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The top 10 Cool Mom Picks posts of 2019

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year

We’re so thrilled to be entering our 14th year publishing Cool Mom Picks. We know! We can’t believe it either. Every year, we share our top 10 most visited posts on Cool Mom Picks. While our gift guides are often quite popular, these represent posts from...

24 gifts that give back beautifully to everyone on your list. Because any day can be #GivingTuesday if you make it.

by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good, Holiday Picks

Each year, we love putting together some of our favorite gifts that give back in substantial and specific ways — not just some undetermined percentage of your purchase going to “charities.” While we definitely share these kinds of gifts that give...

Tons of beloved Hammitt handbags go on sale, big time. Why wait until Black Friday?

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

When our own Lisa told me about a massive sale on “my favorite handbags” from Hammitt Los Angeles, I clicked over immediately. Lisa has great taste, first off. And, well, I love bags. If you’re in the market, don’t wait until Black Friday!...

Long belted shirtdresses: 5 favorites you’ll want to live in this fall and winter.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

This past week, I made a rare impulse clothing purchase: a gorgeous, long belted shirt dress from Uli Herzner that I spotted at a Chelsea Market pop-up. I’ve admired her work ever since she made it to the S3 fashion show on Project Runway, and I’m so...

Fur-trimmed booties for fall and winter: 5 of my favorite ways to get your tootsies up to trend

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

Fur trimmed booties are so hot right now (faux fur too, whatever works for you) and I’m so in love. It’s the kind of look that comes back every few years are so, so you may already have something fab in the back of your closet Or if you’re getting...

Hot trend alert: 9 platform sneakers we love for fall!

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

While some trends we leave all to the kids, platform sneakers is one that I love and okay, so do my girls. It’s a way to get a little style into your comfortable footwear (or vice versa) and, if you’re not Kristen (ha), to get a little more height! If...

10 hot wardrobe staples to grab now from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

I feel like the annual Nordstrom Anniversary Sale has come around at just the right time. While it may be still be sweltering out, there’s something about browsing fall’s hot trends that gets us pumped for sweater weather. (And uh, lower A/C bills.) Here...

An honest review of the new Infinitely LOFT subscription rental service. Is it for you?

by Kate Etue | Fashion, Helpful Services

If you’re into the idea of staying out of stores but still keeping your wardrobe up to date, we may have a new option for you beyond StitchFix and Rent the Runway. I’ve recently had a chance to try out Infinitely LOFT, which allows you to borrow 3 items...

Virago Fitness: Yoga pants for an amazing cause.

by Kristen Chase | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

When Brittney Hogan’s husband was killed in action in Afghanistan, she found herself coping in not so healthy ways. That was until a friend convinced her to go for a run and everything changed. From that experience, her 503(c) non-profit Virago Fitness was born,...

Twinning done right, with mom + me shoes from KEDS x Rifle Paper Co.

by Kate Etue | Fashion, Kid Fashion

I’m not necessarily a mom-and-me-outfit kind of mom, but these new adorable mom and me shoes from Keds have me ready to go matchy-matchy with my four-year-old right tis second. Because Keds + Rifle Paper Company + twinning with my preschooler before she gets too...