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Long before Kate Middleton became the "IT" royal, fashionable girl and our answer to the 'stylishly classy Britain' - [finally, we could let go of Princess Di and move on to the next British inspiration...] - we started to crave some British...British movies, British actors - [don't even get me started on Colin Firth and Daniel Craig...] - British tea sandwiches, Earl Gray, Kate Moss' unpretentious style, Prince Henry's polo-games, Pierce Morgan's dry humor, Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic's In-Flight Entertainment, Burberry trench coats ...We were becoming a bit of "British" ourselves, admitting it or not - but we were...And the next thing we know, it became hip and cool to wear rubber boots - the once considered 'hideous' trend - the rubber boots became the "IT" boots to have, raining it or not, everyone seems to be wearing them nowadays... [Back in the days, I thought I'd be caught dead wearing rubber b...

The fall colors on the East Coast, and anywhere, where the full frontal fall seasons exist - are the most beautiful thing that could ever happen to the Fall...Red, orange, yellow, green, brown - with a hint of other colors - define not only how we feel spiritually, mentally and physically, but also how we beatify and accessorize ourselves during Fall season.

Given that this month my life has been pretty much revolving around work and home packing...with an occasional, random bits of fun and trips in between, I seemed to be noticing just now that the Fall is at full 'blossom' and the colors fell on us... And since my home-work-home trajectory has been pretty predictable, I had no choice but to notice - [and admire the fall colors] - on my very rare lunch breaks. I was lucky that the sights of my 'lunch breaks' were easy on an eye...

It all started in Los Angeles - the whole trend with the Uggs, which, in a way, does not make any sense, because it does not go below 75F in LA anyway, so why would you 'torture' yourself and wear furry beasts - a.k.a. UGGs? Well, there is a big f*cking reason and a very clear common sense explanation for that...

Alexander Pushkin , a great Russian poet, once said that "Autumn is his favorite season..." . He said that in the Autumn, when he retrieves to his real estate in suburbs, he creates the most beautiful poetry by looking at the colorful leaves of the trees, listing to the rain drops and inhaling the early morning foggy refreshing air...Many people consider Autumn to be the most romantic season...

Statement jewelry is veeerrryyy happening right now, and what's surprising enough is that while some trends come and go in a short while, the statement jewelry - a.k.a. BIG/OVERSIZED jewelry - came back in style about 1.5-2 years ago and they comfortably stayed for a long period of time... The recent fashion weeks' collections just reiterated their in-style status again - oversized clutches, oversized shoes, oversized hats and scarfs, oversized bracelets, cuffs, earrings and necklaces...Supersize-it-all was all over the runaways, including the people in crime - a.k.a. fashionistas, celebrities and designers themselves...I, personally, admire Bryan - as in BryanBoy.com - a notorious present-at-all-important runaways fashion blogger's gift for wearing oversized shades. It actually became his trademark of some sort, I think he even feels 'naked' without his very OUT-THERE, statement - on the border of funky - unique shades... As for me, I'm just glad that my p...

The military style is back! It seems as everywhere I go, I see something of a military-style clothing item and/or an accessory... At the same time, I have a feeling that the 'military' style has never left - military jackets, military boots, military multicolor khaki jeans and pants, military backs...I still have a wool military-style jacket I got in Rome in 2005, and for the past few years that I've worn it, it's been always receiving complements - just as if it'd been a timeless piece...Maybe, it is.

I've never been too much for a hat-in-season-transition person. It was always black and white for me - late fall - winter - early spring warm hats...Not much of a fedora and/or a beach wide large brim straw beach hats either.... I especially adore ladies who can pull together a bowler hat! So, any time I see how my girlfriends - [one in particular] - can pull together a 'fedora' situation, I truly admire them for that...Meet my friend, Karina and her many 'hat' situations...

With a little help from my fury beast, I put together a petite guide to the Fall's Essentials...It's all about faux-fur vests and faux-fur-trim collars ...