Shopping & Goodies Weekly

It's our weekly group roundup of fashion and beauty goodies from around the web:
A Few Goody Gumdrops is loving Vkoo cashmere sweaters! So soft and comfy.
Fashion Cents shares the perfect pairing -- fashion & wine! Which wine-ista are you?
RedPoppy loves the luscious Barbie Loves Stila luxe gloss trio. It's absolutely perfect for redheads!
The Curvy Fashionista picks her favorites to accessorize and maximize with Max and Chloe.
The Well-Heeled Society redirects the craziness of the season with a Five-Step Program Towards Happiness.
Violet Revolution asks: Is your makeup collection ready for winter?

Main image Max and Chloe earrings via Curvy Fashionista

Binge Lust: Tarina Tarantino Electric KoolAid Bib Necklace + Tarina Tarantino In-Store Event In NYC Saturday July 25

($740, Tarina Tarantino)

I fully endorse EVERY single piece of Tarina Tarantino's Electric Kool-Aid collection, but her bib necklace is the standout. This piece is like tasting every color of the rainbow -- like doing acid, minus the nasty flashblacks and 40-pound spiders crawling up your face! Win!

Oh yeah, and check out her subtle but stunning, wedding-worthy 1930s Art Deco Lucite drop earrings, which come in a handful of flavors. If they matched my wedding dress, I'd absolutely wear these day ofs.

($55, Tarina Tarantino)

ALSO, if you're in NYC, stop by the Soho store TOMORROW -- Saturday, July, 25 for Tarina's book signing!

FINALLY, THANK YOU, Sparkle Factory, for the FashionBinge shoutout! RAWX!

Samanca Silver Hoop Earrings From Bad Joan

Can't be mad at these great silver hoops from Bad Joan. They're by Samanca and they're beaded and wrapped in waxed linen and remind me of the Chan Luu earrings I wrote about back in November.

They look super versatile -- good for hippie chicks or quasi-punk types -- and, um, HI! They're $35!

($35, Samanca, Badjoan.com)

Remember, you need Bad Joan's discount code to get the deeeeal, but unlike, say, a sorority, everyone can join. Join Bad Joan anywhere on the site where it says "click for the discount code." Easy peasy!

Rihanna Rocks Stephen Webster Earrings At Pepsi Smash

You were probably too busy noticing her bizarro prosthetic legs, but I am harts-ing the earrings Rihanna wore to the Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash.

They're by Stephen Webster from the "Shattered" silver collection. Downside: not downturn-friendly at $590. Oh wells.

Image via LoveBScott

Charming! Marc By Marc Jacobs Zipper Earrings

($68, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Bergdorf Goodman)

Need them? Nope. Want these sweet little gold zipper studs? Indeedly! Via The Office's Mindy Kaling's Things I Bought That I Love blog, which is a must-read.

Can't Hate On House Of Harlow

Y'all, let's take a look at Nicole Richie's House of Harlow jewelry. I'm liking liking liking the bold, chunky pieces, geometrical designs, Aztec themes, '70s inspirations, and bright but not obnoxious primary colors. The line's geared toward teens -- note the lower price points, especially the earrings -- but I'd wear a lot of the pieces. But then again, I'm basically 13.

A few of my faves:

($22, House of Harlow, Shopkitson.com)


($68, House of Harlow, Shopkitson.com)

($60, House of Harlow, Shopkiston.com)


($60, House of Harlow, Shopkitson.com)

My favorite of the earrings. I'm maybe even hearing wedding bells over here. Bridal appropres!

($125, House of Harlow, Shopkitson.com)

My very favorite House of Harlow piece.

+ Check Kitson to pre-order lotsa different House of Harlow bracelets and earrings and stuff.

Big-Ass Sale At Gargyle

Sorry, everyone else, but this one's in New York.

Hit up Gargyle tomorrow, Friday, January 9 from 12 - 8.
16A Orchard Street in the LES.

Everyone else, score big with Gargyle's online sale:

($95, Les Prairies de Paris, Gargyle)
Amazing and wonderful.

($195, Rachel Comey, Gargyle)
Ridiculous and wonderful.




($128, Lorick, Gargyle)


($275, Rachel Comey, Gargyle)

Originally $416. You don't gotta be Jim Cramer to know that's a solid investment. BOOYAH!

Kenneth Jay Lane Coral Cabochon Earrings: Lust!

($165, Kenneth Jay Lane, Vivre.com)

Witness my raging, unbridled lust. Sin from my lips? Trespass sweetly urge!

And OMG these too:

($230, Dori Csengeri, Vivre.com)

I don't know where to look first... I just know I can't stop staring...

Maison Martin Margiela Jewelry Is Making Me VERY ANGRY!

Because I LOVE it so much and can in no way shape or form justify purchasing it. DAMN YOU, Dina of Eye4Style for turning me onto MMM jewelry!

($215, Maison Martin Margiela, eLuxury.com)

I MAY bust out ye olde jewelin' tewls and see if I can craft something similar, though I'm pretty clueless when it comes to working with rhinestone strands. Weep! Can any of you crafty ladies out there make something similar?

($185, Maison Martin Margiela, eLuxury.com)

Lurves these Maison Martin Margiela paperclip earrings. 'Course, the recession-buster/ punk-as-fuck approach would be to just stick some regular paperclips in your ear and call it a night... and then call the doctor for a tetanus shot.

Sweetest Lil Bow Earrings!

Randomly, I found these suuuuuper teensy weensy widdle 14-karat gold bow earrings. Adorable as a baby miniature dachshund.

($19.99, Gemologica.com)

And that price? $20? Can't beat it with a stick!

($9, FredFlare.com)

... Or check out Fred Flare's pair of black enamel bows for just $9.

Black Sunday Holiday Sale At Newport News

Believe it nons, Newport News (the store, not necessarily the city, though I'm sure you could probably find some stuff in the city too), has some cute holiday stuff on sale. Use promo code 538 for 25% through midnight, December 1.

($34, Newport News)

Such purdy suede. How do you not LOVE the combo of grey, black, and red? You DON'T not love it!

($19, Newport News)

A cute little leopard print clutch to hide all of your holiday cheer!

($29, Newport News)

An eensy little Chanel knockoff! God bless us everyone!

($10, Newport News)

Come on, how fun would this look with a black strapless sweetheart dress like so?

($15, Newport News)

Black teardrop earrings = holiday staple!

($14.99, Newport News)

Weep! Like Thanksgiving threw up all over an innocent bag!

50% Off Sale At Mod Cloth!

ModCloth.com is having a 50% off sale. Shop the entire sale here, check out JUST SOME of ModCloth's adorbs half-off dresses, accessories and more, and use promo code BINGE10 for 10% off!

($35, ModCloth.com)

Check out the very vintage-y looking beaded buttons and belt. How could this dress NOT flatter everyone?

($25, ModCloth.com)

... My mind reels at the thought of that dress with these black and gold cone heels.

($47.50, ModCloth.com)

A billion awesome skinny jeans and skirt and tights possibilities!!!

($6.50, ModCloth.com)

And is there even been an instrument of science that can measure how cute these wee elephant earrings are!?!??!

($32.50, ModCloth.com)

LURVE this. It reminds me a bit of my favey Christopher Deane chain dress.

($50, ModCloth.com)

These could almost be the funnest with some black skinny jeans.

($30, ModCloth.com)

Fun in a slutty nurse sorta way!

($17.50, ModCloth.com)

Great everyday bag at an even greater price!

A few items from their regular sale:

($52.49, Melie Bianco, ModCloth.com)

Excellent late-70s-ness.

($29, ModCloth.com)

This is kinda the type of thing I imagine René Lacoste carried around, even though he was French.

($8.99, ModCloth.com)

Oooh! Cuters pandars!

($49.99, ModCloth.com)

Not on sale, but I can't resist.

($11.99, ModCloth.com)

Resist me not!

Alexis Bittar: Spring 2009 Preview

Brooklyn jewelry designer Alexis Bittar is one of those rare gems whose designs are so fantastic that I'd wear any or all of them... or even several pieces at once. Case in point: his '80s-inspired Risky Business brooches, which are part of his textured, highly tactile Lucite collection (his Lucite pieces are some of my favorites, and they're also impeccably designed yet indestructible), and his Deco-y parrots. Also, do NOT miss his stacks and stacks of gumdrop-colored Lucite bangles. I crave them all like candy... And below that, his tilda wood earrings from his Elements collection, and assorted icy, angular, and rose gold bangles. When I sleep tonight, I will dream about that white bangle with gold shards -- on the far right -- from the Miss Havisham collection. Alexis Bittar's Spring 2009 pieces are available January '09. Sweet Dreams!

I Luurve Chan Luu Earrings!

I saw the most extraordinarily gorgeous pair of Chan Luu earrings at Bendel's (Like how I dropped that on your lap? I was there for a beauty event -- you know, because otherwise I just blow the fuck into Bendel's on the regular... on my way to Payless and Daffy's!), but I can't find them online. Boo. Anyway, check out these picks -- they combine rough-hewn stones and gems that create a just-femmey-enough, exotic beach-girl vibe.

($140, Chan Luu, Bluefly.com)

($155, Chan Luu, TheHipChick.com)


($51, Chan Luu, Shopfrosting.com)


($90, Chan Luu, TheHipChick.com)