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!!

SHOE COUP UPDATE! (Also: Dresses!)

OMG, I'm fully KVELLING over here, y'all! After I finished my shoe post late last night, and after I contained my shoe boner over these Seychelles flats:


I found myself -- as many of us up late on the Innertube often do -- searching for porn. Now my porn does not consist of man meat or massive mammaries or group wankings or water sports, mind you. I'm talking shoes. My porn is pumps, k? Online shoe sales are my fluffed-up, misted-down naughty hot bodies.

So you can IMAGINE the ... um... rush of blood to my head when I searched for the aforementioned pornographic piece and FUCKING. FOUND. THEM. ON. SALE. FOR. SEVENTEEN. BUCKS. Oh yes. Right fucking here at Dillards.com What wha??? I love you, Dillard's! And I love you, shoe porn! And you, Seychelles. I love you most of all!


K, now that I've chayled a bit, here are some dresses.

($158, Eliza J, Nordstrom.com)
I know it's sorta cupcakey, but I love the '50s feel.



($47, Aqua, Bloomingdales.com)
Super cute jumper, very all-seasons.



($106, Lynn Ritchie, Bloomingdales.com)
Hm. I know I said that giraffes are basically the permanent new black, but I can't tell if I like this dress or not. Yay or nays, y'all??



($198, Single, Bloomingdales.com)



($298, Ya-Ya, Bloomingdales.com)
I'm sorry, but this is just a hot mess. You can just tell Carmen Kass is like "If my career has really come to modeling mommy mumus, then I am firing my agent, post haste!" Worst.


Finally finally: Fred Flare free shipping! Use promo code Mom.0407 for free UPS ground shipping.

Giraffes & Guns & Colorblocks, Oh My!

Many more things that I want, and a few I definitely don't.


($395, Tory Burch, Shoptwigs.com)
Soooo fun. Sooo out of my price range.



($90, Toss Designs, Yknotshop.com)
Cheaper, but less cute. If any of you savvy shoppers come across any under-$100 giraffe bags, holla at a Jew.



($298, AKA New York, ActiveEndeavors.com)
Sigh. Just another reason to love AKA New York. And those wider straps -- yay! Conceals necessary bra straps! I love this so much that I started singing "Colorblock, colorblock" to the tune of "Lollipop." I'm an idiot.



(Apprx $293 USD, Marc By Marc Jacobs, LuisaViaRoma.com)
This is terrible. The colors rule, but the pilgrim-esque tie and ruffle sleeves are a total shanda.



(Apprx $1,222 USD, Clare Tough, LuisaViaRoma.com)
But of course, not as much of a fashion fuck-up as this. There are just no words...



(Apprx $289 USD, See By Chloe, LuisaViaRoma.com)
What Would Mischa Barton Do? Probably wear this. Doesn't mean you need to make the same mistake too.



($131, Nicole Miller, Bluefly)
Yeowch. Bad news bears. That lime green is blinding. These colors are best left to boys' swim trunks. Did Baby Spice not wear this in that one Spice Girls video where they were hooking around in the desert??



($147, Nicole Miller, Bluefly)
MUCH better, Nicole. This looks like a great year-round piece.



($88, Max & Cleo, Dillards)
I actually like this, for some reason, though I think it'd look better on you darker-skinned laydays.



($120, Donna Morgan, Dillards)
This actually looks like it'd be super flattering. Yay!



(Apprx $407 USD, Marc By Marc Jacobs, LuisaViaRoma.com)
I sorta like these. Someone, please, knock 'em off soon! (Lookin' in your direction, Forever 21!)



($600, Campise, RonHerman.com)
I Heart That reported that Lindsay Lohan likes this. So do I. Now, Lindsay also probably likes licking cocaine off the back of a dirty toilet in the Lower East Side. That's where our similarities end. But, despite the tragedy at Tech (eek! I found this beforehand, I swear!), I do enjoy this necklace. And lucky you, turns out I made one like that MONTHS ago:

($24, TotesTamron.etsy.com)
Look at me, saving YOU $576!!