I was gonna say that I relate to Leanimal, what with my puppeh all up in my crafts but damn now I've got a medley of Lisa Lisa to go dance out in the photocopy room. brb.
Bee Shaffer: Of course my Mom loves me! She gets me these great clothes and a chef and sends me to boarding schools and got me a personal trainer, and even though we don't really "speak" per se, it is a very loving relationship. She is a very important and busy person, and her inability to smile for very long is a genetic condition for which there is no cure. She suffers through it though.
I love how every nation views fashion week differently. In London they're always really snotty about New York fashion week suggesting that it's boring and bland, and now it transpires that in New York London is apparently lacking in prestige and all but irrelevant. Who knew? Do Milan and Paris slag each other off too or are they above such things?
(In all seriousness London does struggle to attract the prestige names but it just amused me because of the tendency in the UK to see New York fashion week as the least 'important')
It is no surprise Saks stopped selling DvB jeans. All of those pants are cut for Victoria herself. If you don't have her body, forget about it. I tried on a pair once (hey, stop judging, I didn't see the tag!) and they did truly heinous things to my body. I am a size 25 jean so presumably my body shouldnt be TOO hard for Victoria to deal with. Wrong. I have never felt so squat. Discount them 90% and clear 'em out I say.
@LaFemme: That's the interesting failure of celebrity designers. Working with demin is tough: they should have brought on someone from Diesel to explain that shit to V-dubs.
I don't think Toby Keith even has taste in his mouth. No wonder Justin Timberlake was named by GQ as one of the most fashionable men in America if this is his competition.
Oh DeBeers, I want to sympathize but it is so hard to feel bad for a company that oversaw such atrocious and despicable working and living conditions for their workforce. Even plastering "Democracy is Forever" billboards all over South Africa didn't make me like you any better.
she says the only thing that's hard about designing from her Brooklyn apartment is keeping her cat out of her sewing
YES. My cat will leave nothing alone. I've learned not to leave anything out; as I've came back home to find an entire spool of thread unwound on the carpet, wrapped around my furniture. When I was sewing my Halloween costume this year, he would come and SIT on my fabric, as if he was saying, "What? You put this fabric out for me? Don't mind if I do!" He ran off with velcro, dumped open boxes...I could go on forever. So yeah, Leanne, I sympathize, BIG TIME.
@BabyJane: I once had to pull 2+ feet of dental floss out of my dog's throat. She started trying to eat it out of the container but wasn't able to bite it off, so she just kept swallowing and swallowing... So yeah, I won't be leaving my cross-stitch thread lying around!
@pandorasmittens: One really important thing to never do is "store" your needle and thread by sticking it into the arm of your chair. My cat decided to play with the thread. Later she was acting funny and I opened her mouth and peered in just in time to watch the needle slip down her throat.
That is one pricey surgery. My cat passed away a couple of years ago at age 20 and I still have the needle and thread in a packet from the vet's.
@Tart of Darkness: Yipes, pet surgery is horrendously expensive. Glad your kitty had you to look out for her!
We weren't so lucky with my childhood kitty; apparently she swallowed about a spool's worth of thread and it cut through her intestines. Despite $800+ surgery, she didn't make it. Poor Spicey; totally insane, but much loved. <3
@Safiya: I'm so paranoid about anything thread-like lying around for the cat to get. I can't afford the surgery but I couldn't just let his intestines be shredded. Why does he have to love string so?
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(In all seriousness London does struggle to attract the prestige names but it just amused me because of the tendency in the UK to see New York fashion week as the least 'important')
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We all know how those big ol' beer bellies just refuse to stay locked away - easy access for scratchin', y'all!
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Now these dresses... I do like these dresses.
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His lack of taste is only a start.
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In Kentucky, this is a familiar sight.
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@AtomiClash: The only people who are allowed to dress like cowboys are actual cowboys.
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YES. My cat will leave nothing alone. I've learned not to leave anything out; as I've came back home to find an entire spool of thread unwound on the carpet, wrapped around my furniture. When I was sewing my Halloween costume this year, he would come and SIT on my fabric, as if he was saying, "What? You put this fabric out for me? Don't mind if I do!" He ran off with velcro, dumped open boxes...I could go on forever. So yeah, Leanne, I sympathize, BIG TIME.
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That is one pricey surgery. My cat passed away a couple of years ago at age 20 and I still have the needle and thread in a packet from the vet's.
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We weren't so lucky with my childhood kitty; apparently she swallowed about a spool's worth of thread and it cut through her intestines. Despite $800+ surgery, she didn't make it. Poor Spicey; totally insane, but much loved. <3
Aside: how did cats manage to evade Darwin??
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