Oriental, express

I really love Gilt (http://www.gilt.com/)! A few weeks ago, there was a sale for Amrita Singh jewelry -  she makes some absolutely  incredible stuff which I always wanted to try but everywhere else it was just too expensive - and I ordered this necklace. Despite the fact that the estimated delivery for it was for the beginning of September, they shipped it almost right away and it turned out to be just awesome, much longer than I thought, much brighter and just so oriental!
Wearing: romper by Costa Blanca, necklace by Amrita Singh, scarf by Oscar de la renta, sandals by Will's Fancy, canvas bag by Saks

Eazy'n lazy

As much as I love accessorizing - and I really do - I still yield to my rahter lazy self every now and then and go the easy way. That is, opt for pieces that come pre-accessorized and thus require the very minimum amount of work in putting them all together in an outfit. In that respect, my absolute favourites are pieces with embroidery, beads, all kinds of glitzy stone etc.

I stumbled upon these sandals by my favourite J Renee (at http://www.6pm.com/) last summer and couldn't resist.  And they are so comfortable too!

Dress by DecoV
Sandals by J Renee
Headpiece by Bolton's
Bracelet by Cache
Hobo bag by Oscar de la Renta

Urban Jungle

I suddenly realized that our coati, being a very cute animal and a shoe addict like myself, hasn't got enough coverage in my blog so far. She turned the lights off when I was working on my computer today so I took it as a hint.

Wearing: skirt and tank top Victoria Secret, scarf Oscar de la Renta, bangle Cache, sandals Lowe, sunglasses Escada

Discover your rocker's side

...and your favourite wedges. I mean, my favourite wedges, of course, slightly torn by the coati but still holding up pretty good. For about three years in a row! The only problem with them is that their level of comfortness changes all the time, from your-good-'ol-slippers to gee-I-should've-opted-for-something-comfier. I'm not sure how it happens but it's a mystery allright.

Wearing: wedges Emilio Pucci, random skirt, scarf Oscar de la Renta, tank top Victoria Secret, necklace Gilt, leather jacket BCBG MaxAzria, bag Givenchy, sunglasses Escada

A day without internet

Last night, out computer decided it couldn't take it anymore and turned itself off. My attempts to bring it back to life were totally fruitile: the screen remained as black as summer nights in Main and after an hour or so of calling friends, pressing all possible buttons and profound cursing I gave up and called it a day. It was too late to dashout  to our local Best Buy for a substitution so I just poured myself some wine, dug out all those magazines that had been piling up for the past month, unread and even unopen and plonked on the bed with the coati. For a change, the little bugger wasn't after any shoes and actually didn't mind spending the night indoors.
Gee, not being able to check my email or even turn on the radio felt So Weird!!! On the bright side, though, I read the most recent New Yorker, almost in full and browsed an Architectual Digest (to which I subsrcibed by a terrible mistake). In fact, it was fun.
Now, about the outfit: the pictures were taken this afternoon, after several attempts to revive the computer, visiting Best Buy, visiting Strawberry's (retail store) on the way home and looking forward to setting up a new laptop - all by myself! Don't mind my expression: I didn't know if I would be able to get internet today thus the pround sorrow. But I did!!! And we have it again!!!

Wearing: safari (ish) jacket by Fiber, jeans by Take Two, scarf by Oscar de la Renta, boots by Giuseppe Zanotti

Bordeaux (and cianti)

My yesterday's take on business casual. I just found this jacket and had to incorporate it into an outfit, the Victoria Secret sheath dress and the rest of the paraphernalia came in handy as well. The shoes are on the waiting list for a place in the closet and thus camping in the hall; due to this reason, in the past couple of weeks, I have been wearing them more often than in the past three years put together. Strangely, the coati  who loves shoes just as much as I do (tearing the soles off them every time she gets a chance) has been ignoring them so far. Are they... not cute?!

Wearing: long coat by Rebecca Rej, suede pumps by Stuart Weitzman, bag by Prada, sheath dress by Victoria Secret, scarf by Oscar de la Renta

Mood bright

I was in the mood for something bright hence the colors.
Wearing: trench Michael by Michael Kors, scarf by Oscar de la Renta, sandals by Rene Caovilla

Gladiator sandals: giving it a try

About the gladiator sandals: I wonder how would it feel to actually own them, say, just one pair for starters? Since I don't - yet - have any experience with this type of footwear (and that is very unusual) I would probably go with something more or less clearcut in design and neutral in terms of color. Nope, as of now I'm not ready to pull off something like Oscar de la Renta's elastic strap sandals (found at http://www.saks.com/)

but I'm definitely game for a simpler shoe like, for example, this on by Michael Kors.

As for the rest of the outfit, I would pair the sandals with a simple shirt-style dress or a tunic and a medium- to large leather hobo bag.

The dress is by Joie (http://www.cusp.com/) and the bag is by Michael Kors (http://www.michaelkors.com/).