This femme was spotted during Paris Fashion Week by Elle’s Street Chic team in a fur coat, red lip, statement bag, and studded sneakers. You know the drill—You Be the Stylist. Tell me what you love (or hate) about this outfit.

America needed a wake up call for our love of lavish lifestyles many of us couldn’t afford but still sought after with the help of exotic lending options available to anyone with a signature and a pulse. During the high times of lending even if you had a 550 credit score somehow, some way a loan officer could get you a mortgage even if it cost you an interest rate that mirrored your shoe size times two. And we all know what goes up, must come down. And down is about where we’re at now.

Chances are if you’re reading this you had to make some major changes to the way you spend. Perhaps you had to cut down on taking vacations because you haven’t had a raise in over two years. Or maybe you now work two jobs just to put food on your family’s table. Or what if you have no job at all.

Then there’s the unthinkable—what if you had to forgo your beauty upkeep or had no room in the budget for new clothes?

(Joking)

Now when we do turn around from this, do you think any of us now used to a lifestyle of penny pinching will go back to whoring out our debit and credit cards to every Neiman, Nordstrom, and Macy’s?

Hopefully we would have learned our lesson by then. I hear that at one point in history, Americans were actually able to live without credit and on a single income. Imagine that!

P.S. Don’t forget to enter the FSL Cosmetics Lipgloss Giveaway! Entries must be in by TOMORROW Thursday, March 11, 2010

This chica was spotted by Elle’s Street Chic team in Paris during Fashion Week. You know the drill—You Be the Stylist. Tell me what you love (or hate) about this outfit.

P.S. Don’t forget to enter the FSL Cosmetics Lipgloss Giveaway! Entries must be in by Thursday, March 11, 2010.

If you’re a sneaker gal with a glamorous side, you’ll love the Christian Louboutin Spiked High-Top Sneaker. Adorned with spikes and signature red sole bottoms, the sneakers are a splurge but can be a welcomed addition to your wardrobe if you love the rocker chic look.

Should you be so inclined, grab them at Neiman Marcus.

P.S. Don’t forget to enter the FSL Cosmetics Lipgloss Giveaway! Entries must be in by Thursday, March 11, 2010.

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P.S. Don’t forget to enter the FSL Cosmetics Lipgloss Giveaway! Entries must be in by Thursday, March 11, 2010.