Ok, before you say anything, I know it can’t be compared - it’s just not the same thing and I get it. But on the other hand this is probably the closest most of us will ever be owning a Roland Mouret dress. First is Mouret fall 2005, second is Mouret spring 2006 and third is ASOS at $66.50.

I’ve been nominated for fashion martyr at Shoe Lover. Wooha! Who knew I would get cred for my hard work getting hold of all the clothes I like.

There’s also a best dressed blogger contest going on, so go vote or nominate someone you like. This could be fun!

I felt a little silly going into the hardware store, walking around in my heels and mumbeling something meaningless when they asked me what I was going to use all the chains for. When looking through the spring collections I had noticed that many designers used chains for their accessories, and I thought that had to be pretty easy to make, not to mention affordable. I decided to start off with something super simple, like this Alexander McQueen chain belt:

I bought 1 meter of medium sized chains for this one. I could have had it a little longer, but it fits nicely around my hips and hangs down almost as much as the McQueen one. To fasten it I used an ordinary jewelry hook in gold found in any jewelry and hobby stores. These come with a little metal ring that you can squeeze on with a pair of scissors or anything else you have lying around. The final product cost me about $4 and took about 1 minute to make. It doesn’t look as glam as the McQueen belt, but I guess it wouldn’t if I got it at H&M either. Anyway the chains came in all kinds of shapes on the runway.