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cami-secret: a dicky for your cleavage

whitney — Fri, 07 May 2010 07:32:18 +0000

tired of accidentally flashing your breasts to absolutely anyone who will give you attention? no? well if you ever do get tired of it, then try the cami-secret, cuz even your last greatest asset is not really worth displaying anymore, apparently.

i love how at 0:40 the guy’s like “woah woah woah, what the fuck is going on here?? i thought this was supposed to be a business dinner! hey, fuggedabout it, it happens. now let’s toast to it happening again!”

How a suit should fit

whitney — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:44:39 +0000

Esquire just published an invaluable guide to shopping for men’s clothing with articles on everything from the proper fit for suits (above) to retail design theory to the best strategies for making sound clothing purchases. there were pointers that even i, a woman who loves clothes, had not ever heard of, such as how to assess the quality of cashmere, when to shop for shoes, and why you should bunch a suit up into a ball before purchasing it.

after reading this, gentlemen, there is absolutely no excuse for dressing like an overgrown toddler, so go out there and buy some proper-fitting big boy clothes!

read the full guide here.

$1600 for a pre-shredded t-shirt?? hallelujah!!

whitney — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:47:30 +0000

what better way to thumb your nose at the economy than by buying this Balmain “stylishly disheveled” t-shirt for $1,625? alternately, what better way to thumb your nose at Balmain than by buying one of my t-shirts that i’ve owned since high school for $16.25?

the fact that this is not a joke makes me think that the economy is quite possibly improving. either that or balmain is just flagrantly out of touch. either way, i think i’ll stick to shredding my own $15 t-shirts, for now.

hospitality!

whitney — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:25:08 +0000

get this shirt for $10, today only at shirt.woot. every other day, $872. you do the math!

air mail dress is a cry for help

whitney — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:03:19 +0000

nothing says “i’m comfortable looking like an invalid” than a hospital gown made to look like an envelope.

to look like you just placed in the third-grade halloween contest, go to lilia todd’s etsy page. prepare to be returned to sender.

oh snap! photo tshirts

whitney — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:29:39 +0000

oooh, me leica these photo shirts from the oh snap! project. get yours for only 30 bucks, then get mine for 40 bucks in XXXL so that i can fit you inside my tshirt and smuggle you into R-rated movies with me!

via doobybrain

and the leggings-as-pants backlash has begun.

whitney — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:50:10 +0000

POOR ME! after i was just telling a friend the other day that i had cooked up a new style: when the recipe called for pants, i was going to substitute with leggings. no one will even taste the difference! or so i thought. you know the anti-legging movement has picked up speed when the manufacturer, i.e. american apparel: purveyor of scant, is telling you to put more clothes on.

for more cautionary examples, check out this doozy of a tmblr, dedicated to pantsing the pantsless of america. i gotta admit though—some people can pull it off, just keep in mind what decade you’re in, and most importantly, what you’re BMI is.

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neckwear. you know—for cats!

whitney — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:18:39 +0000

i love these. if i had a cat he/she would have to abide by a strict dress code: neckwear 24/7. and dinner jackets enforced at mealtime.

in fact, i might even go out a get a cat just so it can wear one of these. it’ll probably prove wiser than my decision to have a baby just because i found some adorable baby wigs.

buy yours from etsy seller whisker kisses.

via thedailywhat

it’s that time of year…

whitney — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:26:34 +0000

the leaves are turning, the chimneys are smoking, the hot chocolate is brewing, and you and your Chokie have got a date with cable on saturday night.

a pair of loaves of breadshoes

whitney — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:34:11 +0000

these are for real and you should prove that to everyone by buying some and wearing them proudly in the streets. just not on rainy days. or FUCK IT DO!

by them here, for you and your kid. then go run through some soup together.