Advice Please!
June 23, 2008
ok two things: i just purchased a new top at my local Mustard Seed which i like by LaRock (insert comments regarding the stupidity and wackness of LaRock below) but i like it and i just don’t know what to wear with it. it can be seen below.
1: can i wear it period? – as we all know I’m quite well endowed and with my ample bosom, I’m not sure if such a low v on a sweater is flattering because the sweater maybe falls open wider than intended.
2: what does one wear under it?
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- New Shirt
question number two to the blog should i finally buy this marc bag i have been coveting since the fall which is now on sale at barneys for $150. do i need it? i think i might. both nick (who is graciously editing my posts for content and coherence) and jessica (who is making fun of their initial lack of coherence) think i should invest in a bicycle with a basket instead. that way, i can finally ride around with my smelly bike courier boyfriend (though not as smelly as annies’ – ed)
Please help me
Project!
June 18, 2008
I sure do love me some mid-day Jezebel.
It really is true how much your clothing tells a story – how certain pieces remain sentimental no matter how trashed or old or ugly they are.
I’m not gonna lie – Miss SadieStein kinda choked me up a little here.
Methinks this is a great lil’ exercise for us, ladies!
I’m working on mine right now.
my name is elizabeth and i forget to title my posts. also, i don’t go to parties when i say i will.
June 18, 2008
i found my tevas alternative, which i hope you all will appreciate as much as i know annie will.
i can’t wait to go kayaking in those babies.
Grey+Black+Brown+Navy=Neutral Explosion
June 17, 2008
I finally got the AA skirt and I love it! I do feel ladylike, and I got size L so it’s not too tight and I don’t feel like a ho. Definitely wearing it to work. Here’s an attempt to document the outfit while keeping my gross morning face out of the shot…
But it needs a belt, and this is where I get into trouble. First off, the skirt is grey. I always think grey belongs with only black or tan as a neutral, and not brown or navy. I bought some nice belts today and I’m not sure they can go, or if they go, what shirt I wear. Here are the belts:
I try to keep my outfits simple to avoid confusion on my part – one neutral, one color or print, black can go anywhere. So… can I pair these belts with a grey skirt? And then what color top and shoes? Help please.
Consignment Shops
June 15, 2008
As many of you may or may not know, I’m not the best of writers. In fact, when starting this blog I had told my bf that he would be my ghost writer, but i do like to read and thought i would share this with everyone -
enjoy!
Thoughts?
June 13, 2008
This may be a stupid proposition given that I am not even in possession of a digicam currently, but how do we feel about photographing our fave outfits and showing one another? One of the worst parts about not seeing y’all everyday is that we can’t compliment each other’s outfits. I guess we could also take pictures of cute girls we see on the street and post them, too, a la the street fashion blog we always dreamed of creating [sigh, thanks a lot pandahead...]. I would like this because instead of pictures of strangers whose outfits either make me insanely jealous or make me think “Why the hell did they get photographed ’cause they look awf?” it would be pictures of people whom I know and love. Think about it. I am going to go look for a camera so I can document the cute outfit I put together.
Do I or Don’t I? Leggings…
June 13, 2008
Now that La Lohan is designing her own line of leggings [I know, what the eff?] it would seem that this would be the final death knell in the briefly lived strain of leggings. I do recall, circa 2005? 2006? Erie’s and my utter elation [I am not using this word lightly, either] that leggings were finally an acceptable thing to wear, and I don’t think I ever overdid it [oh, who am I kidding. I know I'm the Queen of Overkill] but even though there is no sight more abhorrent than the jean-skirt-over-black-leggings-with-Uggs and I’ve largely replaced leggings with opaque tights for my short dress needs, I still, umm, kindof love them?
Like, right now I own 3-4 unitards, one pair of AA gold lamé leggings, one pair of AA vegas leggings, one pair of AA KELLY GREEN leggings, etc. etc. etc. Do I just toss them into the Salvation army bin? Or are they still salvageable? Maybe I need to just keep these around for a wack-a-doo party outfit.
Also, the amount of wack-a-doo party outfits I own far outnumbers my amount of practical clothing items. SORRY I’M NOT SORRY. My kids are going to have the best dress-up trunk someday.
[Note: Post on my love/hate relashe with AA forthcoming. Hold yer horses!]
do i or don’t i?
June 12, 2008
i will be the first to admit that i am a late bloomer in the wayfarer trend. however, i went ahead and boldly made a semi-spontaneous purchase at 10:45 am in the white flint bloomingdale’s. approximately one week ago i decided i was ready to spend half a paycheck on plastic eyewear, but the color choice was spontaneous. for whatever reason, the two-tone ones looked fine on me (or so myself and the salesgal tania thought) but the solid color ones just weren’t working out (perhaps i should’ve tried the tortoise shell?)
anyhow, i do like these black and red glasses, but do i have a long-standing future with such expensive, trendy, two-tone shades? is this a look best left to maia stern? i believe i can enjoy a single pair of wayfarers for some time to come, but i’m just not convinced that this pair is my pair – they just may be too much.
on a less puzzled-by-my-own-purchase note, i finally got myself some lovely brown sperrys. think what you want of boat shoes, but my inner prep says “YES!” loud and clear. i’m nearly positive my future life-partner wears old beat-up sperrys, so perhaps i’ll find him sooner if i walk the walk (in the shoes – nonetheless!)
…and, i got a new james perse dress. easily justified for its comfort, longevity and versatility…and it was 20% off (bloomie’s private sale thru the weekend – don’t forget!) i think it’ll be useful in israel, too. now i feel that it’s ok for me to use my $18 ripped mustard seed JP as a nightgown (not that i didn’t already).
…and lastly in my purchases during the last 24 hours, i bought two ‘environmentally friendly’ (so says the tag) shirts at mustard seed today, some brand ‘…….trinity’ that gayle is lovin’. they’re super light-weight, 70% cotton/30% silk (but machine washable!) so, thank you for the suggestions on organic fibers, i hope these work out well, and i hope they look good wrinkled. i must confess though, because they’re so sheer, i may or may not have bought two nikibiki tanks.
Confession o’clock
June 12, 2008
I’m going to be a teency bit bold here and suggest that everyone (or at least everyone who contributes to this blog) has that one designer or label or store that no matter how dumb or overpriced or ugly something is, you always somehow manage to secretly like everything.
For me, this line is Built by Wendy.
O, BBW, you never fail to excite, enthrall, and positively titillate me with exactly the same shit season after season!
How do you do it??
O, how I yearn for each and every one of your insanely expensive dresses that look like actual paper bags! O, how I long for your smock tops that would make me look like I was pregnant and/or nursing! O, how I would love to rock a pair of your highwaisted pants that are totally average in every way and offer up zero things that are new or different!
Big sigh.
For awhile, I was convinced that I needed this:
After approximately 6 months of rumination, I have come to the conclusion that it is both dumb AND I don’t need it.
…but I still like it!
WHY.
BBW is the fashion equivalent of that lame dude who is equal parts not cute, not funny, and incredibly stupid and yet, for some inexplicable reason you just can’t get over him.
Maybe I should perform some sort of elaborate voodoo ritual over my one pair of BBW jeans (that are totally ugly and don’t fit well at all, btw) and a bunch of pictures of all of things I just can’t help but desire.
O, BBW, I wish I knew how to quit you.
