It’s become a tradition for me to do a year-end round up of my favorite fashion accessory picks from the year.  I’ve got great designs, hot celebrity styles… and possibly even a fashion goof-up as well!
in no particular order – but with a sense of fun, here you go

Beyonce’s (or I should say “Sasha’s”) robot glove is definitely a style goof – at least to me…
I think Michelle Obama is ushering in an era of elegant and yet low-key style to the White House.
Sarah Jessica Parker’s hat at the London premier of the Sex and the City movie …read more

Hello all – I’m extending an invitation for you, my lovely readers, to write a women’s accessories-related  article for Her Accessories.
I need to have the posts by this Saturday, July 26th.
Just write a post, email it to me here and you’ll get a link-back to your site as well as my eternal gratitude

From around the Splendicity community, comes this week’s best in Beauty, Fashion, and Shopping.

BEAUTY
Frugal Faces: More on Makeup at The Space Between My Peers.
Beauty Secrets Revealed loves her Homemade Apricot And Papaya Face Pack For Glowing Skin.
Beauty and Fashion Tech provides skin swatches of her three favorite Stila Eyeshadows.
Temptalia has a tutorial for an easy, but totally fabulous, look for Valentine’s Day!
Canadian Beauty is giving away a huge basket of John Frieda hair care products!
Viva Woman tells you how to use your face serum with your moisturizer the correct way.
Makeup and Beauty Blog has a great Shu Uemura Makeup …read more

I just got word that The Fabbies site is back up & running! If you feel so inclined, I’d sure appreciate your vote for Her Accessories (insert shameless begging) It’s been nominated for “best accessories” blog. My mom, who writes another blog for b5media (Hankering for Yarn) was also nominated for “best niche” blog!

Back to your regularly scheduled fashion blogging…

*Updated*  I just got word that the Fabbies site has been having technical issues, so they’ve shut it down for a couple of days.  I’ll let you all know when it’s back up and running.
I just got the word that I’ve been nominated for a Fabbie, for “Best Accessories” blog! The Fabbies will be given out on January 31st in NYC as part of the kickoff for Fashion Week.
I’d sure appreciate your vote for Her Accessories (insert shameless groveling here)!

To vote, just scroll down the Fabbies voting page and click on the “Her Accessories” thumbnail. Click on the …read more

For those of you who like your jewelery with a sense of humor (or even a dark edge) to it…
Nomination Italy has just released a new collection of steel & 18kt gold called “Prisoner of Love” (from their Freedom line)
There are earrings:

Necklaces…

And bracelets…

Keep watching, because Her Accessories & Nomination have teamed up to bring you something special (but you’ll have to wait until tomorrow!)

In celebration of the New Year, I’m going through the archives and sharing my favorite posts… or in this case – my favorite posts for my least favorite things!
Here are some of the trends that I hope don’t follow us into 2008… or stuff that’s not even trendy – just bad!

Scary handbags!
Celebrities blindly following their stylist’s advice.
Designers making body-part accessories.
Inappropriate names for accessories.
Ankle-wrenching platform heels.
Strangely feminine jackets.
Shoes for the toe fetishist.
Flip-flops that melt your toes.
No, just…. no.
Wookie handbags.
Leg warmers.  Shudder.
Scary expensive – and maybe just plain scary too.

I think that’s enough cringe-worth fashion for now – I promise I’ll bring …read more

My true love gave to me twelve drummers drumming.
Now the neighbors are really upset.
To say nothing of the police and the bylaw officer….
So my true love gave me a drum kit t-shirt instead:

My true love gave to me eleven pipers piping.
Do you have any idea how loud eleven pipers piping are?
Our neighbors called the police to report a noise complaint!
So my true love gave me a silver Piper charm instead:

My true love gave to me ten lords-a-leaping.
Okay, if the nine ladies dancing couldn’t fit into our house, what makes you think ten men, jumping around, are going to fit in our living room?
So my true love gave me a funky leather cuff instead: