Gaultier trunk show today
I mention the Gaultier trunk show at Joan Shepp today not because I think anyone who is willing and able to afford Gaultier isn’t aware of it, but mostly because I want to say that for Halloween, I myself recreated a Gaultier outfit:
What To Do This HALLOWEEN
Philly loves a good party, and this isn’t news to anyone in the 215. But first — how about those champs?! Last night clearly wasn’t our favorite of more recent games, but we have some comin’ up this weekend and will be cheering in our seats! Go team!
Also, in lieu of a potential SEPTA strike, be sure to plan your weekend in carpools, bicycles and on foot. FYI: The regional rails will still be running, but will be packed and only accepting riders who purchased tickets in advance.
Thriller @ Society Hill Dance Academy Lauren tipped me off about learning to dance like the undead. There is a Thriller Dance Class happening in Philly tonight! “Join the folks at Society Hill Dance Academy to learn the infamous Thriller moves. Feel free to dress the part and get ready to break a sweat. Why? No one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike. Friday at the Society Hill Dance Academy at 409 S. 2nd Street. Creep on over by 8:30pm.
Trick or Treat Sale You read the banner, kids! On Saturday there will be a giant sale: Everything in-store at Grasshopper Boutique on Walnut Street is on sale! But one day only– check their blog for updates.
Titan and The Fireflys Exhibit Emily G tipped me off about this exhibit and it really sounds boss. The Titan and The Fireflys is an awesome exhibit in Fishtown, by local artist Jason Hackenwerths, and it opens today. What makes me so excited? His main medium isn’t paint, paper or fiber…. it’s balloons! The giant 3-d sculptures are completely fascinating in the pictures– I’m dying to know what they look like in person! More details here.
Making Time Halloween Freakout Talk about the ultimate costume rager– when is the last time you went to Making Time and We got this email from R5 Productions reminding us all about their Halloween Part– err, “freakout.”
This costume rager seems to have ditched Transit for a new warehouse space (2424 Studios) and will be featuring Simian Mobile Disco, all you can drink. The Making Time DJ’s will be spinning and the Phillies game will be projected on a giant wall with full audio. The party starts at 9pm at 2424 E. York Street (Fishtown) and more details can be found here.
Trick Or Treat at the Kimmel Center This sounds adorable. Read more on Uwishunu.
FreshMeltWater Hallowe’en Teeshirt Launch Surely you’ve heard of FreshMeltWater before: They’re located in the NoLibs, make some pretty sweet tees you may have seen around town, and are totally in on a Halloween throwdown to launch their new tees! Details here.
Fright of Fancy Dance Party @ Fabric Horse Our favorite quirky NoLibs boutique is bringing it. And by it, we mean a party with music, boozin’ and a ton of bad-ass fanny packs. More details here.
Hand Turkey Crafts @ Tattooed Mom’s Usher in November at Tmom’s on South Street! The Sunday after Halloween is really only about relaxing, anyway. There will be a craft-up featuring a fav we all did in elementary school: hand turkeys! Have a beer and get crafty before the game.
What Mean Girls taught me about Halloween
Karen: Why are you dressed so scary?
Cady: It’s Halloween!
Mean Girls is one of my favorite movies. There– I said it! Hilariously written and directed, it stars a then-teen ‘It Girl’ Lindsay Ho-Han (pre-public deterioration) and has amazing comedic supporting roles by Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, The Time-Traveler’s Wife), Lacey Chabert (Party of Five), Lizzy Caplan (Freaks and Geeks, True Blood), Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia), Neil Flynn (Scrubs), Amy Poehler (Upright Citizens Brigade, SNL) and– the one and only — Tina Fey.
Fey, who also wrote the script, touched on an amazingly accurate unwritten rule of “Girl World” about Halloween: “In the real world, Halloween is a night when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In “Girl World”, Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it. Unfortunately, no one told me about the slut rule.”
I’ll go ahead and say that in some ends of pop culture, this rule isn’t just for high school. Don’t believe me? Go to any state college campus or Old City this weekend. In honor of Emily G’s Unnecessarily Sexy Halloween Costume Roundup, I’ve decided to share a favorite scene. Enjoy:
This Will Not Get You Laid: Costume Edition.
THIS WILL NOT GET YOU LAID.
The Frisky isn’t usually one for fashion front page posts, but I feel they made some important points about Halloween for our male readers. I mean, we have a little more faith in those dudes if they’re reading PWstyle (high five!), and pretty high hopes that they have creative Halloween costumes in the works…
….but, just in case there was a temporary lapse of judgment that was induced by a) male bonding b) alcohol c) costume store hysteria d) all of the above, let’s have a refresher.
Ready, boys? Here is the link to The Frisky’s post, “21 Costumes that will not get you laid.” Read and absorb!
Bat for Lashes
The Budget Fashionista has a great little breakdown on how to apply something many of us ladies like to wear around costume season: false eyelashes. I’ve made (and added on) a step-by-step based off of their super informative “how to” on fake fringe:
You will need: False eyelash kit, eyelash curler, cotton swabs, a mirror, patience.
1. Purchase a kit (preferably one with extra glue and remover).
2. Standing in front of a mirror, curl your own lashes with an eyelash curler
3. Carefully remove false eyelashes from the kit and measure to your lash line. If the lashes are too long, trim them with a pair of small eyebrow/grooming scissors before you bond them– don’t risk cutting your own lashes!
4. Use the enclosed applicator to place the lashes while applying a thin line of glue. Give the adhesive a minute to get tacky. Once the glue is ready, apply the lashes to your upper eyelid.
5. Let them set for a minute (don’t touch them except to adjust them on your lash line), and then cover any exposed adhesive or awkward lines with with eyeliner. The Budget Fashionista recommends liquid liner.
Be sure to remove them before bed (especially if you wear contacts!), or you will have your hands full in the morning. I feel asleep with them on once and couldn’t open my left eye for a few minutes. Not fun. If you take them off within hours after wear, the lashes will peel off easily. Most pairs of false lashes are good to wear two times. Enjoy!
Is it Halloween yet?
We stylebloggers looooove Halloween so much that it’s– dare I say?– creepy. Emily G has had three Halloween themed round up posts (nerdy, unnecessarily sexy and childhood nostalgia) and has been talking about costume prep since before it was technically even Fall! My costume is in the making and is top secret! How’s yours coming along? Will it be ready in time for this?
Halloween roundup 2: UNNECESSARILY SEXY
Now there’s a lot of costumes for women out there, as I’m sure you’re aware, that take just anything in the world, add “sexy” to the beginning of that anything, cut out most of the parts that aren’t preventing you from getting arrested for public indecency, and voila! Halloween costume!
Obviously the sexy maid, sexy nurse, sexy kitty-cat, sexy pirate etc. have a cultural heft that’s pretty well dug in, as they recur, boringly, year after year.
But the funniest costumes are the ones that try to be sexy against all odds and common sense; my Halloween party last year was themed Sexy Unsexy Things, and there was a Sexy Karl Marx, Sexy J. Edgar Hoover, Sexy Lyndon Johnson (or El BJ, Masturbator of the Senate), Sexy Abe Lincoln… but here’s a selection of what appear to be serious Sexy Costumes actually for sale ripped off somewhat odd source material:
Sexy Harry Potter
BECAUSE: You know, I initially was just calling this Sexy Gryffindor, but the round glasses kind of weird me out. Weeeeeeeeird!