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I have moved to a new suburb!
October 9, 2009 by hurricanevanessaTHESE ALEXANDER McQUEEN SHOES ARE MEANT FOR …
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessa
ANYTHING except walking.
They are by Alexander McQueen for SS2010.
…and I am clearly an ill-educated philistine,
because they just look silly, to me.
THE $25 000 CUPCAKE (CAR)
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessaIf this is a PR stunt, I can’t figure out the whys? Or the what fors?
But that could just be me.
Neiman Marcus, (fashion’s premiere designers plus fragrances, to me & you) has branched out into selling …cars plus matching hats.
But not just any car, or matching hats.
Cupcake cars and hats.
Munchkin Motors?
There’s a 24-volt motorised electric car under that icing, you know.
Top speed, 7mph.
Mad.
But madder than lingerie for dogs?
YOU CAN PUSH AN UNDERCAT JUST SO FAR.
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessa
OMD*! LINGERIE FOR FIDO!
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessaFrom Metropaws.
For real.
Aaaaah? Or eeeeuw?
Or, yip! yip! yip!
Filed under "mad."
* OMD: Oh my Dog!
Or not.
I like them big, brown and slobbery. Not wearing knickers.
THE DREAM: PARENT-FREE FACEBOOK
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessaWhen my offspring are old enough to go onto Facebook, I will be old enough to get off it.
Or else …
Really lovely dad (and boyfriend) you've got there, Emily.
RALPH LAUREN THINKS THIS MODEL NEEDS (RETOUCHING) HELP
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessaJust one more fashion and model-related post, and then I will find some bunny rabbits and Wild Things cupcakes.
Bear with me.
Tell me what is wrong with this chick?
Perfectly pretty girl? NOT if she wants to work for Ralph Lauren!
Did you get it?
Same girl. The Ralph Lauren-approved version!
If you answered: “Her head is too small for her butt! Butts must be smaller than heads!”
You would be right.
Or at least you would have been in agreement with the Ralph Lauren Marketing department, who produced the ad and who have been paying dearly for it, ever since.
The model’s name is Fillippa Hamilton and she is at the center of a storm which won’t die down,
The latest: Ralph Lauren is attempting to sue the first blogger to draw attention to the image, for unfair usage.
It’s a very weak case.
CHERYL COLE SCARES ME.
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessaIt seems to be Magazine Cover Day on Hurricane V.
Here is November British Elle.
Want to rush out and buy it?
Cheryl Cole sells fashion magazines.
Not me.
Dark Chills.
The way Cheryl Cole is shot and styled here, makes Tyra Banks look positively motherly in comparison.
This cover reminds me of the welcome a civilian can expect, should she, accidentally stumble into an extremely high-end boutique.
Hostility. Snobbery. Frostiness. (“Can you afford this stuff? Really? Aren’t you a little too large for our clothes? Have you considered a (rolls eyes, looks slightly ill), chain store? Perhaps they have something that will suit you better. Worm. etc”)
The opposite of welcome.
So how does hostility sell magazines?
The sadomasochistic relationship between fashion and the people that admire it, is fascinating.
This is what Cheryl Cole used to look like:
Rewind!
Not stylish, that’s for sure.
But not like she’s planning to whack you with a porny-leather riding whip, just for being a size 14.
HERO: TINA FEY
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessa
Funny, smart, real.
(# 2 hero: Glenda Bailey, the Ed of Harper’s Bazaar, US, who makes brave, not obviously commercial, choices with her covers.)
3 reasons I love Tina Fey :
“I like to crack jokes now and again, but it’s only because I struggle with maths.”
“A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby’s temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who’s boss.”
“In Washington, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of high school students. There were no survivors.”
The world can usually be easily split in half?
Its a theory: Half the world loves Marmite, and the other half hates it.
My theory of the day: You’re either a Carrie Bradshaw or a Liz Lemon.
The effort. The discomfort. High heels. The tedium of having to think about getting dressed. The excitement over a walk-in show closet? Sigh.
I seem to Liz Lemon, all the way.
SOMETHING TO SCARE THE CHILDREN
October 8, 2009 by hurricanevanessa
Here’s Tyra Banks’ “smile collection.”
I am particularly terrified by her “smile with eyes only” look.
Very Derek Zoolander, but short on laughs.
Eeeeeeeeek.
Is this what happens when Botox mates with Photoshop?
Not one “friendly, natural, warm smile” amongst them, of course.
It is extremely difficult to be “warm” and “cool” at the same time.
