This week we have some great ways to bundle up, finding the perfect winter coat on In Life and In Fashion, gloves on Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy, Style Discovery discusses diversity in the bloggosphere, Dramatis Personae heats things up with a Burlesque tutorial. Poetic & Chic is our eyes and ears in San Francisco, as she gives a review of the YSL retrospective at the DeYoung…. and you never get a second chance to make a first impression… Mademoiselle Robot gives us tips on how to make a good one. And IFB gives a great tutorial on how to claim your media credentials.

Links à la Mode : November 6th

• A Few Goody GumDrops - A Few Goody Gumdrops has just ordered the Ultimate Digital Goody from Vivienne Tam!
• Agent Lover - Mad Crushin’ on the magical world of photographer Kate O’Brien
• Capitola Girl Jewelry Blog - The Devil Wears Etsy (Prada, Eat Your Heart Out)– handmade plaids from emerging artists and designers on Etsy.
• Dogmom’s Dish - Understanding Kawakubo Mania @ Harajuku’s H&M
• dramatis personae - Blood Rhinestone Productions (a burlesque troupe) shares with us: 15 Tips on How to be a Burlesque Superstar!
• eye4style - Luxe leather and wool line Mackage launches mens outerwear.
• fashion in my eyes - Welcome to my world
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Fashion Pulse dishes on Chanel’s Spring 2009 Collection!
• Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy - Gloves: short, medium length and long- fabulous looks with gloves for Fall and Winter!
• Fushion Magazine - Get “fringed” out this season.
• In Life and In Fashion - All Bundled Up: Shopping for the perfect cold-weather coat
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - Fashion Bloggers Claim Your Media Credentials Today
• Iole in fashion - Bad Hair Day
• Little Black Book - The False Lash Revolution: Think false lashes are a bit boring? Shu Uemura has you covered…
• Mademoiselle Robot - How to make a good first impression.
• Or False Glitter - A Polaroid aided shoe sort
• poetic & chic - Review of the Yves Saint Laurent exhibition at its one and only American venue - the MH de Young Museum in San Francisco!
• Retro Chick - Top 5 funky wellies for Autumn
• Shopping and Info - Spotted: Kim Kardashian, Ashley Olsen, and Kate Moss all wearing black on the same day.
• Style Discovery - Songy’s thoughts on the presidential election, racial issues and diversity in the fashion/style blogsphere.
• Technology Starlet - Move Over Size Zero, Slim and Sleek Gadgets Are Taking Over The Catwalk
• THE COVETED - The Coveted finds happiness with celebratory socks.
• The Life and Times of a Problem Child - A certain tendency towards nostalgia and an affinity for white shirts.
• Your Style Star - Style Star takes on the mullet dress.

We have superb tips and tricks right in time for Halloween!

Retro Chick gives great ideas for a Stylish Halloween Celebration, Mademoiselle Robot interviews Broken Hearts… Dramatis Personae wigs out,  Dapper Kid fills us in on runway history, and 39thandbroadway gives us some great tips on earning more cash…

If you’ve missed this weeks round, no worries, there is always next week, you can sign up in the forums by clicking here. Links à la Mode keep getting better and better, the more you participate the better everyone gets.

Links à la Mode : October 30th

• 39thandbroadway - Career advice for those working their booties off in fashion!
• A Few Goody GumDrops - Tells us Black Sinner Lipstick and Shine are not just for Halloween!
• Capitola Girl Jewelry Blog - Get personal with these fab photo finds from indie jewelry artists.
• dapper kid - Short essay on the history of modeling and fashion shows…
• dramatis personae - No Need to Wig Out
• Fashion Architect - This is what a fashion architect’s room looks like
• fashion in my eyes - Field of dreams,Natalia Vodianova and her family in Vogue…
• Fashion Pulse Daily - LA Fashion Week: we review the west coast style vibes from several designers, including Crispin & Basilio, Whitley Kros, and Lauren Conrad.
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - Stand out from the crowd by refining your unique voice
• Iole in fashion - Exaggereted, huge, cumbersome, xxl, warm, heavy, bulky: they’re the coats to choose this winter.
• Mademoiselle Robot - An interview with the fabulous Broken Hearts, perfect Halloween inspiration!
• O.M.O. Writes - As the temps drop, our affinity for fur increases! Check out the luxe looks on the street and runways…
• Retro Chick - Halloween celebrations with Style
• ShopDiary - reviews Lancôme’s Ôscillation Vibrating Powermascara. Amazing!
• Shopping and Info - Lots of celebrities are wearing Minnetonkas now.
• Technology Starlet - Will Technology Let You Buy Without Trying It On?
• THE COVETED - Need a costume? Check your closet… there might be a 60’s housewife in there…

We have superb tips and tricks right in time for Halloween!

A Few Goody Gumdrops has found the solution to flabby arms…  Add Bubbles to Taste talks shop etiquette, Pony Ryder gives us an exclusive interview with model Irina Miccoli, In Live and In Fashion and The Coveted both find things in the closet…and it’s not (necessarily) the bogeyman.

And to PR Couture… who last week posted a fabulous post: So you want a Fashion PR Internship.

If you’ve missed this weeks round, no worries, there is always next week, you can sign up in the forums by clicking here. Links à la Mode keep getting better and better, the more you participate the better everyone gets.

Links à la Mode : October 23rd

• 39thandbroadway - Review of “designer” Lauren Conrad’s underwhelming collection
• A Celebration of Curves - Women wearing wide widths can have shoes (glorious shoes) with both style and comfort.
• A Few Goody GumDrops - A Few Goody Gumdrops Introduces you to FLABuLESS…Your arms will look Fabulous!
• Add Bubbles To Taste - How to shop– politely.
• Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy - Checks out the cutest new scents in existence
• Debutante Clothing :: The Deblog - Rosamond Bernier brings her vintage haute couture to Yoox.com
• Dirty Laundry - Thrift shopping tips + tricks: How to keep your hands clean doing such a dirty job.
• Dogmom’s Dish - Clinton Kelly Is Freakin’ Fabulous
• fashion in my eyes - One day in Tokyo with Devon Aoki
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Fashion Pulse: Take a walk on the wild side with leopard print for spring!
• Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy - Color inspiration for Fall from Richard Chai
• In Life and In Fashion - Shop From Your Own Closet: How to Refresh Your Wardrobe when Your Wallet is Light
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - A Matter Of Integrity
• Little Miss Dress Up - Their Way, Your Way: Recreate your favorite fashion blogger’s style and win a bag from ARANAZ Manila!
• Logical Harmony - Winter Style Dos & Don’ts From Michael Kors
• Mademoiselle Robot - Wardrobe must haves for fashion savvy girls.
• PONY RYDER - exclusive interview with fashion model irina miccoli a.k.a. irina lyshova.
• Retro Chick - Retro Chick Style Icon: Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• ShopDiary - 20% off deal on Gerard Darel bags.
• SwanDiamondRose - Beautifully Worn fashion photo show in NYC.
• Tainted & Sweet… - Lily Cole in French Playboy!!
• Technology Starlet - Brides.com coming to a cell phone near you
• THE COVETED - Halloween in My Closet: Part 1

If you’re a blog addict… and you might be if you’re reading this *cough* blog… Then word to the wise.. RSS Readers really help keep  you updated on the latest posts. I know before I started using Google Reader I would miss stuff, and I would see a site, then forget where I found it… I was a mess.

New blog reader Blog Lovin looks pretty comprehensive, and there are loads of cool blogs there, neatly presented so it’s a great place to explore.

Follow The Coveted with bloglovin´

I talk a lot on Twitter too…

I’m Lady Coveted on Modepass

I’ll pretty much be friends with anybody on Facebook and Myspace

While we’re at it, I’m the OLDEST person on  Lookbook.nu.. but I’ll post myself there anyway, and Ilikemystyle.net is very cool and I love the lo-tech interface.

And thanks to Ashe Mischief, I may consider starting a tumblr account… though We❤IT will have to do for now…

I want to say that’s it, but it’s not… there’s more… but frankly I’ve overloaded myself.

Image taken by Rocky at the Smeileiner SS09 show in Berlin…

This week we have some excellent links a step by step guide to smoky eyes on Retro Chick, how to shred your jeans on Dirty Laundry, Dramatis Personae delves into the heights of this years utra high heel trend, Little Black Book gives us SS09’s playlist… sweeet.

Links à la Mode : October 16th

• A Few Goody GumDrops - How To Wear A “Love Quotes” Scarf!
• Add Bubbles To Taste. - Interview with Society Of The Spectacle’s designer, Julianne Hoang.
• Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy - Dishes on Hot Coats for Cold Winters
• Clutch 22 - Avelle is the new Bag Borrow or Steal…So perfect for personal style bloggers who want to incorporate luxury bags, jewelry and sunglasses in their outfit photos without the high cost. Yay for variety!
• Dirty Laundry - An exploration of the explosive effect that the Maison Martin Margiela shredded jeans had on the fashion world and the blogosphere.
• dramatis personae - Such Great Heights…
• fashion in my eyes - Equus, something nice for the girls with Chad White, hihihi
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Fashion Pulse writes about its favorite music played during fashion shows this spring/summer 2009 season.
• Fashion Therapist - Designer Denim for the Vertically Challenged…FINALLY!
• Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy - reminds us to get our mammogram!
• greystrawberrys - Style Inspiration; Fashion Scarves
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - How to do good blog interviews
• Little Black Book - Issue: Recycled Fashion and Global Warming What you can do to make a difference
• Logical Harmony - Sarah Jessica Parker, Katie Holmes, Victoria Beckham, and Heidi Klum : Crazy For Boyfriend Cut Jeans
• Mademoiselle Robot - Stylish Halloween costumes ideas, so you’ll never have to wear Sexy Bees costumes again.
• Or False Glitter - Gran Fan: Taking fashion advice from the elderly
• Retro Chick - Step by Step to Smoky Eyes
• SwanDiamondRose - Maybe I should buy NEW SHOES! And buy less shoes.
• Tainted & Sweet… - Everyone can use a little..Poison Ivy
• THE COVETED - Age of Innocence, be unapologetically girly…
• The Life and Times of a Problem Child - It’s about how in tough times, creativity goes a long way with how we dress up and how we consume fashion.
• Your Style Star - Illustrated sketches of Spring trends

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Links à la Mode : October 2nd

We have our biggest  IFB round up so far, and it’s full of some really great links from wearing kids’ clothes to letting your style age with you. Borat hits the runways, and is it time for fashion to lighten up a bit?  Remembering Super Sonic (how can I forget), Vintage Vogues go up for auction, and great women in fashion…

If you’re a fashion blogger, and would like to know more about IFB (Independent Fashion Bloggers), click here.

• a sense sublime - Make Do and Mend: Brilliant boot fair fashion finds!
• Add Bubbles To Taste. - Nikki gives Beautiful People Purple Eaters their fix.
• Clutch 22 - DIY: Bow Headbands (in seconds)
• Debutante Clothing - Vintage Vogues Go To Auction
• Dress Me Up Dollie - Seeking closed-toe wedges!
• Fab Fashion Blog - Skirts Tight Knee Length Almost Pencil Skirts Looks Fall Winter 2008 2009 Trends
• Fashion Architect - Athens Fashion Week is coming!
• fashion in my eyes - a great editorial containing the twelve most important regal women in history!
• Mademoiselle Robot - Let your style age with you.
• O.M.O. Writes - Fashion Icon: Dynasty The fashion sense from the 80s soap opera is seen all over Spring runways! Get style tips on how to make the look your own!
• Or False Glitter - How far do the opinions of others dictate our fashion choices?
• PR COUTURE - Fashion PR Call for Media Kits; Get Featured on PR Couture
• respectfully yours - is fashion taking itself too seriously?
• Retro Chick - The Boyfriend Blazer: Hot Picks
• ShopDiary - ShopDiary gets a piece of Eairth.
• Tainted & Sweet… - Old School Fly Girls!!!
• THE COVETED - Do you ever wear clothes intended for kids?
• The Life and Times of a Problem Child - Rediscovering a forgotten icon of architecture and turning it into a fashion occasion.
• The Ongoing Project - Developing your personal style, part 2

It’s always so lovely to browse around the great links from the roundup… this week we have an ingenious shoe storage solution, an homage to my personal style hero the irreverent Winona Ryder, great tips on wearing jeans to a four star restaurant, and much more!

If you’d like to know more about Independent Fashion Bloggers or to participate in Links à la Mode… click here.

Links à la Mode : September 25th

• A Celebration of Curves - Look Book: How to wear jeans and costume jewelry to a 4 star restaurant.
• Add Bubbles To Taste - I have patent leather issues.
• Fab Fashion Blog - Just a fabulous crop haircut!
• Fashion Architect - a cheap solution for shoe storage… genius
• In Life and In Fashion - My Fall “Would-Like-to-Have” List
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - Schmoozing, sharing, ahem… research on Modepass
• Logical Harmony - The Best Casual Plaids For Fall : Inspired by Lauren Conrad
• Mademoiselle Robot - Who doesn’t want to be as cool as Winona Ryder?
• Or False Glitter - Crimping My Style: revival of hair crimping!
• PR COUTURE - PR is My Passion: Diary of a Fashion Week Intern
• THE COVETED - Interview with the Style Clicker street fashion of Europe

We’ve got some excellent links here, the rise of Men’s Fashion Mags in Asia, a tribute to Nagi Noda, getting styled like Gossip Girls, finding your personal style and loving the unlikely color of mustard…

If you’d like to find out more about Links a la Mode, or Independent Fashion Bloggers, click here.

Links à la Mode : September 18th

• dramatis personae - The Pinup Experience
• Fashion Architect - Loving everything mustard-colored.
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - How to Take Gorgeous Self Portraits
• Logical Harmony - How to create an outfit from classic and preppy style items and turning it into a sexy and edgy look for fall.
• Mademoiselle Robot - An interview with accessories designer Elizaveta Yankelovich.
• MASH-World - The 80’s inspired Topshop Unique RTW show.
• Or False Glitter - Nicole Farhi and Emma Cook through the eyes of a Fashion Week novice
• ShopDiary - Get styled by Eric Daman and dress like a Gossip Girl.
• Tainted & Sweet… - So fresh and so clean…
• THE COVETED - Nagi Noda, I’ll miss your hair hats and poodle arms….
• The Life and Times of a Problem Child - The rise of male-oriented fashion publications in Asia…
• The Ongoing Project - Developing your personal style, Part 1

We got a great round of links again, an interview with the beloved WendyB, Clever thrifting, French Vintage, the Valentino movie and DIY necklaces!

Links à la Mode : September 11th

• AuctionDivaFashion - I Want To Dress Like A Celebrity - Fergie
• Clutch 22 - DIY: Connected Necklaces
• eye4style - Interview with fine jewelry designer, Wendy Brandes.
• Fashion Journalist in the City - Valentino: The man, the movie, the party
• In Life and In Fashion - Back to Boot Shopping. Why should kids have all the fun?
• Logical Harmony - A great fall look featuring a cropped leather jacket inspired by Audrina Patridge of The Hills.
• Mademoiselle Robot - A quick guide to clever thrifting.
• Or False Glitter - Love heels, HATE pain
• poetic & chic - Eco-Totes are the current breed of “It” bags. They may be light on price, but their messaging is heavy with implication.
• PONY RYDER - Origial interview by Pony Ryder with fashion photographer James Mountford.
• Retro Chick - How to wear it: Tartan
• Tainted & Sweet…: - All Black Italian Vouge feautureing Plus Size Black Model Toccara
• THE COVETED - Ooh la la, French Vintage

Three weeks ago, a small private plane crashed severely injuring Stephanie Nielson, aka NieNie, a blogger. NieNie’s husband Christian was burned over 30% of his body, and Stephanie was burned over 80% of hers. Flight instructor Doug Kinneard died in the crash.

If any of you were to doubt of the kindness of the community, people like Wendy Brandes will knock you right out of it. Holding a benefit auction to help raise the money to pay for medical expenses needed for NieNie and her husband’s recovery.

Wendy is currently auctioning the gorgeous Silver Diana Pendant, if it’s anything like the Diana ring (which I tried on at a dinner with Ms. Brandes last year) it’s beautifully formed, way more touchy feely than any other piece of silver I’ve ever felt.

For more information, the NYT wrote a touching article about bloggers banding together for Nienie.