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I can be an apparel snob. I shun certain fibers, I stay away from oversaturated brands (initials RL) and I’ve never bought a single piece of clothing from a shop-at-home-channel. Then I met FOF Marla Ginsburg and fell in love, not only with her personality and style, but also with the clothes and accessories she’s designing for HSN, under the label
MarlaWynne. You read that right: HSN, as in Home Shopping Network!
I swear HSN isn’t paying me to write this. When Marla showed me her new collection a couple of weeks ago, I gushed over practically every piece, from her unstructured jackets and shirts with outstanding detailing to pants that fit just so and look like they came off the racks at Neiman Marcus. The prices are ridiculous. Think $89 for a top you’d wear to a night on the town.
A former TV executive who lived in Paris for 17 years (lucky girl!), Marla turned to clothing design because –like most of us—she couldn’t find anything that looked right on her FOF body, yet still had a distinctive look. Her versatile silhouettes cover just what we want covered (she calls them “icky bits”) and they’re modern, stylish and fabulously comfortable without being oversized and clown like. Her colors are definitely in!
I invite you to judge for yourself by tuning in to one of Marla’s shows on HSN, Wednesday, July 11 from 8 to 9 p.m. (EST) and Thursday, July 12, from 9-10AM (EST) and again from 6-7PM (EST), or just go online and
shop till you drop.
In the meantime, I’m personally giving away two of Marla’s Convertible Belt/Necklaces to two lucky FOFs. (Sometimes designers offer us pieces for giveaways, but this one is coming straight from me to you. I bought them on hsn.com. That’s how excited I am about this brand!) Twenty-one smooth, big beads—in silver or brass tone—are strung on a sturdy cotton thread. The piece is about 70-inches long and looks smashing circling the waist or around the neck. It stops traffic every time I wear it. I even tell admirers it’s from HSN. That’s called Reverse Snobbery.
Just tell me which color you prefer and how you’d wear it to enter.
--Geri Brin
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Two FOFs will win. (See all our past winners, here.) (See official rules, here.) Contest closes July 17th, 2012 at midnight E.S.T.
"I wouldn’t have touched anything like this when I was younger." 
{Fashion Flash} 
Trash or Treasure? 
You tell us!
Brass tone goes with everything
iam an indian could u imagine how i would look in this 51 age of mine how would i look wearing that cute shinny stones/beads
i just love those glittering beads it’ll look best on me whether silver or bronze
silver! it goes so well with my skin color and id wear it with a white top!
i would love to have both the beads belt/necklace iam mad of such things because its just like neighbours envy owners pride so its mine
I would prefer the silver and wear it as a necklace! Very pretty!!!
i love both the colors of beads which i can wear on saree
i wish i win
if i wear it they’ll look as if i wore crocodiles teeth good people may be surprised this old lady dare to catch a crocdile
north or south east or west your beads are the best to turn out into a belt or necklace
I would definitely wear the brass as a belt. looks gorgeous!
I love the brass/gold color & would wear it as both a belt one time & a necklace another time w/black. It’s gorgeous!
I have the America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook, and it is awesome. Hopefully I can win this one too and have a matcihng set! I do make resolutions, I’m just not super about keeping them. But this year, I’m trying to spend less, save more, get fit, and spend more time with my family. Easy, right?!
I love the gold/brass color best & would wear it w/black – both as a necklace & again later as a belt!
I’d choose the brass tone and wear it as a necklace.
i love the beads if ever those beads are luckily in my hands i would make a fancy out of the beads whether its bronze or silver
The silver tone would look better on me as a belt – I’m tall and prefer something a little unusual to accentuate my waistline.
I love the silver. I would wear it with my yellow evening dress and sandals.
Silver with my black dress.
i prefer silver and i would wear it with my little black dress
I think the silver one would be awesome! I would wear it as a belt, I love the look over a tunic like in your photo.
I would wear it as a beautiful necklace in silver. saltpepper1_2000@yahoo.com
LOVE the silver and I would wear it with black dress pants and a cardi
I would have delight in wearing this stunning piece of jewelery as a necklace as well as a belt. I do prefer silver.
I love the look!
I would wear it with a denim skirts
thanks for sharing. i would like to win the silver style.
like the gold tone and would let my wife have it. She would most likely wear it as a belt. She loves different stuff like this
brich22 at earthlink dot net
I love dual-purpose items and this one fits the bill very nicely. It would be a nice addition to my wardrobe.
Oh, and the gold with that sexy dress, of course!
With a sexy little summer sundress to show off it’s easy style.
I’d wear the brass as a necklace.
I would wear this as a belt!
Forgot to add the color. I like Silver.
I’d love the silver tone, and I’d wear it with a dark tunic and leggings! Oh it would be adorable.
I’d love the silver and would wear it as a necklace. Thank you.
I like the silver, and I would wear it with black knit pants
and a simple black t-shirt.
I would prefer the silver and I would wear it as a necklace.
i like the brass and id wear it with black slacks and a loose sweater