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- I am a Brooklyn, New York photographer focused on collectible fashion dolls, dioramas and dollhouses for Haute Doll Magazine at www.hautedollhouse.com.
Entry: May 08, 2008 @ 3:07pm
posted by maw_photo
May 08, 2008 5:04PM
I know you're joking when you say she looks "fat" compared with other models...but if they were actually shooting in Middle America, she would have appeared emaciated next to those Midwestern gals. The waitresses at my hometown diner would have sat on her and force-fed her some pie, a la mode.
Entry: Pin-Up
posted by maw_photo
May 09, 2008 1:09PM
Wow, these are a flashback to growing up in a small town and the wives from the American Legion selling these on November 11. If you WIKI-pedia paper poppy, you get the backstory:
The charity organises a fund-raising drive each year during which artificial poppies, meant to be worn on clothing, are offered to the public in return for a charitable donation. Over the course of the preceding year disabled people are employed making the poppies. The idea of poppies dates back to the poem In Flanders' Fields about the First World War, after which the Legion was founded. The idea is that the poppies are worn from November to Remembrance Day to remember the fallen of the First World War, and implicitly the dead of other wars.
Entry: Oct 10, 2008 @ 4:48pm
posted by maw_photo
Oct 10, 2008 5:13PM
Of or relating to a warning given by fashion police to someone wearing a suspect ensemble, advising of the constitutional right against self-humiliation and of the right to have a stylist present during any photo line-up.
Unless it refers to a Miranda Kerr look-alike, or for lesbian lawyers wearing skinny ties with slicked-back hair like Miranda on the first season of Sex & The City.
Entry: Adventures in Copyright: Coach Wishes
posted by maw_photo
Oct 16, 2008 10:28AM
Give me a break--the COACH is far from an exact copy--it's just wavy stripes in a similar color scheme, but a totally different shape and hardware. You can credit Prada, perhaps, with leading a trend with these colors in stripes, but the COACH is hardly the kind of nearly-exact replica you better spend your time chastising in your war on designer rip-offs.
If one designer did a dress of navy with white polka dots and another designer did a completely different style/shape of dress using the same style fabric, would you say that is also a "knock-off"?
Of course not...you need to re-draw your line in the sand on this one because I'm just not buying it as valid criticism. Prada does not OWN wine colors nor wavy stripes.
Entry: Ashley Olsen's Bold Faced Lie
posted by maw_photo
Oct 24, 2008 5:36PM
Don't you think it's entirely possible that Ashley has Mary-Kate's masseuse pick up her bagels, bring them to her home and toast them FOR HER, in between her calls to Mary Kate and then 911?
This would explain A LOT!
Entry: Urban Outfitters: Thieves?
posted by maw_photo
Nov 19, 2008 11:39AM
Plus we have no idea what color neon the Urban Outfitters sign is, at it doesn't look as though it's turned on. If it's a different color, that seals the verdict on their innocence.
Entry: Dec 23, 2008 @ 10:33am
posted by maw_photo
Dec 24, 2008 10:34AM
Little dogs illicit hugs and affection all the time, regardless of the economic climate or tax bracket of the person (including salesperson) who encounters them. Sounds like a reporter scraping the bottom of the bucket for a timely trend piece.
Entry: Feb 25, 2009 @ 4:14pm
posted by maw_photo
Feb 27, 2009 12:55PM
What is the name of the designer for the dress on our far right in this photo? What is this photo from?
Thanks,
MW
Entry: That Vintage Scent
posted by maw_photo
Nov 12, 2009 4:32PM
I would AVOID any substance that comes into DIRECT contact with an expensive vintage bag, inside or out. The coal, baking soda, or, believe it or not, KITTY LITTER (designed to absorb odor, of course) can help remove the smell, but you'd have to put the handbag in a container (HEFTY XXXL ziplock or a big plastic bin) with the litter in something porous like a muslin sack or bag, but again--avoid direct contact. Just try to seal the bag in with the odor-absorbing substance of your choice. Perfumed fabric softener sheets may only MASK odor, not remove the source, and they tend to leave an oily residue that can stain. Then it will smell like "fish...and roses."
Entry: Gossip Girl Guesses
posted by maw_photo
May 08, 2008 3:32PM
RE: Gossip Girl No Longer Streaming Online...
I think it's a shame that the Nielsen ratings system is so outdated that it can't quantify the number of viewers who were watching the episodes streaming online at the official CW site, as that is how I kept up with the show before the writers' strike, and now I hate missing it, as I don't bother with cable and TiVo, but I do have an expendable income.
Obviously advertising pays for the show, and the CW has to show advertising they are reaching an audience--but they should be able to sell ONLINE advertising for the streaming episodes and to quantify the number of hits their site gets for that, which should be seen as an asset, and frosting on the cake, for potential advertisers, especially since this market is young and tech-savvy, just like Gossip Girl.