TWISTED KNICKERS

Brand: Room Essentials
Products: Miscellaneous Kitchen Decor

It’s been a dreary winter. Usually I have the promise of spring fashion to marshall me through my winter blues. This year’s color palette left me cold, however. Blush tones and neutrals. Ugh. Not at all my colors, and not at all uplifting. So, this year I’ve decided to feather my nest with bright, cheery hues.

Target’s Room Essentials product line is perfect for those of us who want to inject some playfulness into our decor and do so on a budget. My favorites from the line are the melamine serving tray, utensil caddy, paper towel holder, kitchen canisters and bread box. I’m partial to the Wowzer Red, but the products also come in peppy shades of yellow, teal and green. With sticker prices ranging from $9.99 to $14.99, they’re just too cute to pass up.

Cut Costs Cuties!
Gemma

3/3 – 3/7 PRIVE Women’s and men’s multi-designer sale featuring over 25 brands of contemporary clothing and footwear at 60-80% off retail.
Place & Time: 75 9th Ave – Chelsea Market (btwn. 15th & 16th Sts); Wed-Sun 10:30am-7pm

3/4–3/7 Earnest Sewn
Prices range from $15 to $100 at the Earnest Sewn sample sale. Jeans are $70 (originally $225), women’s dresses and tops are $50 (originally $225), women’s denim jackets are $70 (originally $275), and men’s button-downs are $30 (originally $155).
Place & Time: 94 Orchard St., n.r Delancey St.; Th–S (10–8), Su (10–7).

3/4 – 3/6 WINK
New York’s leader in the latest must-have women’s fashion is a favorite among A-list celebrities like Whitney Port and Katy Perry. At Wink’s warehouse sale you will find up to 80% off handbags, jewelry, apparel, and footwear. The brands on sale include, but are not limited to: Dolce Vita, Free People, Pencey, La Rok and Parker.
Time & Place: 188 Columbus Ave. (btwn 68th & 69th St.); Thu-Sat 11am-7pm

Through 4/30 Jane’s Closet
Shop dresses and accessories by Huit-Huit, Deborah Sweeny, and more at the Jane’s Closet pop-up shop in Williamsburg.
Place & Time: 60 N. 6th St., nr. Wythe Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn (212-772-0712); M–W (1–7), Th–S (noon–8), Su (noon–6).

3/4–3/7 ABC Carpet
Furniture, linens, rugs, and home accessories are up to 75 percent off at the ABC Carpet & Home Bronx warehouse sale.
Place & Time: ABC Carpet & Home Bronx Warehouse, 1055 Bronx River Ave., nr. Watson Ave. (718-842-8770); M–S (10–7), Su (11–6).

This is hilarious! Talk about right place at the right time.
This lucky woman scored Mr. Ramos’ shorts straight off his hiney and then rubs them fiercely across her face…kind of icky, yet we can’t stop watching.

Brand: Victoria’s Secret
Product: Coconut Passion Body Products

I normally avoid Victoria’s Secret like the plague. Honestly, I find the whole “Pink” aesthetic to be too girly, too obvious, and frankly, very unsexy. Not to mention that the model who currently graces the store window totally creeps me out. Seriously, she looks like she’s twelve. Oh, and I HATE when one of their sales people shoves a bottle of Heavenly in my face and says , “Smell it! It’s the nation’s #1 selling fragrance!” That’s not a selling point for me. I don’t want to smell like everyone else.

But, I DO want to smell like coconut! I want EVERYTHING to smell like coconut! It smells like the tropics and it smells like dessert. Yumm on both counts. So, when Vicky’s launched their Coconut Passion line of products, my inner coconut GPS had me storming their doors like a sorority girl at the annual bra and panty sale. What a pleasant surprise!

Victoria’s Secret offers a great 4 for $24 or 5 for $30 deal. You can mix and match the products; Eu de Toilette, Hand and Body Cream, Body lotion, Body Spray, Body Butter etc. The fragrance is a wonderful blend of vanilla, coconut and lily of the valley. On me, it is more coconut than vanilla, and I don’t smell the lily of the valley at all. It is also more foody than tropical. Delicious. Luscious and long lasting, but unfortunately, limited edition. Get some before it is gone.

Cut Costs Cuties!
Gemma

Are you really ever the #1 fan of anyone? No. We tend to forget the term is short for fanatic which in full fan-spirit leads one to the world of stalking and restraining orders. Not a very fashionable opening on our part for LFW, but we simply couldn’t jump in without acknowledging our love for Mr. Alexander McQueen. We will simply say we were a HUGE fan and to quote another fan…”How will we ever look good without you?”

Among fashion designers, friends, industry professionals, and McQueen fans, the Prime Minister’s wife, Sarah Brown opened London Fashion Week AW10 with a minute of silence in memory of the late Alexander McQueen. Chairman of the British Fashion Council, Harold Tilman, paid a warm tribute to the talented designer and referred to him as a “genius” and “one of London’s leading lights”. Despite the sad passing of McQueen, Mrs. Brown said: “I’ve no doubt this will be a creative and inspiring Fashion Week.”

Inspiring and high tech…more than 40 designers at LFW are live streaming their FW10 shows including Paul Costelloe, Caroline Charles, Betty Jackson, John Rocha, Jasper Conran, Danielle Scutt, Henry Holland, Boudicca, Daks, Jaeger, Savannah and Sienna Miller’s Twenty8Twelve collection, and Australia’s Sass & Bide. Central Saint Martin’s MA graduates catwalk show is also on the digital agenda. It’s easier to count who is not streaming live.

To watch the remaining shows, check LFW LIVE for all updates.

Meanwhile, in Milan, Dolce & Gabbana has announced that both its mainline show and the younger, diffusion brand, D&G, will be “live” on SmartPhones and Androide mobiles.

On a final note, Alexander McQueen’s AW10 line was near completion prior to his death and will be shown in a private setting during Paris Fashion Week.

In the meantime, a few shots from the queen of punk, Ms Vivienne Westwood…