STYLE BUZZ – A slew of designers are making jewelry using elements of living organisms. These pieces though cruelty-free are either made from or inspired by parts of actual insects or sea creatures. I love things that pretty yet at the same time very creepy.

The Best Links:

1. “You Are Seriously Starting To Bug Me”
2. Octopus Jewelry Made From Real Octopus
3. Sea Horse in Vial Necklace
4. Real Octopus Ring
5. Sea Urchin Jewelry
6. Bitten By the Jewelery Bug
7. Beetle Wings Necklace
8. Real Mantis Fly (in Water) Necklace

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STYLE BUZZ – MOMA’s cute collection of lifestyle products from Japan. Here’s a roundup of cute yet slightly pointless favorites from the collection.

The Best Links:

1. A Treasure Trove of Useless but Cute Things - See Lots of Pics
2. Some Picks Include the Hands-Free Umbrella and a Ramen Dish Set
3. Mochi, the New Mascot of Cuteness
4. Some of Our Favorite Picks
5. Those Japanese Are So Creative!
6. Get Some of the Stuff Online
7. Ooh, a Color-Changing Scarf

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STYLE BUZZ – SJP sports an outlandish hat at the Sex and the City movie premiere in London. I always assumed that Carrie Bradshaw would turn into one of those senile old ladies who hoards trash and lives with a million cats.

The Best Links:

1. SJP Resembles Artichoke
2. NYC Just Isn’t Ready for Crazy Old Lady Hats
3. Psychoanalyzing Sarah Jessica Parker’s Hat
4. Is This Some Kind of Profound Post-Modern Statement?
5. SJP Praises Jennifer Hudson, Wears Insane Hat
6. Carrie Calls Her Fashion Statements “Whimsical”
7. Baffling: Why is the World Premiere in London and Not NYC?
8. Best Crazy Hats, As Seen On Vivienne Westwood and Louis Vuitton Runways
9. People in London Appreciate the Movie, Even Though It’s Set in New York
10. Oh my! What a fabulous hat!
11. Now That Isabella Blow is Gone, It’s Up to SJP to Carry On the Crazy Hat Tradition
12. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Photos from the Red Carpet Premiere
13. Village Voice Blog Tears Apart SJP
14. Crazy Hat Ladies on Flickr

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STYLE BUZZ – Singer Beyoncé’s fashion line, House of Dereon, has created a collection for young girls. The controversial ad campaign features preschoolers in four inch heels, feather boas and looking generally trashy. I can only imagine how terrifying of the House of Dereon Baby collection must be.

The Best Links:

1. Pimp My Kid: The House of Dereon
2. Beyoncé Tarting Up Young Girls Too
3. Dereon Girls Ad Too Adult
4. When Advertising Goes Too Far: House of Dereon for Girls
5. “House of Dereon wants to turn your child into a baby slut!”
6. Vote On Whether You Think These Clothes Are Trashy
7. House of Dereon for Girls at Macy’s
8. Meet House of Dereon..BABY!

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STYLE BUZZ – New York Times has a piece on the latest trend in environmentally-conscious home furnishing: furniture that disappears when you’re done with it. Here’s an idea that could really take off, especially when it seems like so much furniture from IKEA is practically disposable. It pained me to have to throw out so much stuff when I decided I didn’t want to live like I was in a college dormitory anymore.

The Best Links:

1. Consciously Imagining a Product’s End Use - But Does Biodegradable Mean “Green”?
2. The Latest and Most Interesting Development in Green and Sustainable Living
3. Consumers Are More Interested in Having a Long-Term Relationship with Their Furniture
4. All the Different Ways to Reuse and Recycle When It Comes to Your Home
5. Stylish Chaise Made Entirely Out of Corrugated Recycled Cardboard
6. Cradle To Cradle: A Book About the Transformation of Human Industry Through Ecologically Intelligent Design

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STYLE BUZZ – Blogger Perez Hilton is debuting a clothing line with Hot Topic. Look forward to Perezcious Pink t-shirts, hoodies, accessories and footwear. There is also Gossip Ganster flip flops, and some sort of lipgloss. I’m wondering if the lipgloss can be used to create that lovely white drool, or coke nose effect that Perez seem to do in MS Paint.

The Best Links:

1. God Is Dead, Perez Hilton Has A Clothing Line
2. Perez Hilton to Debut Clothing Line
3. Perez Hilton Clothing Line: Perez Hilton For Hot Topic
4. Video of Perez Hilton Explaining His Brand
5. “Oh, the Horror: Perez Hilton Launches Clothing Line “
6. Don’t Cha Wish Your Boyfriend Was Hot Like Perez

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STYLE BUZZ – A shop opens in downtown Manhattan that specializes in all manner of products made with Mastiha, an all natural antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial resin which can only be harvested from the sap of evergreen bushes found exclusively in the southern part of the Greek Island of Chios. Also referred to as gum mastic, it’s the new miracle ingredient you’re going to start seeing in everything. Apparently the new Mastihashop even has gum mastic chocolate pistachio balls!

The Best Links:

1. Mastihashop In L.E.S
2. A Delicious, Elusive Flavor – Almost Minty, Almost Clovelike
3. Mastiha - What Is This Greek Food?
4. Visit the Online Mastihashop
5. Mastiha Has Over 300 Uses, From Taffy to Cheese Spreads to Shampoo and Eye Cream
6. It’s Better than Organic - It’s Got a Strong Sense of Tradition and History
7. It Has a Fresh, Piney Flavor
8. Mastic Gum Ice cream - Get the Recipe
9. Gum Mastic Pudding Recipe
10. Gum Mastic: a History of This Unique Crop from Chios Island

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STYLE BUZZ – The classic florals from Liberty of London have been everywhere. The cute florals show up in Chloe Sevigny’s line for Opening Ceremony, and just recently on some adorable Nike hightops. Due to the popularity of the “Liberty Print’ keyword, its now impossible to find an affordable early 90s floral frock on eBay.

The Best Links:

1. Liberty Print Fabrics Official Site
2. Liberty Nike Dunks
3. Handmade Items Using Liberty Print Fabrics
4. Liberty of London Items for Sale
5. Alison Kelly from Project Runway Cute Dresses Made from Liberty Print Fabrics
6. Liberty Lives
7. Chloë Sevigny For Opening Ceremony Featuring Liberty Prints
8. Luella liberty Print Dress on Thandie and Camille
9. Luella Liberty Print on the Runway
10. Mischa Barton in Liberty Dunks

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STYLE BUZZ – MIA is launching her own clothing line, which will include bomber jackets, leggings and T-shirts in bold bright hues and graphic prints. It’s kind of magical the way M.I.A. wears really loud, mismatched patterns without looking idiotacky. Now you, too, can attempt to pull off the same look.

The Best Links:

1. M.I.A. Wants to Leave Music Career for Art
2. M.I.A. Only Wears Her Own Line of Clothing
3. Now You Too Can Cop Her Non-Conformist Style
4. The Marc Jacobs Style Icon Releases Her Own Clothing Line

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STYLE BUZZ – An Illinois man has had a custom Pabst Blue Ribbon coffin made for himself. Despite his love of PBR, he’s in no immediate danger of dying, so is currently using the custom rig as a cooler. It’s like another, darker take on the multi-use idea behind those coffin couches.

The Best Links:

1. “For now, he uses it as a cooler”
2. The Bottles in the Background of This Photo Are Worrisome
3. He’s Already Broken It in With a Party

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