Barbie attacked by crazed birds

Love.



Kind of like Suzy Bubble with her black crow fascinator. Too cool.

Diana is in the news again!

This just in: Diana's favourite dress was... kinda hideous! She wore it on her visits to meet sick kids in hospital and they loved the bright colours. Diana called it her 'caring dress'. It is so sweet that she braved media scorn to make children happy.

The media hated the dress, of course. But then, the media was not exactly on her side, as we know from the fact that she is dead.

OMG! Blah Girls vid is totes cute!

I totes wanna rate things 'hot' or 'homeless' too.

Exercise your right to vote this year!

Well, go on, you heard my t-shirt.

Style icon: Religious ladies from the 19th Century

Here's a lovely accessory that popped up on Craft the other day: a Reversible Folkloric Felt Bonnet. A bonnet!


The regular reader(s?) of my blog will know that I am very interested in ironic fashions and I love referencing things that are deeply uncool, hence my penchant for librarian chic, etc. For some reason when I think of folksy fashion I think of Chloe Sevingny, who everyone loves and knows is the indie style queen sans equal - maybe the folk thing is because of her recent-ish role in Big Love, although she's obviously a New York gal all over, so who knows how my mind is making these connections. My point is, if Chloe Sevigny is wearing a pastel-coloured, high-necked, long-sleeved, ruffly blouse made by a little old seamstress in a teeny tiny town in Utah then...uh.... so can you?? oh forget it.

These modest dresses and freaky 19th century undies for the conservative Mormon in your life are being sold without irony all over the Internets right now, although my sources are unable to verify if anyone is actually buying them.


It all seems a bit too matchy-matchy - where's the individuality? Oh, right, of course. I am quite partial to maxi dresses, but I think this takes it a bit far. And ladies, let me dispel a myth for you: brushing your hair a hundred times won't make it healthy, and just because it's long doesn't mean it's pretty. Sorry, but I had to say it.

The beauty in simple things

(Existentialist poem about the economy)

Too broke to shop, what's a gal to do?
The economy is stumbling
on its proverbial high heels, and
it might fall.
Like in this video!
Fashion imitating life.
Je suis perdue...

Beauty tip #4 - Threading

This is an actual traditional Indian beauty practice for removing body hair, and not one of my made-up beauty tips. It has several advantages over other methods of hair removal like waxing and tweezing in that it is 1) fast, 2) cheap, and 3) even more painful. Fun! No amount of Bonjela can ever prevent or relieve this particular burning stinging pain. And speaking of burning stinging pain, there's that other traditional Indian beauty tip, the madras curry. For.. slimming and cleansing..?