City People Fashion

February 15th, 2008 by admin

Its finally FINAL sales time! And I admit, I’ve been struggling with the the-sales-are-so-good-I-simply-MUST-buy-something syndrome. Thus, lately I’ve spent a LOT of time online window shopping desperately looking for something to buy in order to take advantage of the bargains. So here are some of my finds.
After seeing on TV this local celeb wearing this Balenciaga-esque blazer (yes, I recognized the whole look as J Crew- and indeed it was) with an argyle sweater looking really cool, I’ve been wanting this white blazer (and preferably the argyle sweater too). I just LOVE the simple yellow lining of the blazer. I’d never have thought that yellow lining would look nice- but this one works! And the BEST thing is, it is on sale from $250 to $99!!!! I think that is a fair price considering that it is made of wool, but I’m still hesitant to fork out $100 for J Crew, especially when free shipping is not available.

I’ve also been dying to get a dress from Shopbop since the sales are up to 70% off and there is free delivery. I even narrowed it down to these two above (left: AKA, right: Karen Zambos), each around $120, which I think is a good deal because they ARE silk dresses and both used to be in the $400 price range- but alas, many of my friends disagree. Maybe my sense of value is going wonky? Anyway, I LOVE these two dresses because one is simple, modern and fun (the pink strip is also detachable making it that much more versatile), while the other is classic, ladylike, very pretty and just very me. I struggled between buying the two at the beginning and was leaning towards the AKA one since its more lively, but alas, its hard to imagine whether it’ll look nice on me when I haven’t tried it. My friends pointed out that the horizontal partings on the AKA dress may make me look shorter. And I worry that the blue dress is too prim and old looking. Sigh, thats the thing about final sale items- no return!!

Other things that caught my eye. I thought this dress (left) from Joie is the CUTEST thing. At $88.50 down from $295, it sounds pretty good. Though it occurred to me that it might not so good on me in person. I can’t quite put a finger as to why though. Then there was this silk dress (right) from Thayer, which can double as a skirt as well. I don’t particularly like the style of the strapless dress, but I love the versatility. Down to around $80 as well, it seems like a good buy.

I adore the black dress with the chiffon sleeves (left) from Sweetface, the mixture of material makes the all black that much more interesting. And its only around $70! And the black metallic Mint Jodi Arnold dress (right) looks so much like this black dress I tried on at Barneys by Alice Ritter, which I fell in love with but was waaay too expensive, that I want it. I love the black metallic texture. If only I didn’t already have too many black dresses already.

Another dress I was considering was this pink backless dress from T Bags, because I LOVE the print! From the front it looks nice and its only around $50. But I’m not too hot about the back. The cheap jersey material and bright colors in combination with a big backless hole, borders too much on skanky and slutty for my comfort. Besides, I’m not sure that a cheap looking jersey dress should be worth $50 at all!

We mustn’t forget about shoes. I think these two from Ernesto Exposito mary janes are so cute. It has the perfect balance of texture, chunkiness and finesse. PLUS, its a bargain at $150, down from the $500’s. And yes, I know, I have a thing for tall, chunky heeled, gently rounded pumps. These ones from Joie are exactly the way I like them. Down to $105 from $210, its not bad. These are SHOES after all. But alas, they ran out of my size.

So in the end, after all this over analysis, I finally didn’t end up buying anything. So what do you guys think? Did I make the right decision not to get any of this, or am I missing out on some great deals?

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February 15th, 2008 by admin

Source: Julia in Gareth Pugh Fall 2008 at London Fashion Week

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February 15th, 2008 by admin

“All the women who haven’t done anything to their faces are still able to play great roles. And some of the ones who have done something have it messed up — they look freakish.” –actress Naomi Watts in the March issue of Glamour, some 7 paragraphs after calling BFF Nicole Kidman’s performance in Margot at the Wedding “brilliant” and “complex.” [Glamour]

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February 15th, 2008 by admin

Crappy Valentine’s! And welcome to our all-time favorite hateful love songs post. The thing about love songs is that they only seem good when you’re really really miserable thanks to love. In fact, if you’re in a relationship and you find yourself listening to, say, “Divorce Song” or “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” or “Unsatisfied” or “She’s Gone”…or “I Want You” or “Song Cry” or anything Smiths or off that pink Beck breakup album or that suicidal wrenching Jennifer Hudson number from Dreamgirls…yeah, you’re maybe not going to be in that relationship long because that song is actually trying to break your heart. Anyway! In the spirit of this, which is to say, the fact that the only thing any of us single people ever got from love was an iPod full of aborted dreams…

I’m asking for a comment dump! A misery playlist with your patheticmost songs, lyrics, and how they make you feel. I.e. the part of Mariah Carey’s Shake It Off, where she goes “Hold up, my phone’s breakin up, lemme hang up and call the machine right back” was consistently for a good three months the sole source of mirth in my life; a moment of dumbass levity in the midst of a sea of songs about dead boyfriends and the tears of a clown.

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February 15th, 2008 by admin

• So, Marc Jacobs hater/International Herald Tribune critic Suzy Menkes may have loooved Marc’s show, but general MJ fangirl, the NY Times‘ Cathy Horyn, missed it altogether! Only to then check it out online and write, “[I] can see why some people found it a little slack.” Only to then be responded to huffily, via the COMMENTS, on Marc by Marc himself, if you will: “Dear Cathy….I wish you could have been at my show…I deliberately stated I was uninspired this season as I have felt that talking about inspiration is so not the point to making and showing a collection.” So yeah, any time you thought about dismissing the entire industry as one big neverending middle school…you were pretty much right. [WWD, 1st item]
  
• Oh no! Pink eye rampant at London Fashion Week! Think it’s a deliberate conspiracy to sabotage the whole “certificate of health” thing? Yeah, fashion people are not that smart. [Vogue UK]
  
• The latest victim of an eye-infection? Hagyness herself! [The Sun UK]
  
• Aw, Benetton is getting back to its awesome ad roots: Its newest campaign is a promotion for a microlending program in Africa. [Fashion Week Daily]

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February 15th, 2008 by admin

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Source: “You Have No Idea How Much I Love You.” — Johnny Depp [Snap Judgment]

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February 15th, 2008 by admin

Hey, what’s that saying about sex and politics? You know, it’s weird or something? Like Rudy and Judi. The rhyming names thing doesn’t even make the list! Or Dennis and Liz. The Hobbit love thing doesn’t even register! Matalin and Carville…OMG don’t GO there! Sure, sometimes it gets so weird it all comes back around to appropriateland. This election pits outed fag hag Ann Coulter and her new hard-on for Hillary against Barack Obama’s latest gay Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich, who was fucking around on the wife for whom he left his first saintly dying cancer-stricken wife with some blond chick the whole time he was leading Clinton’s impeachment battle! Newt Gingrich, new BFF of the environment… Anyway, so it makes sense that the morning’s art is brought to you by the Republican Party, which made these clever Barack Obama e-Valentines employing popular Clinton team talking points. Welcome to the worst day of the year. Come on in, rejoice in your constitutional right to own a vibrating massage wand and reminisce fondly with me and (also single!) Megan about your very first political sex scandal. Mine was Donna Rice! Didja know she’s a Jesus prude activist now? Here’s a link to the Starr Report.

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February 15th, 2008 by admin

One of our favorite glam gals is the one and only Faith Hill. She is such a natural beauty. When she is done up, it is easy to see why we would go extra crazy and want her look.

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