Even though I love the fall, this look reminds me of summer time...

Even though I love the fall, this look reminds me of summer time and makes me nostaligic for humidity and Scott Schuman lurking around the corner…

glamour:

Love this look! Hanneli Mustaparta and her 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli Mini Satchel. Handbag available in black and pistachio for holiday, $750, saksfifthavenue.com. Photo: Courtesy of 3.1 Phillip Lim

I am so fortunate to have the best friends in the world in my...

I am so fortunate to have the best friends in the world in my life! LOVE YOU RKB!! XOXO

rkb:

With the hardest-working friend I have, a true inspiration, and also one of the best friends I have, Bloomberg reporter and Black Market Billions author Hitha Prabhakar, at her book party. So proud of her and a little ashamed I haven’t read the book yet. It’s going to change what people think about counterfeit goods and you should buy it! There’s a Kindle version too. And a Nook one. And an iPhone app. Photo by Stacie Joy. In vanity news, I’m in lust with this dress (got at a little vintage shop in East Village whose name I can’t remember right now but that I plan to return to). Must find other occasions to wear it…like our Cupcakes Take the Cake 7th anniversary party December 5th. Get your tickets while you can; I’m pretty sure it’ll sell out. Can’t believe it’s been so long. On my to do list is gathering prizes!

rkb: I strongly urge you to check out my friend Hitha...

rkb:

I strongly urge you to check out my friend Hitha Prabhakar’s new book Black Market Billions: How Organized Retail Crime Funds Global Terrorists. It’s extremely well-researched and thought-provoking. It’s an obviously timely topic as something about knockoff items is in the news almost every day (and I’m not even a huge reader of fashion news) and it’s truly eye-opening.

Organized retail crime is now a $38 billion business.

Synchronized global teams are pilfering immense volumes of high-value products, counterfeiting even more—and using the profits to support the world’s most vicious terrorists and criminal gangs. In this eye-opening exposé, business journalist Hitha Prabhakar connects the dots and follows the money deep into the world’s fastest growing criminal industry. You’ll learn how the Internet, social media, and disposable cell phones have opened the floodgates for a new generation of criminals—and how their multimillion-dollar ripoffs are funding everyone from Al-Qaeda to Central America’s drug lords.

Black Market Billions draws on extensive first person interviews with law enforcement, industry personnel, and the criminals themselves. Prabhakar goes “inside” to reveal why the piracy economy has exploded…why preventative measures have failed…and what to expect next, as organized retail crime reaches a terrifying critical mass.

sashacharnin: Fake  After an absurdly long break from blogging...

sashacharnin:

Fake

 After an absurdly long break from blogging to write/edit my book I am going to take this re-blogging opportunity to tell everyone that my book “Black Market Billions- How Organized Retail Crime Funds Global Terrorists” will finally be out November 28th! YAY.