December 2007

Juicy Couture Knit Ballerina Flat [ShoeBlitz - Shoe Fashions]

On sale at eLuxury are these very, very cute knit ballerine flats from Juicy Couture. They come in two different color combinations - green/pink/brown and black/grey/angel.

The Juicy logo is embroidered on the heel and they feature a luxurious suede lining. But what makes these shoes standout it the pom pom on the vamp! Very adorable and very different!

Normally priced at $100 a pair, you can get these knit flats for $59 right now at eLuxury.com.

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Source: Juicy Couture Knit Ballerina Flat [ShoeBlitz - Shoe Fashions]

Wash Out

I watched a disgusting amount of ‘What Not to Wear/How to Look Good Naked/Undress the Nation’ type shows when I went home to enjoy the privileges of Sky (the joys of cack TV are not to be dismissed!) and the one thing I noticed was that the presenters Lisa Butcher & Mica Paris (seriously…Mica Paris…RANDOM?!)/Gok Wan/Trinny & Susannah will always criticise the makeover victims (they are TV’s poor lambs I tells ya…) and their old wardrobes for being drab and washed out.  ‘I want you to be LOUD and PROUD!’.  They’ll look at grey with disgust and say ‘Urgh what is that?  Get rid of it!’ and god forbid there’s something pale and interesting hiding in their closets.

For the new season though, I think I’d rather be a wallflower than a loud and proud ‘WO-MAN’ (that’s how they say that word on those TV shows…).   I seem to have accumulated a decent amount of dusky pinks, rubbed-out blues, heather greys and a general palette of colours that look like they have come out of a washing machine accident.  It’s not exactly pastel either as I’m not keen on looking like a Mothercare advert.  The colours have undertones of grey which gives the look a bit of murkiness.  Without making it too wishy-washy, I have dug out my various treated light denim skirts again in pale blue and grey to make the outfits more robust.  I’m sure Lisa/Gok/T&S would not give their seal of approval to these hues of wash-out but then again I’m not a ‘bangers and arse’ kinda girl either (watch How to Look Good Naked and you’ll know what I mean….!).

Source: Wash Out

The REAL homage to Minnie Mouse

Remember my own homage to the great Minnie Mouse?  Well Katie Grand who first put the ideas into my head with her Minnie Mouse tribute in the fall issue of Pop magazine channelled Miss Minnie Mouse very well in reality at the British Fashion Awards.

Everything would have been a little too elegant what with that long full skirt and prim puff sleeve blouse if she DIDN’T adorn her head with that oversized polka dot bow.  Her power-dressing stance as well with the crossed arms would have also been too stand-offish had the bow not been there to suggest otherwise. 

Dear Minerva Mouse would have approved indeed….   

   

Source: The REAL homage to Minnie Mouse

*Christmas Cashmere Robe [Shopaholics Daily]

Now if this little number has gone onto your Christmas list, I hope that you have been very, very good this year. Santa is going to expect big things from you because the price tag is $398.00!! But you have to admit… it is gorgeous and you have had 12 long months to build up your points in the “very good” column!! And there is just something about cashmere at Christmas!!

Available at Nordstrom

Technorati Tags: cashmere, Christmas Fashion, luxury, robe, Shopaholics Daily

Source: *Christmas Cashmere Robe [Shopaholics Daily]

Catch Up with Splendicity! [Aging Fabulous]

From around the Splendicity community, comes the best posts of the week.

BEAUTY
Beauty and Fashion Tech has Great Beauty Books for Holiday Gifts.
Viva Woman checks out what’s the correct sunblock dosage to get sufficient coverage.
Temptalia shares her beauty-themed Holiday Gift Guide for Your Very Best Friend!
Beauty Secrets Revealed is Running A Christmas Contest.
Ellen from Spa Beautifully is curious about Intraceuticals Rejuvenation Infusion facial that is now being offered in Toronto.

FASHION
Style…A Work in Progress has found some beautiful artwork for your wallet.
Indie Style File becomes obsessed with Dace.
ShoeBlitz finds some of the ugliest shoes of the winter.
Stiletto Jungle is giving away a hot new My Hip-T every week, all December long.
Aging Fabulous says that these pajamas are a must have for those of us 40+.

SHOPPING
Her Accessories has put together a list of her Top 10 Accessory Christmas Gift Picks for under $30.
NY Spender shares her holiday gift guide.
Shopalicious has found the antidote to the holiday blues in this snazzy clutch!
Watch out for The Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway on ShopDiary beginning on December 10.
All That & A is compiling wishlists for the holidays. What’s on yours?
CelebLOOK gives us three options when trying to find a sexy LBD like Kate Hudson’s.

Source: Catch Up with Splendicity! [Aging Fabulous]

Real Person Featured In Lucky Confesses To Not Being All That Real [Pity The Foolproof]

One of the reasons I never read Lucky is that the “real people” they choose to showcase their “foolproof outfits” never somehow cease to seem actually more unrealistically gorgeous/thin/put together than the average runway model; they’re just, like, photographed less imaginatively. Witness January’s Courtney Childs Lewis (pictured after the jump.) She’s 25 and yet has three names already; she’s consultant at Avenue A Razorfish and Haverford Alum who regularly travels to Paris on business, and yet if you ran into her in Paris you’d totally think you saw Gemma Ward. And don’t get me started on all the excessively trendy/unflattering clothing choices only a hideously beautiful 25-year-old on a raw food and coke diet can pull off that she tries to foist upon the hapless Lucky-buying masses: shiny pointy ankle boots, those weird tuxedo pants, chic-formless jacket over chic-formless shirt accented by chic neckscarf…is this even a real person? Oh wait, she’s on Facebook; funny that! And she has a blog…

It’s me! I’m in the January 08 issue of Lucky Magazine. Note: This is not my “foolproof” outfit nor did any of those words exit my mouth

Aw. Yay! Fight the power, Courtney! I mean, fuck you for being so beautiful, but we love you for shattering the myth perpetuated by Lucky that like, everyone should be so “lucky.”

Source: Real Person Featured In Lucky Confesses To Not Being All That Real [Pity The Foolproof]

Shockers: Women Work More Than Men & “Wait” Too Long To Procreate [Mommy Mayhem]

A new “no shit” study by Cambridge University states that women who work outside the home still do the bulk of the household chores. Men may spend longer at the office, but women work more, if you count domestic chores and paid employment. British men, for example, work an average of 55 hours a week, which includes 3.6 hours of commuting and 8 hours of domestic work like cleaning, cooking and child care. But women in the UK work an average of 68 hours a week; including 40 hours at the office, 3.3 hours commuting and 23 hours of domestic work. And the study finds that even women with part-time jobs put in more hours than men in part-time jobs. Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that results from the same study show that childcare traps women in lower-paying jobs.

A “lifestyle divide”, in which women take on the burden of domestic duties, creates a vicious circle as they are then less able to work the long hours needed to win top jobs. They then earn less and are reinforced as responsible for household tasks, says the Europe-wide research.

Is it any wonder that more and more women are “waiting” to have children? Which, as Lynn Harris pointed out on Salon earlier this week, is not a fair description of the complicated decision-making process involved in having kids these days.

Ms. Harris commented on an L.A. Times article (”Moms Over 40 A Risky Trend,” by Mary Engel), writing: “This story (along with others like it) also misses a broader cultural point. ‘Their 40s just seemed to sneak up on them,’ Engel writes. Right. But doesn’t that happen to lots of us these days — especially as our 20s have become the time to NOT settle down? Isn’t everything happening later, including old age?… Every decade is ‘the new’ previous decade.”

What are we supposed to do in a world where women can dream of “having it all” and instead find themselves doing it all?

Career Women Work Longer Hours Than Men [Telegraph]
Childcare Locks Women Into Lower-Paid Jobs [Guardian]
“Their 40s Just Seemed To Sneak Up On Them” [Salon]
Related: Moms Over 40 A Risky Trend [LA Times]

Source: Shockers: Women Work More Than Men & “Wait” Too Long To Procreate [Mommy Mayhem]

Laila Hand & Body Cream

The Laila brand was created by a great Norwegian visionary, Geir Ness, who saw a need for a perfume reflecting the essence of his homeland Norway.   Hence the brand name, Laila The Essence of Norway.  

Laila The Essence of Norway perfume is infused with Norwegian wildflowers and a touch of fruity watermelon.  Laila The Essence of Norway now has a body lotion. Laila Hand & Body Cream contains vitamin A and E, aloe vera and honey extracts and will leave your skin soft and silky, $42.  

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Source: Laila Hand & Body Cream

Thai Women Cut Cocks Because Murder “Isn’t Enough” [Prime Cuts]

“Penis slashing” — when women cut or sever a penis — is so common in Thailand that surgeons there have actually become world-renowned specialists for penis-reattachment. According to a psychotherapist in Agence France-Presse clip above, Thailand’s male-dominated society leaves wronged women few options to assert their rights, so for revenge, they hit men where it hurts. It’s a bit difficult to understand what the surgeon is saying, because of his accent, but from what we gather it’s this: After a woman cuts off a ween, she often buries it and covers it with sand. But sometimes she’ll chop it into little pieces [Jesus Christ. -Ed.], in which case, doctors have to build a new one from scratch… for which they can’t guarantee function.

Thai Surgeons Deal With Craze of Cheating-Lover Penis Slashings by Angry Women [Breitbart]
Related: Don’t Be Scared to Circumcise Your Baby Boy [U.S. News]

Source: Thai Women Cut Cocks Because Murder “Isn’t Enough” [Prime Cuts]

Manolo Slingbacks For Men? Dudes Just Say “No” [Fashion Victims]

Most of us can agree: The Sex and the City-ization of our society has gone too far. But neither the proliferation of the pink cocktail nor the flock of wannabe Carrie Bradshaws springing up in college papers [And downtown New York City. -Ed.] seem quite as vulgar as the idea of Manolo Blahnik shoes for men. Apparently, the shoe line popularized by a certain HBO series is being brought to the menfolk come February, and if we may say so ourselves, the shit is god-awful. But don’t take our word for it. In the interest of “fairness”, we decided to conduct an informal survey of male responses to the fancy footwear and asked four men — Thomas, 28, a hetero web designer; Nick, 30, a hetero litigator; Gabe, 27, a hetero writer; and Bennett, 25, a WASPy, gay MBA candidate) for their thoughts. (Gabe, on the shoe shown above: “I’ll wear a prissy shoe faster than the average straight man… but a slingback paired with a broad man’s toe is like putting a spoiler on the back of a station wagon.”) The dudes (well, mostly Thomas) continue to weigh in after the jump.

Jennifer: Holy shit. Am I more offended by the open toe? Or the slingback? I feel like Faye Dunaway in Chinatown — I just keep going back and forth.
Thomas: Hell no.

Jennifer: Christ, even the gays are going to be reluctant to slip into a leopard print thong. (Or at least a leopard print thong you put on your foot.)
Thomas: Over my dead body.

Jennifer: Gay? Or Euro? Who would scoff at these more?
Thomas: Ok, these are actually sorta cool.
Jennifer: Are you sure you’re straight?

Jennifer: My, what red shoes you wear 80-year old grandma lady!
Thomas: Are you crazy?

Jennifer: Excuse me, but did a lepruchan just throw up on your feet?
Thomas: I mean, if I had a green outfit — those would be he right shoes for it?
(Nick: Perfect for my yellow suit!)

Jennifer: Wow. Those are a lot…of…red.
Thomas: Wow: Those are a lot..of…red.

Says Bennett: “Pity on the gays in Chelsea who will want to live our their ‘I want to be just like Sarah Jessica’ fantasies through this medium.”

Manolo Blahnik’s Are Probably Not For Most Men [ABC News]
You’ve Got Male [Vogue UK]

Source: Manolo Slingbacks For Men? Dudes Just Say “No” [Fashion Victims]