Archive for November, 2006

A Find: Shape Shifting

What: Shape FX Collection
Why: Thanksgiving is over, but that turkey is still making its way to your hips, thighs, and middle. And with Christmas just around the corner with its own delicious, yet waist-enhancing indulgences, this holiday season is taking a toll on your figure. Statistics show that the average person gains about 7-10 lbs between the Thanksgiving Holidays and New Yearâ€™s. They’ve got shapewear, dresses, even push up jeans and leggings! You can also shop by “problem area”, which may not be the most affirming part of your day, but at least it’s practical.
Get Yours: newport-news.com

November 30th, 2006 12:00 am

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Fashion Find: Couture with a Conscience

Stella McCartney burst onto the fashion scene with feminine, cutting-edge designs that have made her a superstar. However, the daughter of vegetarians Paul and Linda McCartney has also made a career of being animal-friendly; she refuses to work with leather or fur.

Earlier this year, she took the idea a step further and created a line of vegan shoes and handbags that suit any woman, whether your style is urban-rough or sleek sophisticate. Itâ€™s nice to know that when you slip on your stunning open-front canvas boots, youâ€™re being eco-friendly as well as fashion-forward.

Price: $695-995

Save cows: Net-a-Porter.com

November 30th, 2006 12:00 am

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handbags
shoes

SheFinds Best Bargains: CocoMyles

Bargains Week Feature Find: CocoMyles.com

Why: If I can customize it, I will buy it. A red carpet addict, I am constantly scrutinizing the gorgeous dresses, and daydreaming about shortening them all by a foot, and letting out the waist a tiny bit. Iâ€™m 5 ft. tall, and I enjoy dinner every night. Oh, yeah, the most important part of my fantasy is that the dresses donâ€™t cost more than my student loan payment every day. Thanks to Coco Myles, dreams really do come true. Take that cynical urbanites.

You can select a dress from their celebrity inspired looks, like this Evangeline Lilly stunner, or from their more basic collection. You can choose the color, size 2-16, and add a shawl or scarf, all for under $150! Try out a â€œCoco Myles Originalâ€, for a holiday party dress thatâ€™ll make you look and feel like a million dollar starlet!

November 29th, 2006 12:00 am

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celebrity style
dresses
sales and deals

A Find: Imagini will create your VisualDNA

Most of the time, we communicate our preferences verbally or through the written word. Instead of speaking or writing, Imagini gives you the luxury of visualizing your house, your life, your breakfast, and your kitchen; you then choose the pictures that best represent what these things mean and are to you. By trying Imagini out, you become part of a database of thoughts and feelings that continues to grow as more people discover it. Imagini also gives you insights into what to buy the people that you know best. Try Imagini out, a little self knowledge never hurt, and it’s way less expensive than an extra visist to your shrink.
Try Imagini to create your VisualDNA

November 28th, 2006 12:00 am

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gifts
holidays

SheFinds Best Bargains: Jewelry Deals

Online jewelry shopping can be a nerve-wracking experience. Jewelry is personal, significant, to the gift giver, and gift receiver. But just because something costs a ton of money, doesnâ€™t mean it’s quality, and vise-versa. There are several legit online retailers offering top quality jewelry at discount prices.

SheFinds has done the research for you, and weâ€™ve found some of the best, for whatever baubles youâ€™re in the market for.

If you’re unsure what to get someone you love, or even just like a whole lot, you really can’t go wrong with a great piece of jewelry. Get the classic quality without paying classic prices at SmartBargains.com. Right now their entire selection of diomond studs, like these 14K White Gold Diamond Studs,are discounted on top of their normal bargain prices.

For the lowest prices on Certified Diamonds, including loose diamonds, go to the brand-spankin’ new Ross-Simons website. Theyâ€™ve got a gorgeous selection of engagement rings that you can design yourself, if youâ€™re in a hinting mood.

Pearls have re-invented themselves this season. With their fresh colors and designs these new pearls are as are adorning the bodies of fashion forward hipsters, not your grandmaâ€™s bridge club. The site weâ€™ve found to have the best bargains on high quality pearls isâ€¦wait for itâ€¦purepearls.com.

The best part of all these sites? No one will ever think that you bought their gorgeous, glittering gift at a discount. Itâ€™ll be our little secret.

SheFinds tip: Feeling out of the jewelry loop? Not sure when the line crosses from trendy to tacky? Check out chicSHERLOCK.com, a new high-end jewelry site created by an ex-Vanity Fair editor. Their wares arenâ€™t cheap, but sign up for their Chic this Week newsletter, and youâ€™ll dazzle all with your pearls of wisdom.

November 28th, 2006 12:00 am

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gifts
holidays
jewelry
sales and deals

Fashion Find: Affordable (and comfortable!) Luxury

Comfortable and luxury donâ€™t usually pair up to describe designer shoes, but Naturalizerâ€™s new Signature collection disproves the trite no-pain-no-gain adage. Gretchen Monahan teamed up with Brown Shoe to design the lineâ€™s modern, sophisticated and comfortable heels, wedges and flats. And on top of being fashionable and wearable, prices range from $125 to $160.

After running around the office in the black patent Flaunt ballet flat ($125) I went dancing â€” no Iâ€™m not just writing that â€” in the flashy Niche heel ($125). At the end of the night, my feet were as tired as the rest of me, but not achy and sore. Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus.

Find them: Naturalizer.com

Check out the huge collection of Naturalizer shoes at Zappos.com!

For more great shoe finds that won’t destroy your feet, check out SheFinds Guide to Comfort Shoes!

November 28th, 2006 12:00 am

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sales and deals
shoes

Fashion Find: Good Genes

For the chicest, sleekest jeans of the year, the spotlightâ€™s on Genetic Denim. Beloved by skinny starlets, Genetic Denim is on a mission to make everyone look good. Available in three silhouettes (Dominant, Recessive, and Mutated), and a number of cuts, everyone can find something that suits. A favorite feature that sets Genetic apart from the crowd is a waist that rises higher in the back than in front, eliminating the dreaded thong flash, and visually elongating the legs.

SheFinds loves this Recessive Flare in Carbon Resin Rinse. The deep grey-blue is this yearâ€™s â€œitâ€ wash, and the cut is fitted, with a slight flare leg to balance the hips, for those of us who donâ€™t fall into â€œskinny starletâ€ category.
These are skinny jeans for people who hate skinny jeans.

Price: $99-$220

Get Yours: RevolveClothing.com

For more great denim picks, check out SheFinds Denim for All Body Types, and SheFinds Denim Guide 2006

November 28th, 2006 12:00 am

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celebrity style
jeans

SheFinds News: Lela Rose at Payless

Famed Designer Lela Rose has partnered with Payless Shoe Source to create a line of footwear and accessories we can all afford! Weâ€™ll get our first peak at this ultra feminine line, featuring patent leather and wool, when it is unveiled at the Fall 2007 runway show in February at Bryant Park. This line of footwear is not the first occasion in which Lela Rose partners with Payless; the company provided her with shoes that were not commercially produced in her Spring 2007 runway show.

The celebrities and debutants have had Lelaâ€™s designs to themselves for long enough. Now itâ€™s our turn to share the wealth.

November 28th, 2006 12:00 am

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celebrity style
shoes

A Find: Ice, Ice Baby

What: 5 Carat green amethyst, diamond and white gold ring

Why: Colored-gem cocktail rings have been blinging things up for awhile now, and if you still havenâ€™t plunked down for a sparkler of your own, the time has come. I mean, what better time than the holiday season (where festive libations and clinking glasses abound) to sport some serious â€œlook at meâ€ glitz? The word â€œmoderationâ€ has no place in my Thanksgiving-through-New Yearâ€™s lexicon, which may be why Iâ€™m drawn to this stunning celadon-colored ring. February babies and gemstone purists may scoff at non-purple amethyst, but this subtle celery shade reflects light beautifully and dresses up everything from ice blue to cranberry red to black â€” all the colors of the season.

Price: $95

Get yours: ICE.com

November 28th, 2006 12:00 am

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jewelry

A Find: Pulp-Novel Pillbox from Hippy Chix

What: pulp-novel pillbox

Why: The perfect gift for a saucy friend, this pulp-novel pillbox winks at the joys of nightlife in any era. With its sleek lines and beautiful gloss, her aspirin never had it so good! If she wants to use it for more (and she will!), itâ€™s just the right size for an ID, a credit card, and a little cash to flash at the bartender.

Hippy Chix also offers business card holders and tampon cases, all featuring pulp heroines. Itâ€™s never been so easy to surprise a secret agent, negotiator, or glamour girl you know.

Price: $27-29

Get Yours: Hippychix.com

November 28th, 2006 12:00 am

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gifts
holidays

Trend Alert: Frye Goes Less Boot, More Retro

Thinking of Frye usually conjures up images of seriously rough-and-tumble, yet beautifully crafted boots. Such is not the case for Spring 2007, when the company will not only further branch out their sandals and flats, but also rock retro to the fullest. The new lines are filled with extra strappy Gladiator sandals, adorable braided patent leather flats, retro booties, sturdy mules, stacked heels, t-straps and so much more. All styles are still hand-crafted in Brazil, so their quality is certainly not waning with a wax on style. But their look just became ten times more delightful.

Get Yours: Zappos.com