Sorry, everyone, for the disappearing trick. Things have been a little crazy, especially since… wait for it… book number two is underway! Stay tuned for more on that front, but for now consider Some Like It Haute on hiatus. Until we meet again — and never fear, there will be new shoes!

Tuesday: brown Miu Miu clogs

We now return you to your usual programming after a week’s vacation. Well, I’m not sure if you can really call a vacation a vacation when it consists of spending 11 hours every day in a veritable sweat shop! But I took a week off from work to take an intensive jewelry making workshop. I figured it was time to learn how to solder and make bezels and set stones and weave chain and all that good stuff.

All good stuff indeed! I annealed and quenched, I dry-fluxed and soldered, I wielded a torch. What more could a girl ask for? That was the good part. The not-so-good part? The second-degree burn on my left index finger from accidentally grabbing the lid of the kiln with my bare hand… The various scrapes from too much filing and sanding… The backache from sitting at the bench for 11 hours a day!

But I finished the week with some new skills (not to mention new safety tips), four rings, three bracelets (including the granulated cuff below), an enamel pendant that took two and a half days (!), and a lovely new scar on my finger. Ah, I’ll wear them all proudly!

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Tuesday: black patent Prada wedges

My Fourth of July was overcast and chilly… how was yours? But honestly I didn’t mind — with only one day off, in the middle of the week at that, I wasn’t going anywhere. I was discombobulated enough. I kept thinking it was Sunday…

I decided to partake in some indoor activities — online window shopping for fall!

At $865, this YSL large Tribute tote seems like a bargain. Did I just write that? But what “premium designer” (as Saks puts it) handbags are ever under $1,000 these days?

That said, the YSL quilted patent Medium Tribute tote, while smaller, sure looks worth the upgrade to $1,195.

Now all I have to figure out is how to flatten my wallet and makeup bag to fit into this tote… Oh wait, I know how to flatten my wallet — by buying this bag!

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Tuesday: blush crocodile Prada d'Orsays

I’ve had this fantasy for a while now. When I win the lottery and can retire early (like 30 years early), I want to open an arts and crafts shop, where people can sit around for hours, knit, make jewelry, needlepoint, whatever, chat, drink coffee… I’d be there to help them find supplies and work on projects, and do my own. I could spend eight hours a day doing that. Who says I’d be bored if I retired? It could be a real business, I suppose, but it would really be an excuse for me to sit around and do crafts! New York City needs a place like that.
Well, what do you know? It already has one. The Make Workshop beat me to it. It’s just the kind of place I’d love to hang out! I think I’m going to have to try out a class — maybe wallpaper making? I’m definitely thinking I need to learn me some crewel…

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Wednesday: pink Prada mules

I gotta wear shades. Summer is here! And recently realized, while in the Caribbean, far too belatedly, that the Fendi sunglasses I bought last season really don’t shade my eyes from the sun. (They do look fabulous but… those light green lenses don’t do much.)

These Oliver Peoples Harlot sunglasses would probably make me look too buggy — they are a bit too Posh Spice.

Never mind — now this is what I call buggy: Tom Ford Valesca shades.

Yes, I’m obsessed with the Fendi B buckle, but these Fendi B. Buckle Shield Sunglasses are a bit much, even for me.

Speaking of buckles, the Marc Jacobs Collection Lisa Sunglasses are kind of fun in how the pushlocks echo MJ’s handbags (and you know how many of those I have, despite my best efforts to diversify that portfolio). I think I might have found a winner!

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