Don’t wear a little black dress this season unless you WANT to be a wallflower. Go for a little red dress instead. Bloom! Lavender Label Vera Wang$304, down from $435, at Cusp
Ready, Set, Shop!
It’s the official start of the holiday shopping season, which means you should be thinking of holiday cards. I wanted to support a small business, so I ordered these beautiful and nondenominational Red Blossom cards from Nouveau Designs on Etsy earlier this month. Noveau Designs did a custom order for me in a larger-than-normal quantity,…
Vegetarians Are Cruel
People get all protective of baby seals and KFC’s chickens, but does anyone ever spare a thought for the poor tofurkey? No! Brace yourselves for a sickening sight. This is an actual tofurkey pleading for its life. Seconds after this photo was taken, the innocent tofurkey was slain and eaten by a vegetarian. Illustration by…
Cute Sequined Top
Philip Bloch for Emma and Posh$310 at Intuition
Giving Thanks
In honor of Thanksgiving, gorgeous blogger Miss Janey asked me to tell my readers what things I’m grateful for. I could be really sincere and mention family, friends, health, a roof over my head, food to eat, and so on. But then I would have to slap myself for being annoying and obvious. So here…
A Janis Joplin Song Is Stuck in My Head
Shopjake.com is having a sale and I thought I’d point out two cute pieces by designer Chris Benz. Sash dress$400, down from $995 Pigalle shirt$165, down from $415 And now I’ve got Janis Joplin’s Mercedes-Benz song stuck in my head.
Important Stuff. Also, Dresses.
MrB is the chairman of the most amazing organization called the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). You have to click that link and do some reading, because I can’t begin to describe what people in other countries go through to tell the truth. It really offends me when U.S. citizens whine about how they’re suffering…
Adding to My Art Collection
Gorgeous blogger ENC has created some new dress-based art for me. In case you don’t know the back story, it is as follows: I found an Alexander McQueen dress on eBay that looked like modern art; then Jill put me and the dress into some art; and then Danielle made another contribution. And here are…
Happy Very Belated Birthday to Me
When I turned 40 last December, my gorgeous mother, BarbaraB, told me she wanted to take me shopping for a special birthday present. I couldn’t take the pressure of picking out my own gift for such a momentous occasion. I felt it had to be something amazing that I would never buy for myself. Tricky!…
Marcel Ostertag
Thanks to kink-tastic blogger Asudem Latex of Doll’s Realm for pointing out the work of Munich-based designer Marcel Ostertag. Asudem had written about this designer before but this time the photos really grabbed me: shiny fabric, ruffles and leopard print … and shiny leopard print! What more could I ask for? Well, I suppose I…