fibi & clo specializes in fun, feminine sandals at affordable prices. This New York based company, named after the two cats of owner AnaLiza Alba, was founded in 2009 with a very clear goal and specific strategy in mind:

“fibi & clo is the first shoe company to do direct sales. The sandals are available at exclusive home shoe parties and online. AnaLiza Alba, owner and founder, started the company as a way to get home to Texas more often. AnaLiza currently resides in New York City where she is a creative director at a large advertising firm and also where she designs her fabulous sandals and jewelry.”

fibi & clo is kindly offering to give away one pair of their Smoke Cascade Sandals. This number one seller is a sparkly, bejewelled flat sandal that can be worn with frocks, skirts, jeans and shorts.

Owner AnaLiza adores the sandals plus denim look. So in order to participate in the giveaway, tell us what your favourite jeans are and which pair of fibi & clo sandals you would love to wear with them. 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 11 December. The competition is not restricted to the USA only. Anyone can enter, but winners outside the US will have to pay shipping costs.

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 fibi & clo you can also visit their page on Facebook.

“How to correctly fit a bra?”, “Am I wearing the right size bra?”, “Where to go for a bra fitting?”… Bra issues come up time and again on the YLF forum, and the topic is clearly not just on the minds of our forum members:

“Jené Luciani wrote The Bra Book to arm women once and for all with the knowledge they need to find the right fashion support. From the best bra to wear under every outfit to important information about bras and breast health from puberty to retirement, from the physics behind bra design to how you can best ensure a proper fit.”

Publishing boutique BenBella Books is kindly giving away two copies of The Bra Book, the style guide entirely dedicated to finding the perfect bra.

To enter the competition, tell us when you started paying attention to good bra fit and if this has changed the way you feel and look. The giveaway will close 5 minutes before midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Thursday 8 December. 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.

Visit the BenBella Books website to browse their other titles and keep up to date about new publications via their Facebook page.

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.

After Angie’s recent post on Umbrella Style, the lovely people at FinnStyle contacted us to see how they can help our readers look even more stylish in rainy weather. Today we are focussing on their umbrellas, but this company that specializes in Finnish brands has an online store full of amazing design products:

“FinnStyle brings you timeless modern design as well as a mix of bold new trends in color and style from top Finnish brands such as Marimekko and iittala. As one of the United States’ largest retailers of modern Finnish design, our huge selection of goods includes everything from museum pieces to whimsical collections. Choose from home décor, glassware, fabric, dinnerware, bed & bath, clothing, furniture and much more. Inspiring design for everyday life.”

FinnStyle has kindly offered to give away four cheerful Marimekko umbrellas that are sure to brighten up any rainy day:

1. The Unikko with the famous Marimekko poppy design
2. The Kivet with large red dots on a red background
3. The Pisaroi Mini with a fun pattern of falling droplets
4. The white on red Kiku umbrella

To be eligible for the competition, rank the umbrellas in the order that you like them (favourite one first), and tell us which of the Marimekko bags you would use to carry it. 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 23 October. 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 about FinnStyle you can follow them on Twitter and visit their page on Facebook.

We are concluding YLF Books Bonanza Week with another fantastic double giveaway. This time you can win a copy of the two style advice books written by Kendall Farr! This fabulous New York based fashion stylist and design consultant hardly needs any introduction, since we’ve had the pleasure of featuring Kendall on YLF a few times already.

Penguin Group has very kindly offered to give away five book packages, each containing The Pocket Stylist: Behind-the-Scenes Expertise from a Fashion Pro on Creating Your Own Look, and Style Evolution: How to Create Ageless Personal Style in Your 40s and Beyond.

To enter the competition, tell us which element of your current style you feel is quite timeless and you could still see yourself wearing 15 to 20 years from now. The competition will close 5 minutes before midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Tuesday 13 October. 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.

You can also visit the Penguin Group website for more information on their other titles.

For Thursday’s competition, Zeitgeist Films has kindly offered to give away 5 copies of the moving and enlightening documentary, Bill Cunningham New York:

“Documenting uptown fixtures, downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace.”

To enter the competition, tell us if you feel inspired by street style pictures in magazines, newspapers and blogs or if you find it difficult to translate what you see to your own outfits and lifestyle. The competition will close 5 minutes before midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Wednesday 12 October. 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.

You can also visit the Zeitgeist Films website to browse their entire DVD collection.