I want this Acid Pink Mini Atlantique vachetta leather Reed Krakoff bag

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I’ve just discovered Reed Krakoff handbags. Gorgeous bags. Want pretty much all of them. This one is $1″ 440. I’ve always said that even if I had the money to afford thousand dollar designer handbags I wouldn’t spend that kind of money on a bag but I don’t know. It’s not that often I see handbags that evoke a “want it” response. Here’s the bag by itself.

Reed Krakoff handbag

I also love the dress in this set. It would be great to have in the kind of weather we’ve been experiencing so far in May. Would wear it with some nice flat sandals for my trip to the store later.

The Dress

Miu Miu dress

It’s a $357 Miu Miu Cotton-jersey and silk crepe de chine dress. The cotton part of the dress is 100% cotton and the silk part of the dress is 100% silk. The only thing I don’t love is that it would need to be dry cleaned but I guess if the day comes when I can afford a $357 dress trips to the dry cleaners won’t require riding two buses.

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I want this cream Isabel Marant Etoile Chick sleeveless cotton dress

Style star : Sarah Jessica Parker

The Dress

Etoile Isabel Marant dress

Unfortunately you can’t buy this dress online. Not that it matters to me because the dress is too expensive for my budget.

It’s not a bad price generally. It looks great and is probably worth the price but $290 is good for 18 dresses in my world.

I’m so poor that I was checking out the everything for $5.99 website the other day and put a couple of things in a shopping cart but couldn’t bring myself to pay for them because I knew it would be spending money I didn’t have.

I should be ashamed right? But I’m not. I mean. Life is what life is and these days I’m dead broke” but I’m not hopeless yet.

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I want these Bow Your Strengths Heel faux leather booties from Modcloth

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Outfit with Modcloth Bow Your Strengths Heel Bootie

Bow Your Strengths Heel (Get shoe details),

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Here’s another set I’ve put together on polyvore. I built it around the Bow Your Strengths Heel faux leather booties from Modcloth. The shoes are $43. The dress is the $1″ 690 black cream and gray Herve Leger Strapless paneled bandage dress. The bracelet is a $385 black and nude plastic polyester Etro Ridged two-tone cuff from net-a-porter.com. The earrings are a $335 set of handmade Sahani Azibo Black Earrings with Swarovski crystals semi precious stones and gold finish. The necklace is from modcloth. It’s their $35 metal and acrylic Accessory Amore Necklace.

Accessory Amore Necklace

The bag is a $55 Black colour block handbag from debenhams.com. The hat is a $21 Black and cream braided stripe floppy hat from dorothyperkins.com.

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I want these yellow Nine West Women’s Slipin Ankle-Strap Sandal

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Outfit with Nine West Women's Slipin Ankle-Strap Sandal

yellow Nine West Women's Slipin Ankle-Strap Sandal

Put this outfit together on Polyvore. The shoes are the $89 yellow Nine West Women’s Slipin Ankle-Strap Sandal. They also come in orange.

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The top is a $60 top from boutique1.com. It’s their T BAGS 100% cotton sleeveless top with t-strap back. The jacket is the $148 ‘CITRINE’ YELLOW LAPEL-LESS BLAZER from celebboutique.com. The shorts are the $530 MICHAEL KORS Leopard print brown cotton shorts. The bag is the $1″ 995 Village Double G Hobo brown leather bag from Gucci. The necklace is an $8,800 18K gold necklace from Tiffany & Co. The earrings are also from Tiffany & Co. They are a $6000 pair of ‘Alphine Rose’ earrings with 0.75 carats of diamonds set in 18k yellow gold. The bracelet is the $338 EVOCATEUR “Humphrey’s Safari” Leopard 22K Gold Leaf Cuff Bracelet.

Of course no one would wear an $8,800 Tiffany & Co. necklace and a set of $6000 Tiffany & Co. earrings with a $60 top and $89 shoes.

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I want this Balenciaga green lambskin Paper box bag

Joan Smalls

Kingdom will probably come before I will ever have the kind of money that allows me to spend $1″ 105 on a bag. I don’t think I’ve spent $1 105 on stuff like clothes shoes accessories and the like in 10 years; but I could be wrong. Maybe. Probably. 10 years is a pretty long time. Maybe I should say in 5 years. That would probably be more accurate than 10.

The Bag

Balenciaga handbag

What’s in the set?

  • $1,897 Dolce & Gabbana Eggplant Print Dress
  • $295 Loeffler Randall Filippa mignon flat sandal
  • $1,150 Balenciaga green lambskin paper box bag
  • $421 Balenciaga light army green Collier Chaine Grainee necklace
  • $75 Jade & Diamond-Accent sterling silver ring from jcpenny.com
  • $24 BKE Pieced Voile Flyaway Cardigan from buckle.com

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I want these Etoile Isabel Marant Itzel Blue Jeans and Vivienne Westwood Bounty jacket

Casual

Love this outfit idea.

The jacket is a $1″ 045 Vivienne Westwood fitted leather jacket. I like the cowl neckline.

The jeans are a $275 Étoile Isabel Marant Itzel low-rise faded stretch skinny jeans with a distressed look.

The boots are H by Hudsonstarley flat brown leather ankle boots. They cost $211.

I’d probably pick a different pair of shoes. Maybe these Jaye booties from Report Signature.

Jaye - Brown

Purchase from Heels.com for $349.99

Or maybe these soft brown leather Deluca Booties from Pelle Moda

Deluca Bootie - Brown

Purchase from heels.com for $179.99

The bag is a $198 7 Chi Reflection Pocket Tote. The earrings are $9 BKE Embossed diamond shape drop earring from buckle.com; and the bracelet is a $9.50 Metal Beaded Wrap Bracelet from wetseal.com.

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I want these Black Suede Dolce Vita Rooney shoes

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Black Suede Dolce Vita Rooney shoes with short red black pink color block dress

Rooney - Black Suede

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I love the contrasts of the colors on these Black Suede Dolce Vita Rooney shoes. The shoes a $130. Still out of budget. Still haven’t won the lottery and still not making the kind of money that allows me to frivolously spend $30 on a pair of shoes much less to spend $130.

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The colorblock dress in the set is a $22 dress from tobi.com. Can’t afford that right now either. The bag is $305. It’s a Michael Kors Tan Reptile Sloan Women’s Bag. The bracelet is a $155 black leather House Of Harlow Gold Crystal Pave Bangle.

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I want these purple Giuseppe Zanotti Wave-Cutout Booties

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Outfit with purple Giuseppe Zanotti Wave-Cutout Bootie

I’ve just put this set together on Polyvore.

The dress and shoes combine for a total price tag of $3449.

The dress is a $2,299 JAY AHR Violet Scoop Back Dress With Eelskin Skirt.

The shoes are $1150 Giuseppe Zanotti Wave-Cutout Booties.

The earrings are a $715 set of purple Amethyst Teardrop Linear Diamond earrings from maxandchloe.com.

By contrast the necklace is a $28 John Lewis Potato Bead Necklace; and the bracelet is a $16 Luanne’s Antique Style Chunky Purple & Black Bead Fashion Bracelet from fantasyjewelrybox.com.

I guess no one would wear a $16 bracelet and a $28 necklace with a $2″ 299 dress and a pair of $1,150 Giuseppe Zanotti shoes.

The Giuseppe Zanotti Shoes

Giuseppe Zanotti Violet Platform Sandals

Purchase via stylebop.com $1,150

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I want this Herve Leger Strapless paneled bandage dress

Red & Black & Gold

Another way out of budget dress. I love how on the purchase page at net-a-porter it uses the word “invest”. These expensive designer dresses would indeed constitute investments” but I’m not sure as smart investments go these would qualify. It’s so easy to ruin a dress. So easy to get too fat to fit in your dress. It probably makes more sense to buy dresses you can afford to ruin or get too fat to fit into. Love Rihanna in the inset photo.

  • The shoes in the picture are an $895 pair of Charlotte Olympia Dolly suede platform pumps.
  • The bag is a $695 Miu Miu red Velvet Clutch
  • The jacket is an $895 Armani Collezioni Pewter Woven Silk Jacket

You’d be spending over $4000 if you were to get the dress shoes bag and jacket.

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I want this Victoria Beckham tangerine stretch-crepe dress

Celebrity Style:Jennifer Lopez(04/05/2012)

Only in my wildest dreams would I look like Jennifer Lopez looks in this dress but I like the dress and would buy it if I could afford to spend $2″ 745 and if the dress was still available but it looks like it’s no longer available.

  • The shoes are a $1″ 150 pair of Lanvin Leather suede and wood platform sandals
  • The bag is a $1,014 ELIE SAAB Structured Leather And Crystal Clutch

The dress is a tangerine stretch-crepe dress from the Victoria Beckham line.

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