velvet burnout dress for weekend

Weekend Open Thread

Something on your mind? Chat about it here. I think we featured a dress like this last year, but I was just at an alumni event and saw someone wearing it — in the daytime. I gotta say, it was really lovely and wasn’t too cocktail evening-y at all. (She got it in the alumni…

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Weekly News Update

Weekly News Update

Like these posts? Follow us on Twitter or Facebook — this is the edited version of what we’re reading! You can also follow us on Pinterest and Instagram, or via our RSS feed.  The Cut features the wardrobe of Alana St. Aude, a corporate attorney in NYC. Racked explains why it’s better for retailers to show actual customers–not just models–wearing…

Coffee Break: Alexa Quilted Slouchy Leather Tote

Coffee Break: Alexa Quilted Slouchy Leather Tote

This tote is one of the bestsellers at Bloomingdale’s, and a few other stores have some options, too, like Zappos, Amazon, and Nordstrom (although Nordstrom doesn’t have the slouchy tote). No one seems to have as many as Bloomingdale’s, though. I like the stitched, quilted look, and the great chain detail, and the tote has a magnetic…

6 Etsy Shops for Unique Holiday Gifts

6 Etsy Shops for Unique Holiday Gifts

Shopping on Etsy for gifts is a lot of fun, but it can be overwhelming (a search for “silver earrings,” for example, brings up more than 1,000,000 results), so today we’ve rounded up six Etsy shops for unique holiday gifts. We’re featuring a few intriguing items from each store and we’ve included details on shipping…