December 2007

Turn to the side

Seeing as everyone has been blah-ing on about New York Times’ new style mag - TMagazine, I spent a good part of an hour perusing the very engaging site.  Fronting the cover is Natalie Portman whose photograph spread by Raymon Meier can only be described as ‘neon ethereal’.  Portman’s sillhouette bears a slight resemblance to that of the singer Feist’s ‘The Reminder’ album cover (probably my most-listened album of mid-2007), in both shape and style. 

Thinking about my own poor relationship with the camera, if I ever had to be forced to take ‘professional’ mug shots of myself, I’m definitely going to hark back to the Victorian tradition of sillhouettes and turn my face to the side with perhaps a hint of my face peeking through.  It goes along with my other thoughts of self-image, and this will sound completely and selfishly self-conscious, but increasingly as I walk about London going about my ways, people will come up to me and ask ‘You’re Susie Bubble, aren’t you?’, inner-fears creep in and I wonder ‘What if I had never shown my face on this blog/in press/elsewhere and remained completely annonymous with a camera forever obscuring my face?’.  Are people disappointed/surprised by how I look in reality?  It’s a little disconcerting that I’m thinking about these things toward the end of what has been a fantastic year for Style Bubble, publicity wise, and most people will probably say ‘Pull yourself together and get a grip!’.  However, the unsure side of me does wish that maybe I should have turned my head to the side and hidden myself away a bit more…

Source: Turn to the side

20% off + Free Shipping @ Macy’s! [The Scented Life: All about fragrance]

I have recieved a tip that using the code MACYSFRIEND will get you 20% off at Macy’s website.  Honestly, I am trying to save up for x-mas presents for my family so I won’t use it, but you  might have a present that can be procured for a great price.

Friends and Family, Macys, sale, shopping

Source: 20% off + Free Shipping @ Macy’s! [The Scented Life: All about fragrance]

Lovely “Hayden Cardigan” [Dapper Diva]

It was freezing today, and I love to pile on a comfy sweater when the weather gets bad. I found a lovely sweater from B & Lu that has just enough “flowyness” to flatter your tummy without the top looking like a full-blown peasant top. In 100% cotton, it’s perfect for those of us with allergies to wool.

I love this simple sweater cardigan from B & Lu.

plus size fashion

Source: Lovely “Hayden Cardigan” [Dapper Diva]

This Week We Got Stoned And Pondered Our Privates [The Week That Was]

• We got high and doled out some straight talk.
  
• We explicated the work of YA author Lois Duncan.
  
• We talked about our job histories.
  
• We introduced you (and ourselves) to Miss D.C.
  
• We measured our vaginas and found them to be “average.”
  
• We wrote about Christmas shopping at Fingerhut.
  
• We compared a superficial fashion magazine to a left-leaning intellectual monthly.
  
• We poked some LOLz in dour Anna Wintour.
  
• We analyzed Beyonce’s handwriting.
  
• We introduced you to Stephanie Pratt’s checkered past.
  
• We attempted to end the tyranny of UGGs.

Source: This Week We Got Stoned And Pondered Our Privates [The Week That Was]

“Missing Porn Star” Wasn’t Even A Porn Star [Lost And Found]

It’s been noted how much the media loves to pick up stories of missing women — so long as they’re white. Today it was reported that the bodies of both Latasha Norman (a black woman) and Emily Sander (a white woman) were discovered yesterday, and unsurprisingly, Emily’s case had received much more attention in the days following her disappearance. And while the whole race aspect definitely has played a part here, I think that the real hook to her story was the whole “porn” thing. It added a dark seediness to the case that, as Jezebel’s Jessica put it, would make her case perfect for Law and Order: SVU to rip from the headlines. The idea of her “secret life as a porn star” led many to jump to the conclusion that it must’ve had something to do with why she’d gone missing, because even if they don’t want to admit it, people still think that women who engage in that sort of activity kinda have it coming. Oh except here’s the thing: Emily wasn’t a porn star.

The adult site that Emily ran before her death has since been removed, but in its place, friends have posted information about the man wanted for questioning in relation to the case. (Israel Mireles — whose whereabouts are currently unknown — was the last person to be seen with Emily, and when cops searched his motel room, they found it bloody and in disarray.)

But the site also notes that Emily was never really the “porn star” the media has made her out to be. She merely modeled nude on the internet, in solo setups. Also, she only began doing it about two months ago. Would anyone ever refer to women in Playboy as “porn stars”? Probably not. And surely, her photos were a lot dirtier than the watered down men’s mag, but someone who has been showing their pussy on the internet for eight weeks isn’t really a star.

But still, even if she’d made gonzo films of spit roasts, or shoving baseball bats up her ass, it doesn’t change the fact that at the end of the day, porno is just a job–unconventional, sure, but still, just a job. Since when is murder an occupational hazard for holding down a legal job?

Source: “Missing Porn Star” Wasn’t Even A Porn Star [Lost And Found]

The Holiday Dress Smorgasbord Continued: Black Dress Edition

Black dresses. They make life so easy. Black dress, black tights, black shoes: It’s not exactly rocket science. Sometimes, when we have time to be leisurely in our thinking, like when we wait for any sort of public transportation in the city of San Francisco, we think they are sort of a cop-out. And we stand by that. But: (A) sometimes cop-outs are actually totally adorable and (B) sometimes cop-outs are all you have time for. “Cop-out” is stronger language than we’re ideally looking for. You know what we mean.

We tried this time to pick up more options with sleeves. (Ignoring the one-shoulder one, below, with the bow.)

We are really not at all, at all at all, fans of the sheer, but we’re going to look past it on this one because we love that beaded bodice so much. Rebecca Taylor dress, $335

This is so conservative. At our worst, our style of dressing is more boring than conservative. We are really quite anti-conservative. But we are realizing, tragically often, how useful it can be, like when you are trying not to embarrass your friends at their conservative social gatherings. There is always a place for the sequin hotpants. It is just that not all places are the place for sequin hotpants. This is what we’re telling ourselves. French Connection dress, $178

Conservative … but also v. v. sequin-y! Cuter on than it looks, btw. Topshop dress, $150

All we ever ask of the Gap is that not embarrass us. Or charge us more than $50.

We wish this wasn’t quite as, you know, wet-look, but we’re totally into the draping, especially after it won that Rami the first PR challenge. DVF dress, $346

Er, we wanted another dress for less than $40, and this is the best we came up with. We tried. Old Navy dress, $39.50

This is the one we like with the one-shouldered bow. Jay Godfrey dress, $495

Source: The Holiday Dress Smorgasbord Continued: Black Dress Edition

SIL Shopping : CATO Purple Satin Blouse [Style It Less]

Every time I visited CATO last month, I had been watching this Satin Purple Blouse and hoping that it would go on sale soon. Crossing my fingers at the same time that when it does, I’d be there to snatch one. Well it finally did. 2 nights ago. As soon as I saw this cap sleeves, surpliced V-neckline, with sash belt purple blouse I was sighing in relief. FINALLY. A lot of you might say the original price of $17.99 is nothing but being the bargain shopper that I am and knowing CATO puts out sales all the time, I just had to wait. And it paid off. I only paid $12.99 . There were only 2 left and relief washed over me when I picked this up and it’s in my size. Whewww.

First outfit in mind? I thought of pairing this purple blouse with my black pinstripes trouser from My Michelle. Any pair of black stilettos would be fine for Spring and Summer but since we’re in Fall/Winter season, I’d probably wear it with my black knee-high boots. I’m getting excited .

Bargain Shopping, Blouses, CATO Fashion, CATO Sales, Purple Blouse, Purple Tops, SIL Dexie, SIL Shopping, Style It Less Fashionista, Surpliced Blouse, tops, V Neck Blouse

Source: SIL Shopping : CATO Purple Satin Blouse [Style It Less]

Benefit Cosmetics Party Make Up Must-Haves

Check out Benefit Cosmetics “Gimme Gimme More” Party Makeup Must-Haves!  Which look would you like to go for this season, naughty or nice? The following products from Benefit will help you to achieve your desired look: for a naughty look try Benefit 10 Palette, this slim portable palette, gives you a whole new meaning to “Perfect 10.” The palette contains seducible shades for eyes, lips, and cheeks.

 

The powder duo bronzes and highlights in one sexy sweep.  The complimenting lip and eye shades complete this coveted collection of sultry.  Benefit likes to call it “sexy to the max,” $28.  Complete your naughty look with Benefit BadGal Blue mascara, $19.  Going for a nice look try Benefit Mr Frosty which is a pearl white highlighting pencil which can also be used as a brow bone highlighter.  Mr Frosty can help you look more awake by applying it along the inner ridge of your lower lash line (it works!), $18.

               

 

To complete your look try Benefit Powder Pop Limited Edition powder that contains hoola, dandelion and dallas all in one collectible little box, $30.  

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Source: Benefit Cosmetics Party Make Up Must-Haves

Dear Diablo Cody: I Wish My Boyfriend’s Junk Smelled Like Pie [Girl Crushes]

If “Jezebel” were a person, she very well might be up and coming screenwriter Diablo Cody, an ex-stripper and phone sex operator who pens hilarious movies with serious Oscar buzz, dresses like Courtney Love did about halfway through her glam makeover (she wears satin jumpers but also combat boots), writes a blog called the Pussy Ranch, and has made it her mission to create films with multifaceted female leads. Diablo’s heroines are not just reacting to the choices of male characters — these women are actually choosing their own destinies.

I saw Diablo’s incredible debut, Juno, on Wednesday night. It’s about a 16-year-old girl (Juno, played by the unparalleled Ellen Page) who, after finding herself pregnant and half-heartedly attempting to hang herself with red-rope licorice, decides to keep the baby. At first Juno is going to have an abortion, but is freaked out by the clinic receptionist, who offers Juno boysenberry condoms, because, as she explains, they make her boyfriend’s “junk smell like pie.”

Juno decides that she wants to give her baby up for adoption instead, and she pictures the ideal adoptive parents as “A graphic designer with a cool Japanese girlfriend who plays the bass.” The language in Juno is quirky, but not so precious that it feels forced. When Juno tells her best girlfriend, Leah, that she’s up the stick, Leah goes “Phuket, Thailand!” (Don’t worry, I’ve already integrated that into my vocabulary.)

After the preview screening, there was a Q&A with Diablo, Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner (who plays the potential adoptive mother of Juno’s unborn child) and director Jason Reitman. I asked Diablo about her experience as a woman in Hollywood, what, with Warner Brothers’ head putting a freeze on films with female leads and most lady roles reserved for hookers, victims and doormats. Diablo said that although she had no trouble getting Juno made, her subsequent experiences in Hollywood have inspired her to go on a personal mission to make movies starring complex, intelligent leading ladies. In a New York Times article that comes out this weekend, Diablo says: “The attitude towards women in this industry is nauseating. There are all sorts of porcine executives who are uncomfortable with a woman doing anything subversive. They want the movie about the beautiful girl who trips and falls, the adorable klutz.” She’s also working on the lady version of Superbad, which is tentatively called Girly Style, and which I will see as soon as humanly possible.

I went up to talk to Diablo after the Q&A like a big dorky fangirl, and guess what? Not only was she totally generous and down to earth, but she reads Jezebel!! Diablo herself was discovered and encouraged to try screenwriting after a producer read her blog. So Diablo, if you’re reading this, thanks for creating subversive female leads, and we hope you create many, many more.

Diablo Cody: From Ex-Stripper To A-Lister [Entertainment Weekly]
The Pussy Ranch [Diablo Cody’s Website]
Earlier:
“Cordial”, “Charming” Studio Chief Explains Why Women Can’t Sell Movies (Except Julia Roberts)
Women In Hollywood Speak Out On Women In Hollywood

Source: Dear Diablo Cody: I Wish My Boyfriend’s Junk Smelled Like Pie [Girl Crushes]