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Fashion Blog (Archive): September 2004
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
4:54 PM (Pacific)
Here is a tip for trying on pants (unless you are super slim lol): you bring one pair into the dressing room that you think are going to be too big.
That way, if everything else you brought in ends up being too small, you still have something to try on. And if everything you brought in fits, you can pat yourself on the back. It's win-win.
It sounds funny but I actually did this.
I'm trying now to get a pic of the 515 jeans...I'm on the Levi's site, downloading the freakin' Flash movie.
Oh wow...rotfl! I can get my virtual model to model the exact jeans I bought! heh heh...
It's Nouveau Boot Cut 515 Jeans (Misses). The "short" length works if you're 5'5" or so (after washing and drying).
--C.
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
3:41 PM (Pacific)
Heh heh...I got the pants.
I don't want to tell you how long it's been since I just went into a store and bought jeans. I've been going to the MAGS for years now. grumble
I decided against Marshall's. I dunno, I just wanted the retail store experience. i.e. I wanted to find out exactly what to get, rather than having to get whatever was there.
I ended up getting two pairs of jeans at Mervyn's. The logic is that they have better jeans than Target, yet cheaper jeans than Macy's. lol
Of course right after I got them, I found some jeans at Costco for a better price. Yet...I truly dislike the idea of buying without being able to try on. I mean you could just buy what you think would work, then if it didn't, you could shlep the jeans back to Costco and wait in the line...bleh...it's worth the extra money not to have to do that.
I got Levi's 515 jeans in the misses size. They had 515 in juniors sizes at Costco. I think misses is easier to wear if you're, ah, not a junior anymore.
I got the "short" length. I was terrified that it would shrink horribly and then I'd be stuck with short jeans. I'm 5'5" and "short" was too long, unshrunk.
When I washed them though...they became a good length. They did shrink some but not horribly. Actually I could stand to shrink them some more.
Levi's are not as good as they were before. In fact Levi's was the brand to own in the 70's. I still like them... I'll post how they wear.
--C.
Monday, September 20, 2004
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
1:48 PM (Pacific)
rotfl! I see your point...
I'm so far out of fashion, that the real fashion, and what I'm wearing, almost never coincide. I'm trying to think of the last time. Hermmmmm...probably in the 80's. ????? Maybe?
I think the thing is this. When I was growing up, there was this group of kids at school...I was very lucky...I went to school with the kids of educated parents. They see things differently.
Hence, I never had to worry back then about fashion. Wearing something interesting or unique, was more "in" than wearing something that was actually "in."
Okay that probably also had to do with the individualism of the 70's (which had permeated Virginia more than I'd thought at the time).
And...later, I became influenced by the Northern California style. It is very different from that of Southern California. shrugs In SoCal, everything is new. It is always new. Here you have so many East Coast expatriates, there is still that odd appreciation for the old, for the non-mass-produced.
It would annoy me if I ever actually met anyone here (aside from the odd East Coast expatriate) who dressed like me. The expatriates...they're expatriates, they could care less what anyone else is wearing anyway.
My advice...lol...is to stop wearing your poncho for a while. Put it aside and wear something else.
When you cease to see ponchos milling about you, bring it out and start wearing it again. :D Okay that sounds terrible, but that is what I'd do.
My favorite jacket has been this "distressed" leather jacket for quite some time. The design is entirely simple. It is really just an unornamented jacket; it is the leather itself that stands out.
You'll laugh but I wanted a signature leather jacket for a long time before I got this one. I got the idea from the old "Law and Order," back when Chris Noth was still there. He had the most fantastic leather coat in that show. I've never been able to find a duplicate but duplicating it is beside the point; probably what his character had in the show would be too warm for the climate here anyway.
It was just the idea of having a singular leather coat or jacket, something that could be worn in anything from cool to cold to wet weather, something that goes with everything and never needs to be replaced season by season.
Hey, I need jeans. It's terrible. The MAGS has been declining year by year. This year there was next to nothing, so next year there probably will be nothing. So I have to do something different.
I've tried Ross and Marshall's so far, and I checked out J.Crew online. Yipes! $80 for a pair of jeans? If I had $80 to burn it might be worth it; the jeans do last. But I don't, so I'm going to look more closely at Marshall's.
I didn't have time to really comb through it last time I went so I haven't bought anything yet. They had "Earl" jeans for $30. The catch is that they had them in only one size and it's not my size. *grumble*
I found some Ralph Lauren jeans for $25 but...for that price I want something better, the workmanship looked kind of lame.
They had Express jeans. Really good jeans but the style is too young for me. They have like a 3-inch rise. I can fit them but I'm too old. sigh I mean I don't want to be one of those broads that wears stuff like that...you see what looks like a young broad from the back, then you see this old face. The face has to match the clothes.
That's all that's on my plate these days (and wouldn't be, if the MAGS were still any good). Those socks I bought at Target are still going strong. I doubt they'll last as long as, say, Gap socks would, but I don't care. I can stretch them out with the Costco socks I still have--they're plain white, black, or grey socks--I wear boots in the winter so it hardly matters if my socks are boring. :D
Hmmm...I'm going to redesign some of our Cafepress items. I'd like a hoodie but I want the design to be more similar to the front page of the site. i.e. I'm going to literally lift the design off the front page and make it into the design for the hoodie.
--C.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
5:54 PM (Pacific)
Ok, I have a rant about ponchos. It's not that I don't like them. In fact I love them! My mother made me one with a hood when I was a child. It was grey and very pretty. Not very practical with a backpack but I felt oh so pretty in it... For 15 years after that poncho, I didn't have one. When ponchos came back in style a few years ago (anyone remember that? I'm thinking at least 5 years ago because it was before I found my boyfriend), I didn't even get one. However, last year, in Peru, I got one. It's pretty: grey with white llamas on it. Made with alpaca wool but a bit flimsy (hey, it was cheap). Last Fall, I wore it a few times. I was the only one with a poncho. I liked being unique. Now, this year, everyone and their dog is wearing a poncho and I just look like a follower, arrrrrgggghhh! Oh well, I'll get over it. In a year or two, people will forget ponchos and I'll be unique again. There'll be a period where I'll be "passee" but then, I'll just be unique again. In the meantime, I'll get some ponchos on sale for later, for when they're not in style anymore...
Raphaelle
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