So it is true that we are more excited for the Half-Blood Prince than the film version of the Order of the Phoenix, but that is like saying we are more excited for Christmas presents than birthday presents. Oh! Harry! Who by the way looks like he is like 30 years old here.
04.25.2007
So, yes. We needed to take a shower immediately before doing an interview last week, not that it mattered tremendously much because it was over the phone. So we do all those normal things—teeth, deodorant, blowing the bangs out, etc.,—and then we sit down to do the interview, which goes quite well. And then we are thinking that our Nivea aerosol deodorant, which is like our favorite thing in the world, and which has actually caused passersby to ask us which perfume we are wearing (and then we are all, “Ah ha! And yet it is deodorant!”)—anyway, we are realizing that it doesn’t smell nice, like usual. It doesn’t smell like anything. And then we realize—slowly, as we are walking into the bathroom, since we don’t have a mirror in our room—that we have not sprayed deodorant on our underarm area. We. Have sprayed. Bumble and bumble hair powder. For brunettes, so we have two giant brown patches under our arms. Oh, yes. And our favorite part is how we were about three minutes from going out for the night in our little tank top with our George of the Jungle armpits.
Labels: underappreciated.
At top: Bumble hair powder, $34
Nivea deodorant, $4.50
04.25.2007
In today’s Reader Mailbag:
I am tired of wearing my leggings underneath a skirt, and lately I’ve just been wearing them with a regular shirt. But people keep looking at me funny, and I went out once and my friend asked me if I’d forgotten to put on a skirt. Obviously, that’s stupid, but: What do you think? C’est possible?
We recently had a friend visit us in San Francisco, and after the 300th iteration of the mini-and-leggings look, she was like, ‘If I see that one more time, I am absolutely going to hurl.’ Or something. And we agreed. Because. Part of it, we think, is that—well, okay, so it makes sense if you’re worried about being cold, but otherwise—we’re thinking: either. Or. Mini. Leggings. Not both. And we are going out on a bit of a limb here, we’re thinking, but we would much rather see leggings with even a regular-length shirt, rather than a regular-length shirt and any length skirt. We actually sort of like it. This might be because we often wear leggings and a t-shirt to yoga, so we are accustomed to the look, though we are suspcious that this may be one of those weird things you become bizarrely accustomed to, like eating human brains in the jungle or marrying cousins. You know. Weird. So! We are going to give our official endorsement. Who’s with us!
We know that showing tunics sort of misses the whole point of this here issue, but .. whatev.
Leggings! American Apparel, $26.
And here is a shorter option: Basic leggings, $45
We just wanted to add that we think this shirt is a lot of adorable for $12.50, and we would be pleased to wear it with our leggings. Old Navy tank, $12.50
04.24.2007
We love our Chanel lip gloss, but we hate this Chanel ad. We could only find it YouTubed en francais, but the American version goes something like this:
Tell me. I want to know. Do you like my lips?
And we’re, like, no. We do not. Argh.
04.24.2007
We were once quite possibly in the running for the biggest Tori Amos fan of all time (this is quite embarrassing to admit, we are realizing) even though lately we haven’t been quite as excited about the albums. We did want to say, though, that we love this dress—even if the hair and makeup is a little willfully bizarre, we just love that big bow. No?
04.24.2007
Truly our favorite heart is when someone else tells us what to like.
First! Above:
Hi Bunnyshop,
Saw this and thought of you & your love for cute minidresses/skirts lately. I especially like the way it’s styled on the model—I’m not a fan of the shoes but—gray tights! Yay!
Agreed: We are baffled by the shoes, but otherwise, we’re into it. And what’s that on the leash? What? Bizarre. Velvet mini-dress, was $298, now $149.95
And regarding yesterday’s post on some lovely cheap bags:
an alternative: this bag isn’t the cheapest, but very cool and cas (and reversible!). Plus, every purchase will help the World Food Programme feed a child for ONE FULL YEAR.
World Food Programme tote bag, $59.95
And finally:
I just wanted to say that nothing makes me happier these days than my new Binth notebook. That is all!
Square Binth notepad, $16.50
That is all, indeed. Please recommend something to us! It makes our lives so much nicer. Email us here.
04.23.2007
We are so feeling the love of the $12 tote bag. Our favorite is the Brooklyn, though we appreciate the fact that there is also a Queens.
04.23.2007
So these are a few of the absolutely inane windows from Banana Republic these days. That reads: “A woman should be less concerned with what happens on the red carpet and more concerned about whether the dress she’s buying really works for her life.” Oh, really, Banana Republic? So we’re getting all confused when we’re buying the world’s most boring office-appropriate dresses, and mistaking them for Valentino? What? Really? When did Banana Republic get quite so moralizing? Argh.
“Being well dressed can feel like falling in love.” Really? Truly? No. We do not believe this to be true.
Please ignore the Suncoast Video sign in the window. We were dealing with difficult shooting environments.
We’re not even bothering with this one.
The whole thing is just very annoying, as we could all really use some not hyper-expensive clothing that’s well made and suitable for office-y places. But without the ridiculous meaningless sermons that are like InStyle mantra rejects. Tss.
04.23.2007
In today’s Reader Mail:
I’m going to a birthday party next weekend, and I’d like to wear my solid red peter pan collar top which looks kind of mod. However I do have a dilemma, It’s a long top and it hits me mid-low hipbone so if I wore it as a dress it would be ridiculously obscene. I’m looking for a skirt or shorts to wear underneath so I won’t show all my bits to the world. The skirts that I have tried on so far don’t seem to fit correctly with the top. Because of the top’s length, the skirts I have tried on look like an odd mismatched extension of the shirt.
We have been thinking quite a bit about this lately. We think there are three possible solutions when short is just too short: There are skinny jeans. There are leggings. (Though we feel abotu leggings like we do, right now, about this suspiciously old carton of milk in our refrigerator.) And then there is the wearing of the skirt or similarly-lengthed dress beneath the short dress. This, we must say, is our choice, especially when we are feeling like skinny jeans are just too ridiculous to deal with, and leggings remind us of our expired dairy products. We have been seeing lots of people in mini-skirts and tunics, or with slightly longer dresses beneath the tunic.
We saw this at the Sunhee Moon shop on 16th Street (the SF version of 16th Street) yesterday, and we loved it, and felt it was very on-topic. We would only add that the bottom layer, in our opinion, can’t be more than an inch or so longer—otherwise it just looks, again, in our opinion, bizarre.
Sorry, we know that picture totally sucks.
We have often talked about our love for this Rachel Pally dress, and here it is in two ways that might be applicable. We fear the tight, knee-length denim shorts, but perhaps not everyone does.
Rachel Pally dress, $180
J Brand cut offs, $132
And then this, with the dress beneath. Same dress as above, plus also Rachel Pally shift dress, $228
It’s super hard to guess about the right length, or color, not having seen the dress. We will just say that here are a couple short skirts we like:
Left, Citizen of Humanity Ava skirt, $130, and Alex Gaines Clifford Skirt, $187
But the thing is: that’s what’s so nice about layering, that the bottom layer doesn’t get scrutinized too closely. Twenty bucks at Forever 21 on a skirt and we’re thinking you’re good to go.
04.20.2007
A couple of months ago I found a great pair of Lux lightweight wide leg overalls—actually, it just looked like wide leg jeans with suspenders. However, now that the overalls are on sale, there are really no other sizes available and I may be completely out of style but I am sick of the skinny jean and am thinking that a great tank and a pair of overalls like these would be my favorite look for the summer. Any suggestions on where to find anythink like this?
Well, it looks like maybe Urban replenished their stock—lots of sizes available. Perhaps that solves the problem! Easier than usual.
Lux overalls, $78, now $29.99
If not, though, we actually couldn’t find many overalls we liked, but we did see some “playsuits,” a name which always sort of nauseates us but … we find them mysteriously appealing. This is the one we like best. Playsuit, about $56
We would be very curious as to which, if either, anyone prefers, or neither, indeed.
