Dangling Darlings

Which will it be today?

How did Betsey Johnson know I was craving a pair of pearl-necklaced Ducky earrings? Mwah!

What's Up, Doc?

If you carrot all about this being The Year of the Rabbit, why not get a jump on things with your very own leather bunny mask?

Are you all ears? Okay! Because I want to share my source...a wonderful shop at Etsy, where you can also find other fanciful animal masks...as well as beautiful filigree leather masks like these:

...and seriously steamy Steampunk accessories like this:

It's already six days in! What are you waiting for? Hop to it, silly wabbit!

Dear Santa...

I've been good this year. Here's a short list of Gam-a-licious items I'm sure I deserve! Love, Gams

1. This "Gams Galore" glass ornament would look fabulous on my tree...if only I had one.

2. Bejeweled license plate frames (with Swarovski crystal bolts) to surround my customized GAMS plates...as soon as I get them, anyway.

3. Swarovski-encrusted pink heart-shaped pasties...just because.

4. This G-string Clip can be personalized with a big ol' GG! Can'tcha just picture it, Santa?

5. These drop earrings...or just about anything from the GUESS Collection...always a Gams Galore favorite, you know, because of their "G" logos!

6. A ga-ga-gargantuan bottle of the most glamorous fragrance to ever glamourize a Golden Gullet... Moschino Glamour opens with sparkling accords of tangerine blossom with seductive artemisia, crystallized with harmony of sea salt aromas. The heart encompasses an ironic contrast of ingredients and highlights intensive colours and velvety aromas of hibiscus and cattleya orchid combined with tacts of exotic and transparent lotus flower. Base notes introduce final seduction of unexpected and delicate-sensual amber and cedar, wrapped with inapprehensible white musk.

7. This.

Why Don'tcha?

Here's a goddess I love to worship...the goddess Diana...Diana Vreeland, that is! For her daring vision...her impeccable taste...her eclectic eye...her sensational style sense...her chutzpa! Back in the 30's-40's, when she wrote for Harper's Bazaar, D.V. created an exceptionally popular column called "Why Don't You?" Her suggestions were colorful, outrageous, and uninhibitedly glamorous!

Not long ago I found a rare Bazaar photo/article anthology ~ copyright 1913-1967 ~ at the Children's Orthopedic Hospital Thrift Store. This lovely volume...bound in purple!...features: "100 years of the American female - the sumptuous - the expensive - the precious - the moneyed - the luxe - the tasteful - the opulent - and the amusing woman from Bazaar"...and includes an entire page of D.V.'s trendy tips! Charming as ever, but some of her suggestions were rah-thah provincial, dah-ling!

I decided to channel the glamorous ghost of Mrs. Vreeland for her blessing, and having done so, I've now taken her suggestions one sensational step further by enhancing a few of her wonderfully original visions to suit today's tastes! And so...with no further ado, may I ask...

Why Don'tcha?...

..."sweep into the drawing-room on your first big night with an enormous red-fox muff of many skins?" G.G. suggests stopping everyone in their tracks by showing up in a snazzy red faux-chinchilla wrap!


..."remember how delicious champagne cocktails are after tennis or golf? Indifferent champagne can be used for these." G.G. suggests not settling for indifferent...how about some potent potables with Pinky Vodka instead?


..."knit yourself a little skullcap?" G.G. hears that crocheting is easier than knitting and suggests creating a pair of dainty pink gloves like these: (or D.V.'s favorite: violet mittens!)


..."tie black tulle bows on your wrists?" G.G. thinks you'll cause a helluva lot more excitement by wearing rhinestone-encrusted brass knuckles instead!


..."put all your dogs in bright yellow collars and leads like all the dogs in Paris?" G.G. suggests Fido flaunt his furry fashion sense in a bright orange jogging suit!


...and to top it off, howzabout one of these colorful, snappy caps? These are certainly nothin' to sniff at!



If you don't know much about the divine Mrs.V but wish you did..."Why Don'tcha?" check this article out? xo