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Links à la Mode: October 31st

All That Glitters: DIY Minnie Mouse
Alysalovely: 10 Easy Costume Ideas Using 3 Pieces You Already Have
Burgundy Whispers: Night Time Skincare Routine
Clothes But Not Quite: Still Scared About Not Having A Halloween Costume?
DressCode:HighFashion: 10 Black & Orange High Fashion Looks for Halloween 2013
Empathetically Elle: DIY Flapper Costume
Fashion Trends & More: How to Incorporate Cat Prints & Motifs into Your Wardrobe
Happy Pretty Sweet: A Brief History of the Twinset
Incognito: Thoughts on racism on the catwalks
Kiri Yanchenko: Do It Yourself Tokyo Street Style
Lara Lizard: Pirate be ye? Arr!
Late Night Minutes: DIY Wonder Woman halloween costume
Moi Contre La Vie: Workwear: Business Casual Staples
Sannam and Style: Green Halloween - Body Con Dress and Green Booties
Sobbing on Fifth: Speed Up Your Morning Routine`
Storybook Apothecary: 6 Cute & Cheap DIY Halloween Costume Ideas!
Versatile Journal: CODE #000000
Walking Talking Style: 4 Ways to Wear a Flannel Shirt this Fall/Winter
Wild Beauty: Every Day is Halloween: Makeup Tricks for Year-Round
Wishing for Chanel: Halloween costumes for the fashion conscious 2013

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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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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Links à la Mode: October 31st

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