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Web Snob Weekly Roundup

Fashion:

• Celebs Spill to Stylehive at the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Gala!
• Fashiontribes shows us how to keep up with what the cool kids are wearing with new site, Coolspotters.
• Dreading swimsuit season? Get your best beach bod with StyleBakery.com's tips for finding the right swimsuit for your figure.
• Bag Snob re-visits with the Master of Elegance: Oscar de la Renta!
• Fashion Indie & Maurices announces Winner of Project Handbag, Christina Oertel
• FabSugar's Fab Flash: Nina Garcia Lands Job at Marie Claire
• Bag Bliss’ Fantastic 14 List: Fourteen Fabulous Bags under $140!!!
• KRiSTOPHER shops the best black on sale.
• My Fashion Life catches Giorgio Armani during his whirlwind tour of NYC.
• Papierblog looks at the greatest fashion entrepreneurs and who is missing from the list.
• Second City Style shows you how to get Spring Runway looks the vintage way.
• Stiletto Jungle has discovered no-slip strapless bras.
• Shrimpton Couture weighs in on the Costume Institute Gala.

Beauty:

• Beauty Snob learns how the Material Girl stays 50 and Fabulous!
• WE LOVE BEAUTY.com wants you to VOTE for Look of the Month April!

Felicia Sullivan and The Sky Isn't Visible From Here

Yesterday evening, I had the pleasure of hanging out with my friend Felicia Sullivan as she's traveling the west coast on a book tour for her memoir, The Sky Isn't Visible from Here. The book is a poignant tale of Felicia as she grew up with a unstable, drug-addict mother. We had a great dinner where we spent most of the conversation freaked out over the plot line of Gossip Girl. Then headed over to The Booksmith for her talk. She's an amazing speaker and I was blown away and moved by her reading. Plus she's had baked goods at her book talk! You can't go wrong with cookies people!

If you are in the LA area, take a visit to her next 2 book events here:

Friday, May 9: LOS ANGELES, CA
Book Soup, 8818 W Sunset Blvd., 7:00 pm

Saturday, May 10: PASADENA, CA
Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 4:00 pm

I of course snagged an autographed copy of the book and I'm excited to start reading it!

Go Green

I've been noticing around the streets of San Francisco a fresh green color as a bright alternative to the yellow that has been staying strong the last couple of seasons. I love the summery look of the Gap's green tropical linen shift dress ($59.50).

Here are more looks in green:

Lisa Dress in Kelly Green ($88 at JCrew)

Embroidered Babydoll Dress ($29.80 at Forever 21)


Ruffle Skirt ($39.50 at the Gap)

Marc by Marc Jacobs Super Fine Pique Top ($168 at Shopbop)

Taira Pleat Tunic ($13.80 at Forever 21)

Kris Nations Rosie Necklace ($62)

Week in Chic

• A Few Goody Gumdrops is Ele-phantastic fashion.
• Fashiontribes heads South of the border for a taste of fresh fashion design talent from Mexico.
• The Coveted opens a European Vintage Shoppe.
• I'm Not Obsessed shows off Michelle Trachtenberg’s Jewelry Line "Bella Veritas".
• Cheap JAP finds a way to wear leather and still be green.
• You feeling lucky? Visit Stylenotes for the chance to win a $100 Lucky Brand Jeans Gift Certificate!
• The Fashionable Housewife is giving away a FREE Missouri Creve Coeur Bag!.


• V-Style has the gossip on where to find affordable Chanel Style Knee-High Gladiator Sandals !

Grey Handbags for Summer

I know white may be the bag to have this Summer but I have a feeling grey may be giving white and silver metallics a run for its money. Light grey is the shade of choice and I love this Kenneth Cole Soft Touch Large Hobo ($358) for it's perfect shade and bohemian hobo shape. The bag also comes in a smaller hobo size for $198.

ginette etc...Double Royal Canvas Bag ($180 at Shopbop)

Foley + Corinna Jet Setter Jr Tote ($468 at Shopbop)

Loeffler Randall Katia Clutch ($345 at Shop Jake)

Nadia Vietri Clutch ($410 at Shop Jake)

Prada Light Grey Tote ($1,464 at Bluefly)

CRAFT Magazine's Shoe Issue

For all your shoe lovers out there (and helloooo, I know you are out there), the new issue of CRAFT Magazine, vol 7 is all about shoes! Learn how to mod your Converse high tops with knitting or fabric, make your own open source sandals, craft some cute baby booties, and boogie on with your own pair of roller skates. There are of course lots of other fun projects in the issue from learning how to reupholster a chair to découpaging a map on a coffee table. Read more about the issue at the CRAFT Blog.

Oh and yes that's me on the cover of the magazine with my little pomeranian Lulu!

Coco Chanel Movie Starring Audrey Tautou

Production has started on the new French movie on the life of Coco Chanel starting Audrey Tautou of Amelie fame. Coco avant Chanel directed by Anne Fontaine will cover Coco's life before she was famous from learning how to sew in an orphanage as a child to making costumes for herself as a cabaret singer and for other singers when she was a young woman.

Remember when it was rumored Demi Moore was going to play her in a movie? I'm so glad that this is a French movie with a French actress to tell the real story. I'm so looking forward to it's release -- hopefully it won't take long to come to the U.S. Find out more in the Variety article (via Buzz Sugar).

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Web Snob Weekly Roundup

Fashion:

• Stylehive Says Neon + Neutral = Now!
• FabSugar gives us the update on Geren Ford for Urban Outfitters
• Bag Bliss says bring your white handbags out of hibernation!
• Bag Snob shares Hermes Scarves' Knotting Tips and Tricks!
• Fashion Indie talks about the Begining of the End for Rachael Zoe.
• target="_blank">Is the press ruining fashion? Fashiontribes investigates.
• Stiletto Jungle explores the "collegiate lingerie" trend.
• KRiSTOPHER is loving, hating, and wearing sculpted heels.
• My Fashion Life explores the trend for Spring hair: Top Knots.
• Papierblog looks at whether eco-fashion is truly for the masses
• Second City Style: What’s your fashion personality? What your spring wardrobe says about you.
• Shrimpton Couture shares fugs, latex and her diary.

Beauty:

• 55 Secret Street is combating dry, breaking hair with the nectar of the hair goddesses Phyto’s Phytonectar Pre-Shampoo Oil Treatment.
• Beauty Snob shares the Art of Aging Gracefully.

• O-Gloss is a spring/summer staple for eBeautyDaily.
  

Sundays at Tiffany's - New Book & Contest

With Summer approaching that means it's time for guilty pleasure reading for me. I am looking forward to picking up this new book, Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson.

Here's what the book's about:

Jane Margaux is a lonely little girl. Her mother, a powerful Broadway producer, makes time for her only once a week, for their Sunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany's. Jane has only one friend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He's perfect. But only she can see him. Michael can't stay forever, though. On Jane's ninth birthday he leaves, promising her that she'll soon forget him.

Years later, in her thirties, Jane is just as alone as she was as a child. And despite her own success as a playwright, she is even more trapped by her overbearing mother. Then she meets someone–a handsome, comforting, funny man. He's perfect. His name is Michael...

Kinda fun, huh? Reminds me a little like Ally McBeal, well, sort of.

But wait there's more! To celebrate the book launch there's a contest to win a pair of diamond earrings from Tiffany & Co! Just enter the contest here from now through May 8th at 11:59 EST.

Week in Chic

• Is the press ruining fashion? - Fashiontribes
• Pair Green Marni Slouchy Fabric Tote With Nature Girl Green Body Lotion & Eyelashes Inspired By The Butterlfy - A Few Goody GumDrops
• 23 Stores to Watch on eBay - The Coveted
• The high contrast of black & white as a huge spring trend and how to get the look - Stylenotes
• How to get Nicole Richie's BoHo look for less - I'm Not Obsessed
• Wayfarer Ray-Bans Are Making a Comeback on the Likes of Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley - V-Style
• Go green for under $100 with Pursuit of Harmony - Clothes-Pin
• Cheap JAP finds Crocs that are actually cute - Cheap JAP
• It's all about Priorities - Fashion, evolved.
• How to get your feet ready for sandals in time for Summer - The Fashionable Housewife
• The natural accessory no savvy woman should go without - The Organic Beauty Expert

Clothes off Our Back - Project Runway Alumni go Pure & Natural

On the Clothes Off Our Back auction block is this one of a kind Pure & Natural Handbag design by Project Runway alumni and friend, Diana Eng. There's still 2 days left in the auction for a good cause.

From the site:

Own a one-of-a-kind handbag created by Diana Eng, a top veteran from season two of Bravo TV’s breakout hit Project Runway. Eng had up to one month to design a handbag utilizing Pure & Natural®’s biodegradable Bar Soap packaging. The material consists of 100% post-consumer paper with seeds embedded inside that, when planted, will sprout baby’s breath in 4-6 weeks. So, you can use your designer handbag today and plant it for a better tomorrow!

Proceeds from the auction benefit Earth Pledge, a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable development by identifying and implementing innovative technologies that balance human and natural systems.

Check out the other Pure & Natural handbag creations by Project Runway alumni like Alison Kelly, Jack Mackenroth, and Kayne Gillaspie.

Vince Spring 08 Dresses

I can't hide my love for Vince. As much as I wear their sweaters year round, the new crop of dresses for Spring are super cute and follow the ombre and paint-splatter trend. My favorites out of the bunch is the Printed Stretch-Silk Dress ($295 at Neiman Marcus) and the Painterly-Printed Shift Dress ($245 at Neiman Marcus). You can see the complete Vince collection at Neiman's here.