the FASHION thread

Are your ears still ringing, Tina? Running amuk, eh. Sounds like fun.

I went shopping yesterday and bought a new pair of really cute yoga pants (black with gray and white band at top) at TJMaxx and a little burgandy Tshirt with a really vibrantly colored peace sign on it - I think I spent $30.00 total.

EWB (what is your name ) - on which website did you see the orange pumps?  If it's a brand I know, I will order online, but with an unfamiliar brand, I like to walk around the store a bit to see if the shoe is comfortable.

Woke at 4:00am today, couldn't get back to sleep, got up and proceeded to clean out my bottom drawer in the bathroom, defuzz my face with Nair and do squats. All this before my shower - very industrious morning.

Big news, girls, at least for me.  The economy is taking its toll on magazines.  Last year House and Garden closed down and now the latest belly-ups are:  Country Home, Home, O at Home, Cottage Living, Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion.  Wow!  I am going to be saving serious money on my magazine addiction.  Still, it's a sad thing.  I wonder how the fashion mags are faring.  Anyone know?  I was thinking of getting a subscription to InStyle but I am afaid it will go tits-up, too.

I love this dress.  Where would I wear it?  I'm thinking capri leggings, not full length.  Link won't work.  Go to athleta.com  Look up  Madeira Skimp.

Wait. Tina, I totally missed that dress part. What dress? Is there a link?

Here's a philosophical fashion question.

Why, if low rider jeans/pants cut you across one of the widest parts of your body, are they supposed to be so flattering and fashionable?  This doesn't make sense to me.  Who is making the rules?

Ditto on both accounts.

ROFL.  MAO.  Almost.  No such luck.

Well, if you already have a long, lean torso (mine at 5'2" is longer than my 5'10" friend's torso and I wear long torso swim suits) is there any benefit?  My arse is, as mentioned, the most ample part of me. 

I need a long rise in pants because of my long torso.  Or they  bind me wicked.

Now, the part about the fold-over waist is interesting.  I do have one pair of yoga pants with a waist like that but it keeps popping back up and is wayyyyy too far out from my body at waistline.  I hardly ever wear them for that reason.

So, what's the fashion advice for me?

Beth, honey, are you not going to fill us in on your treadmill adventures?

Hope, can I borrow your waistband when you're done? LOL

Quit talking about low rider pants sitting low on the hip line to make the torso look longer, on me the low rider/hip hugger pants actually sit where the waistband should sit at my normal waist. normal waisted pants actually come up as high waisted pants. I actually like getting them because they fit me perfectly and I even get the petite proportioned pants (4ft 10in tall and proud of it).

I gave up magazines. I did have a subscription to McCalls Quick Quilts magazine but when they raised the subscription from 20 a year to 30, it wasn't worth the extra money for me. If I see one in the store that I find interesting, I get just that one not a whole year's worth.

Sheila

Way to go Beth! Running, that is awesome. I wear New Balance running shoes. The style I buy has a nice arch support, but the shoes are light enough as not to weigh the runner down.

Sheila - Yes. I used to have subscriptions for magazines (mostly decorating/design mags, i.e.,  Metropolitan Home, Veranda) and would run out of space to store all of them and then felt bad about throwing them away, so now I do the same, just buy an issue if I find it interesting. Now, I I'll buy the next InStyle that comes out -  Sandra Bullock is on the cover. She is one of my favorites.  

Tina, my niece and nephews all looked forward to getting taller than Aunt Sheila as well as all the children at church. They love to measure up to me and say 'I'm almost as tall as you'. My great nephews are just 3yrs and 18 months old, not old enough to measure up to aunt Sheila. And my body type does somewhat resemble a peanut, not much shape between bust and hips (no waist line). But I did marry a man who is 6ft 2 in tall. My mil calls us mutt and jeff. He also likes to make short jokes, 'shouldn't you be in a booster seat for children under 4 ft 11 in. and ride in the back seat of the car to avoid the air bags?'

Tina, I also love Memoirs of a Gesha. I have watched it several times and even liked watching the behind the scenes of the ladies preparing for the part as well as the designers working on the intricate gowns.

Kathi!!!  You poor thing.  I was worried that we had not been hearing from you.  Now we know.  Get well soon.  Brainwaves going your way........for what they're worth.  LOL

Girls, I posted my baby and "yut" pics over on Makeup if you want to check out the old, old Tina.

Have a great weekend.

You must be on cloud B9 !! 

Okay, I can't resist sending you over to the Home Dec thread to see my living room corner with some of my pottery.  Hey, that's Fashion, too!

Also wanted to share one of my favorite fashion and home dec sites from Denmark.  Although I love the stuff, I don't know if I have enough nerve to wear any of it.  It's just so colorful and folkloric, kind of fantasyland.

http://www.gudrunsjoden.com/butikhy/default.asp?sidvarde=xx

Listen, I never got to say LOL to everyone for admitting to your individual china jones.  Oh, god.  I haven't done anything about that Versace china yet.  My birthday is coming up in April, though......

I also have a jones for a fabric called Tencel.  Oh.  My.  God.  I love this stuff.  Just bought two long, lovely skirts, one black, one chocolate, one winter white shirt and one celery green shirt marked down at a local boutique.  Cheaper than usual, but still not exactly bargain basement.  But I consider this investment shopping.  If you don't own something made of Tencel yet, you need to go shopping.  It's a natural fiber made of extruded tree pulp (I know, sounds weird, but hey, that's how they make paper) and it's like a cross between silk and combed cotton, and takes dye like a dream in that shaded way that certain silks do.  LOVE IT.