WIN IT: Payless Wants to Send YOU to Fashion Week

Disclosure: I'm beyond excited about Fashion Week this season...like, more than normal. Maybe it's because the couture collections were so breathtaking (more on those later) or because I already have my outfits picked out (Lanvin fur, leopard print turban, black...everyday), but I cannot wait for February 10th to arrive.

In celebration, I have a surprise for you! As you know, Payless has the insider hookup to Fashion Week through designers Lela Rose (below) and Christian Siriano (above) who both pen collections for the famous shoe/accessories retailer.

Well, Payless is using those relationships for good; they're giving away a trip for two to NYC to attend Fall 2011 New York Fashion Week. Just log onto the Payless’ Facebook Fan Page to enter the "VIP in NYC" sweepstakes and here's what you could win:

Grand Prize:

·         A Trip for two to NYC from February 11 to February 13

·         Admission to the Lela Rose Fashion Show at Lincoln Center

·         Shop at Payless with a $150 Gift Card

·         Get $500 in spending money to enjoy the Big Apple’s not-to-be-missed experiences

First Prize:

·         100 Winners will receive $25 Payless Gift cards 

Hot! Love that you get seats to a fashion show AND spending money - what more could a girl want?

 

Kisses,

Coutura

Photos: Getty Images.

Get Pretty, Smell Good Courtesy of Payless ShoeSource

You've heard that two of our favorite clothing retailers (H&M and Top Shop) will be adding beauty products to their shelves soon. The newest retailer to jump on the beauty product band wagon?: Payless ShoeSource. Yes, you read that correctly. A shoe store.

While we applaud them on their efforts to add add hip new shoe collections to their repertoire (those from the Christian Siriano collection are just too fly!) we have to give the side eye to this announcement.

According to wwd.com, beginning Sept. 1, the shoe behemoth will launch bath and body products that link back to shoe and accessory brands of the same names. Beauty products will include a collection of up to 60 items (such as fragrance, lotion and color for eyes, lips and nails) and retail for $2.99 to $19.99.

Although we aren't too keen on the idea of how great a fragrance named after a shoe can smell, we are excited to see whether fashion designers Alice + Olivia, Christian Siriano and Lela Rose will offer beauty products inspired from their collections as well.

What do you think, Glamazons? Beauty products inspired by shoe collections at Payless ShoeSource. Will you buy them? Do you think it's going to be any different from purchasing these items at your local drug store?

xo

Ferocia