Now that 2007 is quickly coming to an end, it's time to cast your eyes on 2008 -- after all, you don't want to suddenly find yourself stuck with a closet full of last year's looks!

According to Fortune magazine, there are five big trends to keep your eye on next year. I wouldn't normally turn to Fortune for my fashion advice -- it's a financial publication, after all -- but their picks makes sense. Grown-up, sophisticated, and right where mainstream style has been headed ever since we dumped that 80s resurgence once and for all.

Here's what you'll need in the New Year:

She's a Gadget Girl, whether that means her beauty routine involves batteries and electricity, or her tech devices are trendy and designer. For her, Holiday shopping is, quite frankly, easy. We've pulled together 25 of the best gadgets gifts money can buy for the Glamour Girl (from top to bottom in the matrix):

Beauty and the Best: Start her off in the bathroom with a Recessed Mirror with 20" LCD Flat Screen TV so she can catch a few episodes of Project Runway while her foundation sets. There's also the no!no! for futuristic hair removal, Zeno for zit-zapping, Oprah's favorite Clarisonic for smoother skin, Jonathon Antin's Water Purification system that delivers chemical-free, pH-balanced water from the shower head to give her locks the look of luxe, and the Zelco Compact Mirror with Light for late night touchups.

What Not to Wear and Tear: Whirlpool's portable wardrobe refresher is appropriately named Pret-a-Porter for the clothes horse who shan't risk the wear and tear on her designer duds with chemicals from the dry cleaner.

Couture Computing: There's everything sexy about a girl on a laptop, and Colorware will custom color MacBooks to keep them from blending in with the black and white. LaCie Huby is the perfect intersection of form and function for managing multiple devices and might remind her to brush her own hair every once in a while. Samsung's sleek, simple SCX-4500 is the Little Black Dress of printers -- multi-functional and beautifully simple. Diamonds might be a girl's best friend, but data is a gadget girl's best friend, which makes the Swarovski crystal USB Memory Key "forever."

Pretty in PDA: It's not enough for designers to just makes cases and accessories for cell phones and PDAs. Now everyone from Diane von Furstenberg to Prada, to Giorgio Armani are branding the devices directly. If the label alone isn't enough, then cover an iPod in gold, or a Motorola in diamonds, and she'll twinkle when she talks. If money is no object, then the object of her desire will be the pink leather Vertu, which should probably come with a small car for its $5,700 price.

SPF (Self Protection Factor): In a category by itself, the Taser International is a step forward in self-defense over pepper spray. She'll need it to fight off attackers, and we're not talking about criminals. You haven't seen the bargain-hunting b***es at the Barney's sample sale.

Look Good While Listening: A Stiletto you can't wear? She'll still love that the Sirius Stiletto plays her satellite channels. If all you can afford right now is a Shuffle, that's okay. The diamond encrusted Shuffle is only a mere $40,000 or so. Nanos come in an array of colors, so she can match her outfits.

Cover Shot: Thank god for digital photos, not that she uses Photoshop to retouch pictures of herself. Why would she need to, assuming a $2,400 gold and diamond camera takes pictures that are worth just as much.

Excessories: No outfit is complete without accessorizing, and both the Moi Necklace and SureFire Titan Flashlight shine brighter than any set of diamonds.

Too Hot to Handle: Risk chapped skin and a chipped manicure on her cold hands? Not a chance, especially with the 1955 Pocket Hand Warmer that she can hold onto inside her gloves, in her purse, or, duh, in her pockets.

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She's famous, she's successful, she's (sort of) attractive (in a "wow, you've sure had a lot of plastic surgery" kinda way).

So, why can't Donatella Versace seem to find a man? Apparently it's because she's such a pain in the ass. Says Versace: "I have an interest, of course, but I'm too busy. And then I think, 'Oh my God, who wants to date me? I'm so complicated.' People have a low perception of me, men especially. They think, 'this woman, she's a nightmare.'"

I've never met Donatella, but anyone who's such a workaholic that she goes to the office straight from the hospital -- after a Cesarean -- is probably a little too intense for most relationships. Just a thought.

When you have ridiculous amounts of money to spend on whatever you want (like $10,000 handbags, for instance), you never need to wear the same outfit twice. However, some of young Hollywood's trendy fashionistas take this a step too far.

Take, for example, Hayden Panettiere, who apparently can't sit through an entire lunch date without changing her sunglasses three times.

Apparently the starlet was trying to get the attention of Ryan Gosling, who was eating at another table. The ploy worked, as he got up and asked for Panettiere's number somewhere between the second and third pair.

The best part is that I'm sure each pair of those sunglasses cost as much as my entire winter wardrobe.

Unbelievable.

Armani's new ads featuring soccer star David Beckham have just been released, and they're none too shabby. Both the designer and the soccer star are pleased with the effort, and I'm sure the campaign will sell lots of skivvies.

But does anything look...enhanced to you? I don't want to question Mr. Beckham's manhood, but let's be honest -- women's figures are manipulated by photo editors all the time, and it looks like he shoved a tennis ball down there. I mean, seriously, that guy has a really squeaky voice for someone who's apparently so well endowed.

Not that it means anything, I'm just sayin'.

So you've heard all the jokes about Britain's unfortunate teeth, lackluster sex lives, and all around mopey attitudes. But those are jokes, right? Americans aren't actually more attractive.

Or are they?



If you believe a front page article in today's London Times, American women are more alluring than their British counterparts -- not because they're inherently better looking, but because they bother to groom themselves (where as, at least according to the Times' author, British ladies do not).



The article starts out by saying:

"I am a massive fan of British women. UK girls, in my opinion, are the greatest natural beauties in the world . . . when they're 17 or 18 years old."

But then comes back with a resounding slap in the face to all British women:

"I then went away to Philadelphia for university. Four years later, I came back and wondered: 'What the hell happened to all the beautiful girls I knew?' My first assumption was that one half of them had eaten the other half and washed them down with a crate of lager."

Ouch! As you might suspect, the story has incurred some serious backlash from UK bloggers, who call the column "misogynistic" and "disgusting."

What do you think? Is the column out of line? Are American women really more attractive than women from the UK?

Some of us are wild about her and some of us wouldn't think twice about, well, thinking about her. For those of us in the latter category, we were quite surprised by our reaction when we saw a recent picture of Lindsay Lohan stepping out casually in LA. In fact, we might say that we love the I-just-threw-this-thing-on-but-still-look-pretty-damn-good look of the loosely pulled-back hair to reveal big, hoop earrings and a simple necklace. We couldn't see her shoes, but we're quite certain Lindsay's rocking knee high boots under what probably what does it for us, though -- the soft, comfortable hoodie sweater dress. We're not exactly sure where the dress is from, but we like the color and the idea, so we're on a hunt for something similar, like a cashmere dress in a like color available at Bluefly or a Joie sweater dress available from ShopBop.

Can we say we are having a bit of a love affair with sassy, saucy Miss Dior? Can we? Can we say that it is absolutely possible to have those kinds of feelings for shoes?

Of course we can, and could you blame us after seeing the Plisse Platform Pump? The shoes calfskin shoes feature a rounded toe with metallic stitching details on the vamp, sides, and even on the heel as well as a towering 4.75" stiletto heel that compromises with a 1" platform. It might not be quite worth the $990 price tag, so it's a good thing these babies are on sale at eLuxury for $594.

Shiny! Shiny! Shiny!

That's all we want to scream when we see this knit tank dress covered with gold paillettes. The dress, surprisingly enough, is something we found while we were (we must confess) shopping on Victoria's Secret online store. The body of the knit dress is made of merino wool, which presumably justifies wearing it in the winter. We love the gold paillettes, but we doubt we'd go so far as wearing super-shine metallic gold knee-high boots with the dress (on the model in the picture).

The dress is on sale at Victoria's Secret for $75.

For large-chested women, exercise isn't easy. In fact, even a quick sprint to the elevator can be a little painful. As part of an effort to relieve this breast-related pain and aggravation, a team of Australian scientists are developing a new kind of underwear that helps keep your boobs secure.

The new "intelligent" bra is the first step in designing a new garment that goes way beyond your boring old sports bra. It's fitted with tiny sensors that measure any movement in the breast, and thus has been providing manufacturers with the information they need to make a better-holding brassiere.

During testing, scientists discovered that: "Apart from strap-related pain, many females, particularly large-breasted women, are restricted from participating in physical activity due to exercise-induced breast pain associated with excessive vertical breast displacement." And by that I think they mean: if they bounce too much, it hurts.

So breathe a sigh of relief, ladies. It appears you won't have to endure the pain much longer.

[via Gizmodo]

Are you a Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha or Miranda? Now you'll be able to take the obsession with your favorite Sex and the City character one step further -- by wearing their underwear.

Not the Underoos worn by the actresses playing the characters (that'd be creepy), but rather lingerie inspired by those fictional divas, created by the Italian fashion house Cosabella. The line, which is set to hit stores when the film is released this Spring, will have a group for each of the leading ladies -- so you can wear a Samantha set when you're feeling like a vixen, a Charlotte set when you're feeling cutesy, etc.

I'm still waiting for the line of SATC boxer shorts for guys, inspired by Mr. Big. Something tells me I shouldn't hold my breath.

It really is daring to wear a slip dress during the Holidays, not because it's risque but because it's cold outside!

Shelly Steffee's Slip Dress isn't just a slip dress, it really looks and feels like nothing more than a slip! However, the bright, shiny of-the-moment purple color (it also comes in standard, black, white, a fuschia and royal blue) is so perfect for an evening Holiday gathering. Just make sure to slip into a pair of warm tights and throw on a (faux) fur stole.

The Shelly Steffee Slip Dress is available from Shopbop for $240.