Would you rather get in the holiday spirit with a beaded, embroidered, sequined, primary-colored reindeer sweater or this?

Yeah, we’d choose the gold bow, too.

The Moment posted it yesterday and we’ve been feeling extra holiday cheer ever since. Kate Spade’s popped a gold bow on top of a shiny bobby pin and it’s the perfect way to turn your basic cocktail dress into a kitschy ensemble worthy of the most fashionable holiday party.

It’s part Blair, part Eloise, and though yes, it’s $45, we bet you’ll find a way to keep it relevant both now and when you’re sixty. And with a bow in your hair, you’ll be the best present in the room. (Sorry, we couldn’t resist.)

Still haven’t locked up your fall internship? No worries. There are still some good ones for the taking.

The public relations, sales, merchandising, and design teams at both Kate and Jack Spade are interviewing right this second. Their internships are really hands-on and busier than ever with the newly launched apparel line.

It’s probably a good idea that you’re familiar with (and like) the distinct Spade aesthetic, have impeccable organizational skills and are ready to make a real commitment to your gig. And school credit is a must.

Details after the jump.

If I could build a “Forever Wardrobe” like Plum Sykes does in this month’s Vogue, it’d be topped off with one of Bottega Veneta’s woven clutches.

I lean toward a clutch anyway - an oversized patent sack-like one for Fashion Week, a vintage velvet pouch for dinner, a woven straw rectangle for the beach - and there’s something perfectly classic, totally feminine about Bottega’s little box.

Whether this plastic-looking Kate Spade imitation makes me so mad because it looks like it’s woven from something slightly more durable than Easter grass or because despite it’s plastic-y sheen it dares to cost over $300, or because its design is so explicitly ripped from Bottega Veneta’s thirty year-old design, I’m not quite sure.

Either way, Kate’s far too smart and far too creative to be ripping off someone else’s classic.

When Kate Spade signed the lease on a double Bleecker Street space in June, we didn’t even think of the Jack possibilities.

But this one’s for the boys, whether they like fashion or not.

The new store will be half-Jack of course, full of covetable canvas bags and silly knick-knacks you know you need. But the other half will be a Hobby Shop. Jack and his team will rotate various non-fashiony ideas a la Den.

Up first: bicycles! After which we predict all things related to sailing.

No word yet on whether this will take up both the vacant spaces, Biography Bookshop and Eve - or whether half will go to Kate after all.

If you know the answer to that, you know what to do.

We really want to talk about boy problems, but instead, we’ll tell you about Kate Spade’s Spring preview.

Kate’s previews are always early in the morning, but we’re happy to swing by on the way to work because they give us coffee and yummy snacks and usually, we love her stuff.

This time around, we weren’t blown away by the nautical theme. The only thing less original than stripes for spring is florals for spring, and those were there, too.

The shoes, however, were a hit. We loved the cheesy seashell sandals and pom-pommed flats. And we’d carry the round little floral bag anywhere, (as long as Kate’ll acknowledge the Lulu Guinness shape).

Actually, we’d wear almost all of it, but we’ll buy it at J.Crew for a lot less money.

We stopped by Banana Republic’s showroom yesterday to preview their holiday collection - and, well, holy Mad Men.

If the costume designers for our favorite show get lost on the way to Kate Spade, it’s because they’re caught picking up some watered down Michael Kors at Banana.

Their winter palette is purple, black, gold and a pinkish nude. The shapes are definitively vintage: bell cut skirts, boat neck shift tops and dresses, high waisted pencil skirts and cropped 3/4 sleeve jackets. There are a few Prada-esque lace shifts and skirts mixed into the heavy silks and tweed jackets, all paired with patent booties and chunky gold peep-toes. A selection of Inhabit-like sweater coats and boyfriend slacks hung on the casual end.

Even their jewelry looked like it was sourced from antique jewels, especially when nestled next to the fur muffs, (marked “LUXURY”), and elbow length gloves.

We loved almost every single piece. Just wish it came out before fashion week so we could prance around Bryant Park like it’s 1962.

Hey Fashionista,

Here’s a pic of one of the upcoming Gossip Girl episodes.

Blair looks adorable in a floral dress and is carrying (as you predicted) a woven Kate Spade bag.

Just thought I’d let you know -

Can’t wait til the new episodes!!

xo

Madison

Update: GG’s filming in an H-formation on Lafayette, Crosby and Jersey. So far, we’ve spotted just Blake and Penn, but there are a lot of trailers, one of which is marked “Chuck”…

When I walked into Kate Spade’s showroom this morning, pre-coffee, I thought, I hoped, I’d actually walked on to the set of Mad Men.

I skipped past the bags my mom would probably like to the racks of nipped waists, faux fur collars, and Michael Kors-like florals generously trimmed with bows, feathers and glitter.

Matching clutches and heels abounded. There were elbow length gloves, brightly colored satin heels and fluffy headbands Blair Waldorf would kill for.

If I could have walked away with one thing, it’d have been the envelope clutch from Kate’s new Par L’avion collection, (after the jump). And if I could have asked Joe Zee one thing in the elevator on the way down, it would have been, “Why’d you change the name from Fashionista to Stylista?”

But he just wanted to talk about whether or not he’s allowed to wear shorts to work, and I wasn’t going to interrupt that discussion.

To: Tips@Fashionista.com

From: BagLover@SnoopBeDoop.com

Hey Fashionista,

A friend of mine works for Kate Spade and said the Gossip Girl crew came to pick up swag for their film schedule.

They chose ten Kate Spade bags (to join forty they had already acquired from other designers) but had to ditch the shoes because Leighton Meester wears a size 5, and Kate Spade didn’t have such tiny sizes in stock.

xx

Ten Kate Spade bags? How much do you want to bet Blair carries the Hamptons-y one at left?

Oh no! It’s Valentine’s Day, and you were too busy trying to decide if it’s silly to wear stiletto boots in legitimate winter weather to remember to send off actual Valentines!

Worry not. The funny people at Kate Spade have created a ton of adorable Valentines you can send - and since they’re e-Valentine’s, messages like the one at left are funny instead of totally creepy.

We suggest sending one to the cute guy at work you’ve had your eye on (don’t worry, much more lovey-dovey ones than the message at left to be found on the site.)

So much classier than tossing Necco heart candies at his desk on your way to the restroom.

“Kate [Spade] must have a tiny vagina!” — Miranda to Charlotte on a Sex and the City repeat…

Is the luxury market so over-saturated that designers are trying to make their products look cheap?

That’s the only explanation we can give to the designer shoes we’ve seen lately, all made from plastic. If Marc or Sigerson wants to make a rubber rain flat, that’s fine. But why on earth would you want to wear plastic heels with your holiday cocktail dress?

Pedro Garcia’s shoes are usually made of silk or leather in movie-star approved colors. But his new pair has a giant piece of plastic stretching across the foot, and they still cost $475. And Vogue’s gift list recommends a pair of Kate Spade plastic ballet flats, priced at $275 (more than Kate’s satin ones we’ve been admiring for a month).

This would be fine if plastic shoes were more comfortable. We bought jellies a couple summers ago, and wore them once, before they were relegated to the back of the closet while our blisters healed.

Secondly, plastic’s an inexpensive material - so why do shoes constructed out of it cost as much, if not more than, their leather counterparts?

Is the luxury market so desperately driven that the only way to look expensive now is to also look cheap? Guess we have Mary Kate to thank for this one.