Shoeperwoman admires Charlize Theron’s Christian Louboutin pumps.

The Grumpy Old Bloggers are also talking about Louboutins – the ones Cheryl Cole bought for Danni Minogue. Lucky Danni…

While we’re on the subject of Cheryl Cole, Forever Amber finds herself modeling a set of Chery’s false eyelashes on eBay. It’s just a shame no one asked Amber if she wanted to appear on someone else’s auction listing.

Dollface has news of Lancome’s new vibrating foundation.

And Keeping It Realtor, meanwhile, just turns to wine, with a glass that’s (almost) never empty. We think we just might join her…

Instinctual
by Riali
featuring Diane
von Furstenberg

Riali’s outfit

We’re onto part 3 of the results of our What to Wear With Animal Print Style Challenge.
Have we convinced you to give it a try yet? If not, read on to see some more suggestions from our readers!

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Lovely coat, isn’t it?

Well, actually, no, it ISN’T a lovely coat: because it ISN’T A COAT at all. It’s a dress. A coat dress. If it was a dress coat, we’d understand it better: as it is, we’re deeply suspicious of it, because doesn’t it just look EXACTLY like a coat? Doesn’t it seem like if you wore it to a party, say, you’d spend the entire evening explaining to people that no, you’re not cold, you’re not just about to leave, and you don’t want to take your coat off, because your coat is a DRESS?

This isn’t the first coat dress we’ve spotted this season, but it IS the first one to take the “coat” part of its name so literally. Well, we guess we’ve had the “underwear as outerwear” trend going on for a while now – maybe it’s time for an “outerwear as underwear” one to replace it?

What do you think of this development, readers? Are you on board with coats passing themselves off as dresses, or is this up there with boots pretending to be shoes? Tell us!

Skulls for the cocktail hour

Dollface finds some weird and wonderful lip balms at ASOS.

Shoeperwoman wonders what everyone thinks of Roger Vivier’s feather-covered shoes?

Realtor finds more skulls – and this time cocktails are involved, too!

The Grumpy Old Bloggers wonder whatever happened
to self-respect?

And Forever Amber has a swinging
weekend.

It’s happened again, readers. Yes, the fashion powers-that-be have decided we need a whole new word to describe something that’s been around for ages, because really, why would you use two words when you can mash them together and create a stupid-sounding new word?

This time the new word is “coatigan”. Which means “coat cardigan” (or, as we would probably say, “cardigan coat”). Do you see what they did there? “They”, of course, are Topshop, who inform us that “The Coatigan is a key piece for AW09″. So remember that name, readers.

As for the garment itself, well, we actually love coat-style cardigans because they tend to do an excellent job of keeping us warm, while still looking smart. This one, however, we have no love for whatsoever. We have a feeling there could be a nice shape under there, but we just can’t tell because we have to look away from the pattern every few second to rest our eyes. If you have no such concerns, though, this “coatigan” can be yours for £65.