Two cute shoes from Land's End

$39.99 (was $70) Hadley wedge peep toe

Linen and red leather play off each other really well, and the woven espadrille side is fun and light and beachy.
These look good to walk around in, since they have the ankle strap and won't fall off, and have a low wedge.
They would be good with shorts or dresses.

$49.99 (was $65) Valerie flat

Almost the same style but flatter and a little more casual.

Word to the Wise: DVF, Orla Kiely, + more Sample Sales

 

Hands All Over Dress

Deal: Items from Patricia Field's wardrobe and projects like Sex & the City will be up for grabs at the designer's moving sale
When/Where: Wednesday, May 30. 11am—10pm. INA, 15 Bleecker St at Elizabeth St (212-228-8511)

Miamo sofa

Deal: 50% to 70% off modern indoor and outdoor furniture at Modani Furniture.

When/Where: Through Thursday, May 31st. Mon—Fri 10am—8pm, Sat—Sun 11am—7pm. 40 E. 19th Street between Broadway and Park Ave S (212-796-6926)

 

Maurie and Eve
Phoenix Wedge in Black

Deal: Up to 80% off at the I Don't Like Mondays summer warehouse sale. Designers include Alexander Wang, Jeffrey Campbell, SILENT Damir Doma, and more

When/Where: Thursday, May 31 through Saturday, June 2. Thurs—Fri 12pm—7pm, Sat 12pm—5pm. 157 Bowery between Broome and Delancey Sts (646-559 2046)

Line panel dress 

Deal: Selected spring and fall styles for $20 to $40 at Pixie Market's first-ever sample sale. Cash only.

When/Where: Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3. Daily 12—8pm. 100 Stanton St between Ludlow and Orchard Sts (212-253-0953)

Summer Flower Baby Betty Bag Tomato

Deal: Up to 70% off Orla Kiely clothing, handbags, accessories and housewares.

When/Where: Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3. Thurs—Sat 11am—7pm, Sun noon—7pm. 5 Mercer St between Canal and Grand Sts (212-775-8340)

Deal: Up to 70% off Diane von Furstenberg samples, past-season items, and archival prints

When/Where: Tuesday, June 5 through Saturday, June 9. Tues 9am—6:30pm, Weds 10am—8pm, Thurs 10am—7pm, Fri 9am—5pm, Sat 10am—3pm. 260 Fifth Ave between 28th and 29th Sts (no phone)

$15 Menswear

Whee! Time to hit the $15 Store again!
This time, the menswear section looks pretty good:

$15 (was $165) Live Mechanics Houndtooth wool jacket
Only in size 3XL

$15 (was $170) Live Mechanics gingham print green jacket
I love this one and wish I could get it for E, but sadly, only 3XL again.

$15 (was $90) Cloth Logic coat with epaulets
This one is a little longer than most jackets, which is good for windy days and also for guys with a bit of a gut.

$15 (was $107) Cloth Logic Brushed canvas blazer
I like the dark green color and the ribbed bands on the cuffs

$15 (was $79) Monarchy short sleeve button down Gingham patch shirt
I don't know how I feel about pre-sewn patches and intentionally old and distressed looking clothes, but the cut and color of this shirt are nice.

Argan oil for hair

Everyone seems to be raving about argan oil recently.
It comes from a tree and it's the ingredient in the Moroccan Oil brand products, and is supposed to make your hair healthier and shinier.

I've been wanting to try it, but I'm cheap, and I don't like spending $20ish on something I don't know if I want.

Today, though, I was pointed to this oil on Amazon and you can buy the 2oz version for just $4.99, so I'm considering it.

$4.99 Agadir argan oil treatment

Have you tried any argan oil stuff for your hair or skin?
Was it worth it?

The Shops at Target: The Webster

So Target is doing "the shops" now which are kind of like the crazy collections they used to do with Missoni etc, but not as exciting or high end.
Anyway, this seems to be the new model.
The current "shops" have clothes, candy, pet stuff, and home stuff. I already highlighted my picks from their home collection Privet House, and now I want to move on to the clothes.

The Webster is the current pop-up shop, and it has a few good finds in the shoe department, though I wasn't a hug fan of the beach-style clothing.

My picks:

$39.99 The Webster cap-toe wedge
These are linen with a little touch of gold thread shot through the toe.

They also come in pink:

(click to buy)

$29.99 The Webster cap-toe ballet flats in green and blueCute and proper.

They also come in a nautical print:

Adorable mouse flats from Marc by Marc Jacobs

Sometimes your apartment is too small for pets. So you buy shoes.

And having these mice in your apartment is so much better than their live cousins.

$195 Patent leather mouse ballet flats
Cute little metallic nose, little earls, round eyes, whiskers. What's not to love?

$195 slingback mouse ballet flats
Also in slingback

 $195 Leather mouse ballet flat
or non-shiny leather

 $135 Jelly mouse ballet flat
or jelly

Extra 40% off sale at Calypso

Calypso is offering an extra 40% off sale prices, which is pretty cool!
The prices below are the regular sale. The extra 40 comes off in the cart, no code needed.

My picks:

$129 Printed goat hide
I don't know why I like this, but it is fun and exotic and I do. If you actually gave it to me I'd prob freak out and not let it in my house though.

$59 Hayden Blouse
Cute shape with a gathered waist and sleeves.

$99 Jo silk blouse
Great price for all silk, and the color of the season.

$99 Cassandra printed silk dress
Loose and easy, just how I like my women.

$79 Kelli velvet dress
Ok so this is more Fall/Winter, but you can get it for SO CHEAP now! Remember, it used to be over $350.

$169 Luce cotton lave dress
Flowy and romantic. If you were going to elope to the Bahamas, this would be your dress.

$169 Spike Minaudiere
Hot pink snakeskin! fun times.

Drink fountain as outdoor lighting?

$29.99 Wedding drink fountain

Ok, so this is supposed to be for serving champagne or cocktails at a party, but I think it would look pretty as the centerpiece on an outdoor picnic table at night.

Wouldn't it be fun?
You'd have to have an outdoor outlet, and it's probably flimsy plastic so you couldn't leave it out all the time.
A garden party, with some water in this?
Or lemonade? Or pink champagne?

Even just to look at and not drink from, it would be nice.

Cat litter cabinet

This is a really smart idea.
I always look at the SkyMall catalog and see the special fake planter that hides a litterbox or a faux cabinet, but using a real cabinet looks a lot cheaper and you have many more options of style.

It looks clean and unobtrusive.

Here is the inside:

You can fit a bunch in there!

"We offset [the door] a little bit by putting the door on the far back side, and putting the kitty litter box on the far front side. This lovely little design feature forces my kitties to jump out of the box and walk about on a kitty litter tracking mat seen in the picture above. This results in almost no litter tracking out side of the cabinet!...It keeps all of the kitty mess contained in a the container (there's room for the scoop in there too!) and there is virtually no smell!"

Seems like a great solution, especially when you are tight on space and have to put the litter box in your bedroom or living room and don't want it to smell everything up.

50% off Lands End Canvas swim today

Today, if you use these codes, you get 50% off swimwear and free shipping over $50.
Take advantage!

Save 50% when using promo code CANVASSWMR & PIN 2150 at checkout.

here are my picks:

 normally $95 Chambray bikini
I think the tie-front is fun, and the shape of the bottoms is flattering. It's not a string, so it won't cut into your hips as much, too.

normally $105 Reversible butterfly/floral bikini
This is black with white butterflies on one side and purple and red flowers on the other side.
So with this discount you get it for $53, and it's really 2 bikinis in one, making it only $27ish each!

normally $60 Stripe twist halter one piece
The U shape of the neck is cut, and the crossed stripes at the bust draw eyes upward and away from thighs.

normally $95 Front-tie sailboats bikini

The sailboat print is so cute! and I like a white bikini to make you look tanner.

Men too!!

normally $50 Vintage board shorts
These come in a few colors. I like the floral and blue wave the best.

normally $50 Clean 5" board shorts
These are shorter but still manly and appropriate. Not shortshorts. I like the chambray, but they also come in red and cream, which are nice too.

DIY Bookcase necklace

I think this is so cool.
It would take the right outfit and the right wearer, but it would be really neat.


Check out how to make it here

5 ways of looking at a skeleton swimsuit

$143 Wildfox Couture skeleton one piece bathing suit

Now, you could look at this and say "Cool! Bones!" and you'd be right, bones are cool and the black and white graphic image is fun.

OR

You could look at it and want it because it's a flattering bathing suit with a cute low back.

OR

You could look at it and think about the stretchiness and thinness of bathing suit material and how it contrasts with the hard, structured nature of the bones pictured on the suit and see the image as a funny oxymoron.

OR

You could look at it and think about how bathing suits are the clothing item that can be least about fashion and most about what your body looks like underneath the clothes, and think this is comment on internality, externality, and what we cover of ourselves.

OR

You could look at it and think about how the ideal bathing suit body that we see in magazines is mostly just bones and boobs. The skeleton image turns into a comment on the male gaze and what is expected of women's bodies in our culture.

What do you see in this bathing suit?

Ankle-breakers are the hottest new shoes

Suffering is beauty, right?
And fashion is pain?
That is all I can think of when I see shoes like the ones featured here.
They seem to be designed specifically so women can make one slight mistake and roll off the shoe and break our ankles or worse.

I am a fan of heels (within reason), and I do like funky architectural cantilevered shoes (like these), but you gotta know when to quit and when the tools you are using to walk around are actually working against you.

$59 Black Magic platforms

Ok, so let's look at those.
They have an 8" heel, or should I say "heel," and a 4.5" platform in front.
WHAT?
Come on!
4.5" is already my peak heel height, and adding another 3.5 on that is just crazy. Think about how hard it will be to balance your weight to stand in these. Oh, don't forget, then you have to actually move. Taking a step forward in these shoes sounds about as scary as that first step out of a space shuttle would be.

$87 Pandora platform

So much more reasonable, at 7" right?
NO!
Is this the summerish version of the previous ones?
No wonder these are on sale. I can't imagine a healthy woman looking at them and saying "yes, that is just what I need."


There are plenty more shoes for you to fall off of and tear some tendons:

$99 Privileged Ferra Royal blue tieback heelless platform
I think these are beautiful and architectural and artistic. But I care too much about not having shin splints to ever buy or wear them.

$98 Privileged Karvis black studded platform
These say "I could kick your ass!.... If only I could take more than a two inch step at a time."

$64 Privileged Blithe Coral platforms
It's so much fun to colorblock. Maybe later you can also colorblock your crutches later by spray painting sections!

DIY clothing update with bleach pen

Whee!
Make your own Aztec print shirt or write your favorite song lyrics onto a tank dress with a bleach pen.
This is something I definitely want to try.
Here is the tutorial.

Cute rain boots on sale from Loeffler Randall

$98 (was $195) Loeffler Randall Rain boots

The weather is crappy and is going to continue sucking all through the week.

Do you have good rain boots?
I had some from DSW but they wore out and started leaking, so now I am on the hunt.
I've been eyeing these but I want to try them on since my calves are wide and I am not sure if these will fit over them.

They look like real boots, and they are nice enough not to have to take off when you get to work.
They even have a zipper up the back!
I like that the shoe part is all one piece of rubber so it won't leak like my other ones.

These also come in tan.