Your savvy Fashion Bomb elves have devised a fierce, recession-proof holiday gift guide for stylistas on a budget! We’re repping the luxe (Shu Uemura, Calypso, Marc Jacobs), the fashionably low (Sigerson Morrison for Target, LeSportSac), and some gems in-between (the über-hip Timex Digital). Check it out!
With the return of 80s style, Timex has brought back some of their classic watches–like the above Digital–to the retro-loving fashion masses! Tell us which celebrity stylist and Fashion Bomb friend featured the Timex Digital at an event during the Spring 2009 collections (here’s a hint). First correct answer wins!!
WE HAVE A WINNER!!
Congrats to Fashion Bombshell Stephanie from New York, who correctly guessed Robert Verdi. And check out her sassy Real Style!Also check out Timex’s new site, TimexStyle, to get the latest on fashion-forward watch trends!
~Adri
Last night curvaceous Toccara made her way to the premiere of Cadillac Records in NYC:
All looks fine until you reach Toccara’s legs, where it seems she quickly popped on a pair of sheer stockings in a colorfar from ‘mocha brown.’ Can’t blame her: it’s hard to find hosiery that actually complements our skin color. I remember back in the day finding a few pairs of Mahogany sheer hose at Kroger, but now I just skip the drama and opt for a pair of black opaques.
Still, this begs the question: Have you guys found a great brand of brown skin colored pantyhose??
If you haven’t heard of the Gilt Groupe, get with it!! GG provides fashion enthusiasts access to designer fashion from top brands at sample sale prices:
The Gilt Groupe is usually super exclusive and invitation only, but because you’re such loyal readers, you get to enjoy the Gilt Groupe care of The Fashion Bomb!
Go to www.gilt.com/thefashionbomb, sign up, then start shopping! Pssst, they’re having an ALIFE sneaker sale starting Thursday at noon.
The Fashion Bomb plans on bringing you lots of contests and cool finds this week to help offset some of your holiday shopping expenses! Today, we have a bit of Fashion Trivia, courtesy of contest sponsor Pink Cherie.
The first person to tell me the significance of this magazine image…
…will win these Celebrity Inspired Soul Spirit Gold Hoop Earrings from Pink Cherie: Cute!
E-mail me at thefashionbomb@gmail.com with your most detailed answer. Hint: She was a first.
We have a winner!
May from Cambridge, MA correctly answered, “This picture is of Adrienne Fidelin, the first black model to appear in a major fashion magazine. It is by her lover Man Ray and from the September 1937 issue of Harper’s Bazaar.” Correct! Read more about Adrienne in this NYTimes article. Enjoy your earrings May!
Talk about grist for the mill. The blogosphere is abuzz with news that Conde Nast head Si Newhouse is in Paris negotiating with French Vogue Editor-in-Chief Carine Roitfeld to have her replace current Vogue EIC Anna Wintour.
Gawker , Jossip, and Fashionista offer more details but I must say, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard this. I’m taking it with a big ole grain of salt for now. But it does beg the question: are we ready for a change of the guard at America’s Fashion Bible? ~A
One of my homegirls Val recently launched an online boutique, www.valstyleonline.com, chock full of well edited designer items earmarked for discerning fashionistas. She really outdid herself this holiday season, offering the following hot party frocks:
I’m in LOVE with that 3.1 Phillip Lim!! Purple is my color.
If you have a company party coming up, logon to www.valstyleonline.com to peruse a few fabulous options. And lucky you: since Val is a friend to the Fashion Bomb, she’s offering 20% off dresses over $250. So that Phillip Lim dress just might be mine 🙂
Enter fbomb at checkout for your discount. The code expires December 15th!
Bisous!
My heart literally cries to tell you that the bi annual Diane von Furstenberg sample sale is coming to NYC next Monday, December 8th!!!
Y’all this is one of my favorite sales of the year! Every time I go, I literally CLEAN UP.
While I consider buying a ticket to New York just for this, here are the details: 260 5th Avenue between 28th and 29th Streets;December 8- December 13th. Monday 11 AM to 6 PM; Tuesday 9 AM to 6:30 PM; Wednesday 9 AM to 8 PM; Thursday 9 AM to 7 PM; Friday 9 AM to 5:30 PM; Saturday 9 AM to 3 PM.
Waaa! Well, I found my Alexander McQueen in Paris…maybe the sales are better here?
I hope so…
Enjoy!
Also check out Timex’s new site, TimexStyle, to get the latest on fashion-forward watch trends!
Cute!
Wayne Shirtdress, $270; Kate Moss for TopShop Flapper Cocktail Dress, $350.
