
- After much consideration I have decided that I do not care at all what the personal footwear choices of the Sex and the City stars say about their personalities. [LA Times]
- Speaking of Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica Parker says that her son only wears his older cousin's hand-me-downs and has never been given new clothes, other than shoes. [US Weekly]
- Another day, more people fired from ELLE. This time, on the dot-com side. Maybe Nina will give them jobs over at Marie Claire? [WWD, 1st item]
- Rachel Zoe does not want to talk about being disinvited from the Met Costume Institute Gala thankyouverymuch. [US Weekly]
- In case you were wondering, Cindy Crawford will be celebrating Mother's Day with breakfast in bed. [Reuters]
- Christy Turlington, however, thinks that Mother's Day should be about activism and used as a platform for taking action against the AIDS crisis. [HuffPo]
- Hilary Duff just loves being old: "I am so excited that I'm finally at an age where they want me on the cover!" says Duff regarding her turn in Allure. [Fashion Week Daily]
- Lancome and Uma Thurman: Suing one another. Good times in the cosmetics industry. [AP]
- Chanel is opening an "ephemeral" boutique on London's Dover Street. Says Krazy Karl Lagerfeld, "The tone is at the same time post-modern and romantic. It integrates a delicate punk sophistication." [Vogue UK]
- Rachel Zoe loves expensive shit. [NYDailyNews]
- I don't care that she landed Johnny Depp, I still love Vanessa Paradis. [Sassybella]
- Camper shoes; Now for the ladies. [Times of London]
- Ginger Spice: Wears clothes from Topshop. [The Sun UK]













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What is this? Cliche Day on Jezebel? First Seal and his rose petals. Now, Cindy Crawford having breakfast in bed. Both require extra vacuuming and are lame.
I've shared this once before, but I feel inclined to share it again. I LOVE Paradis.
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Oh that's soooo nice of SJM - I wonder if she does the same thing for herself? Dude, if you're going to let your kid wear hand me downs and you buy $1000 PURSES for yourself, youre a fucking cunt.
But SJP neglected to mention that she purchased all those clothes for her nephew.
Wait until you get to the age where Redbook wants you on the cover, Hilary, and see how you feel about aging then.
Is it just me, or does that thing of SJP not giving her son new clothes sound not only implausible but a little mean. I mean, we all know she has new clothes from the set and her own line, but he can't even get a new pair of jeans from Gap Kids?
@Lady Skittlehattington: If I ate breakfast in bed I would end up with lots of animal hair in my eggs.
That said, my boyfriend and I have a tradition of eating ramen and pickles in bed.
"delicate punk sophistication". Karl, you so crazy.
Of course, SJP's son's shoes are all by Manolo. He is already extraordinarily good at walking on 4-inch stiletto heels.
camper shoes have always been for the ladies, or have i been living in the future?
"Sarah Jessica Parker says that her son only wears his older cousin's hand-me-downs and has never been given new clothes, other than shoes."
His older cousin, son of millionaires. That is the only way I believe that story.
@ThePartyFoul: I doubt he really cares. Also, what Usedtobealice said.
OMG, the "Sex and the City" actresses are JUST LIKE their characters! I wonder if they're friends in real life!
@dirtybee has lost her orgasm: wow. so much anger for something so completely random and useless.
I feel like the SATC movie publicity machine has been going on FOR-EV-ER.
Also, I'm wearing flip-flops, which I think means I could care less what are on my feet, especially since its Friday and I am hungover.
@dirtybee has lost her orgasm: Be aggressive. Be be agressive.
@Archetype: Right? My cat sheds and has dandruff and sleeps on my pillow all day. I'll eat at the table, thanks. :)
Um, sorry, that other link was dubbed for some reason.
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@ineffable.me: @tashatakeadive: Sorry gals - I'm the only one in the fucking office working, and everyone else is out demolishing a theater for Habitat for Humanity. I'm a little bitter.
My mother got down and praised the Lord when my sister and I were old enough to stop trying to make her breakfast in bed. Ours consisted of waffles put in the microwave for 2 minutes, coffee made by stirring grounds into hot water, and and a glass of chocolate milk- 75% chocolate, 25% milk.
My sister is now a professional chef. She has grown.
I am still not allowed to make breakfast for anyone. Except the milk. Because that rules.
Is it bad I don't see what's so wrong about SJP's son wearing hand-me-down's? I don't think a kid that age ever gives a damn.
Karl, get off the crack.
This is why I both love and loathe fashion magazines. LOOKING at pretty things, awesome. READING about other people looking at/designing pretty things: kill me now.
Sarah Jessica is totally telling the truth. James Wilkie hasn't been given any new clothes because he doesn't need them. He buys his own with his mini AmEx black card.
@Lady Skittlehattington: Well after a long hard night of dancing on a table for her husband and his buddies she needs it.
@dirtybee has lost her orgasm: Bummer. Just think though, if you were out n'bout you couldn't join us in such lively conversation ;)
I knew I was in love when my fiance went into a shoe store with me and he tried on Campers and liked them.
@hortense: Can't. Stop. Laughing.
My mom never wanted, nor asked for, breakfast in bed. I gently suggested that I would be willing to prepare it once, and I got a firm but gentle "OH HEEEEELL NO."
@tashatakeadive: Very very true. You gals are way more fun!
@TheGarlicSong: yeah! Plus they grow out of them so fast that a hand-me-down might only have been worn two or three times before it was passed on.
@hortense: If you can't stand a spoon up in it, it needs more chocolate.
My sibs and I used to make enough noise to wake the dead while "surprising" Mom with breakfast-in-bed. Looking back on it now, letting her sleep in would have been a much better present.
@Archetype: That is fucking amazing. Thank you for that.
I am turning into such a francophile these days. I want to retire to the south of France.
You'd think that SATC/Gap/Lux Soap/Bitten dough could go toward a couple pairs of new socks and underpants. No one wants hand-me-down scanties.
@boring diatribes: i don't know i can see it. she's always talking about her impoverished childhood living in a van or whatever. i bet she just doesn't want to spoil the kid. also, he probably doesn't give a shit what he wears. i grew up in hand me downs from my sis and thrift shop buys and i'm alright. even though i still mainly wear clothes i've stolen from my sister and thrift shop buys.
@TheGarlicSong: Wearing hand me downs is not a bad thing - I wore them, all the kids in my family wore them. What really bothers me is that she says he wears NOTHING but hand me downs, has not worn any new stuff yet she buys all this extravagant new shit for herself that she probably wears like, what, once? To me, it just seems so hypocritical. Just rubs me the wrong way.
@Usedtobealice: bingo. she bought all those clothes for her nephews and now they are being given back to her, which in my admittedly limited experience is common among families and friends with kids regardless of income level.
@TheGarlicSong: it's only after a certain age (which does vary) that kids actually care about what they wear, especially boys.
I guess it depends on exactly what he's getting, but all the hand-me-downs we've gotten for my son have been so gently used as to make the distinction between used and new immaterial. The only thing you really have to cope with is some other mom's style. I'm not that fond of sports motifs, but every other mom apparently loves them, because we get bushels of stuff like, "future basketball star."
Okay, on the SJP thing....
1. Kids don't give a shit.
2. Kids grow out of clothes easily.
3. It's reuse, which is better than recycling.
4. Yeah, she buys a butt load of clothes, but those clothes are art IMO.
5. In all the pictures I've seen of her , she bums around in the same shit, including a pair of $30 AF cargos that I also own.
@Archetype: Thanks for that. I can remember that there was a bit of controversy at the time as she was only 15, but at least she looked and danced like a 15 year old. Those were the days. *sigh*
The video doesn't show her feet, but I bet she's wearing black chunky lace up shoes with coloured laces too.
@dirtybee has lost her orgasm: not really. kids grow out of clothes so fast that they're barely worn. i mean, i wore all my sisters' hand-me-downs. it makes sense. just so long as she gives them to a good cause when he's done with them, i don't really see a problem not buying your child expensive shit that they will ruin/grow out of before they realize what it is they are wearing.
@Archetype: beat me to it.
@lermanzo: also, i thought it was REALLY COOL to get my cousins' clothes. my sister and i would actually fight over them.
@lermanzo: I understand, and I agree. And I meant "new", not expensive - new clothes don't have to be expensive.
But like I said, it just rubs me the wrong way.
@ineffable.me: Yeah, Campers have been for the ladies for a while now.
@dirtybee has lost her orgasm: she grew up poor and has probably worn her share of hand-me-downs. i enjoyed it, and i suspect she may have fond memories of it as well.
@dirtybee has lost her orgasm: not like this issue matters in any way (just CANNOT make myself work this friday), but her wardrobe is part of her profession. plus i bet she gets given half that stuff.
@J.D.Regent: Yeah, I can see it as well. I know that not being spoiled as a kid definitely determines how you raise your kids even if you end up having tons of money BUT it does seem to oppose her image. Despite being one of the more grounded celebrities, I imagine that even if she doesn't spend money on his clothes now (since he will quickly outgrow), once he hits his teens, he'll be allowed to buy whatever he chooses.
@dirtybee has lost her orgasm: I WISH I had hand-me-downs when I was a kid! No siblings at all or cousins (cousins came way later). So my mom would buy designer stuff for herself and I was lucky to get her to take me to K-mart. And since I was a little overweight as a kid she would buy me ugly boys jeans since it was easier than shopping for short/fat girls jeans. Thank goodness for the times grandma took me shopping!
I actually now enjoy 2nd hand and thrift stores. Amazing, the brands you can sometimes find super-cheap!
If I had a kid, I think I would at least try to hit outlet mall sales for some decent name-brand deals. I do a lot of shopping there for myself now.
@dirtybee has lost her orgasm:
Seriously. I have HAD it with SJP and all her long talks about what's "vulgar."
There's nothing wrong with hand-me-downs, I agree: I looked forward to the day my older cousins would bring over their HS outfits for me to wear while I was still in Middle School- I thought I was so cool.
But if she's trying to prove a "point" about celeb children being humble, there are other ways to approach it.
Frankly, she's just getting way too much media attention for a show that's not nearly as witty as it seemed 10 years ago and it's tiring. Her show really changed the face of NYC---oh, but now it's not always as gritty as it used to be. Selling out for commercials like Garnier is vulgar but oh--- making a movie that's a walking fashion ad isn't. Trying to get your fair share of the kitty when making a movie is something to be snide about in interviews, but the amount of money YOU make off of a show that pretended to "revolutionize" sexuality is more acceptable.
Blow it out your ass, SJP.
The money they save on clothes for him now is money he'll inherit when he's older and knows what he wants to do with it.
So, on behalf of JWB and other kids whose parents are pissing away their inheritance on stuff they'll outgrow in a minute and a half, "Thanks, Mom!"
@Jamie Sommers: aren't
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