We try to be kind to our bank accounts, but sometimes a sale so good comes up that it’s very, very difficult to resist. Like this Friday, for instance, Temperley London’s New York boutique is having an up to 60% off sale. So this frilly dress at left, which was originally $1185 is now…$474. Score!

It starts this weekend and goes until Monday, July 20th. We imagine all the best, most gorgeously floaty pieces will go soon, though. If you’re heading to the Hamptons for the weekend and are worried the dress or jacket with your name on it will get snatched up, don’t worry, because their Hampton’s pop-up is also holding the same sale.

For those of us still in the city, the address is 453 Broome Street, on the second floor. The hours are 11 am to 7 pm Monday through Saturday and then 12 to 6 pm on Sunday. Call 212-219-2929 with questions. For those at the beach, the boutique is at 53 The Circle in East Hampton, open 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm on Sundays. Their telephone number is 631-329-6505.

Let us know if you get anything good!

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

Britt’s only been on her much-deserved vacation for two days and I’m already being subconsciously drawn to things that remind me of her, like say, rompers.

I love them, but she loves them more.

Actually this one is like a perfect melding of different parts of both of our styles…short shorts with a little hippie embroidered flair.

Seems like just the perfect all-American summer blend for a holiday weekend filled with burgers on the grill, sparklers, and classic rock.

Today is a rough one.

Fun wedding weekends in Cape Cod are awesome (congrats again Jenna and Ivan!) The Monday after - not so much, especially when it involves a 5 am wake up call and a six hour bus ride.

But this little nugget I found over at Vogue Daily just brightened my day: 1stDibs.com is going to start carrying clothes later this week.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the site, it’s a treasure trove of antique awesome-ness.

The furniture is to die for and they’ve been carrying jewelry and watches. But now they’ll also be offering selections from the best vintage shops in all the land.

We can’t wait…but we’re pretty sure our checking account can. Sigh.

Considering I’ve spent the better part of today reminiscing about my childhood, either in writing or just in my own head, it’s not surprising that I was drawn to this House of Harlow ring that totally gives off old-school mood ring vibes.

This one is tiger’s eye so it won’t actually change colors on you. Though mine always just went back to black anyway. I guess I was an angst-y youth.

I kind of avoided looking at Nicole Richie’s collection for quite a while which is completely silly because I love her luxe boho style. Actually, maybe that’s it…I’m just incredibly jealous.

But now I’m sold. And even looking forward to seeing what she does with shoes.

So, you gotta figure there’s going to be a new rush on those red leather jackets (both the Beat It and the Thriller versions) right?

I just popped over to Ebay and there definitely weren’t as many for sale as I’d expected. Maybe sellers are hanging onto them now or perhaps that run already happened this morning.

The zipper jacket is definitely the more iconic of the two, and the one I’d snag if I was a collector. There seem to be a plethora of replicas of the other style, somewhat diluting its specialness.

If you’ve got an extra two grand lying around and yesterday’s events have stirred a long-forgotten Jackson obsession, head here now. It looks pretty real deal to me.

On the other hand, originals of the famous Farrah poster are running around $100, with signed copies going as high as $500.

LVMH’s eLuxury is apparently shutting down after today and relaunching on Monday as some sort of social networking-type site, according to WWD.

Seems like details are rather scarce but the company did say, “ELuxury will learn from its audience, getting smarter each day, and will use this intelligence to present increasingly targeted and relevant content.”

And that the content will be put together by “visionaries from around the world.”

Hmmm. We’re not really sure what to make of that.

But what we do know is that there is some crazy sale action going on over there, with an extra 50% coming off of items already on sale, and loads of shoes and bags.

Go. Now. Shop.

Recently I’ve been lamenting the loss of my once stellar flea market skills.

And while I vowed to get back in the swing of all things vintage, I am still incredibly grateful to Madewell for making it even easier.

The Manhattan and East Hampton stores will be featuring finds from the Brooklyn Flea starting this Thursday and going until at least Labor Day, though possibly longer.

Fashion Director Gigi Guerra and stylist Lisa Schulner will be scouring the Ft. Greene and Brooklyn Bridge locations for pieces that will complement Madewell’s collections. And everything will be less than $100. I’ve had the pleasure of working with both of these ladies (at Jane and at YM) and I can totally vouch for the fact that they both have extremely keen eyes for hidden treasures.

We can’t wait to see what they dig up. But we still highly recommend you all make a trip to the Flea yourselves too.

Have you made plans for the Fourth of July yet? We hope you’re going to be catching some awesome fireworks or grilling out at a sweet barbecue. The American patriotic spirit has even gone global, thanks to Obama-mania.

The latest in the ever-growing category of Obama-inspired fashion (see: Rodarte for Sonia Rykiel) comes from Italian shoemaker Cesare Paciotti - an Obama Tennis Shoe. It’s very simple: a white sneaker emblazoned with the good ol’ stars and stripes.

We don’t mean to be anglophiles, but in the past if we thought about wrapping a flag around our bodies, we’d usually choose the Union Jack.

But now we’re thinking twice about it thanks to Cesare’s cool American look. While the president served as inspiration, the flag detail pretty much embraces the whole country.

So come the Fourth, let’s wave—and wear—our flags proudly.

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE

This morning’s inbox is flooded with sale announcements.

While no one’s hit 75% off quite yet, except for Selfridges which sadly we can’t make, spring prices are being slashed left and right.

Saks just announced 25% off all women’s denim (on top of their already 40% off sale), for two days you can take an extra 20% off sale at Shopbop and Barneys added inventory to their sale while knocking everything down another 25%, too.

J.Crew’s having a ‘secret’ sale - enter SECRET at checkout for 20% purchases over $175 and Net-a-Porter’s sale section’s already disappeared which means we expect it to be further discounted on the Outnet sooner than later.

And, someone emailed yesterday to ask why in the world Intermix is selling spring Rag & Bone for full price when it’s 50% off on Bergdorf’s 5th floor - we don’t know why, but we do think you’d like to know that if you have your heart set on that perfect romper at left you should probably head to 5th instead of Madison Avenue.

Happy shopping!

Um, when that’s the first thing we read on an invitation, it basically need not say more.

We are so in.

Inven.tory, the people that bring you the overstock from young emerging designer at prices well within your recession budget, is hosting an 80%20 pop up shop through the 28th of June.

If you go by tonight from 6-8 you’ll get to feast on yummy treats and drinks from our neighborhood fave, La Esquina.

Location:
Inven.tory
237 Lafayette (at Spring st)

See you there!

United Bamboo just launched their online store today, just in case you don’t have time to pop into Opening Ceremony or Confederacy to pick up one of their color-block dresses. They’ll also be offering up lots of items exclusive to the site.

In keeping with the company’s philosophy of collaborating with cool downtown artists, musicians and the like, they got James Iha, of Smashing Pumpkins guitar fame, to do the music.

Plus there will be graphic animation by French illustrator Pier Fichefeux, just another person who makes us really, really wish we could draw.

Who would you like to see as their next musical or artistic partner?

Our first thought when we saw this photo: weird.

American Apparel introduces: Kids Shiny Leggings.

AA is known for some out-there products (slashed leggings, all-mesh dresses) but their selection of kids clothes has been pretty tame until now.

Now, I like leggings, and I like shiny things, but the combination of the two was just never for me, unless I was going to an 80s rocker party. And when I saw them on this little cutie, I thought, “Oh, come on now, do we really have to try and push kids into these tacky eyesores?”

We’ve been trying hard (and failing miserably) to not complain about the rain. We can’t help it. This sucks and it’s eating away at our summer.

But we’ve often found in the past, that as soon as we buy a new umbrella, it stops raining and vice versa. Case in point, the torrential downpour we got stuck in yesterday in Soho, sans any sort of protective gear. So we’re going to make some moves on that front and purchase ourselves some.

And even if it doesn’t work, at least we’ll have one of these super cute little ladies from Fred Flare when the skies open up again. They can’t help but brighten up the gloomiest of June days, right? Because we need some majoring brightening, along with a solid helping of Vitamin D.

It’s been super fun running around New York in the pouring rain checking out resort collections.

Or not really.

But yesterday, at Goldsign, we found something that made it all worth it - the stretchy stirrup thigh-high jeans at left.

Goldsign’s developed this exclusive super stretch legging/jean fabrication that they’ve turned into a pant, but also into two tubes with stirrups at the bottom that are kind of like over the knee boots except you can switch up the actual shoe part and they’ll sell for around $128, not $1028.

We’re slightly worried about the fact that we have more fat on our thighs than their look book model, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be the first people trying them on when they hit stores in October.

I dream of a day when I can finally take the boxes upon boxes of my beloved books that sit in my parents’ attic and unpack them in what I imagine to be a gloriously large library inside my fantasy brownstone off lower 5th Avenue.

And in this library, there will definitely be many, many books from Taschen, one of our favorite publishing houses. We’re obviously partial to the fashion and photography lists. But really, we can’t pick just one genre. And the limited editions, like the Peter Beard one we’ve been obsessing over, are so ridiculously well-done.

Hence our utter excitement about the company’s warehouse sale which starts tomorrow (11am - 8pm) and continues on Saturday (11-8) and Sunday (12-8) at the Soho store at 107 Greene St. There are going to be literally thousands of books (new! vintage! limited editions! out of print!) on sale from 50-75% off.

We’re envisioning a major shipment heading to M&D’s in Indiana come Monday.

Just in case you need one more reason to want to escape to the Hamptons every single rainy weekend, Temperley London’s opening up a pop up shop.

The shop, in East Hampton, is a miniature replica of their New York, London and LA stores and will house Cruise 08, SS09, and Pre-Fall 09 as well as a few pieces from their Black Label collection and accessories.

To celebrate the opening, and because everything kind of comes with something these days, every 50th shopper will receive a $250 gift card to the shop, which means you have to use it before it closes in December.

So if you’re still looking for the perfect dress to wear to all your summer weddings, go east.

It’s New York’s 400th birthday next week.

Which makes us feel wonderfully young and makes designers, including Elizabeth and James, Michael Kors, Tibi, Tory Burch and DvF feel like making one-off designs in honor of the city they love.

The pieces will sell at the two Bloomingdales in New York (where a purchase also gets you two tickets to the Museum of the City of New York) and online.

Everything’s under $128, including jeans from Seven for All Mankind, a scarf from BCBG, a Michael Stars tee and a Kate Spade tote.

It launches on Monday, but if you’re feeling patriotic today, Gerard Butler’s been filming a 4th of July parade on my street all week.

Designer Malcolm Harris hung up on Angelina Jolie twice when she called him up to order some dresses.

You know, because usually when you answer the phone, the most famous actress in the world is not on the other end. Maybe he should have asked to speak to Maddox for confirmation?

Anyway, he finally believed it was the real Angie and took her order for three of his One-Dress - which got us wondering about said dress.

Turns out that Harris spent about a year and a half gathering the opinions of women, via social networking outlets like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and ASmallWorld, about everything from fabric to cut to color and then created the One-Dress.

You can wear it in a million different ways and it’s meant for every body shape. Check out the website to see options that people have come up with. As you’d expect, some are great and some are not.

We can actually imagine Angelina working something nice out. Plus, there’s totally a humanitarian aspect which we’re sure is how she came to find it in the first place. A chunk of the proceeds go to Womankind Worldwide and KIVA.org.

All in all, kind of a cool thing.