Baby-Alpaca Slippers; The Silky Fringe Trend; An Hermès Bike

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Best Bets Daily: Baby-alpaca slippers
Brooklyn Based: Not updated
DailyCandy: NYC videos of 2011
DailyCandy Kids: Not updated
I Heart Daily: The best news of the year
MUG: Not updated
Refinery29: Where to spend New Year's Eve
The Skint: Good Riddance Day, beer cocktails, more
Thrillist: 2011's best menswear
UrbanBaby Daily: Not updated
WWWD: Trend report: silky fringe
The Zoe Report: An Hermès bicycle (pictured)