On the Hunt for ... Clothes by Mayle

Though I love and appreciate beautiful clothes, I've never been an expensive, statusy label person (I have therefore also never suffered from Label Tourette's, the disease where a person compliments your outfit and you compulsively blurt out "Marni!" or Prada!" because you need them to know). But if I were to spend anywhere near $1,000 on a designer dress, it would have to be from Mayle. Jane Mayle's pieces are just up my alley: They're feminine and unique, vintage-looking but also timeless, and just really gorgeous. Fortunately for us eBay obsessors, this is the kind of thing the site does best—I can't believe that I can find a cool, sailorish-looking Mayle item like this for potentially under $100 (original price $870). Or how about this sexy, offbeat skirt? The bidding starts at 20 bucks, while the retail price was $415. And last (for today anyway), an incredible, sophisticated, so-chic-I-could-die, tie-neck dress coat for just $180 (yousave: $500).