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

Aretha Hat Singing Guy LOL!

Guy in a DIY Aretha hat singing 'My Country 'Tis of Thee.' So dumb yet so farking LOLsy.




+ More Aretha Hat ridiculousness!

People Are SERIOUSLY Buying The Aretha Hat!!!

National morts, by milliner Luke Song

SERIOUSLY? HOW AND WHY are people actually BUYING the Aretha Hat????

+ The Aretha hat meme runs hog wild at Buzznet. LOLs are guaranteed.

Via ShopDiary

+ FashionBinge stays Golden... Golden Girls, that is!

'MAD MEN' CLOTHING LINE IN THE WORKS!

Tighten your girdle, pour yourself a stiff one, and fire up a Lucky Strike! Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant may be creating a line of Mad Men-inspired clothing!

Not many more details are known right now. So until we know more, guess you'll have to settle for this Mad Men shirt. And a billion more Mad Men fashion ideas!

Last Chance To Win Chloe & Jane's Perfect Spa Set!

DON'T DELAY, all ye ashy types! Enter to win FashionBinge's Chloe & Jane Perfect Spa Giveaway! This ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME opportunity ends Wednesday, January 28 at 6pm EST! HURRY HURRY!

Un-LOCK-ing The Mystery Behind PERFECT Curls!

Get it? UnLOCKing???? I AM KILLING it over here!

Okay, so inspired by yesterday's post about the $2 joy-fest that is Cashmere Curls styling gel, I must encourage FashionBinge readers, like Dear No One's Amanda, who asked how to get good curls to read this "how to get good curly hair" post.

If you're too lazy, I'll summarize the tips to getting curls of perfection:

1.) DO NOT use shampoo. EVER. Seriously, just read the post.
2.) Do NOT wash your hair daily. Every other day -- or when nasty -- is fine.
3.) Cut layers! Which, of course, comes with having a good stylist. But layers, layers, layers. If you have long curly hair without layers'm a big fan of the graduated layers in the back -- think, like the shape of a V instead of straight across, which can look kinda poodly, you know?
4.) Use a CRAPTON of conditioner in the shower.
5.) When you're out of the shower, flip your fucking head over, and lightly absorb some of the excess water with a couple of paper towels or a spare t-shirt if you're super green. (Before you ream me about how bad paper towels are for the environment, I use the damp towels to wipe up the bathroom too, kay? AND STOP JUDGING ME!)
7.) After the shower, while you're still basically upside-down, use ANOTHER crapton of conditioner.
8.) Use an AWESOME gel.
9.) Flip your damn fool head over, and either shake out your head a little, or, if you're using a super strong gel, and shit be stickin', use a wide-toothed comb and lightly separate your curls.
10.) ABSOLUTELY NEVER USE A BRUSH IN YOUR HAIR EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER.

Kay! Stay tuned for more hair product revYOOOOS you can USE!

This Sabrina Dehoff Nylon Friendship Bracelet Is $115

($115, Sabrina Dehoff, Creatures of Comfort)

Sorry, New York Mag, but this isn't exactly a "Best Bet," when you can get 72 friendship bracelets for five bucks:

($4.99 for 72, Oriental Trading Company)
FTW!

Cashmere Curls = PERFECT Curls For UNDER Two Bucks!

++ UPDATE: Moar curly hair tips here! ++

($1.79, LA Looks, Drugstores and Such!)

Do NOT laugh. LA Looks' Cashmere Curls gel gives you (read: me!) SPECTACULADO curls, and this shiz is under $2. PERFECT CURLS for less than the price of a LATTE, people! I'm using it in this photo, and, I'll be like the fourth to admit, my hair looks phenoms:

... And I'm only saying that because people said that on Facebook, totally unsolicited. And because if you have curly hair, you NEED to get LA Looks' Cashmere Curls.

And now, I will allow Boyz II Men to express the sentiments that are totally similar (except a bit more exaggerated, and way more Hilfiger and silk PJs) to the way I feel about Cashmere Curls.

Boyz II Men - New Music - More Music Videos

FashionBinge-Approved Sample Sales: Soundgirl, Dolce Vita, ROP!

+ FashionBinge fave... Soundgirl, Shoes For Lovely People and stuff:
Saturday January 24th (that's today!) & Sunday, January 25, 12 - 8pm
111 Saint Marks Between 1st and A

+ Superduper Dolce Vita neighborhood blowout sample sale
Saturday, January 24: 11am - 8pm & Sunday, January 25: 11am - 7pm
@ OpenHouse Gallery, 201 Mulberry St (between Spring and Kenmare)
Nice stuff from:
Dolce Vita
Honey in the Rough
Clarabella
Edith Machinist
TG-170 (awesome!!)
Maryam Nassir Zadeh

... Not in NYC? Fret not! Enter to win FashionBinge's Chloe & Jane Perfect Spa Set Giveaway and/or stuff from Lulu's! See? Everyone (almost) wins!

Callalilai By Aoyama Itchome Sale ... Dresses From Mr. Rogers' Land Of Make-Believe!

Good news, all you fans of Callalilai (by Aoyama Itchome). First of all, the shop has finally gone online, so even if you can't hit up the Brooklyn Heights store, you can buy online! Also, they're having a stooooopendioso sale!

A few ejemplos, clase:

($125, Callalilai By Aoyama Itchome)


($71, Callalilai by Aoyama Itchome)


($71, Callalilai By Aoyama Itchome)


($71, Callalilai By Aoyama Itchome)


($159, Callalilai By Aoyama Itchome)

This could actually look really hot with some opaque black tights, black booties, a few long layered chains, and a black blazer.

Callalilai styles definitely aren't for all of you, but they've got a really nice, ethereal feel and their use of bold color and pretty piping kinda remind of the royal garb Queen Sara Saturday and other inhabitants of Mr. Rogers' Land of Make-Believe wore:
Also, not even kidding, you can BUY Land of Make-Believe handpuppets!!!

($12.95, Holgate Toys)

($12.95, Holgate Toys)

Um, this guy had a dream/ fan fic that Barack Obama was Mr. Rogers... It happens.

WHY, LQQK! It's The... Orla Kiely For Target: THE LOOKBOOK!

Let's take a closer look at the green pear subcollection within the super-adorbs Orla Kiely for Target collection that comes out in February!


There's the cute-n-comfy chair pad:

($13.99, Orla Kiely for Target)

Practical AND presh casserole oven mitt:
($4.99, Orla Kiely for Target)

I'm sure this works for cookie trays too!


Two-to-a-pack kitchen towels!

($5.99, Orla Kiely for Target)

Very pear-y tablecloth!

($21.99, Orla Kiely for Target)

Cutie-pie serving tray!

($19.99, Orla Kiely for Target)

Large canister!

I assume this is $19.99 -- the site currently says $1.99, which would be nice but probably is a typ0.

The highly coveted granny-chic apron, FTW!

($14.99, Orla Kiely for Target)

+ Check out more Orla Kiely for Target images, and view the entire lookbook here!
+ Plus: DON'T fergit to enter the FashionBinge Chloe & Jane Spa Perfect Spa Set Giveaway!

Never Mind 'Gossip Girl'... Here Come THE GOLDEN GIRLS!

Step aside, golden-haired Serena and bitchy Blair. Before there were Gossip Girls, there were the original Gs: "The Golden Girls," who kept it super real with bamboo furniture and mumus. And they had dude issues and boy-girl sleepovers well into their golden years. Whether they were getting robbed at a Madonna concert, getting hit on by super skeezy dudes, sleeping in hotel lobbies, buying condoms, battling hurricanes, going to nudist colonies, meeting Julio Iglesias, or dealing with hard-hitting issues of the day (like when Blanche accepted her gay brother, or when Rose had an AIDS scare on a VERY SPECIAL "Golden Girls"), Rose, Blanche, Dorothy, and Sophia/ "Mahhh!" had the ultimate girl bond, even if they were just chillin' over coffee on a floral tablecloth-covered kitchen table, or admonishing their token promiscuous friend -- picture it!

Which is why I'm loving this acrylic Golden Girls tribute necklace by Etsy seller TrashedClothing:

($20, TrashedClothing, Etsy)

Thank you, TrashedClothing, for being a friend. And for making a Saved by the Bell version too! Goooooooo B-B-B-Bayside!

+ More Golden Girls-inspired fashions from Refinery29.
+ Very Golden Girls Zimmermann bathing suit!

FashionBinge Lust/ Must: Studded Mocs

($266, Bess, Oak)

Normally I'd be all over these pyramid-studded suede mocs, but a.) they're outta my price rangeage, b.) they're for guys, c.) they're from Bess, which is the kinda Soho store you walk into and you're like only Cokey stylists shop here. And then you leave really quickly.

+ More pix at WilliamYan
+ More pyramid stud stuff here.

FashionBinge Giveaway: Win A Chloe & Jane Perfect Spa Set, 'Kay?

I don't know about you, but right now, the skin on certain parts of my body could pass for sandpaper. Like, I could file my nails on this sadness. Therefore, Chloe & Jane have been coming to my rescue with their expert line of bath products -- my VERY favorite is the First Bloom body lotion, which has excellent waxy-but-not-greasy properties.

But you don't care about me. Let's get to you -- enter to win a Chloe & Jane complete Perfect Spa set, including a full-sized body butter, body polish, and body wash in your choice of Lavender Sage, First Bloom (faves!), or Citrus Chamomile.

Just enter below -- you have until 6pm EST on January 28, 2009 -- and tell me whether you live at the spa (lucky!) or take a three-minute shower (efficient, but possibly gross!)

Polaroid Is Saved!

(Image via: CollectorsQuest.com)

Good news, Polaroid enthusiasts! An Austrian business dude purchased the Polaroid factory in Amsterdam, and, along with Ilford, is creating new analog Polaroid film for old-school instant cameras! The name of the project is "The Impossible Project."

Here's what their site, well-designed, of course, has to say:

We aim to re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras in 2010. We have acquired Polaroid's old equipment, factory and seek your support.

Polaroid is transforming itself from an analog Instant Film Production Company to a global Consumer Electronics and Digital Imaging company.

Production of analog Instant Film stopped in June 2008, closing the factories in Mexico (Instant Packfilm production) and the Netherlands (Instant Integral production).

Impossible b.v. has been founded with the concrete aim to re-invent and re-start production of analog INTEGRAL FILM for vintage Polaroid cameras. Therefore Impossible b.v. has acquired the complete film production equipment in Enschede (NL) from Polaroid, has signed a 10-year lease agreement on the factory building; and has engaged the most experienced team of Integral Film experts worldwide.

The Impossible mission is NOT to re-build Polaroid Integral film but (with the help of strategic partners) to develop a new product with new characteristics, consisting of new optimised components, produced with a streamlined modern setup. An innovative and fresh analog material, sold under a new brand name that perfectly will match the global re-positioning of Integral Films.

... And one of my favorite '90s chick-folk "jams," -- Shawn Colvin, "Polaroids."

AMAZING Mad Men Tee!!!

($23, The Names Brand)

LA designers The Names Brand tore a page from the book of Experimental Jetset's iconic "John & Paul & Ringo & George" tee. The result: this tongue-in-cheek Mad Men-inspired "Don & Pete & Joan & Betty & Peggy" t-shirt. Hee! Love it almost as much as I LOVE Joan Holloway.

+ More Mad Men fashiony stuff here.

Got $16? Get Fred Flare's Golden Rhinestone Blossom Ring!

($16, Fred Flare)

Love this semi-conservative, granny-chic, vintage-looking faux gold and rhineystones ring from my favey humans, Fred Flare! BTW, Fred Flare now has their own TAXI ADS! I will up and PLOTZ when I see one, especially if I see the elusive SUV cab! Those are the bee's KNEEZY, WHEEZY! The only thing that'd make this better would be hailing a Fred Flare cab, opening up the door and discovering it was really CASH CAB!

+ Speaking of rhinestones, here's David Hasselhoff, unfortunately, singing "Rhinestone Cowboy."

Take Craft Classes At Anthropologie!

Lotsa folks, like the Budget Fashionista and Decor8, are reporting that soon you'll be able to take craft classes at select Anthropologie stores. Topics include reinvention workshops, where you can learn to get more mileage out of your existing wardrobes (AKA -- shopping your closet.) Past seminars have included hair accessories, reinventing plush toys (kitschy fun!), and refashioning and revamping last year's gloves, hats, and tops. Apparently you have to check with your local Anthropologie store for classes -- a quick sweep of the onlinetubes reveals little in the way of schedules.

Anyone signed up for one or taken one yet?

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.

Super Sweet Discount Tix To The Wedding Library's Wedding Party Event This Saturday, January 24th!

It's time to get a little more serious about this whole getting-married thing. And instead of planning, I've basically been watching a lot of My Fair Wedding as a passive way of acting like I'm doing wedding stuff when really I'm just watching David Tutera take the tacky, horrid crap out of other people's weddings and plan weddings I could never afford.

Apparently weddings don't plan themselves, you see. So, also-engaged Cat and I are off to The Wedding Library's big Wedding Party event this Saturday, January 24th for a little inspiration.

The event features tons of wedding vendors -- everything from hair and makeup, invites, venues, cakes (yay!), and a bridal fashion show featuring designs by Oscar de la Renta, Lela Rose, Monique Lhuillier, Jenny Packham (one of my favorites), and more.

General admission tickets are $50, BUT, The Wedding Party peeps have kindly extended a two-for-one discount to FashionBinge's finest. Yay! Idea City, here we come!

+ Get two-for-one tickets with promo code" BringaGuest." Buy tickets here.

More info on The Wedding Party
Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
New York Palace Hotel
Madison Avenue between 50th and 51st Street
New York City
+ Complete vendor list!

ActiveEndeavors Is GIVING It Away: And I'm Getting This Tuleste Market Necklace Fer $30!

Remember how I up and wrote about Tuleste Market jewelry last month? 'Kay, well the Scrunchy necklaces I so loved that were originally $135 at Active Endeavors are now just $30 thanks to their MAJOR RAGER sale!

($34, Tuleste Market, ActiveEndeavors.com)

Use promo code "sale10" for 10% off, bringing your grand total to $30.60. Hi -- $105 bucks off! BOING!

+ Check out all sale stuff at ActiveEndeavors, and don't forget that promo code!

Shit. I Really Actually Love These High-Heeled Doc Martens

In the past, I'd sorta pooh-poohed the reemergence of Doc Martens, instead considering them best off remembered as a '90s icon.

However, I just discovered these wood-heeled docs -- for the completely agreeable price of around $100 -- and I'm big-time in luffs.

(Apprx $111 USD, Doc Martens, Brownsfashion.com)

For some reason, the rounded toe and wood heel (as opposed to shit-kicking, go-to rubber) gives these Docs more of a smart, edgy feel.

+ Great '90s video with obvious Doc shot: Belly, "Gepetto."

Belly - New Music - More Music Videos

Agyness in cherry-red Docs. And no, I, for one, am not sick of her!

Cute Reusable Dinosaur Bag From ModCloth!

($7.99, Modcloth.com)

I've got about four trillion (and counting!) reusable bags. You really need to get one. Some of them come with little pouches, and other ones, like this one, roll up all nice and neat-like AND have dinosaurs on 'em. Use 'em instead of getting yet another crappy drugstore bag every time you run to the corner for like TWO little items you barely even need a bag for. Sure, you'll feel like a bit of a yuppie, but at least you're not extinct, right? Now roll one up, stick it in your purse, and STOP thinking about yourself so much.

This Spongebob Necklace Hits Me Where It Hurts Most

(Via Style Frizz)

Seriously, Russell Simmons, can't you just stick to yoga? Or just hold a press conference and announce you're donating a bunch of your sacks of thousand dollar bills to charity? WHY do you have to do this --an 18-karat yellow and white gold Spongebob (who's turning 10) pendant encrusted in 12 carats of white, yellow, red and blue diamonds. The above piece is the Big Daddy Caddy of Russell Simmons' collection of Spongebob jewelry and watches, which makes its debut at Sundance and will be auctioned off to benefit Russell Simmons' Diamond Empowerment Fund. The collection hits stores this fall and ranges in price from $150 to, um, $75,000. Truly though, I don't care if proceeds benefit my very own shallow pockets. It still hits me where it hurts the most: my style bone.

Like, Lil Jon's $500,000, crunk necklace, which features a not-so-subtle 3,756 diamonds and holds the Guinness World Record for Largest Diamond Pendant is funny-bad (bad when you think of how many people probably died for that piece of shit, and also funny because crunk actually is pretty much dead.)
But Spongebob should be allowed to live under the sea, safe from bedazzles and blings and Russell Simmons and things. Given a morts of this level, you'd think Kimora was involved.

Old Navy Stripey Yoga Bag

($14.50, Old Navy)

I am the world's worst yoga-er, probably because I'm super impatient, and if I'm laying on my back, it'd better be in a bed. But I do love this fun Old Navy yoga bag because it doesn't have that super granola-y goddess/ mung beans look. Instead, it's got a nice, bright "Get In Shape, Girl" '80s style. Do it!