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Like one would promote dressing this way more than once?
Prom: Short for promenade, which refers to when guests march around at the beginning of a ball or cotillion. Proms took their cue from the exclusive debutante balls; so what we now refer to and obsess on as Prom is in essence a down-market version of the Crillon Ball of Paris.
Teen Prom, Adult Prom, both concepts elude me. Seems as though there is this rising trend in Adult Proms, which they are referring to as Do-Overs. Since I did not go to my high school prom (*see below), I guess there is nothing for me to do-over. And if I was to “do-over” anything, I would not start with prom. The New York Times has an article called A Second Shot to Have the Best Night of Their Lives, and the title makes me wonder, “Could prom have been better than Watkins Glen or Studio 54 circa 1977?” As one of the core club kids at Studio 54, I hardly doubt that looking at sherbert colored dressed on chubby girls can compare to doing Quaaludes with Liza Minelli and Stephen Burrows. Prom is everywhere, starting with the movie, Prom, by Disney coupled with the recent episode of Glee, where the honor of Prom Queen was bestowed upon an actual queen, Chris Colfer, the gay guy. My client Roy Teeluck‘s daughter was featured in Seventeen getting her prom locks locked in and Donate My Dress, the organization that recycles used, unwanted party dresses to under-served teens makes me wonder if there’s a spin-off movie in them there hills called The Sisterhood of the Traveling Prom Dress.
Don’t get me wrong, many of these Adult Proms are actually fundraisers for good causes, but as a seasoned event producer, any time you promote bad dresses as the key ingredient to your event, well, let’s just say that on my list of “Will Never Dos” are weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and now Proms (adult or otherwise). * Why I Did Not Go To Prom I went to Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey. What is otherwise a lovely hamlet nestled in the Palisades, my particular school–which I was bussed t0–was quite a rowdy place. In those four years, we went through four different principals, each chased off the campus, running for dear life, one clutching her pearls. We were constantly on the news for muggings and beatings and if you wonder how I survived without getting my ass kicked, well, I became a Quaalude dealer and was surely one of the more popular guys around. Did I need to go to prom? No. Was my house a good after-party? Yes.
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These two are like the cutest couple.
Q. Wanna know why I love Sperry Topsiders?
A. Because there is something comforting about American classics.
One of the few things that I am sure of is that I am not from the yacht set. Though I enjoy sitting by an occasional marina, cocktail in hand, my preference is solid ground. There is nothing more annoying than those events on boats that circle Manhattan, when after the first hour; I am ready to jump into the Hudson River, cooties and all. Give me trains, planes and automobiles any day.
What does this have to do with Sperry? Everything-ish. I love Sperry Topsiders because they are the quintessential weekender shoes. (Don’t you love that expression?) Sperry may have been pigeon holed as a yachter’s sneaker, but cool guys can sport these men’s equivalent of ballet flats in the city plenty. Take this guy (yes, please) who is smarting in style with his high-top Sperry’s with effortless aplomb—and with Olivia Palermo as his accessory, to boot. Now I am not saying that if you wear Sperry Topsiders, you will get the socialite, but it’s surely worth a try. They are hip, affordable, and make you look like you own a yacht, so buy a pair now on Tobi.
ON HIM: Sperry Topsiders, Shipley & Halmos Khakis, Shipley & Halmos Button Down Shirt
ON HER: Olivia Harris Handbag, James Perse T-shirt, James Perse Pants
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Now this is a heritage worth revisiting.
The news that Patrick Robinson was fired last week from the Gap was not that shocking. The Gap has had a few cute moments since Patrick arrived on the scene, but consistency was lacking. You don’t need me to ramble on and on about what did not work during his reign, but I am happy to suggest a few key bits that should be taken under serious consideration if they really want to revitalize the brand. First things first let us identify the key times that we “fall into the Gap” with full intention, because Lord knows, when you are just browsing, the Gap is not the first stop.
1. You are on vacation and the weather is not quite what you hoped and are a few layers short. Off to the nearest Gap.
2. You are in the Hamptons for the weekend and decide to stay a few extra days because the annoying housemates are going back to the city and you are self-employed and have no reason to go back with them. Off to the Gap to get more underwear.
3. You see the holiday Gap ad campaign featuring your favorite rising actor/actress/singer, then tip into the Gap, then tip out. Reason? That snowflake sweater looked better on Ryan Kwanten, Tweet and Selma Blair than it did on you. Actually, it made you look fat.
4. You are doing the dreaded spring cleaning and notice that most of the pieces going to the maid are Gap basics that did not hold up after several washes.
You get my point. With Uniqlo happening as fiercely as it is, Gap needs to really step up their game. Besides, the Gap really missed the Target mark of featuring designer capsule collections as opposed to just launching a series of white shirts by up-and-coming designers. Though that initiative was fierce, it was not sustained. They could have done that for every key basic. The Gap needs to think of a fresh way to do these limited collections because it works and drives traffic to the stores with each launch. When the Gap wasted all their time and energy on redesigning the logo, they got caught like a deer in the headlights in the brand marketing quagmire. Who cared? Enough already with brand this and brand that. Brand speak is exhausting and (B) does not always work. Looking at the old logo with that cool design element is enough for me to see that if anything, they should have revived that look, not literally but the idea.
The Gap rose to prominence by dressing the free-spirited youth market of the late 60′s & 70′s. They embraced the hippies or vice versa and became part of that culture. Selling records and Levi’s? Come one, it was one step away from a head shop. Now, they are trapped trying to keep up with fashionistas and there is no fickler group and no brand loyalty there. Chasing that demographic will leave you high and dry every time, like a bad date. You meet, have a drink, don’t really know what the other person is thinking, trick and never hear from them again. Anyhoo, my suggestions are:
1. Do a huge Made in America initiative. Become a strong voice for creating jobs in the USA.
2. Make a deal with MAC & MILK and create a fashion incubator with the participating designers. Gap would feature a capsule collections with winners that get selected by a panel of editors and bloggers working with the Gap.
3. Or, if not that group, work with the CFDA Award nominees and winners to achieve same program.
4. Redo the stores with a fresh, youthful hang out-ier look and vibe. An environmental experience rather than clean lines.
5. Redo the advertising to be more editorial looking but do NOT hire Terry Richardson.
6. Create tumblr pages where you can upload pictures of you and your friends when they come into the store.
7. Create a contest in association with the tumblr page. Best image becomes an ad in either Nylon or Interview magazine.
8. Have on-site embellishing and styling clinics.
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This is not Patrick MacDonald, this is a Pakistani Manzie.
The least of Pakistan’s problems is the recent discovery that Osama Bin Laden was living high on the hog in the midst of their military retirement village. As Bill Maher so eloquently put it on Real Time this past Friday, “Let’s not call Bin Laden’s compound a mansion, it looks more like a five story tenement in Van Nuys.” One would have to agree there. No, what the Pakistanis have to be far more concerned about are their dueling Fashion Weeks. Yes, as Mercedes Benz Fashion Week has inspired even third world countries to get on the fashion stick, Pakistan, of all places, has two of them. Based on that fact, coupled with the fact that one does not think of Pakistan in relation to style, there just be some truth to the rumor that Al Qaeda has a finger in these global activations. The goal of Al Qaeda is to assimilate within the culture in an effort to gain access to people and information. Needless to say, if there is fashion, there are Manzies. And where there are Manzies, there is fashion, though I beg to differ. Here are some of the things that were shown in the dueling diva fashion extravaganzas.
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Speaking of aging, can you believe that Selma Hayek is 45 years old? “I’ll have what she’s having.” The sentiment of that quote meant for Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally applies here. Salma looks amazing and so happy. Then again if I married the guy who runs everything I would be glowing too. Salma just launched her signature beauty products collection with a focus on anti-aging called Nuance Salma Hayeh. The weird bit is that she did the deal with CVS Stores exclusively. Now, I don’t know about you, but CVS and Rite Aid are places that one goes to for toilet paper and deodorant and usually leave the store grumbling because they have the worst staffs ever. Could you even imagine asking someone for help in the Salma Hayek department? That would be a no. Anyhoo, Salma clearly knows what she is doing because she has had quite the life so far and is not stopping anytime soon . Perhaps she can single-handedly make it so that these drug store chain stores, rather than just open a branch on every corner, horrendous lighting and all, can actually address the issue of customer service and a far speedier check out system.
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Missoni was actually on my Not Best Dressed List this week, making it viable for Target shoppers.
Frankly, I am not a fan of these capsule collections at Target, Kohl’s, K-Mart and BlaBla’s. Who cares if some blubbery couch potato gets access to a Missoni sweater? Do we need to see more overweight people trying to look fierce? Oh, come now. Have you been to a Target lately? Just because their advertising and marketing is slick, that does not automatically translate to the clientele that moseys around the store. On the contrary. Yes, Target does do great events, like that amazing fashion show held at The Standard New York. And they get fabulous press, to the point where a devout downtown-er (like me) is willing to schlep up to East Harlem to buy the Ruben and Isabel Toledo towel. But it all stops there. Of course I understand that fashion should not be only limited to the very rich, but the Target thing is actually better in theory. I do like the H & M program with top designers doing limited collections, like Viktor & Rolf, Karl Lagerfeld and Albert Elbaz for Lanvin. Now that was great. Then again, H & M is the preeminent fast fashion retailer and has set the benchmark for affordable clothes, how to sell it and they do it well. Target, on the other hand, like most things here in the US, tends to doing things almost right. Like when you get into the store, the merchandise does not look anything near the advertising pages. That Liberty of London thing was sad. Then again, must everyone strive towards being on trend? The question is: Do K-Mart , Sears and Target shoppers need to look fashionable? For what, to buy paper towels, face wash, maybe a candle and bulk cleaning supplies?
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Tory and Kristen..not feeling it.
All in favor of burning all the one shoulder gowns say, “I”. They seem so last season and the Costume Institute should be the point of entry for what’s new and hot for coming year, rather than the last vestiges of Red Carpet Award looks from La La Land. I just think these ladies look like they lunch.
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Nice hair.
In a stunning turn of events, last night Barack Obama overshadowed Donald Trump and The Celebrity Apprentice as NBC cut away from the final moments of the show to announce that Osama Bin Laden was dead. In light of this, I suspect that Donald Trump will have a double bone to pick with the President. In an effort to maintain his spot in the news cycle, Donald Trump still has a few more weeks of The Celebrity Apprentice to promote and what better way than at the expense of Barack Obama? You can hear the headlines now.
Why did they dispose of the body at sea?
They didn’t they at least take a picture?
Where is the proof
How dare he pre-empt The Celebrity Apprentice? I know he did that on purpose.
So, we don’t know who got booted off, NeNe Leakes or Star Jones. And bottom line is? Who cares.
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Simple was the story of the day. And that is surely due to the politics at hand. Kate is no dummy.
The ex-Kate Middleton got to wear two major dresses today. The wedding dress, which we liked, and then the party frock for the reception, which we like. Both were designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, and neither of which were done in the tradition of the House of McQueen. Instead, we have two very lovely, very simple and elegant dresses. The cocktail party dress with cropped sleeve angora sweater was tasteful and understated. You got to love Kate for insisting on simplicity, based on how challenging the British economy is. She played this out like a fiddle. And if it wasn’t her idea, well, she should take the credit for it. Now, I just wonder if Sarah was auditioning for the job at Christian Dior by doing an un-McQueen thing. Just sayin’.
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We survived a lot of hoopla over a fairly simple, lovely dress.
The secret is out: Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen did the wedding dress for Kate Middleton…aka Princess Catherine aka Duchess of Cambridge. But the dress is remarkably simple considering it was from the designer who is single-handedly saving the McQueen legacy. She does look stunning. While Facebooking with Alexander Jenkins (Miss J) this morning, he noted (no, not noted as in noted fashion photographer) but noted that the dress is very Princess Grace and added, “Well done Sarah and the House of McQueen. Absolutely simple and gorgeous.”
NOTE TO BRIDEZILLAS: See how demure and understated Kate is? Well, take note. That is the kind of princess to aspire to be, not a J.A.P.
Women’s Wear Daily Just released reactions from fashion designers on Kate’s Dress. Like anyone might be caught dead saying anything negative?
Christian Lacroix: “I like the dress very much, simpler than expected: A combination just in between 1956 Grace Kelly and 1947 Queen Elizabeth dress. I love the modest veil with the Queen Mother’s Thirties scroll tiara and balanced volume of the whole gown. She’s radiant; She never was so beautiful. And Prince William’s red Irish uniform is gorgeous.”
Hubert de Givenchy: “The dress is very simple and very nice. The veil is a little flat, but because she has such a lovely face, she can afford to wear it this way. She is very pretty.” About choosing a dress from McQueen, whose founder committed suicide last year, de Givenchy said: “It’s a lovely thought, a nice tribute.”
Peter Copping of Nina Ricci: “Very much in a royal tradition, reminiscent of Queen Elizabeth’s – and a little bit Grace Kelly. She looks happy, radiant and natural.”
Donatella Versace: “Kate’s dress was beautiful. She looked very regal.”
Viktor & Rolf: “Kate’s dress was simply elegant. Her hair down was a beautiful and natural touch, and the tiara was stunning. She looked as at-ease as humanly possible and was radiant. Our compliments.”
Elie Saab: “It was a very elegant dress, subtly refined and discreet, in keeping with her style. I would have liked it even more with a little extra volume and a longer train.”
Ann-Sofie Johansson, head of design at H&M: “Kate Middleton’s dress is beautiful. She looks absolutely stunning today at the royal wedding. The lace together with the long sleeves really showed the craftsmanship and hours of work that has gone into creating a dress like this. The dress suits Kate Middleton perfectly and Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen surely lived up to my expectations. I also think that the lovely flower bouquet will set the trend for many brides to be.”
Mark Badgley of Badgley Mischka, speaking for hinself and James Mischka: “James and I have goose bumps! The dress is perfection; and will stand the test of time. It is a classic Grace Kelly look. The skirt is divine. We love the hair down and the veil. The proportion is beautiful.”
Antonio Marras, Kenzo: “McQueen was a brilliant choice. The choice of the label and the style of the dress was a very clever mix between edgy fashion and tradition – all in a very British way. You could see references to Grace Kelly or Queen Elizabeth’s dresses, but in a simpler, more modern way. I loved her hair down. It looked perfectly natural and noble. Truly royal.”
Alexis Mabille: “Kate’s dress is a classic, very elegant and pure…. It reminds me of Princess Grace’s wedding dress in a modern version with deeper cleavage, the draping at the back in reference to McQueen.”
Dennis Basso: “I love that dress. It epitomizes the modern bride: covered, but still sexy with its tight bodice. The lace overlay and the covered-up look will certainly set a trend.”
Now, who cares about what H & M has to say? What, they are planning to do more wedding dresses and this knock off is in the mix? Not that Dennis Basso is the final work on anything. Right PETA? And Alexis Mabille? I’d much rather have heard from Vera Wang.
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Now here's a spokesmodel for you. Yikes.
Yes kids, I am a lady who lunches and was in full regalia yesterday at the Hearst Tower for the 7th Annual Anti-Counterfeiting Luncheon. The illegal knock-off industry is growing, becoming increasingly more sophisticated and difficult to police. The rise of on-line sales is creating a new set of challenges beyond the Canal Street hustle. The task to harness the illegal trafficking of these fake designer goods is daunting, to say the least. The bottom line is we all must do our part to curtail, seize, not support, not purchase and monitor our ports. The list of things we all can do, should be publicized more readily as a first step. I will say however, that all the fashion magazines and websites should stop paying homage to every D-List actress for wearing a friggen designer purse. I cannot tell you how many times a day I get emails from publicists and companies featuring some quasi-nobody wearing that a certain pair of shoes, handbag, dress, coat, accessory or whatever in the hopes of driving it to “IT” status.
Today, there is a lead story in the New York Post about the lady who will set her alarm clock at 4AM to watch the Royal Wedding. No, not because she gives a hoot about Kate and William, but because she will sketch Kate Middleton’s wedding dress so it can be knocked off by noon. Well, honey that is not a good bit of news for an industry that is being hijacked by a bunch of increasingly sophisticated and shrewd pirates. Sure, we should police all the counterfeiters because it is illegal. And Mayor Bloomberg wants to put into law that if you are a purchaser of counterfeit goods, you will be fined $1,000. But we also have a responsibility to monitor our editorial content as well. No one got more notice than Snooki for wearing a Gucci bag a couple of months back. Now, say what you want about the Little Meatball, but that kind of attention drives the demand for knock offs, period. We all have a hand in why the demand for these products has hit a fever pitch. The task at hand is to monitor ourselves as well as demand more from our government to help curtail this booming, illegal industry.
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Last night at dinner, my friends and I got into a heated discussion on the difference between “yikes” and “eek”. These are two of my favorite expressions, with eek being the more recent entry to the list of Abe-isms. They both apply to various situations that express discontent with a situation or person. When using yikes, there must have a hint of humor in the situation at hand. Celebrity fashion designers are yikes. Whereas some celebrities, like Charlie Sheen, are an eek. Comprendevous? Anyhoo, speaking of yikes and eek, I watched one of the Karl Lagerfeld videos for Magnum Ice Cream starring Rachel Bilson and Karl’s obsession, Baptiste Giabiconi. First of all, the make-up on Rachel Bilson is terrible. And (B) yes, the boy is adorable but must Karl plop him into every situation that he gets himself into? I mean, he has thrown Baptiste into the Chanel couture shows, many times wearing redonculous outfits, has cast him in every campaign that Karl gets hired to photograph like Hogan and Dior Homme, and in the case of this Magnum commercial, Baptiste gets to show how choppy his acting chops are. Some people are just better advised to smile and look pretty and not do “the acting thing”.
Overall, the Magnum bit is an eek. Life is not a series of behind the scenes photo shoots with temperamental photographers and ice cream eating models. Come on. What models do you know that eat ice cream on set? A celery stalk and some tissue washed down with warm champagne, yes. But Magnum ice cream in between shots? Fotz (another expression that applies here). And spare me the concept of making Magnum the fashionable ice cream. In a country chock full of rotund slobs, most of whom already eat ice cream, the way to switch them over from Hagen Daas or Dove Bars to Magnum is NOT by showing skinny models eating it. Nope. For fat people, showing skinny people is an eek. If you really want to sell a lot of Magnum Ice Cream, have Karl film a bunch of blubbery couch potatoes having sex while eating Magnum Ice Cream. That will lure them in for sure.
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Sean Combs has gone from felon to Royal in one fell swoop.
There are certain things that I do not need to know, like who designed Kate Walsh‘s jewelry when she is on some red carpet. Well, or anyone’s jewelry on a red carpet come to think of it. Sure. I like to know who designed the dresses, but the jewelry? Who cares? It’s not like the TV viewing audience is running to Google Neil Lane and ordering the diamond encrusted emerald earrings. For the most part, that information is blather. In this age of celebrity hounding, there’s way too much information out there and it is really getting nauseating. It makes no sense why Donald Trump gets as much air time as he does. I cannot wait for the new hopeful First Lady, Melania to be on QVC hawking her costume baubles while First Daughter, Ivanka, will be duking it out hustling her real bauble collection on Gilt City. Sayonara Neil Lane. The world is changing and it is beginning to smell like 3-day old leftover fish.
Reports have it that P. Diddy, or is it Puff Doody or Sean Comb Over, oh, that’s Donald Trump, well, you know who I mean, received a three car police escort this past weekend from Hammerstein Ballroom to East Orange, New Jersey where the rapper was set to perform a song or two under a $75,000 contract. Really? Are you glad to know that? I sure as hell am not. It is THAT fact that speaks volumes as to the ills of our society, and why every schnook wants to be a star. You too, can walk around saying the N-word, encrusted in gold with diamonds in your teeth while New York City cops deliver you from paid gig to paid gig. Call me an old fogie…fine by me. But if you think that is cool, then you probably buy counterfeit LV bags on Canal Street.
In other riveting news that makes my skin crawl, Charlie Sheen received a police escort in Washington DC, this past weekend so he could get to his concert, for lack of a better term, performance wouldn’t apply. Sheen had to zip off to Los Angeles to try and get custody of his kids. How about the cops throw him in a lock down rather than deliver him in a timely fashion to spew nonsense? Eek.
Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/canyoubelieve/p-diddy-gets-a-police-escort#ixzz1Ke4nqgrXSean Combs has gone from felon to Royal in one fell swoop.
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The hair thing is ridic.
An acting job that is. Thank goodness Lindsay finally got the role of Kim Gotti in the upcoming, maybe to be made, Gotti Family Jewels, or whatever the working title is. She has had more near career comebacks for someone that has not left the front pages of the tabloids for a decade. Frankly, the role of Linda Lovelace was more compelling, but I guess beggars can’t be choosers.
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The next election will be a Facebook landslide....Obama wins.
The film, The Social Network has forced Mark Zuckerberg to come out of the shadows, rather, his computer screen. Since then, it seems that Facebook, which I used to like, has evolved quickly into a mass marketing machine. I am accosted with invitations to utter nonsense making my email inbox seem like a spam free zone, which it is not. Gone are the good old days when long-lost eighth grade classmates would stalk me now that that they see I am no longer a fatso however they are. We see Mark Zuckerberg everywhere: Dinners, power meetings with President Obama or Kanye West, The Barbara Walters Special, 60 Minutes, The Real Housewives of Silicon Valley, well, stay tuned for that but you get my drift.
Hats off to Zuckerberg for changing the landscape of social media, but now it feels more like strangers are tweaking my viral nipples to attend their fundraiser or solo art show, a.k.a. things that I will never attend. Since Mark has decided to sell out, Facebook is evolving into a viral version of automated telephone solicitations. Facebook was instrumental at creating a sense of community, but now it is becoming a 24-hour advertising spam-athon. There are even websites and marketing classes that teach us how to promote our products via Facebook. Since Zuckerberg commit to giving away a large percentage of his money, maybe has he gotten buyers or sellers remorse and wants to bundle up more billions in true Donald Trump fashion? We have all become Social Media Climbers and there is nothing fierce about that. There is no intrinsic value to being barraged with offers and discounts. It is beyond contrary to a spiritual path and personal growth. Sure, I hope Obama and Zuckerberg craft the best possible platform to help secure his 2012 win for a second term. But outside of that, please take your invitation to the Hot Rod & Frequency Hookup and shove it.
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Newest winner of Gross Baboon of the Year Award, Marilyn Davenport.
Where is the outrage? We all know by now how horrendous the Tea Party is with all their racist Tea Bagging shenanigans. But now, things are really spiraling out of control. Where in hell is this Marilyn Davenport, the Orange County Republican Central Committee slash Tea Partyer woman who sent out a mass email depicting Barack Obama as a chimpanzee? What infuriates me is that every news outlet posted the offensive, inappropriate image but no one has posted a picture of the culprit, Marilyn Davenport. We at I Mean..What?!? refused to post that image as we consider ourselves somewhat tactful sometimes. But shame on the news media to not track down a picture of her, isn’t that your job? I have been Googling my tits off and cannot find one picture of this disgusting woman. Finally, Johnna Escobedo in my office tracked her image down in the OC Weekly of all places. The world needs to know what this woman looks like. Marilyn Davenport must be publicly ostracized and flogged, quite frankly. For the general media to not do their due diligence and plaster her face on the front pages of every website and newspaper is no different than when the Washington Press Corps sat idly by while George Bush dragged our country into the wrong war and never raised one hand to question him. Let’s play Pin The Tail On The Donkey…I mean…elephant. Hey, Donald Trump, maybe you should make this woman your running mate? Surely Marilyn Davenport has received congratulatory phone calls from Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.
We urge you to give her office a call and demand her resignation: (714) 453-0900, or send an email to Contact@ocgop.org
Photograph by R. Scott Moxley
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Susan Lucci was All My Children.
On January 5, 1970, All My Children premiered while I was at home, sick with the flu from grade school. (Yes, that makes me 200 years old, but that is not the point here.) In my groggy state, I heard the All My Children Theme Song which jostled me awake, and there was Erica Kane. Though I was feeling better the next day, I exaggerated my cough and sniffle so I could stay home to catch more of Erica’s shenanigans. I continued with my charade and by the end of the week my mother was getting worried and took me to the doctor. Fortunately, he diagnosed me with a slight case of pneumonia. (Mind over matter.) Yippee, All My Children here I come, which got me to thinking as to what situation I preferred:
1. To be terminally ill, without the terminal part, or
2. To be a housewife.
How lucky were these ladies to have the legal tender to stay home and watch soap operas? Though I was a staunch supporter of the women’s movement, I could never quite understand why women did not want to enjoy the fruits of their labor. They got to have kids, lay around the house, brats off to school while the hubby is out busting his ass to pay all the bills. There is an expression, “Be careful what you wish for”. Women wanted equality in the workplace? Are you happy now? I would have not have traded in one iota of soap opera viewing for work, period. Give me a zip-up housecoat with tissues in my big front pockets any day. I stretched my psychosomatic illness for two full weeks and became hooked on All My Children. There is much more to this story once I had to resume my class schedule, which includes cutting classes in order to keep up with Erica as well as breaking and entering into my own house. It will be in the book but until then, I am sad to see that Susan Lucci will soon be unemployed.
Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/lastfiveminutesoffame/all-my-children-takes-a-powder#ixzz1JcZUnIh7Susan Lucci was All My Children.
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Kobe Bryant looking like a f**king fa**ot in this photo by Ruven Afandor.
Kobe Bryant did the unthinkable. In a moment of heated passion and utter annoyance at a play on a basketball court, he spewed the two words that no homosexual likes to hear. This quickly became GLAAD’s call to arms, rainbow flag in hand, crying (with tears) foul. There was a time that simply the F-word was taboo extraordinaire on the courts with penalties mounting as the inner city kids were taking over the sport. This recent Kobe-Gate multiplies the drama times two because when he screamed F**cking Fa**ot, he was not just whistling Dixie. It was a double entendre and you had two no-no’s for the price of one.
As a homosexual Jew who would have slaughter in minutes by the Nazis and a few current Republicans, I would like to draw a line in the sand and say that it is OK to cross it. We all say words that we do not mean literally. As the world become beyond homogenized and political correctness traps up into a frozen state of not knowing what to say, I say let bygones be bygones and just don’t make a habit of it. A year ago I wrote a piece called The End of Political Correctness and to this day, I think it still holds true. Frankly, things never will change. There will be N-words and F-words till Judgment Day, so why judge people for a slip of the tongue? A slap on the wrist , rather, a slap on the ass is the appropriate penalty here.
Here is what I wrote on April 2, 2010:
Over the last few decades, we have become curiously, annoyingly and extremely politically correct and certain words have become absolutely taboo. That which was once acceptable is now considered offensive and there are times when you just don’t know what to say for fear of offending anyone or everyone around you. In the early 1970s, I was bussed to an all–black high school. “Black” was the acceptable term then, whereas now, “African-American” is the new black, replacing what was once the new “colored”. My ancestors are from Russia and Poland, do I walk around saying I am Russian-American, or worse, Polish-American? We are caught in the quagmire of what is the “right thing to say” and quite frankly, I see no light at the end of this tunnel – not even a glimmer.
The expression “politically correct” or “political correctness” can be traced back to 1920s Germany, when communist academia sought to impose their views on students. The term became more frequently used in the 1960s and 1970s by suburban bleeding-heart liberals, feminists and progressives who were intent on impacting the media, while leaving an emotional imprint on the Baby Boomer generation. As Boomers became adults, they clung on to the notion of being “politically correct”, however, adapting some of the initial ideas to surprisingly new and often meticulously planed-out hidden agendas.
What we now have is a wide-ranging group of hypocrites in charge of the media and most industries, where everyone is expected to play nice in the sandbox. The climate of corporate politics suggests that you “keep your head down” while those in higher positions, do as they please regarding dubious hiring practices, stealing, or worse, illegal activities as in the case of the banking culture and while I am at it, the Catholic Church. I refer to this group as the “nouveaux-hypocritical”. In light of the recent attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day in Detroit by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (a.k.a. “The Underwear Bomber”), there’s a renewed outcry for stricter airport screening regarding “certain types”, or, as it is more commonly referred to, racial profiling. Then again, at the risk of sounding like a total bigot, is that actually such a bad idea? The Muslim Public Affairs Council calls racial profiling unconstitutional. But from where I’m sitting, it is equally unconstitutional to sew explosives into your Calvins to bring a plane down on Christmas Day.
When Richard Reid (a.k.a. “The Shoe Bomber”) was captured, we automatically started checking everyone’s shoes… even old ladies’ with large, unsightly corns. Umar’s bomb was hidden in his underwear, so now what? Will security guards start pulling down our pants? Random wedgies? There’s some fancy detective work for you. Isn’t it easier to identify a certain type of individual that we can all look at cross-eyed? The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is claiming invasion of privacy and rejecting the controversial full body scans. Feel free to check out my ass in order to secure safe passage. How about that recent case in Saudi Arabia where the Al-Qaeda member had an explosive stashed in his anal cavity. What next, proctologists moonlighting for the sake of airport security? Immediately after 9-11, while working with a writer on her promotional book tour, we had to continue the planned nine-city schedule. This involved several plane rides, one of which was to Kentucky, where one of the reported terrorists had lived. Believe me, we were doing our own version of racial profiling aplenty. It was more anecdotal than a serious bid to rid evildoers, but I found much comfort in giving the evil eye to a host of “certain-types”. Was I being politically incorrect? Thank you.
To see the list of things you simply cannot say…
There are expressions that you can no longer say and on the same token things that you have to say…or else! Here is a list of the most important ones, to ensure you stay politically correct in these confusing times:
1. Worldwide no-no is the N-word.
2. People with intellectual disabilities no longer can be called Retarded. Whereas I find it most applicable in the case of Umar, that retarded member of the Lucky Sperm Club who tried blowing up Flight 253 on Christmas Day.
3. African-American, Asian-American, Latino-American, Corporate-American.
4. Child-Obesity is the politically correct term for Fat Kid these days. As an ex-fatty, call me fatso any day over “You obese baboon”.
5. Tranny hookers now must be referred to as Transgender Sex Workers. As a past resident of the Meatpacking District in New York City back in the 1990’s, I can assure you; “tranny hooker” is how they referred to themselves. It was the uber-political correct LGBT Community Center that put that glamorous title onto them and consequently killed their business.
6. Homosexuals became really Gay around the time of the Stonewall Riots in the 1969, birthing the Gay Rights movement. Whereas in England, Fags are the correct term for cigarettes.
7. The women’s equality movement escalated in the 1970’s demanding equal pay for equal work, which also birthed the Bitch in the Workplace.
8. Midgets must now be referred to as Little People, even in the Wonderful Land of Oz and Munchkin Land.
9. Secretaries needed an ego boost and the only option was a title as opposed to a raise, so they settled for Administrative Assistant, which sure beats Mistress.
10. Housewives once they heard that their husband’s secretaries were getting a verbal promotion, quickly jumped on the bandwagon and demanded to be called Domestic Engineers. Those who survive Fucked Up Upbringings, which is most of us, can now say we came from Dysfunctional Families.
11. Someone Crippled became Handicapped, which evolved into Disabled and now is officially Physically Challenged…until that will be simply unacceptable.
Now matter what you say or do, there is always a 50% chance that you will be utterly, terribly and embarrassingly wrong. So, either we just stop talking and communicating altogether or rather, say whatever we want and let the chips fall where they may.
Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/canyoubelieve/kobe-minced-meat-bryant#ixzz1JWKSDSDoKobe Bryant looking like a f**king fa**ot in this photo by Ruven Afandor.
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Meet the cast of Beverly Hills Fabulous. Brace yourself, it's on...like popcawn.
As a matter of fact, Beverly Hills Fabulous is so fabulous that it makes the word fabulous not fabulous enough. While channel surfing on Saturday night, don’t feel sorry for me, I was out to dinner with friends and could not sleep, but I digress. Anyhoo, I stumbled upon Beverly Hills Fabulous on VH-1. Now, if you are at all a fan of The Real Housewives of Atlanta on Bravo, do yourself a favor and DVR this show. The show takes place in a Beverly Hills hair salon called Elgin Charles. Hilare barely describes it. Think Church Ladies meets self-anointed style gurus, meets head-circling divas, meets Two Snaps Up, meets You Think You’re All That Bitch, meets everything. This show better take off because it is genius meets Why am I watching this, meets Oh no you didn’t, meets Listen Miss Thing, meets collard greens and corn bread, meets You think you’re all that. And a bag of chips. Get ready to get Elginized.
Read more AND see the epic video at I Mean...What?!? : http://imeanwhat.com/blog/peoplewelerve/beverly-hills-fabulous-is-beyond-fabulous#ixzz1IaDnJ1YwMeet the cast of Beverly Hills Fabulous. Brace yourself, it's on...like popcawn.... more
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Jean Harlow was beyond brilliant.
Jean Harlow has been the Star of the Month on my favorite television channel TCM. I have been a long-time fan of Dinner At Eight, which put the actress over the top in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Watching these Harlow films has been a visual delight, between the sets and the gowns by Adrain, but besides that, it is the first time that I got to see how amazing Jean Harlow was as an actress. Granted, the penciled in eyebrows are somewhat distracting or disturbing even, but MGM was keen on shaving off eye brows in order to re-frame the face. (Spend ten minutes with Debbie Reynolds and you will hear about how Louis B. Mayer did that to all the contract players.) Jean Harlow is mesmerizing and steals every scene that she is in. There were two biopics made of Jean Harlow’s life, neither of which did the screen legend any favors, although Carrol Baker was stunning as Harlow, but the acting chops are not there. Wikipedia tells the sad, true story of her death, which was due to renal failure. The biopic eludes to her cause of death due to drinking and falling asleep near the ocean causing pneumonia. Truth is, that the 26 year-old sensation died because she was misdiagnosed, although kidney failure could not have been cured in the 1930′s.
Do yourself a favor and rent a few of Jean Harlow’s best movies such as Platinum Blonde, Libeled Lady, Bombshell, Hold Your Man, Suzy, The Girl From Missouri, and more. There is a fabulous video rental place near me called Allen’s Alley that is one of the last holdouts, which boasts the largest collection of old movies. I recently found a Bette Davis movie that I never saw, thinking I had seen them all, called That Certain Woman, which is fantastic.
Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/blog/peoplewelerve/obsessed-with-jean-harlow#ixzz1I5tY2draJean Harlow was beyond brilliant.
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