Found the first three below at Express online.  You can be sure there’ll be an Express discount coupon in the next week or days, so stay tuned.  We’ll post it here.  Here you go, your EXPRESS savings offer, good through Sunday.

Express Open Toe Wedge $69

Express Leopard Pointed Toe Wedge $59.90

Express Leopard Open Toe Platform heels

These two cuties are at 72Shoe Boutique in Blakeney and come in well under $200.

72 Shoe's Nicole Leopard Suede Wedge $129

72 Shoe's daniblack leopard flat $150

BP Frankie Flat $60 at Nordstroms

Sam Edelman RIA Leopard Print Booties $160 at Dillards.

Darien Leopard Print Peep Toe $225 at BCBG

Matt Bernson Pan Am coming soon to Coral

Stacking bracelets and adorning your wrist are a must do right now.  Bracelets have become the popular girl in the school of jewelry; bangles, beaded, or blinged out, anything is a go!  For you hard core arm partiers, adding a watch is completely acceptable protocol as well.  For a sophisticated arm party, pair up gold, silver and rose gold and pop with a white watch.  For the more youthful at heart, try a funky freindship bracelet and a studded wrist wrap.  The best part about arm parties is most of us already have the foundation in our accessories wardrobe.

Target is overflowing with a great assortment of arm candy and at an extremely affordable price!  Here are some of my favorite candidates.  (more…)

I am not a D-I-Y’er.  My one and only DIY project involved a newly-wedded bathroom renovation that ended in tears (me) and beers (he) among the Mexican saltillo tiles.  But DIY-ing is HUGE in fashion, home, bridal and beyond, and some brave new soul is always thinking up a way to take a trend and do it far cheaper herself.  Here’s a fun one we spied recently involving neon paint and platform wedges.

Arlene Goldstein is Belk’s VP of Trend Merchandising and Fashion Direction.  It’s her job to sift through each season’s onslaught of style and trend information, and the decide what will work best for Belk’s Modern Southern Style. Charlotte’s fashion press recently gathered at Belk for a review by Arlene of what we can expect this fall, and how Belk is interpreting the trends.  Here’s what we learned: (more…)

Fur. Faux reals. Huge again this fall. Here’s a video fashion show recap, just to tempt you.

And ponchos. Really? Really.

We’ve told you. Lola is funny. Check out her blog, www.lolais40.com and share a laugh with her about the trials and perils of being a mom. Married to a husband.  When what you really ought to be doing is shopping.

Here’s the good news:  several of last year’s and last season’s trends are still with us.  If you already bought in, you made a good choice.  If you decided to wait it out, you can shop the spring/summer sales for great prices on hot styles.   As always, fashion is all about finding what works for you in the mix each season.  As they say, No Rules, Just Right.

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If we actually see you in any of these, we will have to disown you.  Still, inquiring minds want to know.

JORTS. Actually, these are just jean shorts.  Experiencing quite the renaissance this summer.  Fine for any girl under 40 and under 140 lbs. in our view.  Not fine at all for any hetero-man, any woman over 50 and any of you carrying some junk in the trunk.

JOR-JEGGINGS.  Jorts + Jeggings.  So, faux denim leggings that are short.  Here’s what our friends at racked.com wrote about this appalling idea: “Imagine bike shorts. Now change the fabric from spandex to a stretchy cotton with a trompe l’oeil jean pattern. Now wear them to brunch.”

JWEATS. Kid you not.  Loose, sweatpant style jeans.  Jeans + sweats.  These are a legit fashion alternative, unlike the massively unappealing Pajama Jeans.  (read what our girl Lolais40.com has to say about the PJJs).   Alexander Wang and Rag and Bone showed Jweats for spring/summer 2011.  Diesel calls theirs “Jogg Jeans” and sells them for $195.  J. Brand has apparently also jumped on the jweat wagon.  We have only seen them in the blog-o-sphere, so they may be mythical.

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For even more denim disasters, check out this article on TheFrisky.com.  Jean-U-Ine fun.