Hating

I’m so bummed this Halston ultrasuede shirt dress and its matching hat and bag are sold, though the likelihood of me covering my bobbed hair or trading my Kelly bag to wear either is low. Sometimes I want to buy beautiful things just so other people who appreciate them less can’t have them; instead of giving away or selling old clothes sometimes I just shred them to pieces.

It’s a good thing I generally don’t like pets…

Bag Snob has a Gucci tote with a very discreet strip of embossed logo leather.
Beauty Snob tries Bare Escentuals RareMinerals facial cleanser.
Stiletto Jungle raves about fabulous winter tights for under $6.
Allie is Wired looks at Shakira’s new dreadlocks.
Bag Bliss finds the perfect Coach wallet.
Coquette loves Audrey Tautou’s Chanel Cometes Star pendant necklace.
Fashion Pulse Daily interviews Candela NYC designers Natalia Kuks-Jacobs and Gabriela Perezutti-Isacson.
The Jet Set Girls show off Louis Vuitton label line.
Second City Style interviews eBay’s style director, Constance White.
SheFinds prepares for holiday party madness with dress pants.
Shopping and Info digs sheepskin-lined ballerina flats for winter.
StyleBakery.com shares 15 styling tricks from the fall runways.
Stylehive is obsessed with fresh animal prints.
The Beauty Stop finds an eyeshadow kit for brown eyes.
The Shoe Goddess and Gossip Girl love shoe designer Alexandre Birman.
eye4style learns about Rent the Runway, a new dress rental service.

Wearing

I just snagged these Giuseppe Zanotti rubber wedge boots on eBay. With a pebbled rubber wedge and fur lining, these’ll be perfect for Sundance–and those 72°F and sunny December days in LA.

It gets cold when you sit all day at your desk in just a La Perla laser-cut thong.

No one ever said working from home was glamorous…

Wearing

While I lived in New York, freelancing as a writer and finishing up a BA in Pseudo-Intellectual Masturbation, I had a zoo of vintage fur muffs: sheared rabbit dyed to look like leopard, choco mink, and the wildest wiry black pelt, all lined in satin and interior pockets. Fur muffs are genius: why fumble with gloves and a bag when you could slip in and out of something so chic?

I dig this Sang A fox fur muff for its form and function, though I’m back in Hollywood, where it’s considered a stay-at-home snow day if it rains…

Hating

It’s like these Marc by Marc Jacobs zipper earrings are inviting you to do their wearer a favor and pull them out…

Wearing

So I listen to too much Jay-Z.

Months ago, I had a pinkie ring planned: a white gold square up to my little knuckle, with a “K” lightly hand-etched on.

And then I saw this photo of Coco Chanel.

Of course…

Wanting

Brit footwear designer Kerrie Luft’s trademark are Art Noveau heels, sculpted out of titanium. I love that tornado of a heel paired with the simplest strip of leather. So choice…

Wanting

Nomade Exquis is a collection of fingerprint-unique, vintage jewelry curated by Mo Clancy. Nomade Exquis’s beginnings are as organic as the jewelry vibes: a former trendcaster, Mo started collecting the antique jewelry out of a passion for modernist, brutalist, and biomorphic pieces from the 1950-1970s .

Mo charmed me at lunch months ago. She shared that one of the artists behind Nomade Exquis’s collection used such harsh methods to create his brutalist jewelry that only deaf people could be employed at his factory…

Wearing

I hate being busy with accessories, so I swap between an Hermes Herbag and Kelly Danse, never bother with belts, and only wear the same jewelry every day (a few pieces that mean more than money).

But I’ll make an exception: this vintage Halston scarf pulses like a Rothko painting…

Hating

Tinsley Mortimer’s almost as good a name as Kristopher Dukes.

And I dig it: the lady is a hustler.

But Samantha Thavasa bags blow, and Paris Hilton already conquered that pose and the world of fame for licensing’s sake…