Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Am I the only idiot working today?

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

No. Fucking sweatshop.

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This show is over. Last night's sucked. Jai is completely goddamned useless; Carson is entirely too conscious of his role as maker of slightly outrageous comments and risque assessments of straight-guy packages; the Rosie-and-Boy-George visit was pointless "we're so cool now" celebrity whoring; Kyran's ring-of-Neutrogena bronzer on the bald guy's head was a gross offense. And transforming a nebbish rich lawyer too cheap and stupid to buy adult furniture but still wannabe enough to buy a monstrous McMansion is not likely to engender sympathy.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Am I the only idiot working today?

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

I'm here too. And bitter as hell about it.

Happy fucking Thanksgiving, indeed.

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by purse junkie
The show is over. Last night's sucked. Jai is completely goddamned useless; Carson is entirely too conscious of his role as maker of slightly outrageous comments and risque assessments of straight-guy packages; the Rosie-and-Boy-George visit was pointless "we're so cool now" celebrity whoring; Kyran's ring-of-Neutrogena bronzer on the bald guy's head was a gross offense. And transforming a nebbish rich lawyer too cheap and stupid to buy adult furniture but still wannabe enough to buy a monstrous McMansion is not likely to engender sympathy.

I am here too. Yippee!!!

1) I think you are my SP (except I have a penis and am not obsessed with expensive purses NTTWW people who have one and are)

2) Carson's risque comments are a little too forced now. It's like the tired vaudeville player that won't give up his Who's on first gag.

3) WTF was up with that neutrogena??? He said to only put it on his bald spot? That made it MORE noticeable. Why not put it everywhere and even out the shading. FREAK!

4) I was pissed about that also. His house his huge and he makes a lot of money (apparently) and he gets the show to buy him nice furniture (I won't say new furniture, because there was no OLD furniture there...there was nothing but bare floors for 2 1/2 years!?!?!), but the struggling divorced dad gets cheap clothes b/c he is on a budget...WTF?.

5) WTF is a nebbish?

[andViolins]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I'm here too. And bitter as hell about it.

Happy fucking Thanksgiving, indeed.

what's Thanksgiving?

aV

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by taxwonk
One word: Zegna.

If you can't bring yourself to pony up for the Zegna, then I can also suggest looking into Canali.

Zegna is nice shit, but most of the patterns are too understated. I prefer a crisp stripe or bolder pattern and Zegna just doesn't do that. Zegna's best stuff is the earth tones (muted browns, etc...).

S(still swear by Hickey Freeman)D

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Am I the only idiot working today?

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

Define "working."

[Not Bob]

Love her, hate her, whatever. That girl has her finger on the pulse of pop culture. Read her today to see what the media will be saying tomorrow.

What am I talking about? From Slate's Dahlia Lithwick ...

The reviewers totally missed the boat on Average Joe—a show in which a passel of ordinary bachelors—fat, pasty, short, bespectacled, over-educated, socially backward, and seemingly overwhelmingly Jewish bachelors—compete for one luscious blond vixen, Melana, who'd been led to believe she'd be meeting 16 "Prince Charmings" for a For Love or Money-type extravaganza.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Connect_the_Dots
I am here too. Yippee!!!

1) I think you are my SP (except I have a penis and am not obsessed with expensive purses NTTWW people who have one and are)

5) WTF is a nebbish?

1) Au contraire, I am obsessed with inexpensive purses. I am constitutionally incapable of paying retail. Plus, my parents abusively did not provide me with a lavish trust fund. But the new crocodile bags (Hermes?) are sex on a stick.

5) it's Yiddish for a loser basically. No self-confidence, nerdy, weak, unassertive, wimpy, socially inept.

And while they were cleaning up the straight guy, they should've taken aim at the wife's blond-poodle-permed black roots as well.

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by purse junkie

5) it's Yiddish for a loser basically. No self-confidence, nerdy, weak, unassertive, wimpy, socially inept.

And while they were cleaning up the straight guy, they should've taken aim at the wife's blond-poodle-permed black roots as well.

I agree, then, that he is a "nebbish." But I blame it all on his disapproving and overbearing mom (who first suggested the rug on his head). What a manipulative and judgmental bitch. He is freaking out about his baldness and desperately seeking approval from everyone at the party because of his neurotic need for others to validate his existence and she looks right at his bald head and gives him a dirty look. His therapist must be making a fortune off him.

And by the way, $3000 a year to maintain that ugly hairpiece!?! $3000 x 13 years is ummm...a lot of money. I think he could've bought all the furniture he needed with that money.

Yes, the wife needed the fab five more than he did.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Average Joe

Thanks for that link, Not Bob. The link within it, to Melana's "personal statement," gave me a good laugh.

Some gems:

I know that watching the "Average Joe" experience has made a movement in the hearts of the viewers as it did in mine.
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The response has been overwhelmingly positive and I can't wait for the bigger picture to come to an end and let the movement of acceptance begin in the hearts of the millions that joined "Average Joe" the first night,

When did she learnie the English? And forgive the puerile observation, but "a movement in the hearts" seemed like it should have ended with a different organ.

I am beginning to think people today tend to be apathetic, as nothing seems to phase us.

Now, do they write these profiles and submit them, or does some employee for the production company interview the person and then type up the statement? Either way, sheesh.

People would be surprised to know that I write incessantly and have since the 5th grade. My favorite piece:
"Writing frees the mind of stirring emotion and settles on paper where thoughts can rest." It is funny how my writing will sometimes plant itself on paper before I can even comprehend the content of what my hand is scribbling!

Surprised, indeed.

Good thing she's smokin' hot. Although -- meow alert -- the surprised expression makes me think botox, for which she is a bit young.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Fugee
Fun Facts about Ugg boots

I am having trouble finding those green rubber muck boots (I think they're called Wellington boots, but I don't think that's the brand name, I think it's just descriptive -- but I'm not sure). You wouldn't think they'd be so hard to find, but, alas, I can't find them.

Does anyone know a brand name, so I can do a search on google or ebay or something? The only boots I've been able to find are overly heavy-duty with steel reinforced toes and shit. Like for firemen. I don't need those - -just the plain old rubber ones for walking around in pastures when it's really muddy.

I made the mistake recently of walking in a muddy pasture with those "closed clog" type shoes. When I went to take a step, my shoe got stuck in the mud, and my foot came flying out and landed in a squishy pond of mud. As I turned around to retrieve my shoe, my other foot came out of its shoe, so I was standing ankle deep in sock feet in a veritable swamp of mud -- undoubtedly with a little horse poo thrown in, but I'm not prepared to think about that yet. Anyway, that's an experience I'd rather not repeat, so please, people, help a gal out!

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Connect_the_Dots
His house his huge and he makes a lot of money (apparently) and he gets the show to buy him nice furniture (I won't say new furniture, because there was no OLD furniture there...there was nothing but bare floors for 2 1/2 years!?!?!), but the struggling divorced dad gets cheap clothes b/c he is on a budget...WTF?.

Yeah, I have to say I was pretty disappointed too, and I'm a fan of the show. Who buys that much house and doesn't furnish it? For God's sake, man, buy less house or put some more on the mortgage to bring in a designer to help fill the place.

Thom did a nice job, as usual, but Mrs. Hand and I were just shaking our heads at that mirrored sunburst thing he hung on their wall. And the high-ceilinged living room ended up looking like it had too much in it, but that just mght be because it had NOTHING before.

Ted had basically nothing to do since they hired a caterer... WTF?

The whole thing with Jai taking the theater buff to meet a cast was one thing, but could you maybe take him to a show that doesn't suck ass? (NYC folks -- Is that steaming pile of crap even still running after the critical roasting it took?)

Granted, the toupee was bad, but does the world really need another Moby wanna-be? And his Mom has to be happy with looking like a total bitch on national TV, but if the shoe fits...

On the bright side, Celebrity Poker Showdown... This should be a good lead-in starting next week.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by dtb
I am having trouble finding those green rubber muck boots (I think they're called Wellington boots, but I don't think that's the brand name, I think it's just descriptive -- but I'm not sure). You wouldn't think they'd be so hard to find, but, alas, I can't find them.

Does anyone know a brand name, so I can do a search on google or ebay or something? The only boots I've been able to find are overly heavy-duty with steel reinforced toes and shit. Like for firemen. I don't need those - -just the plain old rubber ones for walking around in pastures when it's really muddy.

I made the mistake recently of walking in a muddy pasture with those "closed clog" type shoes. When I went to take a step, my shoe got stuck in the mud, and my foot came flying out and landed in a squishy pond of mud. As I turned around to retrieve my shoe, my other foot came out of its shoe, so I was standing ankle deep in sock feet in a veritable swamp of mud -- undoubtedly with a little horse poo thrown in, but I'm not prepared to think about that yet. Anyway, that's an experience I'd rather not repeat, so please, people, help a gal out!

Check out the boots page here - this is a UK company but I think you can get these in Canada readily. Are the olive green ones what you are looking for? They call them "country boots" here, but my mother used to call them "green wellies".

http://www.alliedwestminster.com/shopframes/

If they are what you are looking for, it might be easier to do a google search with those terms.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Connect_the_Dots
Yes, the wife needed the fab five more than he did.

She needed much more than fashion help. She's been banging this guy for 13 years while he wore a rug? She never managed to persuade him that he was attractive without it? She put up with his dropping $3k a year on something that he had to glue to his head but didn't insist on having furniture in return? As you all point out, it's not as if they couldn't afford it. A little self respect, please. Maybe she was afraid of her evil MIL.

And I would like to see someone shove Kyan's head in a toilet.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
She's been banging this guy for 13 years while he wore a rug?

You're assuming facts not in evidence. Why would she bang him?