October 2007

Does Living By Yourself Freak You Out? [Home Alone]

In the Seattle Post-Intelligencer yesterday, some Scary Sadshaw (yes, we stole that phrase from Gawker’s Emily Gould) writes about how she recently got creeped out by watching a scary movie at 3 a.m. in her own apartment. She calls it being “scared single.” For singles, she argues, “Fear is a luxury [because] after all, when you find a spider the size of a baseball mitt in your bathtub, you’re the one who has to get rid of it.” As someone who has lived alone, lived with female roommates, and with a boyfriend, I have to say that while I never felt UNsafe living alone, I feel safer living with my dude. I have been known to make him investigate noises, but mostly because I’m too lazy to get out of bed. I’d say the spider killing is a 50/50 proposition. I felt safest of all, though, living with two female roommates, because we were all in different bedrooms. My thinking was like this: if someone is going to come in and murder us, my bedroom is furthest from the front door. That chick whose room is facing the street is totally fucked though. Whoops!

Scared Single: Living Alone Only Seems To Amplify Spooky Situations [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

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Flight Fright Slob

Prior to entering the working world, it did seem like I did an awful lot to-ing and fro-ing between London and Hong Kong and as I trawled through the Style Bubble archives, I’m surprised I haven’t written about the joys/miseries of travel attire.  I wonder if it’s because of the practical dreariness of dressing for a flight that has made me shirk away from the subject.  However on the eve of a long haul flight (thankfully not a 12 hour one….), I thought I’d share the mundaneness of flying.  I can’t hide the truth.  It’s a horrendous sight.  It’s not pretty.  It’s not interesting. 

But it is comfortable, practical and suitably scruffy.  I’ve seen girls struggle with tight jeans onboard, unbuttoning them to get some relief.  I’ve seen people go through the metal detectors laden with belts, chains and all sorts of stuff that sets the beeping machine going mad.  I’ve seen women take off their stiletto heels once they realise they have to walk down all the way to gate 55 when boarding.  I’ve also seen people dressing in full anticipation of hot hot heat at their destination but not realising that the flight on the way could be a fridge-like temperature depending on whether the plane decides to act up with the a/c. 

Seeing as I’m not a trackie/sweatpants kinda gal, it’s jersey jersey time for me.  Washed to perfection baggy stripy t-shirt, a grey Grecian jersey top that I heavily abuse for flights and what I have deemed my new travelling skirt - a draped bit of loveliness from Pepa Delight that has pockets for me to shove my hands in and a shape that is ultra fluid.  I do like sleeping on planes with a hat on because it can be useful if the seat is a little on the hard side.  The puffa jacket is for the freezing weather at the moment early in the morning when I leave for Heathrow and also for emergency warmth if said a/c goes berserk but lightweight enough not for it to be a drag when I’m at the airport.  The cardigan is an essential for cosy sleeptime and the footless knitted tights are good for leaving the feet free for putting on those inflight socks which I weirdly like.   

I really have no qualms about walking around like a hobo with a zombie look in my eyes and yes, I’m aware that when I’m sleepily browsing at World Duty Free in T3, people may think I’m going to shoplift a Mac lipstick or two but I’m not giving up my tried-and-tested flight formula. 

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New-MAC Heirlooms

The new MAC Heirlooms Brush Bag Collection is what separates you from a normal makeup lover to the queen of makeup.  MAC Heirlooms is a collection of elegant clutch-style brush bags made with woven cream fabric enriched by metallic gold or silver thread.  Another glamorous feature to MAC Heirlooms makeup bags is its custom plastic ivory frame and handle with a royal crown motif.

        

The new MAC Heirlooms Brush Bags Collection is available from October 18 in all MAC locations, $48.  You can find two type of MAC Heirlooms clutch-style makeup bags: medium clutch bag in textured cream fabric with an elegant metallic gold threading pattern and medium clutch bag in textured cream with an elegant metallic silver threading pattern. You can choose from MAC Heirlooms makeup bags with face brushes, eye brushes, and a basic brush set.

            

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6 Mode Girls in Fashion Magazine November 2007!!!

Reid Kim Renneberg

Meghan Collison

Agnes W.

Julia Dunstall

Heather Marks

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Stiletto Free Style with Chloe Cone Heels [The Latest Luxe]

Navy is making a comeback this season, what with all the ashy greys and sultry blues in sweaters, overcoats, and dresses.  When  too-tall heeled pumps, stilettos, and wedge platform shoes aren’t helping your balancing act, consider this fresh new style; the cone heel:

Chloe leads the pack in the shoe department with this unique twist on stacked heel boots and Mary Janes.  These cone heeled boots have a keyhole opening on the front and rounded toe.  A simple stud fastening makes it easy to strap them on and head out without practicing your steps ahead of time.  Comfortable and chic, these are availalbe in a rich navy leather.

Chloe Cone Heel Shoe Boots:  $598 available at Net-A-Porter 

chloe, fashion, heels, shoes, style

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Teri’s Top Ten Aging Fabulous Tips. [Aging Fabulous]

As I consider myself an anti-aging expert, ha - I have been writing this for about 9 months now so I better have learned something - I have come up with my top ten tips for Aging Fabulous.

1. Laugh Often - find something to laugh about. Really laugh about! I recently read that a good laugh every day can add up to 8 years on your life - I believe it.
2. Keep yourself hydrated - truly 8 - 10 glasses of water a day will not only help keep things running more smoothly on the inside, your skin will look better on the outside.
3. Exercise daily - whether it is a nice walk every day or just some simple stretching, keep yourself feeling loose by fitting in a bit of exercise each and every day.
4. Wear sunscreen - everyday, every season. It is one of your best defenses against winkles.
5. Moisturize - find the right combination for your skin and make sure you use your correct lotion or cream every day.
6. Love - share your love and be loved. There is no other feeling like it. The love for your child, spouse, friend or pet - love is a very important part of life and means even more as we age.
7. Continually educate yourself - keep learning by reading, writing, or even watching and think about what you are reading or hearing. Learning will keep your brain fit
8. Relax - however you do it, take at least 10 minutes a day for yourself. Take a bath, take a walk, sit in silence, have sex - whatever does it for you, just do it.
9. Eat a balanced diet - Find your perfect balance of food and correct amount of calories you should eat for your age and activity level and stick to it as best you can.
10. Get plenty of sleep - the average adult needs 7.5 - 8.5 hours of sleep every night. If you don’t get out of bed right after your alarm goes off, then you have not gotten enough sleep.

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Miss Conduct: Judge To Jury: Some People Enjoy A Fist To The Face

Happy Domestic Violence Awareness Month! During a domestic violence trial in Maryland last week, a police officer testified that she witnessed a man hit his girlfriend in the face three times at a gas station . The officer had the man arrested. But, according to Paul Harris, the judge assigned to the case, one can’t assume that a woman who was hit didn’t consent to the attack. “Sadomasochists sometimes like to get beat up,” Harris told the courtroom — then acquitted the man. Despite that ridiculous comment, the judge said he wasn’t trying to be heartless: The abused woman had disappeared, even though she’d been ordered to testify. (Harris defended his ruling to The Baltimore Sun saying, “I have to decide the case based on what I have and I think a crucial element is missing.” He told the prosecutor: “The state is stepping into the shoes of the victim when she obviously doesn’t care.”)

Judge Harris went onto explain that it had to be clear that the defendant’s actions were not consented to by the victim, and asked, “How do you determine that without the victim?” (Byron L. Warnken, a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, posed this question to a Sun reporter: “What would we do in a murder case?”) While it’s clear that it is a judge’s job to follow the rule of law, was justice served? Could it be that the victim disappeared because she was simpply afraid for her life or was intimidated into silence by her abusive boyfriend? And while it’s true that we can’t rely on one cop’s eyewitness report of an incident — as a commenter on the Nation’s website points out, imagine a situation where the cop is white and secretly racist and the alleged attacker is black, for instance — what can we do to protect a woman in this situation? And, more importantly, punish the perp?

Maryland Judge: Some Domestic Violence Victims Like Being Hit [The Nation]
Earlier: Fuck Black Eyes: October Is All About The Boobs

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Editor At Large: If you’ll recall, after writing a cover story …

editor at large

If you’ll recall, after writing a cover story about Gawker Media’s flagship site, writer Vanessa Grigoriadis was attacked by gossip column Page Six with words that some considered a physical threat (others just a gross visual taunt). It was just one incident in a long line of scandals at Page Six, making one writer wonder whether editor Richard Johnson has compromising photos of Rupert Murdoch in his drawer. Because despite the bad press — the Grigoriadis flap, payola allegations and Johnson’s in-print favors to Girls Gone Wild jerk Joe Francis (who reportedly funded Johnson’s $50,000 bachelor party in Mexico) — Richard Johnson, the “worst person in the world,” is still head dick at Page Six. [The Phoenix]

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Rag Trade: Just How, Exactly, Does One “Dress For Bono”?

• The dress code at the Black Ball in New York tonight is “dress for Bono.” [WWD, final item]
  
• Designer Patricia Field on why she’s keeping far away from the set of the Sex And The City movie: “If I was [there] I’d be telling the director what to do — I’d be finding something wrong with everything!” [Fashion Week Daily]
  
• Tim Gunn on how to politely exit a conversation: “It’s been lovely talking to you. But I’m needed across the room.” We are pretty sure the whole “need” part would not work for us. [WSJ]
  
• More news about Roberto Cavalli for H&M: The designs are primarily pared down replications of dresses from the Cavalli archives. Which means you, too, will soon be able to look like a knockoff Posh Spice. [WWD, sub req’d]

• Speaking of Cavalli, he’s having a Halloween party. Replete with “designer vodka,” which is the new “premium vodka”! Wake us when people stop referring to vodka as anything but “relatively tasteless and benign.” [Fashion Week Daily]
• Memo to hedge fund guys and nerdy philosophy-major types who buy all their clothes at Goodwill: the three-piece suit is back! [WSJ]
• Auditions start next week for Australia’s Next Top Model. PS - Anna will be in Australia then. Just a suggestion… [Sassybella]
• Ugh, do not buy a $400 Tory Burch dress to use as a Halloween costume. [FabSugar]

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Inspirations

I have ambivalent feelings towards Nicolas Ghesquière’s work (actually there are more ups than downs). His latest autumn/winter collection for Balenciaga, totally inspired how I wear my new pair of sandals.

Song: Cemetry gates - The Smiths

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