chain links week one

 Stuff I love: gold hoop earrings with fuchsia flowers; Annick Goutal's Encens Flamboyant; freshly-plucked plums

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x If you love the Shopaholic Series, The Undomestic Goddess, Can You Keep a Secret?, Remember Me, or Twenties Girl, Sophie Kinsella reads out extract number two of her upcoming novel Mini Shopaholic. If you've never heard of them and love fashion and are in need of a little frivolity, check them out. But don't read them on the train unless you want to look like a lunatic laughing to yourself. Even the most self-restrained have problems holding in any laughter. I can't wait for its release in less than a month's time!

x Jak & Jil identify what they call The Philophiles and a whole range of shoes based on that. Shoe Porn, anyone? Yum.

x The Fashion Reflections has some dead amazing styling. Lovin' how they evoke a very glamorous ol'-skool style here.

x Bagaholic Boy drools at Chanel's Paris-Shanghai Métiers D'Art 2010. . and that opulent collar is to-die-for.

x Xiaxue's post on insecure insulting idiots cracks me up. . there is a huge wealth of truth there. I have read her for years and love her candor and wit.

x Walk-in wardrobe inspiration from Style-Haus. . purrfect timing as I scout for a new place and city to relocate to. Technically, it's two relocations in a year. Except the first is a change of country, this will only be a city. And, on that subject, even more interior inspiration from The Glamourai.

x Sea of Shoes presents an over-the-top ski suit, teaming the jacket with black lipstick to boot.

x Gala Darling's shoot she christened Eccentric Heiress in Dolores Park is as wicked as the name itself.

x 5 inch and up shows how a hemtex blanket from the interior store is the perfect cape/skirt/whatever else. Teamed with a pair of enviable Acne shoes.

x Fashionable Affair shows an awesome Etsy find. . bangles made from teacups!

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 shop away!!

x If you are a UK10/US6. . then grab this phenomenal embroidered leather jacket with chains from Reiss. Down from £295 to a mere £80. A great bargain!




x Am adoring this pair of boots from All Saints' vintage range, "burnished to achieve a two-tone colour and distressed antique look".

x Or, this pair of triangle-heeled shoes from OakNYC, available for pre-order.

x And last, this pair of phenomenal Lanvin cutout python ankle boots. Because a girl can dream.