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Amanda Seyfried Style: Christian Louboutin Pliage Framed Clutch

2009-09-18T11:38:00.001-07:00

Jennifer's Body star, Amanda Seyfried, was spotted outside the film's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival the other night. And for this very special occasion, the young actress (who is probably better known for her role in Mama Mia!) chose to go super-glam.

She paired a gorgeously glided Valentino dress with what appear to be a pair of black patent Christian Louboutin peep-toe pumps. The look was topped off with a dazzling pair of Cathy Waterman earrings. And her evening bag of choice? What better to go with her Christian Louboutin shoes than one of Christian Louboutin's famous Framed Clutches?
Her particular version looks to be black with silver hardware. I must say, the clutch looks simply stunning here with just enough light being reflected to give it a subtle sparkle. And, of course, the little Christian Louboutin shoes that make the clasp are absolutely adorable! Perfect for shoe and handbag enthusiasts alike!

Joie Ibiza Bag

2009-08-12T01:35:00.001-07:00

Originally established in 2001, Joie is a newcomer to the world of fashion. Typically known for their clothing line, particularly their feminine tops and floaty dresses, the company is all about "Casual, Comfortable, and Luxurious". Creative designer and CEO, Serge Azria, says that the Joie collection is inspired by the Southern Californian lifestyle. But just recently, the company has expanded its horizons a bit. They have now added shoes and handbags to the mix.
These new pieces are indeed "Casual, Comfortable, and Luxurious". Take, for example, the Joie Ibiza Bag featured here. This bag is made of a soft, distressed leather. Its slouchy hobo shape and neutral color make it the perfect addition to their new Fall 2009 collection, which drew most of its inspiration from the bohemian-chic look. I like the soft pleating and the simple, unstructured shape. It just looks like it would mold right into your body. I also like the unique tie closure that draws the outside corners of the bag around to the front. And everything is tied up with a cute little bow! I must say, I could definitely get used to associating the word "handbag" with the name "Joie". How does everyone else feel?
The Joie Ibiza Bag is currently available in Charcoal Grey. It measures 14.5" x 14" x 6.5" and it retails for $545.

Ed Hardy Passport II Bon Tote

2009-08-06T15:06:00.001-07:00

Halloween is creeping upon us, and what better way to get in the spirit than with a stylish handbag that represents the holiday? When I think of Halloween I instantly think of: bats, vampires, zombies, ghosts, and skulls. Skulls have always been fashionable and several brands have been notorious for styling up a skull on a product every now and then.
Ed Hardy has always been known to have some sort of stylish skull on a majority of his products, and he just featured another one on one of his bags. Ed Hardy Passport II Bon Tote features a colorful but yet tasteful skull right in the center of the bag. There is nothing much to the bag other than it being black with a huge skull on it.
The tote may be simple, but somehow it’s actually kind of fabulous. I’m not sure if I would personally carry this tote around other than in October, but for a fun "Halloween" style bag it’s kind of fun. If you love skulls though, you may just want to carry this bag around all year long. It’s spacious, closes easily with the magnetic snap closure, and has a platform bottom.
It’s definitely a great bag to use when you have a lot of things to carry around. I carry a lot around when I’m going to class, and to be able to put all my books, school supplies, and lap top in a bag works wonders. I guess I really could use this tote more than just in October. It’s definitely an interesting bag, that will catch people’s eyes no matter where you go.

The Ed Hardy Passport II Bon Tote can be purchased at Zappos for $79, which I believe is an amazing deal for this bag. Ed Hardy bags usually run a couple hundred dollars, so to see one below $100 is a steal! If you love Ed Hardy or skulls in general, I’d grab this bag quick before they are all gone. Ed Hardy is extremely popular, and I’m sure this bag won’t be available long with a low price like that.

Final Goodbye Michael Jackson the true legend

2009-07-07T13:57:00.001-07:00

The public memorial began after Jackson's family and closest friends attended a gathering at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills on Tuesday morning.

Jackson's family and friends were at the chapel, which can hold about 1,000 people.

An army of fans poured into Los Angeles from places far-flung, hoping to collectively mourn their idol in a massive ceremony.

On Monday, organizers used a computer to choose 8,750 names from 1.6 million people who registered for tickets online. Each received a pair of tickets, for a total of 17,500 tickets.

Just 11,000 of those were for seats inside the arena. The other 6,500 were for viewing the memorial telecast across the street at the Nokia Theater. The Jackson family set aside an additional 9,000 Staples Center seats to give out, organizers said.

Dolce & Gabbana Lock Wallet

2009-07-07T06:25:00.001-07:00

I currently own a Louis Vuitton Wallet, but I can very much appreciate a beautiful wallet. Lately, I've been looking at wallets in hopes to find another one just as beautiful as my Louis Vuitton one to purchase. Nothing is as classic as a Louis Vuitton wallet, but I do agree that not only does a fashionista need "bag" variety they also need "wallet" variety.
It takes a lot for me to like wallet. Something either needs to be unique about the wallet, or it just needs to be plain beautiful. When I came across the Dolce & Gabbana "Lock" Wallet, as I like to call it, I was quite impressed. It was fairly simple, but yet the little lock in front of the wallet made it look that much more cuter and stylish.
What is cool about a wallet like this, is that you really could wear it two different ways. I would personally use this as a wallet to throw in my purse, but some people like to use stylish wallets as if they were a clutch.
Think about it, if you have nothing to bring with you other than money or some credit cards then carrying a wallet like a clutch wouldn't seem like a bad idea. I could never go anywhere without a cell phone, but if you can live without a cell phone, and lip gloss then carrying around a stunning wallet would probably be ideal for you.
The padlock really makes this wallet look unique to me, and that's not even the coolest part. The top zip closure has an attached leather strap and keyring, so that you can actually "lock" the wallet up. Not very ideal, but definitely a cute little feature to the wallet.

Gustto Cipriani Tavolo Clutch

2009-07-04T14:20:00.001-07:00

Everytime I see a beautiful clutch, I’m always drooling. Besides satchels, clutches are my second favorite style of handbag. I love how they are so easy to carry around, but a majority of the time they are also quite stunning.
One of the clutches I love at the moment is the Gustto Cipriani Tavolo in blue. The clutch is not only beautiful but the zip pockets really make this clutch look stunning.
What I love most about this clutch, is that I could really see myself carrying it year round and during anytime of the day. It’s not too dressy, and not too casual that it gives me the ability to carry it whenever, and wherever and still look stylish.

I do think if this clutch were available in black, I would buy it in a heart beat. Black mixed with the gold hardware would look stunning, in my opinion. Also, a black clutch could go with anything I wear, whereas with a blue clutch I pretty much selected with what I can wear.
The best part about this clutch is the size of it. It’s the absolute perfect size to be able to carry all of your essentials like a cell phone, makeup, keys, sunglasses, etc., and still have room. It’s not very often you can find such a spacious but yet gorgeous clutch.

Forbes top 10 riches…. err i mean coolest MMO Games

2009-07-01T13:43:00.001-07:00

Forbes has released 10 coolest massively multiplayer online games. Any of these MMO games you want to try? check this out.

1. Star Wars: The Old Republic
LucasArts/BioWare
Platform: PC
Due out: 2010

2. DC Universe Online
Sony Online Entertainment
Platform: PS3, PC
Due out: Not yet announced

3. Marvel Universe
Gazillion Entertainment
Platform: PC
Due out: Not yet announced

4. Heroes of Telara
Trion World Network
Platform: PC
Due out: Not yet announced

5. League of Legends: Clash of Fates
Riot Games
Platform: PC
Due out: September 2009

6. Lego Universe
Lego
Platform: PC
Due out: 2010

7. Battlefield Heroes
Electronic Arts
Platform: PC
Due out: 2009

8. Unnamed Project?
ZeniMax Online Studios
Platform: Not yet announced
Due out: Not yet announced

9. APB
Realtime Worlds
Platform: Xbox 360, PC
Due out: "Early" 2010

10. World of Cars
Disney
Platform: PC
Due out: 2009

An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen crashed with 153 people on board

2009-06-30T02:24:00.001-07:00

An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board, including 66 French nationals, crashed into choppy seas as it tried to land in bad weather on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday

A Yemenia official said there were 142 passengers, including three infants, and 11 crew. The plane was flying from Sanaa to Moroni, the capital of the main island of the archipelago.

An official from the state carrier Yemenia said some bodies had been recovered from the wreck. The official could not say whether there were any survivors.

Complete story here

How many people does it take to break the Internet? it's just one -- Michael Jackson.

2009-06-29T01:11:00.001-07:00

"Between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson," a Google spokesman told CNET, which also reported that Google News users complained that the service was inaccessible for a time. At its peak, Google Trends rated the Jackson story as "volcanic."

As sites fell, users raced to other sites: TechCrunch reported that TMZ, which broke the story, had several outages; users then switched to Perez Hilton's blog, which also struggled to deal with the requests it received.

CNN reported a fivefold rise in traffic and visitors in just over an hour, receiving 20 million page views in the hour the story broke.

Twitter crashed as users saw multiple "fail whales" -- the illustrations the site uses as error messages -- user FoieGrasie posting, "Irony: The protesters in Iran using Twitter as com are unable to get online because of all the posts of 'Michael Jackson RIP.' Well done." The site's status blog said that Twitter had had to temporarily disable its search results, saved searches and trend topics.

Wikipedia saw a flurry of activity, with close to 500 edits made to Jackson's entry in less than 24 hours. CNET reported that by 3:15 p.m. PT, Wikipedia seemed to be "temporarily overloaded."

The Los Angeles Times, the first news organization to confirm Jackson's death, suffered outages. The site also reported that AOL's instant messenger service had been hit, quoting an AOL statement that said, "AIM was down for approximately 40 minutes this afternoon." The statement said, "Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We've never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth."

That was backed up by AOL consumer adviser Regina Lewis, who said that, although the numbers weren't in yet, the day should prove a historic milestone for mobile Internet traffic.

"It could go down as the biggest mobile event in history," Lewis said. She felt that was in part because people were checking news headlines from work. "People wanted to keep tabs on this story, but if you're an accountant you're supposed to be working on your spreadsheet. So they were using their personal cell phones to do so," she explained.

While the scale of response to Jackson's death might be unprecedented, the pattern of it was not, Lewis added.

"With the advent of social networking, we saw a sequence that we traditionally see around the death of celebrities," she said.

"One, people clamor for the latest news; two, they share it; three, they react; and then the next stage, which we're seeing alive and well on video sites ... are tributes. In the case of Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett, [people have] a lot to work with in terms of images and video," she said.

By Friday morning, news sites seemed to be coping with traffic, but Jackson fan site mjfanclub.net was still performing sluggishly. Mashable.com reported that tributes to, and remarks upon, Michael Jackson's death were responsible for 30 percent of tweets.

As with any breaking piece of news on the Web, the reports of Jackson's death sparked something of a feeding frenzy -- and with that came rumors that dragged in other celebrities completely unconnected to the "King of Pop's" death.

One Wikipedia prankster wrote that Jackson had been "savagely murdered" by his brother Tito, who had strangled him "with a microphone cord."

Soon rumors spread online that movie star Jeff Goldblum had fallen from the Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand while filming his latest movie. On several search engines, "Jeff Goldblum" soon became the only non-Jackson-related term to crop up in the top 10.

The rumors forced Goldblum's publicist to issue a statement to media outlets, saying: "Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue. He is fine and in Los Angeles."

At the same time, Harrison Ford was also rumored to have fallen from a yacht off the south of France.

Web site snopes.com, which shoots down rumors, gossip and urban legends -- and how they originated -- said the likely culprit was a Web site that allows users to input celebrity names -- and then inserts them into fake templated stories (a further variant has stars dying in a plane crash).

In a sense the feeding frenzy was understandable -- Jackson's death, coming only hours after that of 1970s icon Farah Fawcett, left many Web users shocked by the news and asking what would happen next. In this febrile climate, any rumor runs the risk of being seized on, believed and treated with more credulity than usual.

The need of the professional media to be first with the news -- many did for a short time report the Goldblum rumor as fact -- adds further veracity. And, of course, the whole process is speeded up by the Web.

There is also, of course, the old adage that celebrities die in threes, with the deaths of Gianni Versace, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa in 1997 frequently held up as an example of this.

But while Diana and Teresa passed away within seven days of each other in August and September, Versace was killed in early July. Their deaths were most keenly mourned by the same broad sections of the public -- and hence were inextricably interlinked.

The Web can disseminate news -- but like any form of communication it can also help us create what we expect to see next.

Knomo Laptop & Computer Bags

2009-06-28T09:59:00.001-07:00

Never heard of this brand before until it showed up in my mailbox. The brand is called Knomo.. a British company that just launched in the US.They started off with simple idea: to create a great laptop bag women actually like instead of ones they just have to tolerate. That way, you don't need to lug two separate bags to work.

TOYAH 15" - $225
Quilted Slim Brief for 15" laptops - The Toyah brief is slim, stylish and practical. With numerous pockets internally and external zip-pockets on either side, whilst offering a highly protective casing through the honeycomb quilted exterior; the Toyah can be carried using the soft padded carry-handle or detachable shoulder strap.

JOSSELIN 15" - $295
Zipped Handbag for 15" laptops - The Josselin is a stylish and modern folio designed to securely carry a laptop. Its light weight and padded straps make it the perfect work bag for the style conscious female executive. It features an easy access zip around closure and three spacious internal compartments.

BREMEN 15" - $375
Expandable Traveller Bag for 15" laptops - The Bremen is a sleek and spacious bag designed to carry a little extra. This super-light full hide leather and nylon twill bag features two zipped compartments and is expandable giving plenty of room. It has a handy easy access front pocket and can be carried using padded handles, the shoulder strap or slipped over trolley handles.

Emilio Pucci Coated Canvas Totes

2009-06-27T11:09:00.000-07:00

At the moment, my latest crave is a nice beach bag for bathing suit season. I “need‿ something roomy, cute and being name brand won’t hurt at all! Within my future beach bag I seek, a durable material that can withstand any type of weather conditions. I also want something I can use year round. As a student, converting a summer bag to a book bag in the fall, would be considered a big plus for me! With that said, I’m leaning towards an all-reliable and good ‘ole canvas bag. You can never go wrong with canvas, they seem to never go out of style and they seem to withstand great with time.

I ran into Emilio Pucci’s Coated Canvas Totes. Personally, I admire his infamous prints. Pucci’s bold patterns and fun hues are always pleasant. Pucci’s designs don’t scream tacky, instead, modern. Its simple silhouette makes this tote a great everyday bag, or better yet, a really hot beach bag. It’s open tote top is also essential for easy access.

You know, I really like the fact that designers are releasing nice canvas bags at a less retail price than their original pieces. Depending at what designer your looking at, their bags are more affordable and for the money well spent, you’re bound to receive durability and a great name brand.

Shop Pucci at: Saks.com