Is there a site you love that I've missed? Something you think other people would enjoy as much as you do? Let me know.

Also, can I ask you a favor? If any of the links below don't work for you, could you please alert me? Thank you!


Beauty, Fashion and General Style
www.handbag.co.uk A UK site for fashionistas. Very fun.

www.indigohandloom.com Travel journalist Smita Paul owns Indigo Handloom, an online store that offers absolutely gorgeous shawls, scarfs and wraps made out of outrageously luxurious materials--all from various parts of India. Wear them to weddings, formal events, about town, when your trying to impress someone, or when you want to feel
pampered.

www.bluefly.com For you North American women--and men. Bluefly is a brilliant online boutique featuring deeply discounted designer fashions. Look for Diane Von Furstenberg, Nicole Miller, Vera Wang, Seven, Stella McCartney, Tahari and more, more, more.

www.portero.com New Yorkers looking to make some cash should check out Portero. The company will pick up your designer clothes, assess them, and sell them at their highest possible cost at various auctions, stores and other outlets. You just wait for your cash.

www.eDressMe.com Designer dresses at a discount. If you life in NYC, this place has fabulous sample sales and offers a personal dressing service.

www.thestringbeanshop.com Jewelry by the sweet and talented Kerri Fischer. Even if you're not a "jewelry person," it's worth a visit just for the pretty site.

www.makeupalley.com Oh my God! This is an addicting site. Go visit and you'll see what I mean!


Weddings
www.thehitchingpost.co.uk The UK's most talked about wedding website. Organise your entire wedding with The Hitching Post's free online planner.

www.paperbride.com Paper Bride offers engagement announcements, thank-you cards, save the date cards and other wedding stationary. Fun and funny. Tell owner, Erica Goldstein, that Stephanie sent you!

www.bridesbook.net I really like this site. A place for those of us who dislike the hype and frou-frouness of the majority of today's weddings.

www.fireyourweddingplanner.com Before you start planning your wedding, visit this site. You could save thousands of dollars!


Health
www.discoveryhealth.co.uk A great, all-encompassing health site.

www.everydaychoices.org A good place to start for questions about general health, heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

www.thewomenshealthsite.org A great place to look if your searching
for up-to-date research


Personal Wellness and Power
www.victoriamoran.com I first "met" Victoria when I read her "Live a Charmed Life" book. I loved it so much I asked her to write the forward for my beauty book (KISS Guide to Beauty). This is her official website. Tap into her wisdom, see where she'll be when, and so forth.

www.FloInc.com All kinds of personally enriching classes, offered in the New York area, by the talented, gorgeous and personable Beth Schoenfeldt.


Business
www.ladieswholaunch.com A fabulous business resource--so inspirational!--for women looking to strike out (professionally) on their own.

www.LeadingLadiesNetwork.com Personal coaching by the fabulous Nancy Mindes.


Travel
www.photo-diaries.com Cyndie Burkhardt is an incredibly gifted travel photographer. The uber-rich hire her to accompany them on exotic vacations (think Vietnam, the Andes, Zambia) where she documents their holiday with a gorgeous bound book of lush photographs.


Gourmet
www.ecookbooks.com Jessica's Biscuit may sound like a strange name for a cookbook seller, but the store is brilliant. Every cookbook you can think of--even older, out-of-print-ones, all at large discounts. Purchase $25 US or more and you get free shipping.

www.bakerscatalogue.com The official website for King Arthur Flour and the companies baking magazine/catalog. A wonderful, information-packed place.

www.vintage-newyork.com Everything you wanted to know about the sumptuous wines of New York. I'm especially fond of the Austrian/German-style Reislings and the Seyval offerings from New York's Finger Lakes.


Miscellaneous
www.suite101.com is a great place to learn. Take a free class, read up on a topic of interest, soak up the knowledge.

 www.davidandcharles.co.uk David & Charles is the terrific publisher of my books, Bra: A Thousand Years of Style, Support & Seduction and Shoes: What Every Woman Should Know.

www.dk.com The official site for Doring Kindersley, publisher of my KISS Guide to Beauty and KISS Guide to Planning a wedding. Availble in U.S., Canadian, UK and German versions.

www.xanga.com Get a free blog! Share your brilliance!

www.dotcomwomen.com You'll find business advice, family advice, help with relationships and cooking and style. A fun, informative site. I always enjoy my time here.