I coulda been . . .
Oct 8th 2009
Karen HawkinsGoddess Grins
I coulda been a fashion designer. No, really, I could have. I don’t have Goddess Claudia Dain’s natural good taste that can discriminate between Eggshell, Winter-White and the Palest of Pale, nor Goddess Julia London’s innate decorating sense garnered from hours of watching HGTV shows, but I AM good at knowing two things in fashion … what’s Good and what’s Bad.
That, apparently, will put me head and shoulders above the average designer. I know because every year New York hosts Fashion Week and every year I pour myself a glass of bubbly, pull a chair near the TeeVee, and wait for the fashion parade to begin. From there, I utter such definitive comments as, “Good God, they HAVE to be kidding!” and “Holy Schmoley, a stick in a potato sack just sashayed down the walkway! What is this, medieval Russia?”
I know . . . I should perhaps be kinder. These people work hard to present their clothing lines. They dream of fame and fortune and — Oh, the heck with it. 
People, YOU look at the evidence, these REAL LIFE PICTURES of actual outfits paraded down the runway at this year’s Fashion Week and see what I mean:
Can you imagine wearing this? Me, neither. I marked it as Very Bad. It’s not the colors, or the placement of the little hearts. Those were disturbing, but not as tacky as the really big fake-heart-shirt. It just looked so . . . floppy.
‘Floppy’ is not a good fashion word. If you make an outfit for Fashion Week and someone suggests that your model looks ‘floppy,’ please take my advice and resew it. Something has obviously come loose.
Let’s look at another example, shall we?
Oh yes, nothing says ‘fashion’ like a two egg and bacon strip gown printed on lovely picnic-blanket patterned silk. Just for fun, let’s list all of the wonderful places we can wear this gown without people laughing so hard they snort their champagne.
Here’s my list:
1) Nowhere,
2) Lindsay Lohan’s IHop Breakfast Bar Advertising Extravaganza,
and 3) the Rotary Club’s Annual Pancake Breakfast and Freaky Costume Parade.
To put it bluntly, this outfit is Very Bad. It might even qualify as ‘Very, VERY Bad.’ Worse yet, I doubt that this woman has ever eaten an entire breakfast in her life. She probably doesn’t even know she has two fried eggs and a strip of bacon on her outfit. She probably thought, “Wow. Two white-rimmed suns and a flat-shaped hat. Niiiiiiice.”
Next up, and just as abrasive to the modes of good taste, how about this one:
Even the model is embarrassed to be seen in this outfit. It’s sort of Wonder Woman done in bread twisty ties. Lovely, eh? My six-year-old, non-opposable-thumbed DOG could make a more relevant and wearable outfit than this. And the make-up? Is it a DEAD Wonder Woman? Or a DEAD GEISHA Wonder Woman?
I have no idea.
Do you ever watch fashion shows? Do these real life 2009 Fashion Week examples give you hope that you, too, could be a fashion designer even without any additional job-specific training? And would YOU ever wear an eggs and bacon strip dress out of the house?
Neither would I.
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49 Responses to “I coulda been . . .”
Kathy on 08 Oct 2009 at 3:22 am #
that is just plain weird fashion- I’m all for the unusual, but you have to at least be able to wear it at SOME function, and not just at a Halloween party.
I hope to heaven these weren’t considered Haute Couture – ’cause I’ve seen better looks on a Barbie dressed by a 2yr old
I had a friend who is a fashion designer. 2, now that I think of it. This old friend was on the 2nd season of Project Runway Canada:
http://www.jeffreymackinnon.com/home.html
Sadly, my other designer friend doesn’t design any more.
In my former life as a Fairy Princess, I had many friends who either designed the clothes for the show, were in the show or created the show. So I’ve been to a few.
oh and I have walked out of the house several times wearing some interesting fashion get ups. I was most comfy in a baggy sweater worn upside down with my legs in the sleeves and a belt and suspenders holding up the waistband. Trust me, it looked better than it sounds.
Catherine O’Hara’s character wore her red sweater as a sweater in one scene in Beetlejuice, then the next scene she wore it as a pair of pants. I so loved it, I instantly adopted the style.
Kathy on 08 Oct 2009 at 3:28 am #
and in my defence, it WAS the 80s.
Kim on 08 Oct 2009 at 5:11 am #
OMG, you are cracking me up, Karen! And for the record, I only eat bacon and eggs. Never will I wear it unless I spill really bad. lol
Margaret on 08 Oct 2009 at 5:20 am #
I am definitely an arbiter of fashion do’s and don’ts. Not sure about the designer bit, but I’m sure I could make a success of it if I try. Here’s some stuff you missed, KH, that makes these outfit high fashion. They each have that extra touch that the average Walmart shopper wouldn’t have thought of.
1. This outfit is simply made by the strategic placement of lips. W/o that, the whole thing would have been just tacky. Also, notice the orange stockings and rainbow shoes.
2. Very haute. Love the huge pink check. It will look stunning on the normal women out there. Sort of like a big pink bedspread from the 30’s. Again, notice the shiny blue hose where there is no blue anywhere else. And she’s wearing Dorothy’s ruby slippers.
3. This takes my breath away. Does she have matching undies, I wonder. Again, it’s all tied together and put in the realm of high fashion by the hat and makeup. Very chick.
I must say I’d like to take these girls to Burger King for a few Double Whoppers. Bones sticking out are never fashionable in my mind. Now, where did I leave my black sweats and white cotton undies?
Margaret on 08 Oct 2009 at 5:23 am #
Well, Kim, I have hand tremors and wear bacon and eggs all the time. Plus other assorted bits of food. Which is why I never eat either soup or pasta when dining in public. I need things to stay on my fork!
LoriHandeland on 08 Oct 2009 at 5:27 am #
I have never watched a fashion show, but I think I’d better start. These are pretty funny.
I could definitely be a designer if these are any indication of designing.
They look more like Halloween costumes than real outfits.
I dressed as Wonder Woman once in college. I actually looked better than that model. Ah, the good old days.
Karen Rose on 08 Oct 2009 at 5:53 am #
I’m not sure I could think of something as bad as the bacon and egg outfit. As Lori says, Halloween! I think the lips at the lady’s crotch is particularly tasteful.
Karen, does Hot Cop watch this show with you? Can you imagine actually paying real money to sit in the audience to see this? I wonder if these designs were intended to be humorous.
Cail on 08 Oct 2009 at 6:00 am #
I find fashion design as clothing a joke, but I’ve seen worse art, that’s for sure. So I give them point for creativity, and never ever will wear it, or anything like it.
Luckily, I was not a teenager in the 80s, and abandoned my neon and paisley leggings in middle school. The last time I wore a side pony tail it was a joke.
Kathy. I am intrigued by your sweatshirt/pants. Pictures?
Kathy on 08 Oct 2009 at 6:07 am #
Cail, I only have a picture of me wearing it as an actual sweater.
Freshechelle on 08 Oct 2009 at 6:54 am #
It’s fashion week in Paris now and I watched my company’s show yesterday on -line which is usually great but this time the fright wigs on the models were too distracting to notice if the clothes were any good. The thing with fashion shows is that they can theater of the absurd.
Usually the toned down version that gets commercialized is beautiful and sellable. Even bunny ears. Yup, those bunny ears you may have seen Madonna wearing sell.
The most extreme designer to watch IMO is John Galliano, I don’t think he’s ever put on a show that wasn’t an audition for Costumer Director of a Fellini film.
Freshechelle on 08 Oct 2009 at 6:56 am #
P.S. I’ve attended some mens fashion shows. Usually a nice experience until the designer tries something way out there. I wonder how models tuck away their self-awareness to allow themselves to be used like exploited hangers sometimes.
amy1242 on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:09 am #
Wow…Seriously? People actually get paid? Real money? Lots of it? For this? Where do I sign up? I coulda been a ‘contenda’ !! I guess “classy” has nothing to do with the fashion world today. So sad. The models actually look like they wish it was over with too. I mean, it’s gotta suck to have never eaten a full meal since childhood AND wear crap like that!! Karen, you and I need to go into business together. We’d make a fortune!!
amy1242 on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:12 am #
Fresh, does the audience actually applaud this, or is it filled with gasps and covered coughs?
TrishD on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:21 am #
I could never be a fashion designer and have never had the desire. The bottom line for me when it comes to fashion is comfort, and none of those outfits look especially comfortable. I wonder what is holding the pink and white plaid so far away from her body, it surely isn’t her hips!
High fashion for me is when my pajama pants match my sweatshirt. I may jazz the outfit up by replacing the sweatshirt with a long sleeve t-shirt and a fleece vest but that’s about it.
Usually I can appreciate the talent and effort that is required to be a fashion designer but not in this case.
Cail, I was a teenager in the ’80’s and one of my favorite hairstyles, when I couldn’t tame my permed female mullet, was a side pony tail in banana clip! I had banana clips in every color but didn’t everyone?
Pesky on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:29 am #
I think I saw the bacon and eggs outfit with the tablecloth underneath at a Four Food Groups play for my nephew when he was in 1st grade. They ripped it off I tell ya!
The most telling thing about “high fashion” is that the models in their off time tend to dress normally, in Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren type clothing lines. You don’t see them parading around in bacon and eggs. Then again that could be because they are afraid of gaining weight from them.
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:31 am #
Kathy, your friend’s designs were all Very Good — my highest rating. See, I love classic looks, and funky ones, too. The upside down sweatshirt I’d have to see. I can ALMOST imagine it, but not quite.
I wear some funky outfits myself. I LOVE to wear Hot Cop’s shirts. It makes me feel like he’s giving me a hug even when he’s not here.
But fashionable, it’s not.
Kim, that’s the only way I’ll ever wear eggs and bacon, too. On my shirt — by accident, though preferably not at all.
Margaret, I am positively HUMBLED by your ability to critique a fashion show! I pretty much limit myself to Good, Very Good, Bad, Very Bad, but you really ‘got’ those outfits! I sense a second career for you … maybe you should start a fashion blog???
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:36 am #
Lori … I want pictures of you dressed as Wonder Woman in college. I have one of me in a bunny outfit . . . we can exchange. What do you say? Maybe we should do a duet blog, Me In College And What I Wore? Hah!
Karen Rose, I always wonder who DOES sit in the audience? Do you have to be invited? If I actually go to Fashion Week, will I be able to get in? I don’t know, but that would be SUCH fun! And no, Hot Cop doesn’t watch fashion week. No one gets blown up, made fun of, or pied in the face, so he’s not really into it. Of course, if he’d seen THESE, he might have been willing. He does like Will Ferrell . . .
Fresh, I want to go to a fashion show with you! That would be fun. I know the versions on the runway are exaggerated, but . . . how WILL the eggs and bacon outfit translate into off the rack couture? Not well, I’m guessing. As for the bunny ears, I used to wear Annie Hall suspenders, so I know that in fashion, anything is possible.
Amy Scott on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:38 am #
Those are some really expensive Halloween costumes!
I like to watch the fashion show bloopers. There is no better feeling then watching a stick thin model stumble on the catwalk, as I munch on a bag of Doritos! Too be fair though, some of the shoes they have to walk in are unbelievable!
The last dress looks like it was made out of fly swatters.
Sweet Jane on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:43 am #
Totally agree. It’s getting ludicrous… My hypothesis is that haute couture has become a closed world that revolves of its own. Many designers who don’t have a real talent will just lose contact with reality, only trying to rival each other’s inventiveness at all costs… The problem is we live in a post-modern world. A lot of things have already been done. You might even think there’s no need for any more designers creating *new* kinds of clothes, but at the same time there are far too many powerful people interested in keeping the business alive for it to be left alone. There’s still a world of things that haven’t been made into wearable stuff yet; think of all the money and entertainment it represents!
Otherwise, no, I don’t normally watch fashion shows ’cause I just plain don’t watch TV. But whenever I happen to, I have just these reactions: “what the hell?!” and incredulous “they did not dare!”
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:44 am #
Amy, I did see some good stuff out there, so we’d have our work cut out for us, but this year, I didn’t see anything that wow’d me so much as a good bit of it made me wince. Last year, it was retro colors — lots of chocolate and pale blue. This year it was … I don’t know. I was disappointed and there was a little forties glam (which I liked) and a good bit of absurdity, more than usual.
I did see one collection that I loved by L’Wren Scott that had a lot of grays and browns, very classy and well done. That collection had a 40s feel to it — some of the dresses reminded me of the old black and white movies when ‘a doll with great gams’ came into the private detective’s office and said someone had murdered her rich husband and she was being set up. Here’s a link if you want to see:
http://www.wwd.com/fashion-week/fall-ready-to-wear-2009/review/lwren-scott-rtw-fall-2009-2020505?city=new-york
Trish, while I can appreciate fashion, I never said I wear it! They seem to make fashion for young, flat-chested things. I’m neither.
Like you, I loooove my jeans and sweatshirt!
Pesky, this came from YOU? And someone STOLE it? GASP! We’ll call the cops!Although . . . do you REALLY want it back? Heh!
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:49 am #
Amy, fly swatters? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That might well be what that outfit is made from. I couldn’t tell. All I could think was, “I wonder if they used a curling iron to melt it all together?”
Sweet Jane, I think your theory is spot on. I certainly think the standards realize they have to make something that sells while the newbies try to stand out at any cost. Still, it’s very amusing to watch and you just never know what’s going to come strolling down that runway. I mean — eggs and bacon? Sheesh!
Margaret on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:06 am #
KH, those L’Wren Scott outfits were fab! What a far cry from the usual junk. I don’t keep up with fashion so I never heard of him/her. Love the 40’s moll look.
I have one DIL (my favorite one) who is naturally as thin as those models. And after having 3 children. I tell her she’s disgusting. She laughs at me. She would look great in the L’Wren Scott dresses. Since she has an almost 2 year old, the bacon & egg outfit might be more appropriate. Altho I do believe Brady has passed the age of throwing his food.
As for the fashion blog, I must take a pass on that one. My powers of observation for the year were all used up today.
Lisa H on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:16 am #
Oh Karen H—I don’t watch fashion shows so I had no idea!!! No, I would never wear these except for maybe the pants with the lips at the crotch…I can’t imagine what statement the designer was trying to make there.
My idea of fashion is for casual: Jeans and nice sweater or top with a cute jacket.
For formal: Black skirt or slacks with a crisp and tailored white blouse. Maybe a black cocktail dress if it’s really formal.
That’s my style and it really hasn’t changed much over the years.
I try to avoid wearing meat on my head, I’m thinking that people might call me meathead.
Claudia Dain on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:17 am #
Wow.
No, I’ve never watched fashion week, but I can see now I’ve missed out on a lot of fun!
Could I be a fashion designer? No. I’m too married to the idea that clothes should be both functional and flattering. Yes, flattering! As in, you look so pretty wearing that! Obviously not a concept that works in haute couture.
Pesky on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:20 am #
*Holding up hands* No No…that’s ok. I’ll be gracious and let her keep it…this time.
elsiehogarth on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:24 am #
Karen, my Mom and I also watch Fashion Week and this year we referred to it as Clown Week as demostrated by the above fashions. What ever happened to fashion being flowing, tailored and the colors of the season like the ones from Yves Saint Laurent, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein etc. Everything now is shock value and bad taste. I always thought that John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood and Betsy Johnson were extreme designers but the ones out there now are just awful.
Paris Fashion Week was last week and that one was another eye full especially with Lindsay Lohan as the new artistic advisor for Emanuel Ungaro. His Ready to Wear 2009/2010 thanks to her was all about bustiers, off the shoulders blouses, dresses etc. also the colors were black, white and hot pink. Really now, Lindsay Lohan as artistic advisor get real.
FYI: Anyone who’s a fan of the series Castle, on Tuesday, at B&N I saw in the New Realease section a hardcover book titled: Heat Wave by Richard Castle with the NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat and magazine journalist Jameson Rook.
Rachel Gibson on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:36 am #
I love fashion and wish I had a gazillion dollars to spend at Channel and Mark Jacobs. But I don’t.
Growing up, my mom made a lot of my clothes. She thought she was a really good seamstress, I have the photos to prove otherwise. The year that she was really into polyester, she made me a jumpsuit out of cabbage rose polyester. Navy blue with a sassy white collar. It was beyond hideous. But . . . judging by the above photos, she could have send her collection of hideousness down a runway.
Sabrina Jeffries on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:47 am #
I don’t know–I might wear the one with the hearts … if my arms weren’t floppy. And I was going to a party. A Halloween party. With no one I knew. Perhaps in Russia.
There are no words. I guess I will never be haute couture material.
Julia London on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:48 am #
I agree with Sweet Jane — that industry is full of self-importance. But I looooove Project Runway and I even like Rachel Zoe, because from the comfort of my living room, I can imagine myself making or wearing those clothes. Sort of like when I write historical romance…
Pesky on 08 Oct 2009 at 8:55 am #
ROFLMBO: Kathy…In my defense it was the 80’s. I’m going to use that whenever my HS/College pictures come out. See the hair? In my defense, it was the 80’s. Did you see that flourescents are coming out again? I found myself strangely drawn to them while I was out window shopping… In my defense I grew up in the 80’s… I’m using that excuse for EVERYTHING now Kathy.
Bad Parking: In my defense officer I grew up during the 80’s.
Poor Decision Making Skills: In my defense, I grew up during the 80’s
Bad Haircut: In my defense, this would have been styling in the 80’s
I used to blame everything on Paris Hilton…this is much better.
JudyPatooty on 08 Oct 2009 at 9:06 am #
LOL! Those outfits are just stunning.
No I don’t watch those fashion shows and no I would never dream of wearing most of what appears on the runways. I am the least fashionable person I know.
If you want some giggles, Google “LOL Vogue” and go see what the hilarious folks at Jezebel do periodically to photos from Vogue magazine.
Kathleen O on 08 Oct 2009 at 9:22 am #
Being a fashion designer has never been high on my things of what I wanted to be when I grew up.. And I like my bacon and eggs on a plate…
My fashion sense is not mixing and matching too many colours and I where what looks good on me..
Mari on 08 Oct 2009 at 10:04 am #
Back in college I had a friend who was a fashion major and she enlisted me as one of the “models” in the school fashion show. I kinda felt silly wearing the outfits, but everybody else looked pretty ridiculous too…
Janae on 08 Oct 2009 at 10:16 am #
I’ve never watched Fashion Week, but I’m obviously missing some great entertainment.
I love clothes, but I’m of the mindset that it needs to be flattering and functional, and everyone should develop their own style. I couldn’t do couture because of that.
I have made some interesting fashion choices, but it was the late eighties. I have to admit that when I see my 6yo dd wearing her hot pink Chucks, I regret that I tossed my hot pink Chucks in the early 90s. The cloche hats that I bought at TJMaxx Tuesday, are a fashion Do for me. Once fall and winter are over, they’ll go in the hatbox until next fall.
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 10:23 am #
Margaret, I wish I could wear the Scott outfits, too, but ah, no. Full chested and short with ample waistage does not lend itself to those outfits, but wow, they look wonderful, don’t they?
Lisa H … meathead … ***snicker!*** I don’t know how I missed that but I did! Thank you for punning us today!
Claudia, I really need to hire you to be my personal shopper. I know what I like, but it’s never good for my body shape. Why IS that, anyway? Although . . . it would have worked with my body shape in college. Hmmm. Maybe I need to update my mental image of me!
Pesky, you’re so generous. Makes me all teary-eyed! (giggle!)
Elsie, did you see where some French couture company hired LINDSAY LOHAN as a fashion specialist? She’s actually helping with the design. They said it was a disaster — sequins everywhere and just yuck. I can only imagine! I mean . . . LINDSAY LOHAN?
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 10:27 am #
Rachel, funny how that mother-sewing-nightmare thing happens so often. My mother made me and my sister matching dresses from purple on white curtain fabric. I’m not kidding. Somewhere I have the pictures … shudder!
Sabrina, ok, if it was a fashion Halloween party in Russia, I might wear one of these outfits, too. Maybe.
Ok, maybe not.
Julia L, I ADORE Project Runway! Did you see when they had to make n outfit from newspapers? I couldn’t believe those gorgeous outfits! Well . . . most of them. The overcoat one was incredible. I was glad it won.
Pesky, the 80s deserve the blame for a lot of things. Parachute pants set world culture back by at least 800 years.
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 10:31 am #
JudyP, thank you for adding to my fashion watching addiction. I HAVE to see this Lol Vogue!
Kathleen O, I’m with you. I have a lot of black in my closet. It goes with all of the other black in my closet.
Thank goodness you really CAN wear anything with jeans!
Mari, there’s strength in everyone looking silly together. That’s how we got through the Members Only jackets in the 80s. Heh!
Janae, I’m so envious! I love hats and sometimes buy them, but then I don’t wear them. I don’t know why . . . I just don’t.
Do any of you ever buy things you love and then never wear them? I have some shoes like that, too.
Claudia Dain on 08 Oct 2009 at 10:41 am #
Karen, did I hear the words, “Hire me”? Cause I’m in. Shopping and getting paid for it? Is there a better job in the world! I think not.
Gwynlyn MacKenzie on 08 Oct 2009 at 1:36 pm #
Those L’Wren clothes are fabulous, Karen. I’d wear the one with the red-lined coat in a NY minute—after I dropped a few (dozen) pounds.
Back in the day, I worked in a small modeling agency (doing make-up, not modeling. Too short, have hips), and some of the things they put on those girls would gag a maggot. As for the models, they were jaded despite their youth. Very sad.
Lori Handeland on 08 Oct 2009 at 2:07 pm #
Uh, I think I burned those pics of me as Wonder Woman, K-Ha. Yeah, that’s right. Burned ‘em right up.
Kathy on 08 Oct 2009 at 2:07 pm #
growing up my mom made our dresses while SHE wore Chanel.
not fair, but at least she knew how to sew.
She made my school dresses, and our bridesmaids dresses when a sister got married. another sis wore a beautiful wedding dress mom made. it had a pink underlay with white lace over.
I couldn’t find the clip from beetlejuice I wanted to show with the sweater into pants, so I made one myself. loading it onto photobucket right now so it will be in the goddess forum to see soon.
Tina on 08 Oct 2009 at 2:14 pm #
While I would never classify as fashionable, I have definate ideas of what is not fashionable.
I just saw some photos last night from Fashion Week.
Is it just me or do some hats look like a dead animal?
Some outfits would look better in a different color.
Some pics of celebs labeled as “What Were They Thinking”, I like better that the fashionable photos.
PS, I thought the last photo looked like old fashioned bra and garter belt.
Kathy on 08 Oct 2009 at 2:19 pm #
Pesky, glad I could give you a new catch phrase!lol
Madeline Hunter on 08 Oct 2009 at 3:16 pm #
I find most of the clothes on the runways unwearable. I think they are meant to be. One wonders if anyone buys them. Maybe they are just there to grab attention and get the designer’s name in print.
I tend to watch the design competition shows on Bravo. I find them interesting because as those outfits are being made, I often see them in bits and pieces and just gag. However, in the end a number of them are really very cool.
nancyg on 08 Oct 2009 at 6:27 pm #
I’m in a monthly neighborhood bunko group. Every month has a different theme (ex: mine was “Mad About Plaid”). Last month was “Pretty in Pink”/80’s. So I did the big hair, blue eyeshadow, studded grommet belt, etc.
On the way to the party, I was in my car fixing my hair at a stop light which was hot-rollered & sprayed and almost completely vertical. The woman in the lane next to me was blatantly staring. I mimed the universal “roll down you window” gesture & explained I was going to a theme party. She laughed & said she thought I was just one of the big-haired Dallas girls.
The extent of my sewing prowess is patches on Girl Scout vests, straight-line hems & replacing buttons.
I love to watch fashion shows, award ceremonies, etc., but most of them are totally out there. I visualize Madonna or Britney on stage when I see them. I wait for the “trickle down” effect/knock-offs that are actually wearable.
I do splurge on special event “little black dresses” & purses. I too have a mostly black closet – not only is it slimming, but I’m clumsy & tend to spill stuff when eating, lol.
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:01 pm #
Claudia, I need to make a trip to your part of the woods. I would SO love to hire you to shop for me! I need help. Serious. Help. But then you’ve seen my sense of ‘fashion’ — and I use the term lightly. Pretty, it ain’t.
Gwynlyn, wow! You’re a fashion industry insider! I thinkt he girls who are on Project Runway are sadly jaded, too. Must come with the experience. It IS sad, too, isn’t it?
Lori, I know people who know people. I will find the Wonder Woman Picture. And when I do . .. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kathy, I want to see that picture from Beetlejuice. I wanted it years ago but can’t remember that.
Tina, it DOES look like an old fashioned bar and garter belt! I didn’t notice this before. I was so mesmerized by the plastic fabric stuff it was made from. Interesting.
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:04 pm #
Madeline, I found some good pieces among the bad, too. It just seemed that this year, there was a LOT of bad. A WHOLE lot of bad. I wonder how they translate the clothes from runway to rack. It must be a heck of a trip, though.
Nancyg, there is no better color than black. It slims, hides flaws and spills, and ‘goes’ with all of the other colors. Except perhaps orange. Well, maybe on Halloween.
I’ve never played bunko, but if I had an active group like yours, I’d tease my hair, too! Sounds like a blast!
nancyg on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:50 pm #
K-Hawk:
I went to the University of Texas, so yes, black does go well with burnt orange! Yeah, the neighborhood gals are a total blast – we all bring a dish, and call it “drunko” – the husbands know not to expect us home early!!
Karen Hawkins on 08 Oct 2009 at 9:51 pm #
Nancyg, I stand corrected! I was thinking it might look Halloweeny, but everything goes in the Name of Sports. Your bunko/drunko party night sounds divine. I need to learn to play that game!