I went to the reading of Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby’s book on Friday night at Re/Dress, a plus-sized vintage/resale boutique in Brooklyn. I’m not the world’s biggest fan of shopping, in part because at my size, it’s difficult to find *anything,* let alone anything fashionable and at the same time age-appropriate* or suitable for my body type (please let the tyrrany of the Empire waist come to an end). But I also get grumpy in stores, which makes vintage shopping kind of a trial (and when you add in the musty smell that is inevitable among vintage clothing and which also turns me off used bookstores, well), because you kinda have to look at EVERYTHING because everything is one-of-a-kind.
Not my idea of a fun way to while away the afternoon. And it’s not like I can even get into shoe shopping, because of my big feet. I do have jewelry, though! Which is important when you wear the same drab old outfit nearly every day. Continue reading ‘It’s good to have skillz’
In other news, it looks like she might be regretting her remarks about never having been kissed, because she shuts down Diane Sawyer (and anyone else remember when Diane Sawyer was, like, a real journalist? Because this interview is just embarrassing) pretty quick when she tries to bring it up. Really, the focus on it has been sort of creepy. I’d also be pretty creeped out by Piers Morgan’s offer to be her first kiss had she not already told an interviewer — early on, before she was asked by the umpteenth media outlet about her virginity — that she would like to kiss him. And at least it would shut down all the talk about her first kiss at some point and allow everyone to move on.
Then there’s the makeover talk, and I’m glad to see that she’s also shutting that down by insisting that she doesn’t want to change too much. I’m also glad to see that Amanda Holden agrees (though I’d be less glad if Susan had *wanted* a makeover, and Amanda was deciding for her). A great part of her appeal is her real-person-ness, and going too glam would wreck that.
What does it say about me that when I loaded up all my CDs onto iTunes, I noticed that the two artists I had more of than anyone else were Concrete Blonde and Esquivel?
I was at a tiny farmer’s market in Park Slope today, where I bought roughly 20 pounds of tomatoes (yay fresh tomatoes! Yay sauce!), plus assorted fruit (plums! raspberries!) and vegetables (jalapenos! red and yellow peppers! garlic!). Skipped the pickle guy, even though his stuff looked good.
The last booth on the way back to the subway was that of Bubba Rose Biscuit Co., a doggy bakery based in Park Slope. The woman in the booth had a lot of tattoos, and it wasn’t until I was getting my change from her that I noticed the tattoo she had on her right bicep:
I’ve been a little ill. There’s a stomach bug going around these parts, and apparently, I caught it.
In the meantime, has anyone ordered clothes from these folks? I found them while looking for caftans, so I could have a nice-looking yet comfortable after-work at-home alternative to the jeans I picked out of the laundry pile. What’s great about them is that they not only have everything on their site in plus sizes, they also have a custom-fit option so that if you’re larger than the standard sizes (which go up to 3X), or if you have particular fit issues, you can have them make something for you to fit YOU. I mean, they have bust sizes of up to 75 inches in their custom option.
I’m in love with the caftan on the main page,* as well as a whole lot of their skirts. I especially like the long geometric paneled skirt.
The biggest drawback, it appears, is order time since stuff comes from India. But hell, if it’s made to measure (and at very reasonable prices), why the hell not?
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Okay, it appears they have a rotating image on the main page. The caftan I like is the cream caftan with Moroccan embroidery.
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