"Yasmin le Bon's daily life: "If lunch is at home then I tend to eat up leftovers from the fridge. I'm the leftover queen. I can't help it. I might mix them into an omelette or throw them all into a soup. One of the children won't eat soups any more because she's worried what old food I've put in it. Simon's mother, Ann Marie, often comes round with homemade bread and cakes.""
Sigh. This was supposed to be MY life. I was supposed to marry Simon LeBon dammit! #stephanieseymour
All these Ayn Rand devotees have no real concept of how intellectual and morally bankrupt her philosphy is. I'm okay with college students going through a Rand phase, but adults who still embrace her bs are, imho, permanent adolescents who think the world can be boiled down to simple ideas like radical selfishness. #stephanieseymour
Vivienne Westwood: best advice ever. That's why I refuse to try stuff on in the hideously lit fitting rooms of (amongst many others) H&M, it'll ruin my self-esteem for weeks. #stephanieseymour
@ketamineKitty: It's kind of funny to me that everyone thinks it's artistic when he pervs on beautiful young women. Just because he has a better gimmick than most when it comes to getting them to pay attention to him, his revolving-door-obsessions are genius. #stephanieseymour
While I have many, many problems with Ayn Rand, I must admit I like the designs featured in the article. However, when I first saw them, they struck me as more Gatsby than Galt. #stephanieseymour
Henry Holland and I have the opposite feelings about NYC. I spend most of my time thinking about how I can get out of here.
Also, Manolo Blahnik: if "celebrities" didn't wear your shoes you wouldn't make as much money as you do. You do not get a choice who buys them. Sorry. #ragtrade
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Funny story: A few years ago, when I was but a wee Sophomore in high school, I was rooting around in my mom's closet for a scarf to wear. Being the fashion rebel I was (and am), I found a homely beige-ish scarf with black and red plaid on it.
"Gosh, this is ugly!" I thought. "I'll wear it, because it's warm, and I feel bad for it."
About a year later, all the rich girls at school were wearing the exact same scarves, and also matching bags, jackets, brellas, etc. So I had to abandon my ugly little scarf, for Burberry mania had hit, strong.
@hydrogen_jukebox: I love this story. Many years ago, my mom and I took a trip to London together and she bought all this Burberry crap and I kept thinking, "Hellloooo? Touristy?!?" I have no idea what ever became of it.
@GeorgeFayne: Right. It makes me think of scum, sputum, scrotum, and the addition of "aqua"- which is a pretty word, IMO-does nothing to stem the flow of gross. And really, if the brand is suffering, the first thing I'd be tweaking would be THE NAME.
Oh, this barn jacket? It's Aquascrotum-scum. You like?
@save jinger: @save jinger: Aquascutum is the latin for water shield, reflecting the fact that the company was established in the 1850s to offer a waterproof raincoat which proved very successful in the Crimean War. The gentlemen who would have bought the coats at the time would have been taught latin at school and would have known the difference between their water shields and their scrotums. By the way, I have never ever heard anyone British think the name in the slightest bit amusing or gross, and we are notorious for being rather juvenile when it comes to names of body parts. Perhaps also because we pronounce it aqua scootum and we don't snigger at anyone talking about riding about on their scooters. So no, it would be foolish for Aquascutum to change their name.
@Rare Affinity: Huh, good to know. It is interesting that people from different countries react to the name so differently. I think part of it could just be familiarity, though. If you see a word all the time it doesn't strike you as odd, but when it's a new word you process it differently.
@ihateyourescalade: I don't see this picture as particularly embarrassing to either of them. It's not like he didn't know about it before, and thousands have no doubt seen the same thing at the beach, bare breasts not being seen as particularly scandalous in other cultures.
@greengrey: true story. And Cecilia had dumped Sarko once before, for the man she eventually married after Sarko.
He was publicly embarrassed because she refused to campaign for him and wouldn't move into the Elysee Palace. As soon as he met Carla, he pounced. Likewise, she was about to turn 40, never married the father of her child, was running out of rock stars, and probably figured, "First lady of France? I can handle that."
I think Sarko enjoys every one of those photos and doesn't give a damn.
@ihateyourescalade: I used to really dislike Carla Bruni and her too cool for school facade until I read an interview with her, which led to another, etc. She's the real deal and because she is so down to earth, her nudes seem more natural, if you know what I mean. I think Sarkozy is probably over any embarrassment he might have had (hardly!) regarding Ms. Bruni.
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So he's saying she's fucking awesome? I already knew that!! #stephanieseymour
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Also, Manolo Blahnik: if "celebrities" didn't wear your shoes you wouldn't make as much money as you do. You do not get a choice who buys them. Sorry. #ragtrade
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I've said similar things about some of my BFFs. Alcohol was usually involved, though.
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"Gosh, this is ugly!" I thought. "I'll wear it, because it's warm, and I feel bad for it."
About a year later, all the rich girls at school were wearing the exact same scarves, and also matching bags, jackets, brellas, etc. So I had to abandon my ugly little scarf, for Burberry mania had hit, strong.
So, in so many words: You're welcome.
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Oh, this barn jacket? It's Aquascrotum-scum. You like?
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He was publicly embarrassed because she refused to campaign for him and wouldn't move into the Elysee Palace. As soon as he met Carla, he pounced. Likewise, she was about to turn 40, never married the father of her child, was running out of rock stars, and probably figured, "First lady of France? I can handle that."
I think Sarko enjoys every one of those photos and doesn't give a damn.
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