Don't Do These Don'ts

I don't care how much love you have for Holland, if you're from there or if you dad owns the place:

($59, Jeffrey Campbell, Dianeslittlelambs.com)
Holland is NOT footwear.


This girl is wearing a ribbon in her hair. UN-ironically. It is not Halloween. It is not Easter. She is not 5. To my knowledge, there was no fire that caused her to DASH out of her apartment wearing this without a second to stop and reconsider the horror. In fact, this photo was taken at a social event. Not at a bodega on a hungover Saturday morning. To add insult to injury and as if to make me want to gouge BOTH of my eyes out, instead of just one, she paired the hideousness with a puffy North Face jacket. Look carefully and you'll notice her arms are in the universal "WTF?" position. Perhaps she passed a mirror, was reminded of what she was wearing, and raised the question to herself. Or maybe she was drunk. Regardless, there's just no excuse.

Fash News, Y'all

Some quickie-quick fashion newsbytes.

+ Refinery 29 enumerates Fashion Week's top shows by indie designers. Who'd they pick?
Jeremy Laing, VPL, Yigal Azrouel, Karen Walker (tee!) and Alexander Wang. I am f'real feeling those last two.

+ What aspires to be the MySpace of the fashion world is about to launch. Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano are on board with IQUONS, a new social network. But you probably already knew that and/or blogged about it.

+ Payless is getting less morts.

+ iRepresentFashion.com just launched tooooo. It's an all-indie online-only show that showcases emerging fashion and accessory designers, "teamed with" Amazon. I'm not like DYING over a lot of the stuff I've seen, but it's something to keep an eye on, fershersies. Here are a few cuters:


($100, Kahri)


($40, Circa Sixty-Three)


($170, Laura Dawson)

Blatant Self-Promotion Is the New Black!

Hey, anybody looking to score some deals on bags, some of which have been seen in the, uh, "pages" of Fashion Binge in the past? I'm unloading some of my lesser-used bags on eBay in order to cut down on closet clutter (say that five times fast). I love all of these bags (even though some of them remain unused) but their time has come. Check 'em out, and bid with confidence, ladies!





Bulgari bag. This is THE bag. I love it to death, but I always thought it was too good to actually use. And I was afraid of getting it dirty. Anyone know what this might possibly be worth? I have no idea. It's gorgeous, though, no?



African-print hobo bag



Graffiti-print circle bag



Basket-weave bucket bag



Dark red messenger bag



Mao Tse-Tung messenger bag



Orange faux-leather bag



Coral faux-leather bag (I like to call it the "boob bag")



Vintage chain mail (ish) envelope clutch

Happy bidding!

Think Pink

Okay. Valentine's stuff, Part II, y'all.


($17.99, Qupid, CutesyShoes.com)
Totes trashy equals totes fun!


($15, Longoriagirls.etsy.com)
Are crows the new owls?


(Apprx $74 USD, Jill Green, Rockett St. George)
Okay, I can't really tell if this is even red. It strikes me as more of a red-orange, if not auburn, but whatever. It's my blog, and this is a cool clutch.


($12, FredFlare.com)
A fun new twist on the BFF classic.


($36, FredFlare.com)
I kinda think I might buy this.


($129.60, Sweetees, QueenBeeGirls.com)
I love this dress. Perfect style, perfect color. Hooray!


($28, Pony Attack, MyMy.us)
Man oh man. First of all, I love fun names AND I love ponies, so this top had me at "Pony." AND "Brand New Key" is one of my fave songs. So, as much as I've been trying to (and basically succeeding) get out of the cutesy t-shirt habit, I discovered this insanely adorable top, and it sent me on a serious backslide. Oh well. It should be arriving at the doorstep of my apartment ANY day now. Yay!

All I Can See Is Red, Red, Red

Alrighty. I'm late with this Valentine's post, natch. So here goes a very speedy digest version, aka PART 1.


($115, Talla Alexis, LuvCharlie.com)
Perfect spring top and totes layerable for the freezingness of now.


($68, Splendid Thread Social for Glamour, Shopbop.com)
This top has a fun Peter Max feel, and it goes to a good cause (not sure what, but I'm sure it's good!), and it seems to be a perfect style for those afflicted with larger chests since it minimizes at the top. Or maybe I'm completely wrong.


($16, ShopSueyBoutique.com)
Super cute and not overdone. I like the beige too. I think we'll see lots this spring.


($144, Fighting Eel, ActiveEndeavors)
Gorgeous and versatile.


($24, Life Stride, SveteCouture.com)
Cute! Vintage! Sorta Factory Girl, minus the obnoxiousness of Sienna!


($6, VintageAmore.com)
Um, hi. That's $6.


(Apprx $35 USD, Paul Frank, MountRepublic.com)
Oh Paul Frank. U R 2 Cute 2B 4 Go-10!

Best for last, y'all...

($140, MaisyBrownReproRetro.etsy.com)
Handmade like WOAH! WITH a detachable wrap skirt! Holla!

We Ain't. Goin' Nowhere...

It's FB for life!

I knooooooooooooooowwww. We've been less than punctual with the blogging. MK was gallivanting about in Tejas and Mejico, and I've been busy as a wee bee making jewelry, but you should know by now that when it rains it pours 'round here in 'Bingeville.

We're cooking up some hardest-of-the-hardcore posts, but for now, enjoy this ADORBSly cheesy yet presh coin purse.

($32, Cajo, Winknyc.com)

OOooh speaking of shoes...
I wanted to update you on the end result of my spring shoe-buying binge, which you MOMN (may or may not) remember from late January.

First of all, it was with crossed fingers (not literally, duhzors) that I ordered two pairs of open-toed wedges from the lamely named "Cutesy Shoes."
BUT... they did NOT disappoint. True to their name, they are INDEED cute!

See?
And the $15 price point is unbeatable. I will warn you, however, I had to return these for a half size smaller.

Next... the brown Dr. Scholls from Overstock are way cuter in real life. They're a little steep, which is surprising for Dr. Scholl's, but whateves.

Highly recommended (though ultimately not for spring.)

Oh, and here's a MAJE bummer: the very vintage brown wedges I bought on ebay suffered a major misstep (har).

I was felt SOOO swingy and excited when I stepped off the subway wearing these fun shoes. Very Mary Tyler Moore, you know? I wanted to wear a hat and toss it up in the air. That feeling stayed with me ALL day UNTIL... later in the afternoon... the soles came off BOTH fucking shoes! WTF?? They were never worn, so I guess the mishap was a function of their age and my overzealous, excited wearing of them. I'll get them fixed, but still. I call bullshit.

Lastly, these black shoes from Wink NYC:

These puppies ended up being more casual IRL than I anticipated. Oh well. They'll do nicely to upgrade an outfit in lieu of Chucks, nomesayin'??

And for REALSIES lastly:
Wink NYC is having a warehouse sale.


Gitrdone!

Carolina Herrera: From Munch to La Mode

New York - Though Carolina Herrera remains America's pre-eminently classy designer, she's inspiration for her latest collection was Edvard Munch's painting of a bohemian anarchist. Yet the contradiction, far from confusing designer led to one of the finest collections we've seen so far in the New York season.
Munch's painting of the radical Hans Jæger, whose neighborhood in Oslo, Christiania, was a funky and alternative quarter, may have been a bizarre source of stimulation but the net result was couture quality coolness. Ideal clothes for the very opposite sort of people the super-well-heeled women from the Upper East Side who sat front row.
Remarkably sleek tunic dresses finished with glass bauble trim reminiscent of the modernist functionality of Art Deco or brilliantly wrought robes with erratic geometric appliqué patterns echoed Munch's imagery and obsession with Jaeger.
Yet Herrera's collection for fall 2007 oozed haute sophistication, from the remarkable jacquard coats to the stockings finished with jade.
Munch's friendship with the freaky bohemians led by Jæger deeply marked his life and was source of almost permanent inner conflict. Ironically, designer's connection to Munch's art made for remarkably balanced fashion, clothes that flattered, had poise and looked great. Uncanny, surprising and unexpected, but true.