Pencil Case, Stella McCartney for Gap Kids

I went straight from Heathrow to Topshop when this collection hit stores. It’s no gorilla dress, but I love it. My family forbids me from wearing it in front of them – they think it’s hideous – but it’s a great conversation starter! Dress, Christopher Kane for Topshop

Everything about Paris Fashion Week – from the invites to the venues to the collections –is so pretty. I couldn’t bear to throw away the invites after my first season when I was covering for Teen Vogue and Fashionista because I didn’t know if I’d ever get to go back, so I stuck them in this poster frame. I added the Luella invite more recently, as a token of hope, I guess! Clutch, Kate Spade

So, I like stripes. Mostly navy and white, but sometimes I’ll go wild and buy one with black lines instead of blue. Shirts, Various Designers

I think everyone will tell you that Eddie’s one of the sweetest, most genuine people in the industry and that he’s crazy talented goes without saying. This was a Christmas gift from him and soon after, when I was flying home from Paris, customs wouldn’t let me through because they thought it was a weapon. I had to find a post office in the basement of the airport and ship it back to New York—I almost cried, but it made it home! Bracelet, Eddie Borgo

I made this necklace at Camp Fenton/Fallon! Dana Lorenz hosted it at her shop in Freeman’s Alley. Jewels and jelly beans—heaven! I found the chair at a vintage/thrift shop on 2nd Ave and reupholstered it with a striped shirt from college that’d seen better days. The only two crafty things I’ve ever done somehow made it into this picture together. Necklace, Custom Fenton/Fallon

This mini-monkey USB port is made out of Swarovski crystals. It’s absurd, but it came in a gift bag and I couldn’t throw it away. USB Key, Swarovski

This T-shirt is from college, maybe even high school. Shirt, Vintage

Shoes, Chloé

The dress is All Saints and I wear this brown belt, which is GAP circa like 1998, almost every day. Dress, All Saints; Belt, Gap

I wore this on my first day at ELLE. I was so nervous, and it was about 100 degrees outside. The pillow is made from a potato sack. Skirt, Pleasure Doing Business

Bracelet, Hayden-Harnett; Ring, Vintage

Dress, Stella McCartney

These plaid Miu Miu’s were my first designer purchase. I was in college and I think my friends though I was nuts, but I still wear them! Shoes, Miu Miu

My parents live in Doha, Qatar and there’s not much to do there but go to the beach, ride the sand dunes and hang out at the souk. This is from my favorite shop at the Souk Waqif—it’s filled with baskets and jewelry from the native Bedouins. Necklace, from Souk Waqif

I had my dad on the phone helping me bargain for these Turkish bath shoes while he was in Doha and I was outside the walls of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. I think I still overpaid, but they’re so beautiful it’s fine. The bracelets came from Camp Fenton/Fallon. Turkish Bath Shoes, Unknown Designer; Bracelets, Fenton/Fallon

Shoes, A Coveteur Secret

Natalie Hormilla, who used to work at Fashionista with me, gave this sweatshirt to me for Christmas. I always thought I’d wear it with sequins, but I usually just wear it to soccer. Sweatshirt, Vintage

Shoes, Zara