This is just a quick follow up to my recent post about the Kate Moss for Topshop Christmas Collection. The full range is now available online UK | online USA. In typical fashion the ‘best’ pieces, in particular the limited editions, have already sold out - and will most likely appear on eBay with jacked up prices. The range was only launched today! Such is the iconic status of Kate Moss. I personally think this is the best collection so far and for the first time i’m tempted to part with my cash. The mini dresses all look great with a really cool vibe about them…

Leighton Meester, AIDS charity benefit at NYC’s Roseland Ballroom.

Last week’s ‘Rate Her Outfit’ was fun! I enjoyed reading your comments. It’s always interesting to see how people view another person’s style. This week we’re rating the beautiful Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl fame (Blair Warldorf), who I personally adore. I nearly always love her style, whether on or off the screen. The oversized boyfriend blazer is right on trend for this season; as are the shoe-boots (if you can call them that - they’re somewhere in between, right?). I’m just wondering if the outfit is a little too much blue? Would you have styled it with a contrasting colour top instead? Don’t forget to leave a comment and rate her outfit. Be as brutal or as nice as you please!

The Kate Moss for Topshop Christmas collection is launching soon: Tuesday 28th October. I haven’t been that impressed with this collaboration so far, so i’m hoping the Autumn/Winter 08 offering will be more exciting. Kate has been on a promotional treadmill this week with press interviews. I liked some of her style tips so I wanted to share them with you! Here goes…

Never look like you’ve tried too hard - or rather don’t try too hard! Mismatching can add a much more personal touch to an outfit.

Be brave and try new hair styles! It can completely transform your look just for one night and inspire a new way of looking at your existing wardrobe.

Mix old with new - the options are endless and it’s good to make your own vision. Recently for a friend’s wedding I paired a beautiful Chanel maxi dress with an antique blue velvet cape and a pair of huge Turkish hoop earrings which gave the dress a totally unique feel.

Don’t take a vintage or second-hand piece on face value as it can be altered in so many ways. I’ve lopped the hem of many full length gowns and made necklines lower. It does help to have a genius dress maker, otherwise just do it yourself!

When going out for the evening, think about your arrival - the accidental pairing of a battered leather jacket and floor sweeping gown looks amazing and effortless, as does an embroidered jacket paired with your old jeans.

I wholeheartedly agree with point 5 - to me, nothing looks cooler right now than a fitted leather jacket thrown over a fancy dress. I love the contradiction. Just a couple of weeks ago I wrote about the edge it adds to an otherwise feminine outfit.

Here’s a sneak peak. The black mini dress with the contrasting white leopard design will surely be a sell-out. FROM 28th OCT…USA girls visit Kate Moss for Topshop | UK girls visit Kate Moss for Topshop

This is such a neat idea! Sephora have put together a ‘best selling sampler set’ of mascaras. They reckon the set of 10 mascaras has a retail value of $85 but the The Lash Stash is priced at just $35. Not bad hey! This would make a cute Christmas gift wouldn’t it?

The Last Stash allows you to test drive a new mascara every day until you find your true lash love, with ten travel-size black mascaras from your favorite brands.

My favourite, Dior Show, isn’t included. What’s your ‘go to’ mascara?

Jessica Alba is all about the scarves. It seems like she rarely goes anywhere without accessorizing her outfit in this way. It’s easy and effective. She recently stepped out in this interesting scarf called ‘Vote’ by Karen Zambos Vintage Couture, $108. See the words ‘VOTE’ emblazoned all over? She clearly sees her celebrity status as useful in encouraging the women of America to VOTE! Will you girls be voting in the Presidential Election? Tell me who you’re voting for!

Don’t you just love dresses? No fussing around having to match top with bottom - comfortable - feminine. What isn’t there to love about dresses? With the Christmas party season looming large (well ok, another 2 months, but i’m planning ahead!) i’ve been scouring the shops for suitable eveningwear. Nothing too dressy, just cool, fun and funky. Here are some of my favourite finds:

1. Satin Puffball Dress, ASOS, £38. Love the contrast between the hot pink and black.
2. Dolce Vita Pearl Dress, $155. I’m literally drooling over this one.
3. Heaven Belted Dress, Madison Marcus, $328.
4. Floral Chiffon Dress, Mina, £66. The long sleeves are elegant and perfect for winter.
5. Bandeau Dress, Rare, £45.
6. Metallic Trim Dress, Ichi, £35

Victoria Beckham at J Sheekey restaurant, London, October 17th. Check out the spikes on the shoes! Only V.B could rock these. I think she looks fabulous! I love, love, love the little black lace minidress…the shape, the length, the fabric, the too cool for school pockets! Ahhh…fashion at it’s best. Her dark cropped hairstyle really works for me with this fierce ensemble. What do you think?

The shoes are by Christian Louboutin (for Rodarte), of course, and are priced at a jaw-dropping £1,500. They give a new meaning to the phrase ‘killer heels’. At least nobody will be stepping on her toes in a hurry.

We would like to think that we were developmentally beyond the part where we put the tube of toothpaste into our tote bags, thinking, Oh, no, that'll totally not end up being a really, really bad idea. Like, come on. Honestly. We spent half the day licking all of our stuff, because tap water was too uncontrollable and tissues got too sticky. Argh.

Anyway, we're in the market for a new tote bag, and we're thinking we'll be able to deal with this in Vietnam, which is where we are now. This city is fucking crazy! They literally have these helpful guards to walk you across the street since there is apparently not so much of a functioning pedestrian crossing system going on.

That's tomorrow. In the meantime: We were telling our best friend that these Japanese girls—and she was all, "How did you know they were Japanese? Couldn't they have been Korean? Or Chinese?" And we were like, "Because they were holding their passports! Snap!" We did not say "snap," but we certainly did think it. Anyway, we saw three passport-holding Japanese girls at our hotel yesterday, each carrying an LL Bean bag. We had no idea. This is, in any case, a super-cute bag for not much money, even if we would without a doubt find some way to destroy it with a beauty or health product. LL Bean regimental stripe bag, $22

We love love love reader mail. While your regularly scheduled writer is presumably laying on some tropical island, dodging monkeys, we are not traveling, not in a tropical area, and working under hideous lighting for far too many hours a day.

For bridal showers, we have a default gift. We've sent it to our best friend (yes, we skipped her shower), we've sent it to fiancees of friends, we've sent it to our Loved One's relatives we couldn't pick out of a crowd. We've always gotten really great feedback, so we'll keep giving it until someone tells us to stop. Or, all of our friends are married. Either way.

Personally, we don't love Philosophy products - we find them drying. But we think they smell great, have excellent packaging, are vague enough to be appropriate for everyone without being impersonal and they always present well.