Shop Hammitt, Moschino Cheap & Chic, Marc Jacobs, Carlos Falchi and more at Monday’s online sample sales

Shop the following editor’s picks: Hammitt handbags, Moschino Cheap & Chic, Marc Jacobs Sunglasses, Carlos Falchi, Alice & Trixie, and more at Monday’s online sample sales at Gilt, Gilt City – New York, ideeli, Row Nine, Rue La La, Billion Dollar Babes, Editor’s Closet, Beyond the Rack, HauteLook, Enviius, Gomatta Girls, Lucky Chic, One King’s Lane, Reverse by Revolve, Jetsetter, Gilt Man, Estile, DD Push, The Top Secret, The Skinny, Mintbox and Rent the Runway.

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Avelle (formerly Bag Borrow or Steal): Up to 60% off classic black designer handbags + Take an extra 10% off!

Beyond the Rack: Ralph Lauren, Crsytal Rock, Bill Blass, Conscious Jewelry by Danna Weiss, Nobel, Welder

Billion Dollar Babes: Hammitt handbags, A&R Cashmere, L*Space swimwear

DD Push is an exclusive online sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com

Editor’s Closet is a free, highly exclusive and invitation-only sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Evis, Lia Schorr, Movado

Enviius: MMCrystal Fine Crystal Jewelry, POP Beauty

Estile: Tribu, Multi-designer sale

Gilt Groupe: KORS Michael Kors, Jewelry by Ranjana Khan, Moschino Cheap & Chic, Jacadi, Juicy Couture, Juicy Couture Handbags & Accessories, Juicy Couture Jewelry & Watches, Vic Firth Salt & Pepper Mills, Halabaloo Dresses, Airflow Collectibles, Old Hickory Tannery

Gilt City – New York: American Idiot, PUBLIC Restaurant, ION Studio, Warrior Fitness Boot Camp, RBC NYC Coffee Shop

Gilt Man: Designer 101, Chip & Pepper, Vic Firth Salt & Pepper Mills, Property Of…

Gomatta Girls: Sweet Like Honie, Nicola Berti

HauteLook: Marc Jacobs sunglasses, Three Dots, Watches Under $50, LightStim Skincare, Hype Kids, Frankie B., Dittos Denim, Queen Baby, King Baby

ideeli: Carlos Falchi, Just a Cheap Shirt, Shoe-in, 43.46 Aggaj, La Fee Verte, CZ Kenneth Jay Lane, Collective Concepts, Marcella fine rugs

Jetsetter: Tierra Atacama - Chile

Lucky Chic: Whole Foods, Amazon, H&M

Mintbox is a free, highly exclusive and invitation-only sample sale site. In order to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: 30% off Y-3, Acne, Cutler and Gross and more at Cry Wolf, Ric Pipino, Get a Second Treatment Half Off at YeloSpa, Plus a Free Gift

One King’s Lane - to join, please email me at editor (at) whatshaute (dot) com: Harry Barker, Tourance Baby, LUX, Coolchange, Stark Paint

Portero: Save up to 80% on pre-owned Vintage and Luxury Brands at Portero.com Including; Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Rolex, Manolo Blahnik, Hermès, Jimmy Choo, Gucci, Tiffany, Cartier and Many more!

Rent the Runway: Perfect Date Looks

Reverse by Revolve: Eugenia Kim, Tyler Rose, Fifteen Twenty

RowNine: Dell wireless printer, John Varvatos eyewear, Kate Spade handbags

Rue La La: Alice & Trixie, Stitch’s, Stitch’s - Men’s, Toscano, Barbara Barry, Red Mountain Resort & Spa - St. George, Utah

Shopbop: BCBGMAXAZRIA: Straight from the Runway

The Skinny

The Top Secret: Ed Hardy Handbags Sale and 3 Top Picks: Jokara Sterling Silver CZ Earrings, Co-Lab Tote Bag, Arkeology Fringe Scarf

The Sample Sale: Look From London

What’s Your Beauty Secret? Sponsored by Johnson’s Baby Oil

What keeps your skin looking haute? Dermatologist Dr. Rosemarie Ingleton, celebrity makeup artists Sam Fine and Tia Dantzler and The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Lisa Wu-Hartwell share their beauty secrets and tips to keep your skin looking young and fresh!

Weekly Shopping and Goodies

A Few Goody Gumdrops loves the bandaged look from from Herve Leger but needs two saleswomen to get her in zipped in!

Bags, Bling & Beauty shows you how to dress like a celebrity while keeping a budget.

Couture In The City is in love with the new spring collection from Rachel Roy

Fashion Fille features ThreadSence, an online shopping site that showcases bloggers and independent designers. Find out more details at her blog!

Handbag du Jour’s haute bag of the week is the Alexander Wang Cher Large Siamese Clutch.

Quinta Trends talks to Chilean designer Cecilia Acuña about her new brand

Raging Rouge continues her posts on MAC Give Me Liberty of London with swatches of Blue India Nail Lacquer from the collection.

Shopping and Info loves the Hermes Birkin bag Eva Longoria Parker owns in Bleu De Prusse.

Simply Sample Sales shares the best deals from The PacSun Spring Sale - Up To An Extra 50% Off!

SomeoneSpoilMe.com wants to tell you about a $6,000 contest that you will want to ENTER!

Style Eyes checks out the latest clothing collection at Tesco in her post supermarket couture

StyleMaven spotted Mary Kate Olsen toting her box of new Hunter Wellie rain boots. They’re the must have rainboot for April showers!!

The Curvy Fashionista dishes the latest about Full Figured ™ Fashion Week with host Emme and the first ever plus size awards show!

The Well-Heeled Society is lining up traveling shoes to take to her Atlanta book signing for How To Stylishly Fall From Grace!

TheFind chats with emerging designer Alyssa Nicole, and learns about her Spring 2010 collection inspired by cupcakes, hipster bicyclists, and The Dresden Dolls.

What’s Haute Magazine previews the Rachel Roy spring 2010 collection at Macy’s along with a performance by Estelle!

Academy Awards 2010 - red carpet fashion best and worst

The 82nd annual Academy Awards aired last night and now that all the awards have been given out (special congrats to Mo’Nique and Katherine Bigelow!), it’s time to focus on the fashion winners and losers. On the red carpet there was the usual array of flowy, beaded gowns but a few were great hits and as usual there were some major losers. Check out our top 8 best and worst in Oscar’s fashion:

The Best:

Molly Ringwald looked beautiful in a blue Todd Thomas Grecian-style dress with one-shoulder detail and a gold metal brooch and matching arm cuff.

Sarah Jessica Parker looked sunny in a silk yellow Chanel shift dress with silver embroidery from Chanel’s 2010 Spring/Summer Haute Couture collection.

Gabourey Sidibe was a precious beauty in a blue, off-the-shoulder, beaded Marchesa gown.

Zoe Saldana dazzled in a Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci stunner with a glitzy bodice and ruffled, tiered skirt.

The Worst:

Note to Charlize Theron - floral boob-embellishments NEVER look good on anyone. Even if it is designed by John Galliano for Dior.

Diane Kruger - The mix of drapery-style chiffon mixed with camelia embroidered floral waist with black trim throughout is dreadful. And simply mortifying to look at. Even if it is from Chanel Haute Couture.

Kate Winslet looked like a stiff, sculpted piece of metal in an Atelier Yves Saint Laurent by Stefano Pilati bustier evening gown. Like an Oscar statue, in fact.

Jennifer Lopez - the last thing “Jenny from the block” needs is more junk in her trunk. This Armani Privé dress adds an extra set of hips that J. Lo just doesn’t need.

Photos:Kevin Mazur/Wireimage

Happy Holidays from What’s Haute Magazine!

Amerie opens her high-fashion closet to Elle

Rihanna may be the R&B girl of the moment but Amerie is no shrinking violet. The songstress recently let Elle Magazine take a peek into her closet and peruse her designer wardrobe. Her style includes a mix of girly hot pink dresses mixed with edgy, streetwise accessories (Pamela Love daggers and talon cuffs with Bliss Lau body chains — bondage much?) and full of haute up-and-comers (T by Alexander Wang, Rag and Bone) mixed with longtime celebrity faves (Chloé). Check out Amerie’s haute looks in the thumbnails below.

Photos: Kelly Stuart for Elle.com; edited by: Violet Moon Gaynor

 

 

 

 

Rihanna runs this town in Barracuda shades by A-Morir Kerin Rose #FNO09

Rihanna celebrated Fashion’s Night Out #FNO09 at Intermix Soho and she came with the fierceness as usual. Black spandex hooded dress. Strong red lip. Black suede clutch. And her new signature - fierce shades. She wore the hand-painted, hand-distressed pyramid studded Barracuda sunglasses by A-Morir Kerin Rose ($350), the same ones she wore in the “Run This Town” video with Kanye and Jay-Z and Amber Rose. Is it us, or is she starting to morph into Amber Rose? It looks like the two fashionista’s styles are starting to overlap.

PRE-ORDER NOW! THESE ARE A PRE-SALE ITEM. A PURCHASE NOW GUARANTEES YOUR ORDER WILL BE SHIPPED THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.

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In my haute closet: Catherine Malandrino cropped bomber jacket

Is it too early to start shopping for Fall? I vote no, but then I’m a shopaholic fashion editor so I’m biased. That’s why I recently snagged this Catherine Malandrino cropped leather bomber jacket ($328) on Gilt Groupe. I couldn’t pass on it - it’s a smart, ultrafeminine shape that will work perfectly with my Fall essentials - dresses with patterned tights and chunky booties, long shirts with skinny jeans and the occasional other outfit thrown in between.

Wanna get a head start on your Fall shopping? Head over to Gilt Groupe for more fabulous fashion steals!

Haute Topic: Kings and Queens of Pop (and Bling)

This week we’re paying homage to Michael Jackson - the man, the mystery, the music legend, humanitarian and fashion innovator and icon. Jackson’s unique sound and dance moves may have put him on the map, and his philanthropic efforts kept him there but it was really his fashion sense that really made him stand out and made us take notice. Early on he set trends with prepster looks (like his yellow cardigan and bowtie during the Human Nature era); colorful zippered leather jackets (a la Thriller), then later, sparkly socks and that single jeweled glove. Blinged out military-style jackets covered in sequins and crystals became his uniform alongside cropped black pants. Jackson’s style may have been a little over the top, especially for day to day, but designers and other celebrities paid attention and began to emulate his style. This season’s ever popular Balmain bandleader blazers were insipred by the King of Pop, and celebrities from Beyonce to Rihanna to Kim Kardashian to Victoria Beckham were all spotted wearing Jackson’s signature look. Want to rock Michael Jackson’s style? Click the links below to cop your own ‘Queen of Pop and Bling’ look.

1. Les Chiffoniers Sequin-sprayed jacket, $755
2. Stuart Weitzman Girly, $230
3. Alexander McQueen Faithful Glove Clutch, $899
4. sass & bide Black Rats Metallic Smocked Leggings, $176
5. Ray-Ban Classic aviator sunglasses, $135
6. Balmain Waxed Ribbed biker jeans, € 1,274
7. Thakoon Cropped Disco Mirror Jacket, $2,750
8. Andrew Hamilton Crawford Starry Night Ring, $114
9. Spring Court M2 Glove Metallic in Silver Fox White, $160

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Are Designers Inspired by the First Lady’s Style?

There’s no doubt about it, First Lady Michelle Obama is a modern day fashion icon. Her looks are always stylishly flattering and chicly conservative. On the cover of this month’s O the Oprah Magazine she’s wearing a simple yet super-stylish slim orange dress, yellow short-sleeved cardigan and transparent belt. Though understated, everything she wears makes a statement, from multi-colored separates to an arm-baring dress or a chunky pearl necklace. And of course, designers have taken notice and want to dress her in all their latest like a little girl with her paper dolls. But are they also designing collections around her style? It seems so.

Isaac Mizrahi’s new collection for Liz Claiborne looks like he peeked into the closet of Mrs. Obama to derive inspiration. The ad campaign even looks like she should be starring in it! The collection consists of colorful separates, flirty and full patterned dresses and skirts, and vibrantly hued trench coats accessorized with bright and sunny shoes and accessories. Even Gap’s spring ’09 ads seem to have jumped on the bandwagon of Mrs. O’s casually refined looks. The campaign features primary-colored separates peeking out from underneath neutral trenches. What do you think? Are designers capitalizing on the First Lady’s look?

Images via Oprah Magazine/Nitrolicious