Legwear continues to get more and more interesting, but just when leggings are taking a little bit of a backseat (update that look by wearing tights under shorts), socks jump out in front.

Socks meant to be seen that is, meaning channel your inner kindergartener and prepare to don knee-high and ankle socks with heels and skirts/dresses/shorts, etc.

Sure, you're probably thinking those hipster girls on the Lower East Side or in Tokyo are the only ones who can pull it off, but the look has hit the mainstream, at one of our favorite purveyors of luxury goods for less, J.Crew.

We're loving the neon pink anklets (on the model) but will likely ease into the look with more conservative grey knee-highs. The fishnet anklets will be hard to resist.

Where to sock it to 'em?

Right here.

LBDs? Love. But sometimes a girl needs a little change. Which is why we're feeling the LGD (little grey dress). A lighter yet still chicly monochromatic option, this grey linen dress is everything we look for in a dress: easy to wear, easy to accessorize and big on style without shouting it.

Love the ladylike double-breasted frock too?

Feeling grey?

Click here.

Next to fall boots, our favorite part of autumn (changing leaves excluded, naturally)? The very justified need to update our coat wardrobe.

And in these early days of autumn, nothing is more appropriate and useful than a trench. While khaki is classic, we're yearning for something a bit more playful to spice things up.

Which explains why we were pleased as berry punch to find this magenta sateen trench. The princess seams and pleats, plus the cute bow-tie belt, flatter any figure and add loads of flirty, feminine charm.

Originally $68, it's a steal at just $44 now (and shipping is less than a buck).

Where?

Right here.

We've found yet another replacement for our beloved yet not meant to be worn outdoors Ralph Lauren slippers. And we love them.

These studded suede flats boast shiny studs against a luxe suede background -- of either black or grey (we love both) -- and cost a whole lot less than one would guess. Less than 30 clams, in fact.

Where? At Express of all places. Have we been living under a rock? We didn't even know they made shoes.

Where to find your stud(s)?

Right here.

Sometimes our fashion goals are quite simple and not any loftier than wanting to look PDA, pretty damn adorable.

And there's no easier way to do that than in a dress you can just throw on and voila, feel like a ball of sunshine.

Which is why we love this sweet button-down dress.

We love even more that it was originally $93 and now is a mere $37.

Craving a little PDA, sunshine?

Click here.

Allowed to wear jeans to work, but wondering how to make it look profesh and work-appropriate rather than schlubby Sunday?

We hear you.

Which is why we love this look of pairing a military jacket with a skinny jean -- to roll or not to roll is up to you, Katie Holmes, nay, Cruise.

The look reads causal yet confident, making just the right statement. And that statement is "I'm fabulous without even trying."

Even better? Right now, nab free shipping when you spend $150 or more (ends today, September 22) and use code BRSHIP150 at checkout.

Take advantage here.

Designer collaborations and diffusion lines are a dime a dozen these days and hardly ever live up to their hype, but we were so excited when Rachel Roy announced her equally cool, but much gentler on the wallet Rachel Rachel Roy line. You can nab some pieces at Macy's, but you can see and shop the entire collection on the Rachel Roy site itself.

We're dying to pick up the Rocker Tee Blouse, the painterly Oversize Dress With Zips and the cool black Zipper Dress. And, in the words of the other famous fashiony Rachel, the jackets are bananas. Most notably the Transfourmer Coat, which can be worn four different ways. And at under $200, that's quite a find.

Where to shop the collection?

Right here.

Happy weekend, darlings!

Apologies for my normal Friday update being a day late -- hopefully it's not also a euro short. Access to Internet on Skopelos isn't always at the ready. Go figure.

In the essence of not wasting any more time, you can read Kelly's Klicks on my blog right here.

Hope you enjoy and I am eagerly wondering about your adventures.

xx,
Kelly

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Time to shop for fall boots (hooray!).

And we think we've found our match.

The 'Karen' boot by Hive and Honey is so irresistibly urban cowgirl, the perfect mix of country and city, that we think we've died and gone to boot heaven.

Wear them cuffed or uncuffed, with skinny jeans, leggings (or jeggings!) or rock them with your fave dresses and skirts.

Best of all they're not quite flats, but definitely not heels either. The stacked wedge makes them great for walking, while giving you a little lift.

Indeed, these boots were made for walking.

Is that just what you'll do?

Then click here.

A girl can never have too many cardigans and when we spotted this Lucca Couture chain detail blazer, we knew we had to add it to our collection.

Perhaps cardigan isn't even the right word, as it's called a blazer. We don't really care what you call it, as long as you call.

Trimmed with chain detailing throughout, what would have felt distinctly vintage suddenly feels modern.

And that's a twist we can't resist.

Wanna join the chain gang?

Click here.

Ready to meet your new best friend forever, or for at least another few seasons anyway?

Then meet jeggings (jeggings = jeans + leggings). Pure jeanius.

So perfect when you want to wear a dress, tunic, even a slightly slinky shirt with jeans, but don't want to have extra bulk and pocket bulge. We've been waiting for these for ages.

In fact, ever feel like your whole wardrobe would be complete if you could just find that one thing that made everything you had work? As fans of flowy tops and dresses, that's how we feel about these and think they warrant the splurge. We'll wear them to the death anyway, so cost per wear, they'll likely be the cheapest thing in our closet.

Best of all, your stems will look like a million bucks. And isn't that what friends are for?

We love the Juicy Couture Denim Leggings, but our edgier side hearts Joe's Jeans Chelsea Zip Leggings.

Pick your poison here.

Can you believe it's September 11, 2009 already? Where does the time go? If there's a takeaway from our nation's greatest tragedy, it's that life is short, so live (and create) the life you want to live. No one else is going to do it for you.

I feel very fortunate to be doing just that and truly hope you are too. This Monday, I'll be flying off to Greece with my husband by my side to start our around-the-world adventure. Consider me a broad abroad from here on out.

First stop? Skopelos. Skop-a-who? It turns out the movie Mama Mia was filmed on the island, which I just got to see a few days ago, after we had already researched and decided on the island {p.s. the movie's surprisingly fun and a great girly pick-me-up, not the total (feta) cheesefest I was anticipating}. If it's half as pretty a backdrop for Meryl Streep as it appears in the movie, I'll be a very happy girl. I'll be updating you from the road, as Internet access permits (turns out not every villa on a rural Greek island has WiFi -- go figure).

But before we jet off, I have a date with The Devil herself, Ms. Anna Wintour. Have you seen The September Issue yet? I can't wait. In addition to my Saturday matinee date with Anna, I'll also be tuning in to QVC at 8pm EST (shocking, I know) as her nemesis and competitor for title of 'Most Powerful Woman In Fashion' Rachel Zoe debuts her collection for QVC. The (faux) fur will surely be flying.

Hope to see you there!

xx,
Kelly Leekopolis (apparently this is my family's original last name!)

p.s. Speaking of powerful women living their dream lives, Julie & Julia is another must-see. The film was even better than I was expecting (so rare these days) and will make you hungry -- for bruschetta, for boeuf bourguignon, and most importantly, for life. Bon appetit!

Love Gilt, but can't always muster up the bucks to splurge on high-end designers, even at sample sale prices? We hear you.

Which is why we're so excited about Gilt Fuse, Gilt's new younger, edgier sister site featuring more up-and-coming labels in-the-know fashion lovers love -- at extraordinarily good prices.

Today, we're dying to pick up cool Corpus pieces, especially the linen trapeze dress, which feels so French girl goes to Brooklyn. Originally $165, you can snag it for just $54. But hurry, like all good things at nearly-too-good-to-be-true prices, the loot goes fast. There's a Michael Stars sale happening too, where you can scoop up $54 henleys and tees for just $24.

Need we say more?

Perhaps just a little. Like Gilt, Gilt Fuse is invite-only. No matter, we've got the hook-up.

Click here for exclusive (free) access to Gilt Fuse and Gilt.

p.s. Already a member? Click here to shop now.

For us, Fashion Week marks the unofficial end of summer and beginning of fall. While we'll mourn sweltering summer nights and blissfully sunny days, we'll be celebrating the return of fall fashion to make up for it.

Which inevitably leads to the search for the perfect coat.

A basic black coat? Invaluable? A basic black coat that's too basic? Blah.

Which is why we're loving this chain-detail wool coat that oozes glamour and edge without going over the top. Fully lined, we love the golden chain on the back -- such a peek-a-boo surprise, and the golden buttons on the front.

Feeling like a golden girl, too?

Nab your perfect black coat here.

p.s. Unlike the lovely model in the accompanying picture, we would suggest not wearing a large gold chainlink necklace and big gold hoop earrings and gold-frame glasses with said perfect coat, lest one risk looking like P.Diddy.

Did you hold on to Labor Day with both hands, wishing that the workweek would never come? We spent part of our Labor Day finally seeing Julie & Julia, the Meryl Streep/Amy Adams film about the resplendent Julia Child and, well, a blogger. Aside from immediately wanting to pack our bags and move to Paris, the film has us in a cooking kind of mood.

Have you ever deboned a duck? We haven't either. But when thinking about what knife we would use if such a reality were to stare us in the face, we started having palpitations. Not because we didn't have plenty of knives, but because all of the many, many knives we do have are so precariously scattered in drawers, as not all of them will fit in that handy dandy knifeblock we all have, but can't figure out which knife goes where.

Not to fret. We recently stumbled upon the perfect solution, to be filed under the "Why didn't I think of that?" category. The Kapoosh Universal Knife Block has a spongy interior instead of pre-allotted slots, which means you can stick any knife in anywhere you please -- at any angle. No more trying to find the right sized slot. Insert tawdry middle school joke here.

Available in stainless steel or woodgrain, give your knives a home to be proud of here. We think Julia would approve. Bon appetit!

Summer lubbers, are you celebrating these unofficial last days of summer the best way you know how? I truly hope so. I'm still on the road, driving through the south, where emotions (and Facebook posts) have ranged from "Truly enjoying the vast nothingness that is Kansas. Amazed at how many different Americas there really are, how many I've been lucky enough to live in and experience, and which ones the future hold for us..." to "Eating a cobb salad while a giant Jesus Christ statue looms on the horizon." To say it's been an experience would be a severe understatement, akin to uttering "Heidi Klum has an okay body, nothing special."

There have been a few things I've learned along the way, lessons from the road if you will indulge me. For instance:

Cereal Is the Ultimate Comfort -- and Road -- Food
Forget an apple a day. Dry, cereal makes a handy dandy snack when you're driving through Kansas and there are no other food options for hundreds of miles (not even a Subway!). It's also a great late-night snack and inexpensive breakfast alternative to room service -- just buy a small bottle of milk each night from the aptly named convenient store that is bound to always be within spitting distance of your hotel for the evening (or nab some from the hotel restaurant). Best of all, it's truly comfort food, which is so nice when you're away from home. Golden Crisp is my drug of choice, followed by what I tell myself is a healthier alternative, Honey Bunches of Oats. Pick your poison; you'll be glad you did.

Old Is Cool And So Are Libraries and Carl Reiner
Audiobooks are awesome. Nab them for free from your library (crazy, I know, but they do still exist and they're quite easy to use, don't be afraid!) and you'll have endless entertainment when you've run out of questions to ask and car games to play for the day. Just don't do what we did -- accidentally pick up The Alchemyst instead of The Alchemist, and then spend 15 chapters trying to figure out why your loved ones would recommend a fantastical sci-fi book to you, before realizing you got the wrong book and what they really intended was a New York Times Best Seller about following your dream. David Sedaris makes a great companion (When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim) on the road, as does Carl Reiner (Just Desserts). He's my latest old guy crush and funny as hell.

Rendezvous with Southern Comfort and Friends with Benefits
Staying with friends is the ultimate luxury. Given that most people don't stay in the town they grew up in because travel and job-hopping are so easy these days, you're bound to know people all over the place. The upside of a road trip? Actually getting to see them (it's always been way too long, hasn't it?). The bonus? When they're generous enough to invite you to stay the night, saving you from hotel-rut (being in a home is so nice when you've been on the road for days). We've had a few great dinners and stays with old friends, the latest being in Memphis, from which I am currently typing from a huge, comfortable bed and beautiful book-covered guest room. Aaah. Friends also know the best places in their cities to go, so listen. I'm glad I did. A Texas girl who thought she knew what good BBQ was, I was surprised to find out how wrong I was when I tasted the best BBQ of my life tonight at Rendezvous. So good it just might turn a vegan into a carnivore. Ultimately, the best thing about traveling is when life surprises you -- and you surprise yourself.

Surprises Are the Spice of Life --- and Butter Doesn't Hurt Either
Speaking of surprises, we visited The King's castle today, Graceland. Originally intending on going simply for the full-on kitsch factor, we were pleasantly surprised by the whole shebang, uh huh. Mostly though, we were blown away by the culinary awesomeness that is a grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich (The King's fave). We later found out that the reason it tastes SO good is because a whole stick of butter is used for the 'grilling' process (no surprise there why Elvis experienced The Chubby Years). The second surprise was how much I loved the mod '60s-style front living room, a study in white and blue that would have Kelly Wearstler shaking her pelvis with excitement. I know I did.

Here's hoping you can induldge in some summer comforts of your own.

Thank ya, thank ya very much,
Kelly

Wow. Our first instinct is to ask Are we really so lazy that we have to combine birthday candles and forks? Second thought? These Light Bites take the cake -- quite literally -- and we totally have to have them.

Durable, reusable plastic forks double as candle holders. Simply stick a candle in the end of each fork and stick the forks right into the cake. Once you've belted out the last Happy Birthday to Youuuu and the candles are blown out, you're set to dig right in. Instant gratification.

Now that's something to celebrate.

Where to get lit?

Right here.

Normally when we hear DNA these days, it's on Court TV -- or worse, Jerry Springer, and not associated with anything good (I ain't yo babydaddy!).

These cool DNA earrings are the exception to the rule. Crafted from continuous strands of nickel-plated brass breads, Andrea Valentini's DNA earrings are intertwined to form a DNA-like pattern. To say they're lively would be a quite literal understatement.

Best of all, you can twist and turn the beads to form new lengths to suit your ever-changing mood.

Britney and bi-polar fashionistas, rejoice.

And, at under $25, this is the kind of DNA testing we can get behind.

Where to test yours?

Right here.

Lately we've been rocking Ralph Lauren bedroom slippers as ballet flats, which has been super comfy and surprisingly cute, but seeing as they're not meant for the outdoors, they're starting to rebel (i.e., fall apart). We're thinking it's time to upgrade and want to do so with a cute pair of TOMS.

Aside from TOMS donating a new pair of shoes to a child in need with each pair of TOMS that you purchase (awesome), we're really loving the new fall collection, especially the herringbone Poe style, the cool graffiti Remarque style and, of course, the Gold Glitter TOMS. We wouldn't kick the Silver Glitters -- or the artist exclusives -- out of bed either.

Where to get your kicks?

Right here.