COMFY COMBO

We can't get enough of our cable knit sweaters and buttoned up collars. The combo has become one of our winter uniforms. The buttoned up collar will have major staying power going into spring. Designers like Louis Vuitton, Celine, Proenza Shouler, and Chloe worked the buttoned up look on the spring runways. Just remember, to get the look right keep the collar small. Think: 1960's tiny collars, and if you have to ask yourself if the collar you're experimenting with is small enough, it probably isn't!

JACKET WEATHER

We can't speak for the rest of the country, but we've been having abnormally warm weather here.  So much so, that it feels almost like spring has sprung. Hence, the white chanel-inspired jacket has emerged. We recently found this jacket thrifting and couldn't wait to don it here. We decided to go with a sort of 70s Chanel look (think Faye Dunaway, Jackie O, and Bianca Jaggar), but roughened it up with a grey boyfriend jean and ankle boots. Karl Lagerfeld chose to roughen up his house's staple Chanel jacket in his fall 2011 line here, and Tory Burch paired her fall tie-neck blouses with chanel-ish jackets here. If you ever see one of these around, we would suggest you nab it. These jackets haven't gone anywhere since Coco unveiled them. We can't wait for spring to really come. Then we'll really have some fun with it.

NEW YEARS GREEN

I've always had a terrible, terrible weakness for green. Its the color I always said was my favorite as a kid. This New Years I actually had a quiet night with family at home but if I had gone to a fabulous party, this is what I would have worn. I believe it's always good to have a party dress on hand, you never know when an occasion might sneak up on you! (Or when you might feel up for actually going out for an occasion.) Here's to 2012 and many more parties to come!

HOLIDAY TIME

Happy Holidays to all our favorite fashionistas out there! Wishing you much love and a Happy (and stylish) New Year!

FUR, WOOL AND SEQUINS

Funny, we had already put this look together when, flipping through our favorite fashion magazine, a nearly look-alike outfit stared back at us from the glossy pages. It seems Banana Republic and we Thread Ethic girls had a similar idea for a holiday look. The more the merrier, right? Party time! We designed the sequin dress, but the coat is Halogen, faux fur collar H&M, and heels Aldo.

LITTLE BLACK LACE DRESS

There was so much beautiful lace on the fall runways that we felt that the holiday season would not be complete without some lace on this blog. Seriously, you can see lace here at Marc Jacobs, Elie Tahari, and Elle magazine, to name a few. Sometimes the "little black dress" gets a bad wrap at party time for being a bit somber, so we'd like to make the case for the "little black lace dress". Lace is elegant yet tastefully extravagant (if there's such a thing) - you definitely know it is reserved for an evening out. Be warned though, black lace brings attention in a way that really nothing else can. Get ready to stop traffic in your LBLD. Dress vintage, heels Steve Madden.