CarmEmily » FASHION

We’re baaaaaack….

Emilily — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:41:57 +0000

Well, I am not even sure I remember how to do a post anymore, and according to the dashboard notices, I am using an outdated version of Safari and am not enjoying the full WordPress experience, but I should be able to limp through this one…I’ll warn you right off the bat, I am not feeling very funny or inspired, but I’ll do the best I can.

I have just conducted some research on the Pajama Jean for you. It seems that many people have been lured into this sordid fashion disaster! I imagine these people also own snuggies.

If you google “pajama jeans” you will find a lot of sites selling them, like HSN, the Pajama Jean parent company (PajamaGram, of course) and the website associated with the infomercial, PajamaJeans.com. (Be very careful going to this website; there is noise, and someone nearby might think you are actually purchasing these!) But you will also find a number of “style” blogs celebrating them, and even a few “fan” websites posing transparently as impartial reviewers. They often have comments from other customers saying things like “Pajama jeans are seriously my new found love! I can pair these jeans with a sexy top and wear it out at the club to get my drink on and then come home and pass out in them!” Like, who doesn’t want that? Maybe they could have a version with a built-in diaper so you didn’t have to wake up from your drunken stupor to use the bathroom. Another one of the reviews said “Sadly, the smooth butt-lifting design is not available in men’s sizes.” Interesting…I was not aware “butt-lifting” was a feature desired in men’s jeans.

Perhaps the most fascinating thing about PajamaJeans is what pops up when you Google search for images of them. Mainly, you get all kinds of pictures of people who have been let loose in public their real pajamas, or even worse, people who would have been better off if they had just left their pajamas on that day…

For anyone seriously considering the Pajama Jean, I have one piece of advice: go to Target and use your $39.95+ shipping & handling to purchase one pair of real jeans AND one pair of sweatpants, and then trouble yourself to change into the appropriate pair when you leave the house. If that sounds like too much work, by all means, wear whatever you want while you wallow lazily in your slothiness. (I invented that word. I guess PajamaJeans have inspired me after all!)

Also, since we haven’t blogged in about a year, we have probably all but disappeared from the blogosphere, so here’s a shameless plug: these people are funny…check out heir blog The Steel Closet.

And I’ll leave you with one final thought…what does one wear under pajama jeans?

Back…sort of

Emilily — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:57:30 +0000

One tag goes around your neck, the other on your boot - that's how they know who to return the feet to.

So here I am in A-School! I could complain about the middle-of-nowhereness of Meridian, Mississippi, but I am really just thrilled to be anywhere besides bootcamp. The highlight of my week was watching a DVD and eating M&Ms until I was (almost) sick of chocolate – it sounds boring, but it was wonderful. Seriously.

I start classes next week, and shortly after that should receive my next orders, so I’ll know where I’ll be spending the next ~3 years very soon!

Okay, enough about all that. Not that I have any other news…oh, and sorry for the short iPhone post – I did go to the computer center this afternoon, but had to spend the whole hour catching up on The Sartorialist.

Will write more soon!

a dream come true…

Carmen — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:27:38 +0000

Remember when I told you I wanted to find (or make) a cloche hat? Well I found one!

i had a great idea…

Carmen — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:36:28 +0000

I’m going to get this tattoo! What do you think?

What do you think of this nail polish?

Emilily — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:56:24 +0000

Opi by Sephora matte nail polish

not blonde

Emilily — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:31:21 +0000

So, here’s my new cut and color. The color on the box was Marilyn Monroe blonde. The color on my head is Emily Hawkins light brown/dark blonde. Clearly, one of the perils of color in a box; I just gave about 117 of my hair follicles cancer for no point. The cut is probably going to grow on me…I trust Spencer, but he went way shorter than I expected. Lucky for me, the 80′s are coming back in, so my new asymmetrical style will be super on trend. Maybe. Either way, I got carded twice last night, so I’m feeling pretty good about it so far.

speaking of hair…

Carmen — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:19:27 +0000

Do you think this lady looks like a lesbian? Not that there is anything wrong with that. However, I am trying to not look like a lesbian but my hair is growing out and I need a good in between cut. I really like this cut but I’m afraid if I got it I would look like a lesbian from the 80′s. I think my end goal cut will be this last picture.

Posting from my car!

Emilily — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:48:09 +0000

Guess what I’m doing tonight!

pretties

Emilily — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:25:19 +0000

I usually like simple, clean, modern lines in jewelry, but for some reason I am really attracted to these pieces by M.C.L. Matthew Campbell Laurenza (on Gilt today.) They’re beyond gaudy, and even worse, designed by an incredibly snooty looking man whose biography actually includes such lines as “…influenced by his family’s collections of art and antiques, Matthew started flexing his creative muscles at a very early age. As a child, he had the impressive ability to produce artistic sculptures…” Sculptures, really? wow.

Despite this, I cannot help but thinking a pile of these on my arm would look fabulous.

Update: I think these would be fun to draw, too!

Mai Lamore shoes

Emilily — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:10:22 +0000

I was browsing through my Elle magazine yesterday, and came upon these lovely shoes! They’re made by a French designer, Mai Lamore. (For our reader(s) out there who aren’t Carmen or Emilily, we recently purchased feather earrings, so this is in keeping with a theme.)

Here is a link to a larger picture at SBeulah’s fashion blog, because you really have to see them full size to appreciate the beautiful detail.

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When I did a quick web search to see where one might purchase these beauties, I found another stunning pair, made out of hand-painted silk and 18-karat gold, for only $27,945.

I know the price seems a bit outrageous, but I think these really are a work of art, and the fact that they are functional makes them that much more valuable.

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Seems a little more reasonable when you consider someone paid $72.8 million for Rothko’s Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose. I wonder if anyone pointed out to them that they could have had 2,605 pairs of Mai Lamore Rose petal shoes instead.