On sale for $104 at Express

I'm in love!

Trick or Treat

I was looking in my closet the other day just to see what I had in there that I'd forgotten about. I found the best thing ever - a burnt orange boyfriend jacket by Benetton! I was so excited for the first five minutes of finding this piece in my closet, but after that baffled by what to wear with it. How do you wear orange and not look like Halloween (and I don't care that the occasion is around the corner)? With that said I feel that black paired with this jacket is instantly ruled out. I'm thinking white, ivory, tan, brown... Am I being too narrow minded? What other colors would work with this bright burnt orange bf jacket?

DVF

I am absolutely loving this Asher dress by Diane von Furstenberg. Animal print is everywhere, and this dress is surprisingly on sale at ShopBop for $256. I love the detail of the short kimono sleeve and the draped back. Ooh and imagine this dress belted, bananas!

I need this

I need this long tank-tee and the elbow length gloves at Twelve by Twelve. I can't find it for sale anywhere on their website though, just in their lookbook. How dare they tease me like this.

Boss lady

Yesterday my store manager came in with the hottest shoes so I had to photograph them. They're Steven's and she bought them in black and gray! Here are the black pair. I am so loving this outter zipper trend.

A lot of catching up to do

Looks like I'll continue to have a busy weekend. Ha not from working or getting out doing something fun, but from reading issue after issue of my fashion magazines that have been oh so neglected by me. Let's face it, not even half of this stack will get read this weekend.

Coat Collector

I love coats. I personally own around 20 coats and jackets and I still cannot get enough. Right now I'm obsessed with the military style coat or jacket. I've seen that style at only a few places though so I'm not sure if it's on trend, but Victoria's Secret has two that I'm dying over. Not to mention VC is selling theirs for less than $200. I know I do not need yet another coat especially a wool one, but at this price it's such a steal.

It's pouring here

NPH

I love Neil Patrick Harris! He's the reason I love those two White Castle movies and he's the reason I watched the Emmy's last night. Numerous times throughout the night we heard from his peers what an awesome job he's doing hosting, and I couldn't agree more. Also, did you know he was a producer for this year's Emmy's? How cool is that. Oh and how great was his opening number! I just love Neil Patrick Harris.

Inspiration

Victoria Beckham looks as beautiful as ever here at a taping for American Idol in August. Her pixie haircut has grown out into my new inspired haircut. Let the growing out begin!

Adequate replacement?

I found this really cute Marc by Marc Jacobs softy tobo bag that reminded me a lot of my newly obsessed over-priced mahina LV bag. At a fraction of the cost at $400, is this an adequate replacement? Should I settle to carry this tobo bag on my arm just to continue to fantasize about Mahina and what could have been? I mean no disrespect to Marc Jacobs, anyone who knows me knows I absolutely love Marc Jacobs... besides MJ designs for LV so it's a win-win for him. This tobo bag only comes in white and fuchsia, which are not colors I'm looking for in a bag right now anyway.

Vuitton XL

I have to have this bag! I have a thing for over-size slouchy bags, and this one fits the bill. Okay I'm kind of late because the Louis Vuitton XL Mahina was released October 2007, but I fell in love with it when a woman walked into my store the other day carrying it and I've been dreaming about it ever since. It was so hot in person and on her little shoulder. Of course it's Louis so you know what that means - $$$$$! The bag retails for $3,300! WHAT! I expected it to be expensive, but $3,300? I almost threw-up. I NEED the gray one though, and I've been very good as I have not purchased a new bag in nearly two years! I love the sleek smooth calf leather and the dotted LV monogram, which is a little more subtle.

Clinique lotion secrets

Finally I know what the heck I'm putting on my face! I started using Clinique's dramatically different moisturizing lotion about a year ago after I received it free from gift with purchase. It was everything I kept hearing people rave about. I loved it! The lotion made my skin smooth, soft, and healthy looking; But on the bottle there are no ingredients in sight as to what the lotion is made of. I cannot even find the ingredients on their website! Usually I'm really careful with what I put on my sensitive skin, but the positive effects from using this lotion has lead me to lower my guard. However savvyskin.com posted a list of ingredients for dramatically different moisturizing lotion: Water Purified, Mineral Oil, Sesame Oil, Propylene Glycol, Tea Stearate, Gylceryl Stearate, Lanolin Alcohol, Petrolatum, Methylparaben, Propylparaben. Nothing to be ashamed of here. I think it's so weird that the ingredients are not posted on the bottle.

Spanx please

Last night my girlfriends and I enjoyed girls night out, and with that came some great people watching. Girls were dressed pretty cute for the most part and we saw so many hot shoes, which I was somewhat surprised about but very impressed with. There was one girl who stood out and who is the inspiration for this post. She was wearing the ever so popular bandage dress. Now not too many people can wear the bandage dress the way I'm sure its designer intended it to be worn. This dress is very revealing in that any bump, any extra piece of chuck your body may hold will be exposed in this dress. However there is a solution, an aid - Spanx! I could not tell this girl's back from her front when she turned sideways. Of course not too many of us look like Gisele, but come on if you're going to wear such a body conscious piece then please take the necessary steps to keep the integrity of the dress.

MJ sighting

My friend's friend ran into Marc Jacobs in Soho while window shopping. She of course asked to be photographed with him and he sweetly obliged. How cool is this! She confirmed that he looks great in person too.