Last year you really wanted the fringed Louboutins and this year it’s Isabel Marant’s studded ankle boot, but instead you’ve opted for plainer pairs to see you through many seasons. Erica Giuliani is here to make your designer heel dreams come true.

The Toronto company creates shoe accessories like bejeweled clips, studded boot belts, and chains to take your footwear from average to au courant. We love the zipper trim clip ($50) that when put on a black peep toe gives you the look of a Giuseppe Zanotti pair. And mimic those Louboutins with the fringed anklet (pictured, $28) or Isabel Marant boots with the studded belt ($70).

Even if your pumps hit the dump, these accessories live to adorn another pair.

www.ericagiuliani.com

Ask a little girl what she wants to be when she grows up and you can hear any response from “Princess” to “Prime Minister.”

Equal parts poised and pretty, the cotton knit giant paiettes headband with an embellished flower (US$40) from e-shop Kicokids is serious enough for tough tea party talks and whimsical enough for playing dress-up.

And she’ll always have a good head on her shoulders.

www.kicokids.com

The big one this weekend is undoubtedly the Junos, but there’s another, much smaller cultural gathering that’s got the goods too.

Before you watch husky-voiced Bryan Adams take the stage, head to the BLIM Community Market. At the first of what will be a regular end-of-month event, there’ll be local clothing and accessories, live music by sweet synth-poppers Fine Mist, food, and vintage finds of all kinds.

You’ll find us at the It’s Your Life table mulling over which whimsical necklace to buy.

BLIM Community Market, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., March 29, Cambrian Hall, 215 E. 17th Ave., Vancouver, www.blim.ca

Drop your laptop and grab your wallet: the first B.C. outpost of Sweden's Hennes & Mauritz opens tomorrow at Coquitlam Centre.

Affectionately known in the UK as "Hennes," H&M has long been the repost of fast fashion for those with more dash than cash (anyone you know?).

With guest designer collections like Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Viktor & Rolf launching to near riots in New York, finally we can get in on the fun.

Save the date: H&M's Roberto Cavalli collection drops Thursday, November 8.

H&M opens August 23, 2007 at 12 noon, Coquitlam Centre (North Plaza), 2929 Barnet Hwy., Coquitlam, www.hm.com

Vancouver jewellery designer Shereen De Rousseau may take her name from a French political philosopher, but there's no need to be bookish to understand her style.

We love the "marbre gris" collection of howlite beads (and so does Carmen Elektra) and the eclectic "colibri noir" group with its vintage medallions, burnished birds, crosses and keys that seem to tell a story.

Like, "Once upon a time there was a mysterious young woman who left a trail of broken hearts in her wake…."

The next chapter is up to you.

View the fall collection at www.shereenderousseau.com

Ah, the little black dress. Sexy, slimming and arguably a girl's best friend, post-holiday bingeing on grandma's apple pie and one too many eggnogs.

So, you may have worn it to every New Year's Eve party since 1985. Join the club.

With Vancouver's ultra-casual dress code, who needs to rack up the credit card for a fabulous gown that won't see the light of day?

Especially, when we can glam up our little black dress with local jewelry designer Lien Duong's gorgeous, and strikingly affordable creations.

Choose from candy-coloured bohemian feather earrings (Jessica Alba scooped up a pair in bubble-gum pink), Lien's signature Swarovski cocktail rings, or sleeker than sleek stiletto earrings.

But we have to warn you. With pieces starting at just $25, you'll be tempted to pick-up one (or three) of each.

Available at Ayden Gallery, 88 Pender St., 2nd Flr. Tinseltown, (Call 778-891-4310 for hours); Cattiva, 836 Granville St., 604-608-1141; Room 430, 430 Homer St. 604-708-0255.

Lien Duong, lqddesigns@shaw.ca, 604-315-2137

The London store Accessorize has officially opened its monument to frippery and finery on Robson Street, and in typical Brit fashion, the store's awash in next year's trends.

But the Chelsea girl's best kept secret is Accessorize handbags.

Averaging $45 a pop,you'll be tempted to buy one for every outfit you own. From structured orange suede, to slouchy, tawny leather with buckles, to embroidered and dripping with burnished metal beads, you'll be chanelling Kate Moss in no time.

And since you got there first, you'll be the glittering envy of the New Years Eve party,with whispers of 'has she been dating someone in London?'

So go ahead and tell them you have a new paramour. Just don't tell them it's a store.

Accessorize is located at 1167 Robson St., 604-689-1272. View styles at www.monsoon.co.uk

Clever girls like you who never pay retail are veterans of the sample sale. Not only doyou get your hands on one-of-a-kind goodies that didn't make it into production,but you also get next season's styles at cost.

This weekend's FashionCrawl is the best sample sale line-up we've seen in ages. Grab some girlfriends,follow this treasure trail, and remember accessories fit everyone.

Start at Martha Sturdy'sfactory, where you'll find small resin bud vases (the perfect holidayhostess gift) and beautiful square entertaining platters to glam up thesushi at your next soiree.

Next, head down thestreet to the gorgeous showroom of Jacqueline Conoir, grab a glass ofbubbly and peruse black satin halter tops for a sexy Christmas Eve andsparkly Jeanne Lottie handbags for New Year's.

The Western Frontis just up the block, and there you'll find designer-direct pricing atthe annual Tuque fashion sale, which includes such fabulous labels asFawn Designs, Propellor Design Group, Anna De Coucy jewellery and Paperand Thread cards.

Keep heading eastto Mimi & Marge, and hope to score some of the sterling-silver anddark-wood jewellery, or oversized faux-engagement rings.

Finally, drop by PatriciaFieldwalker's Adagio lingerie factory for handfuls of $15 silk pantiestrimmed in contrasting lace for all your girlfriends, camisoles and luscioussilk slips that double as daywear. Do as we do, and put your name on afew slinky pieces, then send your significant other down to go Christmasshopping. That way, everyone wins.

Especially him.

The Fashion Crawlruns Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Jacqueline Conoir and Patricia Fieldwalker will also open 11 a.m. to 5p.m. on Sunday December 4

Mimi and Marge is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuque runs Friday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Martha Sturdy, 12 W. 5th Ave. www.marthasturdy.com

Jacqueline Conoir, 46 W. 6th Ave. www.jcstudio.ca

Toque, The Western Front, 303 E. Eight Ave., www.front.bc.ca

Mimi & Marge, 201-1155 Odlum Dr. www.mimiandmarge.com

Patricia Fieldwalker/Adagio collection, #302, 343 Railway St. www.pfieldwalker.com