowout, Brazilian bikini waxes…are we surprised?)
Every pair is manufactured out of a patented Meflexo material that is thermo-malleable, flexible, and soft to the …read more

This morning, I attended a breakfast for the fabulous Nescafe Dolce Gusto – it’s a premium single-serve coffee maker, but it’s designed to bring a little “haute” coffee to small-space design. Perfect for us fashionista city girls.
I’ll write more about it later – I am a major fan – but I wanted to write here about the inherent message – how the delicacy is in the details. Just as I may not be able to afford to revamp my kitchen, and will instead get one really fabulous piece of equipment for it – like, say, my Dolce Gusto – the …read more

OK, so this is not a happy Monday necessarily – Monday seldom is our favorite day of the week.
But in the land of shopping, it’s actually the most popular time to pop online and check out our favorite shopping blogs and sale domains.
So, since that suggests there’s a whole lot of you interested right now, here’s the great sales of the day, without further ado!
Charriol jewelry
Habitual denim
Matthew Williamson
Versace
Helen Kaminski
Amrita Singh jewelry
RueLaLa – Home Sale (Final)
Black Halo clothin
Faith Connexion
Rodial
Priorities
Janna Conner
Earnest Sewn
Matty M clothing
Fergie shoes
Elizabeth Gillett scarves
Tourneau
Bulga handbags

I have to admit, I didn’t even know Verrier existed before I saw their Fall/Winter 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week, but the second I encountered their high-waisted dresses, skirts and pants that celebrate French-influenced femininity, I was hooked.
With circular motifs that are reminiscent of umbrellas dance across dresses,  “flower bombs” at heart and hip, and in another bright-red polka dot jacquard that offers sweetly sophisticated three-quarter-length, above-the-knee proportions, it’s just so delightfully girlie, I could die.
Ruffles also play front and center with varying effects; one high-necked silk taffeta day dress in demure rose is all innocence, while …read more

How have I not talked about the Red Dress Collection yet???
Fashion Week is only three days old, but so far, the most meaningful experience (by far), was attending Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection show Friday morning. (With fabulous seats, I must add.) The event is a few years running – it has gone on since 2002, in order to help promote awareness of heart disease, which is the number one killer of women in America.
First things first – see, at left, a picture of ME. This was taken outside of the runway tent. Note I am, too, wearing a red …read more

My world has begun to exist exclusively for what is going on in Bryant Park. (Well, OK, that is not exactly true – but I have been spending a LOT of time there the last few days!)
An exciting result of the recession (yes, you read that correctly) is a lot more wearable fashions. This was especially the case at the Lela Rose show, where she debuted the latest footwear in her Lela Rose for Payless line.
The Fall ‘09 line will feature Rose’’s signature use of rich fabrics like multi-color tweeds as well as “knot-less” bow accents designed to look like …read more

I confess, generally when I think of high fashion, it’s not JCPenney – but sort of like looking at an old friend and suddenly becomes super hot, making you realize how totally you were missing out, I had a similar experience earlier this week when I kicked off my Fashion Week festivities a few days early by checking out the JCPenney runway at the premier Espace in New York City.
The fashion showcase of its Spring 2009 exclusive designer collections included styles from exclusive brands nicole by Nicole Miller, Bisou Bisou by Michele Bohbot, ALLEN B. by Allen B. Schwartz, Fabulosity …read more

As Inauguration Day is in the final countdown, we expect the first family will “step it up” with a fresh take on fashion. First lady Michelle Obama has already shown us a glimpse of her original style, but here’s some suggestions from Anne Crays, vice president of merchandising and fashion forecasting for Shoebuy.com, for the first couple that look presidential and fit budgets in today’s economy. Michelle’s look especially will be fun to follow, I think her style will appeal to young professionals.
First Lady Michelle Obama:

Mariana, by GOLC Hailey, $134.95, elegant flats for comfort …read more