March 27, 2008 – 10:00 am
Apologies for the scanty posts of late, we’ve been in Chicago the past couple days and our gracious hosts have been keeping us graciously busy. We are having an amazing time and are currently waiting for a cab to take us to deliciousness, a thing that is very prevalent in this awesome city. So in honor of the windy city, here’s a photo of a very ungracefully wind-swept SJP.
I love how she’s simultaneously completely helpless and totally chic. Demonstrative of the power of a pair of good pumps.
Don’t forget, Chicagoans, to come to out
Major Hip Replacement Clothing Swap on Sunday! See ya soon!
Finally some new site badges in honor of the re-launch of nightlife photog blog, TakeOverTokyo. Nick’s going to be helping us out with some photography because (a) he’s awesome and (b) my damn camera got stolen. Yay, no more shitty cell phone photos! So sport one of these badges if you’re on our blogroll and you think you may be as hip as…
the ferocious Karen O
the sprightly Joanna Newsome
…or the incorrigable Leslie Hall
I dare ya.
Now go drink some green beer.
December 14, 2007 – 3:23 pm
…but not Marc Jacobs!
He dressed up as a camel toe for his own Arabian Nights-themed holiday party. I love it! Must’ve been tough trying to go to the bathroom in that thing, maybe there’s a built-in toilet? HA! Ooh, sorry.
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BTW, sorry about the sporadic postings lately! We’re working on some big changes for Painfully Hip (finally a new masthead!) which will hopefully be up sometime next week!
Have a bitchin’ weekend!
October 12, 2007 – 5:08 pm
jiminy jeepers, i can’t be responsible for my actions if i see a guy walking around in this David Bowie-inspired line by Keanan Duffty for Target (debuting tomorrow!):
although it’s looking a bit bland for its flamboyant inpiration and i don’t really remember Bowie ever wearing a puffy vest, this line is rather hott.
yep. seriously. i’m sewing myself some
gigantic puffy sleeves right now…
Technorati Tags: david bowie, target, menswear, keenan duffty
well The Simpsons Movie better be good with all the hype that’s going into it, i sorta stopped watching the show the minute that awful Manatee episode ended. but i will always be a fan, especially now! finally, Marge Simpson has peeled off her tired green tube dress (maybe she finally decided to wash it) and pearls for something just a little more FAB!! i love this Harper’s (August, 2007) spread. it’s beautifully ridiculous and so well done. it was genius to include Linda Evangelista, as she is in my opinion, just as much an icon of the last decade as the hilariously jaundiced family. well-played, Bazaar, i always new you were the classiest of all glossies. here’s the spread itself, along with the garments the illustrations were based on.
Versace and Donatella
Linda looks fierce as she does in the flesh and Donatella, well she kinda looks like a fleshed-out cartoon character anyway. Marge looks as fresh-faced as the day Homer married her.
Chanel and Lagerfeld
Lanvin and Elbaz
Jean Paul Gaultier
Viktor & Rolf
“The latest hot accessory, personal scaffolding.” only patty and selma could pull this look off. it takes unrepentant attitude, a husky voice and lots of cigarettes.
Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs
go figure, these exaggerated Vuitton outfits look better on the simpsons than they do on the models.
images from Harper’s Bazaar, scans by ohnotheydidn’t, retouching by me
i’ve been noticing a disturbing trend in street fashion lately. at first an ironic lean toward Day-glo and splash-tack-ular prints, the early 90’s is now emerging in an explosion of earnest, gloriously clashing, epileptic chic.
god help us, hell froze over and the early 90’s are making a comeback. it was my most hated era, not only because of hammer pants, hypercolor and Aquanet, but because i was a skinny, awkward small-towner who’d just moved to a big city, just beginning the hell some people like to call junior high. thank jeebus for a twin sister through those dark, flourescent-coloured times.
perhaps it’s time to face my preteen fears and embrace this era. maybe it won’t be so painful this time around. but only because M.I.A. (in case of epilepsy, do not click) says so. and M.I.A. will always have her say in my book.
not so convinced? i dare you to watch this video and not want to dance your way to the nearest thrift store to buy yourself a pair of red zebra-striped overalls.
PS thanks for your patience last week. i’m finally home for a while and i’ve got a brand new macbook (thanks, Carlo! i love you!) to help me keep up with your wild demands for my mind-bullets of fashion insight.
i bet there is a plethura at any thrift store. i also need karen O. of the yeahyeahyeah’s jacket. and jenny lewis of rilo kiley’s luscious red locks. i will pay full price. while i’m at it, karen’s cupcake is looking very, um, stylish as well.
totally random tidbit: eve and i met jenny lewis as little kids when we were hired as extras in everyone’s favorite video game-themed adventure movie
The Wizard. she played the saucy young female lead.
hallelujah, i heart zu-zu-b! lookit!
black and white shirtdress $35
three tone knit dress $22
bubble sleeve t-shirt $25
enamel linked belt $31
patent leather art deco almond toe pumps $43
seriously, those shoes? i could DIE.
wicked prices, fantastic selection, gorgeous models and tons of photographs, but the site is impossible to navigate. the “categories” are completely arbitrary and the drop-down menus (at least on my mac) are too far away from the sidebar and disappear before i can reach them with the mouse. go to the advance search if you have the same problem or just shop by price.
the everloving budget fashionista has a 10% off code for you, aussi!
and then there’s this store:
LF Designer Boutique 85% off!
some supercute jumpers, mini dresses and skirts. some claim to be worn by celebrities (if that’s something that floats your boat).
holy wow.
this necklace reese witherspoon is wearing looks vaguely familiar. how much you wanna bet it didn’t cost her 25 cents?
i’ll bet you 25 whole dollars.
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