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Summer Style Math: Cream + Tan + Hints of Gold

Summer is no time for fashion fuss nor muss. But it doesn't have to mean time off from looking cute. Dresses make your warm-weather sartorial life easy-peasy, white especially. Just pair with nude sandals & keep your jewels sleek & streamlined; here, the gold of the bangles & hoop earrings key off the warmer tones of the straw fedora & clutch.

GET THE LOOK: dress - Acne "Marnay"; clutch - Anya Hindmarch; earrings - Aurelie Bidermann; Ashley Pittman "Nene" set of 9 horn & bronze bangles - all Net-a-Porter.com; sandals - Naya "Helen" - Nordstrom.com; straw fedora - Traveller/HolidayWardrobe.com

- Lesley Scott

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A Public School You'll Wanna Attend

Meet born-and-raised New Yorkers Dao-Yi Chow & Maxwell Osborne who just received the 2013 CFDA Swarovski Award for Menswear - for their line, PUBLIC SCHOOL. Made entirely in NYC's garment district, it is helping put American-made tailored sportwear on the Fashion Map. Mixing the high with the low, the classic with the modern - and adding music & art into the mix - the result is on-point threats for the "culturally convergent" modern male.

The duo were behind Sean John's 2004 CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year Award, with Chow as VP of Marketing & Creative Director, while Osborne oversaw woven design.

Public School is carried by fashion-savvy retailers including Barneys New York, Harvey Nichols, Louis Boston, Ron Herman, Odin & Guild.

- Lesley Scott

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Birds + Freedom = Lace Loveliness

This amaze lace cape by British designer Sarah Baadarani definitely reflects the lightness of its avian inspiration. Other fun touches for the Fall 2013 collection include fur & leather, draped to emulate wings. The effect is offbeat in that UK-eccentric way that always makes me wanna move to London - stat! - & dress like a fabulous modern Miss Havisham.

- Lesley Scott

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Me likey.

To go with the Greta Constantine Fall 2013 collection, accessories designer Dandi Maestre created these amazing animal skull necklaces that are yelling at me loudly to acquire one - immediately!

"Through my work, I want to create a dialogue with the natural world. Each one of my pieces is handmade from elements found in shores, rivers, jungles and forests," explains the designer. "I incorporate these shapes in my designs and make very large extreme pieces with a natural look and a flowing and curving appearance, with a minimum of industrial processes. It is all about the experimental. I design extreme objects, bold and beautiful, pieces of sculpture rather than jewellery that create breathtaking statements. I see my pieces as artwork, where there isn’t anything too outrageous."

Amazing, though. Rawr & RAWR again.

- Lesley Scott

Dandi Maestre for Urban Zen

Dandi Maestre's wabi sabi

hand made by Dandi Maestre

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Bridal Bling, Rings & Other Things

"The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside, until the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other's names."

- from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The glamour & opulence of the weekend-long parties at West Egg required some serious style sizzle. Along with displays of weath, the jewelry of the decade was strongly influenced by the rise of technology, reflected in the strong, linear quality of Art Deco. Travel was also easier, particularly to then-exotic locales like Egypt & the tomb of King Tut in all its lavish glory. And after Coco Chanel made "costume jewelry" as popular - if not more - than the real thing, women happily piled on the bling, from pendants to pearls to sparkly hair clips & headbands. Just like many fashionista brides today who want wedding jewellery with panache....rather than a Gatsbyesque price tag.

A good source for fab, flapper-ready trinkets is Jon Richard. They design & source jewelry for Betty Jackson.Black, Butterfly by Matthew Williamson, Star by Julien Macdonald, Principles by Ben de Lisi and J by Jasper Conran - and are currently featuring a snazzy 20s-inspired bridal edit of rings, earrings, necklaces, clutches and happenin' hair accouterments.

- Lesley Scott

[Note: This was written in partnership with Jon Richard. The words are mine.]

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So. Lame.

Not the tee, per se, but the fact this punk-homage - which comes conveniently pre-ripped - is $600. Yes, six hundred. It's just one of the offerings for sale at the Moda Operandi "PUNK!!" shop - and it's just plain goofy, IMO. Seriously, check out the link to peruse their "punk" merch ... about the only thing shocking are the distinctly non-punk prices.

Wanna punk tee? Then get off yo' butt & visit these things called vintage & thrift stores where you can buy an actual one complete with rips earned the old-fashion' way, through actual wear. And available for about two decimal places to the left. Sheesh. (image: source)

- Lesley Scott

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What do Alexander Wang & Oscar de la Renta Have in Common?

They both worked at Balenciaga! Wang recently stepped in as the new Creative Director starting in late 2012 while de la Renta worked at the couturier's maison in Madrid & got his start there. "I think there is a great opportunity at Balenciaga," he tells Wang, giving the younger designer some friendly advice. "The two designers who really strongly marked the twentieth century in fashion were Balenciaga and Chanel. I don't particularly care for Dior, Schiap. I think that Balenciaga and Chanel had a very clear vision of what they were about, and what is most important is that the formula still today is a valid formula."

- Lesley Scott

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For Fashionistos

If you've managed not only to stay afloat but to flourish for over 45 years in the rough & tumble world of fashion retail, you learn a thing or two about what fashion-minded folk want. Which includes high-profile pro footballers who have long liked to head over to Stuarts London to get their shopping on when in town for work. "The Lads would use the match days as an excuse for a shopping trip to Stuarts, coaches would park outside, to catch all the latest sought after brands," explain the folks at Stuarts, which started as a bespoke tailor in the mid 1960s. "It is well known that on match days Stuarts would be mobbed with customers. Some-days a queue would even stretch outside the shop." While the internet has made it less necessary to do your mobbing in person, the merch they carry is still just as good, which is why Stuarts is frequently nominated for various awards, include the 2010 list of the top 50 UK indie retailers and more recently by Esquire Magazine readers voting via Twitter on their Top 5 picks for London destinations to shop the latest trends.

Like this ensemble I styled using a mix of Paul Smith clothing plus a desert boot from Red Wing, the "Denmore" khaki messenger by Brady Bags, classic Wayfarer sunnies from Ray-Ban & a snazzy old-school'ish watch by Tsovet - all from StuartsLondon.com.

- Lesley Scott

[Note: This was written in partnership with Stuarts London. The words & fashion styling are mine.]

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My Official Summer Uniform

While the colder months are conducive to creative layering and ace accessorizing, when the mercury rises, sweating over your style quotient can feel like too much work. Which is why I'm beyond obsessed with this Malia Mills Olivia jumpsuit in comfy cotton as my go-to ensemble this spring & summer. It's all-black: check. It's slouchy-chic: check. It's super easy to dress up or down with just a change of shoes & accessories: check. It's easy on/off: check. It can be worn with flats (rolled up) or with heels: check. It's fabulous: C-H-E-C-K.

It's also spendy for a jumpsuit at $565, but thanks to the miracle that is Fashion Math where you get to justify the pricetag of most any item by reframing it in terms of "cost per wear", according to my back of the napkin calculations, it comes out pretty close to $0.

- Lesley Scott

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Love Boticca? (Who Doesn't?) Here's How to Have them Feature You

Simply instagram yourself wearing something from Boticca, tag it #boticca & they'll feature you in their newly launched gallery, The Edit. The more people who participate, the cooler the feed will be. They frequently have sales & free shipping offers...so you can buy more cool stuff from all the interesting & unusual designers they carry - & get yourself featured even more!

- Lesley Scott