LOVE: Green nail polishI've been in love with this since I saw it last fall as a way to rev up a night look when wearing all black. A lot of the lighter jade shades are popular, but I prefer the deeper shades of green - like good ol' cheap-o Walgreens Sinful Colors in 'San Francisco' (also the location I'll be heading to next week!).
Nail color is one practical way to take a chance on throwing some really striking colors into your wardrobe without spending money on clothes you might only wear once.
HATE: 'Peek-a-boo' Bras
Every time the 'inner wear as outer wear' look hits the fashion scene I cringe. Not because I'm a prude, but because this is a look exclusive to rock-star types and extreme hipsters trying to one-up each other. And even with them the trend tends to last about 10 minutes (unless you're on tour with Madonna). This look will never join the ranks of street fashion. The closest it will ever came was on 'Sue Ellen' on a fake NY
street on Seinfeld. Otherwise, no woman is going to walk down the street and invite every man to ogle her and every child to invite the question, "Did you forget your shirt today?".
The 'bra and suit' look featured here is especially annoying. 'Cause nothing says 'high-powered business woman' like a little bra action, right? The black number, however, I could almost get on board with, if it was the right party at the right time and you were feeling especially daring (and you had it covered on the taxi right there and back). But as much as I'll give props to someone like Chloe Sevigny for being daring, this look seems more appropriate to be featured in my nightmares about showing up half-naked at a high school reunion than as a genuine fashion statement.
I'll tell you what... I'm a guy who likes bewbies, yeah, but the "peek-a-boo" bra is just dumb. Props, Rin.
ReplyDeleteOK, the black number is fabulous, it just needs one thing, a single black silk frog closing the opening (but the green -- astoundingly wonderful color -- bra still peeping). Then, only worn for a special evening and YES, it must be covered when to-ing and fro-ing.
ReplyDeleteI admit to dressing scantily, often with a sheer top over a relatively modest bra. But I have a big bruiser husband in attendance. It would be a nightmare to wear something like that if you were unescorted. You'd be torn limb from limb.
Chloe's outfit makes even me cringe and look about for a tablecloth to throw over her so we can run to the ladies room and fix her wardrobe malfunction.