the FASHION thread

Anyone making any fashion New Year's resolutions?  Like, I will not wear jeans every, single day of 2009?  Or, I will get decently dressed to go to the grocery store from now on?  I know I need a little help, but am having trouble prioritizing.  Where to start?

How can you fit into your husband's jeans?  My dh has these narrow hips..........No way I could force my butt into his pants. LOL

Resolutions????? 

OH, those things some people do and then beat themselves up when they quit doing them.  I skip the first and second phases of them and just keep trying to make it to the end of the week!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

"GOOD CLOTHES OPEN ALL DOORS"

Oh, pookey, you can tell us anything. 

I started smoking when I was about 17, during a summer job situation.  Everyone did it then.

Basically, I was a smoke and beer person, couldn't smoke when I was alone because it made me ill.  Still cannot understand that one.

Anyway, I smoked and smoked until one day I just quit.  I hated the way it made my throat feel.  Of course, I cheated for years when I got together with one, certain friend and smoked hers.  OPs, my favorite brand.    It's funny because I could smoke a whole pack during a visit and then not smoke again or even think of it for a month or two.  Must have been a social habit with me and not addicted, although I did inhale.

That tapered off over the years and I don't think I've had a butt in at least 15 years.  Probably more.

So, my dear penitent, there is hope for you. 

Here I am typing with my jeans on.  Is there no hope for me?  Well, I will lose 10 pounds and wear nicer stuff soon.  If I cut out my daily champagne, won't I lose a ton of weight?  This is a fashion issue, girls. 

Raye, don't worry, you can do it.  I had smoked here and there as a teen.  I quit altogether in my 20's but then after I had my daughter and a yucky husband, I started in on it again!  Maybe about a pack a week.  Then I quit again when I got CA.  Then I picked it up again, SNEEKING, because my dd is impressionable. I'd wait til she went to bed and have one or two.  She caught me and I promised to try to quit.  Well I've quit again and it's been about 6 months.  I did go to a b-day party and had ONE about 2 weeks ago but I about GAGGED .. never again.  And the smell of someone's burning cigarette is just awful. 

     I lurk a lot on this site, but don't post because I just can't keep up with you girls!  I just had to respond to abbadoodles about the jeans issue and dressing decently to go to the grocery store.  I am so with you on that one!  I have to admit that sometimes jeans are a step up for me.  I half expect to be ambushed by Stacy and Clinton from What Not to Wear when I run out to the grocery store in workout pants and a tee shirt!  I watch that show so much that I really do know what not to wear, but lack the motivation to get it together other than for work.

It's sad when the highlight of your Friday night is a new What Not toWear!

I talk back to them, of course! (They really hate suburban, resort, or country club wear!)

And I wish they'd put Spanx on some of their victims......

Every girl should be given a pair of Spanx on their 40th birthday!! 

Now, there's a good excuse to go to Neiman's~~~10 minutes away! I've been boycotting them because they won't do anything for my cancer luncheon~~~except I do usually cruise through apres Christmas!

Raye ~  I thought I'd give it a week before I checked on your butt-stompin' progress.

:::but now I detect you may need reinforcements:::

I know only YOU can do it - but anyone with the self-discipline to maintain the body that you do knows something about perseverance. Just thought I'd remind you of that. . .

Lisa

Raye...6 days and counting!!!  You know, it was on Day 6 of the first time I quit that I felt like I'd done it!!!  Your past the difficult point.  Now all you have to do is avoid smoking situations.  Don't drink, avoid places where you used to smoke...you've already over the hump!!!

On another topic...more the topic of this thread...I did something very impulsive yesterday.  I signed up for Project Runway!!!  Not the TV one, but one that they're doing close to home.  The theme is recycling old clothes.  Signed up yesterday...lots of people, lots of tables of all kinds of old clothes. My inspiration is Keira Knightley's green dress in Atonement.

I found an old green taffeta embroidered dress with enormous shoulders and bell sleeves, a hideous large bow on the back, and a similar black gown in black taffeta and everything got photographed for the "BEFORE" take.  My model will be the same one I showed in a recent picture here.  She is ecstatic...Keira is her favorite actress and and there is a certainly physical similarity...tall, thin, small breasts...I actually think my model has a more beautifully proportioned body.

The show will be on January 25.  The outfits will be auctioned off to benefit a local arts organization which I strongly support.

Well, I came home and started ripping the dresses apart and I've already pinned something on my mannikin that I think is gonna work.

I'll show you a picture later!!! This is so much fun!!!

Linora 

Linora - That dress is gorgeous, what fun! I love Keira Knightly - what a beauty she is.

Beth - THANK YOU! RE: White teeth, I am breaking out my bleaching trays tonight. Hello, whiter smile.

Amazing!  So feminine and sexy.