Edited by Retrochick. Well, I suppose I should start this week’s Links à la Mode with this:

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Here are some lovely links to keep you busy over the Christmas period. M.I.S.S. and JewelryWhore have DIY ideas to keep your mind and body occupied, ID Style and Little Miss Makeup show you how to ramp up the glamour in your makeup bag, whilst Daily Diva Dish and The Working Wardrobe help you plan what to wear for New Year’s Eve and your first day back at work post-holiday. If you run out of entertainment here, then you should check out the full Links à la Mode thread for more yummy fashion goodness. Have a fantastic holiday and I hope that Santa brings you everything you wish for!

Links à la Mode: December 24th.

• Alice in Stilettos – Don’t Be Victimized By Fashion.
• DailyDivaDish – New Year’s Eve Fashion: Make an entrance without breaking the bank. Includes 2 looks + DIY ideas.
• Fashion X K8 – Fashionably literary.
• Fasshonaburu – An interview with Liu Wen, the first Asian model to strut her stuff on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show catwalk.
• Idiosyncratic Style – Wham GLAM Thank You Ma’am – Indulge in a little glamour for the holidays.
• Jewelry Whore – HUGE Roundup of DIY Christmas Present Ideas! It’s not too late to make some fabulous jewelry for Christmas presents!
• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS – You’re only a couple of clicks and a few stitches away from owning your own one-of-a-kind designer piece with free patterns from SHOWstudio.
• La Société de Mode – A scream of an interview with stylist Brett Bailey.
• Little Miss Makeup – Bold lips: This season’s hottest makeup trend.
• M.I.S.S. – Another simple yet attractive necklace, by Pandora from Accessory Source, in this week’s She’s Crafty.
• Previously Owned – To celebrate the [almost there] opening of the ONLINE store, Previously Owned BLOG is giving away a Royal Blue hobo!
• Retro Chick – Vintage Hair Styling with Flamingo Amy.
• Style on a String – Harem Pants: Yay or Nay? And, some quick tips on how to buy and wear them.
• Sugar and spice and all things nice – 10 things I like … no, LOVE … about FANTASY SHOPPING!!
• sweetarchivia – Review of the much anticipated launch of the Rodarte for Target line by the Mulleavy sisters.
• THE COVETED – Versace pre-fall returns to color.
• The Demoiselles – Wing Tips: Your First Time … at the Tailor.
• The Fashion Planner – The Fashion Planner is excited to announce the publication of The Fashion Planner’s Guide!
• The Style PA – I review the comfy Cable Cosy by Isabella Oliver.
• The Working Wardrobe – Learning the art of layering that is both fashion-forward and office-appropriate.

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Links à la Stocking Stuffers!

Edited by Fashion Pulse Daily.

This week, as I’ve been getting geared up for the holiday season’s shopping (both loving and dreading it) via Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I couldn’t help but compare the posts to stocking stuffers. Why? Because it felt like a nice, sentimental hodge podge of little items that although different, still fit together into the bigger equation, hence my new phrase, “Links à la Stocking Stuffers!” Although I jest, I love the variety of posts this week, from Retro Chick‘s guide to ’40s hair for holiday parties, CoolMamaStyle.com‘s tuxedo jacket, The Coveted‘s adventures in Century 21 and What to Wear‘s Art Basel fashionable looks, to Prom Mafia‘s run in with Black Friday and SwaySwaySway‘s blissful tactics to keep your computer off on Cyber Monday. As expected, there was a fabulous round-up of links in the forum as well, all worthy of your eyeballs!

Links à la Mode: December 3rd.

• 39th and Broadway - How zoning may save the fashion industry.
• Bonne Vie - Talks about knockoffs and why making fashion accessible isn’t a bad thing.
• Confessions of a Fashion Editor - Interview with Katie Mackay of What Katie Wore, as she reaches the end of her year-long style challenge, to wear something different every day!
• CoolMamaStyle.com - Binge or Bargain: Black Tuxedo Jacket.
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Saks Fifth Avenue & Windows 7; an unlikely pairing for the holidays!
• Fashion XK8 - Explores fashion through local anthropology.
• Girl Friday - Mad About the Tote.
• Little Miss Makeup - Smoky Eyeshadow: A Timeless Makeup Trend.
• Oranges and Apples - Fashioning the Future: my favorites from the 2009 sustainable fashion awards.
• Painfully Hip - Edie Sedgwick takes San Francisco (she was born a California girl, afterall)!
• Prom Mafia - Surviving Old Navy’s Black Friday Sales.
• Rags to Reverie - How Essie got me to embrace nail color once again.
• Retro Chick - A Step-by-step Guide to Easy ’40s Style Party Hair.
• Style Symmetry - Blog to Watch: My Mom, The Style Icon.
• SwaySwaySway - A short and humorous guide to beating those seductive Cyber Monday urges.
• [the 3st] - Interview with Hungarian Designer Dora Mojzes, recently featured at the Marie Claire Fashion Show.
• The Art of Accessories - Helps you find a gift for everyone on your list with the 2009 Winter Gift Guide.
• The Coveted - Finds designers at an old favorite discount department store, Century 21.
• The Door in My Wardrobe - A lengthy post about fabric weaves and fibers, helpful for vintage hunters.
• The Working Wardrobe - Check out these eco-friendly ties that work with your outfit and your office dress code.
• What to Wear - Art Basel Miami Beach: the most important art show in the United States.

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Edited by Retro Chick.

There’s a thrifty feel abound in this week’s Links à la Mode. Maybe we are all saving money for Christmas, or perhaps we’re those recessionistas that I hear so much about. Oranges and Apples spends a week living out of a capsule wardrobe to prove it can be done, Further Ado tells us why “Investment Dressing” is just another way that fashion magazines try and part us from our cash, Style Symmetry shows us three ways to work the same plaid blazer, and Fashion is my Crush saves money by making her own studded vest (that’s a waistcoat, if you’re British …).

As the end of October creeps closer and the night’s draw in, this week’s Links à la Mode also, inevitably, includes some Halloween inspiration from The New Wave and Style Amor, along with the usual amazing mix of giveaways, interviews and reviews that we’ve come to expect.

Of course, if you need more tips and tricks, remember to check out all the submissions for this week in the Links à la Mode thread.

Links à la Mode: October 22nd.

• A Typical Atypical – Make me a … 1940’s wartime woman.
• Awakened Aesthetic – Men need sexy shoes too! Awakened Aesthetic searches for the best men’s dress shoes … and all of them are vegan.
• Bobbins and Bombshells – Sharin Foo of The Raveonettes. A modern Hitchcock Blonde with a guitar.
• Fashion in my eyes – Revlon fantasy eyelashes review and giveaway.
• Fashion is My Crush – DIY Embellished Vest: make your own hardware strewn vest with some beads, studs & chains.
• Fasshonaburu – Alyssa & Vyque go to the local Shecky’s Girl’s Night Out.
• ferOHHHsh – Blatant Designer Knockoffs – Not just in the back of vans anymore.
• Further Ado – Investment dressing – is it a real investment, or another women’s magazine catch-phrase used to encourage us to buy, buy, buy?
• Idiosyncratic Style – Q & A with amazing photographer, Dana Brushette.
• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS – Emily Howse: A look at an up-and-coming fashion graduate with a taste for ethical production, architectural inspired pieces, and plenty of ruffles.
• Little Miss Makeup – Brown is the new gray! Learn how to do a smoky eye for daytime.
• Oranges and Apples – The Capsule Wardrobe Challenge: Roundup and Reflections.
• Prom Mafia – ’80s Done Right: How to Rock the ’80s Fashion Trend.
• Retro Chick – Win an organic cotton jumper, worth £70 from Urban Buzz.
• slsvgg Fashion – Lily Allen’s jewellery line has finally been released in Selfridges.
• Style Amor – Need costume inspiration with a bad ass fashionable twist?
• Style Symmetry – Three Ways to Wear a Plaid Blazer This Season!
• Styletastic – A roundup of S/S 2010 runway shoes – what will we all be wanting to wear on our feet next summer? (Or not, as the case may be.)
• The Coveted – Behind the Scenes at Christian Francis Roth.
• The New Wave – DIY Halloween inspiration from the S/S 2010 runway shows.
• The Working Wardrobe – Something to Remember: Your Work Attire Not Only Represents You, It Represents Your Workplace. Think Before You Dress.

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Shifting Gears

Edited by Jennine.

It’s here. Summer’s (basically) over, back to school, back to work, … plus, today is the first official day of Fashion Week madness … and New York is just the beginning. I’ve always thought once Labor Day rolled around, we shifted gears and started jamming everything in, struck by the realization that the year is almost out! This week, we’ve got an amazing round of links, seriously, it was so hard to pick only 20. Style Amor wonders if we really need Fashion Week at all, Heavy Heels senses the Wind of Change, as models start chopping their locks, The Demoiselles begin a ‘get healthy’ project, and kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS does a remarkable interview with Patricia Ayres.

Links à la Mode: September 10th.

• Art of Accessories – Translating the Trends: Ruffles.
• BRICK MY LANE – The ruffled neckpiece – part 2.
• dramatis personae – “Plus-Sized” Bras for Busty Gals.
• Fashion Hippo – Giveaway: Tory Burch Logo Clutch.
• Fashion Pulse Daily – FelixRey.com: Fashion Pulse Daily Readers Get an Exclusive 20% Off!
• fete a fete – Giorgio Armani Beauty Fall 2009 Manta Ray & Eyes To Kill.
• Heavy Heels – Wind of Change.
• Idiosyncratic Style – IdStyle File – Kaitlyn Regehr.
• Independent Fashion Bloggers – How Important is Trust? A Review of Trust Agents.
• Intrinsically Florrie – Luella Loveage.
• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS – Interview with Patricia Ayres.
• Little Miss Makeup – Is applying liquid eyeliner your biggest beauty frustration?
• Meilily – Ruffled Makeup Bag by Christian Siriano for VS Makeup.
• Retro Chick – Planning an Autumn Winter 2009-10 Wardrobe.
• Style Amor – Do We Need Fashion Week?
• Style it You – Breaking Barriers.
• Style Symmetry – The Last Hurrah Giveaway.
• Stylish Thought – Stylish Thoughts on Coco, Karl & Feminism.
• Super Kawaii Mama – Worn Wild – MSFW’s Dark Side.
• THE COVETED – Mahtab Azimi’s Cozy Little Black Dress.
• The Demoiselles – We’re Getting Healthy.

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Beauty, Style, & the Blogosphere

Edited by Ashe Mischief.

Beauty and Style come in many forms, and this week’s Links à la Mode choices showcase the many discussions entering the world of fashion blogging at the moment: excessive judgements, the value of personalities, and cultivating your inner beauty as well as your outer beauty. Bonne-Vie challenges the values of the show “More to Love” and Fivve Blog shares model sensation Lara Stone. Newcomer Jaka’s Tea Party calls to action with the Wholestyle Manifesto and Betsey J asks “Are we too judgemental as fashion bloggers?”

Not to overshadow this week’s Links à la Mode with too heavy of discussions, we’ve also got a great roundup of makeup tutorials & inspiration, along with great DIY projects & giveaways in the forums!

Links à la Mode: August 20th.

• Ask ThinkThru: – What Can You Wear From the Office to an Event?
• Betsey J: – Have we become too judgemental when it comes to fashion & style?
• Bonne Vie: – Fox is doin’ it wrong with new reality show “More to Love”.
• Brick My Lane: – 3-in-1 DIYs: Ripping, slashing and patching everything, rock’n'roll style.
• Broke & Beautiful: – International Indie Designers can be found with Novica, plus an opportunity to REALLY make a difference by shopping.
• Confessions of a Fashion Editor: – Fed up with emails from big fashion brands demanding interviews, I decided to speak to a young, bright and new designer instead.
• Denim Debutante: – How to Clean & Care for Your Premium Denim.
• Fivve Blog: – If you have a fashion mag addiction, then you have probably seen who W Magazine is calling the “fashion it-girl”, Lara Stone.
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: – What’s so great about Gravatars?
• Jaka’s Tea Party: – A mission statement for a new movement that believes style isn’t about the clothes you wear, it’s about being a whole person.
• Little Miss Makeup: – Pretty makeup is an evergreen fashion trend. Get the low-down on how to get the look!
• Meilily: – Highlights the debut collection of Project Runway phenom Christian Siriano for VS Makeup.
• Pie Wacket: – Yesterday I worked with Kiehl’s to create a wonderful late summer giveaway and shot an original beauty story to demo the products.
• Rags to Reverie: – 2 days ago Space 15 Twenty’s Pangaea Pop-Up makes Deka Ray’s architectural jewelry available to the masses.
• Retro Chick: – Why we buy – One woman’s journey in fashion and the decisions we make every day.
• Sweet Archivia: – Anthropologie’s Secret Code – In-House Brand Guide.
• The Coveted: – Make that a double: Take Off Your Clothes Double T-Shirt Dress.
• The Demoiselles: – Jennifer Nicole uncovers the secrets behind the new PETA ad, which degrades women based on weight.
• The Fashion Planner: – The Fashion Planner’s Guide to Chicago offers great places to eat, shop, and more.
• The Midnight Feast: – Did I really just put on black lipstick? How to tackle this trend: a guide for those who would prefer to leave the gothic look in the 90s.
• Unfunded: – White Rabbit-Inspired Baubles.
• Wit & Whimsy: – First Look: Michael Kors Goes Hollywood Glam with the launch of VeryHollywood.com.

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