Shewolf

Vanity Fair has posted pictures of the photo shoot with the gorgeous Shakira. The accompanying article explains that the reporter found her howl from Shewolf oddly alluring by the end of their time with her.

Continuing with the real bodies theme, ESPN Magazine is going to publish pictures of athletes in the buff. BET is especially excited since the magazine will feature pictures of several high profile African-American athletes including Serena William’s cover picture.

Glamour.com asks “How do you apply your makeup?” Using a brush to apply liquid foundation makes a world of difference. We already knew this since some of us at PW Style aren’t especially artistic yet yearn to be creative.  The brushes help with this.

Courtesy of InStyle.com - This bag is called Big Buddha

Want cheap accessories? InStyle has you covered, with their list of handbags, scarves & sunglasses under 100 bucks. Nice.

Lastly, Stylecaster is excited for Sloane and Eric from Entourage to tie the knot. They’ve gone ahead and picked out what Sloane should wear for her wedding.

Teddy Scares

FACT: I want to wear this thing and unsuspectingly roll into a day care’s nap time and see what happens. Would the kids love me or fear me?!

The Teddy Jacket was designed by Sebastian Errazuriz. After looking at this…  mound of cuteness again (on around Errazuriz’s website) I realized that this isn’t his first readymade fashion piece. He also has a crazy zipper dress (that was floating around the internet earlier this summer) and a sweet dress and purse set made entirely of white gloves.

Each of his fashion pieces has an interesting idea behind it and a blunt, usually funny, commentary. I like it because there is a distinct theme yet he doesn’t seem to take himself too seriously. He’s so quirky! I think The Teddy Jacket is a tongue-in-cheek commentary about wearing fur, but comes off as more humorous than anything. Perhaps that’s the point?

But… this jacket. What can I say? Take a moment and really look at it. Theme aside, is this not the most hilarious/ awesome/ absurd piece of actual outdoor couture you’ve ever seen? As wacky as it is, it’s not nearly as trippy as Lady Gaga’s Kermit the Frog dress– but it is equally as silly. In my mind, I imagine Sebastian to be a Harry Potter look-a-like getting a cauldron and carefully placing children’s toys, a sewing kit, Teddy Grahams and a bomber jacket inside.. and poof!: something awesome. Go Sebastian!

Extra, Extra

While I am a blogger and I do love broadcast, I still have a special place in my heart for newspaperss. Maybe that’s why I love these accessories that were featured on Nylon’s website.

Kate Moss and Topshop are launching a new site for fall/winter. While the site being posted does mean that summer is drawing to a close, it’s worth a look anyway. Also, I’m not a huge Kate Moss fan, but the slideshow of pictures when you first visit Kate’s section of the site are quite striking.

If you have two puppies – I tend to call dogs puppies regardless of age – that would like to tie the knot, make sure you check out the Largest Dog Wedding, scheduled to happen in Woodstown, New Jersey this Saturday.

NBC10 isn’t sure how they feel about plunging necklines. What do you think? I usually don’t mind, unless the woman is old. Saggy clevage isn’t cute.

The Frisky featured a product that will always make room for cupcake filling. Yumm. I’m a fan of baking…I think if I had one of these everyone would wonder just how I got so fancy.

Bubble Tea: oh no you didn’t.

Ah, this article I found online could not sum up my new found frustrations about a summertime fav any better. Let me give you the not-so-skinny: a single serving of bubble tea can be close to 400 calories.

HOLD UP. Um, what kind of bomb did you just drop?! Seriously, bubble tea– you’ve screwed with me big time… so what, are you going to tell me you’re pregnant next?! Get out of my sight.

If you haven’t caught on, a single serving of bubble tea is nearly double the calories I thought it was. Oh gee, I’m so glad I’ve unknowingly downed an additional count of my daily caloric intake by hanging out at the T-bar writing articles this week. I suddenly understand how Regina feels in Mean Girls after consuming a month supply of kalteen bars.

Is butter a carb?

So where are all the calories? Well, I mean, bubble tea is ultimately just iced tea, milk, honey and tapioca balls. That doesn’t sound so destructive, right? Well, it turns out that there’s a boat load of hidden calories in the tapioca balls. I don’t know what the hell I though tapioca was, but the answer is that it’s simply a one-way ticket to the next pant size up. Each little pearl contains almost 10 calories… and if you go somewhere with a generous sized cup, you could be consuming 25-40 pearls at once… and if you do some mental math, you pretty much just consumed 1/4 of your daily caloric intake with no warning.

It’s a classic case of a wolf in sheep’s clothes.

I understand that all good things should be considered in moderation, but my twice a week treat has left me feeling had. I’m onto you, bubble tea.

Monday Links

Seventeen takes a look at celeb hairstyles and wants your input. Does Heidi Montag need to get rid of her extensions? Is Leighton Meester’s sun-kissed share cute or lame?

Glamour also looks to celebs, featuring slideshow of do’s and don’ts.

InStyle has up a 360 degree view of the Bass/van der Woodsen apartment fom Gossip Girl which is pretty cool. The only thing is that when you look at the ceiling and it’s all televisions style lighting. I wish it were a real apartment, even though it’s next to impossible that I’d live somewhere like that.

InStyle also has a section of their site devoted to shopping. All the details on anything from bands, purses, jewelery, sunglasses and cardigans. I don’t know how I didn’t know about this page, but now its one of my new faves.

Lastly, Express has the cutest new line of ballet flats. Perfect for those times when flip flops won’t cut it. I love to wear my Havaianas, Sanuks, or Reefs everywhere, but sometimes, you have to cover up those toes and be serious. These flats are perfect for those times.

Wednesday Morning Links

In addition to admitting that their covers are completely unrealistic, Self magazine has some makeup products to try if you want to make yourself look younger. It’s basically just blush and lipgloss, but I think the slideshow is pretty. They’ve also got a slideshow featuring natural beauty products. Self also has a recipe for what I’ve been craving over the past few hot days – gazpacho. Deeelish.

Glamour has a slideshow featuring gorgeous cocktail rings.

In addition to revealing Self’s confession, Jezebel also has a conversation between a mother and I’m assuming a daughter. It’s funny.  It reminds me of my mom, but I like when she does the little smiley faces. I feel like they are under used past a certain point, except from creepy guys. It’s nice to know someone with no ill intentions like momma dukes just wants to emoticon it up.

Lastly, e-mails from crazy people might become the new fmylife.com or texts from last night.  Check it out.

I Want To Ride My Bicycle, I Want To Ride My Bike

“It bags” may be out, but tote bags as art are definitely in. Here are some totes from the area as featured on Philly.com. My fave is the one with the bicycle.

Philly.com also has a feature on how to wear white.  Not sure if I’m sold on this look, but it was a valiant effort. I’m a bigger fan of Glamour.com’s slideshow for how to standout.

NBC10 has a video on the organization dress for success. It’s a good one, dedicated to helping women who might not have the means to dress professionally but still want to make a great first impression.

Lastly, I’m heading over to Muji to get this cute shower radio that The Frisky featured on it’s site. I might mistakenly try to get shampoo out of the bottle but it’s still cute and completely necessary. The Frisky also features this picture of a Juicy Couture zipper pull to help you celebrate National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. Sure it was yesterday, but who says you can’t celebrate today?

Cardboard Chic

I’m the gal who suggests What To Do This Weekend every Friday… so, dearest PWstyle blog readers o’ mine, would you like to hear what I did this weekend? 

HINT: It involved a lot of cardboard!

Cardboard Day #1:

If you lurk in the tweesphere, you may have already seen a video of me dressed up in a 6-ft tall cardboard nuclear weapon hanging out in the gayborhood… But in case you haven’t, I’m going to toot the horns of Kim-Thao Nguyen and Emily Gleason of BANG (Ban All Nukes Generation), the youth outreach program of the Project for Nuclear Awareness, for their dedication and imagination in creating this cinematic gem:

I dressed up, yet again, as cardboard Nukette this past Friday. If you’d like some info to come to the next one in two weeks from now, be sure to check out the website here. This is a picture from a few weeks ago, but this past week’s was equally awesome.

Cardboard Day #2: Oh, once I find my camera’s USB cable, you will be seeing many, many more images of this (I promise)… but incase you were lame and skipped this event, you seriously missed out on an awesome time. What the heck am I talking about? Um, just the first event of Philly’s newly established Cardboard Tube Fighting League! Ravin Pierre from Seattle is responsible for creating TubeDuel.com and he held quite a rumble in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Saturday afternoon.

I was fortunate enough to co-host the event with friends from local hackerspace Hive76 and Geekadelphia. Needless to say, there was plenty of cardboard to be had.

Shouts to Caroline for taking this picture of a cardboard Comcast Building handing me mine (G3Ek shield and all). After many single duels and a melee, the cardboard Comcast Building (complete with her 2-year contract shield) was actually the event’s winner!

Cardboard Day #3: I took my recycling to my building’s basement. True story.

I Listen to NPR

Although I already loved Dorothy Gambrell for her delightful webcomic Cat and Girl, I love her more still for this tote bag. I want it immediately. But like WHYY pledge drives, it’s here for a limited time: it’s only being sold until June 19th.

NPR tote bag, Cat and Girl, $17. You should probably still give money to WHYY, though. There’s a reason  their pledge drives are so brutal: they don’t have enough money.

No Need To Stay In The Lines

Do you long for the days when you could still color with crayons? I’m not talking about those nights at Sugar Mom’s…check out these rings! They’re sort of pricey, but you can COLOR with them!  Awesome.

Glamour Magazine wants to solve your beauty dilemmas on the cheap. Beauty tips include pouring dark beer into your hair and putting egg yolk on your face. Whatever, you already have it in your fridge, so what do you have to lose?

Perhaps this is Politically Incorrect, but it’s still entertaining.  In addition to showing you the way to coloring bliss, The Frisky tells you what you should wear during fashion week in cities around the world that aren’t New York, Paris or London.

The Frisky also points out recent fashion trends that mirror what was popular during the Great Depression. However, these aren’t frocks that look like they were pulled out of the Grapes of Wrath or inspired by those depressing Dust Bowl pictures. These are cute outfits with strong lines and lots of structure.

Lucky Magazine wants you to have some luck! Go, enter some of their contests before someone else does!