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Diziet_Sma
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Uggs are comfortable and good value for money. There is snow here in NYC. What would you like me to wear instead, pray tell? Something less comfortable and warm and more aesthetically pleasing to other women and more sexually attractive to men. Wow. How feministy of you.
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ellaesther
02/06/09

@Diziet_Sma: But don't they get wet in the snow? I mean seriously, the whole "are they attractive" question is a matter over which there is clearly great debate, but everytime I look at them, I just think "Soaking-wet feet." Here in the Greater Chicagoland Area, girls carry them to school, and then switch out of snow boots into their Uggs (or faux Uggs. Maybe real Uggs don't soak through?)
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Diziet_Sma
02/06/09

@ellaesther: Mine are the 'real ones', and I treated them with the recommended waterproof spray, once, when I first bought them five years ago. They have stayed waterproof (in snow) ever since. They are thick sheepskin, too, and sheep don't tend to get waterlogged!
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ellaesther
02/06/09

@Diziet_Sma: Now THAT is an excellent point. Sheep do not, in fact, get waterlogged! In fact, the very idea of it is making me smile.

I say: Wear Uggs, Diziet_Sma, and rock on with your bad self.
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inabook
02/06/09

@ellaesther: You spray them down with their squede-spray stuff. Then they're waterproof enough for snow and awesome! (though, you have to actually read the ugg care insert to know that)
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Buenavista
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
I cannot believe this but my auto mechanic husband who, poor dear, stands on his feet all day and has bad feet because of it has discovered that Crocs are the answer. I hate to begrudge him comfort but I just don't understand how rubber shoes can be the answer to anything!
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ellaesther
02/06/09

@Buenavista: If you can afford it, try to tempt him with Keens. I have plantar fasciitis, and the wrong shoe can, in twenty minutes, make my foot a misery for hours -- and I finally broke down and bought Keens (rather than moving my orthodics around from shoe to shoe to shoe) and man oh man oh man alive. I LOVE them. And they look cool, too.
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sportz.star
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
See, LVMH - rich people still have money for your expensive stuff.
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ellaesther
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
I've been saying it for years: By the time my son is in high school (five more years), straight boys will be wearing make-up. Maybe not all boys, maybe not all over, but it won't just be Pete Wentz. Because that's the next line for them to cross, other than skirts, and skirts really don't offer them much.
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megnificent
02/06/09

@ellaesther: I beg to differ. Are you familiar with Utilikilts?

I would totally buy them for my husband to wear to work if we lived in a more liberal part of the country.
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AuntieBee
02/06/09

@ellaesther: My ex wore skirts, he said they were comfy. The first time I saw him in a skirt he was recovering from knee surgery and looked all skinny and Michael Stipe-ish. Then two male friends helped feed his sartorial obsession. A buddy from the UAE gave him a linen man-dress, and a Somalian friend started giving him man skirts from the desert lands... We were told they were called Maowasses or something like that (look, I can pronounce it; I just have NO CLUE how to spell it).

I don't see the appeal, but I am maybe not the best judge. There is a period of my life, about 20 years long, in which I would NOT wear a skirt. I'm getting over it. I've been much more enthusiastic about makeup, so I can see teen boys going there first, for sure.
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ellaesther
02/06/09

@megnificent: I was not, but now, thanks to Mr. Google, I am! My, my. I still think that makeup will come first, but hey, utility kilts! Because: Why not?
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Penny
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
I can't believe the WSJ laid off Agins. I hope she writes another book.
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belle TL
02/06/09

@Penny Plastic (Archetype): Criminal. I LOVED The End of Fashion.
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morninggloria
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
"Dreamy" Miu Miu ads, KatieKate HolmesCruise? When I dream, I don't imagine laying around languidly in firelight, I dream that a giant monster is stomping down Clark Street and I am eating a hotdog made of quarters and suddenly, my 8th grade Spanish teacher (who is dressed like a Storm Trooper) flies overhead with giant purple wings.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
02/06/09

@morninggloria: That's because you're a rube. I dream I am Katie Holmes shooting a Miu Miu ad. And then Tom comes in in my same outfit and... well, it kind of goes downhill form there.
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tscheese
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Also, why is it so weird for men to put on some damn moisturizer? If a man's toenails are jagged and too long, it's not un-manly if he clips them. If a man's face is dirty, it's not un-manly if he washes it. Why does moisturizer have to be this "OH MY GAWWWWD YOU HAVE LIKE QUESTIONABLE SEXUALITYYYY" if a man uses it? It's just another personal care item.

Are all men supposed to suffer through every dry winter with scaly-ass skin, lest they be labeled as catamites or something? Like, really? Moisturizer has to be gussied up as this BRUTALLY BRUSQUE HETERONORMATIVE THING!11 in order to get men to use it?
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water baby
02/06/09

@tscheese: I've never understood why it's considered so unmanly to take care of yourself. And I honestly think that's what this boils down to, because many guys I know won't see a doctor if they've been seriously injured because it's somehow not "manly" if they seek out help. If they're not going to get stitches for an open wound, I doubt they're going to buy moisturizer for something as inconsequential as DRY SKIN.

Maybe if we told them they'd get more sex if they bought it? That's what all the other advertisers do...
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ellaesther
02/06/09

@tscheese: Because straight men, in spite of the fact that they rule the world are (as a group, people, not EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM) the most insecure group of people on the planet. Which is really rich when you think about it, but there it is.
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EkaterinaBallerina
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Kelly Cutrone's reality show is one that I'd gladly watch. I love that woman.
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bluebears
02/06/09

@EkaterinaBallerina: I just want to hang out with her and have her tell me everything that is wrong with my life and what I should do to fix it.
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Shawn-Shawn
02/06/09

@bluebears: One of my friends worked for her at People's Revolution and I can safely say that she's the exact same way in real life as she is on screen---her bluntness and biting comments are not just a television persona. She's kind of amazing. I met her a few years back at an after party during fashion week and I was in awe. And a little scared.
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bluebears
02/06/09

@Shawn-Shawn: you met her? I am BITTER with jealousy!!!
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jemandtheholograms
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Someone better let Zoe know monkeys trademarked "Bananas" first.
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morninggloria
02/06/09

@jemandtheholograms: Monkeys are a lot more business savvy than anyone gives them credit for.
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BlondeGoddess
02/06/09

@jemandtheholograms: And after them, Gwen Stefani, I would think.
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badmutha
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Well of COURSE I need a Lilly print Jeep! What else am I going to drive around Palm Beach in? So Elle Woods.
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sportz.star
02/06/09

@badmutha: I not-so-secretly love it. And screw Palm Beach, it would be cooler in a northeast winter. A ray of sunshine.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Finally! My Okie born cracker husband can get the street cred and soft, supple skin he's been yearning for!
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MizJenkins
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Way to cash in on the homo-thug market, Fifty. Grooming products and a pack of 'roids? What more could a guy-who-likes-guys-but-not-in-a-gay-way want?
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AuntieBee
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Do all the first ladies get invited to fashion week? Like, did they remember to invite Laura Bush last year?

Poor Michelle, everybody wants a piece of teh cool.
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bluebears
02/06/09

@AuntieBee: I was wondering the same thing. I don't remember Hilary ever going either. And you know what? I'm glad. Because its dumb.
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water baby
02/06/09

@bluebears: It is dumb. Just because you're female doesn't mean you're into fashion. If you are, great, but not every woman on this planet wants to worry so much about what she wears every day...
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AthertonMerriweather
02/06/09

@AuntieBee: I'm sure Laura Bush attended all Talbots and Chico's shows.
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DangerMouse
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
I'd respect even more Michelle Obama if she politely declined the invitation, citing the fact that she is too busy.

I mean, yes, she wears nice clothes, BUT SHE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN PRETTY CLOTHES.
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water baby
02/06/09

@DangerMouse: Well, duh. She's also pretty accessories.
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aubonpam
02/06/09

In reply to Michelle At Fashion Week; More Katie For Miu Miu
Having to call something "butch" immediately renders it's butchness void.
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DangerMouse
02/06/09

@aubonpam: Yeah... nobody thought of "macho"? The word butch makes me think lesbians, which doesn't signify making men more manly in my mind.
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