Frugal Snob

Top 5 New Peplums: Pep(lum) Talk

It’s time to get hip to the flounce: peplum is an important trend for spring. It started back in the fifties with Dior’s New Look, but now everyone from Jason Wu to Armani to Marc Jacobs is embracing a little extra skirting. But before you dare to flare, think about what will work with your [...]

Catch It Now

Photo credit: Coliena Rentmeester Our friend Marlien Rentmeester–Lucky Magazine editor and preternaturally chic mother of two–has FINALLY started letting the rest of the world in on her style secrets. This is the woman who always looks as if she’s stepped off the pages of Paris Vogue without ever seeming to have spent more than a [...]

Nightcap Clothing Lace Maxi Skirt with Slit: Care to Join Me for a Nightcap?

Not ready to give up on summer just yet? Some of us have stronger hopes of an Indian summer than others, want to cling on to those lazy, hazy days and long, drifting nights just a little more than most. But alas, we have to concede to fall’s more rigorous schedules and stricter clothing, right? [...]

Geeky Glasses: Optical Illusions

Eye spy a cunning new trend. Some might call it an affectation. I call it an accessory. Geeky glasses complete a look for many who have 20/20 vision. I know this is crazy, but I have a beautiful friend who likes wearing A.J. Morgan‘s Maynard glasses in order to make people take her more seriously. [...]

Sophomore: The Girly Tomboy

When it comes to unfussy but feminine, downtown dressing, Sophomore is the answer. Founded by New York City It-girl and sometime DJ, Chrissie Miller, her pieces are designed, with the help of Madeleine von Froomer, with her own easy sensibility in mind. It started in 2003 with a simple T-shirt (Jessica Stam calls their tees [...]

Ann Demeulemeester Seamed Short Cardigan and Printed Dress: Reinventing the Classics

Double take! With such a structured silhouette – it even has sharply formed shoulders – I thought this Ann Demeulemeester cardigan ($399 from $670) was a blazer at first glance. But it’s even better: the comfort of sweater disguised with the formality of a jacket. Cropped and fitted, with cozy long sleeves and a touch [...]

Frugal Snob Brittany Snow in ASOS

The CoverGirl Cosmetic’s 50th Anniversary Party was last week in LA. We can usually count on Brittany Snow to attend events like this, because she’s not very busy filming anything- I don’t think. Normally I am over young, Hollywood actresses attending event after event just for fun (probably because I’m jealous, ugh), but this time [...]

Frugal Snob Gift Idea: MICHAEL Michael Kors Fisherman Fingerless Gloves

Nothing worse than taking your gloves off to text, back on cuz you’re freezing. Then take the gloves off again to answer a call, then back on cuz you’re freezing. Do you feel my pain now? This season, I’m texting, tweeting, FBing and even blogging (love the iPhone 4) on my phone without taking my [...]

THE OUTNET Balmain Sale – Up to 80% Off!

I have not been able to sleep all night thinking about this insane 80% off Balmain sale.  Okay, so even at 80% off it’s still crazy expensive but not everyone is lucky enough to score vintage Balmain for $25 at a thrift store like my friend Judy from Atlantis Home did last week so we [...]

Bows Bows Bows from By Malene Birger

So I have this thing for bows. For about a day I liked them on my head, and then I realized I looked silly and only Blair Waldorf can pull that off (and even she’s over them).  So now I merely keep them off headbands, and on various things.  Bags.  Dresses.  Shirts.  Shoes.  And now, [...]