She was a tiny thing, at 5’ tall and wore specially made shoes called double deckers. Quite a bit of info about these curious creations, but here’s a tidbit from the FIDM blog: https://blog.fidmmuseum.org/museum/2009/08/mae-west.html
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I prefer “garment engineer”
Just last week a co-worker and I were in the bathroom at the same time. She finished before I did and I heard her exit the stall and the bathroom WITHOUT WASHING HER HANDS!! It’s not a large bathroom (of course not, it’s a women’s room) so you can easily hear the water in the sink come on when it’s activated. Now this… Read more
I’m pretty meh on the brothers, also dislike Tariq and Christina (who can stand to listen to that voice?!), but I harbor a virulent hatred toward the Fixer Upper couple. Their obnoxious, pious sanctimony gets on my last nerve, every house they do looks the same, and because of them, shiplap, giant clocks, and barn… Read more
Oh, thank you so much for this comment! I laughed so loudly I scared my cat. When I was teaching costume history I would liven up the 17th century lecture with info about the Hapsburg’s famous jawline. Students love anything gross, gruesome, and weird.
Derek Hough is also in a huff about this. Lara Spencer should’ve known better than to say something so stupid about men and dance, considering her paychecks come from the same network that airs Dancing with the Stars. Perhaps the show will cast her next season so she can have some first hand experience at just how… Read more
My chonky boy Burt Reynolds is 25lbs. He’s also a huge cat-3' from nose to tail and about 15" at the shoulder. I do not overfeed him, he gets diet chow, he’s just a big boy. He has to wear a dog collar because cat collars won’t fit his neck. I had to get a wheeled dog carrier for him since he doesn’t fit in a cat…
Nooooo!! I love this series and don’t want it to end! Let’s hope it gets picked up by HBO or some other streaming service with fewer restrictions. I drive by Big Blue on my way to and from work every day and see all of those miserable looking Scientology drones in their uniforms emerging from all of the apartment… Read more
His profile immediately reminded me of this Charles Dana Gibson sketch.
I was wondering why she was wearing my great grandmother’s crazy quilt.
I was wondering this very thing. If he shows up looking like Khaddafi or Idi Amin, his transformation to third world dictator is complete.
Silly me, I’d prefer to have a partner who doesn’t think ogling naked women and throwing money at them (which is deeply sexist, misogynistic, and patronizing) is an acceptable way to fritter away a free afternoon. It shows a lack of imagination and intellectual laziness. The golf was not the issue.
I had a first “meet and greet” with an internet date who was a record producer. I had been waiting for him in the restaurant for about 5 minutes. He was waiting for me in the parking lot-he called me and rather rudely asked me why I was late. Of course, I said I was there and waiting inside-that was the first red… Read more
He wasn’t close enough to her to sniff her hair.
You can buy these on Hollywood Blvd or Santee Alley for $20
I have a friend who dresses like a 40's pinup every day. She’s so committed to the era that even her house is a 40's throwback, with furniture, decor, appliances, and bathroom tile all reflecting her love of the period. She makes most of her own clothes, drives a 1940s car, styles her hair and make up in period… Read more
The many layered coat/cape is called a Garrick greatcoat. I’ve built many a period costume, and have tailored menswear from this era, but I haven’t had the guts to tackle one of these. He is largely self taught, which is remarkable, and his skill level is off the charts.
It’s cloudy and cool in LA, so I’ll be binging the goings-on concerning my current favorite (albeit fictional) stone circle Craigh Na Dun, and the lovely people of Outlander. I know it’s historical fantasy fiction, but if there was any chance that a hottie like Jamie Fraser was waiting for me on the other side of a… Read more
He needs to get down off the cross, because somebody needs the wood. What a whiny little bitch.