This is a very gloomy Monday (at least in New York. Anyone that’s reading this from a warm and sunny locale is dead to me), so if you feel like a little pick-me-up, I recommend diving into today’s online sample sales. Think Jimmy Choo, Elie Tahari, and Alexander McQueen. Yes, ma’am: for a gloomy Monday, things aren’t so bad. [SheFinds]
If your bag collection needs a little love, Sasha Charnin Morrison, a stylist and the fashion director of US Weekly, has a handy little cheat sheet of five essential bags — from trendy to travel to tote — that you’d be thrilled to own. [BagSnob]
After the Royal Wedding, Kate Middleton changed into another Sarah Burton-designed McQueen gown for the evening’s reception (below, left), which basically meant that between the bride, her sister Pippa, and the guests, last Friday’s fashion news day was a high fashion orgy. But it looks like the Duchess of Cambridge had a bit of a couture hangover, because the next morning, she stepped out in town with her new husband on her arm, wearing a polyester blue-pleated Zara dress, which retails for $89 (below, right). It appears that the dress is still available in stores, so you can buy it for yourself — or, you can follow Kate’s example in another way, by staying true to your own style. [Fashionista, Fashionologie]
