Get Into the Gap: Beauty in the Tooth of the Beholder

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

From Lauren Hutton to Lindsey Wixon, Madonna to Lady Gaga, the gap tooth has been in fashion forever and a day.  Assembled here for your dental diversion are 12 divas of diastema. 

Hermès Are Here! Moda Operandi Vintage Birkin Trunk Show

Edited by Samantha Lim

The much awaited Moda Operandi vintage Hermès Birkin trunk show has once again arrived!  The sale covers an unbelievable selection of Hermès bags from Heritage Auctions.  We’re talking a white crocodile Himalaya Birkins, ostrich skin Ebene and Etrusque Birkins, and iconic Horse canvas Birkins.  Many of these styles we’ve never even seen before!  Granted we are a ways a way from spending $50,000 on a purse, we can still dream.  Here are our favorite picks for some lucky shoppers.

The Brighton Blue Crocodile Birkin $59,500

The Weekly Beforecast — Missed Morsels from May 9th-13th

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- I think it’s safe to say the Met’s Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibit is fairly popular.

MOMENTS OF STYLE: Mary-Kate Olsen

Edited by Hillary Frazier

Maybe all black blankets aren’t stylish, but I think Mary-Kate and her boyfriend look pretty good.  I love her buckled boots..and is it just me, or is that a Birkin?

NEWSLETTER: Lindsay Lohan Gets Robbed [For The Third Time]

Edited by Hillary Frazier

 

I think LL should keep better track of her shit. Last May her home was broken into and things were stolen, a month or so ago her Birkin bag was stolen in the airport, and now, her house has been broken into AGAIN (think you would learn to lock the doors), and a bunch of her personal belongings are missing. Police are still investigating, but hey, if you don’t lock up, what do you expect?

LINK LOVE: Daily Mail

STREET HEROES: Dennis Robles

Edited by Hillary Frazier

That shirt is so sick! I really don’t like how slashed up his pants are, but I’ll give it to him, he knows how to dress. Birkin bag, hah.

SOURCE: Lookbook.nu

FYI DIY: Too Poor For Couture

Edited by Kirby Marzec

It’s that time again where big name designers tantalize us with flawless couture, forcing us to the shallows of wishing we were trust fund babies and had the means to rock haute Dior. Despite the fact that the recession has dictated the death of luxury, some of us still dream of flaunting a Birkin Bag and owning real Yves Saint Laurent cage heels. 

I applaud this ballsy individual who decided to carry a “couture” Chanel purse, constructed from a paper bag, a permanent marker and a chain. Although I really dig the sloppily drawn logo, you could get really creative and actually design your own luxury paper bag purse. And if you’re really into it, laminate it for multiple uses! 

I’m not the best sketcher. I can barely paint. My sewing skills aren’t the best. But this DYI, this I can do. This I will do. 

 

Thanks Fashion Copious!

THE TEN: Reasons You Shouldn’t Own A Birkin Bag

Edited by Hillary Frazier

We’re trying to figure out what all the fuss is about, why countless celebrities own hundreds of these ugly bags that you have to be put on a waiting list for, and all we could come up with is a bunch of reasons why you shouldn’t own a Birkin.

1. It’s $9,000-$34,000 (other sources say even more)

2. You’re a huge target for robbers

3. There’s about 2983402834092835 better bags you could buy for cheaper (Valentino Rose Tote, Chanel Chain Length Purse)

4. It’s over-rated, purchased purely as a status symbol, not a style symbol

 

5. You can’t order one online, and what’s the point of shopping if you can’t do it online

 

6. You have to wait two years for it, in which time no one will want one anymore because a) the world will be completely bankrupt and b) after this ten goes up, no one will care about Birkin anymore (hahah)

7. If the recession lasts any longer, people will look at you like you’re an idiot

8. You can never use a coat check again (see 2)

 

 

9. Lets face it, can you even pronounce Hermes?

10. Heidi Montag has one

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Tell us what your favorite bag is, as long as it’s not the Birkin.