Say Yes To The Dress
Courtesy of the New York Times
The NY Times has an article that may solve all your reservations about buying a designer dress. Granted that all you are concerned about the price, the price and the price. Rent the Runway is a company set up to let you borrow dresses when you need them, and only pay for the nights you have them. It’s like the Netflix or the Bag, Borrow, or Steal of dresses.
Lucky Magazine is full of nuggets of information, including this one — Sears is carrying a line of Rock & Redemption Jewelry, all for under $100! Allure’s got some nuggets too, including information on how there are some winter beauty myths out there that they’d like to clear up.
We love our Carol’s Daughter’s shea butter lotion, and we love knowing that it’s made from all natural products. If you don’t love Carol’s Daughter you should read up on the company – and the fact that Erykah Badu and Brad Pitt are fans. What’s got us smitten right now is the new beauty collections branded with The Princess and The Frog designs.
Lastly, play around with Net-A-Porter’s suggestions to winterize. Even if you can’t afford their price points, the design of this page is worth a look all on it’s own.
Put Your Party Dress On
With SEPTA back and running this morning, we feel like putting on our party dress! Fourtunately, Lucky Magazine has found some affordable dresses so we can dance the night away in style. We especially like this one from Forever 21. At 25 bucks you can more than afford to get this asymmetrical one shouldered number.
Courtesy of Lucky Magazine
Lucky also has a gift guide broken down into categories that we really like: Artsy, Moroccan, On The Go, Victorian, At Home, Country Chic, Bejeweled and Ten Dollars and Under. We especially love this tea cup with little claw feet from the Victorian section, it reminds us of those awesome tubs with claws. We also like the Moroccan section and all of it’s gorgeous embellishments, especially this gorgeous decorated platter. There’s also a website with more finds from the North African country called JustMorocco.com While some stuff on the site is pricey, other stuff is not. Check out these lanterns for under $100.
We also came across this post on Jezebel, which claims “If you wan’t to be popular, you can’t afford to be skinny.” It’s a vintage ad. It’s just interesting to see how beauty ideals have changed.
Rihanna’s interview with Diane Sawyer seems to be the media’s latest obsession — but we’re just admiring her as an artist and style icon. Check out these outfits that she’s worn, as well as pictures from the photo shoot for Glamour magazine’s cover. Gorgeous! Just so we’re clear, we’re glad Rihanna was comfortable enough to come forward and talk about such a painful moment in her life, but we also want to focus on the positive as well.
Expect the Unexpected
People are still discussing Susan Boyle and her unexpected rise to fame on Britain’s Got Talent. Catch up on the NYTimes’ take on how humans judge other humans by what they look like.
Lucky Magazine’s site features some spots to hit up in Philly, and it’s not just one or two places.
The NY Times ran a piece focused mostly on NY, but still really cute. A woman who moves to Berlin is reminded of NYC whenever she sees her son’s Legos.
In the spirit of it being absolutely gorgeous outside, here are some shots of celebs in their bikinis. I know they’re helping me motivate myself to hit the gym.
Also, Kim Kardashian looks like she lightened her hair. In the never ending battle of Blonde vs. Brunette, what is your pick? I always prefer dark hair, but that might just be a case of always wanting what you don’t have. I recently heard blondes are intimidating, which I don’t think I agree with. What’s your take?