This week t+j Designs is kindly offering to give away one Sleek Link Necklace. This is a piece that can be worn for both festive and everyday occasions. It’s a chain link necklace with a lobster claw clasp, and is adjustable in length. The very on trend gunmetal and silver colourblocking add to the detail of the links.

“Tiffany and Jen are the designers behind t+j Designs. The two sisters believe that accessories complete every outfit and every woman deserves to have affordable, stylish, and glamorous jewellery. Frustrated with not being able to find the kind of jewellery they were looking for at the prices they wanted, they created their own line of modern and classic pieces. A collection for women of all ages, at all stages in life, with pieces that can easily go from work to play.”

In order to participate in the competition, let us know which piece from the t+j Designs holiday collection you would love to wear to a party this holiday season. Enter the giveaway by filling out the entry form below with your answer.

The giveaway will close 5 minutes before midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday 4 December. It is open to all entrants living in the United States.

As always YLF members will get an additional ticket with their entry. For another chance to win, get a bonus ticket by following @youlookfab on Twitter and tweeting this blog post using the tweet button on the entry page.

For more information an updates from t+j Designs you can also follow them on Twitter and visit their page on Facebook.

UPDATE
t+j Designs has just let us know that all YLF readers can take advantage of their December promos, valid from 5 December until 21 December:
$10 off $50 or more: HOLIDAY1
$25 off $100 or more: HOLIDAY2
$60 off $200 or more: HOLIDAY3
There’s also free shipping over $75 or more.

For all of us wanting to brush up on our vintage clothes shopping and thrifting skills, Melodie Fortier, owner of the Tangerine Boutique website, wrote this beautifully illustrated, compact reference book:

“Her Little Guide to Vintage Shopping demystifies the entire process so you’ll know what to look for, what to avoid, and what to pay. Armed with this savvy guide, readers will learn how to:

* Select and wear unique clothing from eras past
* Ensure the perfect fit and silhouette
* Distinguish time period and evaluate quality
* Clean, care for, and store vintage clothing
* Give new life to vintage items through simple alterations”

Quirk Books is now kindly offering to give away five copies of this lovely guide.

To enter the giveaway, tell us what your ideal vintage find would be and how you would use it in your everyday outfits. The competition will close 5 minutes before midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Thursday 1 December. It is open to all entrants living in the United States

As always, YLF members will get an additional ticket with their entry. For another chance to win, get a bonus ticket by following @youlookfab on Twitter and tweeting this blog post using the tweet button on the entry page.

To find out more about their fun range of titles, visit the Quirk Books website. You can also follow them on Twitter and like them on Facebook.

For her book A Shade of Red – One Lipstick and One Hundred Women, photographer and sculptor Alyson Fox spoke with and photographed one hundred very different women all wearing the same shade of bright red lipstick: Revlon’s #740 Certainly Red:

 “My desire is for these photographs to examine the confluences between photography, posing, performance, and cosmetics (“putting your face on”, as they say here in the south) in a celebratory way – as a way of engendering a community based on our uniqueness. The women in these portraits span all ages and ethnicities. Some were comfortable in front of the camera some were very ill at ease. Regardless of their motivation or hesitation, in the end, I think we were brought together by two twin desires: One, the lure of the lipstick, of the chance to become ourselves by becoming someone else, and two, the desire to connect with people and be part of something.”

If you are curious about this visual journey, then here’s your chance. Chronicle Books has very kindly offered to give away five copies of this intriguing book.

To enter the giveaway, tell us if you feel different when you are wearing make-up? The competition will close 5 minutes before midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Thursday 24 November. It is open to all entrants living in the US and Canada.

As always, YLF members will get an additional ticket with their entry. For another chance to win, get a bonus ticket by following @youlookfab on Twitter and tweeting this blog post using the tweet button on the entry page.

To find out more about their range of titles, visit the Chronicle Books website. You can also follow them on Twitter and like them on Facebook.

Poshlocket is an online fashion jewellery boutique that offers a wide range of trendy, affordable pieces – including a number of vintage-inspired styles:

“Our jewellery is for everyone: for fashionistas who want to add some spice to their outfit, for those who are looking for that ‘it’ piece for a special outing, for anyone who wants a little something for everyday wear.”

Poshlocket has kindly offered to give away a $100 gift certificate that can be used in their online store. To be eligible for the competition, select your favourite item and tell us how you would style it for Sunday brunch with friends. Enter the giveaway by filling out the entry form below with your answer.

The competition will close 5 minutes before midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday 13 November. It is open to all entrants living in the US.

As always, YLF members will get an additional ticket with their entry. For another chance to win, get a bonus ticket by following @youlookfab on Twitter and tweeting this blog post using the tweet button on the entry page.

For more information and updates from Poshlocket you can also follow them on Twitter and visit their page on Facebook.

As you know, we selected 100 Ideas that Changed Fashion as one of the titles we’ll be reading for our very own YLF Book Group. The author, fashion teacher and journalist Harriet Worsley, guides us through more than a century of style concepts, technologies and ideas that left their stamp on fashion as we know it, and tells us how exactly these changes came about.

If you’re curious to find out more about these 100 key players, then here’s your chance: Laurence King Publishing has kindly offered to give away five copies of the book. So there will be five lucky winners this time!

In order to participate in the competition, let us know which clothing item or style invention you feel has most dramatically revolutionized the world of fashion in the last hundred years. Enter the giveaway by filling out the entry form below with your answer.

The competition will close 5 minutes before midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Thursday 10 November. I’m pleased to say that this competition is not restricted to the USA and Canada only, but open to all our readers worldwide. Anyone can enter!

As always, YLF members will get an additional ticket with their entry. For another chance to win, get a bonus ticket by following @youlookfab on Twitter and tweeting this blog post using the tweet button on the entry page.

Visit the Laurence King Publishing website to browse all their arty titles in a wide range of fields. You can also follow them on Twitter and like them on Facebook.

PUBLIC Bikes is a San Francisco based company that aims to make riding more enjoyable, practical and chic. The company was founded by Rob Forbes, who you might recognize as the founder of Design Within Reach. Rob is passionate about reclaiming public spaces for community purposes, hence the name of the company.

As Rob explains in the clip below, PUBLIC was very focused on design when it came to their new range of bicycles.

PUBLIC draws a lot of inspiration from Europe’s cycle culture. They looked at what makes bikes well designed for a city, and that also means well designed for what you wear in a city. As PUBLIC puts it: “You can dress in casual or business attire, and wear pumps, tennis shoes, or flip flops – just about anything – while riding our bikes.”

On top of beautiful form, and practical function, PUBLIC adds striking colours. The bike truly becomes a giant colourful accessory to your urban ensemble.

Win a Bike

We are super excited that PUBLIC will be giving the first prize winner a bike from their C7 or V7 ranges. You need to be a member of the YLF forum in order to be eligible for this prize. To enter, write a post in the forum explaining what stylish cycling means to you AND illustrate your points with a photo of you and your bike (if you have one).

Start a new thread for your entry and use “PUBLIC Cycling Style” as the first three words of your topic name. Then also enter below with a link to your forum post.

The winner will be selected by Rob himself and he will be looking for the entry that best combines practicality, creativity and style. This part of the competition is restricted to the United States. Canadians can enter as long as they are able to collect the bike in the USA.

Win a Book

If you aren’t a member of the forum, you can still enter the competition and you will be eligible to win a copy of A Girl’s Bike, signed by the author Jason Goodman. This book is a “smart fun authentic visual look into women’s street bike culture in New York”.

Just write in your entry below what you think are the most important elements of being a stylish cyclist. This second prize will be drawn using a random number generator, and is NOT restricted to entrants from the United States. Anyone can enter.

The competition will close on Monday 7 November, at 11:45pm (Pacific Standard Time). As always, YLF members will get an additional ticket with their entry. For another chance to win, get a bonus ticket by following @youlookfab on Twitter and tweeting this blog post using the tweet button on the entry page.

Finally, be sure to check out PUBLIC bikes online for inspiration on cycling style and to find out more about their wonderful range of bikes. You can also like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.