If I had a sugar daddy...

High-waisted trousers by 3.1 Phillip Lim
$318 at shopamiami.com

You hate 'em, but I can't seem to get enough

Good ruffle-age
Derek Lam

Great ruffle-age
3.1 Phillip LimOff the charts ruffle-age
Peter Som for Bill Blass

If I had a sugar daddy...

High-waisted rosette skirt by 3.1 Phillip Lim
$348 at ronherman.com

The *perfect* party dress

I still haven't decided what to wear tomorrow night, but here are the few I'd be toying with if I had the bank account of my dreams.

And yes, the first one is completely made of leather. Meeeow.

Top to bottom:
1. J. Mendel
2. Derek Lam
3. Jenni Kayne
4. Bill Blass
5. Rachel Roy
6. Salvatore Ferragamo
7. Luca Luca
8. 3.1 Phillip Lim
9. Bottega Veneta
10. Monique Lhuillier*

*your editrix's top pick

Great way to start my day.

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing someone you dislike wear a dress you love -- a dress you've coveted for months. That feeling is heightened when that someone is a pair of someones and between the two of them their biggest accomplishments are being named the most overrated young actress of 2004 and being little more than an extra on a "Laguna Beach" spin-off.

I can understand how Whitney Port has this dress - "The Hills" just had a premiere, after all - but how can Emmy Rossum, an "actress" who hasn't been in a film in three years ("The Day After Tomorrow" and "Poseidon" don't count), even afford a $500 dress? How much can hosting parties for new vodka lines and adhesive Swarovski eye crystals really pay?

Oh, that much.

So People Magazine expects me to vote for the one I think wore my 3.1 Phillip Lim asymmetrical rosette-trim cocktail dress the best? Unless there's a write-in option in which I can type something bitchy and immature, I will without hesitation press "next" and move onto Tilda Swinton and Amy Lee - two reasonable celebrities - battling it out in a gray, bow-belted Viktor & Rolf puffy coat.

Hmpf. What a way to start my day.