As half of the “in crowd” heads to Art Basel Miami to show art, mingle, and find excuses to drink martinis with photographer Bruce Weber at the Standard Hotel or down  shots with artist Terence Koh on a boat, the rest of us here in cold wet NYC can cheer ourselves up with accessories. After all the holidays are upon us (Happy Hanukkah!); Christmas is just around the corner. So with that pair of Hudson jeans you’ll be gifting your fave gal or guy, keep an eye out for fab accessories.

Seen in the slideshow: Bespoke tailor/designer Amber Doyle dones a stunning vintage snake necklace. Jeweler Waris tucks a vintage silk handkerchief into a classic jacket and also wears a simple silver bracelet. Martin Cohn wears some embellished black fingerless gloves by ThreeAsFour. Artist Megan Marrin made the gold circle necklace, under her line called “Megan Graves.” Image guru/stylist Montgomery Frazier works his best Ralph Lauren newsboy prep look.

Natalie Portman as the “Black Swan” opening this Friday

Think Natalie Portman is pure vanilla? You’ll think again after seeing “Black Swan,” Darren Aronofky’s dark psyche thriller where Portman plays a ballerina, plucked from the corps de ballet and cast as the Swan Queen in “Swan Lake.” Portman is challenged by the sexy Vincent Cassel — the ballet master– to not only play the innocent swan but also her dark twin who seduces the prince. Sayers, Portman’s character, does not seem to be in touch with her sexuality – so much so that the ballet master needs to feel her up, get her hot and bothered, and then leave her alone in a studio so she can sublimate this violation into a role. Then Mila Kunis, who plays rival dancer Lily, enters the scene. She comes late to practice, smokes, drinks, pops pills, and haunts Portman all the way past that lesbian sex scene the two of them share under Aronofsky’s hand held camera. It looks like he must have shot that one on the edge of their bed and hints at the director’s life long fantasy about ballet girls. There’s blood, an overbearing mother who infantilizes Portman’s character, a crazy old ballerina who throws herself in front of a car — Winona Ryder!– and lots of other surprises.

Hudson got a sneak peek the other night, and the film “Black Swan” opens nationwide this Friday. You may never look at ballet dancers in the same way again.