Link?
Oh, sorry Suzi. I should have thought of that. Someone linked to it on FB: ta da!
Time to slay. Vampires of the world beware!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Oct 27, 2013 6:40:20 pm PDT #10360 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2013 6:45:50 pm PDT #10361 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I have a fashion question: How much does a given "look" for a season affect what you buy and wear? Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?
A little of both. I can usually manage to find boot-cut jeans despite the skinny jeans trend (which needs to die now [hipster dudes, I AM TALKING TO YOU; THOSE JEANS ARE NOT FLATTERING TO YOUR JUNK]). But the 80s throwback dolman/kimono/batwing sleeves are making it really hard for me to find sweaters I like.
And FUCK wedges, man. I hate those things forever.
-t - Oct 27, 2013 6:48:55 pm PDT #10362 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?
Mostly the first, filling in with neutral classics when necessary, and of course consignment shops and thrift stores. It's been a while since a season was that Not Me, but I can recall it happening.
I'm watching The Good Wife. Jesse's whitefont is not wrong.
Eta: aw, sweet, I love those sleeves! I should stock up. t /anti-Steph
meara - Oct 27, 2013 7:03:38 pm PDT #10363 of 30000
I have a fashion question: How much does a given "look" for a season affect what you buy and wear? Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?
Not so much the styles (though to some extent--when crop tops are in, even basic shirts tend to be shorter, when skinny jeans with long tops are in, t-shirts are longer). But I find the COLORS are very trendy and that irks, when colors I am not flattered by are all I can find. Because even if they always have a green, sometimes it's a good one and sometimes it's not.
-t - Oct 27, 2013 7:13:26 pm PDT #10364 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have been wearing my socks on the wrong feet all day. Oops.
Zenkitty - Oct 27, 2013 7:13:58 pm PDT #10365 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?
I had to go to five different places just to find a sweater that didn't have dolman sleeves, or spangles, or weird cutouts, or a stupid asymmetrical hi-lo or sharkbite hem. Trendy clothing is almost always some strange, nearly unwearable thing a desperate designer came up with in a over-caffeinated fit. Like cold-shoulder sweaters. Really? No one saw some irony there, at least? The trendy colors now seem to be more suitable for darker skin tones than mine (no one wants to see me in chartreuse), but usually I can still find a black or dark blue option.
Ginger - Oct 27, 2013 7:14:10 pm PDT #10366 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Socks have wrong feet?
-t - Oct 27, 2013 7:16:28 pm PDT #10367 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The ones I'm wearing today do. And the left one has an L on it and right one has an R and I didn't notice until just now.
I've got them correctly distributed now. I'm not sure if they feel different or not. Maybe more comfortable? That might be all in my head.
beth b - Oct 27, 2013 7:20:05 pm PDT #10368 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
When I shop, I am adding to my wardrobe.Right now, I only have 3 pairs of pants - I just can't find any that fit properly. I do have places that carry a lot of basic styles that I like so I will fill in with those. If it is trendy and I like how it looks , I will wear it for ten years. the years of pastel - I don't buy clothes.
Burrell - Oct 27, 2013 7:20:12 pm PDT #10369 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I can usually manage to find boot-cut jeans despite the skinny jeans trend
I have been looking for a decent pair of boot cut jeans that fit well and flatter and don't cost $200 for 3 years now. Fucking skinny jeans can bite me.
(Note, I could try going shopping for jeans more often than once a year, but given how rotten my luck is, I don't have the heart to go more often.)