Style Tips -- 16th July 2008
[ 17 July 2008 ]
Communicate. Fearlessly. Anyone who is worth it will make you feel good about doing so.
Wake up early, drink a big glass of orange juice, & watch as the city comes to life around you.
Learn how to fold paper planes. (Write wishes inside them.)
Stick confetti hearts all over your face. Leave the house.
When your favourite shops go into sale, go inside & make polite conversation with the people working there. Ask them when the sale started… then ask if the prices are going to drop any further. (Last week I went into Reiss, who were in sale, & pulled this stunt myself. The guy working there told me prices would drop by another 30-40% in the next 7 days!)
Dream up an alter-ego, a name & a faux-signature for yourself. Make it fabulous & dramatic.
Take photos of yourself next time you feel ecstatic, regardless of where you are or how goofy you look!
Make heart-shaped cookies.
Choose a magnificent colour of ink. Midnight blue? Shocking pink? Minty green? Stock up, & use only that from now on.
Take a nap.
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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Such cute ideas! I love them all, but I have to say the best one is definitely to take a nap! :) That’s one thing that can always brighten my mood!
I just took a nap :D
Under a scarf, at my desk. Was just what I needed!! Well, that and an orange juice.
Love the picture, and love all the ideas! I think I’d get some weird looks on the tube with the heart confetti idea…but all the more reason to do it! Hope you have a lovely day :)
So cute! Based on the title, I assumed this would be about fashion. Silly me, forgetting that style has so little to do with what one is wearing!
:)
xox
Sade
Dearest Gala, It’s Kendra Jacklyn again…I hope you got the opportunity to read my letter I sent you through your e-mail!
“Dream up an alter-ego, a name & a faux-signature for yourself. Make it fabulous & dramatic.” I LOVE this!! I think this just might be the key to my transformation into the girl I have always wanted to be…just make her my alter ego…dream her up…work very hard on making her as tangible as I can…and someday…just become one with her. You are so inspiring and beautiful, Gala! Thank you for creating a site where love, creativity, individuality, and encouragement and support abound… You are a truly beautiful soul Gala Darling!!!
So very much love for you-Always,
Kendra Jacklyn
create an alter ego! something i have been meaning to do for ages.
i think thats my night sorted :D
Love the style tips gala! Especially communicate fearlessly. I’m in Japan on a youth exchange at the moment, and this is so important. It’s easy to hide behind the ‘foreigner mask’, and to not try and talk but it’s such a great feeling when you overcome the initial shyness (especially when you talk in your non-native language)!
Also the alter ego idea is great. This amazing almost stagelike makeup video is great inspiration for a dramatic transformation:
youtube.com/watch?v=Ms_VX29zMJ…
Some day I want to do something like the orange juice one for real. But because of where I live, it’ll take a little planning. Basically, I’m thinking that I would be in a major city- either my own Washington, DC or on a trip to NY or something- and find a little independent coffee shop with outdoor tables. Get to the coffee shop the minute it opens, order something delicious, and then just sit outside watching everyone else for a while. Sounds lovely to me.
Truthfully, I could also do this in my suburb as long as I pick the right coffee shop… Either St. Elmo’s or The Uptowner could work, both being in a busy-ish parts of town where people work and live. Now that I’ve thought about it, I totally have to do this on a weekday after my internship ends, before I go back to school.
Wow! These are lovely, I can’t belive that sales thing though! Billiant!
Also when my Grandad was getting re-married we went to a little after party type and my sister and I stuck confetti to this man’s face, he was slighty drunk anyway and was on a mission to get more drunk. He left and went to a few different pubs that evening but we could find him anywhere he went because of the trail of shiny “Happy wedding!” pieces all over the path!
I swear, if Hansel and Gretel ever get married there would be a similar trail!
And I love the picture!
Vixxie.
I found black confetti hearts and use one as a Marie Antoinette-style beauty mark. Love them!
Oh, my signature pen is a Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pen. They come in a bunch of colors and are supplemental to my pink fountain pen from Levenger. Funnily, when I was reading the SATC: The Movie the notes said Carrie always has a pen as she’s a writer. And the pen they used is my same pen.
I thought that was a funny little coincidence.
Sharpies come in a ton of other colors too and have great ink.
Luv
Poochie
Mmmmm…nap…
I just want to hug you and send you a bouquet of cupcakes! Thanks girlie pie!
Hahaha. I LONG for a nap, Gala!
style tips are my favourite part of galadarling. you just succeeded in further brightening my day. Not that my day wasn´t bright already, talking about revolutionaries with my coworker at work and then buying a cub scout uniform (I have never been so happy with a clothing purchase IN MY LIFE). weird, i know? yes, I basically turned this comment into a TiLT…oh well. Tommorrow morning, it´s yoga and OJ time!
i used to open the coffee shop, and got to work at 630. i loved watching the street come to life with the sunrise. and as other people busseled in grabbed their steaming cup of addiction and ran off to their cubical, i was listening to power metal or rilo kiley, with all the free lattees i could handle. loved that.
“Stick confetti hearts all over your face. Leave the house.”
That reminds me of when I went to see Of Montreal last month and left the concert with heart shaped sparkles all over my face. I had a magical night!!
A nap – I WISH! Nice sentiment though.
Love the idea of a alter-ego! I’ll definitely think about this one. Why does Countess Von Fabulous spring to mind? ;D
Oh that alter-ego thing sounds so fun!! I’m going to explore it in my moleskine when I get some spare time. I think my alter ego writes only in purple!
Off topic: I bought a blender today and, remembering a post you made mentioning it, threw a handful of spinach in with my peach/pineapple smoothie. It was awesome! You can’t taste it and it goes an excellent green colour that makes people pull funny faces at you :D
A nap – I totally need one of those. Also, a faux-signature – wheee! Love it.
I love all of those! I just finished my MA degree and am moving back with my folks while I take more courses and build up my career, and this includes a revamp of my old, negative, shy and uncertain personality, and any and all suggestions you make are usually welcome and frequently get printed out and plastered all over the walls.
So thank you for yet another list that is inspiring and positive and just makes me feel more upbeat about the future.
Such good advice! I was in such a bad mood but you advice just filled me with joy and happiness!
I love these tips Gala!
I believe I am so much happier now than I ever was before I started reading iCiNG. I’ve moved away from home, and I have a fun job and best of all, a budding romance with a cute and charming boy whom I never thought was my type; ask the universe and you shall receive!
Ooooh, cute list!
I used to constantly invent alter-egos for nights out. I would invent a fake name and career, and it would always be something ridiculous, and yet somehow I would ALWAYS be believed. Such fun, but I haven’t done it in years. Maybe a habit to revive!
These days, my morning ritual is to get up, light incense, then read Gala in my dressing gown while drinking Japanese green tea (it’s gotta be the loose-leaf stuff that brews BRIGHT GREEN – none of that teabag nonsense!).
Thanks for this post Gala, another piece of delight as always…
PS This is off topic, but must share… My boyfriend’s photo is in Vogue this month! That is, an actual photo of him – not a photo he took.
:O I made heart shaped cookies yesterday! And as I made them I thought to myself, “you know who would probably love heart shaped cookies? Gala would probably love heart shaped cookies.” And now here it is in this list. You kinda sorta made my day :D
OooO! i especially love the alter-ego one. Mine would be Ophelia Sex Bomb (lol). She’s a librarian by day and by night she transforms into a burlesque dancer who wears star-shaped nipple tassles, haha. Oh! And she writes her signature only as 3 exclamtion marks (!!!)
I’m sitting in a chair getting tattooed (!!!) but I just wanted to say… You are all so adorable! Your comments have been making me smile all day. Love you!
You are so inspiring! Thanks for this.
Can’t wait for pictures of the new tat!
I need to buy some stationary for uni next week – I am determined to only get GOOD pens which I like using – which includes lusciously coloured inks. I can’t wait. I love back to school shopping.
Do show us pics of the tatt even when it’s still red and sore – we can’t wait until it heals a bit!!
Happy Thursday.
Ahh, Gala I love the list, you have made my day! Oh and I can’t wait to see your tats. So excited!
I live for Style Tips! =]
I’m so going to dream up an alter ego.
It shall be what I do during slow periods at work tomorrow!!
What tattoo are you getting Gala?!
Great style tips by the way ;)
LOL @ “Stick confetti hearts all over your face. Leave the house.” You madwoman! :D
I can’t wait to see your new tattoo!
I like doing something similar to the paper airplanes, except I write compliments to people in them and throw the plane to them. It’s really nice to see someone who is obviously having a bad day light up when they unfold the airplane and find that I’ve written ‘That dress looks great on you! Have a nice day!’ or ‘Wow, that sure is an awesome scarf, hope it’s nice and warm!’
Except sometimes my aim isn’t so good and I hit them in the butt :(
I really like the second one. I think we all live in a society where we feel that we are rushed all the time. I should take more time in the mornings to wake up the right way.
Thanks doll!
love the one about communication.
so many times when you’re nice and chirpy people are rude back – but you’re right, if they’re worth it they’ll be sweet back :)
Some weeks, I like to write down lists of coincidences and then decorate them!
You are so right; there is no facial better than true happiness.
how fun! I wanna do all of em!
Gala – these are beautiful…and you solved my blog-block, inspiring a post of style tips myself…only mine are not so stylish and more suited to my odd little blog.
But you’re inspirational none-the-less!
Yes, yes, yes.
haha it’s been such a long time since i made paper aeroplanes. writing wishes in them adds a nice touch too :)
Oh, how I love naps! I just put nanna naps on my TiLT list for this week :) I tend to only ever write in purple ink, or bright pink. How’s your new tattoo?? I can’t wait til I get a new one! pixie kisses xxx
“Communicate. Fearlessly. Anyone who is worth it will make you feel good about doing so.”
i’ve never thought about it like that before, but it makes sense now i’ve considered it – really good advice for me when i can’t tell if people really want to talk to me or not when i’m buzzing with conversation.
Love this list Gala! I was using a nice turquoise blue pen and all my customers commented on the colour! It was just so bright and happy and thats what we love, bright and happy, just like your list!!!
“make heart shape cookies” “write to someone”
Someone fixed my car for me last week while I was on vacation. We were leaving, having a really bad day, and when we finally got on the road I found out at 50 mph that the hood wasn’t completely latched and it flipped up.
We went to the first place we saw and the guys there fixed it for free, and then did so again when I came back 5 minutes later when my exhaust pipe pulled apart from the cadillac converter.
These two guys are the nicest men ever and I’m making them chocolate chip cookies and a nice note. It’s the least I can do since they wouldn’t take any money at all.
Yesterday me adn my friends bought disposable cameras and walked across the bridges over the thames taking pictures of eachother and other people around us. I had some of the most fun I’ve ever had in my life just watching peoples’ reactions as hysterical teenage girls snapped their photograph. It wasn’t in an invasive way and everyone that saw us smiled. I’m looking forward to seeing the pictures and they will always remind me of how much fun I had that day.
a new reader here, but i’m addicted already (:
This —> ‘Dream up an alter-ego, a name & a faux-signature for yourself. Make it fabulous & dramatic.’ is what keeps me smiling these days
I love these! More plese!
I’m a gel ink-ist, most of the time, and I love Sakura GellyRoll Stardust pens (the kind with tiny, tiny glitter — the only sparkly gel pens I’ve ever used that don’t clog — I’ve never used a bad pen by Sakura. They also make Micron pens).
But for some reason, my “signature ink” is either green or purple fine-point roller-ball or disposable fountain pens, like Pilot’s V-ball or Varsity. It’s just become easier to get the Varsity pens in the US (without ordering them from Japan or JetPen or whatever)... I used them or something like them, in a prettier tube, in high school in the early 90s.
Another wonderful thing is the cheap calligraphy fountain pen by Schaeffer — the one that comes with multiple nibs in a box for under $10 in the US. Excellent with peacock blue or brown ink cartridges… if you can learn to write with it, it automatically makes your handwriting look 100% fancier. On the other hand, it’s prone to leaking a bit around the nib, and you will have a tell-tale stain on your fingers. The ink is water-based, so it’s not too bad….
Extra style points for using a dip pen with extra-fabulous (scented?) ink in a well at home, but understandable if it’s too much of a hassle, right? ;)
I think your style tips re my favourite part of your blog !
I just wish I’d be brave enough to hug my friend showing my thankfulness without feeling awkward (sounds weird but we don’t do this kind of things around here), and I am certainly going to sing during my afternoon work, dreaming about my fabulously dramatic alter-ego to make the working time fly :o)