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From Elsewhere


Comedy Couture: Rita Leeds

Even though Rita Leeds came along a bit later in the plot of Arrested Development, she's a very important character indeed. Rita is Michael Bluth's rather childish (or spy-ish) girlfriend in the third season of the show, and also happens to live in "Wee Britain." Rita's outfits always reflect her sillinessas they should! Most importantly, she always wears a hat. Maybe for better spying on the Bluth's activites? Time for you to try Rita's five-year-old meets thirty-year-old look. Maddie







Get the look:


Deena & Ozzy Ears Bowler Hat
Step one: have an utterly adorable hat that might be able to hide a spy camera inside. I think she'd like this one. I mean, cat ears!


UNIF Cake Sweater
Rita wears lots of colors, and I'm sure this rainbow cable knit would fit right in with her many other crocheted wares.


Kimchi Blue Printed High-Rise Pinup Pant
Polka dot trousers to perfectly mismatch the rest of her outfit.


UO Heartbreaker Sunglasses
It's impossible to forget those heart-shaped sunglasses she always wears!


Wild At Heart Necklace
An adorable bunny necklace, just to top it all off.

From Elsewhere

Coachella Street Style: Girls

Not unlike the guys at the festival, the girls left very little to the imagination.  The standard Coachella uniform seems to be a combo of crop tops, short shorts, maxi skirts and bikinis (oh, and a LOT of killer sunnies). These are some of our favorite looks we've spotted on the festival grounds during Weekend One!




























From Sydney


Kite Design

All the colorful brooches, earrings and hair clips in the Kite Design Etsy shop are k i l l i n g me. The little cameras and little cassette tapes and little ice cream cones are the perfect accessories for easy, breezy, beautiful summer outfits, especially with their bright and exciting colors. I never knew how strongly I could want an ice cream cone barrette until right now. —Katie









From Philadelphia

Style Icon: Vanessa Hudgens

BBV (that's Vanessa Hudgens for all you people who don't follow pop culture with the ferocity of a rabid dog) is not just awesome in Spring Breakers; she's also really good at dressing for festivals, specifically Coachella. She's got the whole layering thing down so that if she gets too hot, she can take something off, she's got good hats to keep the sun out of her eyes, and her accessories are juuust enough. (Although I'm not sure how practical black, knee-high socks are for Coachella, homegirl looks damn good rocking them, so we'll let it slide.) After you've been dancing around for 8 hours in the blistering sun, you're not gonna care what you look like but hey, might as well look cute for those first 20 minutes.—Katie















Get the look:


Staring At Stars Cross-Tie Floppy Felt Hat


Brixton Piper Panama Hat


Geo Druzy Necklace


Dundee Dripping Triangle Necklace


Baby Blue Druzy Necklace


Taos Stone Ring


Double Happiness Black Laboridite Ankara Ring


Geometric Arm Band


NPW Starry Eyed Face Art Stickers

From Elsewhere


Locketship Jewelry

OMG. Locketship makes these beautiful, perfect, flawless, amazing & stunning rings, as well as necklaces, bracelets, earrings, postcards and more. While not all of the pieces feature cats, they're all purrrfect (sorry, had to) in their own ways. Like, you know you've always been dying for a Mt. Catmore necklace.—Katie





From Elsewhere

Packing for Spring Break

Okay, so, I just robbed the local Chicken Shack and FINALLY have all the money I need to go to Spring Break!!!! But wait... what the fuck am I gonna bring besides my fat stacks?  Time to pick out my party gear and hop on a bus heading south. Cue the music, it's time to pack bitches! —Ally


First off. Neon. EVERYTHING NEON. And they definitely need to glow under black-light. These hats are perfect and come in four colors for me and my three BFFs who are like, totally going to find ourselves on this trip. (I'm throwing my middle fingers up.)


Sparkle & Fade Cropped Side Vent Mesh Tee & BDG Lou High/Low Denim Short - Dye Tech
Next, I'll need a badass outfit to wear on the bus ride down south.  My neon hat, plus my mesh crop-top and cut off shorts will give me that young, "girls just wanna have fun" look, with just a splash of trash. Now, where can I get these shorts air-brushed? 

For fun in the sun, going to concerts on the beach that take you to a different planet, and hangin' with da dopeboys.

I need a totally skimpy bikini. If not, something neon tie-dye, with side-boob cut outs, and no back will definitely do during the wild booty poppin' party days! Or, it would look super swaggy with a pink unicorn face-mask and DTF sweatpants during sunset. Note to self: keep boobs in bathing suit.

Oh, duh, totally forgot to mention a gun. A gun is a MUST. Real or fake, you never know whose mouth you're gonna have to stick it in. Plus it's hot pink, what now motha' fucker? GIMME ALL UR MONEY!!!!

Because need somewhere to stash them dolla dolla bills, y'all.

Finally, some kicks. Did you think I'd be runnin' this town in flip-flops? Just ask everyone we stomped out. Check that pop of green—that's for Alien. Love you for fucking ever, mane. Spring Break Forever...

From Miami

RiFF RaFF: "Art Ballin'"

RIFF RAFF, WHAT ARE YOU?—Katie

From New York

Penny on a Track

In her spare time, Urban Outfitters' NYC Regional Merchandise Manager Shelly Horst (with help from friends and family around the country), flattens pennies by leaving them on train tracks.  Because of the variety of the placement, speed of the train, temperature, and year of penny used (different years have different metal compositions) each one turns out differently, causing a unique, one-of-a-kind item.  After retrieving the pennies, they are then turned into jewelry, including commissioned pieces and special engravings. See more below and contact her on her Etsy page to make a purchase! -Ally




From Philadelphia

BloodMilk Jewelry

BloodMilk jewelry, based right here in Philadelphia, has some awesomely creepy  jewelry for sale. Whether it's the owl skull rings pictured above, or the bear tooth engagement ring, there's something for everybody (assuming everybody you know has a penchant for skulls and teeth). I know if someone proposed to me with a bear tooth ring I'd have a hard time saying no (hinthint, Scott Speedman. HINT! HINT!).—Katie






From Boston

Little Pancakes Jewelry

This necklace from the Little Pancakes Etsy sooo cool. SO. COOL. "Treat yo'self" is probably the most important phrase coined in the 21st century.—Katie

From Elsewhere

Thora Ford Jewelry

These pins from Thora Ford Jewelry on Etsy are the greatest things I've ever seen, and I'm going to order 100 of the "Slutever" pins and accessorize every piece of clothing I own.—Katie




From Los Angeles

Crystal Chaos: A Coming Home with Adina Mills

On Wednesday night, December 19, at LA's Space 15 Twenty (1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd), come on by to welcome jewelry designer Adina Mills to the Pangaea Pop-Up Shop! Adina Mills is a Los Angeles native, and makes some of the most beautiful and artistic jewelry I have ever seen. Her jewels are made from natural stones, crystals, and minerals, which she finds on her many travels around the United States. She can make anything into "wearable art." The event will be held in the pop up shop from 6pm-9pm, and you'll be able to shop Adina Mills' creations, and meet her! - Maddie



Shop Adina Mills Jewelry

From Los Angeles


Pangaea Pop Up Shop at Space 15 Twenty

Filled with some of the coolest jewelry and beauty products imaginable, Pangaea is the latest pop-up shop to hit Space 15 Twenty in L.A. (1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd). The new shop is chocked full of jewels designed by Bing Bang, Adina Mills, Chris Habana and Vanessa Mooney to name a few. If looking at beautiful jewelry isn't enough for you, pop in to check out products by beauty vendors The New Black, Butter London, Color Club, and so many more. Accessories brand Cult Gaia is also selling their flower crowns inside, which is my favorite part! This pop-up shop isn't one you want to miss, mainly because of the insanely creative visuals inside—I'm loving the geometric displays and color scheme! - Maddie








From New York


Buried Diamond

There's always that great feeling when you find something really lovely on a website like Etsy, and recently I came across Buried Diamond, a line of cute and equally quirky brooches, jewelry, stickers and postcards created by NYC-based textile designer Martha Porter. Martha creates each of her accessories and prints from scratch, which is the coolest part, because every piece is unique. She has crazy hand painted clay pins and necklaces shaped like eyeballs, earrings that look like hands (perfect for Halloween), and super adorable and bright sticker designs that remind me a little bit of Lisa Frank! Shop her rad selection here. - Maddie




From Paris

Tobias Wistisen

Holy hell! This shrunken head chained necklace from brilliant jewelry designer Tobias Wistisen is the raddest necklace ever! The thought process that led to this piece must be unreal. This is way too cool! X - Jen

From New York

Colorful Acrylic Nameplate Necklaces

I've been toying with the idea of getting a nameplate necklace but not in the normal sense. Why not wear your biggest vice around your neck, your pets name or even your favorite artist's name? I'm so ready to take this all kinds of different ways. I also love the idea of this acrylic option in a wide variety of colors. X - Jen

From Los Angeles

Strange Magic: DIY Flower Crowns


Last night's flower crown making event produced a lot of flower crowns. No surprise there.




And a few flower crown photo bombs. 


And a teenage coven in the treehouse.

From London


Melanie Georgacopoulos Jewelry

Throughout my entire life, I don't know that I've seen anything more exquisite than this chain and pearl fringed necklace from Melanie Georgacopoulos. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the most gorgeous piece of jewelry to ever exist. X - Jen




From London


Katie Eary SS13 Accessories

I can't get over the accessories from Katie Eary's brilliant SS13 collection. Featuring golden claws on both the footwear and jewelry. Fierce is the first word that comes to mind. While I've never used that word to describe anything, this may quite literally define it because there could be nothing more ferocious than wearing these pieces mixed into your wardrobe everyday. X - Jen




From New York


Tom Binns Spider Cuff

I've always been a serious Tom Binns fanatic and honestly these new spider cuffs are truly what dreams (or really awesome nightmares) are made of! X - Jen