Fancy Pants Obama

Obama is on the cover of DNR this week.....for those of you not in the retail industry, DNR is a weekly menswear trade publication that talks about fashion, retail corporations, celebrities, etc. The article declares that Obama will win the election because of his overwhelming style points. Apparently, designers like Marc Jacobs and Rag & Bone have been designing clothes for Obama's campaign and because of this, he's the better candidate. Now, we all know that I'm incredibly liberal and I love me some Obama (and some Marc Jacobs)...in fact I mailed in my absentee ballot this morning....but I have never considered Obama necessarily stylish nor do I think his fashion sense will influence his candidacy.

Throughout the debates, I thought how boring Obama's wardrobe was. My designer, next door neighbor and crazy friend Moona says that he dressed boring because his name and skin color are already a little too out there for mainstream America and I disagreed with this and thought that he could at least step out with some interesting ties or pocket squares. Instead, he stayed consistently average...because honestly, who cares if the president is stylish? I just think it's strange for a trade publication to announce that a candidate will win an election because he's a label whore. I'm sure his overwhelmingly superior education has something to do with it...but are we really that shallow? I have absolute faith in America that we care about issues and not appearance. Not just fashion sense, but skin color, name, everything.

My point...which I feel I always have to explain....is that this election is far too important for those who focus on shallow aspects of either candidate. Also...my love of this turbulent and shallow industry is fading at this moment in time. Save me Marc Jacobs!

Flannel?

I am not an unhappy person yet lately I've been increasingly unhappy about my professional state...unhappy, unappreciated, over-worked, under-paid, I could go on..... So I have now decided that New York is where I need to be. This is how the equation goes...

I = Fashion
Fashion = NY
I = NY

I'm good at math but there is no way to work the equation to where fashion equals Little Rock. Therefore, I'm going to do everything in my power to be in NY by June of 2009. Let's see if it works! If it doesn't....I feel sorry for those who will have to listen to me bitch and complain.

On another subject....I love to dress for occasions. I think it's half the fun of the event. I will literally write out my outfits on paper before I go on vacation so that I know which one to wear on which day. (That could also be my OCD but I prefer to think that it's my organized fashion sense). The bachelorette party was something fun to dress for and now this weekend I have another event coming up. I'm going....wait for it....CAMPING! Not sleep on the ground, pee in the woods, mauled by a grizzly bear camping....more like sleep in a cabin, hang out in a hot tub, drink alot of booze camping. Do you think it's too much to wear flannel and hiking boots? For some reason when I think of camping, I always think of flannel and hiking boots. OR since I have this odd facination with hats right now...I could wear one of those leather hats with the ear flaps, kind of like the one Cousin Eddie wears in Christmas Vacation. Grizzly bears be forewarned, I'm going to rock this camping trip.

"Put your hands on your hips...and pull your knees in tight!"

My day sucked so let's talk about something FUN!

The fabulous bachelorette party is this weekend and I've got an important decision to make. Which Rocky Horror Picture Show character should I be?? That's right, we're going to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show and I want to dress up like all the crazy people but I can't seem to decide which character suits my fashion sense. Now my first choice is....

Dr. Frank-en-Furter......the STAR of the show.


but then I thought, maybe that's a little too naked. I don't want to give it all away, especially not with the likes that atted RHPS viewings at midnight. Plus, technically he's a guy so that could get confusing. I don't really want people to think that I'm a girl who looks like a guy dressed as a girl...that's too much for drunk people.

So my next choice was...........

The chick in the right of the picture....





But then I would have to wear the scary white face paint and part my hair down the middle. Unfortunately, parting my hair down the middle makes my face look fat. Also, I don't really want to go buy a sparkly bra because...well because I'm neither a hooker or a stripper so it would be a one-time-only purchase which is not particularly economical when calculating cost per wear.

The best option is.........

Columbia...because she has pretty red hair but where on earth would I find a sequined outfit like that? I'm definitely too cheap and lazy for that one. I'm sure my mom would make me one covered in hot glue if I wanted but I only have 4 days and her projects take at least 3 years to finish.

Therefore, I will combine all three of these characters in a pinch. Feather boa from Frankenfurter + face paint and frizzy hair from that chick + top hat and sparkly bowtie from Columbia. Obviously those are only accessories so for my actual costume, I will wear my pajamas because the movie is at midnight which is way past my bedtime and I need full ease of movement and range of motion to do the Time Warp.

SERIOUSLY??

Oh Sarah Palin......two-piece black suit and slutty red heels? Use the word "nuc-u-lear" one more time and I will slap you. You think you're endearing but oh how you disappoint the women of America. Where's Hillary when you need her???