Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


DavidS - May 25, 2012 12:34:07 pm PDT #13932 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And now I've fallen down the rabbit hole of searching wide-brimmed black hats on Etsy.

Ugh, that's Jan Wahl's hat, Jilli. Don't get that.


JZ - May 25, 2012 1:01:54 pm PDT #13933 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Ooh, actual bonnets!

Stripey

Not much shade, but it's deliciously whackdoodle

Straw cloche!

Grosgrain ribbon hat

Serious face shade happening here

Way too expensive, a little blingy, but that is one serious hatpin

eta: one more bonnet, with what looks like tea-stained lace trim

And one more stripey hat, in a sort of wobbly optical-illusion vaguely Burtonesque motif


Zenkitty - May 25, 2012 1:34:14 pm PDT #13934 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Bonnets should come back into fashion. Much better suited, ime, to driving and actually getting things done than a wide-brim sunhat.


Atropa - May 25, 2012 2:12:24 pm PDT #13935 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Way too expensive, a little blingy, but that is one serious hatpin

Daaaaaamn. I kinda want it. Way, WAY too expensive, but that is a fantastic shape. [link]


§ ita § - May 25, 2012 2:13:20 pm PDT #13936 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

For the first thirty almost forty years of my life I refused to wear a hat, because obvious oppression. But when you go to the Queen's garden party, hats and gloves are mandatory.

Jilli should probably look away now, because I took a perfectly explicit dress code and decided that a hat without a crown and fingerless lace gloves were as far as I was going to knuckle under to The Man.

It was a wide-brimmed black straw hat with my hair peeking out, with a black and white leopard print scarf tied around it, a white pleated cotton sleeveless shift with matching blazer, and the crappiest looking fingerless lace gloves the 80s could provide.

It was not good.

Oddly, I can't remember what shoes I wore.


JZ - May 25, 2012 2:25:02 pm PDT #13937 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

I'd forgotten how much I love vicarious eBay shopping.


Amy - May 25, 2012 2:27:13 pm PDT #13938 of 30001
Because books.

I love hats. I have a lot of hats, actually, although they're mostly men's style. I always forget to wear them, though.


meara - May 25, 2012 2:50:47 pm PDT #13939 of 30001

Wanna do some vicarious non-eBay shopping for me? (I hate eBay). I want some clothes that are kinda kickass and cool in the way that a motorcycle jacket, hot jeans, and boots would be. Only able to be worn in summer or in a club. Mostly I want some edgy tops to add to my boring t-shirts in basic colors collection, but shoes or pants/skirts would be contemplated too. I have no idea where to even shop for such things.


Zenkitty - May 25, 2012 2:55:44 pm PDT #13940 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

As long as the shoppers are shopping, if y'all run across some pullover summer-weight tops with 3/4 length sleeves, you could throw them at me.

Seems like everything is cap-sleeves and really short sleeves and those stupid flutter sleeves. Or sleeveless. I can't stand my upper arms and need to cover them.

Also, FTR, weight loss now totals 13 pounds since mid-March. Going much more slowly than I wanted it to.


flea - May 25, 2012 3:00:19 pm PDT #13941 of 30001
information libertarian

I need summer-weight dress pants to wear to a job interview in early June. Bonus points if they go with a navy pinstriped or black blazer. I may also need a blouse. And shoes. Pants need a 33-34 inch inseam and the shoes should be flat.