Help me to understand the rules of fashion, as applied to women

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The inevitable spin-off thread from Help me to understand the rules of fashion, as applied to men.

As for me personally, I seek no fashion advice.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:06 (twenty years ago)

The rules of fashion for women by lyra: look in the mirror in the fitting room before you buy it. Most women don't wear clothes that actually fit - by which I don't mean super loose or super tight, but "gaps in a weird place" or "pulls across your hips weirdly" and similiar.

― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:13 (twenty years ago)

Walking down the street
Something caught my eye
A growing epidemic
That really ain't fly
This middle aged lady
I gotta be blunt
Her spandex biker shorts
Were creeping up the front
I could see her uterus
Her pants were too tight
She mustn't own panties
There were none in sight
She walked right by
The poor woman didn't know
She had a frontal wedgie
A Cameltoe

Umm Hmm
That's right
Uh Huh
Oh No
Fix yourself girl
You got a Cameltoe

Girl that's gotta hurt
Take some time and adjust
Can't you see people staring
And making a fuss
Could not believe my eyes
Had to take a second glance
Is your crotch hungry girl?
Cause it's eating your pants
Do you enjoy the commotion
And attention it brings?
The only lips I wanna see
Are the ones that sing
In public putting on
An X rated show
Grossing people out
With your Cameltoe

Repeat Chorus

First day of spring and by the looks of things
These girls done forgot how to dress
A little too quick to wearin pum pum shorts
And it's causing me much distress
Whoomp there it is ya'll right in the front
Everybody come and get a good look
I can see everything through the panty cling
Every crannie and every nook
You better take a quick minute before you step outside
Check the area thats pubic
Or you'll get your panties all up in a bunch
All twisted up like rubic
Take these words of advice cause its not very nice
I wanna put you all in the know
Girls dont sleep dont let your pants creep
Watch out for the Cameltoe.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: if you have big tits, leave the buttons on your button-down shirt open (and wear a sleeveless shirt underneath).

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: shirts that cover your butt will make your butt look bigger.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: skirts are great, but make sure the fabric isn't the kind that bunches up or balloons out (e.g., linen).

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: horizontal stripes do actually make you look fat. Yes they do. Yes. Stop arguing, yes they do.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

Find the look that works for you and stick with it.

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:35 (twenty years ago)

lyra and orbit otm.

1) just because you can fit into it, doesn't mean you can wear it out. 2) don't be such a slave to trends. I feel like everyone walking around town looks exactly the same. I guess I might too if those clothes were made for women with ass.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:36 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: super-tight blue jeans on super-skinny women is not a good look. well-proportioned skinny women, yes. anorexic women, no. they make your legs look like pool cues.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:36 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: for better or worse, it WILL shrink in the dryer.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: if you're a 14, DON'T SQUEEZE INTO A 10. Wearing a 14 actually makes you look thinner because, surprise surprise, it's designed for your frame.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:43 (twenty years ago)

depends on the 14. women's clothing sizes vary WIDELY from designer to designer.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)

Note to women: PLEASE stop trying to look like an 80s video clip. You look silly. I dont care how hipster you think blue eyeshadow and a badly-fitting trilby hat and HUGE sunglasses look. I'm laughing at you.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:46 (twenty years ago)

also, nothing is really "designed" for your frame unless you've got a tailor standing there with you taking measurements while you tell him what you want.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:46 (twenty years ago)

Well yeah. But generally you don't squeeze into something that's too small, because it looks too small.

[xpost]

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:46 (twenty years ago)

also, nothing is really "designed" for your frame unless you've got a tailor standing there with you taking measurements while you tell him what you want.

Of course, but telling yourself you're a size 10 doesn't work, and just makes you look bigger than you are.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:47 (twenty years ago)

I'll add to that by saying that in tee-shirts I'm anything from an XS to a L, depending on who made it, so I do know what you mean.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

Note to women: PLEASE stop trying to look like an 80s video clip. You look silly.

A few weeks ago we went to a taping of Chartbusting 80s and there was this woman all done up in blue eyeshadow, stripy stockings, denim jacket, hoop earrings, the works. We said "awesome fancy dress! You look just like they did in the 80s!" She said "um, it's not fancy dress."

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:50 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: unless you're in a whitesnake video, tone down the cleavage. a little goes a long way; a lot is embarrassing for anyone else in the room.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:53 (twenty years ago)

Rule #1 - there are no rules

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

bullshit

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:55 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: leopard skin spandex doesn't look good on anyone ever.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:55 (twenty years ago)

whats wrong with hipster girls trying to look like 80s music video clips? dressing up is fun!

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:56 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: not everyone can be a blonde.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:57 (twenty years ago)

Oh some 80s looks I think look cool, and in context (at the right kinda club nite for eg) it can be great. Hell I cant talk, having done the goth/punky thing to death over the years ;)

Its just some of the 80s stuff is SO unflattering - baggy ruffly tops, horrible pastel colours, giant Jackie O sunglasses... eh, its not for me.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

Worry constantly that you don't look good enough.

― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

fashion rule for women: buy shoes AND WEAR THEM. Don't pile them up in the closet for six months and throw them away.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:10 (twenty years ago)

Keep clothes-adjusting to a minimum, look comfortable, don't drop food on yourself too often.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:11 (twenty years ago)

But those shoes go with that dress that I never wear!
xpost

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)

Don't wear shoes with heels so high they make you walk like a marionette.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:18 (twenty years ago)

Also, if you buy high heels, learn how to walk in them. Don't clop-clop-clop-clop like they're stilts because people will laugh at you.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago)

-- Crankypants (ada...), June 28th, 2005 1:50 PM. (later)

Was it Josie Parelli?

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

Hah!

She's cool btw.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

my advice to women is to dress (and look) like lauren bacall.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:35 (twenty years ago)

What is it with men giving "fashion advice" to women?

― Bob Amal (bobnope), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:43 (twenty years ago)

what is it with women giving "fashion advice" to women?

you put "fashion advice" in scare quotes like you mean to imply "it from behind"?

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:45 (twenty years ago)

Some women need "fashion advice" from anything they can get.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:47 (twenty years ago)

I beg to differ! "how to dress well" advice maybe. But fuck "fashion", cos as far as I'm concerned, "fashion" is ususally plug ugly anyway.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 05:39 (twenty years ago)

Yeah. But some people still need help when putting clothes on. If you weigh 180kg, chances are your size 10 Britney Spears bare-midriff top will make you look a complete dickhead. That kind of thing.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 05:58 (twenty years ago)

Oh c'mon Adam, it works for me :)

― The self-hating Goy / Kate (papa november), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago)

Well obviously but that has nothing to do with whatever Yves St Laurent says is in this winter does it ;P

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 06:03 (twenty years ago)

argh post

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 06:03 (twenty years ago)

Yves St Laubollocks. You can look good wivout goin to Paris innit.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 06:16 (twenty years ago)

Think your porridge gut is covered? Look in the mirror and make like you're catching a high-flying frisbee. It's not covered any more, see? Get one three sizes bigger.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 06:33 (twenty years ago)

go naked at all times thus avoiding those what will go with what dilemmas.

― battlingspacemonkey (battlingspacemonkey), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 07:18 (twenty years ago)

At the moment the advice seem to be "NO MATTER WHAT YOU MUST WEAR A GYPSY SKIRT, AT ALL COSTS"

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 08:15 (twenty years ago)

Which means you must ignore it. Always stop wearing a trend when it goes supernova.

― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 08:49 (twenty years ago)

Maybe if I started wearing gysy skirts all the girls would stop.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 08:50 (twenty years ago)

Horray! Yes, do it Ed!

― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

Flip-flops make EVERY woman look flat-footed, short-legged and cankular. Comfort schomfort.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

Aye. Flip flops are fvcking awful.

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:14 (twenty years ago)

But I am flat-footed, short-legged and cankular! So I display my toes all at once. I think you're just frightened of insteps ;P

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:15 (twenty years ago)

"those toes were sour," said the fox

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:16 (twenty years ago)

Would they make me look like a chimp? They have better maths!

But alas, I can't wear them, they make my toes hurt. :-(

― MIS Information (kate), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:17 (twenty years ago)

I have nothing against insteps. It's just that flip flops make women's calves, ankles and feet look worse than any other forms of footwear do. AND they make an annoying noise.

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:27 (twenty years ago)

I like the noise. I'd really like to sample it and use it as a rhythm track.

― MIS Information (kate), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:28 (twenty years ago)

feet really shouldn't be exposed in public.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:29 (twenty years ago)

What's wrong with feet? I think they're lovely! I'd go barefoot if it weren't for broken glass and ick.

― MIS Information (kate), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:32 (twenty years ago)

it's just my opinion. i find feet, in general, to be an extremely unattractive body part. also, a lot of people go about with broken/dirty/yellow/ingrown toenails. eeeeyuck!

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

Ah well, feet are such a major erogenous (did I spell that right?) zone on me that I just think that feet in general - especially ankles - are just about the sexiest thing you could expose without getting arrested.

I should have been born a Victorian...

I know; it may be a weird fetish, but hey, it's shared by lots of others.

― MIS Information (kate), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:40 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of thongs reminds me - NO, UGG BOOTS ARE NOT COOL. I DONT CARE IF KATE MOSS WORE THEM. BOGANS WEAR THEM, AND ARE SNIGGERED AT. PLEASE STOP IT.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)

They're like moonboots for yetis. They frighten me.

― MIS Information (kate), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)

my advice to women is to dress (and look) like lauren bacall.
OTM

Fashion = Ridiculous.

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:45 (twenty years ago)

heh. when uggs started breaking big in new york several years ago, the otherwise very left-wing aussies i knew tried to delicately explain that people shouldn't wear them because they're considered "white trash" shoes in australia.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:46 (twenty years ago)

the alternative to flip flops is proper sandals, get some dr scholls or birkenstocks with straps all tthe way round, as they should be.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:57 (twenty years ago)

I quite fancy some Birkenstocks in silly colours. They had fuscia and purple and the like. Perhaps if they made them in paisley instead of daisies...

― MIS Information (kate), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:59 (twenty years ago)

birkenstock make a pucci-esque pattern. although i'm generally opposed to exposing the foot, i do like some of the birks/dr. scholl's one-straps in bright colours.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

I have some white Dr Scholl's. I thought the wooden sole would be the killer but that's quite comfy. It's actually the cheese-grater suede backing to the strap that does my feet in every time I wear them.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)

I have denim birkenstocks. I love my feet. They're pleasantly chubby (not disimilar to the rest of me really, but pleasanter).

― Raston Warrior Robot (alix), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 11:23 (twenty years ago)

xposts

I am lucky to have good ankles and high arches so my feet and legs look fine in flip-flops. Feet should only be shown if they are clean and you have made an effort to tidy your toenails (nail polish not necessary if you do). If anyone sees some high-heeled wedges (no cork or espadrille weave) with a closed toe for cheap money please let me know.

ACTIONABLE FASHION CRIME: faux Pucci swirls. Real Pucci patterns remind me of all these brilliant mid-C20 design associations like Andy Warhol shoe drawings and Hirschfeld theatre cartoons - while the fakes look like bad stained glass for mallrats. With some dedication you can find Pucci in sales or buy a scarf as a longterm investment, or if you are VERY lucky you can find one in a retro shop.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

Are these any good to you?
http://www.officeholdings.co.uk/images/shoes/33506000b.jpg
They look a bit cheap in this picture, but I have them in brown and they're lovely.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. I'm thinking more of a Mary Jane shape. I used to have the best MJ heels ever but I wore them to death.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 13:52 (twenty years ago)

my fashion advice:
if you wear a strapless dress, i will oogle

― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

ACTIONABLE FASHION CRIME: faux Pucci swirls.

Guilty! Ha. I bought a psychadelic-style pink&purple chiffon scarf for $4 last year from Target. I have not worn it yet, though. Knowing your Pucci/Warhol equation, however, I will now be on the look out for affordable, yet authentic swirls.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

Don't wear those awful ribbon ankle tie espadrilles. Even worse than flip flops in making you look either stork or short legged. And no one can walk properly in them. And I wear 2.5 inch heels on a regular basis.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Cotton Pucci scarves are about £36 I think, and if you can get them knocked down you're onto a winner. I'm hanging on for Fraser's sale.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Ah well yes my Pucci is a long dress I got in a thrift store for about £50 about eight years ago. I think I'd like one of the scarves too, but new.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

rule no.1 - get a pair of red mary janes
the end

― sunny successor (when the lunch bell rings why dont you eat me) (katharine), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

What if I get a faux-Pucchi guitar? Will I be doubly ostracised then?

I had a real dress about 15 years ago, £5 charity shop jobbie. Except my MUM of all people threw it away. Grrrrr. It was lovely.

― MIS Information (kate), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 06:48 (twenty years ago)

last night i saw a girl with a swoop back top which exposed all the way down to her bum WEARING A BRA. it looked absolutely appalling. never mind the fact that the top in question was beige and the bra was bright pink. i don't want to see the entirety of your bra clasping darling. ack! (her jeans were also about three sizes too tight, but that's an issue for another day)

― dahlin (dahlin), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:09 (twenty years ago)

i don't think my legs look short in flipflops, and reef flipflops are some of the only sandals that don't make my feet bleed...so i'll keep wearing them. i agree that people should take care of their feet before exposing them, that's just common sense.

i find myself saying 'i don't give a fuck' about rules of fashion when it's this nice and warm out. i know that shorts are only worn my american tourists in london, but i've actually worn them outside already. i guess i can pretend i'm a tourist for a few days a year.

― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

"make like you're catching a high-flying frisbee"

Surely easier to avoid catching frisbees when wearing your fitted blouse for work. Or at all.

― isadora (isadora), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

i summon the euro tourist in front of me at C21 today, who wore simple elegant black dress and hippie-length hair, and bought fun beaded 'tiki' necklaces, hint-of-comedy paisley satchel, frenchy striped baby clothes, and 2 baseball caps, one w/ NYM logo

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 00:31 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2007/07/23-End/293.hunt.helen.072707.jpg

"I'm a big fan of not cool ... my boyfriend gave me the highest compliment he could about Then She Found Me, which is, you know, it's not cool ... it's just kind of nakedly what it is"

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 03:45 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe if I started wearing gysy skirts all the girls would stop.

BOOOO

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 04:03 (eighteen years ago)

there is this girl i work with who is quite large-ish - tall and a bit overweight, but she has great legs and arms. however, instead of playing up her good features, she wears super tight jeans that muffin out her entire (generously sized) mid section to ridic proportions, and then wears super tight tshirts to emphasise this even further. HELLO FITTED PANTS AND BABYDOLL TOP WITH CAP SLEEVES YOU SILLY GIRL

― Rubyredd, Friday, 25 April 2008 04:11 (eighteen years ago)

the muffin is probably the thing i most hate in women's bad fashion choices; that and the double boob effect incurred from wearing a too-small bra.

― Rubyredd, Friday, 25 April 2008 04:12 (eighteen years ago)

That is not so much a bad fashion choice so much as the unfortunately common malady of not knowing what size of bra to buy (or I guess not trying them on before you buy them?).

― Abbott, Friday, 25 April 2008 04:42 (eighteen years ago)

no i think many women actually think it looks sexy. hell, maybe some men do too.

― Rubyredd, Friday, 25 April 2008 05:07 (eighteen years ago)

I once saw an extremely obese woman at a goth club wearing nowt but a PVC bra so small on her she quite literally had four boobs. It was... eye opening to say the least.

― Trayce, Friday, 25 April 2008 06:30 (eighteen years ago)

Er, well she had a skirt on as well, obviously.

― Trayce, Friday, 25 April 2008 06:33 (eighteen years ago)

no:

http://www.joebrowns.co.uk/products/images/medium/lc254.jpg

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 April 2008 10:26 (eighteen years ago)

in fact everything at joebrowns.co.uk is like a guide for how not to dress

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 April 2008 10:27 (eighteen years ago)

double boob effect is win win

― czn, Friday, 25 April 2008 12:13 (eighteen years ago)

or more like win win win win

― Rubyredd, Friday, 25 April 2008 12:42 (eighteen years ago)

Terrifying. Usually found with crunchy hair and earrings with your name soldered across the hoop.

― Laurel, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:08 (eighteen years ago)

Wait, now I have to check joebrowns.co.uk.

― Laurel, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:08 (eighteen years ago)

i think i need to get "fitted" for a new bra size. i have never had that done. do they touch your boobies?

― bell_labs, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:09 (eighteen years ago)

they always just ride up to around the middle of the boob but i don't know if this means i should be wearing a larger or smaller size?

― bell_labs, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:11 (eighteen years ago)

pencil skirt - rong
wrap dress - more like it
spaghetti straps - thanking u (cf. BLAM on tank-tops)

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:13 (eighteen years ago)

um, wtf - nothing wrong with a pencil skirt if you look good in it

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:14 (eighteen years ago)

I don't think they touch your boobies, but would you care if they did? It's just going to be some lady old enough to be your mother, doing some totally impersonal tugging and snapping -- I dunno, I sort of like that brusque mothering.

Tracer, he's crazy. Fo'get it.

― Laurel, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:17 (eighteen years ago)

these days i'm all about dark colours. hides the mommy milk and fruit porridge much better.

― stevienixed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:19 (eighteen years ago)

approval of spaghetti straps - mark of the beast, a crazy beast.

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:20 (eighteen years ago)

pls to show me these ppl who look good in pencil skirts

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

i'm wearing a pencil skirt today and i look damn good.

― bell_labs, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

only if you find me someone who looks good in spaghetti straps

xpost

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:23 (eighteen years ago)

we have to remember here that gabbneb thinks tara reid is a babe.

― bell_labs, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:26 (eighteen years ago)

no, i said she is kinda cute

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:28 (eighteen years ago)

yes and i would take fashion advice from you why?

― bell_labs, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:28 (eighteen years ago)

well there is a name not GIS at work.

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

you're allowed to be rong, xp

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:30 (eighteen years ago)

pencil skirts are cute!

― Mr. Que, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:30 (eighteen years ago)

In the right context, yes.

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:30 (eighteen years ago)

Pretty sure at this point that gabbneb lives in a whole other world, perhaps Opposite Land. Why he trolls fashion threads I don't even know.

― Laurel, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:30 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb wants u all topless and wearing "chinos"

― kenan, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

pretty much

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't that the abercrombie and fitch look?

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

for those of us who are less luna-oriented than kenan, tho, what's most important to keep uncovered is the neck

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

A&F is for gauche midwesterners

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

bollocks

revelation vs the suggestion of the imminence of revelation

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:49 (eighteen years ago)

xpost

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:49 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb stfu

― czn, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:50 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb, you should post some pix of ladies you find fashionable.

― bell_labs, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

I don't know if I can cope with that many photos of maureen dowd.

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

lol

― gabbneb, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

what is a pencil skirt?

― dell, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:59 (eighteen years ago)

http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/lifeandhealth/gallery/2007/aug/03/fashion/pencil1-3718.jpg

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

oh, okay, thanks. I had never heard that term before.

― dell, Friday, 25 April 2008 15:01 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb, you should post some pix of ladies you find fashionable

http://tara-reid.thecandidphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/shopping/tara_reid_shopping_kitson_kids_5.jpg

― gabbneb, Saturday, 26 April 2008 15:10 (eighteen years ago)

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2005/gallery/springtrends/bspearsthatcher.jpg http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.imgfly.com/2007/03/31/1089/lohan.jpg http://laladoggy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/paris1.jpg

― gabbneb, Saturday, 26 April 2008 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

That pencil skirt looks a little long; in my experience, pencil skirts should show a bit of knee. In any case, pencil skirts seem the minimal design needed to remind the world everything that is wonderful about hips and thighs and basically the whole middle third of women's bodies and anyone that says otherwise is and always will be wrong.

― Jacob, Saturday, 26 April 2008 16:59 (eighteen years ago)

LOL Ed. Pencil skirts are fine, particularly in the wide-belt era. They look silly on me unless as part of '40s tribute suit, though or Romeo Gigli suits from late '80s.

― suzy, Saturday, 26 April 2008 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

footwear shouldn't draw attention to itself

― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:06 (eighteen years ago)

Mega rong.

When you post on fashion threads it makes me feel bad, because I want to change you.

― felicity, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:14 (eighteen years ago)

Really? I want hurt him with sharp things until he stops having an opinion.

― Laurel, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

this is awesome

― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:20 (eighteen years ago)

We are saying the same thing except you do not feel bad about it.

I am now filled with morbid curiosity as to what would be the other elements of gabbneb "style". 3-2-1 go!

― felicity, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:25 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.wildties.com/vimages/ties/WT900912L.jpg

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:27 (eighteen years ago)

* light blue dress shirt because blue is the boy color

― elmo argonaut, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:27 (eighteen years ago)

lol elmo

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

-drab shoes
-stars and stripes bow tie

So far, so hotttttttt.

― felicity, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:31 (eighteen years ago)

drab shoes are a no-no but my heart just can't say "no" to that stars and stripes bow tie

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:34 (eighteen years ago)

Anyway, back to felicity:

http://cdn.overstock.com/images/products/P11085470.jpg

http://www.overstock.com/Clothing/Bamboo-by-Journee-Patent-Leather-Ballet-Flats/2917109/product.html?

http://cdn.overstock.com/images/products/P10814362.jpg

http://www.overstock.com/Clothing/Adi-Liliana-Womens-Leather-Buckle-Shoes/2605126/product.html?

― Laurel, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:50 (eighteen years ago)

OH HELLO WHITE BUCKLED STRAPS GET IN MY CLOSET

― Laurel, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

Sigh they are too flat for meeeeeeee

― Laurel, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

im a pencil skirt fan

― max, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

http://content.nordstrom.com/ImageGallery/store/product/MediumLarge/8/_5410488.jpg

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2951981/0~2376788~6002242~6007715~6008488?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008488&P=1

― Laurel, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

OMG I LOVE THOSE!!!

― ENBB, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:56 (eighteen years ago)

no leg-covering may be visible above the ankle unless it extends to the waist or is of lesser thickness than and does not restrict that which is worn at the waist

i wouldn't want anyone to feel bad

― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 21:00 (eighteen years ago)

by waist i mean hips, if you want to be technical about it

― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 21:01 (eighteen years ago)

the same or lesser thickness

― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 21:05 (eighteen years ago)

whaaaaaaaaat in the hell are you on about?

― bell_labs, Thursday, 8 May 2008 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

It puts the pantyhose on its skin.

It puts the pantyhose on its skin.

Put the *k€#*!@ing Leggs in the &*+!:$#ing basket!

― felicity, Thursday, 8 May 2008 22:00 (eighteen years ago)

fashion is a tough business

if you want it broken down:
no uggs
no leg-warmers
no boots over jeans unless the jeans are skinny and the boots are wide
think carefully about the kneesocks

― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

pretty uninteresting chall ops for a dude who prob wears pleated khakis

― deej, Thursday, 8 May 2008 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

no uggs you say???

― deej, Thursday, 8 May 2008 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

pleated khakis

oh yes

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

where u from, deej?

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:02 (eighteen years ago)

chicago, u know this

― deej, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:10 (eighteen years ago)

no idea, sorry. do people wear pleated khakis there?

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:11 (eighteen years ago)

more chall ops for you - denim for non-jean purposes is presumptively rong. jackets are obviously the exception that proves, but great care must be exercised.

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:11 (eighteen years ago)

no leg warmers?? are you crazy??

― Rubyredd, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:15 (eighteen years ago)

oh good, a brave stand against denim button ups

― deej, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:16 (eighteen years ago)

So basically you would like us all to dress like women's basketball coaches.

― felicity, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:17 (eighteen years ago)

i just volunteer here

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:18 (eighteen years ago)

A for effort. How about

nothing fashionable

― felicity, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

now we're talking

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:27 (eighteen years ago)

Ah, I see.

― felicity, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:27 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb i wear a PENCIL SKIRT with LEG WARMERS

― Rubyredd, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:51 (eighteen years ago)

if you want to take a few years off your age, that's probably a good look

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:52 (eighteen years ago)

How strange, a woman wanting to do that.

― felicity, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

i know right

― Rubyredd, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

already a cougar at 28

― Rubyredd, Friday, 9 May 2008 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

sorry, i'll stop being all insensitive and feminist now

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

Mostly I don't understand you Gabbneb at least in terms of ladies clothing. However, you might be right about the denim thing.

― ENBB, Friday, 9 May 2008 01:11 (eighteen years ago)

Now I have to get rid of my Blossom-style denim hat with a fake daisy pinned to it. THANKS A LOT, GABB.

― Abbott, Friday, 9 May 2008 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.tvguide.com/images/pgimg/blossom.jpg

IT IS AN AGELESS LOOK, GABBNEBB

― Abbott, Friday, 9 May 2008 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

womens' hats are so extraneous/free-lunch (or just uncommon/unfamiliar?), it's hard to apply rules to them. anyway, i can't really say anything bad about them after meeting casey han.

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

also, blossom rules

― gabbneb, Friday, 9 May 2008 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

ALSO ARE YOU TELLING ME I MUST GET RID OF THIS ELEGANT DRESS

http://www.retro-housewife.com/images/fashion/1980/denim-skirt-vest.jpg

― Abbott, Friday, 9 May 2008 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

Blossom does fucking rule.

― Abbott, Friday, 9 May 2008 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

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