Fresh Face Fashion - Basil Soda

London: The lovely Ms. Kelly Rowland attended the Grey Goose Character & Cocktails Winter Fundraiser for Sir Elton John's AIDS foundation at the Grosevenor Hotel in London on Sunday, December 13, 2009.

The designs of Basil Soda (as shown in the photo) were also on display and Mrs. Kelly represented them well as she strutted her stuff in a lovely season's best Indigo silk gown. Although started in 2001 as a fashion house in the Middle East, Basil Soda is still under the radar - but not for long. We love understated glam, and who would not be impressed with corsages, accessories, lace, satin and silk interplay.

For more info, please visit: www.basilsoda.com

Got Shoes?

It's been said that anytime you see the "Made In Italy" stamp, you can rest to sure you are getting the finest of luxe goods. This designer needs no introduction, well maybe...these days folks are robotic at best with Atwoods, Choos, Louboutins, Zanottis, well you get it - and all the aforementioned are awesome no doubt. But, one should never limit themselves to being a name stalker - well that's just our opinion and we all like what we like. But some things are just well designed and looking at this candy of a shoe it gives us chills. If you are looking for the perfect party shoe - look no further than Deigo Dolcini's sparkling stunner. We do supply napkins for salivating and we're sure you'll need one! You can thank us later for turning you on to something new. It's just what we do.

For more info, visit: www.shopstyle.com/browse/Diego-Dolcini

Your New Year's Resolution: Visit The New Maxxi Museum In Rome

Rome, Italy: We would call Zaha Hadid an architectural genius, but that just may be an understatement. If you love to venture to the MET or Guggenheim in NY or wherever your favorite citys modern museum may be, than next stop Rome. We know, any excuse to go to Rome works for us. Completed and opened in November 2009, this stellar lux building took over 10 years to make and is slated for Spring 2010 grand opening so get your travel plans in gear. Beyond the external, you'll see 21st century modern art at its luxurious best. Intelligent space, beautiful city.....leave the light on for us.

For more info, please visit: http://www.maxxi.darc.beniculturali.it/

The Gift That Keeps On Giving...Andy Warhol for Bond No. 9

NY - In an ode to Andy's 80th birthday, Bond No. 09 does what they are good at - meshing fashion with fresh scents and making it good! Enter Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue (and we thought Lexington Ave was only good for the #4 train in Manhattan -lol). We are Warhol fanatics so this we love. Perfect stocking stuffer and a spice of a scent. We know Andy would approve. Any bottle that boasts a girls favorite things (SHOES!) can do no wrong...and in the immortal words of Andy (that's Mr. Warhol to you): "See a shoe and pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck."

Well said my friend, well said.

Where to find: www.bondno9.com

Cuff Me With Love - Karry'O

Well we are suckers for unique and interesting things. Some people just you know, get it! Feast your eyes on this fab cabochon cuff from Karry'O. Polished horn cuff with amber colored teardrop cabochon embellishment. Unusual and sophisticated, this cuff from Karry'O has been handcrafted from dark polished marbled horn. Measuring 7.8cm in width, the bracelet is embellished with a large teardrop shaped amber cabochon in the center and smaller stones set in brass along the surface, creating a striking piece of costume jewelry.

$1032 USD

For more info visit: couturelab.com

Ebay + Haute Fashion in a Pop Up Shop - No Way!

Well, we saw this one coming....Ebay launched it's first holiday store in New York (where else) in November and to everyones wonderment it was stocked with L.A.M.B. shoes, Norma Kamali exclusives for Ebay, Michael Kors accessories and even M.A.C. makeup. Yep, I know what your thinking, if you wanted these things, you'd go to your neighborhood mall (at least that's what we're thinking). But, we digress.

Enter Ebay Fashion Vault. Keeping up with the Joneses is hard to do these days, but ebay is managing it well with their new site dedicated to a sort of 'sample sale' type atmosphere - think Gilt.com and Ruelala.com. Ahhh, now we can breathe because here you can find designer duds that you really want such as Tom Ford sunglasses and OMG - Catherine Malandrino pieces. Even though they started with a Cole Haan sale (yawn), we're sure they will pick up, where these other sample sales dropped off. C'mon Ebay, stop running with the 'flea market' theme and get with it - we know you can do it! Hey if Narciso Rodriguez has an 'exclusive' line for ebay, they have it going on...baby steps indeed.

We'll have to wait and see what fashion hit makers have to say about this one....(fingers tapping on computer)

YSL Goes Green With A Vintage Twist

Even in the afterlife, YSL stays above the curve. The genius who created the first fem-fatale in a tux launches New Vintage II–its second capsule collection. The entire collection is made from never-used fabrics in the YSL archive, but so exclusive each piece has a number on it. Now who wouldn't want this in their fierce collection of vintage - we know we would. We love it!

What We Are Coveting....LV Shine Bracelets

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2010 - Shine bracelets. Ain't it puuuurrrtttyyyy! Get your gift giving on with this beauty and we trust that this would be the only gift you'll either give or get at the pricetag, but luxury is just that...luxury and not for the faint at heart. We love oddities and this fits into an odd piece in our artful eyes. We likey!

Available in shiny red or indigo blue (eh, em NAVY) , $435.

If you are not sure where to purchase this bracelet, you are definitely on the wrong blog and hey (they) get enough promotion as it is! Just ask Kanye.