My personal shopper sent me the J.Crew Spring Look Book last week. I was super excited to see the fun looks and share with everyone!

Please enjoy the photos below and click on any of them to see the rest of the Look Book posted on the JCrewAholics Facebook Page.

New York City and all of its retailers are gearing up for all of the Fashion’s Night Out events tonight. Many designers and brands have offered up some great prizes including tickets to their runway shows!

Simply stop by any participating location and fill out a sweepstakes card. You’ll automatically be entered into the SHOP FOR GOOD in-store sweepstakes to win one of the great prizes.

J.Crew and Madewell 1937 are both offering gift cards worth $250. What a fun prize!

And it’s not too late to get your Fashion’s Night Out tee.

Limited edition. Four tiers of delicate Chantilly lace in a vintage-inspired color exclusive to J.Crew. Wear it with or without the silk sash—the result is equally breathtaking. Rayon/nylon. Removable silk charmeuse belt ties at waist. Side-seam button closure. Fully lined. Part of the J.Crew Collection. Import. Dry clean.

The Tiered Lace Cami from J.Crew is a piece from the Fall 2009 Collection. (You can view it in the Fall 2009 Lookbook.)

The cami retails for a whopping $795 and is nearly sold out online. As of this writing, only sizes 6 & 8 are still available. I am guessing the item will be available at the J.Crew Collection store on Madison Avenue.

But for the price, it’s certainly an investment piece and a pass for me. Below are some great alternatives for much less!

What are your thoughts on the cami? Are you surprised that it is almost SOLD OUT?

Jennifer Garner was recently spotted out and about with her daughter. For the casual day out, she was wearing the J.Crew slub cotton stamped paisley tee.

Britney Spears was also recently spotted in J.Crew. She wore the solid twisted-front bikini on vacation.

Have you spotted J.Crew on someone else?

Slub cotton stamped paisley tee, $29.50, Item 18078

Solid twist-front bandeau top, $44.00, Item 10210

This month’s issue of Allure magazine features Fergie on the front cover. She is sporting the J.Crew seaside seersucker bikini and looks amazing!

I love spotting J.Crew in magazines. Have you seen J.Crew somewhere else recently?

Seaside seersucker underwire french top, $46.00, Item 16046

Seaside seersucker bikini, $42.00, Item 16605

Silk-ribbon chain-link necklace, was $98.00, now $69.99, Item 14489

If you love the Silk-ribbon chain-link necklace from J.Crew, Forever 21 has a similar version for much less. Hey, nothing wrong with saving a few dollars here and there!

What are your thoughts on the necklaces?

Multi Chains w/ Ribbon Necklace, $8.80

We all know that the First Family loves J.Crew. For the Inaugural activities earlier this year, the entire family sported J.Crew. The family recently headed to Moscow and the two little girls were both spotted in J.Crew. See the video above and the accompany article from the Politico for more information.

J. Crew hawks first daughter clothes
By Carol E. Lee

J.Crew is using Sasha and Malia Obama to market some of its spring and summer styles, in a press release sent …

… to reporters Monday afternoon titled “The Obama Girls Bring Some American Style to Moscow.”

“Malia & Sasha wore J.Crew and crewcuts as they exited Air Force One in Moscow — stylish in their trenches, they also accessorized with ballet flat shoes,” the release says.

The notice includes two photographs of Sasha and Malia deplaning Air Force One with their parents and an image of the J.Crew logo.

It also offers details about the specific items each of the Obama daughters wore on the way to Moscow and after their arrival, including the prices and style numbers for each piece.

Malia, for instance, was sporting the Silk Taffeta Trench ($298) and black satin ballet flats with contrast trim ($98), the e-mail notes. Whereas Sasha, 8, was wearing the girls’ crushed twill trench ($129.99) and girls’ minna printed ballet flats in classic navy ($108).

In the past, first lady Michelle Obama has publicly credited J.Crew a number of times for designing her duds, including the yellow sweater-set and skirt she famously wore on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” during the campaign. And the company took credit for creating the coats and gloves the first daughters wore during the Inauguration.

The press release marks one of the few times the Obama girls, whose public appearances the president and first lady keep tightly controlled, have been highlighted in a marketing campaign to sell specific products or labels.

Earlier this year, the first lady smacked down the company that makes Beanie Babies for modeling two new dolls after her daughters: Sweet Sasha and Marvelous Malia.

“We believe it is inappropriate to use young, private citizens for marketing purposes,” Michelle Obama’s spokeswoman said in a statement at the time, and the company pulled them from the shelves.

The first lady’s office did not immediately respond to an e-mail asking if Michelle Obama had approved the marketing materials. Heather Lynch McAuliffe, the vice president of J.Crew public relations, said the White House did not approve the release before she sent it.

The first family is traveling abroad this week, as President Barack Obama meets with leaders in Russia, at the G-8 Summit in Italy and then in Ghana.

Moscow is the first stop, and according to J.Crew, Sasha and Malia Obama dressed for the occasion as follows:

Malia’s J.Crew designs:
• Silk Taffeta Trench (14968, $298, Buff)
• Satin Ballet Flats With Contrast Trim (16028, $98, Black)

Sasha’s crewcuts designs:
• Girls’ Crushed Twill Trench (13100, $129.99, Buff)
• Girls’ Minna Printed Ballet Flats (16344, $108, Classic Navy)

** They also wore J.Crew and crewcuts flats when boarding the plane stateside — Malia wore Marjorie Satin Ballet Flats (15933, $98) and Sasha wore our Girls’ Minna Crackle-Metallic Ballet Flats (16341, $108, Metallic Gold).

Silk taffeta trench, $298.00, Item 14968

Girls’ crushed twill trench, was $248.00, now $129.99, Item 13100

Girls’ Minna printed ballet flats, was $108.00, now $88.00, Item 16344

Marjorie satin ballet flats, $98.00, Item 15933

Floral Graphic Tee, $34.50

For anyone still coveting the Ringspun Chiffon Graphic Rose Tee from last Fall, get the look-a-like at Ann Taylor! The pieces are very similar!

What are your thoughts on the version from Ann Taylor?

Last fall, J.Crew collaborated with Dulken & Derrick and carried some great flower pins. The pins were used for the styling in the October catalog.

Shoppers anxiously awaited the opportunity to purchase the pins online only to find they were SOLD OUT! One J.CrewAholic even bought some pins directly from Dulken & Derrick.

In this month’s J.Crew catalog, flowers were also used in the styling. J.Crew says:

We used these one-of-a-kind flowers just for our shoot-we simply couldn’t resist (not available for purchase).

Luckily for us, the online shop Blue Onion Marketplace has Dulken & Derrick flower pins for sale. See below for a message from the website owner.

Happy shopping!

Hello everyone!

I promise to take better pictures of the black flowers and apologize that you are having trouble viewing them.

Flowers will begin shipping June 10th. Dulken and Derrick are preparing my own exclusive flowers for shipping and I am truly excited about it.

I am offering free shipping for any orders received before June 10th, 2009. In the future I will charge $6.99 for shipping.

I have sold items on EBay in the past. My EBay name is MicheleMoira. Feel free to look me up as a reference. My logo also has been trademarked. I am also listed on Facebook.

Please contact me through the website with any questions and I will promptly respond.

Sincerely,
Michele Syre, Owner
Blue Onion Marketplace, LLC

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On last night’s episode of “Desperate Housewives” titled Marry Me a Little, actress, Dana Delany, who plays Katherine Mayfair was spotted wearing the J.Crew fresco cardigan. 

This fresco cardigan is from the J.Crew spring 2009 collection and debuted in late January. It is now sold out in stores and online.

Fresco cardigan, was $88.00, now $59.99, Item 14347

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