Celine 373915 Ankle Strap Pumps

[Manolo the Shoeblogger]

These shoes from the Celine are $500 of the American dollars!

Of the course, you would never buy them for yourself, as you are the poor girl, but your crazy friend, who is dating the Greek billionaire named Stavros, recently purchased these shoes, wore them once and now does not like them, and so she has given them to you, and they fit perfectly.

So you must build the outfit worthy of these shoes, but you only have $200 with which to do so. 

Still you are clever, and your crazy friend says that Stavros has the single cousin who is nice and quite handsome, and perhaps there may be the chance at the double date.

Go! Hurry! Build the Outfit!


On Friday afternoon, the Manolo will pick what he thinks is the best outfit made for under $200 of the American dollars and award the person who composed it with the $100 gift certificate to the Zappos.

[1969]

Dress, Macy's $120

Rafe bag, Target $49

Glasses, Wet Seal, $5

Beaded Necklace, Wet Seal, $8

Earrings, Old Navy $6

Shoes

[angeicmar]

This black wrap dress http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_8/601-3416181-6045757?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000I0TDO6 $24.99 at Target.com

This red crochet clutch http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=12815&pid=485625&scid=485625012 $12.50 at oldnavy.com

This charming necklace http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=221947&CategoryID=2914&LinkType=EverGreen $70 at macys.com (yes, expensive, but classic! You could wear it for years!)

This ring http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=FOREVER21&category%5Fname=rings&product%5Fid=1037454515&Page=3 $4.80 at Forever21.com

And these DKNY sunglasses  http://www.sunglasshut.com/sghus.cfm?dir=templates&page=productpage&sitecategory=sunglasses&nproductid=121398 $79.95 at sunglasshut.com

This gives a total of $192.24, leaving some money to get a taxi home at the end of the double date, in case Stavros's cousin turns out to be less-than-handsome and wonderful.

[diva360]

I have a cute outfit in mind, but can someone please instruct me as to how to post images?  Thanks in advance for your help.

[again]

http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2050094409&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1215&N=945&Nao=288&Ns=Popularity%7c0%7c%7cProduct%2bCode%7c1&Nu=Product+ID

This dress, $99 at Bluefly

http://www.overstock.com/Jewelry-Watches/Cultured-Pink-Freshwater-Pearl-Strand/1564062/product.html?IID=prod1564062

This three-strand pink pearl necklace, $40 at Overstock, and

http://www.shoebuy.com/artmosphere-shell-clutch/182003/409463?cm_mmc=dealtime-_-none-_-none-_-none

This bag, $40 at shoebuy.com. 

That leaves $21 for...

http://www.overstock.com/Apparel/Fendi-Womens-Cotton-Logo-Bandana/2157833/product.html?IID=prod2157833#moreinfo

(to hide from the paparazzi)

[Purly]

$192

http://eluxury.com/sales/product_detail.jhtml?styleid=11372555&SectionID=5000

$3.24

http://www.amazon.com/Fold-Clutch-%252d-Brown-Crinkle/dp/B000HRP9L6/ref=sr_1_47/104-7683859-6735904?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1179773906&sr=1-47

$1.00

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5954615

FABULOUS SHOES

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/17523833/c/88307.html


Links, etc: http://www.thisnext.com/list/7C81CB47/Manolo-Build-the-Outfit

[Imelda Blahnik]

The Imelda Blahnik has spent her $200 wisely, or so she hopes....
First, the shoes from Celine...


A Nine West dress from Macy's, on the sale for the $89.25;



A set of three distressed wood bangles from Forever 21, for $4.80;

Rainbow Stone Necklace, also from Forever 21, for $6.80;



Sophia Caparelli 'Josie' handbag in blue leather for a punch of color, and with buckles that echo those on the shoes, from JC Penney at $69.99 on the sale; and finally



Mossimo laser-etched sunglasses from Target for $16.99.  This leaves me with $12 and change.  Okay, now I want to go shopping.

[DAL]

Nothing says cool and summery like Linen and I think it would go fabulously with the fabric texture of the shoes especially in the light Flax color.

$69 - Linen Skirt Suit in the lighter Flax color
Flax



Shoes


$69 - Leather Flap Handbag


$34 - Wood Bead Necklace


Sale $9.99 Tortoise-Look Sunglasses

__________
$181.99

[Lori]

Beautiful outfit, DAL. What store(s) did the clothes come from?

[MaggietheCat]

These shoes are vaguely 1920s.  There's something very Great Gatsby about them.

The top.  So not to compete with the skirt, it is the plain black, but with an interesting neckline. $24



http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2057766539&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=7544783&N=957+4294967268&Ne=10&Ns=Price%7c0%7c%7cProduct%2bCode%7c1&Nu=Product+ID

Here is the skirt.  It is the cream linen paper-bag waist miniskirt with hardware to complement the shoes. $88



http://www.ardenb.com/shop/detail.asp?styleid=37781545&colorid=249&cat_id=2&sub_id=7

The bag.  Cream with the little Gatsby-esque tassel. $68.95



http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/15611172/c/5.html

And finally-- the square silver bangle bracelets matching the hardware on the shoe.  99 cents



http://cgi.ebay.com/New-6-set-bangle-bracelet-silver-bangles-square-boho_W0QQitemZ320116512161QQihZ011QQcategoryZ43028QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


The total is $181.94.  Use the leftover to buy a martini and perch yourself on a bar to complete the look.

Maggie

[la petite chou chou]

The Manolo said this might land a date with Stavros' hot cousin, so I was going for an evening look, and since I know BR pretty well...that's why I chose their stuff.



Banana Republic $108

Banana Republic sale $48.99

Banana Republic $38

Forever 21 $3.80 for both (I'd go with black)

Total $198.79

[la petite chou chou]

Hey Diva,

All you have to do is press the button under the I button (directly above the 2nd and 3rd smiley faces). You will see it say . You then go to the picture, right click, go to properties, copy the URL, then paste it between the ][. Does that make sense?

[morganlf]

I'd love to wear these shoes to teach my unruly college students who want the summer to start sooner than it should!

I'd choose this cashmere sweater for $99.99 from JCrew:



And this Harve Benard pencil skirt from Smart Bargains for $29.99:



To tie everything together, I'd take this Banana Republic bag with metal details for $48.99



These jade earrings for $19.99 from Overstock complete the outfit:


The total: $198.96

[allison]

oh dear... could anyone teach me how to download a microsoft word page onto this forum? is it possible?

 ???love, technologically impaired in colorado

[susanc]

Sorry about the one-stop shopping, but such short notice and all.

Dress: http://www.dillards.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=301&langId=-1&storeId=301&productId=501200850&view=20&No=20&N=1000894&searchUrl=%2Fendeca%2FEndecaStartServlet%3Fview%3D20%26No%3D20%26N%3D1000894&R=WQY180
Dillards...$139

Belt:
Target....$16.99 http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_10/601-7971923-7912924?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000J3YJG4

Necklace:
Target....$9.99 http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_62/601-7971923-7912924?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000OWI52E

Purse:
Target...$16.99 http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_10/601-7971923-7912924?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000J1VF18

Sunglasses:
Target....$17.99 http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_4/601-7971923-7912924?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000FFEWJK


Total: a shameful $200.96

What fun fun it was though. Thanks for the challenge.