My Unique Gift Idea Shopping Blog

One woman’s ongoing quest for fashionable handmade jewelry, amulets and gifts…

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The World’s Most Expensive Bra

July 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, Gifts for Her

There are some women who spend months if not years searching for the right sports bra. So often is the list of must-have features extremely long: straps which stay up, chafe-free, strong support and hold, easy putting on and taking off, no digging into the skin – OW! I hate that! , no locker room [...]

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Are Skinny Jeans Too Risqué For Kids?

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, Opinions

Old Navy is now producing super skinny jeans for girls. You read right! The notorious chain store is producing trendy denim duders for elementary school gals. Mom Jeanine from SheFinds.com said: “Old Navy is definitely not the first brand to manufacture skinny jeans for little girls, but they very well may be the first to [...]

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Courtney Love Takes it to Tumblr

July 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Entertainment & Celebrities, Fashion & Style

Grunge Mistress and tabloid queen Courtney Love has launched a style and fashion blog on Tumblr called What Courtney Wore Today. Check out some samples of Miss Love’s prose-technique! T. im sure she’ll lose whatever, she got too skinny and scared everyone half to death when she first arrived in Manhattan, so i think she’ll [...]

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Modeling Camp

July 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, New Stuff

Being offered is a four-day summer workshop in Washington, DC and Florida and even New York City. At the workshop, aspiring teen models are taught the tricks of the trade – those which are teachable, that is. “I want to be a model in New York” Says 17-year-old Julieta Cardenas, she lives in Virginia, where [...]

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Ringwald Talks The Talk

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, Reviews

Listen, if you’re going to take advice from a celebrity, I think that Mollie Ringwald should be a pretty trustworthy candidate. “Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family, and Finding the Perfect Lipstick” is her new book. She was nice enough to answer some questions for us. The book serves up a literary dish of intelligent [...]

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Evil Fashion in Sicily

May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, Opinions

Sickening. New Form, a fashion boutique in Sicily, has caused a controversy by using Adolf Hitler in its current ad campaign. The picture, displayed around the city as 18-feet high posters, shows Adolf Hitler, one of history’s most evil, in a pink uniform and is accompanied by the slogan, “Change Style – Don’t Follow Your [...]

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On Flip-Flops by Scott Krane (part 1)

May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, Opinions

Oh, how that handsome couple captures the spring breeze in their aura – why, they walk as if on air – careful, nice-posture, intelligent, laid-back buddy. It’s got to be the flip-flops on their feet. Listen, I have no stock invested in these sandals, but allow me to capture their essence. Once blind to it, [...]

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A Red Carpet for Sarah Silverman

May 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Entertainment & Celebrities, Fashion & Style

Journalism giant, Judith Newman recently interviewed comedian, Sarah Silverman for the ancient New York Times. Ms. Silverman is currently promoting her memoir, “The Bedwetter”, number 9 last week on the New York Times nonfiction hardcover bestseller list. Said David Hirshey, Silverman’s editor at HarperCollins – that paid $2.5 million for the book: “In 18 months [...]

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Fashion Loves a Horse Race

May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Entertainment & Celebrities, Fashion & Style

Well sports lovers, it is that time of the year! The 136th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville is upon us. Also known as the “Run for the Roses” and “The most exciting two minutes in sports,” the Derby is also a red carpet cocktail party for social shooters – and Julia Roberts if [...]

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Estee Lauder To Get a New Face, or Two

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, New Stuff

It looks like ol’ Estee Lauder is getting ready to add some spice to its stable of girl-next-door-looking beauties. The cosmetic giant has announced that it has signed two leading runway models: France’s Constance Jablonski and China’s Liu Wen – this makes the duo the first models Estée Lauder has signed from either country. Cover [...]

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