I’ve always believed that a true fashionista can make a $20 outfit look like it cost 10 times as much.  You won’t catch me putting a designer bag on easy payments just to be able to say I’m rocking a popular label or blowing my whole college refund check on shoes I otherwise couldn’t afford.  I love clothes as much as the next twenty-something urban trend setter, but at the end of the day, they’re just clothes.  But every once in a while, you’ll come across a certain piece that doesn’t fill your heart with buyer’s remorse every time you see it hanging in your closet.  It will usually be a timeless piece that fits you just right no matter how many extra pieces of cake you consume. It’s the one piece that takes your outfit to the next level, ties everything together and makes everything you own look super Hot, lush and expensive.  You don’t have to clear out your checking account in order to look fabulous; sometimes all it takes is a worthwhile investment in certain key pieces.

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(Bloomberg) — LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury-goods maker, filed a U.S. trade complaint seeking to block U.S. imports from China of handbags, luggage and other accessories that copy the Louis Vuitton look. Some Chinese companies are infringing trademarks “through a systematic copying of Louis Vuitton product lines, bag styles and overall identity,” Louis Vuitton said in a complaint filed Dec. 3 with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington. LVMH, based in Paris, has been aggressive in trying to curtail the amount of counterfeit goods that copy its luxury brands. It sued EBay Inc., claiming the online auction house didn’t work hard enough to prevent sales of knockoffs on its site. Japan’s biggest online retailer, Rakuten Inc., signed a deal with LVMH in September on plans to combat counterfeiting.

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