Hi!! It's mimi again!! I am back to report from behind the scenes of our latest Mandee photo shoot. we shot yesterday at Chelsea Piers in NYC.  It was THE BEST SHOOT EVER! (Do I ever NOT think that?!!)

We had three amazingly gorgeous models: Bree, Kat, and our new girl, Ashley. Our models arrived without a trace of makeup, just-out-of-the-shower hair, and their "model off-duty" uniform of cool t-shirt, perfect fit jeans, and the-best-boots- ever (all Mandee basics). they sipped their coffees and chatted with the crew and on their phones while our phenomenal (and famous) hair and makeup team worked their magic. A manicurist (to the stars) was brought in to give each girl a red (!!!) french manicure—red nails with white tips!!! How cool is that! Rock-star holiday nails! Meanwhile, my assistant, kate, and I sorted through racks and racks of the season's best clothes and accessories, assembled each look to be shot and decided who would wear what.

The music was blasting, the photographer (one of the best in the biz) tested the lights, and the excitement was building as we finally dressed the models and began our shoot. Once again, my jaw dropped as I saw each outfit come to life on our Mandee girl models. My head was spinning! it was  MAGIC!!! We have all—the whole team—translated the trends into wearable, glamorous, fabulous, reality. A Mandee girl reality!!! All the models, my assistant, and I can say is, "OH MY GOD!  I NEED THAT! and that and that....!!!!! 

And now i'm sooooooooooooo excited to share these absolute must-haves from our shoot. What I can't wait to  
get my hands on and what I can't live without: the most lustworthy pieces of the season and everything that will complete my fall wardrobe and take me into the  
holidays.

Thankfully, gray is still the new neutral. The gray  destructed  jeans  will be my new "basic black jean." I can wear them under my new coats or jackets, dressed up with heels and the skinny jewel-encrusted tuxedo blazer, or even with my new fave stretchy black-lace minidress.  It's all about layering and mixing and matching the unexpected.
For my total indulgence, I am getting two coats. (Well, maybe three—one is really a jacket!)  All three are amazingly perfect. And talk about the easiest way to transform a look: just throw on a different jacket or coat!!!

The first is simply the perfect white military-inspired double- 
breasted coat. It is as sophisticated for work as it is cool with  
jeans, leggings, or a mini. And how cute with a beret and over- the-knee boots???

The black cropped wool bomber is equally irresistible. It will be my every-day-throw-it over-everything coat.  It can go girly glam with liquid metallic or sequined leggings (my new obsession), or tomboy chic with my  gray  destructed  jeans and a high bootie. My absolute favorite, of course, is the cropped, embellished biker jacket. Every girl needs one!!! Who doesn't want (or need) to feel like a bad girl sometimes. Or just look like one!!! And when you don't want to unleash your inner bad girl, you can always go girly-boho and channel Sienna Miller, as our Mandee model, Ashley did to perfection. Just throw on distressed jeans, a black bootie (with a killer heel), a Liberty of London-ish floral print button-down, and a thousand-watt smile! And how cute to go '80s party girl by pairing the biker jacket with the black lace strapless minidress or the flirty polka-dot bustier minidress.

Can we talk about the sequin leggings and how much I LOOOOOVe them!!! ??? I am beyond obsessed! I will be wearing these day (yes! DAY) and night!! Kat rocked them on the runway with the season's best white shirt (another
obsession!) and black pumps. I will wear them with the white shirt and add the black tuxedo jacket with the jewel-encrusted lapels ... I might even wear the latex studded bustier underneath, with or without  the white shirt! Very YSL and Helmut Newton!  And, like our models yesterday, I won't  
forget my red lipstick!  For day, I can wear them with a metallic   bustier  (yes, I know it's daytime but wait! you'll  see!... ) and turn it down a notch or two with one of my favorite sweaters of the season, the deep v-neck slouchy tunic. I will cinch the sweater at the waist with a wide black belt and add a ballet flat. Throw on the black cropped bomber and maybe a beret, and it is very daytime chic! ( and not at all too glam for day!)
And back to my favorite sweaters.... the deep v-neck tunic works equally well over my new flirty polka-dot bustier dress as it does over the sequin leggings. But when I want to feel cozy, I will turn to the wrapped, striped  long wrap sweater duster  in, of course, my favorite neutral gray. I will wrap it, layer it, and belt it over a sparkly  tee, bustier , jeans, and over- the-knee boots or let it fall open loosely over a minidress or leggings. And to maintain that Mandee girl edge, I will be wearing a few chunky, sparkly cocktail rings on my gorgeously polished fingers. (The new Mandee nail polish colors kill me, they are so gorgeous!!!) I can't stop picturing Bree in her metallic tube top with the faux  leather jeans and Ashley in her floral bustier under a boyfriend oxford shirt!!! Two opposite looks that were equally, insanely,  fabulous!!  Now I am thinking how many bustiers does a girl need??? How many millions of ways can she wear them??? My answer is that  I will get every bustier I can get a hold of and incorporate them into everyone of my outfits!!! I will layer one OVER or under almost every outfit. And even if you can barely see that I am wearing one, it will give me just the right attitude to  carry me  through   the holiday season......
I hope you enjoy your holiday!!

Until next time!

XXXXXMIMI