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By ROXY RETAIL
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My very good friend is getting married, and I get to wear a dress I’ve had sitting in the closet for just this occasion. It’s black with chiffon, green stitching, and a handful of sequins to add a little character and charm. In all honestly, I wear it and look similar to a […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I was flipping through some celebrity rag the other day, and I stumbled over a picture of Amanda Bynes. You know her, the chick that was better than her All That castmates so she got her own show. She was in a bunch of comedies before landing a non-cable show that wasn’t as […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I’m totally bailing here with my column, but it’s the summer, and I’ve been spending more time on the beach in my cute bikini than indoors on the computer.
You can’t get tan inside.
Okay, you can in a tanning salon, but no cancer for me.
And I don’t want cancer when I go to the […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I don’t know if I’ve been watching too much Nashville Star lately or what, but it seems everywhere I turn, women are in cowboy hats.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been accompanying my friends to a couple country concerts this summer — I am the cute accessory for my friends, by the way; the cute […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I have a lot of things against white pants — none of which have to do with the Justin Timberlake-looking guy in the photo to the left of mine name. Everything about him and his white pants is totally fine with me.
But white pants on people who aren’t topless, showing off their hard […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Men have always been thrilled with breasts. I know, I know, I’m not telling you something you didn’t know. Because, ya know what, women know that. There’s a reason every girl who is bigger than a training bra wears low cut shirts.Yes, women — girls, females, whatever — want attention, and hanging your […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I was reading the latest Lucky magazine, and it’s saying ruffled tops are in.
Seriously.
Re-read that again. The finger-on-the-pulse magazine is rallying for ruffles.
Eww.
Ruffled tanks are categorically short, always, creating a frumpty look along with it’s unparalleled way to completely shorten your middrift, making you look stumpy.
Where the benefit in any of that?
I can […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Sarah Jessica Parker wore a silver dress to the Sex and The City premiere. The funny thing about that was it was the third time that dress had been worn, the first by Lindsay Lohan.
But, nonetheless, people are following in what they think is Carrie Bradshaw’s Manolos, and saying that silver and metalics […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I was talking to Cathy S. about American Idol the other day, and I asked her why Michael Johns always wears scarves. Certainly it can’t be cold in Hollywood in April.
She told me that scarves were in.
Really?
I know a few winters back, long scarves were all the rage. I had quite a few. […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I work by this really cute boutique. It absolutely yearns to be a sheik, cutting-edge New York-style boutique, and it could be, but here’s the problem: The display changes once a month.
Now, I’m sure raincoats might be all the rage, but they haven’t been the hot item for the entire month of February […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Tis the season to get engaged it seems. Maybe not the season, just the year. My friends are averaging one a month. I’m so totally stoked for them. I really am. I’m not the girlfriend who nudges her boyfriend in the arm every time another one of her friends calls to say she’s […]
To celebrate birthdays here at the cactus, we usually post a picture of a cake and write a little happy birthday bit.
We thought about wishing Dizz a traditional cactus happy birthday with a picture of a traditional cake — but then we realized there was nothing about Dizz that was traditional. She’s a standout fashion […]
By DIZZ TATE
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It just so happens that it is my birthday tomorrow. Thank you, thank you, I am a jolly good fellow, we’re all jolly good fellows! Hurrah and hip hip hooray!
Anyway… it got me to thinking about all the birthday parties I have been to in my life; the mistakes — as well as […]
By ROXY REATIL
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I went out to a bar a few weeks ago, and I could hardly take my eyes off the women who were wearing mini skirts in the dead of winter — and the guys who were raping them with their eyes.
I say “hardly” because there was a man who stole my attention for […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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The times when we can help ourselves and other people are far and few between (nothing, other than court-appointed community service comes to mind). Aéropostale is looking to change that with its Teens for Jeans campaign.
Basically, if you bring a pair of “gently worn” jeans to Aéro between January 22 and February 10, […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I was visiting my parents for Christmas, as were both of my brothers. My car was blocked in by my brother’s car, and he was sleeping (at 4 in the afternoon) when I had to leave. My parents had driven to the family party I was headed to in my mom’s mini van, […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Remember that shopping trip from last week — What? You don’t read my column on the regular? Sigh.
Anyway, I went on a shopping trip last week, which included a stop at Lids.
The hats there were very flashy, or, as my brother put it, “very uhhhh…”
Yes, very uhhhh indeed.
It was as if the makers […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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My brother and I were shopping, and we went into Target to find body spray. As we were walking out, we passed the men’s section.
And there, greeting us like an obnoxious bright light, were neon striped shirts.
“I could pull that off,” my brother said, never adding what I thought he should… “and stuff […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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If you can’t keep it in the pants, keep it in the family.
Okay, so that incest line kind of works for the Levi Strauss family.
See, ever since the company started back when jeans had a purpose other than hugging your butt tightly, the Chairman of the Board has always been in the Levi […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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It pains me to write this. That happens sometimes. I see or hear of a trend, and I cover my eyes, hoping it’ll go away — kind of like someone with an untreated STD.
That was a much better analogy in my head.
Anyway, the new trend in bottoms is baggy. Skinny straight legs are […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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One day, each woman will be old — and unless science can figure out how to cryogenically freeze our boobs while leaving the rest of us to flourish, well, we’re gonna have saggy boobs.
And, actually, that freezing thing might not be such a good idea. I mean, we’d be super nipply, ya know?
Anyway, […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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According to TMZ.com, [t]he term “brassiere” was coined 100 years ago by Vogue. Part of me thinks that I should devote a column to sizing up your bra, which — believe it or not, but it’s true — most women don’t know how to do. There are so many women out there wearing […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Okay, so we all know that bronzer can either be the ultimate tool or the ultimate disaster. Shimmering, beautiful, tanned skin is bound to be the talk of the night, but, then again, so is the girl who looks like an Oompa Loompa.
Not nice.
Now, for me, I have always been a little afraid […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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A few weeks ago, NBC had green week. Basically, the new episodes of each show had nothing to do with recycling — except Scrubs because, I don’t know, Zach Braff is totally in tune with the environment. I mean, look at how his hair is au natural. He doesn’t use hair spray at […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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The winter is upon us, which means if you don’t want to get sick, you better stay warm.
And what better way to do it than a pea coat?
It’s such a standard. No matter what happens in the fashion world — ever — the pea coat will stand the test of time. Kind of […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Okay, so one thing that everyone knows is the pain of having a cold. And when you’re on the street, and don’t have three billion dollar magic foundation made of only the finest oats and wheat grass, then you usually end up with a big red nose, spotty skin, big watery eyes and […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Bluefly’s slogan is “the ultimate hook-up for the fashion obsessed.”
Do I believe it? No. But do believe they’re pushing a good product this winter? You bet I do.
The store’s big thing right now is the sweater dress.
Remember my disdain for the sack dress? Well, this is like it’s hipper, trendier cousin.
The sweater dress […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Urban Outfitters is trying to convince me that vests are in right now. One of us is living in a parallel untrendy universe, and my money is on UO.
If you’re a cop, you can wear a vest. I mean, those are bullet proof and protect your lives. The ones UO are trying to […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Okay, so maybe we’re a little old for the sheet-over-the head ghost costume. Maybe we’re past the stage of toilet paper mummies and long black witch costumes with hats and lots of face paint.
But seriously, how much fun was all that? Why is it that little kids get to have all that nonsensical […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I’ve fallen in love.
Don’t tell my boyfriend, but he’s sharing my heart right now.
With who? Sock-dreams.com, a Web site that has the most clever socks I’ve ever dreamed of, including the lovely pair in the photo. Unfortunately, those are completely out of stock, or I would have snatched up a pair. I mean, […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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October has been abnormally warm lately, so the sack dress has a fighting chance.
It’s short and baggy, words that don’t often go together.
Most sack dresses — which probably go by swankier names that I don’t know — fall where a mini skirt would. And they’re not even a bit form fitting.
The good sack […]