There’s this club called SPiN (yes, lowercase ‘I’).

It’s a private ping-pong club, half owned by Susan Sarandon and half attended by some super fashion people. Next Tuesday, Stuart Weitzman’s throwing the first annual Serve to Save tournament and you’re invited (if you’re over 21).

Proceeds from the tournament and the silent auction go toward ovarian cancer research and, if that’s not enough motivation for you, there’ll be food and a three hour open bar.

We suggest practicing your skills this weekend, whether in your Brooklyn backyard or the Standard’s beer garden, and bringing your A-game on Tuesday night. And if you’re feeling really ballsy you can challenge us to a match.

RSVP to rsvpsw@starworksny.com (& make sure you mention Fashionista in the email).

Lately, we’ve been on the fence about cork shoes. Not shoes with just a cork platform, mind you. But ones that use the material for the entire shoe.

We were intrigued when a friend told us there were super cheap vintage cork shoes on Etsy.

This pair and this pair totally sold us on the trend.

Though as always, the unfortunate thing about shopping on Etsy (or eBay) is that there’s usually only one size, and if it isn’t yours…tough luck. And these two? The Goldilocks dilemma: one too big and one too small.

So we got pretty excited when we saw Topshop has their own version. However, this is just a bit too woodsy for our tastes. Stuart Weitzman did a cork slingback two years ago (pictured) that we would consider rocking, so let’s hope that more designers get on board. Or that more vintage pairs flood the market.

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

I finally went to Saks on Friday.

I knew things were bad - I live in New York, I work in fashion, I have lawyer friends and retail friends and finance friends, a roommate from Detroit and parents who aren’t too far, sorry, weren’t too far, from retirement - but seeing Saks in worse shape than Union Square’s Trader Joe’s on Sunday afternoon was, basically, horrifying.

Where YSL bags and Chloe clutches proudly sat are stacks of crumpled $50 cashmere. Rolling racks fill almost every aisle, so stuffed with this season’s merchandise that you can’t possibly see anything without ripping it from the hanger. Marc by Marc Resort 2009 is already 40% off and I found Alexander McQueen sequined leggings on the floor. Someone wrapped Alaia belts vertically around a pole by the Oscar de la Renta and I spotted the Miu Miu dress Isabeli Fontana wore on last February’s runway crumpled in a ball underneath a 50% off buffalo plaid Ralph Lauren coat hanging from one shoulder.

And the shoe salon, the shimmering bastion of exotic footwear so recently honored with its own zip code, looks tragic underneath tumbling piles of shoes that used to cost $1000. If you can wade through the Stuart Weitzmans to the scratched up Fendis, Viviers and Balenciagas, good luck finding your size because the defeated sales people are holed up in the middle of the room, the only place with regularly priced shoes and the only area without a single customer.

I still couldn’t find the handbags anywhere and not a single employee knew what I meant when I said they weren’t in their usual home - probably because they’re temporary employees, (who by the way are wearing jeans on the floor, which is a sign everyone’s pretty much given up).

I left, pouting, not even tempted by $200 Prada shoes. I should’ve skipped the trip altogether so that if, or more likely when, they finally close their doors, I remember the old Saks instead of the outlet version.

Because even though I know how important it is to “get it,” denial’s so much more comfortable.

Eventually, one of the Gossip Girl stars will design some kind of line. Our money’s on Blake being the first, but until then, here’s a sneak peek of what those designs would probably look like -

Blake, Leighton, and even Michelle, have all designed shoes for Stuart Weitzman’s Annual Celebrity Shoe Auction, and so far, Blake’s candy-themed kicks (no doubt courting comparisons like “sweet” and “confectious”) are going for the highest of the three at $300 - Leighton’s in the middle and Michelle’s on the right.

No doubt none of these girls would wear any of these designs (though we bet Georgina would sport Michelle’s metal star ones), but that’s really besides the point.

In other celebrity/designer news, everyone’s tickled that Ashley Olsen’s designing a menswear line for The Row, launching as soon as next Fall. We’re hoping - and willing to bet - that it’ll still be worn by more girls than guys. We definitely see little Grey Ant-style vests and loose trousers in their very near future…