Style Tips -- 29th October 2007
[ 29 October 2007 ]
Wake up at a ridiculous hour to photograph the sunrise.
Start keeping your receipts. Chuck them in a shoebox & thank me later! Things are actually meant to last & if they break, you should take them back — it doesn’t matter WHAT you paid!
Dance in every elevator you catch today, alone or not. I am like a one-woman elevator disco at all times. It makes the vertical commute so much more exciting! (Not to mention, I love the idea of cuties across the world dancing in elevators!)
Wear original sunglasses, regardless of the season. Why wear the same ones everyone else has? Last night I stumbled across Kurzenberger’s World of Glasses on Ebay, & it officially blew my mind! They have the most AMAZING range of vintage sunglasses, all at reasonable prices. I like the 70’s & 80’s section, but then, I would. Look at these, & these, & these & these! Squeal! (If you’re not sure what will suit you, read this!)
Buy something in an animal print — like a faux leopard coat or a zebra-striped bikini. I am nutty for animal print right now.
Break an old fashion rule. Wear socks with open-toed heels, mix navy blue or brown with black, deliberately mismatch your bag & your shoes. The majority of those rules are boring & antiquated & they don’t have any sway anymore — shrug them off! You will feel liberated for it.
Take your best friend flowers for no reason at all, other than that you love them.
Wear a scarf & sunglasses in the supermarket & relish the looks everyone else gives you. They never quite know — are you a rockstar or a shoplifter?
Listen to Kylie Minogue!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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OK! I accept the elevator-dancing challenge! Not that I find myself in one very frequently, but I think I might have the opportunity this weekend.
I always wear brown/black/navy together – mainly because I look great in brown and not in black or navy. I especially like brown & navy together without the black. It’s kind of ‘stealth’ – being all conservative and serious but NOT taking the obvious option of black. (Honestly, the stuff I devote my energy to thinking about! I’m so glad that iCiNG is a safe place to share ;-D)
You’re so fun, Gala. :)
This elevator dance is for you!
ooh!! elevator-dancing, i do that all the time!
it makes me think of tori amos’ raspberry swirl…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbnmCAugJNM
Love these! All of them! You just make me want to live the happiest, craziest, funnest (is that word?) life. I will! And I’ll do it all in 4 inch heels! Hooray!
I just want to say thank you for helping me stay positive and enjoy my life. I don’t think you realize the impact you are making through all of your iCiNG posts!
yes to elevater dancing and rocstar/shoplifter groceries. thaey should be fun. love the list as usual!
Nadine — I’m pleased to hear it! After all, by towing the fashion line, who is really benefiting? Some stuffy old woman who wrote a book on style in the 1980’s? Who cares about her?!
Lou — Aww yay, I will picture it & smile to myself :>
kendra — Haha! I hadn’t seen that video befofe. Awesome!
Pinup_Girl — Thank you sweetheart. I had the weekend off (first time since I started!) & now I am totally recharged & ready to go…
Nicola — I hope you try it out ;>
Do you mind if I do my own ‘Things I Love Thursday?’ Yours has been so much fun to read, and I want to do my own!
Em — Of course not, go for it! Lots of people have already started doing it on their own websites :> It’s not exclusively mine, gratitude is a WONDERFUL thing & you should definitely make your own list!
Speaking of antiquated fashion rules, I’ve been trying to rid them from my dear mummy’s head. She can’t quite grasp the concept of not perfectly matching her shoes to her pants/skirt. She wouldn’t even dream of wearing brown and black together (I love this combo!) and she will only buy clothes in the veeeerrrry narrow colour palette that a “professional” stylist dictated to her in the early 80’s according to her ‘season’ profile. I think those profiles are mostly bullocks. Aye aye aye! Then again, I’m sure our future potential children will heighten the bar on fashion crazy don’t-dos leaving us in a mild state of shock…
My favorite purse violates the black/brown rule :D It’s a gorgeous leather tote/hobo-ish thing, and the body is black, with a brown braided handle that goes all the way to the bottom of the bag and each side and silver hardware. LOVE IT. And hey, it matches whether I’m wearing brown or black or something else entirely!
Something to do too, if you take the stairs more often than the elevator, sing the intro to “Eye of the Tiger” while your going up.
And when you’re going down, do a Shirley Temple little dance.
I swear, I’m going to print out all these little tips and tuck them into a jar, so I’ll do that instead of going on the computer so often. I have screens instead of eye-balls.
Gala, you’re so great!
And I have the perfect elevator to dance in today. It’s one of those really old fashioned ones with the grate that you have to pull across. It’s wooden and goes very slowly which would give a lot of time for dancing.
Am I brave enough to do it? I’ll let you know!
The sky in the sunrise photo is AMAZING. I see teal, purple, apricot, mauve, cream, lemon…....Delicious!
I also recommend dancing down the aisles in supermarkets. They just seem made for that purpose. :D
Can we combine ‘Dance in elevators’ and ‘listen to Kylie Minogue’ to get ‘Listen to and dance like Kylie Minogue in elevators’?
I sure the style of dance would work…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TSMVg9t9w6M
!!!
ps. if you haven’t heard it you should look out for kylie’s cover of the roxy music tune ‘love is the drug’! she recorded it for a bbc radio compilation but it’s on youtube too – it’s amazing.
Gemma — Ahh, well, it’s just evolution really. But progress needs encouragement!
Rachel — Yup, black & brown definitely works. I persuaded my boyfriend to buy sunglasses with tortoiseshell frames & they go with eeeeeverything!
Retro.Bunny — Hahahah. I love it!
Bridey — Do it, do it! I used to live in a building in Auckland built in 1923 which had one of those elevators too. It was kind of scary. Also, our neighbour was a midget! It was a pretty amazing place…
Nadia — Ya, I randomly stumbled out of bed at 4.30am on Sunday & couldn’t resist a photo :>
Ginny — Oh, definitely… Bonus points if you wear sparkly little shorts & heels while you do it!
theetoanunnery — OH MY GOD!!! What a video!
ooh ooh,
I had a pair of those space sunglasses, they were SO cute but they had dreadful peripheral vision and I was always tripping over stuff. Looked good though…
Jajaja, I read about the dancing in the elevator and I do it everytime I can. Normally when I’m alone and it’s morning after my 8:30 class and I’m on my way to service.
It is very fun and it cerainly lifts up my spirits.
I love weird sunglasses, eveyone just stareas at you and I love attention n_n.
Kisses.
Yay for the Kylie love! I have had the Essential Kylie cds on high rotation for a few weeks now (much to my boy’s dislike!) and I have decided that Better The Devil You Know is an absolute masterpiece!! hahaha. Cheers for the sunglasses link, I broke my fave pair yesterday, so now I can shop!!
Kx
P.S. Hope you enjoyed your weekend off!!!!! :)
Mission lift dancing: accomplished.
It’s always good to get a bit of belly dancing practice :)
I can personally attest to the fun of waking up at ridiculous hours to photograph the sunrise. Both relaxing and revitalizing.
and yea for animal prints! I just bought a leopard jacket from Hot Topic(no laughing) last week that I am in love with. :)
I was always totally against navy blue and black and then I studied abroad in France. All winter long all the French seem to wear is navy blue and black and brown, all at the same time. Now that I’m back home I get a kick out of wearing them all together and feeling like a rebel. :)
Now, I hardly ever get in an elevator, just because I live in Holland and we don’t have many buildings which would do an elevator proud ;)
But. I will dance around my living room sometime this morning probably on some kylie tunes! Would be a great way to start my day. Speaking of…do you have some tips on starting the day? You know, on how to start the day with icing on top :)
another good vintage glasses site is dead mens spex on ebay. i just got me some morrissey specs and some blue cats eye ones! i love them. x
On saturday I finnally hang out with my best friend (yaaay!! I was angry to her, but not now :D), and I lost my sunglasses!! It was the stupidest thing ever, I left them in the Starbucks’ bathroom…they were so vintage and big, I felt awesome wearing them :(! But I, luckily, my dad’s gonna run the NY marathon so I can ask him to buy them again xD!
Great advices as always, I loved the supermarket one…I love to be stared by boring people who think I’m mad, it’s great :D!
I love dancing in the elevators!
Especially this morning. The elevator I happened to get was creepy :(. It’s dark and has a weird looking gate on it! AUGHH.
I always elevator dance. Or, if the elevator has recessed mirrors around the top, I put my hands in the air until I can see them. Oh, and one time, I got stuck at Hawthorn station waiting for a train (quite by accident, really,) so I did the Hokey Pokey and I turned about for the security cameras. But that was a long time ago, and besides, the wench is dead. Now, I do joyous dances in elevators. And when waiting for ATM/EFTPOS decices to give me my receipt.
the style tips are my favourite section :)
i dance in public when my friend marnie needs to be cheered up, ‘cause it makes her laugh at me. which is a start!
hey gala!
Wow your view is fantastic!I think you’re such a creative person, and i love the elevator tip.not sure if i can risk it with other people present just yet though!
ohmygawsh! my best friend is coming to hawaii with us in three weeks and im sure theyrell be lots of elevators in waikiki im up to the challenge
infact
i think il call her right now