DO YOU SEE THIS?? Do you?? It’s practically perfect in every way. In fact, if you don’t have $215 (half price!) burning a hole in your Birkin, I suggest you avert your eyes now, lest your credit card begin shaking in its boots:
 
The ruffle! The sculpted waistline! The glorious saturated colorblocking! The 21st century Audrey-ness of it all!!
i’m going to go search my couch cushions now… for money to buy 3 pints of Ben & Jerry’s so that my all day pouting session is much more enjoyable.
 
although i would’ve preferred a slightly quirkier (aka, more editorial ) model, i’m pretty sure this photo spread cures cancer…
…and now, i’m going to go win the lottery.
is it possible to have a crush on a dress?
if it is, then i do…
club monaco A-line shift dress in tonal stripes $149 (available in stores)
mad crushing. not a bad price, definitely splurge-worthy, but until i get a huge raise, i’m going to keep dreaming and having visions of wearing this with yellow tights and, oh, maybe THESE:
moschino cheap (ha) & chic patent t-straps $395
or maybe in RED, i can’t decide…
um, YUM.
…shuddup, it’s that time of the month.
Loafers are the new flat. I love loafers! So hot with knee highs and a skirt, so coy with capris, so geek chic with skinny jeans. And now I am the proud owner of a pair of vintage Cole Haans! Check it:
I found these at the thrift store for $3.99.
I pictured the previous owner as being a Diane-Keaton type. She had a loafer addiction and decided to leave her plumber husband to run off with her accountant to Fiji and write her first novel. She only had time to grab her Enzos and her Coaches before her flight (Besides, she’d worn them on their honeymoon to Paris back in ’84). Her husband couldn’t look at them and tossed them onto a thrift store parking lot on his way to an AA meeting.
(All prices include shipping)
 Crocodile penny loafer $24.99
 Coach Sig. Driving Shoe $74.87
Miraculously, Eve, who was about to turn 3o, had been wanting to feel classic and luxurious but was also broke. Her feet happened to be the same size and have the same contours as Diane’s. So the Cole Haans and Eve lived together, through beaches and brewfests, happily ever after.
 White Driving Mules, $31.49
I just feel so hip in these, I don’t care that people will say, “Haha, I had a pair of those in high school. I used to wear them with my paisley vest and my bunchy sox…with my jeans tucked in!!!”
Happy Birthday to me!
What is it with elaborate lingerie?
I don’t care if you’re Heidi Klum or Gisele Bundchen, nobody looks good in cheap velour or scratchy lace (although the helmet is totally HOT).
Hell, I’d take duct tape over that.
Now this is super hot, nobody can argue with that, but this was definitely designed by a virgin, because that delicate lace will rip at any sign of heavy breathing and for $1549, you could buy yourself a couple sessions with a sex therapist.
My hubby enjoys simplicity. A pair of boyshorts with a sheer tanktop is his cup-o-tea.
And I’d have to agree. Cozy, comfy, and durable is all I need.
Case in point:
(Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation )
But I’ve got a little hippie in me. Why not channel your power animal from your nether regions?
Or if you want something a bit more feminine, check out Etsy:
At least you know that these handmade beauties won’t crumble under a bit of horseplay, no?
H-O-T to trot.
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