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J.D.Regent
11/06/09

In reply to Zoe Kravitz For Vera; Mary-Kate & Ashley Close Beauty Line
Anointed! Like Christ? So funny. I love your posts on the Kimberly Process in Zim and on the Goldstone scarves! Fashion matters, people. #ragtrade
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

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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
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dj_chick
11/06/09

@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
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LBB
11/06/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: They had a peach flavored sparkly lip gloss that was *the shit*. I still have a tube of it somewhere... #zoekravitz
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Hana Maru
11/07/09

@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
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Penny
11/06/09

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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
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lilyHaze
11/06/09

@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.
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Jenna
11/06/09

@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.
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Penny
11/06/09

@Jenna: Ah, well, I have admittedly not paid much attention to the company in recent years (besides seeing ads here and there). Bummer. #zoekravitz
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Penny
11/06/09

@Penny: But Rosie still bugs me :-) #zoekravitz
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ardentlilac
11/06/09

@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
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pantsless economist...access RESTORED
11/06/09

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Ugh, the Kimberley Process is worthless. #ragtrade
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DeedleDee
11/06/09

@pantsless economist...access RESTORED: A shiny rock is not worth the prices paid in human suffering. #zoekravitz
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Penny
11/06/09

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She's being knighted by President Obama...

I didn't know the President was able to do this. Are we in England? #ragtrade
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Jenna
11/06/09

@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
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Penny
11/06/09

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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
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fluxus flucker
09/23/09

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I was so prepared to be on Twiggy's side. I too have "long-since consigned [Woody Allen] to the Academy of the Overrateed" .

But, really Twiggy....
It IS obnoxious, pretentious, and dick-ish for one to purposefully try to make another person feel intellectually inferior.
But, cruel?
That probably sucked and all, but she could have just blown it off and then opened a book. Or blown it off and been content without a favorite philosopher.
AS IF everyone can name their fav. philosopher and, of those who can do so, how many really know what the hell they're talking about?!

At least she wasn't interviewed by Steven Colbert or Sasha Baren-Coen. Now that could have been brutal. Esp. the later.
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clevernamehere
09/23/09

@fluxus flucker: She was only a teenager and this was long before being an asshole was in fashion. I don't see much difference between dickish and cruel anyway.
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polypam
09/23/09

In reply to Lara Stone To Get Skinny; Megan Fox Sells Action Costume
But but...! If Lara Stone lost weight, then she would just be a model, not a "curvy model". And the designers wouldn't have any "curvy models" to parade on their runways as an example of how open-minded they are!
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Princess Leela
09/23/09

In reply to Lara Stone To Get Skinny; Megan Fox Sells Action Costume
Why are people so angry at Lara Stone for (unsurprisingly, given the stress of her profession) having a skewed body image? How about directing some ire at ElleUK, whose writer breathlessly and unironically reported these comments and then expressed her approval of how "well" this new "routine" is working for her?
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jenalicious
09/23/09

@Princess Leela: yeah really. i know from personal experience how much it sucks to be a size 4 in an industry of size 0's. It's not a normal world.
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hellosunshine
09/23/09

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Want [sexy] Megan Fox's [sexy] Transformers costume? Us neither, but if you're looking for a [sexy] leather jacket [sexily] drenched in sexxxy and stupid soundbytes, it'll be up for [one super-sexy] auction next month[, Sextober].

Fixed it.
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LaMorena
09/23/09

In reply to Lara Stone To Get Skinny; Megan Fox Sells Action Costume
Well THANK GOD. I'm sick of having to resist the urge to body snark that fatty. It's about damn time she slimmed down.

*SIGH*
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Pantra
09/23/09

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I know it's different for everyone, but is all that exercise necessarily going to work for her? I notice she didn't talk about changing her diet, but I would think she'd have to. If you're already a size 4, working out a lot might tone you up but it won't necessarily make you superskinny. She might already be at her body's preferred size.

I say this as someone who has ranged from moderate daily exercise to hardcore daily activity all my life - and while my body might range from softer to more muscular, it does not go down past a certain size. Not while eating a full, nourishing diet. I don't think I'm alone in this either.
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LaFemme
09/23/09

@Pantra: I don't know, I think for already pretty thin people pilates or weight training can really re-shape their bodies. I am on the slender side and if I do any kind of strength training I get pretty wiry and thin fairly quickly, without changing my diet.
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sybann
09/23/09

@Pantra: You are not - I walk (very briskly - 3+ mph) between 2-6 miles every day and I am still fat - I need more portion control in my life.
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TriedandTrue
09/23/09

@Pantra: I don't think you are alone. I just completed a half marathon for which I trained every week since the beginning of June. I don't believe I've shed more than a few pounds the whole summer but I also did not change my diet at all.
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SylvanSylph
09/23/09

@Pantra: Of course I have absolutely no idea, but my guess is, if anything, size 4 is already below the preferred body weight of most people in the 6 foot range. But she's a teeny model trying to lose weight so as not to be "the fat one" anymore- is it even reasonable to assume she won't severely change her eating? I'm not sure health is the focus here, if you know what I mean.
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clevernamehere
09/23/09

@Pantra: I think most people have a not exercising, eating whatever they like size and a regularly exercising, moderately watching their diet size.

I think it would take extreme measures to get her down to the negative size of most models, but I would be at all surprised if she could move down to a size 2 fairly easily.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
09/23/09

In reply to Lara Stone To Get Skinny; Megan Fox Sells Action Costume
Ooooo, I wonder how much the Jimmy Choo boots will be. They are beautiful. I might just have to take a sick day for them. (cause they are SICK!)
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LaMorena
09/23/09

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Those were the pair that caught my attention, too. Question: how high do you think they go? I couldn't see the seam below the knee... they're not connected to the pants, are they? Are they?!?!?
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OneTwoPunch
09/23/09

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Haha! As ridiculous as a size 4 "fat" sounds to the fair readers here, I assure you: in the surreal bubble that is NYC, this is a real attitude.

And I will use myself as a witness: I train in kickboxing at least 4 hours a week, and I am wearing a pair of size 4 jeans right now.

Last week, a guy called me...I kid you not, this really happened..."full figured" and "zaftig", because I have T&A.

That, ladies, is how strong the blue pill Matrix is in this town (and Colorado).

With the guy? I laughed and moved on ;)
He wasn't in very good shape anyway, so he probably thought I was gonna kick his ass!!

Ah, you just can't make this shit up. What a book my life story is...
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Pantra
09/23/09

@OneTwoPunch: I believe it. I've heard guys say "I don't really like skinny girls, I like the more full figured ones..... like her" and then they point to someone who's like a size 2 or size 4. So bizarre.
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Gumbina80
09/23/09

@OneTwoPunch: You speak the truth. I'm in LA, and the same jean size you noted. I had a guy tell me that even though I'm carrying 'extra weight', it's okay because I'm curvy. I won't lie and say that I wouldn't love to drop 10 pounds, but I'm not willing to spend more time at the gym and forgo enjoyable food and alcohol to do it.
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Penny
09/23/09

@Pantra: Skinny = under a certain weight with no tits or ass. To a lot of people.
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Penny
09/23/09

@Gumbina80: God, I just had a horrible flashback to a friend in high school telling me that I would have "the perfect body" if I just worked out more and tightened up. I don't talk sizes, but I was quite thin. But, fuck it, I've always been lazy.
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OneTwoPunch
09/23/09

@Pantra: Latently homophobic almost. Another freaky but true story: I hung with this skinny-fetish crowd briefly (someone thru work) where all the women dieted and exercised to the point of exhaustion. They introduced me to a man in their crowd, who was like "I don't date women over a buck fifteen!" I heard that, laughed and said "Then, he doesn't like women."

The very next woman he dated? Uh, she was a DRAG KING, a woman who gets paid to dress like a man onstage, and I am not making this up. It solidified my gut feeling that men who are afraid of boobs and butts and hips ain't really looking for a gal, ifyaknowhatimsayin (wink wink): not that there's anything wrong with that!
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tomato-of-fury
09/23/09

@OneTwoPunch: Are you saying that since I weigh less that 115 lbs and have pretty much no boobs or butt to speak of that I am less of a woman? And that any guy that is attracted to me must be gay? Because thats how it is coming across...
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sybann
09/23/09

@tomato-of-fury: No honey, she's saying that men who exclusively date really skinny women who have no ass or boobies are suspect.
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Jan74
09/25/09

@Pantra: "Full-figured" is Ashley Olsen. "Skinny" is Mary-Kate Olsen.

I wish I didn't know people who thought like that for real.
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heykoukla
09/23/09

In reply to Lara Stone To Get Skinny; Megan Fox Sells Action Costume
And when she's finished getting rid of all that "fat," Lara Stone should get her teeth fixed. I mean, who wants to be known as the model with the gap between her teeth, right?
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OneTwoPunch
09/23/09

@heykoukla: Hey, with some more trimming of her horrible "fat", maybe her teeth will start falling out. Eating is overrated anyway.
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flamesonthesideofmyface
09/23/09

@heykoukla: That's almost as bad as being known as the supermodel with the mole.
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heykoukla
09/23/09

@flamesonthesideofmyface: Ha, true. Poor Cindy, she could have been a successful model if only she'd frozen that thing off.
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