Sales for the Week (Furla, Tocca, Kotur and more)

Some sale highlights for the beginning of the week -

Monday - Kimberly Ovtiz, Kotur and Leila Jewelry at Billion Dollar Babes; Tocca and Tracy Reese at Gilt; Splendid at Haute Look;

Tuesday - Bellydance Maternity and Fairmont Sonoma Mission in at Gilt;

Wednesday - Furla at Gilt; Viv and Ingrid;

Sale Highlights for the week (Herve Leger, Carlos Falchi, 7 For All Mankind, Botkier, Oscar De La Renta...)

Monday - Carlos Falchi; Tova jewelry; 7 jeans for men and women;

Tuesday - Herve Leger, Oscar De La Renta accessories;

Wednesday - Shoshanna, Dolce Vita RTW and accessories; Vix swimwear;

Thursday - L'autre Chose, Botkier and Gustto bags;

Sample Sale Highlights for the Week (Belle by Sigerson Morrison, Lauren Merkin, James Jeans...)

Monday - Reem Acra; Thomas Keller by Raynaud china;

Tuesday - Lorick and Alice Ritter; Hello Lucky stationery; Belle by Sigerson Morrison;

Wednesday - James Jeans for men and women;

Thursday - Lauren Merkin;

Sample Sales for the week (Rebecca Minkoff, Furla, Alexander Wang; Ella Moss and more...)

Monday - Furla and Alexander Wang at Gilt; Nugaard Jewelry at Gilt Fuse; Julieri jewelry and Rebecca Minkoff bags and clothes at Ideeli;

Tuesday - Seychelles shoes at Gilt Fuse; Rachel Pally at Haute Look;

Wednesday - Thread Social and Ella Moss at Gilt; Shoe sale at Rue La La (looks like it will be Joan and David, Pliner and Via Spiga brands);

Thursday - Rock and Republic for men and women

Saturday - Kendra Scott Jewelry at Gilt;

I won! I won a Rebecca Minkoff Beloved Mini

I think this is a very auspicious start to the year, certainly to the day considering one of my first emails I read today came from someone at Fashionista telling me I'd won a giveaway from November I don't even remember entering! I'm sure I did, I enter anything when it comes to winning clothes, bags, jewelry or shopping sprees. So, what I won is a Rebecca Minkoff Beloved Mini. It looks like it's sold out most places, but here is a photo -



If you click over to
, you can put it in the search box and it's available for pre-order.


The larger version (the regular Beloved, imagine that...) is available here-

That is a great looking bag, perfect for a laptop, paperwork or whatever it is you need with you.

Sample Sale Highlights for the week (Rag and Bone for men and women, Zac Posen, Beirn)

Happy new year! and back to business as usual...sample sales this week include -

Monday - Beirn at Gilt, these are pretty and lightweight watersnake bags that look much more expensive...

Tuesday - Zac Posen at Gilt; Calphalon at Rue La La;

Wednesday - Rag and Bone at Gilt Men;

Thursday - Rag and Bone at Gilt; Lela Rose at Rue La La;

Sample Sale Highlights for the week (Furla, Rachel Pally

Monday - Cole Haan for men and women at Rue La La; Rachel Pally at Haute Look; Jan Leslie cufflinks at Gilt men - great gifts!

Tuesday - Furla at Gilt; Nanette Lepore at Rue La La; Breville appliances at Haute Look - great gifts, we have the big juicer and it's fantastic!

Wednesday - Tory Burch, Geren Ford at Gilt; RJ Graziano jewelry at Gilt Fuse;

Thursday - Jessica Kagan Kushman jewelry at Gilt Fuse; Marc by Marc Jacobs for men at Gilt Men;

Sample Sale Highlights for the week (Elizabeth and James, Stella McCartney, West/Feren and more)

Sample Sales don't stop for Thanksgiving...

Monday - West/Feren bags at Gilt Fuse; Ella Moss and Little Ella at Billion Dollar Babes; Marc by Marc Jacobs shoes and Jewelry at Ideeli;

Tuesday - Elizabeth and James at Gilt; Malo for men and women at Rue La La;

Wednesday - Isharya jewelry at Gilt;

Thursday - Stella McCartney at Gilt;

A beautiful bag

I am in love with this bag -





The shape, color and detail make it a really stand-out bag, AND, it's on sale. It's more than $100 off the full price, and with free shipping - it's a really great deal for a gorgeous bag. It would also make a perfect gift if you are already looking for ideas...

Sample Sale Highlights of the Week (Eugenia Kim, 7 for All Mankind, Ella Moss, CNC, Trina Turk... etc)

Monday - 7 For all mankind for men and women and Ella Moss for women and girls at Haute Look; Eugenia Kim at Gilt (GREAT HATS!);


Tuesday - Final Sale act 1 at Rue La La; Orla Kiely bags at Gilt Fuse (they are a great alternative to leather bags);


Wednesday - Final Sale act 2 at Rue La La;


Thursday - CNC handbags, Trina Turk and Gianfranco Ferre at Gilt;

trendy leather handbags for less

I got one of those annoying emails from Overstock about some new product, but for some reason I clicked on it and found these gorgeous leather bags, all for under $100 -

The shapes are all very current and look much more expensive than they are. In fact this next bag reminds me alot of a Linea Pelle bag I posted a while back, which is 4 times the price.

I love them all, and there are more styles where those came from. I'm leaning towards the second one with the zipper detail, and maybe in purple!

Sample Sale highlights for the week (Alexander Wang, Gryphon, Malo, Autumn Cashmere and more)

Monday - Alexander Wang at Gilt Group; Michael by Michael Kors outerwear at Rue La La; Cole Haan at Gilt Men;

Tuesday - Cole Haan shoes and handbags and Gryphon at Gilt Group;

Wednesday - Autumn Cashmere at Haute Look; Tibi resortwear (perfect for your winter vacation!) and Magaschoni (luxurious cashmere) at Rue La La; Vivienne Tam and Malo at Gilt Group;

Thursday - Catherine Malandrino, Cynthia Rowley and Cynthia Steffe at Gilt Group; Rock and Republic at Gilt Men;

Fall Colors and Sample Sales (AG Jeans, Splendid and Gustto)

We came back late Sunday night from Cleveland where Grandma Shirley's big birthday celebration was. I'm still a little behind from being away, so not much to blog about. Cleveland was pretty, it was fun to see fall colors - we don't get much of that here and my outfit choices all worked out really well (phew).

So...for now all I can give you is some sample sales.

Gustto bags again at Rue La La, it looks like they have at least one bag I haven't seen before and boy is it cute! Also find AG jeans at Haute Look.

Tomorrow Billion Dollar Babes will have Splendid and Splendid Littles.

Happy Shopping!

This Week's Sample Sale Highlights (Matthew Williamson, Bulga, Lee Angel, Catherine Malandrino, Milly, Tibi, and many more...)

Monday - Matthew Williamson at Gilt; Amrita Singh and Black Halo at Gilt Fuse; Bulga bags at Rue La La; Janna Conner Designs jewelry at Haute Look;


Tuesday - Lorelei at Gilt Fuse; BCBG clothes and bags at Haute Look;


Wednesday - Lee Angel Jewelry, Theory Accessories and Carlos Falchi bags at Gilt; Noir jewelry and Corey Lynn Calter at Gilt Fuse; Handbags by Furla, Kate Spade, Francesco Biasia and Rafe at Rue La La;


Thursday - Amrita Singh jewelry and Stuart Weitzman shoes at Gilt;


Friday - Final Sale for women at Gilt which includes Alexander McQueen, Carolina Herrera, Catherine Malandrino, Mischen, Rachel Roy and many many more; Juicy Couture and Riller and Fount at Haute Look;

This Week's Sample Sale Highlights (Wendy Mink, Joes Jeans, Rag and Bone and Steven Alan for men, Moschino and more)

Monday - Rag and Bone and Steven Alan for men at Gilt; Marc New York dresses and outerwear for men and women at Ideeli, probably a great sale for leather jackets;


Tuesday - Wendy Mink Jewelry and Love Moschino at Gilt;


Wednesday - Ben Amun Jewelry, Alexander McQueen Accessories at Gilt;


Thursday - Marc by Marc Jacobs for men, Philosphy di Alberta Ferreti at Gilt; Joes Jeans handbags at Ideeli ( I like these alot!);

Marc by Marc Jacobs bag sale

Gilt has a Marc by Marc Jacobs sale today. Looks like it will be bags! Click here for the link.

Great Bags for 20% off at Piperlime

Piperlime
has 20% off of all shoes and bags through Sept 23rd, use the code TREAT.

I would use it on this Tano bag I think -




I love the red and brown for fall. Tano bags are great, they are nice leather and really reasonably priced. With the 20% off, this is ridiculous.

It also comes in black/brown -




I also like them because they are lightweight on their own, rare these days with nice bags. Some of them can weigh 4 pounds before you even put anything in them, crazy.

I also really dig this See by Chloe bag -




Such a great work bag, it will fit all the important papers/laptop, etc, but still looks so chic. This is no boring work bag.

Sample Sale Highlights (Earnest Sewn, AG for men, Nina Ricci, Gustto, Costume National)

Monday - Gilt has Costume National clothes and shoes, and a bunch of contemporary lines also like Abaete. Gilt Fuse has Earnest Sewn jeans. Ideeli has Gustto bags (my fave!)

Tuesday - Gilt has Lauren Merkin bags, Nina Ricci,

Wednesday - Gilt has Shoshanna and AG jeans for men,

Thursday - Ideeli has Linea Pelle,

Sample Sale highlights

we have had a ridiculously crazy weekend, this is all I can muster right now...I am excited about the final sales though!

Monday - Handbag final sale at Rue La La

Tuesday - Women's clothes final sale at Rue La La, last time they had J Brand jeans for $49, this is not to be missed! Tory Burch clothes, handbags and shoes at Gilt,

Wednesday - Men's final sale at Rue La La.

Thursday - Shoes and boot final sale at Rue La La, Moschino Cheap & Chic at Gilt,

Did Marc Jacobs Rip Off Alexander McQueen?

I have been totally in love with this Marc by Marc Jacobs bag since the moment I saw it last month -


I hesitated to buy it because I try not to wear things that scream one brand name or another, I just don't want to pay for the "privilege" of being a walking advertisement, but I keep going back to this back and I still want it! The brown is nice as well, but I already have a brown leather messenger from a few years ago.
Then today I was looking around on Yoox, and found these Alexander McQueen bags -

Do they look familiar? I certainly thought so. The brown Alexander McQueen shows it best I think, that the Marc by Marc Jacobs bag is a complete copy, all they did was add those birds on the front. I could not believe it! The flap over the top, the zippers on the sides, the buckles, the only thing different is the birds. Not sure what to think about this, but the Marc Jacobs bag is still alot cheaper than the McQueen, and I have to admit I like the birds, they add something to the otherwise plain design. At least is isn't a big Marc insignia or something... The McQueen bag photos will lead you to Yoox, the MJ bags are available at Bloomingdales.