For fashion addicts and reality TV lovers, Project Runway has been a long time favorite. It returns on Lifetime with the premier of season 8 this Thursday, July 29th, at 9pm EST and this time around, it will be 90 minutes long!

To celebrate the season premier and new longer show time, Project Runway is hosting a happy hour and a half while the show airs. Head to the party for 90 minutes of complimentary cocktails, raffles and giveaways.

Venues:

Hudson Terrace, 621 West 6th Street

When:

July 29th, 9:00pm – 10:30pm

Print out the image above and take with you if you plan to attend.

Site: http://www.happyhourandahalf.com

I went to beautiful wedding this summer held in the Hudson Valley just north of New York City. Up until a day before the wedding, I had no idea of what to wear. After rummaging in my closet, I put together the perfect outfit last minute and you can too with the following items from yours:

1. An old bridesmaids dress. Just make sure it is not the same color as the wedding theme or the actual bridesmaids dresses. I wore an older version of this J. Crew dress.

2. A bejeweled bib necklace. I wore this J. Crew necklace.

3. Simple light colored peep-toe heels or strappy sandals.

The end result was a chic, clean and classic look that is perfect for the summer.

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Whenever I’m home for holidays or birthdays, I find my tween sister glued to the computer playing either dress up games or Webkinz. Sadly but truly I have found myself revisiting those sites even after she has left the computer room and finally granted me find minutes on the computer. I must admit that there is a certain addictive quality to each game and even the idea of combining the two is enough to scare me with it’s potential of becoming web-crack.

Well, my scary thoughts materialized when Fabsugar released a game that lets you play dress up as well as shop in a virtual world. Fabsugar & Shopstyle’s Retail Therapy game is like a dangerous drug because you’ll be hooked after the very first time. The game lets you run your own store (something a lot of women like me played make believe at the age of eight), order inventory, decorate, make friends and then compete with those friends to see whose the best virtual shopkeeper of all! With an easy to find leaderboard, you’ve now got the additional competitive addiction as foursquare. It’s no surprise that such a mashup would result in an unbelievably addictive game.

With endorsements from advertisers like DVF, Topshop, Barney’s, Banana Republic and Gap, who are also integrated into the game, the fantasy has a reality twist to it that makes it OK for adults to play it. At least,that’s my excuse.

I’m off to immerse myself in more Retail Therapy and dare you to join me. I’m ready to bet a hundred virtual dollars that you will get hooked too.

Play Retail Therapy with me here.

This nameless gossip girl blogger brings us the best fashion from Gossip Girl, often before it even airs! What I love most about his blog is that it IDs the outfits from the show so well and often provides links to where fans can actually buy them. See the fabulous styles at http://elitegossipgirlstyle.com.

Lady Gaga has sported many different types of eyewear. The first being her lightning bolt, then the round shades and eventually even spectacles made of lit cigarettes (which were seen on Gaga fans at her concert in NYC recently). Here is a pair that has a lot of her style and a little of her drama making it a eyewear that might actually make an appearance on others.

These shades, made by Kerin Rose come with a big price tag and even bigger “look at me” factor. It has a high DIY potential and I can see this popping up at the sunglass stalls on St. Marks in the fall. Even though you may not be able to look through them very much, they are guaranteed to get you lots of looks if you dare to wear them. Buy them here.

Source and photo courtesy: http://www.dailyfrontrow.com

This is the samples and slight irregulars sale by Theory which offers heavy discounts even compared to the regular sample sale. I wrote about what you can expect at a similar sale here. It is a must attend event!

For Women Only

Blouses  $30
Sweaters  $40
Shorts  $30
Skirts  $30
Pants  $35
Dresses  $45
Blazers  $55
Outerwear  $55

Location

261 W 36th Street (between 7th & 8th Ave)
2nd Floor

Date

Monday, July 19, 2010 – Thursday, July 22, 2010

Time

11AM – 7PM

Link

www.clothingline.com

Dita Von Teese recently strut across the catwalk at a Jean Paul Gaulthier Couture show in Paris. Wearing the signature Gaulthier corset, she was a vision of grace and sensuality that made it seemed like the sexy JPG fragrance bottles had come alive and were walking down the stage.

Isn’t she stunning? I just can’t get over this!

Photo Courtesy: http://www.dailyfrontrow.com

Dates:

July 20 – 25th, 2010

Times:

Tues: 10am-8pm
Wed-Fri: 10am-7pm
Sat: 11am-7pm
Sun: 12pm-6pm

Where:

2 Great Jones Street, New York, NY

Jessica Simpson may not have known the difference between tuna and chicken in the past but that didn’t stop her from launching an uber successful shoe line (I’m a fan) and fashion line. Her reality TV career is still going strong with a starring role in the VH1 show Price of Beauty, her personal life seems to be doing well too with a hot and heavy relationship with Eric Johnson and she has managed to keep her natural curvy figure on the ‘average woman’ size without too much scrutiny from the press. Kudos for strengthening the image of real beauty Jessica!

To top it all off with a touch of sweetness, JSimps just released her new fragrance called Fancy Nights. Being the all-American woman, with her big southern smile, long blond hair and old-Hollywood curves, this fragrance is all about classic old-school style. It definitely is fanc-ay!

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Blake Legsly, I mean Blake Lively, was spotted on set filming the next season of Gossip Girl in Paris. If you remember how season 3 ended, Blair and Serena took off to summer in Paris and get away from all the horrible and horribly sweet men (read Dan Humphrey) in their lives. A British tabloid caught Lively on set in Paris, chatting to the cliché Euro-cutey on a vespa and wearing peach colored wide leg pants (by Suno – Spring 2010 collection) that make her already mile long legs look even longer.

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