With Thanksgiving this week, and holiday parties in full effect, have you thought about your hostess gifts?

True confession, I went skiing for the first time last year...

Leather, Pleather, Vinyl, Rubber--- these leathery pants, faux or otherwise, are at once comfortable and edgy.

I know some of these pics are fuzzy. That is because my photographer was s-h-a-k-i-n-g with cold. 

"Then I’m laying out my winter clothes / And wishing I was gone / Going home / Where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me...

This is the most counter-intuitive pant: VERY loose fit, long and low crotch.

I have a friend who just started a company 6 months ago, called Stilo502...

 I was in Soho yesterday and popped in and was absolutely floored by their jewelry...