Stylish with Substance

Ohh la l'autumn! Ooh the flirty, swingy fun! LOVING this little dress, new by Chloé. Drop-waist silk tank mini. Could be worn to work, flirt or play. New? Honestly yes, but most sizes are sold out. Oh, lord, the humanity!

As a fabulista, you deserve and MUST own a mini home spa suiting your personal needs. After all, most fabulistas are hardworking, either in or out of the home.

We get pain, sickness, and just plain exhaustion ... and we deserve not only relief but pampering! One set of tools for just a portion of modern femme's ailments are these two cushiony therapeutic products.

Tension & Sinus

Headaches. Don't let them get in the way of your life anymore! For tension headaches and muscle aches, try this neck pillow from Earth Therapeutics ($14.99), which can not only be microwaved but is filled with aromatherapy beads to sooth your soul and mood. And if you suffer from the big, bad sinus headaches, one arm in your defense can be the Hot/Cold Therapy Sinus Eye-Area Pillow ($12.99). Use warm on your forehead for sinuses and tension, or cold to relieve tired and/or puffy eyes. It's also filled with aromatherapy beads for a totally relieving effect.

Both these products and more can be found at Bed Bath and Beyond.

Wee-woo wee-woo! What can I say, but just make adoring noises about this gorgeous bag?!

It's a fabulous, chocolate-trimmed Spy bag in Zucca logo fabric well hidden for a subtle effect under luxe sequins.

*Moans & groans*

This Fendi Spy costs $5,490. *Moans & groans*

Wow, Zazzle has really improved their stock canvas totes for creative sellers to put their designs on to sell. I've just received word that they have lots of Trick-or-Treat designs to use for totin' candy stashes, or even by adults as Holiday market totes. They have two different orange-accented bags (not to mention an orange-y floral and black, natch), which is great, too.

The bags are 100% cotton, no mention of organic, but it's still pretty good. Go Zazzle, go good eatin'!

Free shipping on bags at Zazzle with coupon code FREESHIPBOOO (there's an extra o).

(Shown in photo, Got Candy? by T-shirt Fun and The Batty Tote by Jamie Creates 1.)

What happens when we're a week away from Halloween and/or costume parties and our costume's arrived, but when we try it on, it's a trainwreck?

This happened to me. I wanted to be a ball of yarn. I got a red yarn wig. Check. Beautiful. And I had the "genius" idea of (somehow, still not sure how - eep lol) wrapping an inflatable pumpkin costume with red yarn to make me the skein.

Well, I'm petite, which might have caused a problem. For some reason, this adult's costume didn't inflate as desired. I was droopy ... AND fat. It wasn't taught enough to hold the yarn ball correctly. Going as the fat-bum pumpkin? Not an option, you hear me?

So I came up with another idea quick. But I had about 6 days to receive every little piece of it (AND embroider something on part of the outfit - eek) before the big party. (With prizes for creativity and such, natch.) Now all these different parts help give the full picture - but they may not all arrive in time. As long as one crucial piece - the bling (natch, he he) arrives, I can manage the rest with a drug store run. (I can surely know I'm saying good-bye to that years-long coveted prize, however.)

 

Has this happened to you? What do you do?

If anyone else is in a costume pickle ... write in the comments, let's help each other out.

My new costume, you ask? In honour of newly running my own household: A housewife. (A rich one, too.) The purchased item I need is my faux engagement ring and wedding band. (Alas alas, I'm plum out of my own.) And I ordered a plain pink sweatsuit that actually is in true danger of arriving (coming from one of those plain apparel wholesalers) - that's the item on which to be embroidered (on the tush: "wife") so it actually needs to come in plenty of time --- especially since I'll also need to hem the pants (petite, remember). Sigh.

Wish me luck! And I hope all your costumes rock. (Do share!)

Kate Moss is continuing her relationship with Topshop and debuted her Holiday collection at a runway show recently. Here's my preview:

trend - yikes?

 

so kate

 

 

Overall, it's a professional, in-step collection. And for the prices I hear of (Topshop is British, alas), $70 to $500, it's not to miss! The clothes hit stores October 25th. Just a few days away!

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Wherever you live, the trench coat is so seasonal, now or soon. If you want the best in style and class, Burberry's a no-brainer. I love their subtler Metallic Trench Coat with black on metallic black jacquard check. Something this chic doesn't come cheap, though, at $995.

There's some serious worse news though, because it seems all of the rich northern hemisphere has spoken on this coat. I say if you've got some credit, and are the lone size 10, you must make this your fall season charge.

There's more cuteness for Autumn from Burberry, too. If the British range is out of yours, don't worry, practically any trench is flattering, just don't squeeze or swim in a wrong size.