"Have you seen the headlines? Kate Middleton recycled the same dress twice in 11 days. I know, right? She's allllways doing that! What the heck?!"

While people are gasping over Kate's latest repurposing, I'm simply shaking my head. #1. Why is this news? And #2. Of course she does!  What do people think? That she removes her clothing at night, passes it to her handmaiden, and then it's handed down directly to a naked orphan?

Wearing stingray skin is one thing, but breeding stingrays for the sole purpose of wearing them is on a whole other level. Yet according to Co.Design via fashionista.com, Rayfish Footwear is risking the wrath of PETA and doing exactly that with their custom sneakers.

The company proudly offers customization - a growing consumer perk - with a futuristic twist, thanks to genetic modifications altered to suit to their customers' desires. By mixing and matching various stingrays, they combine their DNA to breed new design effects, easily achieving bright bold amoeba-like patterns that are truly one of a kind.

Prada, Gucci, Versace, Dior—it's the stuff that dreams are made of and it also comprised the wardrobe of one Carrie Bradshaw, star of Sex and The City, New York's best dressed struggling writer (pre-season 6 book deal). I never understood how it was that Carrie sat up in her humongous-by-any-New-York-standards Manhattan apartment draped in designer with a social calendar that would elicit prostitution to cover. As good as it looked, it wasn't realistic.

But now there's a new foursome in Manhattan, one that would cringe to hear the Sex and The City comparison (except for Charlotte's mini-me Shoshanna, but well there are four of them living and dating in the Big Apple, so…I'll go on.) These twenty-somethings are so spot-on that it's hard not to call the show they reign, HBO's GIRLS, reality TV. Or at least what reality TV would be like if it were real. Point being, these girls  don't wear designer, they wear anything they can afford that looks halfway okay. They dress like girls who are truly living (read: surviving) in New York, sweating it out from pay cheque to pay cheque.

     
From left, Angelina Jolie at the Oscars, Anja Rubik at the MET gala, and Jessie J in Cannes.

There is a serious competition underway on the red carpet. It started at the Oscars in February, when Angelina Jolie presented her right leg like a trophy - a limb unto itself - with an outrageously high slit and a stance to help it more than stand out. Seemingly, this sparked jealousy amongst celebrity legs the world over, because little did Angie's Right Leg, as its known on Twitter, know, but an onslaught of competing limbs would soon follow.

  
Grace suggests Maybelline Color Sensational in Coral Crush for lips and Maybelline Eye Studio Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow for a tangerine eye.

What better way to celebrate Tangerine Tango, Pantone's colour of the year, than by incorporating the rich citrus shade into your beauty regime? This bright tint of orange will help to liven up your summer look, adding a luscious finish to lips, cheeks and even eyes. But can everyone pull off this unorthodox shade? I turned to Grace Lee, Maybelline's Lead Makeup Artist, Canada, for the answer:

   
UGG's new "I do!" wedding collection.

Much to the horror of grooms around the world, UGG has added three new styles to their range under the "I do" wedding collection. That's right, bridal UGGs complete with sparkles and crystals in virginal white.

Gucci to the left, GUESS to the right. Too close for comfort?

We often hear of trademark suits being filed, but rarely do we get word on the final outcome. In the case of Gucci vs. GUESS, however, the interest is high and so there has been a steady stream of reports throughout the 3-year-long New York courtroom battle, culminating in today's news that Gucci has come out on top.

The reason I found this to be such an interesting case is because typically trademark battles involve a big fish and a little fish, ie. some poor artisan fighting a mega-retailer for ripping off their work stitch for stitch. In those cases, money is paid out (likely a pittance for what the big guy can afford) and c'est tout. In the case of G vs. G, however, there were two sharks sloshing it out with neither willing to back down.

The focus of the battle was GUESS' use of a Quattro G pattern and red stripes regularly used by the Gucci brand, notably before they were implemented at GUESS. Despite the resemblance, GUESS claimed to have been "inspired" from multiple sources, not necessarily including - and certainly not solely - Gucci. And in the end, while Gucci is technically the victor, the judge didn't exactly state GUESS' claim to be untrue.

I know it’s a little early to start thinking fall, especially now that the weather is finally starting to warm up for the spring. Nevertheless, I was lucky enough to attend the fall 2012 preview for Nine West and I must admit, I’m pretty excited for the new additions that will - without a doubt - find themselves in my shoe collection come autumn!

Here are a few of my favourites:

Remember "girl code"? The unspoken rule to help a sister out when she's in need? Because whether friend or stranger, you're not gonna let one of your fellow ladies walk around with lipstick on her teeth, toilet paper on her shoe, or any other avoidable disaster, right?

Well girl code has saved me from embarrassment many, many a time, but after this weekend, I'm afraid it may no longer be in effect.  Saturday night, from the inside of a taxi cab, I sat at a red light and watched as onlookers took in the sight of a young lady standing at the corner, on what looked like a date, with a big huge tear down the centre back seam of her skirt. Undies fully exposed.

"Hey Mom, you stole my shorts." Not quite the caption, but I imagine something like that running through Willow Smith's head close to the time this shot was taken at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. Am I right? Cause her mom's shorts redefine short, what with the pockets 50% exposed and her inner thighs displayed straight up to the crotch and everything.

Willow is, of course, 11-years-old, so no, I'm not suggesting she wear these either. In fact, as the weather heats up, this is a simply a reminder to all women that even if your legs are as smoking' hot as Jada Pinkett's - and my heavens, they are hot - short shorts belong in one place - at the beach.