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            Photo Credit Jane Mingay Telegraph.co.uk

I adore this man - I don’t care what he wears or how many days in a row he wears it.  If you are a fan of Renee Zellweger’s style you might want to check out How many outfits does it take to launch a Handbag? while you’re there.  So nice of The Telegraph to be so concerned with what we’re all wearing.

Hey, it’s hard to know what to wear onstage when you’re an amateur - The 10 worst American Idol performance outfits

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Do you think these bank robbers belabored what they would wear this day?

Whoa!  It’s not just his dance moves, it’s his outfits!

Hairstyle Ideas from Spring/Summer 2011 Ad Campaigns

       only just my dream hair in the Jill by Jill Stuart Ad Campaign

Copy your favorite singer’s style

friday blast from the past–sheena easton

 

ASOS Rope Belt Jumpsuit in Cobalt £60.00

it also comes in Bran -

Check this one out on the catwalk feature – it’s pretty fab – with the right accessories I think you could even wear it to the office –

and here are some great mules to get that “mornin’ train” look – you know – when, like adorable Sheena, you are waitin’ for your baby   It’s a perfect outfit for a Friday after work week embrace -

Mango Strappy Heeled Mule £89.90 ASOS

(And if you are a BIG JUMPSUIT FAN, check out an earlier post on vintage jumpsuits here.)

Now go on out there and embrace your man.  And don’t forget to stay in the spirit and lift your leg and swoon when he kisses you – cuz he’s going to want to when he sees you in those mules – believe you me.

Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, taken on V-J Day, 1945 (from Life Magazine)

Oh, and why do women lift their leg when kissing a man? Why?  There are some really varied, completely off the wall, hilarious answers here.

not yo mama’s shirtdresses at ASOS

Did you get the email?  These are pretty fantastic – my 3 faves -

ASOS Cold Shoulder Printed Shirt Dress £35.00

Minkpink 'Robin Hood' Shirt Dress £50.00

And I love this last one, but I wish it weren’t silk -

ASOS Washed Silk Shirt Dress £40.00

it would look great with a big bright wide orange belt and some vintage beaded wedge sandals – like these -

Orange Quilted Belt $9.99 Amiclubwear

Vintage Beaded Ankle Tie Sandals $60 Ebay

 

Anyway.  Way to go ASOS.  Good fixins.  Not yo’ mama’s shirtdress anymo. 

June Cleaver character from Leave it to Beaver

outfit of the week–red pencil skirt and ivory blouse–kathleen turner in body heat

This simple but winning number comes from the movie Body Heat (1981).  

How I’d accessorize it today -

Jeffrey Campbell nude slingback sandal $109.95 Nordstrom

Nude patent cross body bag $65 Top Shop

Gold disc stud earrings $170 Bloomingdales

or for something a little more modern and earthy – just kidding -

Sidecomb with rhinestones $4.99 Hair Boutique

Gold watch $671.25 Ross Simons

Ridiculously silly scene follows – (really the best part of the movie isn’t the steamy love scenes, it’s the mystery) - but anyway, great simple outfit, and by all means, if you really want to stand out, don’t forget the Collarup – the official disease of the 80’s.

Then check out these dudes.  Who knew?

stars and stripes

Jasper Johns “Flag” Encaustic, oil and collage on fabric mounted on plywood1954-55

Stars and stripes scarf  £15.00 ASOS

Vintage 70’s stars and stripe sweater vest $15 Etsy

Stars and stripes patch denim jacket $156 Karmaloop

Pre-owned Ralph Lauren sweater jumper $22 Ebay

and these are ghastly but I have to show you anyway -

Giuseppe Zanotti  canvas peep toe booties $396 Bluefly

quote of the week–george bernard shaw

Never waste jealousy on a real man:  it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
George Bernard Shaw

sunday night sadness–all I left behind

The following 2 Big Map ”Abandonment” photos are from bridgeandtunnelclub.com and are by Scott and Jennifer

Abandoned Shoes, Pine Street, Manhattan

Rubber Duck, Smith-9th Street Station along the F/G Subway Lines, Brooklyn

 

All I Left Behind  

All I left behind

should come as no surprise

To me since I fell

through the black hole of your eye

Only little things

inconsequential I could say

Of all I left behind with you

along the lost highway

Silver earrings in Wichita

Beaded moccasins in Tonopah

But I had you so

I just let them go

The flannel shirt I wore

to keep me from the cold

When we drove from Boston

all the way to Buffalo

The leather boots I bought

so many miles ago

I took them off to follow you

into the Ohio

Never did my armor feel so thin

Silk was all I had between me and your skin

Like Waterloo

I lost that too

And the gold bracelet with my father’s name inscribed

On the back by the one who loved him all her life

The way I too

could have loved you

The Spanish shawl I put

across the broken shade

Of the lamp that lit the room

That last night near Cour d'Alene

Only little things

inconsequential I could say

Of all I left behind with you

along the lost highway

Of all I left behind

music and lyrics written by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle

Almo Music Corp/ Poodlebone Music/
Garden Court Music (ASCAP)

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…and just because we could all use a laugh in the office