Brunch is the best thing in the world, ever. It's breakfast food, but with gossip and champagne. I would be highly suspicious of anyone who was anti-brunch.
Ah, Helena Christiensen, I understand! I'm very exacting with my text messages, too. I've tried purposely inserting spelling/punctuation mistakes just to fit in with my friends, but it makes me feel...dirty.
@GreyEminence: Helena Christensen is my kind of gal. I never use text speak when sending texts and it grates when some of my contemporaries do. Reading "R U nearby?" on a first date for example does not bode well if it comes from a middle-aged man.
@Jenna: My aunt's Italian partner hates my shoes so whenever I visit (I might wear a shitty pair of shoes for the occasion) he insists on buying me a pair. Last year he bought me these amazing red Ferragamo heels and they are soooo comfortable. I absolutely have no shame in second-hand shoes either! I bought a super cool pair of Prada heels for 40 bucks from eBay. At least they're broken in :-)
@Penny: Secondhand shoes FTW! This may be the reason I didn't have them reinstate my eBay account after it got shut down for potentially being hacked. :P
(BTW, you might want to check out Ferragamo's book Shoemaker of Dreams, it's interesting stuff.)
@Penny: That's how I feel about it. The best is when someone buys them from a department store, scratches the soles, realizes they don't fit, and then can't return them. I will happily own the cast-offs of the stupid rich.
with reference to the skin lightening stuff in India, while I agree that a lot of that ties into the Indian caste system, but a huge part of is tied in strongly with the concept of 'brown englishmen' etc #brangelinajewelry
@rd2uk: I don't know, I saw skin lightening lotions all over Asia. I think it's just used to be a marker of wealth/beauty, like how it used to be cool to be overweight and pale in the US if you were wealthy and you weren't working all the time.
A side note, my friend was absolutely shocked when we first came across lightening cream, because she was so used to pale being undesirable. #brangelinajewelry
@Heidi Lengdorfer: totally agree with both of you, just saying that in the case of india colonization plays a huuuuge role in people wanting to be lighter skinned/speaking english/wearig western clothes etc. obv theres loads of other factors that play into all of this, such as those that ya'll have mentioned. #brangelinajewelry
@graciousplum: I once bought Jimmy Choo heels at a second hand store. They were in great condition and only $30, so I couldn't believe my luck. When I got them home, I realized they are the most UNCOMFORTABLE shoes ever. It's not that they're painful; I've never worn them long enough to feel pain because they are literally impossible to walk in. Something about the balance is off. I cannot walk more than a couple of steps in them. And I am someone who taught myself to walk normally in 6" (no platform) fetish heels. I don't get it. #brangelinajewelry
@Oleander: I firmly believe that this, rather than all the talk on Sex and the City, is why Manolo Blahnik is more popular than Jimmy Choo. MBs are *really, really comfortable*. #brangelinajewelry
@girlgonemild: After all of the excitement when H&M finally opened a store in LA, I thought I would find all sorts of awesome things there. So far most of what I've seen has looked like it just stepped out of a time machine from 1986. #brangelinajewelry
I'm sorry but those are some butt-ugly necklaces Angelina. They look like that weird Lord of the Rings themed jewelry section in SkyMall magazines. #brangelinajewelry
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Unless by background check he means shady-private-eye-type investigating, in which case I will proffer that they seem to have not done a great job.
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And no one looks more surprised about that than Cyndi Lauper.
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If so, I suggest that he next craft uniforms for French university administrative assistants.
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I know! I always reserve my sundays for mimosas and eggs benedict! Journalism has officially jumped the shark.
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(BTW, you might want to check out Ferragamo's book Shoemaker of Dreams, it's interesting stuff.)
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A side note, my friend was absolutely shocked when we first came across lightening cream, because she was so used to pale being undesirable. #brangelinajewelry
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I don't know anyone who buys $600 shoes! #brangelinajewelry
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Or maybe I'm just bitter that they don't carry shoes in my size. #brangelinajewelry
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