H&M is proud to announce a special collaboration with fashion icon and legendary Fashion Director Anna Dello Russo. An idol of the blogosphere whose flamboyant outfits are endlessly documented by style photographers and broadcasted globally through the web, Anna Dello Russo proved her unique sense of style creating a special collection of accessories for H&M. Unabashedly glamorous, precious and playful, the range is an expression of Dello Russo’s taste for ornamentation. Available from October 4, 2012, at the peak of the global fashion weeks tour, in around 140 stores worldwide and online. The collection features jewelry, sunglasses, shoes, bags and a trolley allowing H&M customers uniqueness at an affordable price.

Can you believe it's almost May?! I know I sound old when I say this, but I seriously have no idea where the time has gone! April was a fun month here on Beauty and the Budget! Did you miss something? Catch up with this month's top articles, and for those of you dedicated beauties who check back here every day--relive your favorite articles from this month! Here's the top five:

Ways to Wear Arm Candy--You all loved the three different ways to stack on your arm candy! Which was your favorite way?

How to wear Polka Dots--Learn how to style the pattern of the month, and get all of my favorite pieces under $45

Spring 2012 Trends: 25 Pieces under $25--Snap up these bargains before they disappear

Lush's S/S 2012 Lookbook--Their latest lookbook features two of my favorite fashion bloggers. Find out who they are!

Must-Have Spring Dresses--That you need and want! Which trends are a must and which trends aren't? Here's the run down of the three dress trends you need, and the three dress trends you'll want!

Celebrities like Kate Bosworth, Rosie Huntington Whiteley, and Katie Holmes have all been spotted on numerous ocassions wearing the shoe of the moment-the Isabel Marant Dicker suede ankle boots ($580.00 at Net-A-Porter).

These popular booties are a pretty sizable investment, but luckily several fashion brands have been designing the shoe for a lot less! So if you can't find your dream Isabel Marant Dickers, which most stores are sold out of anyway, here are some pretty fashion-forward substitutes that won't set you back as much financially.

The Dicker booties have been paried with everything from jeans to dresses. How will you style your booties? Let me know in the comments!

Tesstify

($99.98 at Steve Madden)

AGGIE Suede Pull On Casual Heel Ankle Boots

($81.81 at Asos)

Side-Zipper Western Bootie

$42.50 at Charlotte Russe

Hi Beauties!

If you were wondering why I had a week long absence last week, it was because I was planning a fashion show for a photography studio that I work for. Well, I've been planning the show since about December of last year, but the production was last week on Tuesday. Naturally, last week was insane!

The show turned out to be a huge success! We had over 500 people in attendance (double what we were expecting), and the show is still the talk of the town. I was pretty much on a high all week after celebrating so much success planning my first fashion show. (Actually, it was my first ever production. Period.) One of the most important things that I learned through the experience, however, is that every single person plays an integral part in making a production work. There is not one single person (from the clean up crew to the decorator) that we could have done this show without. But I attribute all of the success to prayer. I prayed for this show to be a success just as much as I worked to get everything together to make it successful. And as much as I hate to sound cheesy right now, I really was living on a prayer the last few months.

Nevertheless, I want to share the entire experience with all of you! I wish you could have been there, because nothing can replace the high energy vibe of being an audience member. But allow me to recreate the mood for you as best as possible through photographs.

The stage was fantastic, thanks to our coordinator and planner Chase Welbourn!

We packed out the Bottling Company (a two story building in downtown Hattiesburg)

We had a red carpet outside with a step and repeat that had our logo splashed across. Look at these two stylish attendees!

Our host (Jeff Krapf, voice of the Padres and profesisonal Emcee) and our co-host (Lauren Jones, actress and shoe designer)

The view from the top

The view from the VIP section

Along the pipe and drape in the background we posted photos of each of our models from their high fashion photo sessions (styled by me) at C Studio

At the finale, all of our Elite Models walked out at the end in exclusive tees designed by Click Boutique & Gallery in downtown Hattiesburg.

At the end, my boss brought me up on stage and presented me with flowers and a swag bag full of goodies from the staff! I had no idea I would be on stage!

My favorite part: At the end we released 10 lbs of confetti!

I spent the earlier part of this week enjoying my first Fashion Week experience in Charleston. Although I wasn't quite sure what to expect, I was definitely impressed after the first night! Along with the top emerging and featured designers in the country, the red carpet showcased housewives,  top models, and a few  up-and-coming  NBC reality design stars. I was only able to attend the first night of Charleston Fashion Week, but I didn't go home without getting a few stylish pics for you! Courtesy of my fiance, here are some amazing photographs from the first night's shows!

Did you know that Target has an amazing style blog?

No, seriously.

Not only do they have some pretty reputable designer collaborations under their belt, but they also have a lot of great "guest editor" collaborations on their blog. I was pleasantly (and unexpectedly) surprised when I discovered that Target featured Brad Goreski as a guest editor last month. Now, it's June Ambrose.

Somewhere along the way, Target has really been starting to tickle my fancy with affordable yet fashionable clothing. Since I don't like digging through the racks at Target, I love that their guest editors really narrow down the choices for me! (I'm a sucker for great marketing, what can I say?)

What can we expect from June Ambrose? Ten spring looks styled by June, her must-have list, how to wear color, and more styling tips! This should be a lot of fun, so if you want to check it out, head on over to Target's On the Dot blog!

If your boyfriend is in to comics, like mine, he's going to love the latest nail polish collection from OPI. OPI has created a line for the upcoming Spider-Man movie starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. It's an edgy yet feminine collection that beauty freaks and comic book geeks will surely get into.

In May, OPI will release six bold shades just in time to help promote the movie's July release. Ranging from coral to midnight blue, these colors will be perfect to wear on your upcoming movie date with your beau to see The Amazing Spider-Man.

The polishes are pretty and they definitely speak well of the color stories and themes in Spider-Man, but the names are a bit too cliche. With names like "Call me Gwen-ever" and "Your Web or Mine?" I think there could have been a little more creativity in that area. Otherwise, they're super cute shades, and it's a pretty great marketing scheme to get girly-girls excited about their boyfriend's favorite comic book hero!

If you were creating a Spider-Man inspired nail polish collection, what would you name the polish? Answer in the comments below!

Marni for H&M is here, but H&M's online store for the U.S. is not. Since I live six hours away from the nearest H&M, that means I won't be able to get my hands on yet another fabulous designer collaboration with H&M.

Am I the only one who has not forgotten that H&M announced that onlineshopping would be available to the U.S. at the turn of 2011 and 2012? To me that meant I would spend all of my Christmas cash online at H&M. Now we're three weeks into February and I haven't heard a single thing about H&M Online for the U.S.

Same goes for H&M's plus size line, which was just re-released in U.S. stores this year. H&M didn't tell anyone about it, until after The Budget Fashionista covered a story in which a blogger discovered the line at her local H&M store. About a week after TBF covered the story, H&M started sending out a few press releases announcing the relaunch of H&M+.

I've sent a tweet to H&M already asking when the online store for the U.S. would debut, but I've gotten no response. I am sure that opening up H&M Online for the U.S. is a huge process. But it's been over a year since H&M announced it, and I'd at least like to know if they're making some progress.

Anyone else curious?

Because not everyone can afford $1,200 stilettos, Christian Siriano and Lela Rose both debuted their latest designer collections for Payless on the runway at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The Fall '12 collections are expected to be available in September with styles typically starting at under $40 an item! Now that's a deal that Beauty and the Budget can do.

"Providing high-end fashion pieces at affordable prices is something we pride ourselves in season after season," said LuAnn Via, CEO and president of Payless ShoeSource. "Christian and Lela [Rose] continue to create inspired designs that translate well both on and off the runway; and we are thrilled to make their unique designs, along with all our Designer Labels, available and accessible for all to wear and enjoy."

Inspired by the 1930s movie, "The Vampire Bat," the Christian Siriano for Payless Gold label for Fall '12 draws from the dark, dramatic presence of bats with the intricate detail of the creature's veins and bones in a striking nine-piece collection. The lead actress in the film, Fay Wray, played an elegant and sophisticated woman who wore beautiful blouses tucked into long evening skirts in black and white -- a look juxtaposed with the horror content and backdrop of the movie.  This was great inspiration to Christian's line, as well as the grainy nature of the old film, which influenced the white and black color palate seen throughout the accessory fabrications, which includes croco and snake prints, faux pony hair, rich black velvet and strong use of black and white "snow bat" croco. The Estella bootie, Christian's wear-it-with-everything ankle bootie, combines a black faux pony hair upper with the snow bat croco and is accented with a large buckle.

The long linear lines of cable-stayed bridges -- pioneered by  Spanish architect, sculptor and structural engineer, Santiago Calatrava -- inspired Lela Rose for her Fall '12 collection. The Lela Rose for Payless Fall '12 shoes are created with a mix of fabrics and textures such as wool, leather and wood, shown in a range of rich, deep colors such as pewter, mustard, Bordeaux and navy.  Details including unique stitched and tufted heels treatments, copper nail heads and curved T-Strap cutouts -- all tying back to the structural influences of Calatrava's bridge work.  Each of the five shoes is named after a city that hosts one of Calatrava's bridge designs.  The Pontevedra is a unique T-Strap pump that features a distinctive stitched heel and an exposed platform highlighted by vibrant striated color blocking. The pump's T-Strap incorporates a cable-stay bridge design with light cutouts up the T-strap vamp of the shoe.