I am not trying to be mean, but Lily Cole's cakes are probably not very good. Cooking allows for many freedoms (and that salad she's describing sounds delicious) but baking is a science and requires precise amounts to turn out properly.
@LvV: I know a guy who bragged that he made awsome cakes just like Lily Cole, mixing this and that, and guessing the amounts. The one time I actually tasted his cake, it was dense and horrible, but I didn't have the heart to say so. He's a really nice, generous person. I suspect something similar's going on with Cole and her friends. #zoekravitz
True confessions: I have actually worn the mary-kateandashley makeup. They made a really kick ass gold metallic eye shadow pencil that I used to rock in high school. #zoekravitz
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I still have a couple of their eyeshadows. I've had them for years and should probably toss them, but now it's like they're a relic or something ... #zoekravitz
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I have too! I bought a bunch of it at once, like 5 years ago, because they had things packaged together and then they were buy one get one free, and they were cheap. It was good makeup, especially the lip gloss. I used everything until they were done and I still have the dark brown eyeliner.
It is a little embarrassing. One of my friends peeked in my makeup bag and was like "I didn't know you were a Mary Kate and Ashley fan" #zoekravitz
I have very strong opinions about Eileen Fisher. I worked in a boutique that sold her things when I was in college and, regardless of the "image" she's going for (fuck, it's fashion), she IS a godsend to a lot of women. If you can sell a cute pair of linen drawstring pants in XS to a 19 year old like me and dress a size 22 who is 50 and a professional, you're doing something right.
Fisher's ads feature a pretty wide range of women (ages, races and yes, sizes). She doesn't need to target the plus-size market because they already flock to her.
Also, Rosie bugs me. Does Donna Karan go for a plus size image? No. #ragtrade
@Penny: It's not my kind of style, but Eileen Fisher clothing seems to be very well made. Many of the brands catering to plus sizes seem to be very cheaply made.
If I go to a higher end department store and look at plus sizes, the style is very dowdy and matronly. There are young, plus size women who have the money to buy nice things.
@Penny: I agree about the designs -- I actually love some of Eileen Fisher's pieces. (Most of them I stole from my mum, but you know.)
However, it is true the company is consciously chasing a younger "hipper" customer -- they certainly collaborated with a Times article stating same -- and that strikes me as foolish.
And if Fisher herself said what O'Donnell reports, to her very face, that is just downright mean.
@Jenna: I agree. I'm not one to ditch good design willy nilly, but Fisher's rudeness to a happy, loyal customer tells me I shouldn't express any more gratitude to Eileen Fisher with my hard-earned money because clearly my fat behind insults her business.
Famous person talking about and wearing your clothes = great advertising. Famous person telling fans how rude and ungrateful clothing designer is = bad advertising. That's how social media works, lady. #zoekravitz
@Penny: "...And then, he's gonna make her Lady Wintour, Viscountess of 4 Times Square, and Marchioness of the Leaping Brazilians, and he'll take her as his vassal for Long Island, and then they'll all eat pizza and cupcakes." #zoekravitz
I was reading through the UK Vogue with Georgia May on the cover last night. It's literally the first time I have flipped through a magazine and felt frightfully old. #ragtrade
I can relate to Lily Cole's excitement about cooking. I just started cooking meals that are more complicated than "1.) Punch hole in plastic 2.) Put in microwave" and "Place meat in between two pieces of bread." I get really excited when I don't require recipes to get my food going. But I guess I usually only share this excitement with my boyfriend, and he kind of just gives me a skyped-pat on the head-look and proceeds to continue his tradition of cooking delicious food.
And yeah, I actually remember Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's make-up line. Probably because I was a pre-teen at the time it started and scanned the make-up aisle of Wal-Mart like I used to pace and analyze the toy aisle.
Given the fashion industry's generally overwhelming insensitivity with regards to racial issues (among many, many others), I'm NOT going to give French Vogue the benefit of the doubt. I remember an American Vogue spread from the mid-to-late '90s that featured a model of Euro descent covered in bronzer and wearing 'tribal'-inspired clothing (fringed leggings, feathered headdresses, etc.) This feels like a slightly subtler version of that.
And I don't think the "But we're French!" excuse flies anymore. It's not like France is hermetically sealed off from the rest of the world or doesn't have its own racial problems. I'm sorry to say that from my perspective, Europeans seem to be behind Americans in terms of racial sensitivity. I still clearly remember the slanty eyes pictures of the Spanish Olympic basketball team and the repeated, lame Berlusconi jokes about the Obamas being "tanned." Both of those were excused as instances of cultural ignorance, usually accompanied by a "hey, it was a joke you PC Americans. Lighten up!"
@lodown: I totally agree. I think it's safe to say that the problem isn't Americans being too PC (as if) but that many Europeans are quite comfortable with their racism because it's still the status quo in many parts of Europe. A head of state makes racist comments on a regular basis and there doesn't seem to be much condemnation from the European community.
@topsy: Right, because Europeans are automatically more enlightened than we prudish, Bible-thumping Americans. It's kinda like how some lefty men feel their liberal social views gives them the license to say/do the most sexist things.
I don't think it's fair to judge people when it comes to this sort of thing as racist when you don't know how certain things are or aren't perceived in another continent. I am european and I never know what might offend an american. Most things one notices when others react to them. Things that an american might find offensive aren't always offensive to other cultures. These pics to me look like what Lady Gaga did maybe a couple of months ago, when she did that photoshoot for ID magazine, sort of like a negative of a photograph. Plus, the model is completely painted in one colour, does that still qualify as black face? It doesn't look like it's done with the intention to be racist and to mock someone.
@ninles: I'm sorry, but I'm European too, and from quite a monoracial place that is fairly racist. When I first moved away I iwas incredibly ignorant and said all kinds of accidentally racist stuff. It took my friends firmly pointing out that to me to make me start educating myself. Ignorance is not an excuse, it doesn't make stuff not racist. Some French people might find racist stuff ok (like some Americans do), but that doesn't excuse them. And instead of suggesting that you 'never know what might offend an American, putting yourself in the place of the other culture.
@ninles: I'm from Europe, and I find this offensive. Just sayin'. Sure, not knowing what others find offensive is not in itself bad...but it is bad if we don't choose to educate ourselves about why they might object.
The shoot is apparently intended to be arty, to be edgy; fine. But it feels cheap and attention-seeking, and the lack of non-white models in the rest of the issue suggests that the editors are actually the opposite of edgy - they are just lazy and conservative.
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I claim it's just as creative; you just have to be carefully creative. #zoekravitz
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Olivier Zahm: Definitely has Booger's hair. #zoekravitz
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It is a little embarrassing. One of my friends peeked in my makeup bag and was like "I didn't know you were a Mary Kate and Ashley fan" #zoekravitz
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Fisher's ads feature a pretty wide range of women (ages, races and yes, sizes). She doesn't need to target the plus-size market because they already flock to her.
Also, Rosie bugs me. Does Donna Karan go for a plus size image? No. #ragtrade
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If I go to a higher end department store and look at plus sizes, the style is very dowdy and matronly. There are young, plus size women who have the money to buy nice things.
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However, it is true the company is consciously chasing a younger "hipper" customer -- they certainly collaborated with a Times article stating same -- and that strikes me as foolish.
And if Fisher herself said what O'Donnell reports, to her very face, that is just downright mean.
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Famous person talking about and wearing your clothes = great advertising. Famous person telling fans how rude and ungrateful clothing designer is = bad advertising. That's how social media works, lady. #zoekravitz
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I didn't know the President was able to do this. Are we in England? #ragtrade
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And yeah, I actually remember Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's make-up line. Probably because I was a pre-teen at the time it started and scanned the make-up aisle of Wal-Mart like I used to pace and analyze the toy aisle.
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... now that made me laugh.
(p.s. decimal :D )
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(NEED. COFFEE.) #zoekravitz
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And I don't think the "But we're French!" excuse flies anymore. It's not like France is hermetically sealed off from the rest of the world or doesn't have its own racial problems. I'm sorry to say that from my perspective, Europeans seem to be behind Americans in terms of racial sensitivity. I still clearly remember the slanty eyes pictures of the Spanish Olympic basketball team and the repeated, lame Berlusconi jokes about the Obamas being "tanned." Both of those were excused as instances of cultural ignorance, usually accompanied by a "hey, it was a joke you PC Americans. Lighten up!"
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The shoot is apparently intended to be arty, to be edgy; fine. But it feels cheap and attention-seeking, and the lack of non-white models in the rest of the issue suggests that the editors are actually the opposite of edgy - they are just lazy and conservative.