Modcloth Tie Dye for Dress: 59.99
Hardtail Tie Dye Tank Top: $46.00
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Life just got sweeter – some new fantastic retailers are now included in your Shop It To Me Salemail! We are extremely excited to welcome to ToryBurch.com, which appeared in Salemail for the first time today, showcasing some gorgeous items to make any lady look summer-chic and glowing.
Also, welcome to 7ForAllMankind.com, KateSpade.com, and Splendid.com. If you’ve selected these brands as part of your profile, you’ll now see additional items in your Salemail! If you haven’t already selected these brands, edit your profile now.
Here’s a sample from today’s Salemail – items you’ll want to pounce on:
1.Tory Burch ‘Letitia Jacket’ Reg: $495.00, Now: $297.00
2. Kate Spade ‘Park Slope Opus’ Reg: $375.00, Now: $281.00
3. Tory Burch ‘Metallic Zander Sandal’ Reg: $375.00, Now: $225.00
4. 7 for All Mankind ‘Keyhole Dress’ $185.00, Now: $89.00
5. Splendid ‘Mini Melange Stripe Short Sleeve’ Reg: $47.00, Now: $32.90
6. Tory Burch ‘Daniela Thong’ Reg: $250.00, Now: $150.00
7. Kate Spade ‘Plaza Jocelyn’ Reg: $195.00, Now: $99.00
8. Tory Burch ‘Briza Sandal’ Reg: $265.00, Now: $159.00
9. Splendid ‘Jersey Cardigan with Epaulets’ Reg: $76.00, Now: $53.20
10. 7 for All Mankind ‘Zipped Gwenevere in Los Feliz’ Reg: $215.00, Now: $129.00
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You love the designer collections of Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, and John Galliano but you could care less about their personal lives. Right? Wrong!
Don’t lie to yourself – you love reading about their fabulous lives and eccentricities. In fact, one of them has interesting opinions on exposing personal information himself. (Can you guess who? Check out quote #1 below!)
Tamra, Laura, Nicole and I each found a few fun facts about these amazing designers. Try to match each fact or quote with the corresponding person. Remember – choose from Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs and John Galliano.
Guess the designer!
- Thinks you should poke your nose into young people’s personal business. He said, “Young people want to be exposed, and the idea of nobody being interested in your personal life is the worst horror.”
- Is fitness crazed. An extreme workout buff known for exercising with a personal trainer, doing 150 push-ups and jogging 6 miles every single day.
- Thinks swans are dreadful. He said, “Swans, they are the meanest animals in the world, you know. I had problems with them as a child. They hate children. I was caught by one, so I know.”
- Has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on iPods. He owns not one, not 10, not 100 but hundreds of different iPods and keeps them at his various homes so he always has access to the music he wants.
- Is off balance. He said, “I’m a very black-and-white person. I’m feast or famine. I’ll work out seven days a week or none at all; I’ll work all hours of the day or as little as possible. Balance is something that I’ve just not been able to obtain.”
Answers:
1. Marc Jacobs 2. John Galliano 3. Karl Lagerfeld
4. Karl Lagerfeld 5. Marc Jacobs
Sadly, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson passed away yesterday (June 25). Farah lost her long battle with cancer at age 62, and Michael, at just 50 years old, died of cardiac arrest.
As both of them certainly left their mark on the world of fashion, we thought it appropriate to take a glance back on their style over the years:
His musical talent, crazy moves, and “out there” wardrobe brought a whole new meaning to the word “entertainment”. Clearly, Michael Jackson had the concept of unique style cornered: from the fro and velour jacket to the single glove and metallic suit! Oh Michael, you were truly one-of-a-kind.
And we will always remember the lovely Farrah Fawcett for her signature feathered hair, luminous smile, and of course, the famous red bathing suit.
R.I.P. Michael and Farrah – you will not be forgotten!
Share this Post[?] I hate the feeling of buying a full-price item only to see it on sale later on. I wonder if celebrities like Eva Longoria ever feel that way. I hope not, because because her Juicy Couture dress showed up in my Salemail for around $80 off.
Juicy Couture dahlias tiered ruffle dress, Reg: $278, Now: $194.60
According to People magazine, she wore it while vacationing with her hubby Tony Parker in Rome. Sale or no sale, she looked beautiful in it! You can too, for less.
Share this Post[?] It happens all too often that I’m in a crowded or loud place, and can’t hear my phone ring. Or when I hear a ring that I think is mine, but then it turns out it’s the phone of someone nearby – aggravation to the max!
Although texting and the phone vibrate setting can help ease these woes, fashion is now stepping in to the rescue! Check out this new dress that lights up when the wearer’s phone rings! Tennis star Maria Sharapova modeled the dress in a London department store last week. Bluetooth technology links the wearer’s phone to the dress, and an entire panel of scales apparently flashes luminously to alert not just to you, but the world as well, that you have a call!
Only problem is that when you see someone calling that you don’t want to talk to, you can no longer use the excuse “I didn’t hear my phone!” — if they’re nearby, you’ll be caught red-handed! I think the extra blantant attention would deter me from wearing this dress, but maybe if there was a version using a ring, bracelet, or even belt, I’d bite! (That way you could also wear it time and time again, not just once every few weeks). Thoughts?
Read and see even more pictures of the dress on Switched.
Share this Post[?] There is no denying that these Steve Madden gladiator sandals are the celebrity must-have of the season. So far they have been spotted on Heidi Klum, Bar Refaeli, Kate Moss, Nicky Hilton, Katy Perry, Lindsay Lohan, Katherine Heigl, Sophia Bush, and Ashley Tisdale.
Oh, you want them? Well good news, shoe-lovers, these adorable sandals can be yours for just $44.96. Yes, you are reading correctly – I said $44.96!
Just enter the promotion code “WeLoveCJ25” for this discounted price, free shipping, and a year subscription to Shape Magazine. Doesn’t get any better than this!
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There is so much to be learned in the realm of dry cleaning. First off — did you know that the process isn’t even completely dry? And how safe (and effective) are at-home dry cleaning kits? We turned to our Trendsetter Unfunded for the answers. If you’re stylish, a little edgy, and don’t have a ton of funds, Unfunded is a fantastic blog to check out.
We all love to scour the sample sales and VIP membership sale sites like Shop It To Me for the best deals on designer duds. This, however, can be a double-edged sword. Pro: we score a $400 dress for $30; con: it’s still an expensive piece, made of expensive fabric, thus, we can’t just pop it in the washing machine to get rid of our daily stench (not that you have a daily stench…I’m just sayin’).
The fact is, the majority of the amazing designer pieces that put us on that post-sale high are dry clean only, and dry cleaning can be expensive. Being the “I am my own woman” and “I can do this on my own” type of person that I am, I set out to unravel the tightly knit secrets of dry cleaning so I could save a little money and learn how to dry clean my better pieces on my own.
The first thing that stands to mislead anyone planning a DIY dry clean is its name, “dry” clean. From that name alone, you might think you’d simply be able to stick your items in the dryer, tumble it around for a bit then have your garments come out completely stain free (I mean, come on, we’ve all thrown dirty clothes in the dryer to freshen them up a bit, right? Well, at least I have). Actually, clothes that get dry cleaned do get wet, just not with water. Dry cleaning involves the use of a liquid solvent, called perchloroethylene, to remove soil and stains from your clothes. The solvent dissolves grease and oil and prevents garment shrinkage, loss of color and fabric distortion – kind of like the secret ingredient.
At a professional dry cleaners, a garment’s spots and stains are pre-treated with a special cleansing solution, then the items are put into a machine with the liquid solvent and washed, then pressed and packaged with a clear plastic covering and a wire hanger (usually covered with paper that says something cute like, “thank you, come again” or “I love my dry cleaner”). Take a look at how dry cleaning works in the video below by HowStuffWorks:
The reason some of our items are tagged as “dry clean only” is because of the fabric the item is made of. Fabrics like rayon, silk and wool blends will shrink, change colors or become misshapen if washed in water. This, however, doesn’t negate the fact that dry cleaning is just plain expensive. So – how do you take care of things on your own? There are a few home dry cleaning kits on the market that allow you to get your better pieces clean simply with the use of your home clothes dryer. The main products are:
- Dryel - about $12, includes pre-treatment stain remover pads, special Dryel cloths and garment bag for the dry cleaning process
- Dry Cleaner’s Secret by Woolite – about $20, works with just the use of the special cloths, no bag necessary and cleans up to 56 garments, also non-toxic
- 15 Minute Dry Cleaner by Bounce – about $10, like the Woolite product it only uses the cloths, 6 cloths included and cleans up to 24 garments
I tried product #2, Dry Cleaner’s Secret by Woolite. I was a little hesitant when I first saw the small, barely wet cloth that came out of the package. I wasn’t completely confident that my clothes would end up clean. How can this little thing compare to the commercial dry cleaners? The instructions were pretty easy, though – stick a few garments in the dryer with one of the cloths and turn on the dryer for about 2o minutes – so I decided to give it a try.
Share this Post[?]The result? After not expecting much, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the results! My clothes came out refreshed, clean smelling and wrinkle free. I will say, though, that the clothes I cleaned weren’t overly soiled and didn’t have any serious stains – I’m not sure if one of these kits would work for items that need a “good cleaning.” I’d definitely take those items to the pros. But if you need to freshen up your dry-clean-only clothes, or remove some type of bar/club/smoke stench, then these kits are absolutely perfect. It’s $20 well spent and will end up saving you tons of money.
Happy Trendsetter Thursday! We recently featured our Trendsetter Chic Jungle for a great post she wrote on a surprising and affordable beauty product. A true bargain hunter, she knows how to stay stylish on a recession-friendly budget. Here she shares helpful tips on how to modernize heirlooms.
A few weekends ago a friend of mine, Carolina, and I were perusing all of the treasures at the THREAD show and we stopped at an exhibit to take a look. The gentleman helping us was admiring a necklace that Carolina was wearing and commented on how much he liked it. She explained that she had used her great grandfather’s water polo medals to create a super funky and really cute necklace with them. That’s when I realized that the term ‘heirloom’ was filed away in my mind under ‘old’, ‘expensive’ and ‘boring’. Heirlooms always have a special place in your wardrobe and definitely don’t have to be drab.
Heirlooms are defined as “something of special value handed on from one generation to another”. This can be anything from your mother’s earrings to your great grandfather’s water polo medals. Here’s a few ways to modernize what you already have:
- If you have a really great pendant that has been passed down from generation to generation, put it on a long chain or a fun colored ribbon.
- Your great Auntie’s scarf can be turned into a headband, a tie around your waist for a belt, or tie around the strap of your purse.
- Your grandmother’s wedding band can be worn and stacked with other fun and modern rings.
- Take that beautiful family brooch and pin it to that fedora you’ve been waiting to wear.
- Or get creative like Carolina and turn something unexpected into a really great piece!
In addition to incorporating heirlooms into your wardrobe, why not buy some pieces that will become heirlooms themselves? They have to start somewhere, right? I found a beautiful 3 carat blue topaz ring at the farmer’s market a few summers ago. Currently it is set in silver, and I will someday reset it in a gold setting and pass it along to my children. The diamond earrings that my daddy gave to me Christmas ‘02 will definitely belong to generations to come. My grandmother’s and my mother’s wedding bands (which incidentally are the exact same size and also fit my ring finger) will hopefully someday adorn my little girl’s hand too.
So bust out your heirlooms and spice up your wardrobe. And next time you’re out shopping, or online checking out Shop It To Me, do it with heirlooms in mind.
Share this Post[?] Word on the street is that Patricia Field will not be dressing the Sex and the City gals this time around (gasp!). The “out there” costume designer, who has been styling Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda over the years, has become an icon to fashionistas far and wide. However, the rumor is that she will not be signing on for movie #2 due to conflicting opinions with Sarah Jessica Parker regarding wardrobe. SJP feels that Carrie’s look should show the recession’s influence, while Ms. Field wants to stick with the extravagant designer duds that make her stand out.
I do feel that part of Sex and the City’s appeal is Carrie’s lust-worthy wardrobe, but at the same time SJP’s view seems rather appropriate during these tough times. What are your thoughts?
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