It may not be possible to have too many pairs of great jeans. That’s my conclusion after finding Miss Me. This is the must have jean for every girl that loves expensive designer jeans of high quality, but at an affordable high quality price that won’t break your bank. Here are some of my favorite styles. The Miss Me Jean Glamour & Glitz Boot Cut has bead and crystal-embellished pockets and silver hardware. These are the ultimate... 

You never know what amazing stories you’ll hear from the Etsy community. Here’s a heartwarming, unlikely tale of two strangers-turned-best-friends: Siobhan of blythehopesvintage and Holly of hautecountryvintage . Siobhan : I have coffee with my best friend every morning. We chat pretty much continuously throughout the day, we swap clothes and we run the same type of business. We’re always there for each other with a helping... 

Events On Friday, store owner Erin Tavin and writer Steffie Nelson host the second Little Birds reading series at Tavin , featuring actor Grace Zabriskie (“Big Love”) and Pamela Des Barres, author of “I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie.” 1543 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles. (213) 482-5832. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Saturday, Bebe , in conjunction with MOD: Matters on Design, holds a fashion show at the Grove that will showcase spring... 

ITSJEREMYSCOTT : “http://twitpic.com/17r1nw – LOOK WHO SHOWED UP TO MY DINNER LAST NIGHT ? UNCLE KARL HIMSELF !” That’s super exciting, but WHY ALL THE SHOUTING? fashion_spot : “Anyone who saw High Society last night and is not from NYC, please don’t think that is what everyone is like here!” Kristian, our New York editor and the only one of us who watched last night, totally agrees.  Read More →

Lydia Lunch: “T-shirts have become the daily uniform of every slob too lazy to button up a shirt front.” So the post-punk chanteuse prefaces Ripped ($30, Rizzoli ), a new coffee-table (or tour van?) collection of rock tees cool enough to convince you to join the slob brigade and renounce buttons forever. Vintage dealer Cesar Padilla—chasing, he explains, a great, lost collection of band shirts thrown out by his mother—has... 

“Emotions, in my experience, aren’t covered by single words. I don’t believe in ’sadness,’ ‘joy,’ or ‘regret.’ Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. I’d like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions like, say, ‘the happiness that attends disaster.’” — Jeffrey Eugenides’s... 

The red carpet may have been rolled up and stored for the season, but the gowns that walked it are getting their second act at Armani/5th Avenue. Along with Lady Gaga’s spacewoman/ambiguous-religious-icon Armani Priv  Read More →

Too much pattern-mixing generally hurts our eyes, but when done right, combo-ing different prints can look remarkably chic. We’ve spotted trendsetters like Giovanna Battaglia wearing leopard-on-leopard and found it to be surprisingly fetching. At first, we were apprehensive about mixing up the kitty prints, but with the right recipe, it can be a simple yet striking way to spice up your wardrobe. Cinch a leopard belt around a chiffon dress,... 

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Time to break out the sunglasses and turn it up to eleven! Channel the vivacity of spring with the season’s most exciting cornea-burning brights in neon , day glo , fluorescents and tropical preppy flash. This hot trend has definitely rounded a corner since the eighties. Etsy sellers are showing us updated, fresh takes with these zesty colors in tasteful new ways. The items …  Read More →

Despite being surrounded by water, Manhattan doesn’t make for your usual island living. But if an escape is what locals are after, try a jaunt to City Island, the cozy fishing village in the Bronx that happens to give a setting (and a title) to a new indie flick starring Julianna Margulies and Andy Garcia. City Island is a hilarious take on family dysfunction, and Garcia …  Read More →

Temptu airbrush makeup is hosting a shopping and makeup event this weekend. Come get styled in designer vintage duds, or should you not be in the mood to shop, stop and get a temporary tattoo or your makeup done — airbrush style, of course. The event is open to the public. — Melissa Magsaysay  Read More →

The wedding season is fast approaching and brides to-be are on the search for the perfect dress, shoes and accessories. Some brides-to-be spend months searching for the perfect dress. Carrie Bradshaw’s entire wedding plan was thrown into a tailspin because of her over-the-top Vivienne Westwood dress. I was lucky – the second dress I…  Read More →

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