It's great, heh? Quick, easy, cheap, tasty. Glad to remind you.

I'm introverted, too. And a big fan of telling a half-truth if I need to. You are at school and have a job? Next time when you are with your friends maybe casually tell them that you are re-focusing on school this year and can only go out once a week (or whatever you feel comfortable with). They don't need to know…

You like beans? Three cans of your favourite beans, cup of frozen corn cooked (put in boiling water 5 min, drain, don't over cook), cucumber, tomato, onion, (other random salad stuff), large handful of curly parsley, cilantro if you like it, mint, lemon juice, salt, pepper and your favourite oil. Mix. Can be made in…

"Boots on the ground" or not, let's not forget about sandals, pumps and loafers.

I agree for the most part. The other stuff would have been the art director. The covered face = Steven Klein's work, the smeared lipstick = Tim Walker / Steven Klein. The colours and fluffy = Nick Knight. The out of focus, high contrast / colour one =Paolo Roversi. Karl (or the art director) probably had the same…

I agree. If fashion stopped worshipping Nick Knight, Tim Walker and Steven Klein we might get some better editorial spreads. But no. We have to worship their crapy work and that's what everyone else either copies or tries to emulate. Karl fell prey to it here and did a bad job at it, too.

Sarah Moon and Paolo Roversi did a lot of soft focus fashion photography but they are considered masters in their art. I don't really think Karl Lagerfeld is on the same level. The rest of the images are him trying (with a crappy art director, stylist etc) to copy Nick Knight, Tim Walker and Steven Klein. Didn't…

Rape victims already get told they were too sexy for men (or not sexy enough to be raped) and thus have their rape dismissed off-hand. Sex appeal of a victim is utterly irrelevant. Also, undetected rapists (the majority of rapists and the majority of these are serial rapists) don't give a shit about "sex appeal". They…

I have heard of this before because I read this blog. It's great writing but super depressing seeing women have their careers squashed or how they are just ground down because of the "alienation, loneliness, implicit bias, stereotype threat, microaggression, and outright discrimination".

Thanks for the info. I am not for the death penalty to be honest. But I am glad the adults will be tried for homicide. They should be. She died. There needs to be some justice for her friend who witnessed everything and her family. I don't blame you for not wanting to read about these types of crimes. It is truly…

That is what I am wondering. I don't understand why they haven't. They have a witness (her friend) and she made an official statement before she died. You would think being charged with murder would make sense. The injuries inflicted resulted in her death. It shouldn't matter if that wasn't their intent. If you pick a…

She died from her injuries from the rape.

She died from her injuries directly related to the gang rape. Why aren't the men responsible being charged with gang rape AND murder?

She had a friend there who witness everything. Also, she made an official statement before she died from the injuries.

Glad to help. Keep us updated on your stylistic adventures!

There was a discussion on Groupthink about Janelle Monae's style and how it is on point with her message (like retro afrofuturism). So my thinking is like - why can't my style reflect who I am / what I am trying to say by living my life? Then I had to ask myself "what am I trying to say". I'd like to think that I am a…

Trish Summerville was the stylist for that movie (original version)! She is also the costume designer for Catching Fire. Her work is cool. I am more of a Parisian chic a la Ines de la Fressange (well in an aspirational sense. I'm not as cool as she is!). I'd like to make my style a little more bold (am working on it)…

Already pretty has some great advice. Check out the "CorpGoth" style. That might be close to what you are going for. Here's CorpGoth's blog. My favourite article about work clothes is this one.

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