Meet Val.  Meet Val’s closet.  Score hand-picked designer frocks, tops, denim and accessories at up to 50% off retail.  Then rock Val’s style: the point, of course, of shopping at ValStyle.  Val, the one-woman show behind valstyleonline.com, is a Yale and MTV alum, and style connoisseur.  In fact, she shopped so much (for herself, and for others as a personal shopper) that she developed relationships with emerging and established designers, and once she built her closet, she generously decided to help build yours as well.  So here’s the deal: Val shops sample sales, hits up designer showrooms, and peruses boutiques and department stores alike, cultivating a fabulously edited closet.  Her editorial-esque website, featuring ‘girls who ain’t on TV’ (as in, “cause they got more . . . then the models”) makes shopping easy: you can shop by style, size, or theme, browse featured items, or just take a gander through the racks of her closet.  And to our delight, like any true fashionista’s, its full of vintage pieces– such as Gucci bags from the 80s, luxe standouts like fabulously drapey Rachel Roy dresses, quirky Tory Burch flats, and much, much more.  Did we mention that it’s all up to 50% off retail?  But wait, its get better.  ValStyle is a friend to BupGrade, and since she is just as Young, Black and Fabulous as we are, she’s offering you even more incentive to BupGrade your closet:  From now until the end of the month, enter code BUPGRADE at checkout to save 20% off all purchases.  Visit ValStyle for more information. BUPGRADE code expires 8/31/08.