As obsessed as we are with the abundance of florals for spring, (honestly we’d wear that Balenciaga dress everyday if we didn’t have to actually move), we don’t know how well we’d pull it off.

So, we’re going to wear this branch necklace instead. It kind of echoes the trend without actually looking like everyone else, which is really the best way to wear a trend anyway.

The necklace is by Lady Grey Jewelry, a Brooklyn based line by designers Jill Martinelli and Sabine Le Guyader. The girls are both trained metal smiths who cast and construct everything by hand.

Some of their pieces are available online but if you’re in Manhattan you can see most of their collection at either Earnest Sewn store.

We plan on stacking some of their signature bone bangles around our arm, too.

“It’s the middle of the night here in Milan. I have not been out in a long while, and tonight I tried to attend a fashion party in order to have some observational stories to file in this blog. Unfortunately they did not let me into the party, so I don’t have any stories.…” - artist Francesco Vezzoli, on his first attempt at fashion blogging for The Moment

Last week, we watched the behind the scenes video for Burberry’s ad campaign at least ten times.

We realized that as hard as we wished, we’d never wear that blue ruffled dress and dance side by side with our version of British royalty while Christopher Bailey looked on approvingly.

Instead, we got back to work and shared the video with you - and now we have to share this:

The Scotland Sun caught on to Burberry’s prices and decided to bring its readers the look for less. Their fashion writer, Toni Jones, put together a list of high-street items, Burberry on a Budget, that when thrown together might resemble Burberry’s Spring ‘08 looks.

But why is this so great? The part that made us want to laugh and cry at the same time is the photo accompanying the story. It’s Burberry’s newest ad with what we’re afraid might be men playing both Lily and Agyness

It’s like one of those “spot the difference” pictures gone horribly awry.

It’s not that we want to inundate you guys with Project Runway stuff (ok, maybe we do,) but this is just too strange not to share:

A tip from one of our readers:

From: Reader Nils (Gmail)

To: Tips@fashionista.com

You remember that crazy designer from this season of Project Runway, Elisa Jimenez, who got in the car accident and went into a coma for like five days? Apparently she also had major amnesia. I read this comedian’s blog and he wrote a piece about their relationship and how she still doesn’t remember him. It’s crazy and actually pretty touching. I wonder if Elisa just didn’t tell them or whether Bravo chose not to air that info. Either way, really weird. You should check it out. It’s a good read.

Bill Dawes’ site

My girlfriend and I love the site

Sincerely,
Nils

What?!

And then sometimes, Forever 21 gets it right.

Witness their hysterical “Diva,” tee, with a slightly cleaned-up image of Lindsay Lohan buried like a Wonderland tortoise in a hoodie and massive, bloodshot-hiding sunglasses.

The shirt just went for sale on their website, and as far as we know, it wasn’t copied from anyone (except, perhaps, In Touch Weekly).

The tee sells for $11.80, which sounds like the average salary Ms. Lohan’s been offered for her recent movie roles, although if she can ever pull herself together, we expect that rate to raise much higher -

At least to the retail amount of a Marchesa dress, and maybe if she’s extra good with her counseling sessions, the cost of a Richard Prince for Louis Vuitton bag.

But all this giggly speculation leads us to another, actually quite intriguing, question:

Which designers are still gifting Lindsay her clothing and accessories?

WHICH current major model was billed as “a disaster” when she started working several years ago? “She was so awkward and quiet, we hated shooting her! It was so good when she moved away from us to New York!” says a magazine stylist. Now she’s the face of an international cosmetics line…

Dear Coco Rocha,

The problem with your fabulous new Gap ad is this:

We look at your perfectly bare face, your casually creased sleeves, the effortless pop of the waist in those jeans.

We see the tangled hair and the easy smile.

And then we think, “Oh, that’s so easy, it’ll take five minutes to get dressed like that!”

But of course, no.

Only you can get dressed like that.

For the rest of you trying to pull off this look, we suggest a sorta-Kate-Moss shrunken vest or cropped bomber on top of the shirt to help define the shape of your torso, and maybe a tinted lip balm.

As for the jeans, well okay, those really do look perfect.

Following our streak of inappropriate blog titles, we’ve got the funniest model comp yet, from Supreme’s Rachel Clark.

As provided by the Casting Director, we see Rachel’s image for her show card, the big photo that agencies send to casting directors, designers, and show producers to get girls booked on the catwalks.

But of course, you’ll notice something vital that’s missing from the card:

Rachel’s head.

It’s all very witty, and the American model’s body is sick, but we still have to wonder:

Does this mean she can walk down the runway with a bag over her head?

Because somehow, we can picture Jeremy Scott or Gareth Pugh being very into that…

(don’t you want to know?

do you really want to know…)

Last Friday, we reported Heatherette would sit out this catwalk season, and today, some more news from another favorite label:

The Brooklyn darlings Vena Cava will miss this season of Fashion Week due to their recent windfall of success - with so many new orders and accounts, the team thought it best to catch their breath and sit out the season until September.

Of course we’re sad we won’t attend a February presentation by the princesses of cool, but it’s great for them to be getting so much exposure and business, and eventually great for us:

The more clothes they make, the more clothes we can buy, and wear, and get massive compliments, and meet boys, and…

Oh Vena Cava, how we love you!

Come back soon.