Hermes Bicycle; Fuzzy Alpaca Slippers; Stars in LBDs

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We scan the inbox so you don't have to. Today, four items of note:

Best Bets Daily: Super-fuzzy baby-alpaca wool slippers
Charles & Marie: not updated
DailyCandy: The best beauty treatments of the past year
I Heart Daily: 2011's most notable news articles
Refinery29: The top celeb little-black-dress looks of 2011
The Rundown: Vegas construction site that's rentable for bachelor parties
Thrillist: The best new brands of 2011
WWWD: Trend: slinky, flapper-ish fringe
The Zoe Report: A bicycle from Hermès