What: Scarlet lipstick lighter, Party Hunterz, Dr Ambedkar Road, next to Yellow Tree Cafe, Bandra (W), call 65250747, Rs 300.

Why: Flickers and bickers, squabbles and baubles, bright Christmas fights? Make up with this sexy red lipstick-shaped lighter that will take you closer to your flame. High 555!

When: You want to be cinder Lauper.

What: From the Rabbit Hole, fashion bloggers’ garage sale, location to be decided, join the Facebook group for updates, Rs 10 to Rs 1,000, tweet or wall about them and get 10% off.

Why: A group of style bloggers - Dhruvi from Alice Wandering, Aastha from Indian Summer, Samidha from Street Style and Karishma from Purple Peeptoes – pool in their cool stash, including old (they prefer “vintage”), barely used and new clothes along with fun accessories. bpb’s eyeing a pair of forest green brogues for Rs 700.

When: Glee market from December 17 at noon to December 19 at 9 pm.

What: Animania products by Design Temple at Good Earth, Raghuvanshi Mills, Lower Parel, call 24951954, 10% profits go to NGOs involved in animal conservation, start at Rs 400.

Why: Hunt down this pretty range of products that give refuge to twelve endangered and sacred Indian animals, stroked by seven artists from across the globe. They make for great gifts, these diaries, playing cards and posters that sport bright green parrots, wise owls, snappy crocodiles, stately eagles. Love you zoo!

When: Launches on December 15.

Barney Stinson would be excited. Suit up, he’d say, for there’s a new tailor in town. Opened just two days ago, Dubai-based Made 2 Measure is now in Mumbai offering bespoke suits and tailoring services for men. And just in time to capitalise on the wedding rush too.

Sew Me!

Depending on what fabric you pick out – they stock bales from luxury labels like Ermenegildo Zegna, Scabal, Valentino, Cerruti – getting a suit tailored can cost anywhere between fifteen thousand rupees to one lakh at Made 2 Measure. If you feel lost at first, it’s only because you haven’t been tended to by store assistant Sunil yet. Give him your budget and he’ll direct you to the right label, quickly volunteering information about thread count and origin, complete with sing-song Italian pronunciations.

LBD (Last Bow Down)

Run for your lives, little black dresses. Or stay and be blinded by a bright yellow sheath with the brilliance to bleach and the shine to fade anything that comes in its path. Wearing it, is a comet of a couturier, Snower Sania, travelling fast and furiously gunning for you all, threatening to cleanse the city of the LBD race before New Year.

RGB (Ruffled, Gay and Beautiful)

“People seriously need to get over the whole black dress obsession,” says 22 year-old Snower, a model in Mumbai who only recently made her designer debut with a flirty line of clothing under the label Summer Snow. “There’s purple and copper, teal blue and fire orange. Why would anyone go for black?” she continues. 

What: Online lingerie store, visit www.strapsandstrings.com, swimsuits start at Rs 5,000.

Why: Cute and easy to use, this new website is the perfect place to get your panties in a bunch. Also available is a nice range of swimwear from international labels Cosabella Mare and Christies Swim and exotic (read: sexy) nuptial garments. Yes, we’re trying to get you into wed.

Note: Also see Wedding Vowels, bpb’s definitive guide to surviving marriage madness.

When: You want to bride down Garter Road.

What: Online lingerie store, visit www.strapsandstrings.com, swimsuits start at Rs 5,000.

Why: Cute and easy to use, this new website is the perfect place to get your panties in a bunch. Also available is a nice range of swimwear from international labels Cosabella Mare and Christies Swim and exotic (read: sexy) nuptial garments. Yes, we’re trying to get you into wed.

When: You want to bride down Garter Road.

What: Coffee Block cups from Love Form, call Arushi on 09818981677 or log on to www.loveform.in, also available at Attic and Loose Ends, Rs 200. 

Why: You’re so square, but baby we don’t care! bpb’s sending some sugar to Love Form’s sexy, cube-shaped coffee mugs with copper spoons for handles.

When: You need to drink straight.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? We do. A celebrity jewellery designer is hosting a one-day Facebook sale, selling earrings at just Rs 100 each. True or false? True. (Excited chatter all around the court room.)

Order, order! Yes, do place your orders.

What: 4.5 oz bag from The Big Bag Theory, call 9833159559 or view the Facebook group here, Rs 200.

Why: Mixing many theories and assumptions with infinite bottles of wine for consumption, a copywriter and art director have finally formulated this new line of vino-inspired bags. bpb is desperately geeking the cotton canvas tote with rows of sketched booze bottles. Cork it over, we say.

When: You want a prime number.