We’re super-excited about the launch of www.bagsinthecity.com.my, an online designer handbag rental service that's already famous all over the world! So what is it exactly? Remember renting videos in a video store? Well, it’s almost like that, except you’re renting designer handbags over the internet. All you have to do is shop online, select the handbag you want to rent, pay the rent with your credit card on a secure payment page and the bag will be delivered right to your doorstep! You can rent the item for as long as you want and the rent rises with every week you possess the bag; a rental fee will be deducted from your credit card until the bag is returned. If you love it so much and can’t part with it, you can buy the bag! Don’t worry about getting a fake-y, ‘cause all the bags are 100 percent certified authentic. So what are you waiting for, make those fingers work NOW!

Hey there, fashionistas! Would you like to be rewarded for looking stylish? If you do, then visit www.dknyjeans.com/international/breaktherules, because starting Sept 18, DKNY JEANS International will be running Break The Rules, a month-long web-based promotion campaign to select the best put-together looks from around the world! All you have to do is create a unique look (not necessary wearing DKNY jeans), submit a photo of the look online and wait to be voted on by people from fellow fashionistas the world over! The top 3 looks will win USD2,000 each! Plus, DKNY Jeans Malaysia is offering each customer a RM50 cash voucher when you purchase any of their Fall Winter 09 items and they will instantly take your picture at the boutique and submit it to the contest. It can’t get easier that this. So take part and show the world how stylish Malaysians can really be!

These days, having a Facebook account is like getting a pair of ankle booties or buying into the '80s revival; it's what any self-professed fashionista calls a trend worth signing up for. However, as with any trend, there's a right way and a wrong way to wear it. Unfortunately, as with any trend (I'm repeating myself for effect, here), most people have been getting it wrong. Today, I'm griping about one of the biggest Facebook No-Nos: Putting up a picture of someone without getting their permission first. I had it done to me sometime in mid-July; one very friendly lady whom I always meet at fashion events and never fails to say 'hello' had invited me and a couple of others to take a group photograph with her camera. I thought "oh well, this is quite harmless, and most people like taking snapshots of themselves and aquaintances at events for memories anyway". Little did I think that the picture would appear on her Facebook page the very next day, for all the world to see where I was, who I've been with, what I was wearing and looking very much like this lady and I are the best of friends! To each his own, I say, so other people can go ahead and Facebook every minute detail of their lives, but leave me out of the account please! I may have nothing to hide but I'm a private person; I don't need to see and be seen for social purposes and I certainly don't like people using pictures of me without my permission. A friend of mine also had such a rude encounter recently; her photograph appeared on another Facebook-happy party-goer's wall even after the culprit was clearly told NOT to paste the pictures online. I think it's just rude! I mean, it's wrong to publish unauthorised photographs of people in newspapers or magazines, so why is putting it up on Facebook any different? I know several Facebook-ers who pull off this trend (for that's what I think it is) with class, that it, without bombarding everyone on their email list with every insignificant detail of their lives, respecting personal boundaries and yet, keeping in touch with those who matter.