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By DIZZ TATE
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I love the way music affects fashion. I love the way you see the “ghetto” girls, blasting rap music for the entire world to hear, walking with a confidence and style that seems unattainable almost.
I love the indie chicks with their hoods and skinny jeans; the big headphones protruding like Dumbo ears from […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Threadless.
It deals more with the act of screen printing — which doesn’t involve messy sewn on logos.
If you haven’t heard of Threadless.com, you’re missing out.
The picture above, that’s the newest winning t-shirt design. Wait, a little background: Threadless.com has an ongoing t-shirt design contest. Basically, anyone (who joins Threadless.com’s “community”) can upload a […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Hello, my lovelies! How are we all? Please tell me, as my comments have been in short supply recently! *hint hint*
Anyway, the fashion advice for this week spirals around a very interesting film I happened to see recently, Across the Universe. Has anyone else seen it {besides Michelle L., the movie columnist here […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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WARNING: You will never see me rocking this fashion, but I’m keeping my finger on the pulse for my fashionistas.
Metallics are in, apparently (Okay, okay, that’s the last of my disgust, swear).
The least conspicuous way to test out this trend is to buy metallic ballet slippers. Those are trendy enough to stand on […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Before we get started, let’s talk about all the television that played this week… because television affects fashion a lot… and I want to talk about my favorite shows!
Monday I watched How I Met Your Mother, the season premiere, which was okay, but didn’t quite live up to the last season. But I […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I walked into work one day two weeks ago when my coworker Sarah looked like a ghost.
“You okay?” I asked.
“Uh, Roxy, do you need to borrow some shoes?” she asked.
My feet weren’t freezing, so I knew I had put something on my toes that morning. Plus, Sarah’s a size 10, so, even if […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Hey everybody! Long time, no see. As my wonderful Frenchie friends would say, I am tres tres tres desolee.
{It means I’m sorry, sillies, go get some cultural knowledge!}
Now then, to the topic of importance: FASHION. We love it, we hate it, we just can’t live without it. This week, we’ve got some good […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I will, one day, have enough money to shop at Urban Outfitters without guilt.
For now, I study the catalog like it’s my SAT prep book — and replicate the styles at Kohl’s. Maybe that’s not fashion conscious, but it’s money conscious.
There’s a line in a Cute is What We Aim For’s There’s A […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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A few weeks back, I got a request to write about high heels. I thought about it for a while, but, really, I didn’t have too much to say about them.
My gripe with high heels stems from girls and women who don’t know how to walk in them. They either keep super stiff […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I wanted a neon green shirt.
I was 16, and had my heart set on it.
My friends laughed the first time I wore it. We were going to a local college fair, and my friends said if they wanted to lose me, they’d just hide from the neon beam.
Funny. Really funny.
But, the thing is: […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Has anyone else noticed how many fantasy movies are out lately?!! It’s so strange, how you don’t really have a true fantasy movie apart from Harry Potter for about three years, and then suddenly, “WHAM!” there are dozens. I have expressed my opinion before that the film does incidentally affect the street fashion […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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We were required to take a health class in high school, and I remember the day we learned about sweat.
“Boys sweat,” my teacher said, “And girls perspire.”
Yeah… high school really prepared me for the real world.
Everyone sweats (paging Michael Stipe). I, one of the most conscious people in the world, sometimes has a […]
By DIZZ TATE
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So I never thought I’d say this, but here goes: Sometimes fashion mistakes are inevitable. For instance, my grandma has just arrived from England, bringing with her a boatload of stuff from Primark, the politest of which was a pair of lime green leopard-print leggings.
However, as much as it pains me to say […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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We’ve been told that dark colors and Earth tones should dictate our fall wardrobes.
It makes sense. Everything’s dying and turning from green to brown, so we might as well mimic the season with our clothes.
Yeah, get over that.
The fall and winter months are usually sluggish; people are yearning for the sun, the outdoors […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Okay, you guys may think I am crazy, but I am agreeing with The View for once. {Anyone watch that? My mum loves it.}
I was stumbling about in that crack-of-dawn-11 a.m.-summer stupor, and my mum was watching The View’s fall fashion preview. And guess what?!! They highlighted hats, which I was very chuffed […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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This isn’t the CBS Evening News, and I’m not Katie Couric. I’m not going to explain the conflict in Darfur because, well, there is CNN, punk bands and Wikipedia to do that.
But, there has been a crisis in the country in the Sudan since February 2003. A little over a year later, the […]
By DIZZ TATE
dizztate(at)hotmail.com”We are the cartoon heroes, oh woah oh….”
Who doesn’t love Aqua? I mean, for cereal now. Nothing like a bit of pop-girl techno to get you up in the morning.
Anyway, so you see, I was sitting at my computer listening to these profound, life-changing lyrics, and it suddenly jumped into my head that […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I was reading a fashion magazine, and the newest style was printed in black and white: sheer.
Not just sheer, but see through, actually. Basically putting all your bits and pieces on display for all the world to see.
Now, I know celebrities do have nip slips often — I mean, seriously, is there a […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Floppy, soppy, big, small, tall, tiny, mini, caps with flaps, and berets that are oh-so-French, let’s give it up for hats!! Everyone always seems to be far too afraid to wear these lovelies outdoors, but they shouldn’t be! Hats are fantastic! They keep us in the shade, they look cool, and they make […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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The burn healed up very nicely, for those of you who were worried at home. Neosporin is magical. Sure, the new skin is freshly pale — a stark contrast to the tan the rest of me is. But, thank you for all the emails of concern. I appreciate that.
So, you wanna know what […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Does anyone here watch So You Think You Can Dance? Well, if not, I’ll paint you a picture. Imagine a pretty, blonde host {Cat Deeley} with this really cute nude-colored dress on, which is perfectly fashionable and great in every way, with a gold necklace and earrings {Pushing it a little, but they’re […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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I was cooking a lovely dinner for my bff, Jill (because, apparently, she’s still talking to me even after the smelly shoes article). I went to grab a pan out of the oven when it happened — I hit the top of the oven and my arm started to sizzle.
“Holy crap Jill,” I […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Okay, so let’s get down to it. Nowadays, with Hybrid cars looming around every corner, and peace slogans and campaigns everywhere you look, and even the ole two finger peace sign making a fierce comeback, appearing on TV and myspace alike, fashion is not only a way to look cool, but to […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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First, I want to give a big thanks to Rheyn. I say thank, my bank account, well, it says something different.
Rheyn, like my lovely Internet angel, found the Chucks that Jordan was talking about that I had dubbed imaginary. I guess Jordan does know what she’s talking about — sometimes.
The same week as […]
by DIZZ TATE
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LILY ALLEN! I LOVE YOU.
Oh good, well, now that’s out of the way…
Anyway, Lily Allen, I have to say, is probably the coolest celebrity fashion icon this summer, even after reigning all through spring. It looked like Amy Winehouse might overthrow the throne for a while there, but I think that Lily has […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Today, my column is dedicated to the goth kids.
You know them. The ones who dress in full black — black pants, black long-sleeved shirts, even in the summer — accented with black hats, black melts and black mesh gloves (if Hot Topic is carrying them this season).
Bondage pants, though, they used to be […]
By DIZZ TATE
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What says summer fashion more than anything else? Fun! Eliza Johnson certainly captures the essence of this, simply by wearing the brightest clothes available! Dressed in a really short fuchsia skirt with black buttons to do it up and an emerald t-shirt, with at least ten, different colored bracelets and bangles dotted up […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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According to my pal Jordan (you know, ex-S&R Jordan), my buddy Chuck has put out some new shoes.
“They are pretty hot, I must say,” Jordan raved.
New Chucks? And I missed them? Say it ain’t so!
Well, I think I’m in the clear.
Jordan was pumping up these Chucks that “look just like the old ones […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Okay, this summer, when it is hot and sandy and full of hot, lazy days, what is everyone looking at clothes-wise? Well, we’ve got our sun-kissed hair, always a must, huge sunglasses, the big, bright, cloth bag, and the swimsuit, — and I personally think, you can never go wrong with the classic […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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Liz Claiborne died on Tuesday. Now, I know what many of you are thinking: She was still alive? But to us in the fashion world, we thought… she’s still alive?
No disrespect to Ms. Claiborne, but I had thought she traveled off to the runway in the sky years ago. I mean, she was […]