Work it for Wishes
As an important event approaches, you search for the perfect dress. You scour your closet and then all your friends’ closets, but you yearn for a fresh look. But what to do when you just don’t have the funds? Meet Rent the Runway, a national company that ships designer fashion for 10-15% of the retail...
Pieces of What?
I am sitting in my room, scanning it like an anthropologist. What artifacts! There is a golden portrait of Nefertiti, a Venetian mask, a Nicaraguan flag, a fan from Spain, and a poster I tore from a library book about Catholic altars (I shall eventually restore that karma). I spy two wide brimmed hats (one...
Advanced Style
I am sitting at my desk (or comfy couch, whatever) typing out fashion musings while wearing my favorite Castle Shirt. Upon the silk-ish fabric, moats and secret trap doors dizzy. This orange and purple and aqua and chrysanthemum eye popper was waiting for me in a Salvation Army in the Florida Keys, and it serves...
Well Suited Candidates
If you were President, what would you wear? You could wear a majestic red cape and tights to externalize your most Captain America qualities and save this country. Imagine a campaign commercial of a star-spangled candidate leaping from building to building. Zip! Zap! A flash of spandex; a lightning beam smile! The president will soar...
Watch This
I bet you a million Rolexes that you scramble for your smart phone when someone asks for the time. You punch, swipe, squeeze that palm-sized piece of your heart until the time appears with satellite precision. I plead guilty for relying on my phone. Ask for a time check and I’ll reach for my Android...
The Zzz Factor
Pajama pants are a staple among decidedly unkempt school-skulkers and mall-trollers. The most odious offenders hit the halls of suburban high schools in lamentable duos of Tweety Bird bottoms and slippers. Or- say it ain’t so- rubber flip flops with socks. I never went through a pajama pants phase but I’m guilty of sporting Hollister...
Heeling Powers
Platforms are back and in a big way. Models have stomped down recent runways in an array of colossal shoes. Some even refused to, like three models that quit Alexander McQueen’s S/S 2010 “Plato’s Atlantis” show for fear of falling in his 10-inch Armadillo heels. Gaga braved the heels, however, and appeared more alien than...
Strapping Young Things
“It’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.” Please excuse my Hangover reference but don’t disregard this sartorial distinction. Though the bearded and befuddling Alan is fashion’s unlikeliest muse, this fictional character pioneered the ironic wolf-emblazoned tees that rose to peculiar popularity. Now, boxy leather satchels are spotted on many an...