117 Designers You Need to Follow on Pinterest

These days, talk to anyone about social media, and Pinterest is guaranteed to pop up. (We don’t blame them, having logged some serious hours on the platform ourselves—come say hi!) So we went ahead and scoured the platform for some pin-savvy designers—emerging and established alike—that you should be following to make that dashboard extra inspo-worthy. Behold, the (alphabetized!) list, with our two cents thrown in. Bonus: We’re also replicating this list as a pinboard that we’ll keep updating when new peeps join, so follow away. —jiayi

• 3.1 Phillip Lim
• A Peace Treaty
• Academy Jewelry
• Alexis Bittar
• alice + olivia
• Alice Ritter
• Andy Lifschutz
• Anna Sui
• Apolis
• Badgley Mischka
• Baggu’s creative director Ellen Van Der Laan
• ban.do
• Bande des Quatres
• BCBG Max Azria
• Behnaz Sarafpour
• Belle by Sigerson Morrison
• Betsey Johnson
• Billy Reid
• Bing Bang and the line’s amazing designer Anna Sheffield
• Brian Atwood
• Brook&Lyn

Best Storytelling: If you’ve ever wondered why the hell someone pinned that, you probably weren’t looking at Anna Sui’s boards—which come with detailed descriptions of the roots of the fun-loving designer’s fascinations. A collection of pictures of the Ormsby-Gore siblings? Oh, they’re a group of trendsetters from sixties London—a time and place that, we discovered, the designer is especially drawn to.

• Burberry
• Cardigan NY
• Christian Louboutin
• Clare Vivier
• Coach
• Creatures of Comfort’s rad founder Jade Lai
• Current/Elliott
• Cursive Design
• Cynthia Rowley
• Daniel Vosovic
• Dannijo
• Derek Lam
• Dior
• Dirty Librarian Chains
• DKNY
• Doo.Ri
• Dream Collective
• Dusen Dusen
• DVF
• Eayrslee
• Eighty Twenty

Best Personal Touch: Something about a handwritten note still speaks to us, and DVF covers each of the pretty-to-the-extreme boards with a little scrawled-out missive from the designer (and CFDA prez) herself. Talk about classy.

• Elie Tahari
• Elizabeth Knight
• Erica Weiner
• Erin Considine
• Erin Fetherston
• Ernest Alexander
• Eugenia Kim
• Feliks + Adrik
• Fleabags
• Foley + Corinna
• Forage
• Gemma Redux
• Giuseppe Zanotti
• Goodnight, Day
• Gretchen Jones
• Helmut Lang
• Isaac Mizrahi
• isaora
• Jenni Kayne

Best Teamwork: Erica Weiner’s account boasts boards from every single lovely member of her team—showing off stellar finds both vintage and modern that give you a taste of the varying aesthetics that shape the jewelry.

• John Varvatos
• Juicy Couture
• Kaelen
• Kara Ross
• kate spade
• Kelly Wearstler
• Kimberly Ovitz
• Landmarks + Lions
• Laugh Cry Repeat
• Laura Lombardi
• Lauren Moffatt
• lemlem
• Lindsey Thornburg
• Loeffler Randall
• Marc Jacobs
• Melissa
• Michael Kors
• Morgan Parish

• Nanette Lepore
• Nettie Kent
• Nicole Miller
• Norma Kamali
• Oscar de la Renta
• Palomarie
• Pamela Love
• Peter Som
• popomomo
• Proenza Schouler
• Rachel Comey
• Rachel Roy
• Rachel Zoe
• rag & bone
• Rebecca Minkoff
• Reece Hudson
• Reed Krakoff
• Sam Edelman
• Sang A
• Sigerson Morrison
• Sophie Monet

• Steven Alan
• Study NY
• Suno
• Theyskens’ Theory
• Thomas Sires
• Tibi
• Topo Designs
• Tory Burch
• Trina Turk
• United Bamboo
• Veda
• Vera Wang
• Vivienne Westwood
• Wool and the Gang
• Wren
• Yestadt Millinery
• Zimmermann

Don’t forget to follow Of a Kind! Big ol’ duh!

Of a Kind

Of a Kind

Not sure if you noticed, but the pieces from our Thomas Sires $ample $ale are moving fast. That ikat situation I’m wearing up top is already gone! The dress Claire has on with the super-cool neckline is still up for grabs—and for only $120. That man on the left trying to overtake the frame, though? He’s priceless. —erica

Sample Sale Sunday: Thomas Sires

As Jock Jams would ask, “Are you ready for this?” Because until Wednesday, March 7, at 9p ET, we’re hosting our very first online sample sale, packed with some full-blown incredibleness from Thomas Sires, all 58 to 76% off. We’re talking sleeveless sweaters, faux fur vests, plaid silk skirts, and the two dresses you see up top (left! right!). To quote Jock Jams once more: “It’s unbelievable.” —erica

Shop the sale, now until Wed., 3/7, 9p ET.

Read more about Thomas Sires:

+ On how the co-founders would style their fave pieces from the sale.

+ On how they got their line and Nolita shop off the ground.

+ On why fabric is so freaking important.

Filtered: That’s a Wrap

It’s barely been scarf weather in NYC (well, until today), but yesterday I busted out our Symmetry Goods edition—and shocked myself with how much I liked it with a faux fur jacket from Thomas Sires. I mean, who knew. The rest of the get-up: J.Crew baseball tee, Vince pants, Thomas IV bag (for Of a Kind), and Gap boots that are as comfy as sneakers. —erica

For more Instagrammed nonsense, head this way.

Erica’s 10 Favorite Consumption Decisions of 2011

Everyone sweats a year-end list. Or at least we do. And, because we’re also more that a little in love with Mindy Kaling’s “The Things I Bought That I Love,” Claire and I are sharing the things we were most glad we opened our wallets for this year, and we’re not going to feel bad our consumption because this business below was worth every penny. —erica

1) I haven’t thrown it down for a pair of sunglasses in a very long time, but I was so obsessed with Garrett Leight’s Rialtos that, after staring them down for months, I finally pulled the trigger. They’re oversize and a little retro but not at all clunky.

2) Do you have any idea how useful a measuring tape keychain is? It would blow your mind. #EDC

3) Nothing makes your hair smell better (and, ok, look shinier) than this Carol’s Daughter Monoi Repairing Hair Mask. After scoring a sample in a Birchbox, I scooped up the full-size.

4) I have been eyeballing Blanca Monros Gomez’s jewelry for a long time, and since I’m not exactly in the position to be buying myself a right-hand ring, I was psyched beyond belief that she made these amazing, now-sold-out black diamond earrings for Of a Kind.

5) Beer & Pretzel Caramels: They taste exactly like beer, pretzels, and caramel. Oh, Liddabit Sweets, what I would do if I had the money and the metabolism…

6) So what if they’re crunchy as all hell? I wore through the soles of these emerald-green Birkenstock Gizeh’s this summer, and I’m majorly hot on the wooly Amsterdams for winter. They’d go great with some flax seeds and kale chips.

7) If you read food magazines, Lodge cast-iron skillets are the sort of things that pop up again and again and again. Yet! It still took me this long to spend the $23 on this sucker, which basically changed my cooking life.

8) Though there are many striped tops to love in this world, the shirt Thomas Sires made Of a Kind has no competition, IMHO. I’ve worn the thing at least once a week since I’ve gotten it, and I have a really hard time putting it in the laundry basket knowing that it’ll be out of commission for at least a few days.

9) Using the cheapest-ass Kindle on the market—combined with New York Public Library 21-day digital loans—feels so fiscally responsible that you feel compelled to take cabs home when you know you shouldn’t.

10) Though I’m aware that this is lame as shit, I’ve been on the hunt for a signature scent, and I think I might just have found it in Fresh’s Cannabis Santal.

S/He: Makr’s Round Backpack Makes a Case for Gender Neutrality

 Clockwise from top left:
+ Mary Meyer for Of a Kind scarf  
+ Thomas Sires for Of a Kind shirt
+ Tsumori Chisato cardigan
+ Robert Clergerie shoes
+ Cacharel pants
+ Makr backpack 

Filtered: Two Girls, One Shirt.

Sometimes this happens: Claire and I show up somewhere in the same goddamn piece of clothing. But we can’t help that the shirt that Thomas Sires made us is just so tremendously versatile, and we got tired of texting things like, “U wearing T. Sires?” every morning. So instead, we’re turning this into a teachable moment, with the help of our pal Instagram. I’m wearing mine with Jeffrey Campbell wedge booties, a Gap leather jacket and black skirt, a Levi’s denim vest, our Thomas IV Marilynn Mini Duffle, and a scarfy thing from the Etsy seller White Moth. Claire’s rocking hers with a college-days Theory blazer, Mother jeans, and Belle by Sigerson Morrison boots. And there’s a jangle of bracelets under those sleeves, I’m sure of it. —erica

Of a Kunst: Our Party-Going Correspondent Does Halloween

Sarah Kunst’s personal tagline: I probably met you at a party. She goes to a lot of them and throws a lot of them. She knows how to curate a guest list and work a room—and is the perfect combination of articulate and judge-y to parlay all of her experience into an advice column for those of us who sometimes fall asleep on the couch to FNL marathons. Or, as she’d put it, she’s doing us a favor.

Q: I have a Halloween date—fourth date to be exact. What costume do I wear to avoid a possible walk of shame while dressed in full costume regalia? I want to look cute but respectable!

A: Sexual politics aside, when you crawl out of some dude’s bed and hoof it home at 10a dressed as a sexy bumblebee, there ain’t no pride in that stride. Avoid becoming a total Halloween cliche by planning ahead.

A good Halloween costume requires two things: a culturally relevant theme and more skin than you’d normally show. Think of it this way: The cuter you are now, the more likely you’ll land the cover of “yourmomwashot.tumblr.com: 25th Anniversary Edition.”

Three months ago when looking for costume inspiration, I would have said, “Sultry horsemaning!” But that’s so last meme. Now, it’s all about Waldobombing-gone-sexy. The things to wear:

Clockwise from top left:

+ Who wears short shorts? Waldo wears (One Teaspoon) short shorts.

+ Warby Parker’s Fillmore glasses are both hipster-chic and Waldo-approved.

+ Thomas Sires’s sweet striped Evelyne shirt is one of only 22 in the world, so you’re sure to be a rare find.

+ And to keep the not-so-nice theme going: Charlotte Olympia CFM shoes. By night, they read “bad girl,” and by day, they say, “What! I’m short!”

No need to thank us for saving your dignity. —sarah