I was staying with my lifelong facebook girlfriend and her husband on a recent weekend when she received a fresh Athleta shipment containing some new skinny jeans. Boring boring new skinny jeans who hasn’t launched those? I thought at first. BUT HOLY COW the skinny jeans are the holy grail of skinny jeans. You know…
A story of wtf. This is the story of a time I bought a house, and my mom came in town to help me with some remodeling, and I only had 30 minutes at the gym while she walked my dog around the neighborhood around the gym, and I ran into my favorite trainer and…
It has come to my attention that some people don’t know what unibutt is. I was aware of the problem, but a recent listing on Amazon.com, no less, made me realize that I need to speak up for the good of womankind. What in the name of all that is sacred in fashion is this?…
Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me in the first ever “Bad Luck” Friday the 13th Feel Good Friday and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Snow! Snow! Snow! We finally got some snow! First Cloud 9 on…
[12/21/10: UPDATE: In the most recently compiled NPD research, sales of jeggings in the U.S. rose by 103 percent and it is women between the ages of 12 and 29 that account for the largest share of those purchases. “Jeggings have grown in popularity over the last 12 to 18 months as the skinny jean trend gained…
Blazers are SO EASY. You just throw one on with a basic white tee and some jeans and you instantly look awesome. Well. You instantly look awesome if your blazer is good. If your blazer sucks or is boring, you look like you threw one on with a basic tee and jeans and thought you’d…
In honor of a rainy day/weekend you just might spend shopping, I wanted to add a little extra inspiration for ya (ladies): Bleached Out Denim + Bright Yellow by lifeinaustin featuring American Eagle Outfitters jeans Click through to get brands if you want the exact pieces.
If you’re heading from downtown, pop into Estilo, then stop in to Twin Liquors Marketplace in Hancock Center for a free wine tasting on your way up north, where you’re headed to a denim & margarita bar. Estilo Art Show Head to Estilo from 6-9p for an Art Show featuring the work of Stephanie Beard.…
There’s nothing like the Monday after a holiday weekend. It’s so worthless from a work standpoint–you’ve got four times the amount of email you normally do, everyone wants to chat about their holiday, and you’d really just rather be running off the pies you ate than sitting at a desk. Did you participate in Black…
My boyfriend constantly asks me if I own Apple Bottom jeans (thanks a lot, Flo-Rider, for making that song that says “Apple Bottom jeans, boots with the fur,” that is on some radio station in Austin at any given minute during the day). “No, I don’t need to. I do not have an apple bottom,”…