I Want To Be Sophia Loren When I Grow Up [fashion/beauty]

Vivixenne

@World as Myth

to get to the fabric market, you want Lujiabang Lu, number 399 I think - but it's basically a whole block of warehouses full to the brim with tailors making all kinds of awesome stuff

the issue is finding a place that makes good quality stuff (and my info is 5 years out of date so I can't recommend anyone) - it's just stall after stall after stall

making jackets, making suits, dresses, tops, the list goes on - personally I find their jacket-makers more reliable

the issue though is how many days you have - you can get some things rushed if you tell them you will be back on a certain day to collect; they're used to expats and tourists on tight deadlines

but then you risk losing the chance to get a re-fit and an adjustment - it's almost worth coming in again two days before you leave, so that if any adjustments need to be made they can potentially agree to do them

even if you don't order anything, there are plenty of accessories to pick up and just looking at it and checking it out can be pretty fun

Veldrin

I guess I don't have much of an issue with facebook content because I only put stuff on it that I don't mind the rest of the world seeing.

World as Myth

you're the best @vivixenne thank you

Fishman

I don't have much of an issue with Facebook content on account of I've never registered.

ChicoBlue

I don't use Facebook mostly because I'm ashamed of myself and don't want old friends finding me and trying to talk to me.

Take that, Suckerberg.

Snowbeat

Veldrin wrote: »

I guess I don't have much of an issue with facebook content because I only put stuff on it that I don't mind the rest of the world seeing.

I think the bigger problem is usually "oh no, my friend took a picture of me drunk and half-naked and making out with an animal and then shared it with his entire 1800 person friend list"

also, hello fashion thread, hello!

Grey Ghost

I'm going through a bunch of recent photos of me and in almost all of them I am eating, looking confused, or looking confused while eating

interrobang

Grey Ghost wrote: »

I'm going through a bunch of recent photos of me and in almost all of them I am eating, looking confused, or looking confused while eating

my three primary states of existence

Snowbeat

well, i'm sor-ree for leading an interesting sex life!

Grey Ghost

huh?

Antimatter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi5L4NtS8eM

Futore

hey @Snowbeattttttttttt! how's it going buddy?

glad to see you here!

Snowbeat

they say you gotta find yourself at the bottom before you can climb to the top, @Futore

guess that's why i'm here

interrobang

so i know gawker is shit but i got a kick out of this one

http://powderroom.jezebel.com/please-stop-telling-me-i-dont-have-to-dress-up-for-w-505596878

Hey, and I appreciate the whole welcome wagon thing, but you can stop telling me that “it’s OK for me to dress comfortable." And that I “don’t have to dress up for anyone around here.” It’s great that “no one in the office is worried"about how I dress. (although you seem to kind of be) I appreciate what you’re trying to do. I’m not mad at you!

But here’s the mind-blowing thing, dude: I am not dressing up for you or anyone else in this office.

Guess what? I am dressing this way for myself. I dress this way because I love how I look and, more importantly, how I feel. Period.

Take a moment and let that shit sink in. I know. It’s hard. It probably goes against all the crap you’ve been force fed to believe about women your whole life. It’s cool. I’ll wait.[...]

I know that you probably think women do each and everything on their bodies just to lure you men into our web so we can trap them into giving us babies and Niemen-Marcus credit cards, but surprise! I actually don’t think about how you’re going to react or what you think when I am in my ridiculously huge walk-in closet to pick something to wear.

I wear what I wear because I wear what I like. Period. The end.

Shorty

here's something I've seen floating around on facebook



personally, I think it's garish as fuck and I wouldn't be caught dead in it

how bout y'all?

interrobang

i think "garish as fuck" is a perfect descriptor

World as Myth

a while back I was trying to find a particular style of wayfarer sunglasses and having no luck, but I finally found them!! (the dropped nose bridge piece was proving tricky)

now I just need to buy twenty more pairs of them

Futore

if you're going to braid your tie, just do it big and get incredibly long ropes of material and braid the entire length of your body.

braid yourself in black cotton and kevlar until you are a neatly knotted form that is infinitely layered, paradoxically veiling itself forever like an ouroboros of shadow.

Pharezon

Futore wrote: »

if you're going to braid your tie, just do it big and get incredibly long ropes of material and braid the entire length of your body.

braid yourself in black cotton and kevlar until you are a neatly knotted form that is infinitely layered, paradoxically veiling itself forever like an ouroboros of shadow.

This is strangely beautiful.

interrobang

Futore wrote: »

if you're going to braid your tie, just do it big and get incredibly long ropes of material and braid the entire length of your body.

braid yourself in black cotton and kevlar until you are a neatly knotted form that is infinitely layered, paradoxically veiling itself forever like an ouroboros of shadow.

stop telling people the ideas for my debut collection until i'm ready to present them, you jerk

Shorty

Pharezon wrote: »

Futore wrote: »

if you're going to braid your tie, just do it big and get incredibly long ropes of material and braid the entire length of your body.

braid yourself in black cotton and kevlar until you are a neatly knotted form that is infinitely layered, paradoxically veiling itself forever like an ouroboros of shadow.

This is strangely beautiful.

yeah

I am jealous of the craft that was put into this

World as Myth

interrobang wrote: »

so i know gawker is shit but i got a kick out of this one

http://powderroom.jezebel.com/please-stop-telling-me-i-dont-have-to-dress-up-for-w-505596878

Hey, and I appreciate the whole welcome wagon thing, but you can stop telling me that “it’s OK for me to dress comfortable." And that I “don’t have to dress up for anyone around here.” It’s great that “no one in the office is worried"about how I dress. (although you seem to kind of be) I appreciate what you’re trying to do. I’m not mad at you!

But here’s the mind-blowing thing, dude: I am not dressing up for you or anyone else in this office.

Guess what? I am dressing this way for myself. I dress this way because I love how I look and, more importantly, how I feel. Period.

Take a moment and let that shit sink in. I know. It’s hard. It probably goes against all the crap you’ve been force fed to believe about women your whole life. It’s cool. I’ll wait.[...]

I know that you probably think women do each and everything on their bodies just to lure you men into our web so we can trap them into giving us babies and Niemen-Marcus credit cards, but surprise! I actually don’t think about how you’re going to react or what you think when I am in my ridiculously huge walk-in closet to pick something to wear.

I wear what I wear because I wear what I like. Period. The end.

this is something I've kind of battled off and on at my job, since out of the 300 people I work with, maybe four of us give a shit about what we wear (and I'm the only female in said group), and people get that kind of nasty-judgy look on their faces (that "uh, you work at a video game company, who are you trying to impress" look)

NOT YOU is the answer, but only partially. it gives me a boost when I'm dressed well and I wish I didn't feel self-conscious when I do it

people just shouldn't care how anybody else lives their lives period end of story forever

World as Myth

a few months ago three of the fashion-conscious crowd were standing in the kitchen talking and someone said we looked like a j.crew catalog photo

can't we just be gorgeous in peace

Futore

Shorty wrote: »

Pharezon wrote: »

Futore wrote: »

if you're going to braid your tie, just do it big and get incredibly long ropes of material and braid the entire length of your body.

braid yourself in black cotton and kevlar until you are a neatly knotted form that is infinitely layered, paradoxically veiling itself forever like an ouroboros of shadow.

This is strangely beautiful.

yeah

I am jealous of the craft that was put into this

sometimes i can actually be good with words and not an ass.

none of you actually know that side of me, but still. it is rumored to exist.

Vivixenne

Shorty wrote: »

here's something I've seen floating around on facebook



personally, I think it's garish as fuck and I wouldn't be caught dead in it

how bout y'all?

I think it is neat-looking!

ThatDudeOverThere

I keep reading that as eldritch

World as Myth

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

I keep reading that as eldritch

it was not until you said this that I realized it wasn't eldritch

Futore

that is most definitely the point of the name. but i don't know why they didn't just spell it "eldritch"

it's probably some knot or tie pun

Shorty

I think it's just that tie knots tend to be named after people and "eldritch" is not really a name

Biscuits and Gravy

Usagi wrote: »

Biscuits and Gravy wrote: »

lonelyahava wrote: »

Man. Can't wait til Payday. Gonna go jean shopping. Gonna get nice and depressed

I hear you. I looked at my only remaining pair of jeans that fit me today and the seams on the inside of the thighs were all frayed. How the frig did that happen when I only bought these last summer? Ugh.

And since we're on the subject of jeans, do any of you ladies have any sort of recommendations for brands to look for? I've only ever worn levi's.

@Biscuits and Gravy I tend to wear Gap and AE jeans, jeans are my everyday workwear and those both look nice for a reasonable price (and they come in 33" inseams+big booty sizes which are key)

I haven't owned a pair of nice jeans in ages and am wary of trying new brands, but Lucky has done me well in the past

Though I'd take any rec's the rest of the thread has!

Thanks, Usagi! I shall definitely check those places out!

I went to Fred Meyer today, because it is just down the street and thought that I might as well try to look at levi's. I think that I tried on about five or six pairs and they all fit perfectly in one place and horribly in another. If only I could combine different styles!

But I did end up coming away with a pair of jeans! They are Nine West Vintage Americana. I am a little uncertain about them though because I have never owned a real pair of skinny jeans and am scared that they look weird on me. Ideally I would like something between straight legged and skinny jeans, but my boyfriend said that they looked good so I guess that I'll keep them?

Kochikens

that tie is the tie-equivalent of a fedora

Blake T

World as Myth wrote: »

interrobang wrote: »

so i know gawker is shit but i got a kick out of this one

http://powderroom.jezebel.com/please-stop-telling-me-i-dont-have-to-dress-up-for-w-505596878

Hey, and I appreciate the whole welcome wagon thing, but you can stop telling me that “it’s OK for me to dress comfortable." And that I “don’t have to dress up for anyone around here.” It’s great that “no one in the office is worried"about how I dress. (although you seem to kind of be) I appreciate what you’re trying to do. I’m not mad at you!

But here’s the mind-blowing thing, dude: I am not dressing up for you or anyone else in this office.

Guess what? I am dressing this way for myself. I dress this way because I love how I look and, more importantly, how I feel. Period.

Take a moment and let that shit sink in. I know. It’s hard. It probably goes against all the crap you’ve been force fed to believe about women your whole life. It’s cool. I’ll wait.[...]

I know that you probably think women do each and everything on their bodies just to lure you men into our web so we can trap them into giving us babies and Niemen-Marcus credit cards, but surprise! I actually don’t think about how you’re going to react or what you think when I am in my ridiculously huge walk-in closet to pick something to wear.

I wear what I wear because I wear what I like. Period. The end.

this is something I've kind of battled off and on at my job, since out of the 300 people I work with, maybe four of us give a shit about what we wear (and I'm the only female in said group), and people get that kind of nasty-judgy look on their faces (that "uh, you work at a video game company, who are you trying to impress" look)

NOT YOU is the answer, but only partially. it gives me a boost when I'm dressed well and I wish I didn't feel self-conscious when I do it

people just shouldn't care how anybody else lives their lives period end of story forever

The answer is the same whenever someone asks this.

I dressed up like this not for you, but for your mother. Because everyone knows she won't put out if you don't put any effort in.

Then if you are near any other nice dressed person you high five them and make grindy motions.

FAQ

Kochikens wrote: »

that tie is the tie-equivalent of a fedora

that's a dickie bow (sorry dick bow fans)

pooka

okay, how has anyone not badgered WaM for a link?

@World as Myth, liiiiiiiiiiink?

also, they look great, i'm glad it was worth the effort.

pooka

the Jezebel comments used to be alright most of the time, at least back when i read Gawker blogs, anyway. like this!

When my coworker was like "what are you all dressed up for? Special occasion?" I just went, "my LIFE is a special occasion. You're welcome."

pooka's r-r-remix

Stale

For the first time in many years, I'm having to dress up a bit for work.

No suit, thank God. Not that I hate getting suited up, but all my suits need MASSIVE tailoring to fit me now and it would cost a fortune. But decent pants, nice oxford button down, good shoes.

Luckily the office isn't too terribly stuffy and chinos/jeans are acceptable for the days I'm just not feeling slacks. Like today.

Grey Ghost

Ugh
the other two tie knots
are even worse

godmode

Grey Ghost wrote: »

huh?

http://i.imgur.com/2wN6MWE.jpg?1

This brings up an fact you may not know about people in/around the DC Metro Area:

Did you know that everyone and their mother owns a North Face garment of some kind?

Mysst

you gotta be able to whip your tie off quickly for use as a tourniquet or restraint

Veldrin

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Ugh
the other two tie knots
are even worse

That first one looks like some sort of spaceship door.

That second one looks like a Saudi Sheikh.