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check me out: in saccharine eyelet

September 10, 2008 – 7:35 pm

I adore this dress and all its feminine wiles, but I again had the irresistible urge to ugly it up a little…

… by wearing shoes made out of rubber bands.

eyelet babydoll - $15.20 (!!) with discount code HIP20 at LadyLanguage.com
elastic belt - came with another dress
elastic booties (seriously, my feet look like stretchy hooves from hell! they’re in a hideous prison of elastic! God, I LOVE these!) - $4 at a flea market in some nearby Godforsaken Town

photos by Nick Avey

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LL Hip Pick of the Week: What to wear when the temp is pushing 100

July 11, 2008 – 5:17 pm

Or 110 like the other day?? Jiminy, that is SO not cool. It’s the opposite of cool actually.

Plus, because of the wildfires around California, the smoke hangs in the air like coastal fog, only instead of the salt-crispness you’d expect, it’s like nuclear fallout. Everyone in my neighborhood has smokers lung from riding their damn bikes. Yesterday when I got back from a ride across town in deadly humidity, I could only describe myself as feeling a bit like a smoked mozzarella.

So what to wear?

A comfy, cool, easy and well-ventilated t-shirt dress. And in exactly the modern flapper style I’m always craving.

only $34.40 with HIP20 Discount Code
…and here it is in real life action. Ms. Drunkypants and my uber hip friend Chris:

If I could live in this thing, I would. Believe.

photos by Nick Avey
hair by Joshua Michael of Article Salon
clothes provided by LadyLanguage
makeup and styling by me

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LL Hip Pick of the week: a dream in cream

June 30, 2008 – 12:37 pm

Sorry it’s been a bit slow round these parts of the interwebs - last week was leaning toward the insanity-inducing side of things in my world. I promise that this blog has not degenerated into nothing but Thrift Stars posts (in fact, I’ve been working on an incredibly helpful “Ask Painfully Hip” post for forever it seems), it’s only temporary until I recover from the mind-melting comedies and tragedies of the previous week and get caught up on my design work. We’ve got big plans. I thank Eve for taking over on Thrift Stars last week while I was camping out and breathing the not-so-fresh air of the smoke-ridden California skies and antiseptic hallways of the ICU (I should specify that I was there lending support to a friend whose close family member is in a bad way, so no condolences needed for me, but thanks anyway! I will pass them onto him).

So for now I present to you via LadyLanguage the serenity-inducing soft-as-a-silky-something (brain functions will be returning soon - promise) Goddess Tunic with a perfect braided faux-leather halter detail:

goddess tunic only $15.20 with HIP20 discount code!
I can attest to the theistic name of this tunic, I didn’t want to take it off - it’s cozy and cool and the cut is incredibly flattering for broad shoulders like mine. I decided I felt lovely even whilst plucking an errant chin hair.

Do note: Such a ridiculous price allows you to splurge on a nice wide belt like the one I’m wearing and invest in a white strapless bra and/or silky slip if you need one because this dress can tend to be, um, anatomically correct. Fair warning.

photos by Nick Avey
hair by Joshua Michael of Article Salon
clothes provided by LadyLanguage
makeup and styling by me

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LL Hip Pick of the week: Oh blah dee, oh blah dah, LBD

June 19, 2008 – 8:46 am

Life cannot go on without the perfect LBD (pictured)…

$25.60 with HIP20 Discount Code

I’ve worn this dress out dancing a few times already and it totally wins. Its comfy, sexy, unique, universally flattering and easily dressed up or down:

I loooove the ruching detail at the bust and the boning is super-secure and stays put, even when I’m pogoing to MGMT.

And just so you know, Eve is wearing this adorable pleated knit dress with brass buttons…

Only $21.60 with PAINFULLYHIP discount code!
… which is incomprehensibly cozy and as soft as an unclubbed baby seal.

photos by Nick Avey
hair by Joshua Michael of Article Salon
clothes provided by LadyLanguage
makeup and styling by me

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LL Hip Pick of the week: this vest has pockets. pockets for your extra dough.

June 11, 2008 – 6:41 pm

The ever-generous Michelle from LadyLanguage (despite my having previously described her store name as sounding like “the title of a lesbian romance novel” - sorry Michelle!), let us do some shopping for her store last month and then sent us some of the clothes we chose. In exchange, we decided to help her out by styling a publicity shoot entirely with those clothes. What a completely unselfish and totally humble good deed - y’know? Because every girl hates getting dressed up in brand new lovely free clothes and getting obscene amounts of photos taken. Anyway, we scratch a virtual friend’s back and what else do we get? A 20% discount for our readers on every LL Hip Pick we feature. This week is this amazing double-layer satin vest with a silver chain-linked front.