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Best Bets Daily: Get that eerie, unfinished loft vibe with naked bulb on a rope lights
Charles & Marie: I'll take mine leaded: Auto-themed coffee cup
DailyCandy: Cute, quirky gifts for design lovers
Delight Daily: Poppy paper-pots are too cute for Kleenex
I Heart Daily: Celebrate the 12 days of socks-mas
Refinery29: Turn those droopy-crotched pants into a tuxedo! (pictured)
The Rundown: Why buy when you can rent a Christmas tree instead?
Thrillist: Ingenious doohickey turns cassettes and 8-tracks in MP3s
WWWD: Charting Kelly Osbourne's rise as a fashionista
The Zoe Report: Divine leather gloves by Prada