Fashion Board 1-08-04 through 02-03-04

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Most of the women I see tend toward pink or lavendar.

Those don't sound very cougar-y.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I do not know the answer to this question, but I hope that when more knowledgeable Fashionistas weigh in, we reach a unanimous decision of "never." For me, that look just screams cougar.

Not so much cougar as "loser throwing away money they don't have on the slot machines at Foxwoods".

As a former cougar, I would like to say that I have never worn a velour track suit.

[SlaveNoMore]

Fashionable But Anonymous
Yes, me. Probably the best orgasm ever.

You really need to post more often and liven things up around here.

not7y(need the page hits)S

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I didn't know you were friends with Atticus. Someone who will remain anonymous is going to be real jealous.....

Putting aside the outability of Atticus's clown fear, jealous that I know Atticus or that Atticus knows me??

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think this would more appropriately have been posted by your Montecore sock. Or by paigow. Or by me.

So, what color track suit should I get?

I always thought Montecore was SS.

I'd suggest mauve. Or a deep violet.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Those don't sound very cougar-y.

Lime sherbet or peach sorbet?

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
That look is apparently VERY fashionable among wealthy 20-and 30-something women in the greater Philadelphia area who walk around shopping in velour tracksuits, carrying LV purses, and wearing really expensive sunglasses, even when it's fucking FREEZING outside. I am very glad that Mrs. dL finds this trend as imbecilic as I.

I'm telling you it's everywhere!! And you're right, it's not just for cougars anymore - it's the 20 and 30 somethings at Nordstroms and yes, with the $300 sunglasses!
Everytime we see one, my husband will jab "hey, you're missing out on the hot new look. You should get one." And everytime I must remind him that I have never worn sweats outside of the house, and I have never owned velour.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Everytime we see one, my husband will jab "hey, you're missing out on the hot new look. You should get one." And everytime I must remind him that I have never worn sweats outside of the house, and I have never owned velour.

And yet he continues to jab you. Weird how that happens.

ETA: This rant about the pink velour is so me, a few weeks ago. Do keep up, and follow my every word. Please.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
So what would your fashion advice be if consulted by a cougar?

Cougars need clothes, too, don't they?

Dear Cougar:

You are not an unattractive woman. And you appear to have the means to purchase expensive clothing and accessories. What I urge you to do is to exhibit some retraint. I understand that you have some insecurities, and that you are dealing with these insecurities by dressing in a manner that makes you think you appear young and perhaps even hip. But, you tend to come off looking a little gaudy in pink Juicy Couture track suits. Personally, I blame your friends. You are all hanging out together at the same bars, shopping at the same stores, and reinforcing what is, to my admittedly untrained eye, a disastrous fashion trend. Flashy is not always the way to go, and sometimes trying to dress young will only emphasize to others that you are not. I am, in general, a fan of outre fashions. Further, I am perhaps not the best person to distinguish for you the difference between chicly avant-garde and eye-poppingly gaudy, having recently purchased a purple velvet blazer. I guess, the best advice I can give to you is to not try so hard, because it just makes you look like you are trying so hard, and that is never an attractive thing.

Your friend,

Flower

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
You really need to post more often and liven things up around here.

Flip that pussy!

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Dear Cougar:

You are not an unattractive woman. And you appear to have the means to purchase expensive clothing and accessories. What I urge you to do is to exhibit some retraint. I understand that you have some insecurities, and that you are dealing with these insecurities by dressing in a manner that makes you think you appear young and perhaps even hip. But, you tend to come off looking a little gaudy in pink Juicy Couture track suits. Personally, I blame your friends. You are all hanging out together at the same bars, shopping at the same stores, and reinforcing what is, to my admittedly untrained eye, a disastrous fashion trend. Flashy is not always the way to go, and sometimes trying to dress young will only emphasize to others that you are not. I am, in general, a fan of outre fashions. Further, I am perhaps not the best person to distinguish for you the difference between chicly avant-garde and eye-poppingly gaudy, having recently purchased a purple velvet blazer. I guess, the best advice I can give to you is to not try so hard, because it just makes you look like you are trying so hard, and that is never an attractive thing.

Your friend,

Flower

So you are saying I should go with purple?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
A friend of mine has clown fear.

One of the most surreal nights of my life was at a clown-themed art exhibit in Waco. A friend's ex-girlfriend talked us in to going: "These guys are crazy, everybody there's so much fun." We took her at her word at attended a la college.

The paintings alone were disturbing enough. Clowns wearing gas masks, clowns placing tornado magnets under mobile homes. Even worse, we stood out, Due to the insularity of the Waco art community, or perhaps our youth and permagrins. I was holding together well until people tried to actually talk to us, or rather my usually articulate friend.

Waco Art Patron: So what do you think of the show?

Usually Articulate Friend: I think it's great.

WAP: Which piece do you like the best?

UAF: Uh, I think they're all pretty good.

We were invited to an afterparty and we were assured that it would be mellow. After stopping for beer at a gas station with a loudly playing police scanner, we arrived at the party. There were a couple of guys in the yard playing catch with an ax.

The artist took us on a tour of his garage studio. Instead of clowns, the motif seemed to have changed from clowns to mangled bloody baby dolls. Baby dolls impaled on antlers. Baby dolls embedded into dashboards. All viewed to the spoken word recordings of a collaborative effort called Big Snuff and a 10-year old kid in clown makeup separating the clear ice from the cloudy ice in the beer tub.

After the party ended, we toured Waco looking for a hotel. No rooms were available because of a skeet shooting tournament in town that weekend. At the outskirts of town, the parking lot of the Mardi Gras Motel seemed to be empty except for a couple of large dark Mercedes sedans. The door to one of the rooms was open and I could see several bright photograpy-style lamps set up and a couple of scantily clad women running around the room, giggling.

As I approached the front office, a man got out of one of the sedans and intercepted my path. "All the rooms are full. You need to go somewhere else," he told me. He pointed to another hotel. "Go to that one over there. It's very nice. Tell them Luis sent you, they'll give you a good deal." The other hotel had not heard of Luis, and we were forced to continue down the road.

I have not been to Waco since. But I still enjoy clowns.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Putting aside the outability of Atticus's clown fear, jealous that I know Atticus or that Atticus knows me??

I can't clarify, em is always watching. Suffice it to say that your declaration that you "know" Atticus and Atticus "knows" you, is not going to go over well...except for those FB'ers who bet the under on whether or not AG has "known" a woman in the past 4 years. Pay up suckers.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Flip that pussy!

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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
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it's like it never happened at all