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Hello Fashionistas!
Although it feels like summer just began fall is just around the corner. Summer fashion was all about bright colors and prints. This fall is all about muted colors and metallics. In order to get you ready for fall on a budget here are a few must-have products under $100.
Muted neutral tones mixed with metallic accents for only $89 at Nine West
Grey fold-over tote with lace-up sides, Made by Converse One Star for Target only $32.99.
Silver circular fan ring with grey stone from My Wardrobe for $90.75
This HOT gold wedge is Rachel Zoe’s pick on PiperLime for $100
Giles & Brother Wishbone Necklace for $80 sold on NET-A-PORTER.COM
Happy Shopping!
xoxo,
Sassy Chick
Hello Fashionistas!
I have to share this great deal I found. Rilee and Lo is having an extra 30% off sale! Just use the coupon code HOT30 when you check out. They have great designer accessories from labels like the Olsen twin’s line Elizabeth & James 
Happy Shopping,
Sassy Chick
Hello sassy ladies!
Steve Madden is having a sale on its oh-so-stylish sandal line! I’m talking about discounts up to 50% off. If you’re too lazy to go to the mall or if you cant seem to find your shoe size, just visit www.stevemadden.com. Chances are, the online store will have your size, and what’s nicer than purchasing a cute pair of shoes through the convenience of your own home?
Here are some of the wonderful deals they are offering online. Purchase your pair soon while summer is still here! I know I will 
Reg price $59.95, now $49.95!
Reg price $49.95, now $29.95!
Reg price $69.95, now $39.98!
Reg Price $69.96, now 34.98!
Nicole Richie is known for being a boho chic fashion trendsetter. This has not changed with pregnancy. With her first child, Harlow Winter Kate Madden, now over a year old, Richie merged the world of fashion and motherhood. Now pregnant with her second child she is transcending the standards she set the first time. She is partnering with A Pea in the Pod and designing her own line of maternity wear due out by the end of summer.
There is no doubt that Richie’s godfather, Michael Jackson has played a role in her trend setting fashion sense. Although she claims she doesn’t yet know the sex of her unborn child, it is rumored that Nicole Richie will name it after ‘The King of Pop’, we will just have to wait and see.
xoxo,
Sassy Chick
Hello Fashionistas!
If you are looking for a fun girls night out and you’re in the San Diego area. The Fashion Bash at the Rooftop Lounge in the Hard Rock Hotel is for you! The event features over 30 hot designer labels at knock-off prices. In addition you will enjoy cocktails, spa treatments and DJ spun music.
The event is $20 for a pair of tickets. It will be held on Thursday July 30th from 5-9 pm. For more info visit www.sassycitychicks.com
If you would like to be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a pair of tickets email your name with “wordpress” in the subject line.
xoxo
Sassy Chick
All of these elements strip hair leaving it looking and feeling dull, brittle and dry. Here are a few homemade inexpensive ways to revive your summer hair slump.
Before swimming in chlorinated water rinse your hair in clean water and apply a leave in conditioner so your hair is protected from soaking up chlorine.
Deep Cleansing Shampoo
Mix the contents of a green-tea bag and two tablespoons of olive oil, with the juice of a half a lemon and half an orange. Whip In a blender. Then massage into hair and leave on for fifteen minutes. Shampoo and condition.
For a quick and easy deep clean add 1 tbsp baking soda to your regular shampoo… it’s better than most striping shampoos on the market and only about $1 for a box.
Shine-Boosting Conditioner
Brew a cup of tea in a flavor close to your hair color.
Blonde/Chamomile
Brunette/black current
Redhead/Orange pekoe
Mix equal parts tea with hair conditioner. Use once or twice a week.
How to add volume to hair
Steep a bag of nettle tea in a cup of water and apply to clean and conditioned hair while damp. Nettle coats and thickens your hair shaft.
Remember, the easiest and best way to protect your hair is simply to wear a hat when you will be in the sun for extended periods of time.
xoxo,
Sassy Chick
In the true Sacha Baron Cohen fashion Brüno is so much more about shock value than fashion. Although the main character is presented as a gay fashionista the movie is more about the extreme intolerance of gays than anything else. Though the movie did receive some laughs from the packed theater, over all it was nothing more than Cohen’s attempt to expose stupidity and ignorance in the most shocking way possible. It was entertaining but if you thought Borat was shocking and vulgar at times this film crosses all the inappropriate lines left uncrossed. Seriously, leave the kids at home!
xoxo
Sassy Chick
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a fantastic Art exhibit on Fashion called “The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” It explores the model’s role in advancing fashion and fashion designers. The exhibit begins with a life size representation of an iconic photograph featuring a dress made by Christian Dior assisted by Yves Saint Laurent surrounded by elephants. The exhibit takes us on a time line beginning with the emergence of recognizable models to the super models of our time. Appropriately, just a the exhibit begins, it ends with Dior’s 2008 Fall/Winter Huate Couture line. If you’re in Manhattan it is a must see for the fashionista!
For more info: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={EB2C67EF-1CCB-4EB2-9329-A955A7EDFBC2}
Vintage clothing is getting the upscale online treatment now that 1st Dibs, the site that revolutionized the interiors business, has added designer vintageto its offerings. Resurrection, The Paper Bag Princess, and The Way We Wore are the L.A. stores participating in the new venture. Items reach into the five figures, such as an Hermes Birkin bag priced at $60,000, but many of the frocks sell at under $1,000, like a $550 Gaultier dress. It’s true that most vintage dealers have e-commerce sites of their own, but 1st Dibs aggregates designer goods from a dozen international dealers of 1920s to 1990s clothing in one place, and gives them the added allure of a nod from Clair Watson, a vintage expert who has worked at major museums and auction houses. Doris Raymond, owner of The Way We Wore, says the partnership allows her to keep her more rarified items off the racks of her La Brea Avenue store–which means they haven’t been tried on over and over by the hoi polloi.
She will add a handful of new items each week to the site. A notable absence from the list of boutiques is that of Decades. It’s not that owner Cameron Silver wasn’t asked, though. “I think vintage is becoming too ubiquitous and want Decades to remain exclusive and still feel like a special discovery, both as a destination and with what we sell,” Cameron emailed me last week from the Paris haute couture. “We’ve had our blog since 2006, which is a phenomenally successful selling tool that doesn’t require an advertising fee.” – Laurie Pike
