Breaking bow news! This purse is the perfect accessory for any boob or butt bow. Valentino clutch$1,095 at Bergdorf Goodman And this vintage Ungaro has a sweet waist bow. $1500 at Vintage Couture Separately, I am celebrating yet another anniversary, having started this blog a year ago today. I’ve done about 700 posts since then….
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Acne Jeans Sample Sale in NYC
Today through the 24th! Maybe I can try on a pair of Generic Girls and determine if I look sex-ay or vomit-ay in them. Staerk and The Breed are also on sale.
A Tribute to a Founding Gang Member
Alas! Original Golden Girl Estelle Getty (Sophia) has died at 84. Estelle Getty Check out “Sophia’s” comments on the ages in obituaries at 1:21 of this clip. Speaking of ages, you know who is 86? Bea Arthur! She was two years OLDER than the woman who played her mother on TV! Very Anne Bancroft as…
Mickey Mantle’s Number
MrB and I are celebrating our seventh wedding anniversary today. The traditional gift for the seventh anniversary is wool or copper. It’s also traditional to experience a seven-year itch. I think I’m going to combine those two traditions and get MrB an itchy wool sweater. What, no good? Okay, maybe I’ll do copper. Hello, Officer…
No Need for Clearasil
I was checking out the website of my favorite jeans brand — the annoyingly named Acne — and I’m kind of loving the look of the loose-fitting Generic Girl style. I’m not sure how it would look on me, but the way Acne styled it on their perfect-bodied models makes it look sex-ay. The peach…
Bookmarked
A Pretty Face, Poetic & Chic and Freelancer’s Fashionblog tagged me with this book meme, for which I must pick up the nearest book, turn to page 123, find the fifth sentence and post the next three sentences. The book is Katherine Swynford: The History of a Medieval Mistress by Jeannette Lucraft, which I previously…
More Fringed Bags
They’re everywhere! Here’s a Fendi. $595.95 at Designer Exposure And here’s a Botkier. $650 on Shopbop There are a number of fringed Coach bags on eBay. (Click on the photos to go to the auctions. Also, stick to buyers with positive feedback of 99% or higher and, if there’s no “buy it now” option, don’t…
Sequins, Fringe and Peeping Toes
You can join my Golden Girls gang if you’re wearing these sequined shoes by Alexander McQueen. Available at Yoox for $835, down from $1670 Meanwhile, these seriously fringed Louboutins make my Prada fringe bag look almost bald. $1575 at Bergdorf Goodman These funky, peep-toe boots by Sigerson Morrison are on sale for $347, down from…
Knockoffs
My new hero, the hilarious mofo Katt Williams, has a few things to say about knockoffs. He’s talking about cars, but his points can be applied to fashion knockoffs too. Not long ago, gorgeous blogger Oh Lady E pointed out Nine West’s Chloe knockoff, while Always in Style came up with a Prada flower feet…
Red Lipstick #2: YSL Rouge Pur 131
Today’s red lipstick recommendation is YSL’s Rouge Pur 131, also known as Opium Red. It’s deeper than my favorite red. I found a wall in Krakow that kind of matched. This lipstick doesn’t have the extra lead or whatever it is that makes my favorite lipstick semi-permanent. Still, it survived a pierogi lunch.