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Fashion Blog (Archive)
Friday, November 14, 2003
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
11:18 AM (Pacific)
Hummm...I really could use a good black turtleneck or two. The one I have is...eh. It's good for wearing under sweaters (which is what I'm doing today) but imo, not great enough to wear on its own.
The Target ones, likewise. Good in a pinch or under something.
Well that goes on my wish list.
Ah, jewelry. Well I have two modes. One is the expensive one, which is subdivided into Chinese and Middle Eastern.
Mind you I can't afford the expensive mode anyway, but here it is. The Chinese one is plain evil. Here you would buy 24KT gold and jade.
Mmmm...I take that back. There is a reason to buy 24KT gold. You can convert it back to money.
The Middle Eastern mode is not as evil. That would be 18KT gold. I have a few pieces in this mode... That is really what I want to buy, more 18KT gold pieces.
The costume mode is actually more fun. It's like buying cheaper makeup...since you can afford more, you can play more.
I have some costume earrings...I'm allergic to nickel, so, I buy stuff where you can change the wires to nickel-free findings.
I have some nice 24KT gold over sterling, filigree earrings with turquoise.
Here are some more:
The top ones are those cloisonne earrings you can get in Chinatown. In fact they did come from Chinatown. :)
The light blue stones, I have no idea what kind of stone they are. I got them at Pier One back when Pier One sold jewelry.
The gold and turquoise, same as above. The lapis lazuli, sterling silver ones badly need polishing (you can hardly tell they're silver).
This is sterling silver and garnet. I bought both chains separately, I have a box and a snake chain of different lengths.
I've got other stuff...some of it is already on the site. I got a turquoise chip choker, and a jasper and turquoise choker, from Macy's on sale. I have a couple of agate and sterling rings (they're Iranian, they have all kinds of variations on this), as well as a carnelian pendant (ditto).
I have just odd things I've collected over the years. I have a Che Guevara necklace. Yup. It's sterling silver and has the face of Che Guevara in it! I also have a hammer and sickle pin. It's great.
Lessee...and I have some "ivory" carved filigree pins. I don't think they're really ivory, I think they're carved bone. These are for my daughter.
I have some odd things from my grandmother...turquoise and silver pins. I'll have to get back into wearing them. :) I also have a mustard seed pendant. It has the thing in the Bible about having faith as a grain of mustard seed.
*whew* What else...I have a gold box chain. And a silver cross. I've meant for a long time to get a gold cross but I haven't seen one that I liked yet.
Hummm...I don't wear jewelry every day. It's like makeup. I'll get into wearing it, then I'll get out of wearing it.
About bracelets: I wear them on my left wrist. I never wear anything on my right wrist. That's when it gets in the way of whatever you're doing.
You can literally pile up bracelets on your left wrist and leave them there.
I also tend to check out the jewelry whenever I get to go shopping. Like last time, I checked out Wal-mart. I wasn't expecting to find anything, but you never know.
Before that, when I got my MAC blush, I looked at the Macy's jewelry. Nothing really. If it's not outstanding, there's no reason to buy it.
I'm still kicking myself for things I saw and didn't buy. They had this funky Union Jack pin at Macy's before. I was half-assed thinking of buying it...it was a couple of bucks really...pfffff. I passed on it. tsk! Would have been nice on a denim jacket.
What's good too...and this goes back to my 1970's roots. :) Buttons. If you can get a Marilyn Monroe button...heh heh. I still remember this guy. I had to have been fourteen or fifteen. I went to this party and this guy had a Marilyn Monroe button. I was wearing these shoes I got for five bucks at a flea market. I admired his button and he admired my shoes.
They call it vintage now but they didn't then! You'd go to some flea market or shop where they sold old clothes. I still have a black velvet dress I got from those days. (circa me age 15 or so) It's beaded on top with silver beads.
It's regular length, below the knee...another of one those five dollar things. But it looks good. I've worn it on many a highbrow occasion.
--J.
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