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[ 14 June 2007 ]
A day early as a gift for those of you who are bored at work or procrastinating from study/essay-writing!
Bored with your workout? Let’s mix it up a little! from dumblittleman. Some good ways to make your exercise routine a little bit more dynamic.
Secrets of the French. Why do French women always look so chic? (Seriously, I think we will still be pondering this in 100 years time.)
Street fashion from Osaka & Tokyo, thanks to Cutie magazine!
Things to do when visiting France. I detect a theme. Ooh la la!
Tricia’s thoughts on “fast fashion” — definitely worth reading.
Purple perfection! This girl puts me to shame!
Bicycle Chic from The Sartorialist. Good inspiration for all you people in the sun-drenched northern hemisphere!
Also, my dear iCees, what are your thoughts on these for winter with flip flops/thongs/jandals? I am on the fence. Hugest faux pas known to mankind or acceptable & edgy boundary pushing?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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thank you, gala! this is so much more fun than studying for my ethics exam (i spent the past couple of hours shopping with my sister instead of hitting the books, too; procrastination central!).
the ‘fast fashion’ article is really interesting. a couple of weeks ago i was reading an article about the effects that cheap, chainstore clothing has on the environment – i’ll see if i can dredge up a link for you! apparently, due to the amount of pesticides that need to be used, producing cotton is just as harmful to the environment as plastic! makes me think twice about buying a $7 singlet from glassons that’ll just fall apart soon…
p.s. i vote ‘no’ on the thong socks. no no no.
The blogs were great! I loved the secrets of the french article.
And I agree about the socks. NO! They must be incredibly uncomfortable.
I can’t wait to dress up this weekend!
Love
Amanda
I literally gagged when I saw those sock sandal-y things. I think its the toe thing that does it for me. However, for some bizarre reason, I am not opposed to these: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/images/pedicuresocksBEAUTY.jpg
What do you guys think?
My gut reaction to the socks is ‘Hell no!’ but with consideration, they could look good with a more Japanese-styled jandal/shoe, ala Geisha styles.
“Right now, the fashion is for cropped hair in those “parts”. Just so you know.”
Glad that’s cleared up then. Vive la France!
The socks are . . . OK I guess, but the jandals shown with them are revolting. Bright and stripey socks with five toe-spaces (toe-pockets?) are nicer, if SO two years ago.
I totally kool with that style of sock, or toe socks or whatevs. But not from that site. What ARE they made from??? Not attractive. Something a little more delicate and less… Camping with the grandparents…
p.s. Britt. I love those socks. Knitty rocks my world.
Damsel, a fellow knitter!!
And you have a point. I think a less disgusting fabric would make those socks a lot less revolting.
Is it just me, or do those socks look like camel toes while in those jandals?
However, I agree with Ritalin, it could be very cute with, as she put it, “more Japanese-styled jandal/shoe, ala Geisha styles.” I think that might work very well with the right outfit.
I like the socks which come to mid-shin, & I think with a cute pair of jandals (UNLIKE the ones in the photographs), it could totally work. Especially with a long black skirt or knee-length black shorts & a long cardigan. & I like that they’re fleece! They would be SO toasty. Does someone want to donate a pair to me & we’ll see if I can make them look good?!
Yo Gala! I saw someone dressed in head to toe purple in the city (Melbourne, that is). She looked great! No purple bike, though.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/ Rm0Wy6S9XjI/AAAAAAAABXs/rgESsx8kzvs/ s1600-h/20%27sMA.jpg
Perfect or what?
swoon
Where does the Sartorialist find these people? :>
I agree with Damsel that if you are going to wear “tabi” socks, then they shouldn’t be from that website. There are some beautiful avant-garde designed tabi socks from companies like SouSou Tabi, but my feeling is that they should be worn only with wooden “geta” sandals (I like the wooden ones better than the ones made in other materials). But you know, that could be fun…geta have all different kinds of heights and toe shapes (square, oval), and they can make this great racket that can be flirtatious or full of bravado, if you are in the mood. My vote is: if you don’t have geta, then don’t wear tabi – it gets dangerously close to the absolutely forbidden gym-socks-and-teva-sandals territory! (shudder)
gala!dont wear fleece socks! tabi boots! you can get martin margiela ones maybe or even ninjitsu ones are quite cheap.
The jandels are a little sketchy…the fact that there made out of fleece is very nice…but why not just get plain fleece socks??
I have NO doubt in my mind that you could make them work dear Gala. However, i dont really think there that great…and i feel like if you could make them work you probably wouldnt be able to do that much with them. They are pretty cheap which is good. so it might be worth experimenting. =]
-B
In my humble opinion…Fleece socks are for bed time or around the house!!! I would place wearing fleece socks outside the house with wearing ugg boots or trackies outside the house eeeek! awful awful!
If you want socks like that I agree with the others that more delicate material or something more stylish would be the go x
no, no, no!
(about the socks).
Ok. I like the idea of those socks however, for me they are totally not working in fleece. If you could find some in silk or wool, some other warm material that wont pill and look so fleecy, then they would be great with a pair of cute platform flip flops.
I think that last link gave me hives.
That girl is purple perfection! I am known as the Purple Girl but lately I have been slacking off. She has reminded me that purple can be worn with purple!
Non non non! If it’s hot enough to wear sandals of any variety, it’s hot enough to go without socks. Can you imagine how uncomfortable that would be if it got wet, anyway? Squishy wet socks…
I’m going to France this summer!!! I don’t know about French ppl being superbly stylish, as I haven’t been exposed to their chicness, living in the Middle East. However, I can confirm that all Lebanese, Turkish, & most Arab women are notoriously, impossibly, ridiculously stylish.
WHY would you want to wear fleece socks outside in the winter??? You would catch your death from getting your feet soaked from the snow! Other than that I don’t think they look very stylish. I think they would be nice with an oriental kind of look, in the spring or the fall.