Here are two pictures I took of Madonna in concert at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. Every time I see her perform, I think, “I really must work out more.” Anyone who wondered why I failed to wear rubber bangles to the show can read my sad reason here.
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Strike a Fashion-Blogger Pose
Here’s what I’m wearing to see Madonna tonight. Same rolled-up Acne jeans Old Prada bootsSplendid t-shirtVintage Stephen Sprouse jacket I was having some serious ’80s nostalgia so I got out my earrings from 1984: the heart-locket earring you see Madonna wearing in the Borderline video, and a guitar-pick earring given to me by the first…
Voila!
Hold onto your hats! You’re about to see my rolled-up, baggy jeans at last. Here’s the outfit I wore to see Madonna at Madison Square Garden last night. Acne “Generic Girl” jeansMichael Stars t-shirtSteve J & Yoni P hand-painted jacket13-year-old Prada shoes I am assuming the traditional fashion blogger pose by coyly looking down at…
Easy Tags
I have tons of tags to attend to. If you’ve tagged me, I haven’t forgotten you. ENC is getting hers done first because she gave me the easiest one. Here are 11 little things about me. 1. Clothes Shop: Bergdorf Goodman2. Furniture Shop: Wherever a decorator drags me.3. Sweet: Cadbury with a twist of melamine4….
Glovely Jennifer Lopez
I just noticed that in her 2004 Play video, Jennifer Lopez wore both fingerless gloves and finger-only gloves — a couple of years before those looks became more widespread. Play WendyB in 2007 Lindsay Lohan in Chanel fingerless gloves in 2007Photo from JustJared Paris Hilton in 2006 A five-finger half glove is currently sold out…
Things to Do in NYC: Theater
Madame Rose, Eva Peron … Kathie Lee Gifford? Yes, Kathie Lee, the preternaturally perky talk-show host, is, like those other ambitious ladies, the subject of her very own musical. She Can’t Believe She Said That! (subtitled The Rise and Fall and Fall and Rise of Kathie Lee Gifford nee Epstein) is the highlariously demented brain…
Must-See Movie and NieNie Donations
Y’all need to check out the very funny — and touching — movie The Lucky Ones, starring Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Pena. The movie is about three soldiers (two on leave, one discharged) driving from New York to Las Vegas. It’s interesting that a movie that never shows the war can wind up…
Music Makes the People Come Together
Gorgeous blogger La Belette Rouge recently asked me to list the last 25 songs I played on my iPod. Here’s what I listened to at the gym yesterday. 1. Temperature – Sean Paul2. Opportunities – Pet Shop Boys3. Causing a Commotion – Madonna4. White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane5. Something in My House – Dead or…
RIP Hair Hat Lady
Not long ago, photos of “hair hats” went viral, showing up on numerous blogs and websites. Hair hat But I didn’t know till I read it on Fashion Hayley that the artist responsible for the hair hats, Nagi Noda, died on September 7 at age 35. The cause of death is said to be “surgical…
Bet You’ve Never Heard Anyone Say This
I’m so excited to read my new book, Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium! (What’s Byzantium? Click here for info.)