Eye candy of the week

What the heck, y'all seemed eager to eat all the candy last week, so I figured it'd be a good idea to pass some more out.

Enjoy.

If I were more into handbags, I'd jump for joy at finding this Kelly-style vintage bag. At only $70, even the price smacks of decades gone by...

I was recently asked who my favorite current designer was for a blogger profile, and my answer -part of it, anyway- was that, for clothing I can afford (when it's on-sale), I'm definitely all about Beth Blake and Melissa Akey for Thread Social right now. This is a look from their Spring/Summer RTW collection, and I'm already stalking TS's online vendors in anticipation of its debut.

This is the prettiest Vicky B. has looked in years. I could be wrong, but I think it may be her new wrist tatt that's responsible for her dare I say, almost friendly-looking glow...

We may have broken up after the disturbingly vacant appearances you gave during promo week for that awful movie I know you're regretting right about now, but Katie, doll, we'll always have your outfits. This one, I'm proud to say, looks awfully similar to what I put together every chilly Saturday afternoon. It has "walking 10 blocks to Penn Quarter" written all over it.

Like a soothing, drop-drop-fizz-fizz after the SAG Awards heartburn - Joy Bryant adds a touch of class to the head-shakingly bad fare on the Welcome Home Roscoe Jones red carpet.

The side view is just as good, no?

KimKar in quite possibly the ugliest swimsuit the Calypso outlet ever did sell. But for serious, who's even looking at the suit? Even Kim can't help but glance at her goodies and think, "Gotta admit, I'm a lucky, lucky lady..."

I wasn't in love with the cut of the colorblocked Calvin Klein gown Jamie-Lynn Sigler wore to the SAG Awards last Sunday, however...

...I do believe I have a new pair of shoulders to adore.

Speaking of disappointing SAG dresses, thank goodness Kate rebounded from her Harley-inspired Balmain number with this kicky cobalt Lanvin mini. *Love*.

And while we're on the topic of Lanvin, let me please lust over this pre-Fall peek at Alber's upcoming collection (photo courtesy of Ms. Spinach)

Not crazy about the embellished Herrera dress, not crazy about all the Godiva (I'm a Sunkist Fruit Gems girl) but Ali Larter, as always, is so well put-together I had no choice but to dub her a definite piece of "eye candy".

Just 'cause you like it duhn't mean you should wear it

*analytic breakdown of what cuts these women should have worn to better flatter their figures coming later today...

Please don't do that to my wishlist items

Let me just first say that my standards for women with really nice figures and large bank accounts are high - sky high - because these ladies have absolutely no excuse when it comes to picking out stylish, figure-flattering ensembles. They have at their fingertips, after all, everything from Ann Taylor knits to vintage steals to J Brand jeans to Mint jackets to Botkier handbags to Bruno Frisoni heels to pretty much anything and everything that prances its way down the Ready-to-Wear runway each Spring and Fall.

That being so, let's take a look at what Jamie-Lynn Sigler was wearing last Sunday at the debut of the LORAC/Miss Davenporte makeup collaboration, "Showstopper Palette," at the Chateau Marmont. Her ruffle-neck top by Geren Ford might look familiar to you, if you're a regular ASJiNE reader. I love this top. Like, really really love it. It has plunging drama in the front, racerback drama in the back, sweet ruffle detailing around the neck and comes in a neutral color made from a luxurious, lightweight fabric. In a word, perfect.

But unfortunately for Jamie-Lynn (and for me, because looking at her in this picture is physically painful), everything from the waist-down is not so perfect. Not nearly.

The jeans and shoes, Genetic Denim and Costume National though they may respectively be, do not nice complements to this blouse make. The wash of the skinny jeans is too light, which not only makes for an oddly too-casual match for her top but does little to flatter her stunning figure; I'd have gone with the same super-slim style (the shapelessness of the bottom half of the blouse demands it) but either in a much darker indigo, a traditional black or a contrasting red or grey.

Then we have those shoes, which to be frank, are downright ugly. I know, I know, the boot-pump hybrid is likely to be this Fall's footwear of choice for everyone from Chloë Sevigny to Kate Moss to eventually Eva Longoria and Carmen Electra, but still, from this style-conscious woman's vantage point, Jamie-Lynn would have been much better off with a sweet round-toed pump like this or this that would have picked up the "girly" in the ruffled neck of her blouse.

A harsh critique for a relatively inoffensive outfit, I realize, but when you pick up and wear one of my wishlist items, you put yourself in an entirely new stratosphere of expectation.

If I can't have it, then you better wear it flawlessly.