Alexis Bittar Sample Sale: New York City, Dec 5 & 6

Help me Jesus! Help me Jewish God! Help me Allah! AAAAAHHH! Help me Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise! Alexis Bittar is having a sample sale! I am DONE for. It's in New York City (again, sorry non-NYers!). More deets:

WHAT: Alexis Bittar Sample Sale - 30 - 70% off
WHERE: 153 E 60th St. btw Lexington and 3rd Avenue
WHEN: Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6th 9:30 - 7pm

Check out some of Alexis Bittar's Spring 2009 pieces!

... And check out UK eBay seller Kabiri Jewellery -- I just bought this Alexis Bittar ring (sorry, Alexis and co!) for about $59, including shipping.

New FashionBinge Giveaway: Win A Harajuku Lovers Fragrance Solid Coffret Set!

Blah blah blarg, you probably know all about Gwen Stefani's fatal attraction to cuteness and Japanese fetish and everything, etc etc, but what you may NOT know is that her Harajuku Lovers fragrances are FANTASTIC. Definitely not for, say, meeting your new boo's parents or presenting your dissertation, but they're parfait for sweet, fun, casual use, right? Right. And hi, they come in funners mccutetown little doll -- the equivalent of Gwen bobbleheads.

While I don't love each of the fragrances, I LOVE the crisp, clean, sweet smell of Love and the bold, loud echo of Music.

And now you can try all FIVE if you win the Harajuku Lovers Solid Coffret set, which includes all five solid fragrances in their fun mini HL versions and a helpful lil mirror, for helping you out! And you can prove your altruistic side by giving a few away to friends, or NOT! It's your life. Whatever.

Enter to win between December 2 - 9 and tell me why you're even cuter than these cute coffrets, kay?

G'luck!

Napoleon Perdis Giveaway Winner!

... And we have a WINNER! Melanie T. of Atlanta will be holiday hottifying her situation with the Napoleon Perdis Angel Baby kit. Mazel tov, lady! Let us know how it goes!

Since not EVERYONE can be Melanie, I highly recommend the rest of you looosahs pony up the $45 and get the kit because the golden-hued shadow palette alone is worth it.

But, stay tuned for MORE fun FashionBinge giveaways, kay?

A Christmas Wish

Oh, how I wish Christophe Decarnin was Santa Claus!

Then he could bring me all these Balmain wonders in his big bag of presents. He would come inside, and we would talk fashion while the Christmas night slowly fades into Christmas day. With beautiful music playing in the background, Christophe tells me to put on one piece after the other, so that I can twirl around in the clothes and dance slowly to the music like it would last forever and ever. Like it only is in dreams...

If you could choose any designer to be Santa, who would it be?

Advent - Day Two

Despite the Advent Calender I am finding it difficult to get into the Christmas spirit. Therefore underneath number two I wanted the quintessential Christmas song to get one and all in the mood...

Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn

Of course the likelihood of it being a white Christmas for us all is extremely slim. I was however inspired by a recent post by the Cablog where he admitted to being smitten by the thought of a white Christmas so dressed accordingly.

We should all follow this stylish Norwegian's lead and take the pressure of old mother nature and make it a white Christmas whatever falls from the sky.

A December Make-Over

As some of you might see, I've made a few changes to the blog. I thought this day was a good day to do some things on Style Spot, like for instance make a new header and sort out the sidebar a bit better. After all it is the 1st of December, and I thought that you, the blog and I deserve a new and fresh breath of air here. Don't you agree?

So (just in case you've forgotten), I've gone from this header...

to this one...

Do you like the changes? Or did you like the old header more? Give me plenty of feedback so that I can make Style Spot a bigger and better blog.

Hope you're all having a great 1st of December. The countdown has officially begun yaay xxx

The Style Salvage Advent Calender

Can you believe that we have entered into the busy month of December...where has the year gone? As we have now awoken to the month of giving we wanted to mark the occassion by giving something back to you and what better (and tacky) way than to give each and everyone one of you an advent calender!? Instead of opening up those little jagged edged flaps each day to uncover a piece of stale chocolate-like-substance shaped into something vaguely reminiscent of a reindeer or a christmas tree, we will offer something alot more useful and tasty to you, our esteemed reader. Our aim is to warm you up on these cold December mornings. First up, uncovering box number one...

Under box number one is an image of a Uniqlo branded vending machine...which signifies the UK launch of Uniqlo Heattech. Apparently, one in three people in Japan own a Heat tech garment...so it is certainly a staple over there and the Japanese know a fair deal about practical, good quality clothing so we should certainly take notice! After braving a very busy and slightly depressing (due to the sorry excuse for Christmas lights and the air of desperation exuding the shop fronts) Oxford Street and venturing into the Uniqlo flagship store, it is easy to see why it is so popular. As the mercury falls it is time to layer and these surprisingly sheer garments provide a solid base to create efficient layered style. I'm not one to be fooled by pseudo science (typified by TV advertisements within the hair and beauty industry making up words to confuse and bewilder one and all) but whatever you make of Uniqlo's claims (apparently the fabric absorbs moisture and converts it into heat, whilst with an exciting mix of milk proteins ensures a snug fit) I can assure you that I am wearing pieces of the line now and I am quite toasty. and the fit is indeed snug. As always with Uniqlo, the pieces come in a rainbow of colours. Step aside American Apparel, in 2009 I predict that Uniqlo will completely conquer the retail lansdcape.