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While the holidays bring good cheer, gift hunting can be an ordeal. To ease the stress of seeking out gifts in New York, we’ve selected some of the season’s yummiest offerings — which should reduce anxiety and allow more time to indulge in the season’s whirlwind of events.

One of our favorite style sanctuaries, SoHo’s Via Bus Stop, stocks an eclectic array of directional designers. While a selection from Ann Demeulemeester (a new addition this season) can sate the fashionistas’ thirst for deconstruction, the capelet with a bow closure by Anne Valérie Hash and Georgina Goodman’s two-toned demi-boots could nicely punctuate that special woman’s wardrobe with a bit of moody romance. At Kirna Zabete, a seminal downtown retailer since it opened several years ago, (currently housing young powerhouse brands like Lanvin, Proenza Schouler, and Rick Owens) the ultra-luxe Gutzees mink sleeping mask could give the A-list globe-trotter a lavish incentive to take a beauty nap. Near Canal on Greene Street, Cloak’s new store is not only home to its deftly tailored menswear, but a present from its library would thrill any pensive academic stylista. A soon-to-be-released Cloak library card will gain you access to vintage editions of literature by Edgar Allan Poe, Sylvia Plath, and ’30s issues of National Geographic magazine; its focused selection of art books, including titles on Daido Moriyama and Diane Arbus, are on sale. End your SoHo retail sojourn at Format, where an order of a Molteni & C porcelain chandelier in any Pantone color can add a spark of modern Baroque to any home. Read the rest of this entry »

Fashion Style Me loves having a new bundle of joy but being a new mom has made her question just how wide a divide there is between stylish living and motherhood. We say slingbacks versus ballet flats is a better more inclusive debate. We err on the side of flats even without having a cutie making us run around! Read the rest of this entry »

We all know how much and how often velvet is a ‘don’t’ but, like any textile (hello, polyester!), there are exceptions. Done well, velvet can be chic and luxurious, perfect for any holiday party or regular night out on the town. In a sea of a hundred little black cocktail dresses, your velvet number will stand out without making you feel like you don’t fit in. Here are some of our favorites. Read the rest of this entry »

Help me father, for I have shopped.

I don’t know how many Hail Marys are in order, or if they would even help a wretch like me. Because I was a bad, bad girl. However, you could say that my trip to the Prada boutique this weekend was a spiritual experience in a way: I did walk out thinking, “Holy shit!”

I had heard and accepted the gospel; how did I lose my way? I was looking for an outfit for an upcoming event, and I told myself that I had to avoid the sales at certain designer boutiques because I knew myself: I knew that I would be so caught up in the moment that I wouldn’t be able to think straight, I wouldn’t be able to resist buying way too much just because it was 50% off. That’s just what happens to me. And while that’s okay at a store like Saks or Neimans, which both have quite reasonable return policies, that doesn’t fly at boutiques where most of the time, sale or not, there are simply no returns. Read the rest of this entry »