Likeminded on eBay

I was not the only one to list a romper from eBay yesterday. Refinery 29's Pipeline listed "Endless Summer" items including water guns and madras plaid pants on their eBay Daily Score. I guess the heat got to everyone.

eBay Buy of the Week

Here is something in honor of the soaring temperature. A bright floral romper. Just add sandals. What could be more summery? Wear it to the park and jump through the sprinklers.

Organization Update

I finally took the time to reorganize my bedroom, which includes unpacking boxes from when I moved in August. I luckily had so much space that I initially took advantage and never bothered to organize and put things away. After 10 months of living here, I accumulated so much more stuff that I bit the bullet. I have now committed an entire Ikea bookshelf to my clothes. Gone are the terrible yaffa blocks from college. Now my bedroom looks like it's a store. Below is just a sampling.

Hat Epidemic

I like hats on people ... it means that they're trying to step it up, which is nice to see once in awhile. Just please don't simply throw it on and think you're set for the day. The hat has to go with the rest of the outfit. There has to be a purpose in its being there.

There is currently an influx of hats. Just walk around soho or chelsea, and you'll find 1 in 8 guys wearing a small-brimmed fedora, probably made of straw. Where were the fedoras in the winter? You could have a nice felted wool hat with a suit. You'd look so sharp. But instead we get guys dressed too-cool-for-school with a hat plopped on top. Dude, the hat says you care, so where's the care with the rest of your outfit? I need some consistency, please. Maybe a cardigan. Or some seersucker. I'd even take an ascot.

Bad example of hat-wearing.

Tights as Pants? (or How to Show off your Booty without looking like a Whore)

There has been a lot of debate lately on whether or not hosiery can be a replacement for trousers. Some even went as far as to create a website (tightsarenotpants.com) to express their views.

As for me, I'm perfectly fine with leggings/tights as leg coverings in day-to-day life as long as you cover your ass. Seriously. I've seen nice behinds clad in only spandex, but it seems too obvious. You're bragging about your butt. And while dudes may appreciate it, do you really want that kind of attention? The callipigious among us can tastefully flaunt the goods in a pencil skirt or well-cut trousers. And then there's the bad. The not-so-nice rear-ends that are dumped into (usually) pale-colored leggings that reveal every little lump and are (usually) positioned in my direct line of vision. Me, on a seat in the subway. You, standing across from me with your back to me. So please, cover your ass and leave some things to the imagination.




Other booty-flaunting options:
1. Silk skirt or dress cut on the bias. Always curve-enhancing.
2. Fitted pencil skirt. (as seen above from american apparel)
3. If you're going with high-waisted pants or shorts, look for a back yoke or some sort of seaming above your butt and below the waistband. The tailoring helps the fabric pull in at the right places to make it look like your behind pops out more.
(as seen above by lux)
4. Shiny or metallic fabrics, butt be careful! The potential for tacky is great. Look for a subtle sheen.
5. Well-tailored pants. Look at the profile. If they follow the curve of your rear around to the base of your butt, then they're winners.
6. High-heels. They shape the muscles in your legs and butt like magic.

eBay Buy of the Week

Picnic in the park dress ... literally


Possibly paired with these wedges

This will be a listing every Tuesday of what I would like to buy on ebay... but I'm won't.

I'm Short (Part 2)

If you wear skin-colored sandals, they'll your legs look longer. This follows along the same idea as not breaking up the leg with an ankle strap (or bootie). No colors interfere with the line of your leg. When it's cold out, tights and boots can match. This is the only way imaginable I could do ankle boots. Again, they cut at a weird length and make my legs look stocky.



In my searching for gladiator sandals, I found these Eileen Shields Helen sandals as possible contenders. I can't see myself spending that much money on sandals, being that summer shoes always seem to get seriously beat up and rarely last more than 2 seasons (even with trips to the cobbler). But the idea is there.