If I wore an over-sized black fedora, John Lennon circular sunglasses, a yellow and black patterned silk blouse, Spandex, and leather loafers, I'd look insane. You'd want to commit me, if only to get me out of those clothes and into a fashionably less-offensive straitjacket. But when Beyonce wears those things? Together? She looks amazing. The new mom was spotted in Brooklyn, New York yesterday with baby Blue Ivy in one of those papoose things. Clearly, Blue Ivy was Beyonce's best accessory, and even though she was pretty shielded from the photogs, we can see that the adorable infant is wearing a black and orange head scarf (tre chic!) and tiny little blue jeans.

Okay, my curvaceous friends, pay attention.

Maria Young, famed blogger of Immoral Matriarch (for now), is one of the most beautiful women I know.

Partly because, well, look at her. She's a classic beauty.

But also because she has AMAZING confidence.

Confidence enough, for example, to do two "don'ts" when dressing for an event at which lots of photos would be taken. (This particular event was at Nintendo headquarters, in honor of the new 3DS. In case you were wondering.)

She:

1. WORE HORIZONTAL STRIPES.

2. WORE A WAIST-CINCHING BELT.

The result? FABULOUS.

Edurne writes the style blog Rebel Attitude and now that I've found it, I'm completely hooked.

Even though Edurne lives in Spain, looks like a supermodel, and wears glamorous designer gear, I LOVE looking at photos of what she's wearing- because Edurne's style is totally accessible to the average woman.

Check out this outfit, for example. Plenty of us have a black vest, white tee, boyfriend jeans, a blazer and red heels, but who would have thought to put them all together and create this kind of magnificence?

Edurne. That's who.

Edurne's photos give me all kinds of ideas on what I could do with my own wardrobe. And on most days, I REALLY NEED SOME IDEAS. I just don't have time to come up with them on my own. So thank you, Edurne!

She has given me permission to show you some of my favorite looks from her blog. Click through to see them- and be sure to bookmark Edurne's blog. She's DEFINITELY still got it- and I suspect she always will...

I went to a dinner Friday night with a group of bloggers from across the country and got to meet the most gorgeous woman named Valerie.

She has a style blog called Charmed Valerie and on it, she posts pictures of what she's wearing each day... and y'all.

Her style is affordable and TO DIE FOR.

Valerie said I could post some of my favorites here, so now for your viewing enjoyment...

Charmed Valerie!

I love this particular outfit because she took a summer dress and made it work for winter.

You could totally do this, too!

Click through to see more of Charmed Valerie's looks.

Despite what popular culture would have you believe, the Catholic school uniform is not sexy. Take it from someone who spent the majority of her school years wearing one: droopy knee socks and baggy tops are much more the norm, and we'd be suspended if we wore our skirts that short.

They are, however, awesome: Imagine not having to concern yourself with what you're wearing five days a week. Shirt, skirt, socks, shoes: done, with no worrying about what goes with what or where the heck the belt that looks best with those pants has gotten to.

It's great for laundry too: instead of a huge variety of colors and fabrics, you're mostly concerned with just two or three.

So I say: let's bring back the uniform! Having a standard outfit you wear every day gives you one less thing to think about and simplifies shopping.

I promised you all a recap of my runway experience in New York earlier this week, complete with photos and video so that you can all laugh at me.

Well, here's the scoop.

For those of you just tuning in, I was asked along with eight other fashion bloggers to travel to New York during Fashion Week and participate in a fashion show sponsored by Electrolux and hosted by Kelly Ripa. It would all benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

As you can probably guess, it took me about 2.1 seconds to say YES!

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

We were each given $150 to put together an all-white outfit with teal accessories (teal being the official color of ovarian cancer awareness). I realized I could play it safe with my choice -- or be a little daring.

Guess which option I chose?

When I saw Ashley Nelson from PR firm Weber Shandwick in this fantastic outfit yesterday, I couldn't stop looking at her, which was probably a little bit creepy.

But seriously, her outfit was that great! Don't you think?

I love the statement necklace with the chambray shirt. I love the skirt's pop of color. I love the neutral wedge sandals.

This is what I'd call a perfect transition-to-fall outfit! And I'm showing it to you because you can take an element or two and make the look your own.

Not happy with your legs? Wear a chambray shirt with a statement necklace and black or neutral pants.

Or find a skirt that better suits your figure in the same pretty coral color.

Want to score affordable versions of Ashley's look and find out where she got that AMAZING necklace? (I would have sworn was a very-expensive Falon for J.Crew necklace -- but it wasn't!)

Keep reading!

First of all, let's just establish right now that I hate, hate, HATE this photo.

Yes, I'm hanging with Real Housewife Tamra Barney, but apparently, I'm twice her size. TWICE. HER. SIZE.

The only reason I'm sharing this photo with you is that Tamra totally gave me a great posing idea for future pictures. Put your arm on your hip when you pose and POOF! Your arm is instantly slimmer!

But wait friends! I got to hang with another celeb at BlogHer that I was even more excited about meeting!