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Though Fall is months away you wouldn’t know it to look out of my Midtown office window. It’s dreary, dark, and rainy: perfect stay at home and snuggle with a good book kind of weather.

Since that’s not an option right now here are a couple of men’s cardigans that are:

Find them both on eBay, here and here.

Red is definitely my color. I’m not sure why I don’t wear it more often because whenever I do I get tons of compliments. It occurred to me that I don’t actually own a whole lot of red stuff, aside from a drawer full of lipsticks that I bought in attempt to pull off a Dita Von Teese, and instead ended up looking like Dita Von DON’T.

Doing a little fishing for both compliments and cute stuff I found these items:

From Seattle based boutique Frock Shop, check them out here.

(photo via Don Van Dyke on Flickr)

I’ve had these really strange obsession with agate lately. When the “craving” first struck I shuffled off to eBay but came up with a bunch of ticky tacky pendants that looked like they should be collecting dust in some tiny nature preserve gift shop.

I found some nice options on Etsy and Supermarket and though these were perfectly lovely, my appetite continued.

Thanks to a serendipitous turn of events (actually an unrelated Google alert email - thanks guys!) I stumbled upon a blog called Oh Joy!…boy, oh joy indeed.

Turns out it’s author and I are obsessed-with-agate twins. Her brilliant find? A site called Stone & Honey.

Just look at these sweet-as-honey finds:

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(photo via Cowgirl In The City)

Betsey Johnson turns 30 today…or rather her collections do. To commemorate her amazing career and spunky spirit I found this:

I couldn’t have said it better myself. From artist John Gascot, available at Raw Style Whimsey Gallery.

above: Betsey primps circa 1978

(photos from Women’s Wear Daily Tuesday, July 22, 2008)

To see her limited edition 30th Anniversary gear check out the Betsey Johnson site now!

Anyone who knows me will attest that I am a shoe fanatic. Gimme ramen noodles for a month but I neeeeeed those new {insert designer’s name here} pumps NOW. When I saw these appear in my inbox, courtesy of Ideeli I wasn’t sure what to make of them. Part of me thinks they’re so fun and flirty with their dangly little ankle tassles and the other part of me thinks…are they dangerously too AbFab?

Please help me decide, Christian Lacroix Nicolette pumps, hot or not?

I’m sorry ladies for not posting these sales deals earlier…I suppose I’m still reeling from my Project Runway induced confusion.

Cutting through the fog, I learned that Bergdorf Goodman has just made some extra reductions on their designer collections.

If I weren’t behaving like such a naughty girl lately I would indulge in these:

From l - r: Derek Lam, Stella McCartney, Thakoon

Help me live vicariously through you gorgeous girls….enjoy!

Sigh.

I can’t figure this show out. Last night Jennifer was booted for this look:

Again, not my favorite look of the night but I was impressed with her effort…I love that she was inspired by an old uniform and played off the gold medal idea. It was miles ahead of her “clock” dress which I’ve dissed previously.

But this made it through?

Really? Little Bo Peep does the Meatpacking District made the cut? Lawdy lawdy lawdy.

(photos via Bravo)

I know I’m a little late with this Project Runway recap but I couldn’t let it go.

Last week, contestant Emily was kicked out for this design:

The main criticism being that the look was too “cliché” a term I find really rich coming from the fashion industry which is one ginormous cliche. *Sniff* One girls cliche is another’s signature look I suppose.

Okay, so it wasn’t the best look of the night…but the worst, really? My response, an emphatic NO!

First, let’s talk about her cohorts also in the bottom three. There’s this thing:

Which I believe El Snarkmeister referred to as shredded toilet paper. Nice one. Actually the first thing that leapt to my mind were the Flinstones, but even a Pre Historic betty like Wilma wouldn’t be caught dead in that tattered mess. Come to think of it, the model would’ve been better served if she had been wrapped in the sopping wet discarded magazine that inspired it.

Then there was the “clock” dress:

Listen, as a Fine Arts grad I know a thing or two about surrealism – this dress is surreally ugly.

And don’t even get me started on this hellacious number that amazingly escaped unscathed:

Ouch. It makes my eyes bleed.

But it ain’t over until the fat lady sings, or in this case New York Magazine goes to print. They added insult to injury by completely trashing Emily’s line Smoke and Mirrors Clothing.

Here’s a sample look:

A cute little wrap dress that I think many, including myself, would wear proudly. Shucks, if it’s good enough for Diane Von Furstenberg, Nanette Lepore, Michael Kors…you get the idea.

What I want to know is, is all the hate really necessary? I swear the article was filled with so much vitriol that it makes me wonder about the writer’s motivations. Sour grapes? A Nancy Kerrigan Tanya Harding smack down perhaps? I don’t know but I do think it was uncool and uncalled for.

Way to support a fledgling designer, who is still in the nascent stages of their design aesthetic and business. Here’s hoping that for every one that gets squashed a new celeb pop-tart line gets launched.

There I said it.

(photos courtesy of Bravo & Smoke & Mirrors Clothing)

About a month ago I started drawing up a Fall 2008 wardrobe wish list that included a Proenza Schouler dress in the most awesome shade of chartreuse.

Fast forward a month and I’m still craving it…or just about anything from the duo’s Fall show. Check out these looks from Style.com and tell me they don’t look better than that tired ol’ maxi dress du jour:

I’m not sure if it’s the rich color palette or the perfect slouchy yet sophisticated cuts but I am so in love.

Agree, disagree?

If you went ga ga over this tee, a la Sienna, like I did a few months back you also know that it sold out in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, it’s back and available at Revolve. Don’t be a shlemazel — get it now!