Wanting.

I just went to West Hollywood’s International Silks & Woolens fabric store. A windowless concrete cube on Beverly Blvd., walk in and you’re deep in a rainbow of silk linens, ultra-light cashmere, and vintage fabrics.

The only thing better than their selection? Their service. Saleslady Connie helped me pick out an antique silk for a coat I’m having made. After she cut six yards, I changed my mind. She smiled and cut a half-the-price cotton for me instead…

Using.

Mood Designer Fabrics on Pico Blvd. is the left-coast twin of the fabric store featured in Project Runway. The selection’s fine, but the sales people are lazy, goosepimply combinations of six-year-plan fashion students and That Woman With The Cat, Who Knits.

If you want basic silk jersey, though, swoop in and buy a yard. I just bought some for some dresses I’m having made…

Hating.

Sure, Michael Levine has 60,000 square feet of fabric. But it’s deep in downtown LA’s garment district. If you’re curious, put on a burka and brave it…

Wanting.

Invite-only shopping site Gilt.com is pimping Helmut Lang this Wednesday. So check this Helmut Lang fur vest. You’re wondering when your chest is freezing, though apparently it’s warm enough to bare arms?

When Gilt.com puts Helmut Lang on sale. This is probably five bucks…

Wearing.

Well, I’ll be wearing this soon enough, unless this Helmut Lang shift dress sells out in my size.

Which is very possible — I’m a monstrous size two…

Hating.

You want to look like a peach, not a pear. This is Helmut Lang at its worst: unnecessary, unflattering draping for that art-school reject look…

Wanting.

Anna Matuozzo is famous for her hard-to-get, handmade shirts. I’m curious about Anna Matuozzo bespoke shirts, but I don’t know if I’m thousands of Euros worth of curious…

Wearing.

I found shirt-maker Freddy Vandecasteele through a gentleman friend. Freddy is fast, a perfectionist, and charges around $200 for a bespoke shirt, with no minimum order.

I visited him in Studio City, and ordered a made-to-measure shirt dress, boyfriend-button-down style…

Hating.

Brooks Bros custom shirts are a waste of dough, dahling…

Wanting.

Private retailer Gilt.com is having their final women’s sale, and this Alvin Valley trench? $1,030. But for you? I give $98.

Sign up in time for their final women’s accessories sale…

Wearing.

$275. But for you? $48…

Hating.

If you actually buy this Alvin Valley jacket, you should be punished by paying retail ($598). $68 is too much a why-not…

Wanting.

Isabel Toledo was famous in five minutes for Michelle Obama’s yellow inaugural dress, and a spring version of Michelle Obama’s Isabel Toledo dress‘ll hit Barneys in March.

Meanwhile, Couture Lab is selling a yellow brocade dress coat by Isabel Toledo…

Wearing.

Okay, so it’s not quite Isabel Toledo. But this ’60s brocade shift with matching jacket has got the same vibe of Michelle Obama’s inaugural dress.

Something like this needs sharp, five-inch nude pumps, otherwise it’ll vibe dated…

Hating.

A lush yellow brocade was balanced cut into the simplest of shifts. But flouncy, hyper femme lace? Fussy.

Wanting.

Everything on sale at Net-a-Porter is an extra 20% off with code “WINTERUSA.”

That makes this DvF dress $165.

Wearing.

Hating.

Wanting.

Maggie Ward’s PR sent me a few pieces of Maggie Ward, which is like James Perse, only not boring: very simple, very subtly sexy, very ready-to-wear satin and custom-developed Japanese fabrics.

I never wear pants, but I want to live in these Maggie Ward silk sweat pants…

Wearing.

I love the sweatshirt details — a little V panel at the neck, a kangaroo pocket — on silk that makes your hands feel rough…

Hating.

How could I hate a crayon-yellow satin hoodie?

Because like most of Ms. Ward’s goods, it’s sold-out online…

Wanting.

I’m a sucker for flapper frocks and texture; this Alice + Olivia dress has both. The only way I’d like it more was if it was a rich man.

But even better? This Alice + Olivia mini dress — along with everything full priced at ShopBop — is 30% off with promocode HOLIDAYLOVE, until midnight…

Wearing.

I’ve got this A+O mini dress in royal plurple. This Alice + Olivia tank dress is one of those simply cut dresses that are simply flattering.

Unless you’re fat.

Only $130 with promocode HOLIDAYLOVE, until midnight…

Hating.

Patent pink on fuschia makes this Alice + Olivia mini dress vibe costumey, instead of their usual cute wink at retro…

Wanting.

I hate what Christian Dior was mostly known for — that over-hourglassed, New Look silhouette that became a caricature of the ’50s.

But vintage Dior skirt suits, circa 1960, are timeless…

Wearing.

Like the vintage Dior suit above, this vintage Dior dress suit works as separates. I love its drop-waist shift with a matching double-breasted coat. So elegant and ladylike, without vibing Posh and over-polished…

Hating.

That coy collar, that WASP-y waist…

Such a saccharine vintage Dior skirt suit is best worn with a corset, 2.5 kids, and a cheating husband who swears he adores you…