Class Act

Whether fine felines are born and bred to well-pedigreed, Manolo-clad mommies or the toothless mothers that rock Payless with pride, it is a time-honored tradition for young little Lolitas to dance around in momma's big-ass shoes. They couldn't walk in those shoes then and many still cannot 22 years later - case in point: if I had a dollar for every time I witnessed the inevitable face-plant on the cobblestone and cruel streets of New York, I would buy Christian Loboutins for my dog to take shits in. Yup, it's that many. 

It's now time to walk like the poised princess you were destined to become before that drunken night in college where you viciously demanded tramp stamps at 3 am from the local 24-hour tattoo parlor. You were a ballsy biatch then and it's time to march with confidence into the next foray of your life: putting on the polish to look like the classy broad your mom would gush over.

Go for the whole elegant she-bang in a positively-glam seafoam dress (sidenote: this color looks groovy on everyone, from alabaster ladies to olive-skinned Grecian goddesses to Nubian queens). Mix in a tweedy Chanel-y number with a silver starburst brooch and a nude ankle-strap heel and it's time to boogie like grandma. Add in understatedly perky earrings and a sophisticated straw clutch and voila! You are a class act. 

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Shoes by Zara

Jacket by Zara

Brooch by J. Crew

Dress by Ohne Titel

Clutch by Kayu

Earrings by Bauble Bar

Lipstick by Proenza Schouler for MAC

Monochroming Around

Polka-dots, you are a friend and foe simultaneously. Our love-hate dates back to the tender, impressionable yesteryears of Junior High School when trendy trolls sauntered around the hallways in Juicy Couture zip-ups and dot-strewn tutus. It was a look. It was THE look. Well, technically, it was Regina George and Cady Heron's look but we all made fetch happen. In the dark ages of Mean Girls-laced wardrobes, the polka-dot became the pattern du-jour. To my young and impressionable eyes, this look was the style equivalent of walking into Dunkin Donuts after a five-day juice cleanse. It was freakin' good!

Looking back on it now, I cringe at these polka-dots that infested back in 8th grade - preteen girls willingly morphed into sartorial sewer rats all crawling about marking their territory. But now this look has come full circle - and pun is definitely intended so please allow a grin or two. Polka-dots have lunged back into the style sphere as a way to add feminine flair to a fabulous look.

Mix this lustworthy Burberry Prorsum clutch into your dinner date looks. Keep the rest of the look monochromatic with a no-frills, effortless white blouse, black leather pants and sensationally strappy heels. Add some sparkle with inexpensive earrings from Bauble Bar and paint the town polka! Regina George, eat your heart out!

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Jeans by H&M

Earrings by Bauble Bar

Clutch by Burberry Prorsum

Sandals by Delman

White Out

The polar vortex has drained your soul. You are a remnant of the fabulous feline you once were. The only thing now dragging your ass out of bed in the morning is the promise of Happy Hour in T-minus 10 hours. Be warned, however: crying into your cocktail won't catalyze climate change. But snapping up some winter white fashions may just save your soul.

The other day, a leggy and unidentified glamazon strut past me amidst helter-skelter snowfall in an ivory coat, bright white jeans, and cream ankle booties. This called for a well-deserved double-take: fashion's answer to the construction worker cat call. This girl had it and knew it. But she was on to something, alright:  If it's snowing kittens and puppies, why not match the shade of snow for glamorous camouflage (glamouflague?!).

After every Manhattanite is now apparently moonlighting as a True Blood extra vamping it up in boring head-to-toe black, why not stand out in the crowd with virginal white.

This look is a clean slate so sprinkle in silver accents to ramp up the chic factor. These Tory Burch pseudo-pilgrim shoes are the bee's knees with white skinnies and this Kate Spade mirrored bag is the perfect little sling-along as you dash through the snow (on a one-horse open sleigh, of course - how else shall you dash on 6th Avenue!?). Throw on a navy boyfriend jacket or a pitch-perfect pink coat to keep somewhat warm amidst -400 degree Celsius.

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Top by Zara

Jeans by H & M

Earrings by Bauble Bar

Bag by Kate Spade

Shoes by Tory Burch