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I know that Christmas is coming when I walk into Macy’s in the middle of October and they have a Christmas Tree all glitzed up and ready to roll.

The blue decoration please...

In the middle of last week I went off to LA to visit some friends and you know I was always under the impression that noone ate food on that side off the country, health freaks and no carbs, no nothing, well clearly I was mistaken as when  I ordered two appetizers instead of one and an entree the server looked at me as though I wass nuts…You can see why.

Calamari for One......

errrr and then a meat platter appetizer for one….

For one...seriously this is an appetizer

So after trying but failing miserably to eat all this food I took a drive along Santa Monica Blvd…fancy… and I bumped into a Polar Bear.

A life size Polar Bear...Only in the USA

So you can see my trip to LA was really a holiday experience and now all the good work of loosing weight for my vacation is going to send me to the Gym from Monday thru Thursday to get those pounds off, because if not I will end up looking like this.

Did anyone tell her this is not the way to dress..

So anyway I thought that I had should get right back on the plane to New York to normality or so I thought and as I drove back from the airport I saw this man dressed in a newspaper.I am praying it does not rain otherwise he could be paper Mache.. I need therapy.

Err could you move over, I can not see page 3

Anyway so before I sign off I want to show you my new venture, I have lived for 2 years in New York and never had a headboard for my bed as to be honest I could not find anything I liked. So I made one and here it is, I would change a few things if I made another one but on the whole I was really happy.

Head board made by izzi bag

Anyway I feel very proud of myself…

This has certainly been a week, last night I was invited by the Accessories Council of New York to attend the ACE Awards for 2010 and I was in such great company, from Tiffanys & Co to Cole Haan and Macy’s. The stars in the fashion world came out to play. I spent all day with my Glam Squad, aka Gregg Hubbard the famous New York Make up artist to stars such as Tory Burch and the Celebrity Apprentice. and my hairdresser Monique came to give me the best blow out ever.

Wearing Judith Leiber

I was totally honored to be wearing a very expensive piece of jewelry by Judith Leiber, who very kindly loaned me the necklace in the picture. The event was held at Cipriani’s on 42nd Street, believe it or not this used to be the home of a bank. It is a really stunning venue I have to say I so love going there, my only drawback is that the Internet service is limited. The food was super, I had scallops with asparagus followed by lamb cutlets which were like butter. I gave the desert a miss as I am not keen on Lemon meringue pie so I saved myself for the Godiva chocolates.

Before the awards ceremony started I was lucky enough to be photographed with a super guy, Kanye West, I have to say in all honesty that he was really a kind and gentle man, I may be a bit bias as he said I looked beautiful. When he accepted his award he spoke from the heart accepted that he was not perfect ,that he had made some mistakes but that he was just a regular guy. I would not agree, he is a very special person and deserved the award for Style.

Kanye West and Anne Agoren

I also met Maria Sharapova, who I would like to say forgot to smile in this picture, I guess that is her prerogative, so let’s just say she is very tall !

Maria Sharapova & Anne Agoren

Everybody went home with a goodie bag full of luxurious things, I was totally exhausted so when I finally managed to find my driver, I threw off my Gianfranco Ferre shoes in the car, snuggled on the warm back seat until I got home to my lovely izzi. I am hoping that the parties this week are at an end and I now look forward to a quiet evening at home in my PJ’s…. oh except tomorrow as it is my wedding anniversary…. Get Gregg on the phone…

I was flicking through my  Facebook page today and I came across this article which was posted by a friend of mine Rhonda Ryan who is also on twitter by the way @IBelieveInStyle:

You have to see this artist! I just found her blog on Yahoo Shine…. Robin Barcus Slonina is an installation and performance artist working on a project called “States of Dress”.  She is touring the country, creating dresses that represent one of the states. Her goal is to create a sculpture for each of the 50 states.  And on her blog States of Dress, you can see pictures and read all about her design process.  I love this project!

Well I had to just take a peek Rhonda at what you were talking about as I just love weird dress designs and this has to be one of them, I cannot wait to see what comes next.

Robin Barcus Garbage Dress

So if that didn’t grab you as a must have creation, take a look at this next creation which I found in the Basement of Macy’s. I guess it is to celebrate Halloween or Harvest Festival it reminds me of being a child and seeing Aunt Sally on TV, do you remember her she was the scarecrow that came to life? So on the basis of what you have just seen let’s just say I am still looking for my perfect dress to attend the ACE awards next week.

This reminds me of Aunt Sally