Fashiontribes is Relocating to South Beach! See You Next Week.

We've decided to escape the hustle & bustle of NYC for more laid back fun in the sun in balmy Miami Beach. Due to the rigors of relocating & moving, we'll be temporarily on posting hiatus until bright & early (well bright, at least) next Monday, when we'll be back on the Fashion Beat as always.

'Til then: so long, farewell, and see you soon from our new HQ in SoBe!

- Lesley Scott

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Win a Pair of Naya Shoes Just for Voting (for Us!)

As soft on your step as on Mother Earth, NAYA Shoes never force a fashionista to choose between looking good & doing good. Their distinctive designs utilize natural & eco-chic materials including vegetable-tanned leathers, recycled fabrics, water-based cements, natural cork footbeds, and boxes & shoe bags made from repurposed paper pulp printed with soy-based inks.

Naya challenged 5 fabulous fashion bloggers - including yours truly (!), along with the ever-stylish Dawn Del Russo (Bella Dawn), Natalie Suarez, Running With Heels (Angela Gilltrap), and CupcakeMAG & Sprinkles's Casi Densmore Koon - to a friendly competition to each create a super-chic outfit featuring footwear from the F/W 2010/11 lineup. For our look, we chose this on-trend Keeley boot & paired it with an Amelia Earhart-meets-equestrienne inspired vibe. Just by voting for your fave outfit, you have the chance to win a pair of Naya shoes - so make sure to vote...NOW...on their FB page (contest ends November 26, 2010).

Now, about the look we pulled together to highlight the Naya Keeley. Here's the 411:

Leather, Studs, Bling...and Change for a $50!

Eyecatching accessories are simply never not a fashionista's BFF - and if they're cheap without looking cheap, so much the better. Like this fun Blu Bijoux crystal-studded enamel ring for...wait for it...$16! Very Kenneth Jay Lane without the KJL price. For rings and other under-$50 fabulous things - like studded biker-chic chocolate leather hoop earrings & pieces with a hardcore rockstar edge & perfect picks should you prefer to project more of a dominatrix vibe (!) - check out these budget-friendly fashion treasures Stylehive's Ida Hsiang has unearthed.

- Lesley Scott

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You Need a Fabulous Leather. Like this Badass Biker One from All Saints.

When it comes to leather jackets, forget anything too girlie or love-me-tender. We look to the boys for inspiration, and we're lookin' for love in all the wrong places...just like Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler in "The Wild One". As the swaggering leader of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club, he's a boisterous anti-hero who broods darkly, invades a small unsuspecting town with his posse, and causes mayhem - all while looking quite fashionably biker-fabulous. We have no doubt if Strabler were still raisin' a ruckus today, he'd do it in some version of this slim fitting nickel-studded, overdyed "Harris" biker leather from All Saints. Crafted from individually-sourced vintage patches, a particularly cool detail is the wire inserted discreetly into the collar for an authentic, chicly crumpled effect. Paired with a pair of their vintage-feel NFL "Kick" denims, an "Anat Chelsea" boot for some modern mojo, and other stylish touches like a "Dark Matters" tee, fringed pompom "Nirvana" scarf, bold horseshoe ring, and "Ulysses" glove with a roomy cement-gray messenger bag tossed on with an appropriately devil-may-care attitude - prepare to step out as a Wild One yourself! (And don't forget sunglasses...yes these "Mercury" ones were made for the fellas, which makes us love them all the more.) All available at AllSaints.com.

- Lesley Scott

Pierre Hardy Fans: Mark Oct. 25th on the Calender - That's When His Booties Are Walkin' into Gap

Two of fall's strongest trends: XXX-treme 50s ladylike & the skinny military cargo pant can be tricky. With the first, you run the (x-treme) risk of looking like an extra from "Mad Men", and with the second - a sexy soldier on leave or, possibly, gone AWOL. The solution (and, really, when aren't they the solution to most everything pressing): shoes! These black peep-toe wedges by Pierre Hardy would add just the right amount of bite to any wasp-waisted, full-skirted ensembles you plan on stepping out in, while the belted Gap-brand platform boot is just what the fashion doctor ordered with a pair of camo-inspired pants or jeggings. Available starting October 25th at Gap.

- Lesley Scott

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Repaint Your World with Color Confidence Thanks to Glidden Paint

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Glidden. All opinions are 100% mine.

One of the best parts (IMHO) of a home makeover "reality" show is when they paint an interior some unexpected color that transforms a boring room into something fabulously va-VOOM! So you find yourself inspired (at 3am!) to try it yourself, and eagerly head to the home improvement store first thing for inspiration...just to end up confronted & confounded by an imposing wall of paint samples with endless variations on the same hue. And usually once you buy a few gallons of paint, none remotely resemble your fabulous decor vision once you actually get the paint onto the wall (not to mention money wasted). Fortunately, the crafty color experts at Glidden have taken the guesswork out of picking the perfect colors with their XL paint chips and their online Room Painter, where your choices are variously grouped 3 different ways: by COLOR PALETTE, by MOOD (options include "Cozy & Romantic," "Playful" & perfect for that Mancave in the making: "Rugged"), and the TOP 10 COLOR PALETTES; all provide a really helpful first step to a paint job that will reflect your personality.

The Passion of Willy B...Dashing Ski Chic by Bogner with a Dash of Romance

  As a celebrated champion with no less than 11 German titles as a cross-country skier & ski jumper, Willy Bogner loved the sport so much he turned it into a business in 1932, importing ski gear from Norway to his hometown of Munich.  But it was his wife, Maria, however, who added the fashionable flair. Dubbed the "Coco Chanel of sports fashion," she designed the smartly-cut Bogner anorak worn by the members of the Olympic team (and, of course, Willy); she also sexed up the slopes in many a chi chi ski resort after the company's first fashion show in 1948 when she presented her skinny stretch-stirrup ski pants - which were immediately embraced by glam stars like Jayne Mansfield, Ingrid Bergman, and Marilyn Monroe.

For this year's ski adventure, we're coveting the pink ski jacket ensemble - equal parts Barbie & Bond Girl...and perfect for keeping it fun and festive whether you're making a spectacle of yourself on the slopes or apres-ski.

- Lesley Scott

Fabulously Fashionable "Paper" Airplane Pendant Necklaces

Inspired by those origami'ish paper planes you used to torture your elementary school crushes, er "classmates" with, and elegantly rendered in brass and in multiples, they now take fashion flight in this gorgeous and unique gold-plated brass pendant on a 29" chain from Fred Flare. So instead of worrying about demerits from the Head Master...you'll instead have to deal with the additional attention.

Ida Hsiang, Stylehive

The Perfect 50s Style Jeans for Those Off-Duty Bombshell Moments from Freddies of Pinewood

For days when you're feeling simultaneously wholesome & wicked, take a sexy-smart page from the Marilyn Monroe playbook in flatteringly high-waisted & curve-friendly dark denim jeans.  Freddies of Pinewood makes fabulous retro styled jeans from washable modern stretch-free denim, so you can enjoy the bombshell look...but still launder them often in your modern washing machine without worry. We're particularly enamored of this pre "Marilyn" pic of a fresh-faced, darker-tressed Norma Jean in a striped top & 50s cuffed jeans, and thanks to Freddies, you can now easily score the look - affordably! - with their red and white striped "50s top" (20 GBP) & Ton-Up Jeans (40 GBP) which also double as pedal pushers. All available at FreddiesOfPinewood.co.uk - and,  yes, do breathe a sigh of relief because they ship wherever you are...stateside included.

- Lesley Scott

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Anne Hathaway Channels Holly Golightly (w/a Marge Simpson Coiffure) for Vogue

The Girl Next Door (but sorta not really) gets into a sexy groove with Jake Gyllenhaal as a gravely ill chick with Parkinson's Disease...who doesn't let that get in the way of a healthy sex drive. “I tried not to like the script as much as I did, because it scared me,” explains Hathaway to Vogue Contributing Editor Adam Green about "Love and Other Drugs," a mix of social satire, tear-jerker & rom-com loosely based on the memoir Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman. "What if it becomes a melodrama? What if the audience doesn't find these challenging characters charming? There were so many things that could possibly go wrong with it."

For the accompanying portfolio, Hathaway swanned about Paris in "a series of dazzling creations and a staggering amount of diamonds," including posing at Maxim's looking tres Holly in a fabulous towering updo. "It’s Holly Golightly meets Marge Simpson!"