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Arosha Luigi Taglia “Golden Highway” Ring
SPONSORED BY BOTICCA.COM, HOME TO UNIQUE ACCESSORIES BY INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Hating I love the concept of Arosha Luigi Taglia’s “Golden Highway” ring: an abstract, sterling silver skyline dotted with small diamonds winking like skys...
Jungyun Yoon Inner Message Ring
SPONSORED BY BOTICCA.COM, A MARKETPLACE FOR INDEPENDENT ARTISTS’ UNIQUE ACCESSORIES Wearing I love this sterling silver inner message ring by Jungyun Yoon. Inspired by a Korean pop song about finding the tattoo of a suntan after finally slip...
Naye Quiros Pyramid Ring
SPONSORED BY BOTICCA.COM, HOME TO UNIQUE ACCESSORIES BY INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Wanting I’ve always been a sucker for boulder-sized cocktail rings. When I was ten I had a giant ring like a moving museum: three little mosquitos were trapped inside...
Booty Parlor Tickler and Spanker
Hating Booty Parlor’s tickler and spanker is cute, but does a tease of pleasure always have to be balanced with a slap of pain? Is Booty Parlor’s tickle and spank wand a metaphor for America’s Puritan approach to sex? Don’t...
Booty Parlor Bath Kitten
Wanting Booty Parlor Bath Kitten is a kit of lush bath milk and a “purring” bath mitt. As if I didn’t have a hard enough time getting out of the bath already. You know, while consuming all-engrossing Ayn Rand ebooks. Booty Parlor...
Booty Parlor Skin Honey in Vanilla Honey Chai
Using Booty Parlor Skin Honey is “kissable three-in-one body topping, massage gel and personal lubricant.” Laced with aphrodisiacs, honey extract, and goji berry, Booty Parlor’s Skin Honey in Vanilla Honey Chai is as delicious as it...
Sagewater Spa in Desert Hot Springs
Staying Noted for its therapeutic mineral waters, Sagewater Spa’s pools are best at night. Filled by nearby mineral springs that steam at a steady 90°F, walking into the pool feels like melting into the desert air. The sky is as black as the d...
Kiki James Leather Heart Box
Hating I can’t think of anything heart-shaped I’d dig; I wouldn’t even want a heart shaped like a heart. The only way I’d dig this Kiki James leather heart box is if it was holding a skull-and-bones pinky ring as a gift. And i...
Sagewater Spa in Desert Hot Springs
Staying Noted for its therapeutic mineral waters, Sagewater Spa’s pools are best at night. Filled by nearby mineral springs that steam at a steady 90°F, walking into the pool feels like melting into the desert air. The sky is as black as the d...
Brulee Open-Back Teddy
Wanting Made of plum satin, waisted with black chiffon, and finished with a triangular peephole in the back, this Brulee open-back teddy is a choice piece for special occasions. Like the rare time I feel the need to get dressed up for work at home, ...
Brulee Empire Waist, Chiffon Chemise
Wearing I love lingerie like this Brulee empire waist chiffon chemise: it shows nothing more than a charming blouse, while revealing more than a La Perla teddy…...
Brulee Open-Back Teddy
Wanting Made of plum satin, waisted with black chiffon, and finished with a triangular peephole in the back, this Brulee open-back teddy is a choice piece for special occasions. Like the rare time I feel the need to get dressed up for work at home, ...
Brulee Empire Waist, Chiffon Chemise
Wearing I love lingerie like this Brulee empire waist chiffon chemise: it shows nothing more than a charming blouse, while revealing more than a La Perla teddy…...
Brulee Boyfriend Shirt
Hating This Brulee boyfriend shirt vibes like my made-to-measure, KD-monogrammed shirt dress: it’s so sexy because it’s hard to tell if it’s a shirt dress or your boyfriend’s shirt. So why the hate? It vibes just like my made...
Brulee Boyfriend Shirt
Hating This Brulee boyfriend shirt vibes like my made-to-measure, KD-monogrammed shirt dress: it’s so sexy because it’s hard to tell if it’s a shirt dress or your boyfriend’s shirt. So why the hate? It vibes just like my made...
Kooza at the Santa Monica Pier
Seeing I just saw Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza under a big-top tent bordered by beach fog and the Santa Monica Pier. I’d tell you how amazing Kooza was — the beautifully boneless contortionists, the ballet on a unicycle, the audience se...
Playboy: Helmut Newton Photography Book
Reading I’m on a new diet. Every day I wake up to an hour at the gym, down matcha green tea and fresh fruit for breakfast, and eat VeginOut delivered meals for lunch and dinner — except Sunday. On the lord’s day, while in Giuseppe b...
Salvador Dali Perfume Bottle
Hating This Salvador Dali perfume bottle, if you believe its seller, looks and smells as good as when it was created in 1985. With a frosted glass nose and a Dali-signed pair of lips, the real appeal is the Salvador Dali-designed perfume bottle, thou...
Cartier “Crash”/”Dali” Watch
Wanting Usually called the Cartier “Dali” watch, Cartier’s melted watch is really the Cartier “Crash” watch, and Salvador Dali had nothing to do with the design, though he’d appreciate the twisted story: “A ...
Salvador Dali “Bird In Hand” Compact
Wearing Before Murakami stamped cherry blossoms onto Louis Vuitton bags, Salvador Dali designed a “Bird In Hand” compact for compact manufacturer Elgin in 1952. Sweetly Surrealist, the bird’s wings lift to reveal powder, the tail h...
“K” Signet Pinkie Ring
Wearing So I listen to too much Jay-Z. Months ago, I had a pinkie ring planned: a white gold square up to my little knuckle, with a “K” lightly hand-etched on. And then I saw this photo of Coco Chanel. Of course…...
Gerd Rothmann “Signet” Ring
Wanting How simply choice is a thumbprint replacing a family crest on a signet ring? But since this ring is pimped by a gallery, I wonder: is this Gerd Rothmann “Signet” ring a statement about vain individuality replacing tribal pride? O...
Lavender at the Mercer Hotel K Is…
Wanting: Mercer Hotel Silk Robe Somehow I never noticed how lavender is part of the Mercer hotel’s signature, probably because its use feels as organically elegant as the rest of the hotel. Soft without being saccharine, this Mercer lavender si...
Silk Robes K Is…
Wanting: Mercer Hotel Silk Robe I’m knocked down with a summer cold, so I’m delaying relaying my trip to London town, and pics of my new pet, an Hermes Kelly Danse. I’m spending my day with work, watching Dangerous Beauty, and lusti...
Jimmyjane Ember Candles On Sale, K Is…
Wanting. Jimmyjane is having a semi-annual sale that’ll make my year. I’m obsessed with Jimmyjane Ember Massage Candles — the candles cleanly burn fragrance that balances between unexpected and easily attractive, come in an Appley j...
