The below Tresics top has the following pros: burnt orange/red color (always a plus for olive-skinned brunettes); thin, cozy material (great for layering); butt-covering length (plays well with leggings); a crazy-low price ($3.99 at Salvation Army, Chelsea. Word.)

There is, of course, one glaring con. The keyhole neckline.
The keyhole neckline is the least flattering of all [...]

Fanny Packs have experienced something of a renaissance as of late. I’m a fan now, but that’s not why I purchased one last fall. The purchase was on account of a last-minute Halloween costume involving me as an American Apparel “model” (aka slut) and my boyfriend as Dov Charney. That’s right. Me – champion of [...]

Dear Cheap JAP,
I am a legging whore but when I’m not wearing leggings, I go for the skinny jeans tucked into boots. The problem is, my jeans bunch up and are all uncomfortable tucked into the boots. A friend of mine told me a while back, that she heard about a new invention that kept [...]

A month or so ago, I decided this Old Navy dress (via Goodwill, OBVS) just wasn’t short enough. What? My birthday’s in a few weeks, i.e. I’ve got a few more years to toe the line between sexy and slutty sans crossing it completely. (Note: subjective statement.)
In lieu of scissoring, I ‘hemmed’ the aforementioned dress [...]

Sometimes when I’m in busywork mode, I put the The Today Show on for background noise purposes – yes, I like my “news” happy and fluffy. I tend to hit the Off button at the start of The Fourth Hour (Kathie Lee’s a character, but the voice… OY).
A few weeks ago, fate intervened and I [...]

My Goodwill Outlet haul included a barely-worn J.Crew Seersucker blazer. Shit. You. Not.
Fitting rooms tend not to exist in places where clothes are $1.69 a pound. I wasn’t totally comfortable with the idea of trying anything on before it underwent my requisite sanitation process either. I had the J.Crew Seersucker dry-cleaned, and found myself nonplussed [...]

I wandered into American Apparel the other day, and was immediately enchanted by the following:

Said enchantment dissolved upon learning that the Unisex Circle Scarf and the Super Sheer Circle Scarf retail for $28.00 and $37.00, respectively.
Beotch please – for a piece of fabric cut into a circular strip, anything over twenty is pushing it. I [...]

My trip to Woodstock, VT a month or so ago obvs included a stop to local consignment shop Who Is Sylvia.
The shop boasted a bin of authentic Fur Pieces for $40 or less; from said bin, I snagged what was once the fur collar of a coat.

I arrived at a pickle when I tried [...]

Fifteen or so years ago, my mom paid $500 for a Donna Karan Collection Studded Evening Shawl. The thing is TO DIE. Were she to purchase it today, its retail value would probs be on par with the sequined scarf below.

Is this something I can afford? Eff no. Is this something I can make? Survey [...]

Muhahaha.

I’ve been stewing over Kate Moss for Topshop’s Oriental Kimono (non-PC alert) ever since The Cut reported its No Longer In Stock status.

At $160, it’s a rip off of the heinously offensive ilk. I obvs wasn’t peeved because I planned on buying it; I was tweaking because so many others had, once again, drunk the [...]

Readers, I’ve obvs dropped the ball on Halloween. Thankfully, you haven’t. Some of you are even concocting your own costumes in lieu of being slutty pirates/vampires/cats/witches/et. al, and to that I say HECK YEAH.
Today’s post is dedicated to Jody, clad as Jessie from Toy Story 2 below. The ensemble below isn’t just homemade – it’s [...]

The Purchase: Forever 21 Foldover Double-Knit Pant, $15.80. (Mine are of the Zipper Detail ilk, but you get the idea).
The Problem: An abundance of mini holes along the waistline elastic/knit seam after *ah* laundry cycle. Eff you F21.
The Solution: Metallic Studs.
View From Busted to Badass: Forever 21 Pants to see how it went down. Having [...]

Let’s talk about this vintage-esque top ($11.95, Beacon’s Closet).

I Heart: Blue, Stripes, Batwingy Sleeves.
I Do Not Heart: Turtlenecks and/or any style of shirt that makes my boobs look bigger than they are.
I thought snipping the turtleneck portion of the shirt would be a quick fix to the above issue, giving me the slightly off-shoulder neckline [...]

My process for getting dressed usually involves figuring out how to add tights to whatever I’m wearing. Want to wear shorts when it’s chilly out? Tights. Need a last-minute stretchy belt to give your shapeless dress some chutzpah? Tights, hacked up.
Want to wear ripped leggings sans freezing your ass off in the night air? Tights [...]

Let’s talk about what happens when your boyfriend gets you into a show like Lost – a mindfuck of an exploration of the space/time continuum to which you become immediately addicted. The fact that each episode scares the bejesus out of you only makes watching the series in its entirety all the more imperative; you [...]

As you well know, I’m fond of scissoring anything I’m sick of into a more exciting version of itself. While this tactic is intended to preserve clothes I might otherwise toss, it has a nasty side effect of creating excess fabric. Old tees can be given away, but it’s not like you can donate the [...]

For adolescent girls, summer camp is basically an excuse to share clothes and make-out with boys. I went to performing arts camp, so the latter was obvs difficult; the sartorial savvy of my bunkmates more than made up for the lack of eligible males. My DIY skillz were nonexistent back then: I was always jealous [...]

I can’t sew for shit, and while I’m a self-proclaimed expert anything involving scissors, my overarching DIY skillz are amateur at best. I recently attempted the art of studding.
I’m in way over my head.
It was Park & Cube’s phenomenal homemade studded bag that conned me into giving it a shot. If studding is the easiest [...]