Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Are people wearing them?....

I see teenaged girls wearing flip flops all the time, but they only wear them to show off their toe rings. Also, it is effing hot here and I can hardly blame anyone for wearing them.

I do have a pair of comfy and baggy capri pants that if I were not as vast as I am right now, I would not wear, but frankly, the wardrobe is currently limited and comfort rules over aesthetics. I hope to be able to burn my entire current wardrobe in a few months. Mock me if you will.

And as to the exposed pear - I second PJ's adice. My secretary's boobs practically fell out of one shirt and she was pulling it up all day. I had to nicely suggest she retire the shirt or invest in a safety pin - I haven't seen the shirt since.

-TL

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
today, my assistant (who is a little bit older than I am) wore a pant and shirt combo that bared a wee little sliver of belly -- but her belly is neither wee nor little. Do I just leave the issue alone or do I tell her that pears should not expose belly skin?

Ugh. This is a major peeve of mine. More and more women and girls in slut-wear, without the bodies to carry it off. Simple rule: If your flesh hangs out over your waistband, you need to cover it.

Also, while I will confess a fondness for low-cut jeans, the best aspect of midriff exposure was the (well toned) navel area. Lately, it seems waistbands have drifted even lower (the phenom I refer to as "shave-pants", since you pretty much have to go Brazilian to wear them), and shirt hems have raced downward to catchup... resulting in the look of pants fastened just barely above the butt crack, and navels covered by shirts.

This is a profoundly disturbing development, and one that I see pretty much constantly around SF.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
WTFIWWYP? GBTW.

OK. Since I think I started this confusion today:

TUIMMALB -- a Thurgreedism, throw up in my mouth a little bit

TUAOM -- also from TM, throw up all over myself

LIGARAWYT -- this is a guess, but I think it means like i give a rat's ass what you think

LOLIAMHW67C -- little old lady in malodorous house with 67 cats (the full phrase was used in the post to which the poster using this acronym was responding)

Now, please explain yours. I'm stuck after "what the fuck is with" ...

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy


Now, please explain yours. I'm stuck after "what the fuck is with" ...

I think there's one too many W's. Get back to work, you people.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Now, please explain yours. I'm stuck after "what the fuck is with" ...

Unless I miss my guess, "what the fuck is up with you people. Go back to work."

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I think there's one too many W's.

SFM

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
OK. Since I think I started this confusion today:

TUIMMALB -- a Thurgreedism, throw up in my mouth a little bit

TUAOM -- also from TM, throw up all over myself

LIGARAWYT -- this is a guess, but I think it means like i give a rat's ass what you think

LOLIAMHW67C -- little old lady in malodorous house with 67 cats (the full phrase was used in the post to which the poster using this acronym was responding)

Now, please explain yours. I'm stuck after "what the fuck is with" ...

The answer, was "What the fuck is wrong with you people? Get back to work."

I think RP and Burger get split credit for dechipering the message, 10 points to both of you, well done.

And don't mind me, I'm just bitter I didn't win the $91M lottery this weekend and had to come to work. I'll be fine tomorrow. Maybe.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Okay, now I gotta be serious for a moment. Are they really selling flip flops for anything except wearing in the shower at the club or summer camp? Are people wearing them? I have seen a couple of teens with flippies on but I thought perhaps they were just rebelling against society. Flip flops? Really? Also, I did notice capris pants on my assistant and the executive secretary -- I explained, in a semi nice way, that capris pants are only for young girls (which they are not) and, in any event, not for women with stubby legs (which they both have) and not for the office (which we were all in at the time). Also, today, my assistant (who is a little bit older than I am) wore a pant and shirt combo that bared a wee little sliver of belly -- but her belly is neither wee nor little. Do I just leave the issue alone or do I tell her that pears should not expose belly skin?

This is an interesting and delicate subject. I'd ask your friends in HR to send around a global memo to all the assistants so that a) your assitant doesn't lose face, b) you don't have to be the bad guy, and c) Danny Heatley sucks deez nuts.

str8

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
lengthy but surprisingly witty and readable post by BRC about the evolution of norms in men's fashion

God bless you BRC. Where would we be without you?
That said, I'm wearing a black two button notch lapel tuxedo at my wedding with a black vest and a long black tie (comments anyone?), but we want our guests to wear either suits, or tuxes if they so choose. I went with "black-tie optional" on our invites, after seeing what people chose to wear to the last "semi-formal" wedding I attended.

str8

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I went with "black-tie optional" on our invites, after seeing what people chose to wear to the last "semi-formal" wedding I attended.

str8

I did not receive my invitation yet but just so that I am prepared I would like to know if underwear will also be optional. Brassiers, of course, should never be optional -- regardless of size.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
I did not receive my invitation yet but just so that I am prepared I would like to know if underwear will also be optional. Brassiers, of course, should never be optional -- regardless of size.

Given your prior posts on the subject, I fear it's a moot point.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
God bless you BRC. Where would we be without you?
That said, I'm wearing a black two button notch lapel tuxedo at my wedding with a black vest and a long black tie (comments anyone?), but we want our guests to wear either suits, or tuxes if they so choose. I went with "black-tie optional" on our invites, after seeing what people chose to wear to the last "semi-formal" wedding I attended.

str8

Uhoh. This is going to be one of those issue spotters for BRC, with a long response further bemoaning the confusion of what is a tuxedo.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
BTW, one helpful hint I still recall from Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins, which I read proably in 8th grade in the quest for sex scenes, was that tans never come out nicely on film.

I know of at least one person who would disagree:



TM

[Atticus Grinch]

Nor is there such thing as "black tie optional." (Sorry, str8, I love you like a brother I've never met, but this is true.)

The point of dress traditions is to make everyone comfortable by making clothing irrelevant. In this way, black tie is somewhat like nudism, without all the towels on the seats. Yes, this means that the boys are all wearing the same thing and can't express their flamboyant originality by wearing their piano keyboard ties, etc. Most would agree this is a good thing.

When I receive a black tie or black tie optional invitation, my first thought is not, "Oh, those fuckers, making me dress up. I wish they would stop oppressing me." My thought is, "I hope everyone wears black tie." I feel slightly uncomfortable at a BT party talking with someone wearing a business suit or white tie, just as if they showed up at a poolside BBQ wearing jacket and tie.

Black tie optional accidentally makes all the people who wear black tie feel slightly more dressed up (not the point of the whole exercise, mind you) and the people who wear suits feel slightly less so. It reintroduces clothing, and noticing clothing, back into the party dynamics. ("Huh, I would have figured he owns a tux, with the money he's making at Cravath" etc.)

That said, I would rather go to a BTO party than a "creative black tie" holiday party, because there will always be some schmuck with a LED novelty tie, or a tie shaped like holly leaves, or some shit like that. I know it's not very Chrismassy, but these people should be festively beaten.

[str8outavannuys]

This just in: Herb Brooks has checked out. Sounds like he coulda used some of Gregory Hines' nimble moves.

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