November 9th, 2007 by admin
Inappropriate confidence: This is a feeling we are well acquainted with, and one which afflicts us particularly in the arena of crafts. This sweater, for example: We see it and think: $128! Ha! We could totally buy that sweater at a Goodwill, and then applique those little flower things in like fifteen minutes. We can pretty much guarantee that this project will never come to fruition. We are going to give it a go, however. Fingers crossed!
Here is a close-up:
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November 9th, 2007 by admin
![<b>“if you were a drug addict or alc hoholkic make you amends and dont be contrite or feel defective because your not you just got the sensitive briliant gene”</b> [Holes]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/59049.jpg)
Courtney Love, folks. No really! She’s gotten a tad incoherent in her old age. You may be dismayed to find upon reading her latest Myspace missive that Courtney doesn’t seem to think her brilliance is shared by Madonna, or the editors at any of the major hipster magazines, of which she’s currently pissed off at BlackBook and, like us, bored by Nylon — “read nylon - yep theres rilo dammed kiley- and a new bag designer jsut what the world needs!” Also, she seems concerned about her hair: is it too Michelle Pfeiffer circa Scarface? Whatever man, she has a new album coming out, and Linda Perry is sorta sometimes paying attention to it, and also she’s got a tip for your inflamed brilliant-alcoholic pores:
sulferous yeast cow piss baby veal sick sick sick- but zero pores after wards- Bioloquie recherche hust say “le stinky one”
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November 9th, 2007 by admin
It’s just now November, but soon it will be the holidays and you eventually have that one person to buy for that you can’t figure out. Here’s five hints that would really put something sweet in her stocking:
![Five Can’t-miss perfume presents (for her) [The Scented Life: All about fragrance]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/58685.jpg)
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November 9th, 2007 by admin
![Health Benefits To Being Slightly Heavy [Burning The Scale]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/58683.jpg)
An article at MSNBC made my head spin - Could there be some health benefits to being slightly heavy, i.e. around 25 pounds overweight? Apparently overweight (not obese) folks are more likely to survive illnesses such as pneumonia and emphysema. However, they are still more likely to die from kidney disease and diabetes.
I’m wondering if it’s simply an issue of having extra nutrients to feed on during illness. It’s not exactly clear at this point in time.
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November 9th, 2007 by admin
![Hairless Bodies, Stankless Pits: An American Story [Peer Pressure]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/58661.jpg)
Today, The New York Times examines the history of the American desire to eliminate armpit stank, and whether the $2.3 billion (!!!) a year that Americans spend trying to eliminate the possibility of smelling like, well, themselves, is money well-spent. The consensus among armpit scientists: probably not, but we’re all too scared of what other people think to stop!
Just to back that up, writer Anna Jane Grossman also got 3 guinea pigs to try to stop using it to check if people would notice. Nobody did, but only one person (an artist, of course) made it more than a couple of days without caving to the overwhelming sense that using these products (and being nearly sweatless and odorless) is expected of us. She tracks this all back to the turn of the last century, when advertisers convinced immigrants to start using it to smell more homogenous to fit into American society — because what America needs today is obviously more homogeneity.
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November 9th, 2007 by admin
It looks like Dell recently expanded its line of Precision “mobile workstations” a bit further, with its new 14-inch M2300 model squeezing in just under the larger M4300 and M6300 models. That 14-inch display is of the WXGA+ variety (or 1440 x 900), which gets complemented by some pretty decent specs across the board, including a choice of four Core 2 Duo processors between 2.0 and 2.6GHz, up to 4GB of RAM, a max 200GB hard drive, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M graphics. Those looking to join the SSD crowd can also opt for a speedy 32GB drive, although you’ll have to pay a hefty $550+ premium for that pleasure. On the other hand, those slightly less demanding can snag one with the base configuration right now for $1,439.
[Via Notebook Italia]
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November 9th, 2007 by admin
Oh! It’s the latest thing we love from the Shiny Squirrel. And we love so much of it. Anyway: Caroline Hwang. This is a 4.25″ X 6″ gocco print (”with handpainted sections”) and by the time this post goes up we will, we hope and pray, own it.
“Dear Friend” by Caroline Hwang, $25
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November 9th, 2007 by admin
![Perfume of the Day - Aqaba by Aqaba [The Scented Life: All about fragrance]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/58300.jpg)
Another one of my new samples, I wore this very interesting scent today. It is immediately quite soapy on me, but wore down into a spicy, sweet, and slightly floral melange. Liz Taylor, before she wore White Diamonds, could have worn this in her role as Cleopatra.
Luckyscent has this to say about it:
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November 9th, 2007 by admin
Labels being brought back from the dead is something of a popular bandwagon that sparks major news flashes on all of the WWD/Vogue/FWD etc saying ‘XXX is back!’ with us bloggers following up with a SHOCK SHOCK HORROR HORROR post at the news. I’ll summarise with a Newsround-like factsheet….
Biba - Michael Pearce bought the global license for Biba and launched shoes and handbag for AW07-8. Then the clothes were revived for SS07 by Bella Freud who followed up with another collection of disappointing stuff before handing over the reins to a creative team of five headed up by Hector Castro and includes Fashion East designer Louise Goldin for the SS08 collection. No rave reviews as yet… and sales are still quite shaky…
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