Rated R: Agent Provocateur Online Comic

I love Agent Provocateur, and if I had a lot of money, I would wear their amazing lingerie every darn day so I could feel super sass-o-rama. They have just put out their newest catalog, which is very naughty comic book about women saving the planet from certain extinction. WARNING: This is for adults only!

Even The Freeky Deeky (Extra Tall Girls) Need Love Too

To all those adorable cuties out there, here is how to date a tall woman (like this one in the tundra) and how to get her to purr like a kitten...... You won't regret it, I promise......

Are Borders As Destructive As Religion?

This was a very interesting take on Borders and the detrimental effects of protecting those artificial lines.

They Float On Air, As If They Are Just A Memory....

This is my great friend Clare, who is the creative director for Pringle Of Scotland. Obviously, she is one of the best dressed people I know, but more importantly, she is an amazing friend and designer!

The rest of this is a melange of my favorite images. Women looking like ladies.

Craptastic Song Of The Week: The Pina Colada Song

Who knew this song is actually called Escape? And I like Pina Coladas, and am not to0 fond of yoga.....

Bellla - I Missed You SO Much

This is Bellla, my 1984 733i that I drove for five fantastic years while I was in grad school. There were good memories made "in" her driving all over hither and yon, and there were good memories made "on" her. Before your mind goes to a naughty place, I am referring to several tailgating events and that she had a huge hood where we put out food, or literally took naps, and maybe a few other things as well.....

Sadly, When I moved to the Tundra, I donated her because she and I were have some disagreements over whether she should start in the morning or not. Imagine my surprise when I was out to brunch yesterday when I saw her! I recognized her by the bumps and bruises that we made together while in DC. She is a little more banged up and such, but she is still every inch that car that I loved so dearly. I miss you girl!

A Step For Mankind - Puma and Adidas To End Feud

Did you know that Puma and Adidas were formed by brothers and that they literally hated each other? Like Coke and Pepsi hate? I know, totally crazy!

Well, thank goodness, everyone has decided to act like an adult and the feud is over! Now your sneakers can live in harmony and skip through the forest with birds chirping. If they can do it, why can't Israel and the Palestinians?

RIP Willy Ronis: Paris Will Not Be The Same Without You

Willy Ronis passed on this week. We will miss his photos that elicit the heart of everyday Parisian living. You will be missed.

Tom Ford's Movie Looks Like Style And Substance

Fashion Week: More more more....

This is Lela Rose. I loved her collection which I thought had the best use of color so far. But more importantly, she herself embodies how fashion can be worn on a day to day manner. I love this whole outfit.










This is Derek Lam. I love that this outfit is not "matchy matchy". I believe the scarf is actually navy and the belt is black. This summarizes how younger people are dressing with a little more attitude and a devil may care flare. And the shoes are amazing. Drool.

Optimistic About Love: Take It Easy On The Lollipop

So, as many of you know, I am single. Shocking, I know! However, unlike my other single times in my life, I am feel very optimistic that if the time comes, it will awesome, but if it doesn't that it ok too! Life is pretty groovy so I am having a great time. This morning I heard two songs on this theme so for all you single people out there - keep your head up!



How awesome were the Supremes?

An Open Letter To Duckie Brown, My Mouth Is Agape

Dear Duckie Brown, Aka "Duckies" (s0 cute by the way),

I want to thank you for passing by my humble blog and calling attention rightly that I took one piece of your collection, and took it out of context. In fact, I made up a word at your expense.

So, in the spirit of dissecting a collection for the true artistic merits, I am going to reframe my commentary and talk a little more about fashion and themes. It is very easy to be a critic.

So, in that spirit, I have posted four photos from the collection. What I would like to call attention here is the use of drape and fabric. In a collection, they are starting with an extreme form, and then in the other parts of the collection, take that theme and make it more and more translatable to the consumer.


Start with big bow, which is unusual on men, and indeed juxtaposed against the masculine form. This, while being silly for most people is indeed an artistic take and does challenge how people think about men and "traditional forms" for them.




Then you take that form and change it slightly to an exaggerated pleat. This is a variation on the theme of drape, and indeed more commercial, per se, but does take that extreme theme and make it more palatable and less "artistic" as a statement. But in that less artistic component, it is indeed more wearable.




















Then you take that and have something with a slightly unusual cut. Again with the theme of draping. This fabric seems to be stiffer, but you still see an unusual form, and ultimately that unusual form is what is known as fashion, and what is the certain something that keeps us looking for something different season after season.



















This I just liked, it mimics other collections in that volume is making a comeback.

Also, thank you for inviting me to your studio. It is quite and honor, and I do hope I can take you up on it next time I in NYC.

You Are Welcome Ladies: Gratuitous Hot Men At Ralph Lauren

Sometimes, I like my men clean and when I do, I like em' squeaky clean, and Ralph does that better than anyone else. And if you are ever in the offices at 650 madison, do not, I repeat, do not, eat out of the M&M bowl.


I actually really like this outfit, and I have always had a little thing for the not-too pale redheads out there.






















Holy Great Gatsby! I don't love this outfit per se, but I do really like the shape of jacket, the shaping at the waist particularly.



























This is Nacho. Nacho is not only the lead Ralph Lauren Model, he is also a polo player in real life. So if you were thinking he looks like a South American cutie, that is because he is Argentine. He is also happily married with four children.





















I am working on an M&A deal, and if our bankers looked like this, it might make up for the kind of offensive comments they make sometimes and then call me out as if I am to blame for being in the room.

























This one speaks for itself. Ok, I will say it, yum. YUM.

Word Of The Week: Bafoonery

This outfit defines bafoonery. So while it may not be a real word, I think this picture defines it just dandy. Come on! Really?

Bafoonery: To be doing, wearing, saying something is only dumb, but makes you look completely silly, and perhaps make people laugh and feel a little pity at the same time.

If anyone else cares to chime in with a definition, feel free.

Fashion Week: Pump Up The Volume

So all in all, I am liking more volume this year. This is hard for me to pull off as a curvy girl, but with the right yanks and pulls here and there, you get to see what is good on my shape and bad.




This dress is amazing and does not do the the Ports 1961 collection any justice. I loved the Asian influence and hint of Kimonos in many of the dresses.

























Cynthia Steffe. This is the essence of being young and pretty. Just wearing sweet nothings that hang off of you as you realize you are way hotter than some girl in something tight. This says I get attention, I do not need to ask for it.


























Ruffian. I am a sucker for dramatic sleeves and necks.


















I am feeling most this Gary Graham Collection. There is something about the volume that beautiful, and sexy. I like the tougher styling to harden it up a bit. I wish I was boobless so I could wear this.

Fashion Week Day 1: Pantaloon Wearing Tramps Everywhere

So far, I would say things are pretty, unoriginal, or weird.




Let's start with the absurd: Where is she going? To a throwback early 90's ivy league college for pantaloon wearing whores? Is she thinking "Thank god I wore my Amy Winehouse Flats so I can get from Psyche 101 to my trick later in 10 minutes flat?" This is the new mullet: All schooled on top and all business on bottom.




















Sooooo pretty, and not very original. This is a woman looking like a woman, and looking damn good doing it. This is how I want to look every day. There I said it, I am not that original, but I like to think I clean up nicely every now and then.






















This is very pretty, but also not very original. Any man with her is going to be darn lucky to unwrap this present later.



Thanks to style.com as always! More to come....

I Want To Read Minds: TED Rebecca Saxe

There is a whole part of the brain that allows us to anticipate other people's thoughts.

Polifact: Pants On Fire

Check out Politifact. It is a very cool website that takes major statements on both sides of the aisle and checks them out for "truthiness". It calls out the bullhonkey from the bulls and let's you know what's what! Enjoy, it is becoming a daily visit for me.

See The Big Lebowski - The NYTimes Says So

If you have not seen the Big Lebowski, well, that is tragic. Get thee to a video store immediately and remedy the situation. Here is a critic's take from the NYTimes about why it is awesome, if you can't figure that out on your own....

Chrissie Hynde Is Cool. Real Cool.

In a tribute to my weekend in Ohio, here is one of the original cool girls....
The Pretenders - Boots of Chinese Plastic

THE PRETENDERS-DON'T GET ME WRONG
by pierrot77

What The 70's Taste Like - Orange Tic Tacs

I was at a wedding in Ohio last night, which was really fun! They had a funk band so we were getting on down.

As the festivities started to move on to the hotel for more vodka induced silliness, I was handed what I thought was a mint.

But alas, it was not a mint, it was a sweet weird taste that entered my consciousness. And then it hit me in a flash of Bee-Gees, Tab, Farrah Fawcett, Joe Nameth, and Trans Ams. It came to me - this is what the 70's taste like, and it is an orange tic tac.

I promptly spit it out because it was foul, but entertaining nonetheless. By the way, my friend says that the 90's tastes like Snapple.

Rated R: Parisienne By YSL

God I love that the french have none of the puritanical mores that we have here. I am not a lover of Kate Moss, but this is scorching hot. The shoes, the looks, the drive of shame. Speaking of which, is it the drive of shame if you see the Eiffel Tower? I think not.

Most Craptastic Song Of All Time: She's Like The Wind By Patrick Swayze

Thank you Alex for merely reminding me this song exists. For your listening and viewing pleasure..... "She leads me to moonlight only to burn me with the sun", now that is some deep lyrical something. I don't know what, but it's DEEP and it is SOMETHING.

Patrick Swayze -Shes Like a wind
by albertulloamsn

Another Unfortunate Side Effect Of Swine Flu: No Lovin

I never remember how many kisses I am supposed to give. One or two or three? I guess the more the better....

See It: The Informant

So, I worked in Corn Milling for a year - who knew it would be sexy one day? I want to see this for sure! All I know is this was ADM, and Cargill was exonerated.....

I Knew It! Napping Is Important

So, apparently, scientists have no idea why we sleep. But this article gives a pretty darn good explanation about why all those snoozing hours are worthwhile. All I know, is I have the most comfortable bed on the planet - literally a slice of heaven - soft, firm and warm. In fact, I am not sure I can date someone who does not like napping, at least every now and then....... I can't think of anything more fun on a Sunday afternoon than getting a few zzzz's, wink wink.....

And to give kudos to my brother's genius idea, how about mandatory nap time after lunch at work. Those Spaniards and their siesta know how to make life good, real good.

Geo Engineering: Too Good To Create Global Havoc?

I first learned about geo-engineering several months back in an article in Foreign Affairs. The idea is that you can change global temperatures by manipulating the climate. This can be achieved by putting salt or sulfur into the atmosphere. Many have questioned the science and if it can actually be done at a massive level. This is an article in the BBC from today that says it can be done.

I have been following this because the concept seems very interesting to me. However, at a visceral level, I can't help but think - don't mess with mother nature. I am not so sure we can even begin to comprehend what the unintended consequences might be.