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Shopping the sales without previewing the goods is SO 2010, so get with it and peruse Macy's Thanksgiving Day Sale Preview online today (they don’t call it Black Friday for nothing).

Whether you’re looking for jewelry for mom, cookware for your sister, or a sweet new tie for your BF, Macy's has you covered. Click here to check out (and then check off) all the items on your holiday shopping list. Need another reason to pre-shop the sale?

The doors open at 4 a.m. (we believe no one can be trusted shopping at 4 a.m. without deciding purchases the night before), so have your list prepared! Get started here!

If there's one time of year to bring out the big guns in your jewelry box, it's the holidays. And, as Ashlee Simpson demonstrates, major drop earrings make quite the statement. Dropped and jeweled, glittering and gold, this is elegant statement jewelry at its best. For the full effect, look for earrings with three to four jeweled sections on the drop, and big, bold-hued stones to play up the drama.

This year's Macy's Flower Show is themed "Spring Is in the Air," complete with hot air balloons, kites, balloons, and, of course, fresh flowers galore! You truly feel like you've stepped in an enchanted garden walking into the department store. The standouts for me were the kites and balloons made from flowers — so fun! Those floral "balloons" are actually flower balls hanging from the ceiling by fishing line. You could get the same look by making your own and then attach a long ribbon to each. For the kites, you could attach real or fake flowers to a basic kite with a glue gun. And wouldn't they both make a gorgeous Spring centerpiece hanging low above a table?

Remember when I showed you 14 Fab ways to get more bang for your buck? Well, here's number 15: the Rachel Rachel Roy Transfourmer Coat ($189). Like the name, this warm wool jacket, which also comes in black, transforms not one, but four different ways: a regular long coat, a sleeveless coat, a cropped jacket, and a vest. Essentially, you get four Fab pieces for the price of one — how cool is that?

To see Rachel Roy's virtual four-way video demo, read more

Even though she was still recuperating from showing her namesake collection at New York Fashion Week a week prior, Rachel Roy continued to make us swoon with her beautiful brown eyes and fashion talk at the Macy's event. Now that you got the lowdown on Rachel's current collection for Macy's, let's talk about her upcoming Spring collection. We found out tie-dye, florescent colors, and fun prints will be present, along with an array of silky trench dresses. While speaking to her, we couldn't stop ogling the cute trench dress and snazzy, stacked skull bracelets she had on. Read on to hear all about it . . .

I saw your show last week in NYC, it was beautiful.

"Oh you were? Everything is such a blur. I was like whose show — did I have a show?"

I know. Everyone's like "How's Fashion Week?" I'm like, "Uhhhh, still recovering."

"I know, and I hate that because I love fashion and I want to appreciate every single second of it, but it becomes so emotionally draining."

So are you able to actually go to anyone's shows?

"No. I go to friends. Like Sophie Theallet is a dear, dear friend of mine and I love her. So, I went to hers and it was after mine. Also Ralph Rucci, I adore him. I think he just cuts and tailors like no other in America. His show was the day before mine, but I went because I adore him and I give him so much respect. But other than that, really good friends of mine. It can be a lot, so I just went to those two."

So what can we expect for Spring?

"That's a good question. So for Spring, it's just stuff I love. I love tie-dye."

Oooh, California influences!

"Yup, California! So I'm doing tie-dye jersey and tie-dye suede. I also have some florescent colors and prints. I'm a big print girl and I love mixing prints in an odd way."

To read more about Rachel's Spring collection and her take on skulls, read more