Hilary Duff may have just recently gotten married, but she still finds time to bond with her mom Susan. Their most recent QT (quality time) activity together was shopping up a storm at Neiman Marcus where the pair perused the collections at the shoe department:

Hilary Duff and mom Susan shop at Neiman Marcus on August 28, 2010

Interesting mix of the mustard yellow pants with the red bag Miss Duff! I’m personally not a fan of putting those two colors together but at least Hilary Duff wore them with solid blacks and whites.

Let’s take a closer look at that bag:

Hilary Duff’s red bag with fringe tassels while shopping at Neiman Marcus

At first I couldn’t place Hilary Duff’s red bag but the gold triangular zipper pulls helped ID it.

Hilary Duff is carrying the Cherry Large Slouchy Leather Bag from See by Chloe:

You can purchase this bag for $655.00 at Net-A-Porter.com.

You can get the smaller and shallower version of this bag at Zappos.com:

See by Chloe 9S7154-N08, $499.00

Zappos also has the cross body style:

See by Chloe 9S7155-N85, $459.00

If you find these bags still too big, you can get the mini versions at Shopbop.com:

See by Chloe Cherry Mini Bag in Foil ($335.00), Clouds Tiger ($360.00) and Black Velvet ($300.00)

Credit: With-Hilary.com

Remember the Marc Jacobs fringe tassel bags I wrote about in a 3-part post on the Marc Jacobs Spring 2010 RTW collection?

Marc Jacobs Spring 2010 RTW tassel bags

Well, six months later, they’re still just as shudder-inducing:

March Jacobs Dancer Tassel Bag

They still look like living, breathing creatures, and those short fringe tassels look like they grew out of the gross eyelet pores. And the shiny leather with the quilted finish? Definitely not helping in making the bag look any less repulsive.

What I like about fringe details is that they make handbags irresistibly touchable but I’m imagining running my hand over this Marc Jacobs bag and it’s really not a good thought at all. Okay, maybe that’s the product of an overactive imagination, but this bag is making me want to take a razor to it to shave off all those dangling fringe tassels.

If you like this Marc Jacobs bag, the good news is that it’s now 20% off. Still really expensive though; the March Jacobs Dancer Tassel Bag is $2,000 (down from $2,500) at Bluefly.com.

Grey’s Anatomy Ellen Pompeo was seen with her husband Chris Ivery and their daughter Stella at Huntington Beach, CA last Sunday. Based on these pictures, they undeniably had a very good time:

Ellen Pompeo and husband Chris Ivery take their daughter Stella to the beach on Sunday, August 15, 2010

Cute beach hat Stella!

As for the fringe tote Ellen Pompeo has on her shoulder, I’ve featured enough of these handbags to know that it’s unmistakably from JADEtribe:

Eleen Pompeo’s JADEtribe fringe tote bag

The hand sewn stitches, the yarn fringes, the unique woven textile pattern – this bag might as well have JADEtribe written all over it.

Kimberly Hartman, the founder and creator of JADEtribe, has really defined her brand with this unique “beachy and bohemian jet set” style. Corduroy Magazine has a very informative interview with Miss Hartman wherein she describes the faraway lands that inspired her story. Read more about JADEtribe’s origins according to Miss Hartman and where she plans on taking the brand here at this link.

Ellen Pompeo’s fringe tote is not available anymore, but watch out for future styles of JADEtribe bags and accessories at Shopbop.com.

Credit: PUMA/AKM Images