So there is this blogger in New York City who fancies herself a style expert/icon. I won’t bother telling you her name (though someone makes fun of her here, and it is very funny) because I discovered her blog by following the blog of a friend of hers who appears to have some Narcissistic Personality Disorder issues and I don’t want to feed that woman’s sickness any further.
But anyway, this so-called style expert snarks on other people’s fashion sense on her blog and tells people what to buy, where to shop, what looks to go for, etc.
Including this:
Uhhhhhh …. what? She took an oversized Chanel scarf, apparently, and made a little shirt out of it, paired it with some Zara shorts and rocked her new hair extensions that to me look pretty low-rent and strippery, no?
Or am I just some old woman who has completely lost touch with what is fashionable today? I wear heels and dress up. I have a Chanel scarf and a Kate Spade bag. I get told I dress well. But are people lying? Is the outfit above an example of style? Where are ineffable.me and Fashion Sensei? Come in Fashion Sensei!!! Come in ineffable.me!
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May 19, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Dear God. This just degrades us all.
(Nice blog, ladies. You’ve been busy!)
May 19, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Hez: And how about the denim jumpsuit? Did you see that little number?
Cute, I guess, if it’s 1973 and you’re on your way to catch a matinee of “Play Misty For Me.”
May 19, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I’m here! I’m here!
What a mess!
Trixie you’re right, this looks like she draped a scarf around her and tucked it in the waist of her pants.
It’s funny you posted this because I am doing a Fashion Lesson this Friday called “Check Yourself” and I may want to use this picture. :D
She is trying a little too hard with this ensemble.
#1 A Chanel scarf shouldn’t be worn as a shirt. It does nothing for her shape. When I see it, I think, she didn’t have any tops clean, so she decided this would work.
#2 Each of these items are fine on their own, just not together. Maybe the shoes could go with the shorts, but she needs to put on a shirt.
Trixie, I think you are right on track for questioning this outfit. Even more perplexing is that she calls herself a style “icon”. You won’t EVER hear me saying that about myself.
My advice is, before you walk out the door, check yourself and think again.
May 19, 2008 at 3:37 pm
My first impulse is to say “she could be a farmer in those clothes”, but she couldnt. Because even cows can recognize crap when they see it, and they would surely attack her, chew her up and spit her out, chew her up and spit her out. Actually, maybe that’s how she ended up in this little number to begin with.
And even if it’s real, such a display of logos makes me think that she bought the scarf in Chinatown and it’s actually Ganel.
May 19, 2008 at 3:38 pm
silk shorts
’nuff said.
May 19, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Wow, that Chanel scarf is more expensive then anything I own and she managed to make it look cheap and tawdry.
May 19, 2008 at 3:58 pm
On one hand, I’m sure she hates Julia. On the other, she tries desperately to best her. The scarf is ridiculous, the extensions are trannylicious and she’s just a total fraud.
May 19, 2008 at 4:11 pm
That top reminds me of how we used to make bathing suits for our Barbies when I was growing up, except she did it oh-so-very-wrong.
You are supposed to wrap it around your waist and tie behind the neck. Then you got yourself some rockin’ cleavage.
The way she’s done it, it looks like she’s at Joe’s Crab Shack and just ordered the 10-pound crab boil. Chanel might ask for their scarf back if they find out she’s wearing it as a bib.
May 19, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I found my way to her site and here’s what she said about her scarf shirt: “Didn’t like the tops I brought so I made one out of a scarf. Remember, if you are innovative, you won’t get bored with your wardrobe.”
I would much rather get bored with my wardrobe than end up looking like that. High-waisted formal shorts? *shudder*
May 19, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Wait…you mean I shouldn’t be wearing this?! Ohman, now I have to go change…
May 19, 2008 at 5:39 pm
booyeah! my avatar is me! How did you ladies do that for me?!
I crush you with my love, Buttercups!
May 19, 2008 at 6:31 pm
She looks ready to guest star on Love Boat 3: Yet Another Wave.
May 19, 2008 at 7:30 pm
She looks and sounds like she is trying to hard to be kool. She has not caught on to the fact that it in fact is the opposite.
May 19, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Thanks Trixie for the link to her site. It was what I suspected. Her closet is full of a bunch of sale rejects that she throws together.
Did you see the tattoo entry? Classy…
May 19, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Trixie: If I didn’t adore you so much, I’d be mad that I was lured over to that gal’s website. I like to pretend these people, who like to tell you how much they spent on shite, bleach their hair to colors that don’t exist in nature and pretend to be celebrities *takes a deep breath* don’t exist…or only exist on cable’s lower channels.
She would be from Texas (note to self: must get the F outta Tejas). The fact that she was proud to have partied with David Hasselhoff kinda says it all.
May 19, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Pais: The weird thing is is that she appeared to be somewhat classy except in the last month or so. Her style was sort of snooty rich girl and she was heavily into labels and very conservative clothes. She seemed very reserved and snobby and openly looked down her nose at her more famous friend at times.
And I don’t know what happened. They went to Vegas a month ago and ever since, she’s become even trashier than her friend. Skeevy extensions, public drunkenness, craptastic outfits — it’s the weirdest thing, and strangely fascinating.
May 19, 2008 at 10:16 pm
That scarf and those sandals makes me think she’s trying to make grandmas closet work for her. Except her grandma is Blanche Devereaux.
May 19, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Well Trixie…from my Southern, rural perspective that little outfit screams redneck trash headed to the lake lookin for a sugar-daddy.
May 20, 2008 at 12:05 am
I gotta agree with AGreenEyeDevil.
She looks like Anna Nicole trolling for her J. Howard Marshall. Klassy!
May 20, 2008 at 1:23 am
If it weren’t for the eBay slot machine, I’d swear this photo was taken in 1997.
May 20, 2008 at 1:46 am
Her hair does look stripperish as far as this man can tell.
May 20, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I wasted way too much time looking at her blog. I feel confused and disoriented (and very glad that I am not her).
May 23, 2008 at 7:28 am
[…] were never meant for the purpose she is intending. A prime example was the woman profiled on Buttercup Punch this week. She decided to wear a scarf for shirt (I doesn’t matter that it was a Chanel […]
May 23, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Seriously. I had shoes like that appx. 3.5 years ago and at some point, not long after, decided that they needed to DIE, because they were wrongful. What the fuck is wrong with people? Is it really that hard?
May 24, 2008 at 9:34 pm
She’s Linda Hogan. Visiting her son in jail.
@ ineffable.me The Farmer Has A Wife, just saying.