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Smizing

Posted on February 24, 2025 | Leave a comment

I watched A. LOT. of America’s Next Top Model in high school. I didn’t want to be a model, per se, but I DID want to watch everyone roll around in awkward positions with bizarre doll makeup with Tyra and Nigel screaming at everyone to “SMIZE!” and all that.

I have tried and failed at this one specifically. Photo via Yolonda Dominguez.

Here is artist Yolonda Dominguez‘ series of normal people in normal places posing like models. This is good for at least several minutes of maniacal giggling at your laptop.

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Michigan Style: Now the ONLY Style

Posted on February 23, 2025 | 4 comments

When it comes to hand holding, there are two styles: original recipe (that would be with fingers interlocked) and Michigan style (with a sort of cupped hand). Michigan style hand holding, which is, in fact, entirely of my own invention, takes its name from the Great Lakes State’s shape.

A few weeks ago, I came across these:

These are very cute. Courtesy of katespade.com.

They are also very $85 dollars, which I thought was kind of absurd. So I made them myself, and now I’m wearing these suckers everywhere. It took me approximately one episode of This American Life to complete, taking in to consideration the wine I drank AND the time I accidentally sewed one of the quotation marks like a comma. After the jump, there’s a tutorial, so stay tuned.

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More Charm than Good

Posted on February 21, 2025 | Leave a comment

My friend, the fabulous fashion designer Jasmine Chong, has started a little blog to post sketches of the work she’s doing now (the above photo is from her new site). Right now, she’s a full-time designer at Tory Burch as well as being a full-time truly outstanding lady. I bet she’ll even sell you her fancy drawings if you asked nicely. Go look at them!

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Breaking: Now we must all buy emerald things.

Posted on February 19, 2025 | 2 comments

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Pantone declared emerald the 2013 color of the year, which means we are all legally required to purchase items of this color and integrate them into our daily lives, like we all did with tangerine last year and honeysuckle the year before. You did, right? Because that’s the only reason I let myself get talked into the orange wool capris at J. Crew. They were on sale? Cold comfort now that they’re taking up valuable closet real estate.

Good news for everyone except Freida Pinto is that emerald is a lot more wearable than tangerine and much easier to integrate into the design of your home. It’s less gendered (+1), a little winter-y-er (+3 if you live north of Ohio, maybe +/- 1 for other folks), and chances are you already have some things that would look nice with your shiny new emerald ish. Continue reading →

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