Blowing My Mind Right Now: Iossellani Skull Cluster Ring

($363, Iossellani, ForwardForward.com)

Once again, line between need and wants grows even hazier and hazier.

More gorj jewelry that confounds my understanding of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:
+ Crystal fixations
+ Littmarck leather bracelets!
+ Tarina Tarantino jewelry I <3
+ Avindy diamond rings for UNDER $400 (yahrly!)

Accidental Marc By Marc Jacobs Gem Ring Purchase

You know how like if you're trying to diet (zzzzzzzzzzz), and you totally deprive yourself and deprive yourself and then suddenly you go effing bonkers and eat like four pizzas in 14 seconds while standing over the sink? And then you scrape the cheese goo off the box top? And then you eat the box? Right, so well that's what's been happening lately since I've been trying not to buy stuff. My attempts to hold back have totally backfired, and I've been going on binges to the effing XXXXXTREEEEME. The plus side: some of the things I've ordered online haven't fit, so I've returned them but still fulfilled the urge to hit the "buy" button, as my friend put in.

Anyway, one thing I HOPE fits is this Marc By Marc Jacobs Abstract Gem ring I randomly bought, for a song!, last night on Zappos:

($55.80, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Zappos.com)

Also great in black:

Got $16? Get Fred Flare's Golden Rhinestone Blossom Ring!

($16, Fred Flare)

Love this semi-conservative, granny-chic, vintage-looking faux gold and rhineystones ring from my favey humans, Fred Flare! BTW, Fred Flare now has their own TAXI ADS! I will up and PLOTZ when I see one, especially if I see the elusive SUV cab! Those are the bee's KNEEZY, WHEEZY! The only thing that'd make this better would be hailing a Fred Flare cab, opening up the door and discovering it was really CASH CAB!

+ Speaking of rhinestones, here's David Hasselhoff, unfortunately, singing "Rhinestone Cowboy."

I Really Feel Okay About The Patricia Field For Home Shopping Network Collection!

I really really am. No irony, no shame. Now, I'll be honest, I watched like four total episodes of Sex and the City. Couldn't stand the show, had no patience for it. Thought they were obnoxious trannies perpetuating obnoxious myths about city dwelling (though Friends did a good job of that too with that 24,000-square-foot apartment and mouse-free coffee shop), and their version of being in control of their lives was acting like men with inverted penises. And they looked like trannies.

But I DID like the Patricia Field element of the show, though I do absolutely realize she was single-handledly responsible for trannifying the ladies. Regardless, Patricia Field has always been a style hero of mine, and I truly love the funners that is her Destination Style New York collection for Home Shopping Network:

($149, Patricia Field, Home Shopping Network)

Yes, it's THE SARAH-JESSICA PARKER SEX AND THE CITY FLOWER SHOULDER CORSAGE dress, but in black, and I think I like it better in black, actually. Especially if you're not Sarah Jessica Parker-weensy:
Also, the HSN version isn't AS intense -- doesn't look like an entire garden is blossoming upon your shoulder and rising up to eat your face. And that's a good thing. Granted, the model is a WEEEE bit too '80s-ed up AND like an underaged Balkan prostie, but it'd be super fun to wear the black version to a party, no? I sorta wanna have it just so I can look at it in what's referred to as a closet, but is really just a small crack in my wall that I've shoved clothing into.

($149, Patricia Field, Home Shopping Network)

Sequins are HAWT now, y'all. If this were red or white or silver or something, that'd be bad bad bad, but I love it in black. Very Dynasty. Makes me wish I were Joan Collins and I could rip Linda Evans' head off.

($49, Patricia Field, Home Shopping Network)

Love these black skinny jeans the F on the butt. Hee! Great deal too, and they go up to size 32. Which is nice!

More Patricia Field FashionBinge lurves here.

Now, two pieces from Patricia Field's online shop...

($88, Andrew Hamilton Crawford, Patricia Field)

Again, last thing I need is more chunky rings, but I love this Buddha ring!

($98, Patricia Field)

I didn't see the Sex and the City movie, but apparently trannyboy SaMANtha wore this, which wouldn't actually stop me from wearing it. It'd look so smooth with a little fitted blazer and tank.

Also, on a side note, I'm watching The Rachel Zoe Project right now. The episode where her studio floods. I love that she refers to that as a disaster. Um, now I'm not meteorologist, but wasn't Katrina a bit more of a disaster than a few couture gowns that need to be hung out to dry? Also, I love how, at Fashion Week, her token gay boy refers to the second row as "right behind the front row." Yes! Very good! And the alphabet consists of letters! Also, Rachel Zoe is like drowning is her own fat.

Finally, check out this amazing clip from Dynasty. By the time Joan Collins takes a spill down the stairs, you can TOTALLY tell it's a stunt woman in a wig. Classic.

Quickie Jewelry Binge: Patricia Field For HSN (Seriously), All The Way Up to Vivre!

Jewelry I really really want, in order of expensieness!

($36, Alex + Chloe)

OK, this I already own, but this and a handful of other Alex + Chloe pieces are now on sale. So you can own 'em! For less!

($39.95, Patricia Field for HSN)

It's probably for the best that the black version of this is sold out, because I'd have definitely bought it, and the last thing I need is more costume jewelry. And seriously, I would've bought it. It's glass and it's gorgeous. And seriously, I LOVE Patricia Field's HSN collection!

($39.95, Patricia Field for HSN)

Combining my love of pyramid studs with my love for orange things!

($48.75, Kiel Mead, Delight.com)

The reminder ringer = simple, refined, elegant, AND practical! AND crafty-cool sewing blogger Shira (aka In the Sky & On the Road) has one too!

($650, Patricia von Musulin, Vivre.com)

Hand-carved Lucite. Dying...

I Want! I Want! I Want... Chunky Rings...

Especially by Belmacz and Mesi Jilly.

Refinery 29 just covered Belmacz's bulky, gorgeous pieces:


I love the rings the best. Too bad you can basically only get them at Barneys, which I'm in the habit of never going to.


I heart this Kandinsky ring so so much.

Also, Vogue Paris was all over Mesi Jilly's awesome, one-of-a-kind rings:

($815, Mesi Jilly, Vivre.com)
This one is my favorite and also just so happens to be almost the exact same price as my part of the rent, which is coincidentally due nowish!

A few more chunky rings, all by Kenneth Jay Lane:


($100, Kenneth Jay Lane, Vivre.com)


($150, Kenneth Jay Lane, Vivre.com)
I'm not usually a big moonstone fan, but this is rad.


($75, Kenneth Jay Lane, Vivre.com)


($150, Kenneth Jay Lane, Vivre.com)
I'm not certain that even I would wear this, but I know a lotta you <3 octopi and other sea creatures, so this is fun if you feel the need to wear one on your finger.

And some more, from Girlprops:


($6.99)
Ridiculous but fun.


($12.99)
Giraffe ring! Where have you been all my life?


($19, Overstock.com)
Big, chunky silver rings often freak me out a little bit, but I DO ironically love horses, so this is kinda cool. Kinda?


(Apprx $38 USD, The Branch, ASOS.com)
Undeniably fun and always in style.



Thecarrotbox.com also has some really cool wood, lucite and glass rings. Yo quiero these resin rings fah shah.

And now... a BUNCH from etsy:


($9, ElleP, Ellep.etsy.com)
Fun! And a steal!


($23.99, Ruby Vegas, Rubyvegas.etsy.com)
Smart! Fun! And with a cool ring base too! Woo!


($4, Niphty, Niphty.etsy.com)
I'm totes quackers for this cuters Mother Goose ring!


($18, Onetribe, Onetribe.etsy.com)
Daring.



And I like the fun DIY chunkers rings found at etsy seller Green Thumb Designs.

Finally, the money shot. These rings are amazing:


($170, Pool Ball Rings, Poolballrings.etsy.com)
They're made, as the name suggests, out of pool balls. WTF? I can't even image the level of skill and, not to mention, DANGER, involved in making these. Awesomes!

And here's one really ugly thing for you to feast your eyes upon:


Kristen Dunst at the Costume Institute Gala. What. The. Hull. Eeks, Keeks! She looks like a drunk, deranged flapper. No me gusta, Kiki!

Photo via People.com/ Credit: Matt Baron/BEImages

Tons more Costume Institute Gala pix here at FashionVerbatim.com

A few thoughts on the outfits and the people who wore them:
+ ScoJo: Tooo.... done up?
+ Julianne Moore: Why so Annie Hall??
+ Mary-Kate Olsen: Iykes! Why so haggard? Ashley looked WAY better.
+ Cami D: I actually think she looked great! And I LOVE the color choice.
+ Mischa Barton: Three words to live by: Pull. It. Up.
+ Cate Blanchett: Bride. Of. Frankenstein
+ Rene Zellweger & Marc Jacobs: Eat. A. Quarter. Pounder.
+ Salma Hayek: If boobs could kill...
+ Elizabeth Banks: It was just... okay, dawg. I like the risk, but all that satin PLUS flower detailing = When Bridesmaids Attack
+ Liv Tyler: Love the color (but is she looking a little weird lately? I hope she didn't go on one of those "Special" South American vacations.
+ Kate Bosworth: I've gotta hand it to her -- she looked amazing. I also gotta hand her a milkshake or something. Eat!!