Motel is a UK-based company that's quickly becoming just as popular as Topshop. While you can find many of their pieces at several boutiques in the NYC area (Pixiemarket for one), it's just as much fun to shop their online boutique, where you'll find great staple pieces with quirky prints and subtly sexy details like zippers and cut-out backs. Oh, and did I mention that almost everything's under $80? I'm addicted! Right now I'm coveting this nautical-print shirt-dress, below:
I love it when I can find replicas of things I like for way cheaper! Take this crystal bullet pendant I snapped up from Etsy seller Rackk and Ruin for example. It's almost identical to Unearthen's ridiculously expensive necklaces, and so much more affordable. The designer has a lot of other great pieces as well, including vintage chains and feather cuffs, so definitely stop by the store!
I love these Fall '09 looks from New York-based brand Nomia. So simple and streamlined, yet totally striking!
Image via IsMental
Tie-Dye Dress, Forever21
Aussie designer Natalie Wood has good taste, and it shows--in her oh-so-popular clothing line and her humble abode, captured in all its glory by photog extraordinaire The Selby. Love her jewelry collection!
Michelle Williams always manages to sport pieces just when I start to covet them most. This time around it's a pair of clog boots from No. 6 that transition surprisingly well from winter to spring!
There were a lot of duds at the Met Gala (mostly actresses and muscians trying too hard to be avant-garde), but the models seem to know what they're doing!
This bathing suit is perfect on so many levels--the color, that little seashell ornament, the simplicity of the design...I could go on and on. Oh yeah, and it's only $39!
