Saturday Sale! Aloha Rag

NYers, check out Aloha Rag's sample sale. It's today --

When: Saturday, May 30th.
Where: 505 Greenwich between Spring & Canal
What: 40 - 70% women's and men's -- Alexander Wang, Repetto (!!!), 3.1 Phillip Lim, Giuseppe Zanotti, Martin Margiela, etc. What?

FashionBinge Forced Retirement: The Tory Burch Reva Ballet Flat

Yes, the Tory Burch "Reva" ballet flat is cute, but so is Abigail Breslin, but you don't see me hanging out with her. That's why I have to take issue with iVillage for putting them on their "Still In For Spring" list. Conversely, they're on my own personal "First to Go" list. Enough is enough! They're overly specific to last spring, and they're making me yawn.

Let's step it up with some new flats, shall "we"?

($375, Tashkent By Cheyenne, Piperlime.com)

The gold buckle and square toe are simply sublime, and the neutral tan make this an excellent (yet expensive) winter-to-spring transitional shoe.

($155, Corso Como, Piperlime.com)

Um, okay. I was just about write that these sassy yet simple shoes are the Dorothy Zbornak of awesome flats, and THEN I saw that these are called "Dotty," thus confirming my long-held suspicions that I am a FUCKING GIRL GENIUS.

($235, Repetto, Creatures of Comfort)

Not so me, but I could see MKHo pulling these off with much "aplomb." And speaking of black ballet flats -- throughout much of last fall, I wore a pair of subtle black patent quilted ballet flats that I got at like Rainbow or something (no joke) for under a twenty. I wore them with everything, and quite well, if I must say. Unfortunately they started to smell like a pile of fragrant garbage, so I had to trash them, but they're such an easy go-to that I may have to replace them:

($22, Torrid)

Simple, sweet, and so cheap! Thanks, Torrid!

($11.49, Target)

No, thank YOU, Targz!

($49, Steve Madden)

See? Behold: a simple, stylish flat, unadorned by now-ubiquitous tack, which is more than I can say for...

(Via iVillage, unfortunately)

A crime -- and fate -- worse than Crocs, my friends.

I Do... Want These Dresses... Part Two!

Okay. Now for the more cashe dresses.

First are three that aren't really wedding appropes -- I just liked them.


($262, What Comes Around Goes Around, Shoplastyle.com)
I'm not sure if I like this despite or because of the fact that it's slutty.



($249, Plenty By Tracy Reese, CoutureCandy.com)
Also cute, but not necessarily good wedding-going ware.



($180, Plastic Island, ShopZane.com)
Fun, but the stomach area might be disastrous on most.


K, now for the wedding-appropes:

($389, Doucette Duval, RevolveClothing.com)
I hart everything Doucette Duvall does, and this is certainly no exception. Such an elegant classic.



($374, Doucette Duvall, RevolveClothing.com)
I love this dress and I love the fact that it's called Elephant Chain, and I love it just as much if not more in its shirtdress iteration.



($258, LaRok, Nordstrom.com)
Though it's pretty difficult to pull off THIS much large print with SO much bold coloring, I think this is super fun, especially as a shorter smock dress. This would be adorbs with some simple ballet flats. (Note I didn't say gladiator sandals, because those are scary.)

Here's the front, though I like the bright colors much better than the snoozy pastels:




($310, Les Prairies Des Paris, LaGarconne.com)
Love this dress. If you have the boobs (or not, more specifically) to pull this off, I highly recommend it.

I also LOVE this open-toe heeled sandal, also by Les Prairies Des Paris:

($348, LeGarconne.com)



($314, 3.1 By Phillip Lim, LaGarconne.com)
Precious like a pony, and not a bad price for Phillip Lim.



($267, Alice + Trixie, Dboutique.com)
Another one for those of you not massively endowed (and consider yourself lucky because look at the benefits you reap!) Perfect for a beach wedding.



($375, Tracy Reese, BigDropNYC.com)
Another fit-for-the-beach frock. And, for those of you fortunate enough to tan -- a phenomenon about which I've only heard -- this would look even more lovely.



($29, Forever21.com)
Another fun orange dress but for way, way less.



($22, Forever21.com)
Another "Siempre" dress that looks like it costs waaaaay more than it does.


Finally... my favorite dress of all:

($363, What Comes Around Goes Around, ShopLAStyle.com)
Love love love this dress like Lindsay Lohan loves her a ride on that white horse!


Now, in unrelated news, I LOVE this cocktail ring:

(Apprx $19 USD, GlitzySecrets.com)


And finally, here are two really really ugly things and one WTF thing:


($170, Repetto, LaGarconne.com)
A serious misstep by the otherwise wonderful Repetto! WTF? I love the description: "Simply indie-fabulous." Say whaaaaaa? Simply... no.



($17, Forever21.com)
Cute on the pre-K set, not on you. (Unless you're four, in which case: proceed.)



($240, Roost, Vivre.com)
This is exactly the sort of thing I'd like to REMOVE from my home, not bring into it, let alone set it out as a decorative "conversation piece." Sigh... I just don't even know anymore.