February 2011
15 posts
“I don’t want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to...”
– Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire
January 2011
30 posts
“Girls! Go home and separate your clothing into two separate piles: WORK and PARTAAY. Take all the sensible work clothing, career skirts and corporate blouses, and give it to the Goodwill. Now you are free to wear party clothes for the rest of your life. Yay!”
-Simon Doonan in Slate
…so, does this justify my recent buying-anything-and-everything-sequined splurges?
Kudu, Red Light Green Light
This goes out to the...
Dear friend-who-laughed-at-me-when-I-suggested-Windex*-to-kill-the-fly,
I just thought something that would immobilize the bugger could work. It was pesky and driving me mad and impossible to get rid of. I don’t actually even remember which friend you were, but I want you to know that did work. I would have shouted a Johnny Drama-esque “VICTORY!” were it not for my sleeping...
Mystery Jets, Young Love
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He showed up every day at KB Projects—the Greenpoint-based art fabricator whose clients include Paul McCarthy, Richard Prince and Louise Bourgeois—to shape and paint each petal. “If it has my name on it, I need to be intimately involved in its creation,” he said.
-Will Ryman’s ‘The Roses’ on Park Avenue
Guys We Shouldn't Be Attracted To →
“Why do blessings wear disguises? If I were a blessing, I’d run around naked.”
– Sophia, The Golden Girls
“Cats are too lazy. They sleep a lot. But dogs work. Those Frenchies really work....”
– Martha Stewart
...shared (without comment) by a girl who reads. A...
“Do those things, god damnit, because nothing sucks worse than a girl who reads. Do it, I say, because a life in purgatory is better than a life in hell. Do it, because a girl who reads possesses a vocabulary that can describe that amorphous discontent as a life unfulfilled—a vocabulary that parses the innate beauty of the world and makes it an accessible necessity instead of an alien...
Bob Dylan, If You See Her, Say Hello
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To dress well, a woman should shop like a man →
One reason for the quality difference is trendiness: Because womenswear is more faddish, there’s a perception in the fashion industry that the clothes will be thrown away more quickly. Indeed, fast fashion has trained a generation to seek out throwaway styles.
Yet tailoring…
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13 Must-Watch Marketing TED Presentations →
Noted.
The Universe And Forever by Wendy MacNaughton
Social Media Updates No one will ever read about our ‘charming’ trip to ‘the most darling’ apple orchard over the weekend, or the ‘lovely [thing]’ you gave me for my birthday in their newsfeeds because my media’s for poop jokes and Rihanna quotes till death do my laptop and I part.
-To My Husband.
Yes.
“New Jersey is the new heart of Wall Street.”
– William O’Brien (via soupsoup)