Fashion Blogs

If I say this once I’ve said it a gazillion times the best place to buy your cashmere is always second hand, it’s better for our planet and your conscience.  Finding this Saks signature brown cashmere with silk sexy top is STYLISH and if I had to swear on the bible (WWD magazine) that this top is brand new, I would.  I’ve gotten a lot of cashmere sweaters out from a thrift store that were brand new in my past so if I were in Vegas I would have to bet that this piece is indeed new.  It’s gorgeous

This TOCCA dress was an excellent find from the thrift store, it’s so sexy and has such great timeless STYLE.  From the beaches of St. Lucia to a small apartment in the garment district, a group of friends with a vision for beautiful yet affordable clothes with designer details launchedTOCCA in 1994.   Named for the Italian word for ‘touch’ after its intricate embroideries and luxurious fabrics, TOCCA combines the best of the romantic & exotic.  With you favorite pair of Stella McCartney flats y

Finding this champagne color linen & silk blouse by Sandro is my first so you heard that cherry pop!  Launched by husband and wife duo Didier & Evelyne Chetrite in 1984, Sandro is the fashionista’s go to for feminine Parisian chic.  Infused with inimitable Gallic cool, their Left Bank inspired designs have gained a loyal following across the globe.  I don’t know about you but I sure love finding news labels to chit chat about, it makes life so much sweeter.  Put this blouse with your favorite pa

You know I LOVE thrift stores but what you don’t know is that I hate thrift stores that act like consignment stores.  I own Doubletake Recycled Luxury Boutique in Atlanta and my prices in my store are so cheap, they are the lowest in this city definitely but when I walk into a thrift store and see huge prices I just rag myself out.  I hate it when thrift stores jack prices up so high that average people can’t afford to shop.  I walked into this thrift store in Atlanta and found this gorgeous Cel

I hate that I wasn’t able to show this ensemble with slacks but from the waist up this has that 1-2-3 punch and I mean it’s a knockout punch!  If my eyes got any bigger when I found this white silk  Giorgio Armani top they would have popped right out from my sockets.  Not lying….  I can’t say anything more that hasn’t already been said about the master Italian designer Giorgio Armani so we’ll move right on over to Miss Unger – Kay if your nasty.  Kay Unger is a sophisticated line of women’s clot

Wolford is located in Austria and in the 90′s it ran a famous ad campaign featuring the work of Helmut Newton and Vanilia is made in Italy and just down right STYLISH.  Wolford specializes in the luxury market as an operative and active company in the manufacturing of qualitative, high class fashion in leg and body wear, primarily stockings, tights, bodysuits, swimwear and underwear.  Last year they had several seasonal co-operations in co-branding with well known designers such as Jean Paul Gau

I love finding Dina Bar-El but finding something vintage from her is the icing on the cake.  Love this military cut jacket with the gold buttons, it’s so over the top chic it’s sexy.  Dina founded her company in 1974, she was a former model that made it her business to truly know her customer and understand the sexy curves of a woman’s body.  I put this jacket with this brand new Caractere skirt because I like the sharp contrast, on 1 hand you have a percise military cut jacket and the other you

I know I can’t help myself when I see the label Halston I just have to salvage it.  I just hate to hear that this brand is a ship that’s sailing around the world without a captain.  Read this article it will explain everything in 10 seconds.  I love this black fancy Halston blouse, it would look great with your favorite pair of skinny jeans or your favorite pair of Dolce & Gabbana slacks, either one it’s your call.  I scored this gray linen Giorgio Armani jacket that looks fab with the black Hal

Black silk Hale Bob beaded blouse with a classic double-breasted Givenchy jacket…..

I can’t stress the importance enough of getting your cashmere second hand because talk about real environmental impact, it’s cashmere.  Cashmere is mainly produced in China in an area that is become a big old dust bowl due to the fact that the goats eat the roots of the grass therefore causing there to be no more grass hence the dust bowl factor.  Try to get your cashmere second hand instead of waltzing into your highfalutin department store that way you soften the ecological impact to some degr

I’m going to handcuff this Giorgio Armani burgundy wool sweater jacket to me all fall long…. I mean if you have to be handcuffed isn’t it STYLISH enough just to be with Armani?  I know some of your minds are going right down the gutter but that’s why I love you all.  Being handcuffed isn’t always a bad thing now is it?  I about fell out when I saw this hanging on the hanger at the Goodwill, there isn’t 1 thing wrong with this piece.  No holes, no tears and no funky odor which is always a good th

Silk must have been the word for the day because I first grabbed this Nicole Miller camisole and then the Cynthia Rowley black blouse, both are silk and both are STYLISH.  Here with this posting you have 2 strong American women designers leaving a trail of dust behind them both.  Getting this far in both careers hasn’t always been easy I’m sure for them but they manage to hang in there with such grace.  Whether or not you get lucky and find either designer inside a thrift store is beside the poi

I hit about 3 thrift stores  and this DVF dress is the only thing I scored after spending hours hunting for anything luxurious.   It’s very rare that only 1 item is what I dragged home with me but it happens and that’s ok because after all it’s Diane von Furstenbergand who isn’t a fan?  Sometimes when I go out to pillage I come home with a bag full of Gucci Pucci Prada and somedays it’s a dry spell but to assure you there is always something to find.  I have thrifting down to a science it’s 98%

How fun is putting together Nanette Lepore and MISS SIXTY???  Well darling it’s a lot of fun because these 2 brands compliment each other handsomely – no mistake about that.  I watched a repeat the other day from Behind the Label with Nanette Lepore and I love her spirit and freedom, I love that she didn’t have a ‘business plan’ when she started her company she just let it evolve organically which is smart.  So this silk funky print Lepore blouse reeks of freedom so it only made sense to put it

When you can find 2 pair of black shoes, Ferragamo & Halston all within the walls of 1 thrift store, you know you’re living life right!  I first picked up these black Ferragamo heels and within a second I grabbed these Halston brand NEW flat scandals.  Can you ever have enough black shoes in your closet?  I didn’t think so.  Ferragamo – Halston – Halston – Ferragamo just saying those names bring a chill up my spine and these shoes aren’t even for me!!!  I tell you I’m an addict who desperately n

Is there anything better than listening to Phoebe Snow while posting about Catherine Malandrino & Poleci. No there isn’t as the GODS assure me…. Catherine Malandrino brings her Parisian chic to New York and this jacket is definitely Parisian chic, it’s form fitting and really sophisticated.  Malandrino is known for attention to detail and modern creations and this black jacket is as modern as it gets. These Poleci slacks with stretch are contemporary and match the Parisian chic head on.  I put t

I always get excited when I find a new designer to chit chat about and Rachel Roy has all my attention on this posting.  I’m always excited when I find a pair of Piazza Sempione slacks because that’s one of my favorite Italian brands, I mean this label knows everything about tailoring.  What I’m eager to discuss is Rachel Roy since it’s my first time in the rodeo with this girl let me tell you that this red carpet regular, Californian designer is her own best advertisement.  Wife of music mogul

 just had the craziest experience inside Goodwill, there must have been 8-10 kids running around like the store was on fire and the store manager kept getting on the PA system announcing to please check the kids at the front door ( no that’s just what I would have said) but to no avail.  The fun thing about thrifting for me is each store, each day  is totally different so I just have to remind myself to take it all in and enjoy the moment.  I’ve been a thrifter now for 29 years so you know I’ve