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Showing posts with label Trends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trends. Show all posts
When I was 16 I bought my first car - a little zippy Dodge Neon. I drove around for days blasting the John Mayer song "Neon". I thought I was so cool.
Well neon is cool again people! I, for one, am loving it! Nothing peps me up more than a little florescent yellow, electric orange, or hot hot pink! Here are my shoespirations for this week!
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There are also oodles of DIY tutorials out there too if you have a pair of old shoes you want to bring some new life into!
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Hello Ashlea...
My love affair with shoes started many years ago, I blame my mother really... and my Nana. They both heavily influenced me growing up and nurtured my love of shoes. My mom had dozens of shoes but when she passed away we had to give them away because she had the world's tiniest feet - size 5 people! I have really fond memories of helping her pick out her outfits and shoes for work - one on her left foot and another one on the right - modeling 2 pair at once for me to choose between. It was our weeknight ritual.
Anyway, the reason I share this is because I am trying out a new feature day. I know how well 'feature days' have gone in the past on this blog - consistent for a month and then they peter out - but I am easily bored! Rest assured though, I don't think that I will ever bore of shoes! I am going to try to post a few photos of shoes that inspire me each week. They may be my own or more likely, from pinterest, or perhaps even from a store while I shop. I hope you enjoy these posts and give me lots of feedback!
So, without further ado, may I introduce you to Tuesday Shoesday:
I have been watching alot of Downton Abbey lately which might be why I am drawn to these prim and proper looks:
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What do you think? Are you a fan of the prim and proper look? How about Dowton Abbey? Who else is addicted to that show?!
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Perhaps it is because I am coming off of books like Divergent and The Hunger Games who have kick-ass female leads. Maybe it is because I watched True Grit with yet another kick-ass female lead the day I started this book. Perhaps it is because I had just seen Magic Mike and it wasn't so magical and I was put off of this smutty genre. Or, even more likely, it could be that this is just a crappy book with a wimpy, weepy female lead and "erotic" scenes that fall a little limp - kind of like Magic Mike. I was actually BORED with this book - the plot is so weak and I was more entertained by the Goodreads reviews of this book than I was by the book itself. I echo many of the sentiments I read and I am going to share my favorites Goodreads reviews here with you (please be warned, some of them use foul language, but I tried to sensor my choices)
From Katrina Lumsden:
(This woman had ALOT of great things to say, it was hard to pick.)
"Christian is a misogynistic, self-loathing, abusive piece of shit. Apparently, his only redeeming qualities are, in this order; his ridiculous good looks, his money, and his giant penis. The only time Ana seems to like him as a person is when he's being "lovable", and those times are few and far between. Most of the time he's serious, brooding, and threatening. How charming."
"About halfway through, I wished I'd been keeping track of the word "crap" because Ana is constantly saying/thinking it. Crap, Holy Crap, Double and Triple Crap, Oh Crap, This Crap, That Crap, any and all Crap. Speaking of crap, if I ever, ever ever have to hear/read the words "inner goddess" again, I'm going to construct a pyre out of tampons and maxi pads, light it, and toss unsuspecting women into it."
From JT Giessinger:
"The Bad: Terrible writing. Simply insufferable at times, with an abundance of repetitive, trite phrases such as "Oh, my!", "Holy crap!", ad nauseum. The author suffocates the reader with an unending ocean of rolling eyes, biting lips, sighing, shrugging, glaring and giggling. Also present is a very curious tendency to write, "he said" or "she replied" or another version of such after every single sentence uttered by the characters. I could go on, but you get the picture. Ms. James won't win any awards with this one."
From Kim:
"Now I lay me down to sleep. I hope to hell my soul keeps. Because, if I shake off this mortal coil before I wake, I’m going to be mighty pissed that this was the last book that I freaking finished. This is not my legacy.
I can play all Britney and Oops-I-did-it-again, I could use the old adage ‘Fool me once, shame on you….’ Or I could let my horribly low self worth tell you that yes, I am an idiot and could be classified with all those soccer moms wanting an escape with shiny vampires and fallen angels. You choose.
BUT. I will admit… fully admit… that this book sucked donkey balls. Seriously."
From Stephanie Sinclair: "Introducing an even more abusive and disturbing TWILIGHT! Now with whips and chains!"
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Sometimes I don’t understand why fashion trends are
resurrected. Now, I know this isn’t the first time we have seen these
offenders, but for some reason the Fashion-Powers-that-Be can’t seem to just
let them die. The most recent re-incarnations of these fashion flops we will be
visiting today are the Jumpsuit, the Acid Wash, the Harem pants, and the
Shoulder Pad.
1990’s Jumpsuit:
Come on, be honest, who had one of these? No, well you are
in luck because you could buy this “Vintage” 1990’s piece on etsy.com! (btw-
when did the 90’s become vintage?! I swear I am not that old!). I wish I could
dig up old school pictures from grade school. I have at least 2 that I can
think of off the top of my head that were taken in equally hideous jumpsuits.
Current resurrection of the Jumpsuit:
Now, it doesn’t offend me completely. However, who can
really wear these besides models? Plus, bathroom usage just seems so much more
complicated – Who really wants to get completely undressed to relieve herself? No
thank you.
1990’s Acid Wash:
Current Acid Wash:
Yeah. Not much has changed. This is equally horrible in
either decade.
1990’s Hammer… I mean Harem Pants:
Come on, who doesn’t want to look like MC Hammer?! Yeah, me
neither.
Current Harem/Hammer Pant:
They really look like jammies to me. Yes, I get it they are
comfortable, but I don’t think they are flattering on any of these women
really. And Kim K’s outfit looks like the new Snow White’s fighting outfit!
See:
Lily Collins does it better though.
1990’s Shoulder pads:
Those designing women rocked this look.
Current Shoulder pads:
Ugh Lady Gaga what have you done to fashion? I hate this
look – they even have the harem pants too. Why do women want to look like
mutant football players? I have never loved this look. It was bad then. It’s
worse now.
And one last thing – It’s not a bad fashion trend that won’t
die, but it makes me sad all the same. Do you guys remember when John Mayer
looked like this?
Yum right?
Well, I saw him on Ellen last week and nearly cried.
He used
to be hot. What has Montana done to this man?!
Well that’s all for today – anyone agree to disagree on the
fashion trends? Anyone else sorely disappointed in John Mayer’s new look?
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