LAST MINUTE LUXURY SHOPPERS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

HOLIDAY STARS Somehow, Christmas is a week away.  If you're like me, you have barely started your holiday shopping.  Don't be embarrassed, I know how hard it is to focus when you walk into a boutique or department store.   Even with the best intentions of giving, it's impossible not to find something PERFECT for yourself.   If you're lucky - you can shop for yourself AND your loved ones.   If you have to choose - of course YOU can wait!   Here's a few ideas to help the stylish woman in your life smile ear to ear this holiday season.  While I'm sure you don't need anyone to tell you what to buy, these ideas might help spark some inspiration.  Just gorgeous item from each category. HO HO HURRY UP!!  CLICK IMAGES TO SHOP

FERRAGAMO SIGNATURE - SOPHIA SATCHEL - $1,690.0

COCO NOIR - $98.00-$130.00FERRAGAMO PLATFORM PUMP - $625.00TOM BINNS for LISA HOFFMAN -FRAGRANCE PENDANTS- $250.00

Update on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 11:39AM by JASON JOBSON

Happy, Healthy New Year to all!!  If Santa didn't bring everything you wanted - or somehow got the size wrong (wink wink), get to the stores now for the sale of the year!!   Don't buy anything you wouldn't get at full price, but you might be able to pick up something you thought was out of reach!  Happy, Healthy 2013!!

HOLIDAY POP UP SHOP - LOUP CHARMENT & MORE

Shoppers in NYC take note: Holiday Pop Up Shop! 

This week inLOUP CHARMENT - SS 2013 SOHO find great gifts from Chic fashion collection -Loup Charment for yourself, your girlfriend, or if you are lucky - your very stylish Mom!  

While there, shop sophisticated children's collections like GOATMILK, WOVENPLAY, LUCKY FISH, and more for all the cousins, co-workers, and nieces, nephews, and godchildren in your life.  This week 12/12 - 12/15.  

Get those presents now, so you can spend the week before Xmas enjoying those after work cocktail parties!!  

10am-6pm at 287 Spring Street.  West SOHO between Hudson & Varick, just a few blocks from Hudson River Park.

LINE VAUTRIN - A PARISIAN ORIGINAL!

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MIROIR SORCIER - LINE VAUTRINThe French Artisan Line Vautrin was that rare soul that lived to create.  Her sense of independence and unique sense of style were both assets and detriments in the 1930's Paris in which she began her career.   The privileged world of Paris society was a fortunate backdrop for the impressionableARTIST & DESIGNER - LINE VAUTRIN young artist, who gave up an internship with the Couturier Elsa Schiaparelli to work on her own.   This was not done at the time by anyone - let alone a woman.   It was the nerve that few in a generation possess - Coco Chanel being one other, just blocks away on the Rue Cambon.   Vautrin would make a name for herself by embellishing items other designers had not thought to decorate.  Shoe heels, Umbrella Handles, and hair combs were among her most notable pieces.   Items that would help a woman to recreate a wardrobe - without buying new clothes.   Accessories to upstage clothing - unheard of in this era of full skirts, big hats, and layers of fabric. Vautrin would create a school of artists to realize her visions, eventually creating jewelry - objet d'art, and concaveADAM & EVE NECKLACE IN BRONZE - LINE VAUTRINE metallic wall mirrors knownLINE VAUTRIN GLASS & BRONZE EARRINGS as Witches Mirrors or Miroir de Sorciere in French.  Her work was unmatched for decades, and collected by the most stylish women and men around the world. 

In the 80's Vautrin retired, continuing to create one of a kind items as she desired.   British collector David Gill would connect with the artist soon after, convincing her to travel the world exhibiting her unique collections.  Vautrin died in 1997 at the age of 84, leaving an incredible body of work - and an amazing legacy. 

This month, two New York legends of their own unite to bring a capsule collection of Line Vautrin's work to passionate collectors of fashion jewelry and collectibles. Gallery Maison Gerard and on-line destination- 1st dibs both have a loyal following of taste makers and collectors.  Maison Gerard - a brick and mortar location, and 1st dibs - a website and a concept have coordinated this sale launching 12/12/12.   Bravo to Gerard Widdershoven  and Benoist Drut of Masion Gerard, and Michael Bruno of 1st dibs- for their continued vision of sophisticated design and limited luxury.   Preview this capsule collection - exclusively available at www.1stdibs.com

LES MISERABLES - C'EST MAGNIFIQUE!

REEL NEWS

The latest musical telling of the French Revolution on the big screen this holiday season is a blockbuster!  Victor Hugo's Les Miserables starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Amanda Seyfried is dazzling.   The portrayal of the troubled souls living in a time whenANNE HATHAWAY, HUGH JACKMAN, & RUSSELL CROWE AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM IN LES MISERABLES so few had anything to be happy about is a powerhouse of emotion.   Director Tom Hooper has created a film that is destined to be a classic.   Jackman has never had a SACHA BARON COHEN & HELENA BONHAM CARTER - LES MISERABLESrole so perfect for him in Jean Valjean.   Russell Crowe will surprise audiences with his commanding prescence and voice as Javert.   Anne Hathaway is a perfect Fantine, and Amanda Seyfried is the angelic Cosette - and she is an angel!   Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter bring the comic relief as the crooked innkeepers Thenardier - Hysterical!   The cinematography and costumes are dreamy, and emotions run high.   There was not a dry eye in the house at the screening I saw.  They will make you cry!

The movie opens Christmas day, you can pre-order tickets now.  It will sell out!   What a great Christmas day movie to see.   Victor Hugo's Les Miserable is able to convey the beauty and horror of European History during the 19th century.  In the tradition of Charles Dickens Scrooge or Oliver Twist, Les Miserable will fill you with the spirit of the season.  If you can't wait for the movie, take a listen to the iTunes songs now! Click SING LES MIS to hear them.   Click XMAS with Les Mis to pre-order tickets.

Watch the trailer here: