tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post549324412889652752..comments2024-01-23T17:23:48.164-08:00Comments on Bite the Apple: Pretty on the Outsidemoihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-46886676691328259302008-12-11T08:27:00.000-08:002008-12-11T08:27:00.000-08:00NYD: Hee! You're good!<B>NYD</B>: Hee! You're good!moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-90916377249927967772008-12-11T08:06:00.000-08:002008-12-11T08:06:00.000-08:00Nah, I just don't pay attention to the bullshit of...Nah, I just don't pay attention to the bullshit of decribing fashion. The damn work speakes for itself. Can you imagine a building being described in the same manner?<BR/>"The terraces produce a scintilating over and under shadow effect that exudes a resplendent memory of tossing gossamer water balloons off the fifteenth floor to smash and engulf the populace in an ever extavagant display of anti- socialist behaviour".NYDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182735945473879595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-68432191442663753782008-12-11T06:05:00.000-08:002008-12-11T06:05:00.000-08:00Fishy: I have nothing against GOOD advertising wri...<B>Fishy</B>: I have nothing against GOOD advertising writing. By all means, all you ad people out there, set a stage, create a mood, entice, and inspire – one of the joys of living, after all, lies in one's aspirations. Just do it well. (So now I guess I have to find some examples of good writing and post them!)<BR/><BR/><B>Pam and Aunty</B>: That's why God invented the Diane von Furstenberg silk jersey wrap dress. If only we had someone better than Dumb Skies to tell us about them.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-48618446428477270032008-12-10T19:14:00.000-08:002008-12-10T19:14:00.000-08:00Long sleeves are a girls best friend after f---y I...Long sleeves are a girls best friend after f---y I mean, I doan care if yore biceps is shapely, yore under arms look like chicken skin.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-27503586533395259522008-12-10T18:28:00.000-08:002008-12-10T18:28:00.000-08:00Except that I sort of agree with the bit about the...Except that I sort of agree with the bit about the elusive long-sleeved dress.....Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357397551761295138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-41465217008865322042008-12-10T17:35:00.000-08:002008-12-10T17:35:00.000-08:00Great!Was that last paragraph your audition for a ...Great!<BR/>Was that last paragraph your audition for a bigger paycheck?<BR/> <BR/>While I agree with you this is a bizaar journalistic specialty they can hardly write, " sniff this, have sex for breakfast".<BR/><BR/>Very enjoyable posting. How many exclamation points were required????fishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-56987985578110549882008-12-10T12:27:00.000-08:002008-12-10T12:27:00.000-08:00Czar: We're either trying to please men or trying ...<B>Czar</B>: We're either trying to please men or trying to wash them out of our hair. There must be a sane middle ground.<BR/><BR/><B>Aunty</B>: I used to live in fear of dying in a sudden, tragic accident and my friends and family coming over to clean out the house and whispering among themselves: "She was such a wonderful person but what is UP with all the grey sweaters?" <BR/><BR/><B>K9</B>: We simply must start a campaign to stop Plum Sykes in her Manolo-ed tracks immediately. Can't the girl just retire to the 'burbs and make jam already?<BR/><BR/><B>DorisRose</B>: Cruise the perfume sales Web sites one of these days. Romance novelists have nothing on these people.<BR/><BR/><B>WTWA</B>: Um. Is Jimmy Breslin still writing? Howard Cosell?moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-81607107179061609362008-12-10T12:14:00.000-08:002008-12-10T12:14:00.000-08:00Those darn waffles. Good rant. Let me know when ...Those darn waffles. Good rant. Let me know when you rant on sports writers.Brettheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962592571393908971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-83024630430257491462008-12-10T08:14:00.000-08:002008-12-10T08:14:00.000-08:00A wonderful, insightful and informative piece.Purp...A wonderful, insightful and informative piece.Purple prose, huh. good to know.;)Doris Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932937296853951351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-38879003774577892842008-12-10T07:58:00.000-08:002008-12-10T07:58:00.000-08:00amen sixter! i think curatorial departments in a m...amen sixter! i think curatorial departments in a museum can give these poseurs a run for their trust funds. i can remember one spectacular staff war where i asked "is the purpose of this wall text to assist our guests in understanding the art work? or is it a forum for you to show off your scholarship to other self-important art snobs?" <BR/><BR/>thats a line form my self help book: how to win friends in museum administration. grrherhahaha<BR/><BR/>i hate plum sykes. in vogue you can get an article on natural beauty next ot a page on newest developments in plastic surgery, injectables and re surfacing. all while wearing 60 thousand dollars of product!sparringK9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08031137344229440004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-32207247426615628012008-12-09T21:11:00.000-08:002008-12-09T21:11:00.000-08:00LOL! Purrrrrfect, Dahlin'."Plum Sykes?" Heh, mor...LOL! Purrrrrfect, Dahlin'.<BR/><BR/>"Plum Sykes?" Heh, more like Plum Skyes'<BR/><BR/>Wendy, " Roget's Pocket Fashion Thesaurus" Fabulous! <BR/><BR/>The whole thang makes me run fer mimimalism--nuthin' wrong wif a black V neck or two, or ten.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-76406768450048589212008-12-09T16:59:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:59:00.000-08:00Love the smile on that mannequin. Good god.And the...Love the smile on that mannequin. Good god.<BR/><BR/>And the dress? The graphics term "moire" comes to mind. It looks like a mistake.<BR/><BR/>Fashion writing (and what I've just read constitutes 100 percent of my total lifetime input) reminds me of an article that once appeared in the <I>Onion</I>: "Writer for <I>Cosmopolitan</I> commits suicide after writing three thousandth column on 'Five Ways to Please Your Man.'"czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887869458750797012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-37937475254097622152008-12-09T16:44:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:44:00.000-08:00Boxer: I'd love to smell like burning waffles. Do...<B>Boxer</B>: <I>I'd love to smell like burning waffles.</I> Do I have a perfume for you. Annick Goutal Sables. I'll get cha a sample :o).<BR/><BR/><B>NYD</B>: You're one of those silver lining kinda guys aren't you?<BR/><BR/><B>Wendy</B>: OR some Wellies with lil doggies on 'em.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-16738716775226528742008-12-09T16:28:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:28:00.000-08:00"Long sleeves vs. short sleeves: a fight to the de..."Long sleeves vs. short sleeves: a fight to the death!"<BR/><BR/>"Rock that zipper like it's a hook and eye!"<BR/><BR/>"Whip-stitched, basted or hot-glued... how to tell when your skirt is sporting the right hem!"<BR/><BR/>Ohmigosh, I'm having way too much fun with this. I'm just lamenting the fact that I don't own a Roget's Pocket Fashion Thesaurus. Or anything Burberry.VintagePurseGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726788265397970796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-71812129948565924752008-12-09T15:25:00.000-08:002008-12-09T15:25:00.000-08:00The writing might be vacuous, but like sugar cooki...The writing might be vacuous, but like sugar cookies and candy canes they taste sweet; just don't try and make a meal out of them.NYDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182735945473879595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-46859315369558112372008-12-09T14:44:00.000-08:002008-12-09T14:44:00.000-08:00I can barely handle fashion, much less the writers...I can barely handle fashion, much less the writers...and I think that's what puts me off most of the time. I can love the look, but trying to actually decipher "Fashion Speak"? It makes me run directly to the Lands End online catalog and buy yet again, a black v-neck sweater. <BR/><BR/>Oh wait,<BR/><BR/>A hot smoldering expression of blackness!!<BR/><BR/>how's that?<BR/><BR/>I'd love to smell like burning waffles.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280822962202098606noreply@blogger.com