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Shop My Instagram is a series dedicated to our associate editor’s favorite fashion buys. Kristen always gets questions about her outfits on her Instagram account, @kristenmarienichols, so she decided to turn her latest picks into a shopping series where she can highlight current must-haves. Come back each month to find out what she’s wearing.

This month, I continued wearing some of my favorite pieces from the summer but also started to embrace some of fall’s biggest trends. I headed to Italy for a vacation at the beginning of September, so it gave me an excuse to wear all of the warm-weather items I’d been collecting, like smocked tops and cool sandals. Since I’m based in L.A., too, I can wear most of these pieces year-round.

With the season ahead on my mind, though, I’ve been inspired to add some more fall-inspired pieces into the mix. Cowboy boots are one of the trends I have been more excited about, so I was quick to add a pair into the fold, plus items like leopard jeans, velvet heels, logo midi skirts, and balloon-sleeve tops that easily blend into my wardrobe right now but will also work for months down the road.

Ahead, get a look at all of the best items in my closet right now and see exactly how I’m wearing them. Then, shop them for yourself.

Next: 33 investment pieces fashion girls are buying for fall.

One of the best boxers of all time wants a sequel to one of the sport’s most boring megafights. 

Floyd Mayweather is ready to risk his immaculate 50-0 record to come out of retirement and go 12 more rounds with Manny Pacquiao. 

“Money” posted footage of his tense confrontation with the Filipino boxing legend at a nightclub. The caption reads, “I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year. Another 9 figure pay day on the way.” 

The headline-grabbing ‘gram arrived the morning of the giant rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.

The boxers’ 2015 bout was widely regarded as a snoozefest that ended in a unanimous decision in favor of Mayweather. Officials revealed post-fight that Pacquiao competed with a should injury. 

ESPN reports that Mayweather earned $220 million as the victor. In 2017, he walked away with a staggering $285 million after defeating UFC superstar Conor McGregor. 

Pacquiao has been asking for a Mayweather rematch since he TKO’ed Lucas Matthysee for the WBA welterweight title in July of 2017. 

Would you watch Mayweather vs. Pacquiao II? 

Jeff Bezos just revealed exactly when the world’s richest man takes his toughest meetings. 

Speaking to financier and television host David Rubenstein at an event hosted by Economic Club of Washington, DC, the Amazon president and CEO said that he prefers to hold his “high IQ” conferences first thing in the morning at 10 a.m.  

“I do my high-IQ meetings before lunch. Like anything that’s going to be really mentally challenging, that’s a 10 o’clock meeting,” he said, according to Axios. 

“And by 5 p.m., I’m like, ‘I can’t think about that today. Let’s try this again tomorrow at 10 a.m.'”

If you think the $112 billion man rolls into the office hungover after a night on the town, you’re sorely mistaken. 

“I go to bed early and I get up early. I like to putter in the morning. So I like to read the newspaper,” he said “I like to have coffee. I like have breakfast with my kids before they go to school.” 

Bezos added that he prioritizes sleep because staying well rested is critical to making “high-quality” business decisions.  

“As a senior executive, you get paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions. Your job is not to make thousands of decisions every day,” he said.

“Is that really worth it if the quality of those decisions might be lower because you’re tired or grouchy?”

And how many decisions does he make daily? Three. 

“If I make, like, three good decisions a day, that’s enough. Warren Buffett says he’s good if he makes three good decisions a year,” he quipped. 

There you have it. If you want to maximize your productivity, take it from the guy who made $6 billion in just 20 minutes. 

Most of the current footwear trends fall squarely into two camps: pretty shoes and “ugly” shoes. This new collection is undoubtedly in the former camp. Since it’s debut in fall 2014, Brock Collection has been one that fashion girls regularly freak out over season after season. Each collection, filled with beautiful prints, wearable, flattering corset silhouettes, and special details flies out of stock.

The latest collection to create major buzz among the fashion crowd is S/S 19, which just made its debut at NYFW. To add to the buzz, Brock Collection presented its very first shoe collection, which it designed in partnership with luxury shoe brand Tabitha Simmons. The boots, kitten heels, and mules complement the spring collection beautifully and feature many of the beautiful details Brock Collection is known and loved for. Currently available for pre-order at Moda Operandi, the shoes (and the rest of the spring collection) are expected to ship between March and early May. We’re sure that sizes will be scarce for shoes this pretty when they’re officially released, so you might want to secure your pair now if you feel like splurging. They’re worthy.

See and shop the Brock Collection x Tabitha Simmons shoes below.

Next up, shop more of the new shoe brands fashion girls are losing it over.

Parking your prized motorcycle outdoors is a drag. It gets rained on. Thieves steal bikes or parts off of them. Drunks try to sit on them like playground equipment and knock them over. Bikes need to be secured in a closed space, and Germany’s BikeBox24 has just the compact solution for many riders.

BikeBox24 is a clamshell compact garage that holds a single motorcycle in places like your yard or parking lot where the bike would otherwise be left exposed.

The BikeBox requires only about 32 square feet of space, and because it is not permanent construction, usually no permission is required.

The box is made with a plywood floor, topped by a plastic clamshell top that locks down for security. It flips up and out of the way for easy access loading or removing your bike.

The price is about $4,000, but that is well worth it for your peace of mind and the security of your bike. One stolen bike will have you realizing why they used to hang horse thieves, and it is a feeling best avoided.