Brush with beauty Christina Hendricks at Holts

Guess what beautiful Mad Men actress I ran in to this evening while popping by Holts to grab a few things? She and her new husband were like love sick teenagers smooching and floating around the store. At first, I almost walked right in to them next to the David Yurman section and then, moments later, they came and stood beside me when I was looking at some Tom Binns pieces. As is typical when you meet actors in person, Miss Hendricks was much smaller and thinner than I expected given her bodacious hourglass frame on the show. Indeed, she was still curvy but not as you might expect – the camera really does add a lot. Not so long ago, I also saw one of the Oslen twins trying on glasses and she was barely visible – thinnest, tiniest little thing you ever saw. A sprite!

As for her personal style, Christina's clothes and shoes were not terribly discernible or noteworthy – just all black. As was her Hugo Boss handbag. What struck me most about her was her beautiful velvety voice – it's really quite distinctive and appealing.

So, now that I've covered how she looked, no doubt you want to know what she was shopping for, oui? Well, to my surprise, she was quite keen on the Alexander McQueen bracelet pictured below. If I'm not mistaken, she was trying on the same version in a red lacquer finish. Although I do quite like McQueen's clutches of late with skull clasps, this particular item is not my cup of tea – not a fan of skulls as a lone focus – which also seems pretty passé in general now too, but, to each her own. She asked the sales woman to "have it sent up to her room."