tahl's Profile
Entry: Fashionista Learns a Lesson
posted by tahl
Nov 26, 2007 11:57AM
Oh, American Girls. I still have nightmares about trying to brush your hair.
Entry: Do You Dress For Your Boss?
posted by tahl
Nov 26, 2007 12:05PM
Sadly, yes. However, I happen to think that my boss dresses incredibly well herself, so maybe it's the need to impress?
Entry: Serena's Costume Drama: Bad Behavior, Cheap Clothes
posted by tahl
Nov 30, 2007 11:09AM
Uh. I agree with the above comment - I don't think anyone who forks over $200 for a velour track suit can qualify as "cheap." Tacky as all hell, yes, but NOT cheap.
Personally, I think that coat is hideous, and if it WASN'T from F21, I'd call you an idiot for spending so much money on it.
Entry: "Anything But Ballet"
posted by tahl
Dec 04, 2007 3:27PM
I crocheted myself a pair two years ago because I couldn't bear to spend the $$$, and do wear them occasionally with boots - but I've never really considered them very stylish. Simply necessary to keep warm.
Entry: Dec 21, 2007 @ 3:28pm
posted by tahl
Dec 21, 2007 5:18PM
I learned this fact when doing research for my thesis: to highlight important characters on stage!
Entry: Would You Wear A One-Piece Bathing Suit?
posted by tahl
Jan 03, 2008 8:03PM
I have to ask all you one-piece converts: how are the tan lines? I feel shallow for asking, but that always brings me back to my bikini (it being quite easy to, uh, untie for a bit?).
Entry: Sephora Goes to Paris So You Don't Have To
posted by tahl
Mar 07, 2008 1:49PM
I looooove OPI's Russian Navy. Perfect spectrum of black/purple/blue.
Entry: An Open Letter Re: Gossip Girl
posted by tahl
May 02, 2008 7:47PM
Seriously, what Lost bar is this! I must know for next week!
Entry: Would You Rather Dye?
posted by tahl
Jun 09, 2008 4:13PM
I find that salon jobs
a) last longer
b) are more likely to get EXACTLY what I want the first time around.
I'm a convert :)))
Entry: But, J'adore Dior
posted by tahl
Jul 03, 2008 11:14AM
Could it be? Something to tempt me away from Max Factor 2000 Calories, one of the only beauty supplies that I'm completely and totally brand loyal to? Oh, my.
Entry: Would You Wear A Knock-Off?
posted by tahl
Aug 12, 2008 2:52PM
I'll say it - I shop at F21. Often.
If a friend of MINE ever turned their nose up at my F21 outfit with the same serious "but I expected SO MUCH MORE from you! I thought you liked fashion!" attitude of this post, I'd make it a point to stop calling that person my friend. Because, really, I don't need that sort of shallow, judgmental crap in life.
Entry: Topshop Opening Pushed to March
posted by tahl
Sep 18, 2008 11:47AM
FYI: The pricing here isn't "absurd." It's the exact same prices as before!
According to the current exchange rate, a dress on the UK site listed at £40 is worth $72.67. When I check the same dress on the US site, it's listed at $80. A difference of $8. In some cases (the shoes, for instance), there's no mark-up at all - everything is simply converted according to going rate.
So you're not "getting it cheaper" if you buy it in London versus through the American website. (Well, yes, maybe you are, technically, since you're not paying a shipping fee.)
The four floors of wonderful at Oxford Circus ARE priceless, though. ;)
Entry: Love is Blind. We Are Not. Tantrum in the Tuileries.
posted by tahl
Sep 30, 2008 1:21PM
Little J?
Entry: Study: Does Carrying A Fake Make You Fake?
posted by tahl
Mar 18, 2009 8:52PM
Last week, I bought a fake Gucci on Canal Street. This week, overwhelmed by the immoral sensations, I committed murder?
Listen, I love fashion. I love it *a lot*. But whatever my opinion on people who buy fakes versus people who don't, I find it very, very, very suspect that you can somehow "link" one's style choice to their overall moral behavior. Would you say that a person who wears only authentic designer clothes are ~more likely~ to be virtuous? You might, but people who would probably laugh at you. To condemn a whole person's ethical character based solely on THE CLOTHES THEY WEAR is the most judgmental, messed up thing ever.
Way to be shallow and exactly the people non-fashion people think we are, guys!
Entry: Balenciaga Hearts Sci Fi Nerds (in Blazers)
posted by tahl
Nov 12, 2007 10:18AM
so cool! Just like Zac Posen had a "Battlestar Galactica" skirt in his Fall 07 collection!