Kari and Miranda for Target
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Kari Sigerson and Miranda Morrison have jumped on the Target bandwagon. You can now get mediocre versions of their spendy shoe line, Sigerson Morrison, for a fraction of the cost. Metallic flats, suede heels, and bedazzled booties range from $30 to $40. For now, get yours at Target.com. These bejeweled kicks won’t make it to store shelves for a few weeks.
The Wall Street Bull’s got Blue Balls
Get it? GET IT? People! They’re generally cruel and terrible but once in a while, pretty fucking funny.
How to look Yom Kippur-ty
I’ve dated several dudes who were Jewish on the wrong side. I guess I love the attitude and the glasses and the curls but am still so-so on the commitment.
I’ve been invited to various Jewish holidays over the years, and boy did I make a HUGE mistake at the first one. I was really young, and at the time dressing up meant dressing in vintage black dresses, fishnets, heels and an onyx cross (which sounds obnoxious but it was totally cool and meant in the Madonna way, not the Catholic way).
Me and my bright red hair and fishnets and stacked heel mary janes and–get this–bottle of Vueve Cliquot were quite a hit! I refused to bring Manischewitz because it’s so inexpensive, but the champagne got thrown in the cupboard and I was stuck drinking the barely fermented grape juice. My outfit wasn’t nearly as scandalous as the ex-BF’s gaff, who was just reconnecting with that side of the family after years of inherited scandal.
Miss Conduct over at the Boston Globe addresses the fashion on Yom Kippur question: what not to wear on Yom Kippur?
Her dilemma is a little more nuanced, as it is about dressing up a la community standards or down to jibe with religious standards. She reveals the alarming news that Crocs have become very popular in Orthodox synagogues. Strange but true.
Use is or lose it
There are some pretty great deals on Walnut this weekend. Armani Exchange (1429 Walnut) is offering 30% off sale through Monday. Bebe (1423 Walnut) is again offering 65% off sale items this weekend.
Perhaps you’re a bit too hip for these bridge and tunnel fashions but, come on, no one is above a good sale. Make it work!
Down the street and around the corner is stationery and gift store Papyrus (211 S 17th). Today through Saturday it’s Buy 1, Get One 50% Off so make time for some snail mail correspondence on your new purchases.
Hillary Duff’s “That’s so gay” PSA
Whowouldathunk? I used “like” “funny” and Hillary Duff” in the sentence, and I totally mean it. Though I can’t do the math breakdown of funny ha ha versus ironic funny because my sometimes crippling innate sense of PC white guilt gets in the way. While I agree “gay” doesn’t mean “stupid,” I certainly think my gay friends would find this PSA amusing. Anyway, here’s 30 seconds of amazing.
I can only hope the next time I’m flapping my gums saying something thoughtlessly insensitive, Hillary Duff emerges from nowhere to correct me.
Video: Mocean Worker’s That One
Mocean Worker, AKA Philly jazz legend Joel Dorn’s son Adam Dorn, is on the mass multimedia “That One” freakout. That one is bringing sexy back!
Project Runway Episode 13: One Down
One to go. Today was the first half of the Project Runway season finale—series finale if you, like me, are planning to protest the station switch—and you know what that means. Tim Gunn home visits!
First, let me preface this by saying that if Tim Gunn ever came to my home, invited or otherwise, I would probably have a heart attack and die right on my dingy blue living room carpet. The man is fabulous.
Anyway.
He stopped by Jerrell, Kenley, Korto and LeAnne’s respective homes and made nice with the fams. He probably gave some interesting criticism about their collections, but viewers wouldn’t really know anything about that. Bravo execs had to make sure to include five minutes of Korto playing the African drums and Tugboat Kenley waxing poetic on her dead granny.
Finally the designers arrived back in NYC (in a sick suite at the Westin, might I add) and after making nice with Kenley for a hot second, all four headed over to Parsons where—surprise, surprise—they had to make a bridesmaid dress to go along with the Bryant Park-required wedding garment.
This is Jerrell’s wedding dress. Looks like someone still has mad love for the Bedazzler.
Fortunately, his bridesmaid dress is a bit classier and something that doesn’t come with mandatory head foliage. Unfortunately, the judges hated it and he was sent packing.
Next up was Kenley’s short, feathered dress which Michael Kors immediately called shenanigans on. Fashion plagiarism? Oh hells yes. But, in reality, I would love to bitchbitchbitch about her design because I think she is a Bad Person. I can’t, though, because compared to the other work on the runway, she kicked some major booty.
(Though I have to ask: how many weddings have you been to where the bridesmaids wear dresses that barely cover their goodies?)
It is really freaking hard to make a model look fat on television, but somehow Korto did it.
And her bridesmaid dress is exactly the same as that orange David’s Bridal rip off from last week. Only shorter. I hope Jerrell shot her some mean looks on the way out the door, because he was robbed of Fashion Week glory. Robbed, I say!
And finally, the lovely LeAnne. I admit to having a love-hate relationship with her as a designer, but I think she is legitimately the most talented person from this season. Her collection was inspired by waves and while there were details of this dress I truly hated—There is no situation on the planet that would require a woman to need pockets in her wedding dress—I think her design was the most expertly executed and the prettiest.
This close up of the bodice detailing does no justice to LeAnne’s bridesmaid dress. It was feminine, elegant and cool without trying to hard. Now that Jerrell is out, she’s my pick for overall winner.
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Challenge: Season Finale: Part 1
Guest Judge: none
Winner: everyone but Jerrell
Loser: Jerrell
PW Style Blog MVP of the Night: Poor sweet Jerrell. He would’ve made it to Bryant Park, if only he was a woman. (Conspiracy theory: In four seasons of PR, only one woman, the adorable Chloe Dao has taken home the top prize. I don’t think it’d be the least bit surprising if we learned that producers and Bravo execs wanted to ensure a female win for season 5.)
Old is the new New
Urban Outfitters is now the go to store for kidnappers, serial killers, and anyone else looking to give a romantic touch to their annonymous correspondence. Bang out those ransom notes (and build finger strength, you laptop wussies) on the Olivetti Manual Typwriter.
Save a bundle but lose some hipster cache and purchase elsewhere for half the price.