Free Plaid Shirt Giveaway – Someone Spoil Me

The Fashionable Housewife is giving away 2 fabulous handbags loaded with a TJ Maxx & Marshalls Gift Card! Enter today! Contest ends October 11th.

A Few Goody Gumdrops covers it up with a Key Piece to own this Fall. Alice+Olivia’s Poncho!

Bags, Bling & Beauty posts about the Luxe Link by Kalika Yap, the coolest way to protect your bag.

Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy is getting fresh for fall with Chickdowntown! Tell us your top 3 fall picks and you could win a pair of LNA zipper leggings!

Couture In The City Shares with usKim Kardashian’s style

Fashion Fille has a behind-the-scenes look at Dolce and Gabanna’s Spring/Summer 2010 show. Famous faces are spotted backstage!

Fashion Hippo features best ankle boots to wear through Fall 2009
ur picks its haute bag of the week: the Rebecca Minkoff Mini Nikki Bag with Resin Handle.

I love Barbara B shoes! Read it in Quinta Trends

Good for Summer, good for Fall… Raging Rouge posts about a beauty perennial, tarte 24/7 Lip Sheer.

Shopping and Info found the leather jacket worn by Elena on Vampire Diaries.

SomeoneSpoilMe.com is giving away a FREE PLAID SHIRT from Chick Downtown and is offering 20% off all week long Check it Out!

Style Eyes is in love, she takes a trip to Evening Shoe Heaven

TheFind Blog is getting set for the fall social season with fabulous and festive earrings from Pippa Small, Orhan, and Isharya.

What’s Haute Magazine heads to Brooklyn for Self Salon’s Blogger Beauty Night!

Don’t forget to check out next weeks edition of Shopping and Goodies!

Christopher Kane’s runway look is now available to anyone who has access to TopShop, thanks to a daring and edgy collection that has the fashion world abuzz.

Kane’s much anticipated line for TopShop went on sale September 18, and enthusiastic shoppers have raved about the pieces, which are sexy and feminine without being innocent looking or “girly,” as can be seen in the one shoulder lace dress pictured.

As you can see, they’re both quite snugly fitted, so be prepared. One of the most popular pieces in the collection is the “alligator print” dress you see below. There’s nothing subtle or demure about it, meaning you will be looked at if you wear this.

Even the undergarments make a fearless style statement as you can see in the high-waisted, grommeted panties pictured above.

And if you need a handbag to go with the panties, or just to look edgy yet frankly feminine, check out the studded, fringed, chain handled bag pictured above.

And where would your outfit be without these shoes, perfectly coordinated with every look pictured here, including the eye-grabbing mini-dress pictured below.

It’s no wonder this collection is all the rage, both in TopShop’s London home and in New York.

To see these and other pieces from Christopher Kane’s collection visit topshop.com.

Jessica Alba

Style icon Jessica Alba was spotted in New York last week carrying a black fringe clutch by Gerard Darel.  Jessica is a big fan of the Parisian fashion house and is often seen sporting clothing and accessories from the designer.  This trendy two-tiered fringe bag is the perfect accent to her sophisticated black ensemble.

Jessica’s Fringe Gerard Darel clutch is available at select for $380.00 at Bloomingdales stores.

Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson and Donatella Versace

Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri

Despite reports of a break up made public, Milan Fashion Week brought Jermaine Dupri and Janet Jackson back together once again. The two were seen together on Friday, the 25th of September holding conversation with Donatella Versace. After all that Janet has dealt with in light of losing her brother, has Jermaine come to her side to provide emotional support?

Last Friday Victoria’s Secret announced it will open its legendary runway to the public as it holds open casting events to find the next Runway Angel to join Supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes, Marisa Miller and many others as they walk in The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 1 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Casting events will be held in New York City, Miami, Los Angeles and Chicago beginning Saturday, Oct. 3. Contestants can also enter online at VSAllAccess.com and CBS.com from Thursday, October 1 through Saturday, October 24.  A Victoria’s Secret panel of experts will narrow the field to 10 finalists and will then hand over the selection to the public, who will have the opportunity to cast their vote to choose the winner in an innovative online video and voting process.

Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Model Search Open Casting Events include:

New York City, October 3 at Yankee Stadium, 8 – 10 AM
Miami, October 10 at Gansevoort South Beach, 8 – 10 AM
Los Angeles, October 17 at W Los Angeles – Westwood, 8 – 10 AM
Chicago, October 24 at W Chicago – Lakeshore, 8 – 10 AM

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt

Reality television fixtures Heidi Montag and her husband Spencer Pratt have added another dog to their family. The new puppy, named Inky, is a maltipoo (a hybrid Maltese and poodle). Inky is the little sister of Dolly, also a maltipoo, who Spencer presented to Heidi for her 23rd birthday last month.

Spencer was quite pumped about obtaining a male dog, telling People magazine that the pup’s full name is “Inky the Ninja.”

In other Heidi Montag news, in addition to becoming “mom” to a second dog, she’s going to substitute for Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View on Oct. 1. Hasselbeck is on maternity leave with her third child. Montag has appeared on The View before, as a guest, along with Pratt. At that time View co-host Whoopi Goldberg warned the fame-chasing couple that they need to develop some talent beyond being on reality television staples.

Tension and fireworks are expected on the set on Oct. 1, as are high ratings.

Other “skills” that Montag is tapping to extend her allotted 15 minutes of fame as long as possible include releasing a CD, launching her own fashion line, and conveniently appearing in a bikini in places papparazzi are known to swarm.

As the bun become the new fall trend, why not mix it up with a funky twist.  Philip Pelusi and his Tela design team, created a sexy, chic look for over thirty models at the Kati Stern’s Venexiana Mercedes Benz fashion week show.

Wanna try this look?  Below are step by step tips to create this great look- perfect for a night out or the office.

1. Make a side part and take three inches of the hair closest to the front and pin to the side.

2. Take another three inches from the crown of the head, right behind the section of hair you just marked off and pin  that to the side as well.

3. You should be left with two sections of hair on both sides of your head.

4. Take the hair from the right section, and twist hair into a low ponytail, you should go from your temple to the nape of your neck.

5. Take the hair from the left section, and do the same but make sure you keep hair on an angle.

6. You should be left with 2 “rolls” on each side of you head.

7. With the hair in the low ponytail, you should coil pieces together and allow them to fold into each other, just use pins to hold hair in place.

8. Take the top section from the crown of your head and twist that piece loosely like a rope and pin it to your head.

9. Take the last section of hair and fold the hair into the rolls with your finger and pin all loose pieces with your finger.

Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall has been heating up the streets of New York as Samantha Jones, as filming of Sex and the City 2 continues. And she’s got something new in her sultry arsenal—Jee Vice’s Red Hot shades. The frames retail for $250 and are available at www.jeevice.com.

Kevin Federline

Britney Spears’ ex husband and father to her two boys Sean Preston and Jayden James has packed on the poundage over the summer and will appear in the latest cast of Celebrity Fit Club, VH1’s reality show about celebrities who want to lose weight. A former backup dancer, Federline drew a lot of attention in recent months for putting on a significant amount of weight. Some media sources have gone from calling him K-Fed to calling him K-Fat.

In late August, Federline was photographed in late August at a pool in Miami with volleyball player girlfriend Victoria Prince talking on his cell phone, drinking, smoking, and being fat. He had also drawn stares at the Ryan Sheckler X Games Celebrity Classic golf tournament wearing what appeared to be an extra large polo shirt.

His other ex, Shar Jackson, rushed to Federline’s defense, calling it “daddy weight” and explaining that when you’re a full time parent, you can’t always focus on eating right and exercising.

Jackson is also appearing on the next season of Celebrity Fit Club, along with Federline, Bobby Brown, and Nicole Eggert. The series will air starting in February 2010.

Luella Bartley recently presented her Spring 2010 Ready to Wear Collection at London Fashion Week. Her new collection goes dressier and less cheeky than we’ve come to expect from Bartley. It would be easy to imagine the late Jackie Kennedy wearing these pieces in 1965. Silhouettes were very feminine, with princess seams, pinched waists, and padded hips. She also showed several summer weight car coats in very ladylike “trapeze” shapes in happy, gorgeous colors like a not-too-baby blue, and a wonderful lipstick-y red.

Other pieces included puffy dresses with velvet polka dots, sweetheart necklines, and Peter Pan collars. Bartley’s recent collections have been far more “precious” with an abundance of frilly touches like dainty flower prints, ribbons, and tulle. By comparison, the latest collection is much more dressed up, despite the sugar pinks and lemon yellows. Even the one or two dresses with tulle trim appeared more sophisticated than one might expect from a designer who does things unapologetically girly.