Té Casan for Cheap

Quick! Té Casan—my favorite innovative specialty footwear brand—is having a sale.

For those of you who may not be aware, Té Casan always redefines fashion with its limited-edition footwear, which features signature detailing at affordable prices. Yes, prices that most of us can actually afford.

The best part: Té Casan stole designers from fashion houses such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Versace and Dries Van Noten to bring us a pair of sophisticated kicks. Genius.

Here are the dets…

From now until September 1^st, snag 15% off all new merchandise.

Hours and Times: Fri, Sat, Mon 11am—8pm; Sun noon—7pm.

Location: 382 West Broadway between Broome and Spring Sts.
(212)584-8000.

Michelle is Crowned Best Dressed

I’m such in a good mood today. Why? Because The Vanity Fair 2008 best-dressed list came out this week and Michelle Obama topped the list. The magazine even called presidential hopeful Barack Obama's wife their "commander-in-sheath."

Honestly, my personal favorite was the purple dress by Maria Pinto that she wore with a black Azzedine Alaia belt on the campaign trail in Minnesota last month, it screamed brilliance.

Other Vanity Fair Best Dressed list inductees include: David Beckham, Kanye West (surprise!) and Today co-host Matt Lauer, First Lady of France Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Christy Turlington, Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton, Sarah Jessica Parker and Daniel Craig.

Talley and Credit Issues? No Way!

According to "Page Six", Andre Leon Talley might have a bit of credit problems…

Andre Leon Talley had a tough time buying underpants recently. The 6-foot-8 Vogue editor at large was in Macy's picking out XXL Calvin Klein thongs, but was thwarted when he tried to open a store credit-card account, our spy said. "He was denied and had trouble paying for it and had to come back . . . it was a big fiasco," the source said. Vogue spokes man Patrick O'Connell con firmed Talley was in Macy's, but insisted he was buying Polo boxers - not thongs. He declined to discuss the credit flap.

Black is Beautiful

Thanks to Vogue editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani recognizing the lack of black faces at Fashion Week in February, the July Italian VOGUE issue will feature pictures of ONLY black models, and will include articles on black women in the arts and entertainment industries.

Now if we can only get American Vogue to follow suit! Which by the way has only had 34 black women—most of them models—on its cover in its 116-year history.

The magazine will have four available covers with models Liya Kebede, Sessilee Lopez, Jourdan Dunn and Naomi Campbell.

Making a Splash at Splashlight Studios

After fine-tuning his fur skills as Design Director for Ann Dee Goldin of fur house Goldin Feldman, Orlando Lopez partnered with fashion stylist Felix Fletcher and started their own label in March ‘06. But now, the duo (which, by the way are very cute) have a ready to wear collection that’s non-fur, perfect for the chic uptown woman (such as myself) and the edgy downtown girl. The new RTW collection is filled with cocktail dresses, pants, blouses in hints of metallic and bold hues like electric blue and auburn orange.

Tonight marked the debut for the fall/winter ‘08/’09 RTW collection that was on display at the Splashlight Studios’ new Soho location. And with a combination of live models and cocktails courtesy of Ty-Ku and H2O courtesy of SmartWater, the event was glamorous, beautiful, and most of all, unforgettable.

As Seen On Screen

While waiting for the 1 train on my way to work this morning, I happed to stumble across this UK-based internet retailer dedicated to celeb finds for cheap (well, kind of). It’s called www.asos.com and seriously the stuff is pretty cute.

My first find? A Button Back Shirt in the style of Jessica Alba for £25.00.

Back from the Dominican Republic!!!

I’m screaming with delight as I'm STILL on cloud 9 from my amazing trip to Punta Cana with my three favorite girls! It was amazingly relaxing and breathtakingly gorgeous—especially when I thought of all the fun you guys were having in all the cold. (smiles!)

But seriously, not only were the Dominican people delightful, but they were so laid back and very accepting. So after day three when I realized the DR was no fashion show, and no one cared if our outfits were chic, please believe I let my (short) hair down and reveled in the warm sun!

To add a bit of sun to our otherwise cold winter day, I’m giving a break down of a few of my favorite suits for the season!

LEFT- Brand New Swimwear company, Graffinis uses photographic imagery taken from the streets of NYC and engineers them directly into the cut of each swimsuit. Most unique are the themes that range from graffitied walls, to street signs, ATMs and phone booths.

RIGHT- T. Santiago is really lingerie, but because it’s made from unique water-resistant fabrics from South America and Europe, it doubles as swimwear.