Nina Garcia's books are so charming. She offers a lot of solid advice. In the latest, she talks a lot about vintage/consignment shops and tailoring/mending and editing your wardrobe, and gives an extensive resource list that includes all her favorite Web sites. She's as down-to-earth as she is fabulous. And all three of her books are beautifully illustrated by Ruben Toledo. I'm a big fan. :)
@Penny: I've also been pleasantly surprised by Amanda Brooks's I Love Your Style. Whoever did the photo research for that one should be congratulated -- so many unusual pictures, it's so much fun to flip through.
33-24-35 IS curvy. It's an hour-glass shape. Why is "curvy" a euphemism for fat? I really hate that. Plenty of smaller women have curves. Plenty of larger women do not. Shape does not relate directly to size! And isn't that shape sort of a rarity in the modeling world lately? I mean I can't say I'd know, but most of the models I've noticed have tended to be pretty straight up and down
@colormeroutine: Yeah except that the whole point is the aforementioned lazy writers have completely co-opted the word "curvy" to mean thick or not of model proportions. So when they try to call Lara Stone curvy, the rest of us call bullshit.
What's so hard to understand, Georgia May? Your father is a famous rock star and your mother is a well-known model, so they always got plenty of media attention. They had a tumultuous relationship, so, again, they got plenty of media attention. You are their daughter and you've decided to enter the same industry as your mother, so now you get plenty of media attention. See, it's not so hard to understand, is it?
Yes, Tom Ford. I was trying to smell you. I'm not sorry, either.
Oh and this: I'm a little sad about Halston's reported troubles. I'm not sure why but when I was little I associated the label with the absolute height of fashion and wanted their dresses to wear at les discotheques. I was probably seven or so. Plus, they made that signature perfume and my favorite aunt wore it and to this day I love that smell.
@NefariousNewt a.k.a. General Awesomesauce: And his eternally-pursed lips bring to mind nothing so much as Marcia Brady thinking sucking in her cheeks gave her cheekbones.
OK, I know I'm probably in the minority here but as a somewhat crafty person who likes shiny things I'll admit that I paused at the American Apparel scraps item. And maybe took a little gander at the website. DON'T JUDGE.
@RustyHeadedGirl is back in Miami!: Dude, buy cheapie offcuts from a fabric store. Or scour garage sales for old fabrics and yarns. It'll be cheaper and there'll be more variety so you won't end up with a sack o' spangled jersey. Trust me, I sew.
@Jenna: I know. $8 for a bag of scraps is ridiculous. I could get a crate of scraps from my mom for free. I just had to look to satisfy my own curiosity.
Doesn't anyone else remember reading that long footnote in the Federalist Papers where James Madison goes on and on about how Brutus is, like, such a ho? And then of course next month Robert Yates was all like, Nuh uh, you're a big fat skank, Publius, and everyone knows it!
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Admittedly, that Penguin thing from WS is adorable and were I a millionaire, I'd probably buy one just to display in my kitchen. Also admittedly, I would gnaw off my own finger to have a collection of Hermes enamel bracelets. I fucking lust after those things and I don't even like jewelry. Oh one more thing: Petit Bateau makes plain white t-shirts for wee lads 'n lasses. As far as I know, American clothing people don't offer baby clothes that aren't emblazoned with such barfy statements as "Little Squirt" or whatever. I used to nanny for some French people and their little dude had a lot of PB clothing. Trust me when I say that there are few things cuter than a three-year-old in a white t-shirt and baggy cargo shorts. Especially if said three-year-old has a French accent and owns a scarf and a dressy top coat. Squee.
Hermes will never sell to LVMH in a million, billion years. Like Chanel, it's family owned, independent, has no diffusion or bridge lines, and is quality-focused rather than worldwide domination-focused--and that's a HUGE part of their image. There's no way they'd risk destroying their image and alienating customers by selling.
@ChildBride: I agree with you there. I can't see Hermes being swallowed up by a corporate conglomeration and becoming a "brand" like LV with labels and shit all over it. Their history and yes, quality, is what makes Hermes so special. And so absolutely outrageously expensive. I kind of feel like LV has been sort of cheapened in recent years. Like when I was younger, I'd go in the LV shop and just gaze at everything and it seemed so rare and beautiful. Nowadays the market is flooded with the stuff and it's not special anymore. The same is definitely not true for Hermes and hopefully never will be.
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