Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by bilmore
It's a close call. I know women who were grandmas at 38.

My mom told me a story recently of a woman she knew (probably in the late 40s) who was a grandma at 28.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
You fucking idiot, she is doing it for a reprise of the Bridget Jones character. She has repeatedly discussed how much food she has been consuming in order to beef up. You are not FB worthy.

The Spark paid two people to gain 30 pounds in 30 days. It was very possible to do. http://www.thespark.com/science/fat/day0.html (spree: photo journey of the month of weight gain)

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Berry Hunter
Screw the 12 days of Xmas. FBers want more. Here's a list of the most requested items, according to Santa.com:[list of stuff]

You forgot ass deforestation products and SlaveNoMore fashions.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
As watches are so important, and as I'm in the market for a new one...

Can anyone suggest a day-date watch that doesn't look like something worn by a Bennigan's manager?

Try to keep it under $500. I know Rolex makes a day-date watch, but I need to pay off my loans. I've been looking on-and-off for over a year, so I remember the discussion on the Stalin Board, but none of the candidates were day-date watches.

And I'm not talking about chronographs with 15 different dials and displays. I don't need to know where North is or how far under water I am.

Advice appreciated.

(And yes, my shoes are above-average in quality.)

Get a (or is it "an"?) Hamilton. Automatic preferrably. http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/

Best bang for your buck and anyone who knows anything about watches knows these are great.

edit: you'll probably be most interested in their "classic" and "sport" line of watches.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
The Spark paid two people to gain 30 pounds in 30 days. It was very possible to do. http://www.thespark.com/science/fat/day0.html (spree: photo journey of the month of weight gain)

Wow. I felt bad for Nicole with her big weight loss near the end. Glad they gave her the check anyway. I wonder how much the guy who ran the experiment gained.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
My mom told me a story recently of a woman she knew (probably in the late 40s) who was a grandma at 28.

I was about to chime in with an early grandma story, but this beats my early high school girlfriend whose grandmother was 30 when the girlfriend was born. Of course, grandmother was 45 when she became a great-grandmother (girlfriend dumped me for a senior who almost immediately got her pregnant), and there's something to be said for consistency. While I've lost touch, sometimes I wonder if girlfriend is now a grandma too.

There's something to said for short generations (perhaps not that short); I can barely remember my last surviving great-grandmother who died at the age of 96 when I was five.

Granny glasses (or at least, my granny's glasses), are not hot.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
Get a (or is it "an"?) Hamilton.

I have the Ventura, and its great. It a repro of a 30's style, but no date.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Yeah, I know that the Board has moved on to discussing baseball and flame wars and all sorts of interesting topics, but I had to comment on what a crappy list this was.

Sidd already mentioned that you should just leave jazz albums to a separate list if you're going to shortchange them. Kind of Blue not in the top 10? John Coltrane ranked #102 with the Zombies over 20 places ahead at #80?! The Zombies. Think about that for a second.

Here are some pairings that show how flawed the list is:

#58 Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart is better than
#72 Purple Rain
#89 Dusty in Memphis
#100 In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

#103 Sweet Baby James by James Taylor is better than
every rap album except P.E.'s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
any R.E.M. album

#180 The Definitive Collection by Abba is better than
#197 Murmur by R.E.M.
#245 Bryter Later by Nick Drake
#358 Singles Going Steady by the Buzzcocks (twice as good!)

#200 The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails is better than
#346 Three Feet High and Rising by De La Soul (#346!)
#303 Grace by Jeff Buckley
#454 Getz/Giberto

And, look who placed ahead of Radio City by Big Star (#403):
#384 Pyromania by Def Leppard
#396 Eliminator by ZZ Top
#363 Ray of Light by Madonna
#367 Is This It? by The Strokes
#67 The Stranger by Billy Joel

Cette liste, elle est merde.

See, now, all you really had to say is that Def Leppard is on the list and you'd have made your point.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
As watches are so important, and as I'm in the market for a new one...

Can anyone suggest a day-date watch that doesn't look like something worn by a Bennigan's manager?

Try to keep it under $500. I know Rolex makes a day-date watch, but I need to pay off my loans. I've been looking on-and-off for over a year, so I remember the discussion on the Stalin Board, but none of the candidates were day-date watches.

And I'm not talking about chronographs with 15 different dials and displays. I don't need to know where North is or how far under water I am.

Advice appreciated.

(And yes, my shoes are above-average in quality.)

Hamilton has a series of re-releases of some of their classic watches from the 30s through the 50s, all under $500, and all quite nice. I have several of them and I love them all.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by SEC_Chick
But look at her whole body

http://entertainment.msn.com/photos/...=191850#photos

(I think that link should work.)

She seems to be the sort that gains weght in the stomach, rather than in the hips/thighs. It makes her legs look disproportionate. I also think she would look better in a dress that covered up her chest a little more, or at least didnt smoosh them up into her neck. Afterthe whole body pic, I think the ideal is slightly closer to the anorexia look than her current state.

I think she looks great, other than the hair. I'd rather have a woman with some curves on her any day.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by taxwonk
See, now, all you really had to say is that Def Leppard is on the list and you'd have made your point.

A final thought on this before DFH comes a-shoveling. Two Nick Drake albums? I can understand one because of the heartwarming VW commercial, but two?

[Not Me]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I think she looks great, other than the hair. I'd rather have a woman with some curves on her any day.

I am all for curves, but in the right places. A curve that extends from your navel to your mons pubis just ain't sexy.

And please don't even get me started on JLo's ass.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by baltassoc
I was about to chime in with an early grandma story, but this beats my early high school girlfriend whose grandmother was 30 when the girlfriend was born.

No, your story definitely beats Sparklehorse's since you actually dated this woman. Sparklehorse's story was just hearsay.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Not Me
[Heather Locklear] has had her eyes done, which needed it. She has probably had a few fillers, too, which tend to look very natural unless they are overdone a la Meg Ryan.

And I agree that she looks better as she has aged. Her jaw line was too angular when she was younger and the mid-face sagging has helped to kind of square her jaw off a bit. It is a softer look.

Wow. I am so out of it from a pop culture perspective that I don't even know who you're talking about, let alone what procedures they've had performed and how their faces looked when they were younger. But I prefer it that way.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Not Me
No, your story definitely beats Sparklehorse's since you actually dated this woman. Sparklehorse's story was just hearsay.

Sorry, my mom is not going to be posting here. She only uses her computer to play bridge and solitaire.