SOBBING ON FIFTH: IFB Links a la Mode Round-Up

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Making the Effort

Making the effort every day has been on my mind lately. It's fall, the typical time for dressing up. Fashion Month opens the floodgates to trendy people. And while, life may have other things in store for you: unusually warm October, working at home, not working at all... etc, making an effort still matters. Yesterday I was just talking about how making an effort doesn't have to be too much work. It's just a matter of planning things a little. That's what the links this week tell me, they peek into trends for next year, they organize the trends this year, and give a little inspiration for the upcoming holiday we all love: Halloween!

Links à la Mode: October 10th

Attire Club: Connecting Fashion And Music
Beauty and Sass: spring 2014 fashion week runway makeup trends
Burgundy Whispers: Fashion Icon, Lianne La Havas
CherieLaMode: Halloween Look: Broken Porcelain Witch
Confessions of a Style Cookie: PFW : Chanel Spring 2014
Dresscode:HighFashion: Backstage at Jil Sander F/W 13/14
Eight Days a Week: 10 reasons to love Marc Jacobs' job for Louis Vuitton
Inspirations and Celebrations: High-End vs. Affordable Fashion - Military Trend
Katie Like Me: How to Style Plaid for the Fall Season
Lara Lizard: Perks of being a 1990's kid
Ms. Fabulous: Style Secrets from Dancing with the Stars
Nothing 2 Wear: In Case You Couldnt Make It To Fashion Week
Rising Colors: How to Avoid and Lose Post-Marriage Weight Gain
Rose & Pine: The Non-Costumey Costume Series: Regina George
Sobbing on Fifth: New York Girl Street Style Inspo
The Fluff Report: The Fluff Report Color Trend: Paprika
Tickle Me Chic: From Runways To Beach Days Mi Ola Has You Covered
Two Kids NYC: White Lies: When is it okay to tell a lie?
Undercover Dress-Up Lover: Making the effort: why to dress up every day
Wild Beauty World: Cole Haan Born in 1928

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Our Story

We are Sutton and Astor Van Brigsby. We were born and raised on Park Avenue, a mere hop, skip and 30-second ride with our driver, Morton, from Fifth Avenue. Oh, yes, there was a time when our daily shopping trips were what chick-flick montages were made of – sales assistants scurried at our beck and call, we did lots of twirling in front of fitting room mirrors without spilling our glasses of champagne, and doormen helped Morton help us into the car with stacks of hatboxes – which had shopping bags of clothing and shoes inside of them, because we’re not really into hats. But our designer RTW-filled reality came crashing to a traumatizing end when our father went ballistic one day – WHY we do not know – and cut up our credit cards. Apparently, it bothered him that we had spent his secretary’s annual salary in one trip to Bergdorf. He completely cut us off, I mean stone cold. With the exception of health insurance, cell phone bills, cable and electricity, we are COMPLETELY on our own. Left to our own devices to stay as well dressed as before but on a salary that doesn’t even compare to our past allowance. So, I, Astor, took a job in fashion and Sutton took a job in beauty. It is all we know and love, after all, and we figured that way we would have our bases covered with discounts – what else is a girl to do? If you’re like us, trying to keep a closet stocked with the kind of stuff Bill Cunningham will notice you in on a less-than-desirable salary, join us, won’t you? We’ll support each other, we’ll have cry fests over things we can’t have – and we’ll come up with ways to make the number of those things less and less by hunting sample sales, scouring the internet for discounts and even DIYing up our own versions. We WILL get through this together.

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Monday, October 14, 2013

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