Fashion Board 3-5-04 to 4-6-04

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I use Sugar in the Raw, just b/c it sounds pornographic.

I quite like the flavor the molasses gives to coffee, but otherwise I find it interferes with whatever else you are sweetening tastes like. I often like honey. Sure can't use it for everything, but sometimes it has a nice flavor.

Fake-sweeteners just kind of gross me out, though.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by evenodds
A friend can get a great deal on Jos A Banks suits.

Does anyone know anything about them?

Are they worth the money?

Like any place else, you get what you pay for. The high end stuff is nice and the cheap stuff looks cheap. If your friend knows what he's looking for and can genuinely get a good deal, I say go for it. What we're really talking about here is boring clothes for boring people, right?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It's the one sweetener that dissolves well in cold liquid. Well, iced tea.

And, yeah, I know you texans have no call for sweetener for tea, what with your nasty-ass sweet tea and all.

We're not the sweet tea people. That's further east.

I'm with you on the Sweet & Low thing, though.

ETA: Scroll, then post, but I stand by the Sweet & Low.

[notcasesensitive]

Whitney and Bobby, Bobby and Whitney... Whitney checked herself out of rehab because the walls were closing in on her and Bobby landed himself back in jail. The Story

I'd be amazed if the daytime soaps haven't started watching their relationship for storylines.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
We're not the sweet tea people. That's further east.

I'm with you on the Sweet & Low thing, though.

ETA: Scroll, then post, but I stand by the Sweet & Low.

Happy to have the backup of a native. I usually just use sugar to sweeten tea. Even a whole pack is like 15 calories I think and that's just not enough to matter. Half the time Idrink it straight, even. Yup. Tea, on the rocks, lemon, no sugar.

Sweet tea is really, really sweet though and probably calorie-laden. But it's good . . .

ETA I'm hot for Coltrane, but Flower's cats sound intriguing. Flower, would you be willing to rub sugar in the raw all over yourself? Please?

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
What we're really talking about here is boring clothes for boring people, right?

FWIW, Jos. A Banks always struck me as the Florsheim of suits. They're a decently put together, not very exciting, mid-range product, and are much favored by public servants and suburban dads everywhere. Slightly less "flair" than Brooks Brothers' (BB does have flair, in it's frumpy, pear-shaped way) and the fabrics tend to be less nice, but, based on long-term performance as observed in my Dad's wardrobe, JAB overall also has slightly higher quality of manufacture. A solid, basic suit source.

If the friend is (i) pretty much looking for his first suit, (ii) looking for a couple unadventurous, basic suits to anchor or fill out his closet or (iii) would have to scrimp, save and budget to get a $600 suit, then JAB at a discount sounds like a grand opportunity. If he's in a job that likes some flash in its suits (either because it is "creative" or because it pays enough that a certain higher-end quality is expected), putting the $$ in a piggy bank and/or heading for the Barney's warehouse sale might be a better investment.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
ETA I'm hot for Coltrane, but Flower's cats sound intriguing. Flower, would you be willing to rub sugar in the raw all over yourself? Please?

Only if you agree that you will not interfere if I try to stop our daughter from leave the house looking like a little tarty harlot.

Originally posted by robustpuppy
A real man and a real woman-pleaser would use genuine granulated sugar. Not only does it taste better, but it is also an excellent gentle exfoliant.

That actually turned me on. The bit about Coltrane' martini glass chest hair. so manly.

[notcasesensitive]

I was going to include a snarky comment about her picking up on gwinky's tube top skirt fashion, but I can't do it. She looks too good.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by bilmore
Go outside tonight and see, for the last time in a while, five (count em! Five!) planets all visible to the naked eye at once!

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/.../fab_five.html

I think it's safe to say "NOT IN LA, THEY WEREN'T." But that's ok, because I post lots of shit that's not germane to your life. See, e.g., my next post about "The O.C." last night.

[dtb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive


I was going to include a snarky comment about her picking up on gwinky's tube top skirt fashion, but I can't do it. She looks too good.

Daaaay-um. I'm not usually a fan, but she looks HOT! Of course, all the starlets -- what a stupid word -- always stand like that to show off their legs to best advantage. However, in her case, she could probably sit so as to maximize fat-spread on her thighs and she'd still look good.

Again, I say, "Daaaay-um".

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Seacrest out.

And yet, when it actually happens, many of us will be vindicated.

Originally posted by dtb
Daaaay-um. I'm not usually a fan, but she looks HOT! Of course, all the starlets -- what a stupid word -- always stand like that to show off their legs to best advantage. However, in her case, she could probably sit so as to maximize fat-spread on her thighs and she'd still look good.

Again, I say, "Daaaay-um".

who is that?

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
And yet, when it actually happens, many of us will be vindicated.

You're gay? that explains the tomato-basil soup thing. I actually thought he has started to seem a lot straighter and that the gay thing was maybwe an act. well, not really.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
But if someone is looking for inexpensive suits, and has a deal to make them even more inexpensive, he could do worse. If you're not in the market for the $500 or $1000+ suits, they're not bad. What's the alternative, Syms or the Men's Warehouse?

Save up and buy a good one you can't afford. nothing makes a worse first impression than a cheap suit. And make sure your shirt's collar fits your neck. And get rid of the clunky Kenneth Cole shoes.