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CFDA/Stylitics Dream Closet Benefiting Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Begins Today!

Beginning today (Dec. 3rd), Stylitics, the leading virtual closet platform on the web, and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) are teaming up to raise money for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer.  Along with supporting an amazing cause, they are also giving away a Dream Closet filled with top of the line designer handbags, business attire, workout gear, accessories, jeans, jewelry, and more.  Over 40 top brands are represented in the Dream Closet including Diane Von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Theyskens’ Theory, Helmut Lang, Alexander Wang, Thakoon, Rebecca Minkoff, House of Harlow, Topshop, and many more.  The closet is showcased on the Stylitics website and is completely browseable and shoppable through most of the month of December.  The winner will be chosen at random from eligible entries on December 24th.

Dying to support a good cause and a win a new wardrobe just in time for the new year?  You can enter by purchasing a Fashion Targets Breast Cancer t-shirt for $34.99 with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Foundation.  You can also enter to win the closet of every socialite’s dream for free by clicking here.  Best of luck and thanks for supporting such a great cause.  Check out the many outfits you could win:

 

Love DVF Diet Coke

I’m completely obsessed with caffeine. As I always say, caffeine is ambition in a glass and sometimes a pill. I’m ambitious so my main sources of caffeine include Starbucks, Diet Coke, and energy drinks. Caffeine and diet drinks have long been associated with fashion. I’ve seen the Diane von Furstenberg Diet Coke design all over Fashion Week and I find myself saying, “I’d like a Diet Coke. Not a regular Diet Coke, a DVF Diet Coke.” Such a socialite quote!

Fashion’s Night Out Insanity in Meatpacking


Like thousands of other great fashionistas, I spent my Fashion’s Night Out 2011 cursing the shops of the Meatpacking District in search of free drinks and couture. It’s like one big free party where the guests of honor are the clothes. I started out the evening with a mixed drink at Hugo Boss. There, I got the urge to take a picture of myself in the mirror to show off both my outfit and the store as a whole. I kept doing this at every single store throughout the night.

My next stop was Matthew Williamson (pictured left) where the colors were vibrant as always. Due to some rambunctious fashion lovers last year, the House of Matthew Williamson had a strict two drink maximum. With lines around the block, Alexander McQueen was harder to get into than Will and Kate’s Royal Wedding. So I headed over to Diane von Furstenberg which had crowds of its own and some really awesome dresses. After stopping by Catherine Malandrino and Scoop, I hopped around some more and finished the evening with a mojito at Carlos Mieli. FNO is always a good time.

On Fashion’s Night Out, celebrities make appearances everywhere. I was secretly hoping to see a Kardashian. The girls from the new cast of America’s Next Top Model All Stars took over the Express store in SoHo.

The crazy shoes of FNO! Everyone was taking pictures of this girl’s shoes.

The streets of Meatpacking were transformed into a couture-driven Disney World. Can’t wait until next year.

Tips for Conquering Fashion Week

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week begins this week. Sadly there is nothing I can do as far as Social Media Week colliding with it.  However, along with deciphering a subway map, I have also discovered ways to take Fashion Week the same way Kourtney and Kim have taken New York.  Although we all aspire to have a seat next to the runway like Anna Wintour, it is not always going to happen.  However, that doesn’t mean you can’t experience all of the fun and excitement that is Fashion Week.  The clothes are awesome and all, but in the end, everyone is really in it for the parties and free champagne.  Here are five rules to live by if you plan on conquering Fashion Week from the bottom up.

Rule #1 Show Off Your Dark Side: Though you may be tempted to splurge on a colorful couture outfit to stand out among the fashion community, there is really no need to do that.  In fact, I highly discourage it.  The idea is not to call attention to yourself, but to the clothes being displayed on the runway.  Neutral tones of black and grey are the way to go.  Now is the time to break out that signature little black dress you already have in your closet.

Rule #2 Don’t Cause a Champagne Crisis: Free champagne and organic cocktails are two of the many benefits of being invited to exclusive Fashion Week events.  Always drink responsibly.  In the event that you are done consuming alcohol for the night, yet still want to invoke an image of Fashion Week excess, sip diet ginger ale from your champagne flute and the night is all yours.

Rule #3 Blow is Never the Way to Go: 80s inspired styles belong on the runway, not up your nose.  Please enjoy a drug-free Fashion Week.

Rule #4 Beware of Creepy Old Men: Believe it or not, creepy old men that should be hitting up Match.com, run rampant at Fashion Week waiting for some model or onlooker to get wasted or become desperate.  Stay as far away as possible from these individuals.  Not only are they annoying, they are trouble.

Rule #5 Pretend to Know Everything & Everyone, Even if you Don’t: To act as if you know fashion, is to know fashion.  Throughout the course of Fashion Week, the people you meet will bring up names of designers, models, etc. that you have never heard of.  Never reveal your ignorance.  Superficial answers like “Yes, they are so inspiring” are completely sufficient.