tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153751492024-03-07T19:10:42.955-05:00What To Wear This Very SecondThe only site for emergency, last-minute help on what to wear this very secondJeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-82110848779701578152008-06-21T00:23:00.003-04:002008-06-21T00:28:50.191-04:00Summer Mom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wr4eCPSJ63_bkE-gouDxk63y0950dqmbJ4hMwtAoKzyGlOaCSs5kNI_dghXMDNo8FlDtxMFbC4GzlASRjAJk4bkOxk217uTq75Qyo6aYJT2_gVWuPUpS2anQx3o34HW6skrf/s1600-h/summermomweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wr4eCPSJ63_bkE-gouDxk63y0950dqmbJ4hMwtAoKzyGlOaCSs5kNI_dghXMDNo8FlDtxMFbC4GzlASRjAJk4bkOxk217uTq75Qyo6aYJT2_gVWuPUpS2anQx3o34HW6skrf/s320/summermomweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214186715241294530" border="0" /></a><br />Wear this flowered swimsuit to Cayuga Lake, with rubber flip flops and a big straw hat.Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-28809211275444196492008-05-26T23:04:00.005-04:002008-05-26T23:29:18.749-04:00Jeepers Here<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKRAkbiJGthGbi7_p2RYdsO557mp6TOqDL1GnCrnGg2k8JbOkbCfOn3bbMO0PELpnHyToDojj4fMOGAYSyLfhb89Xm8A3eSbcgrkpUAPnGu6yiEuu1MN-EIlUttjkmCGfHXhD/s1600-h/threeways.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKRAkbiJGthGbi7_p2RYdsO557mp6TOqDL1GnCrnGg2k8JbOkbCfOn3bbMO0PELpnHyToDojj4fMOGAYSyLfhb89Xm8A3eSbcgrkpUAPnGu6yiEuu1MN-EIlUttjkmCGfHXhD/s320/threeways.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204893590939909858" border="0" /></a><br />Well, hello there. Where have we been? It's a complicated story involving an intergalactic flight (coach class!), foot creams, a tool that mashes up bananas, and a drawing up of wills, but here is Jeepers again, ready to discuss fashion.<br /><br />The above illustration shows the same woman three ways: in 1745 England, in present day Ithaca, and in present day NYC.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coming soon:</span> how to spread love like the plague, the world's most amusing swimsuit, and the baby clothes you wish someone would make!</span>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-26700475270389889322007-06-11T17:37:00.001-04:002007-06-11T18:44:31.697-04:00Ithaca!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8GoN9t14mThVczB_h8vNsKAa3bYRQ8hLZgl1KUdK6Z71ju6hdVFQaFNPBQOiRcIbQRzfK2HfmATfblcrYus9NLlhZNO8R5fVdZqzsyOcVzD3Op-m9lYgf62hjvSFF29NLSOZ/s1600-h/ithacaweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8GoN9t14mThVczB_h8vNsKAa3bYRQ8hLZgl1KUdK6Z71ju6hdVFQaFNPBQOiRcIbQRzfK2HfmATfblcrYus9NLlhZNO8R5fVdZqzsyOcVzD3Op-m9lYgf62hjvSFF29NLSOZ/s400/ithacaweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074926073242973986" border="0" /></a>Unless you've <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22unless+you%27ve+been+in+a+coma%22&btnG=Google+Search">been in a coma </a>for the past few years, you will have noticed those "Ithaca is GORGES" <a href="http://www.t-shirtexpressions.com/gorgestshirts.htm">t-shirts</a> and bumper stickers. Some clever twists have included "Ithaca is COLD" and, authored by our uncle-in-law Roger, <a href="http://www.naturalhighs.net/waterfalls/IthacaIsNotGeorges.htm">"Ithaca is not GEORGE'S"</a><br /><br />A few other ideas:<br /><br />1. Ithaca is GORGEOUS<br />2. Ithaca: The Asheville of the North<br />3. Ithaca is WATERFALLS<br /><br /><a href="http://www.t-shirtexpressions.com/gorgestshirts.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-53989054753771766722007-06-07T19:21:00.000-04:002007-06-07T20:54:50.303-04:00Sunglasses<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7msIG8tkVmgNZmCD1uztlpoqPNrWppn1SmZuJwWFUUXj7cZjkYYDZNQLLFOUnIRG43DvdSSBk_hvSRb6crERQEQXJxRNid-c7MJKHBkBIjTGLkwdq4VRlhW8a03DN5qstIdQb/s1600-h/sunglassesweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7msIG8tkVmgNZmCD1uztlpoqPNrWppn1SmZuJwWFUUXj7cZjkYYDZNQLLFOUnIRG43DvdSSBk_hvSRb6crERQEQXJxRNid-c7MJKHBkBIjTGLkwdq4VRlhW8a03DN5qstIdQb/s400/sunglassesweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073470276898125586" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Hi there, Jeepers.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">It’s Andy from England and I have do have a style question--it's regarding sunglasses: I'm looking for a pair for summer and want to buy online, but it's hard to choose when you can’t try ‘em on so I wondered if you had any ideas for a 42-year-old man trying to stay stylish but not wanting to look like I'm "trying" too hard. I normally have an “egg shaped” (my lovely wife’s words!) shaven head and dark eyes and eyebrows that need to be controlled!<br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Any suggestions for a good look?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Andy</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Dear Andy,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-GB">We like smallish glasses on most men, but also giant glasses on super hot boys and sex-exuding men who are obviously wearing giant glasses <span style="font-style: italic;">on purpose. </span>If by egg-shaped you mean a bit round, stay away from small glasses.The Style Guy spoke to <a href="http://men.style.com/gq/fashion/styleguy/accessories/69">this issue</a> of humongous glasses two summers ago:</span></span></p><p style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><blockquote>Keith Richards pulled them off. Ric Ocasek must have pulled them off, because Paulina Porizkova married him. Kurt Cobain could pull anything off, including those girls’ sweaters with the flowers on them. Big sunglasses are an affectation best affected by the affectless. In other words, you have to be brutally cool to not come off like a Beauty and the Geek contestant or a proto–drag queen. You also have to be thin and hirsute, otherwise unfortunate comparisons to Elton or Moby may ensue. (Don’t get me wrong: Looking like Moby is great if you’re Moby.) I guess the answer is, If you have to ask, forget it.</blockquote></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Anyhoo, this seems to me the wrong item to buy online. Go to the store, man! If you just can't drag yourself out of the house, we hope that the above illustration helps you make your Internet (the interweb) selection. xox<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Yrs,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Jeepers</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p></div>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-77327902980308885312007-06-06T16:01:00.000-04:002007-06-06T16:31:03.444-04:00Too Sweet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVtjobsZm4xSAfTKZ-Y6OCor_Ub8xmf9SrfGpvTvUTDIgnjyyw08Huhxx-FjNJIzBIrdpg8b3KQ5PwMN7X0pXZwq-kYPDSGLb_EBJMHPkbAgNtzXkLz8XlhvbIz71QUJQoNnM/s1600-h/sweet3web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVtjobsZm4xSAfTKZ-Y6OCor_Ub8xmf9SrfGpvTvUTDIgnjyyw08Huhxx-FjNJIzBIrdpg8b3KQ5PwMN7X0pXZwq-kYPDSGLb_EBJMHPkbAgNtzXkLz8XlhvbIz71QUJQoNnM/s400/sweet3web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073051530471667458" border="0"></a><br /><br /><pre><tt><tt>Dear Jeepers:<br /><br />I have a question. It's an urgent matter:<br /><br />Somehow, over the past couple of years, I don't know how,<br />I apparently was seduced by the girly-feminine anthropologie-<br />type style. I opened my closet last night and was shocked<br />to realize how many floral prints were in there.<br />My wardrobe is so sweet, my teeth are melting. I wanted<br />to compost the lot of it.<br /><br />Is there a way to nastify, or sophisticate (I mean as a verb),<br />or otherwise destabilize the femme around here without<br />throwing out all of my clothing, because I can't afford a<br />whole new wardrobe? Maybe there is a way to<br />take a porridge cotton sundress and make it not<br />so... you know? I do have a big, soft, dark leather bottega<br />tote bag, maybe that would offset the cuteness of these<br />things? How did this happen? Gack. Help.<br /><br />Maybe I should chill out about the sundress. It's summer,<br />forgodsake. That's forgivable, right?<br /><br />I could shave the ruffles off things, I suppose.<br /><br />Repelled by myself,<br /><a href="http://thesleeper.typepad.com/">Sleeper</a><br /><br /><br /></tt></tt><font face="georgia">Dear Sleeper,</font><br /><br /><font face="georgia">Hmmm, we see what you mean. Well, here are a few ideas for getting<br />things under control:</font><br /><br /><font face="georgia">1. </font><font style="font-weight: bold;" face="georgia">Use <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/F2007RTW/review/ALICEROI">shoes</a> as antidote.</font><font face="georgia"> Trashed, cheap black flats. Beat up<br />cowboy boots</font><font face="georgia"> on bare legs. Nasty-sexy platform heels.</font><br /><br /><font face="georgia">2. </font><a href="http://www.ritdye.com/home.lasso"><font style="font-weight: bold;" face="georgia">RIT dye.</font></a><font face="georgia"> Dye your worst offenders black or dark blue.<br />Will turn</font><font face="georgia"> out interesting. The patterns will show through slightly.</font><br /><br /><font face="georgia">3. </font><a href="http://goldblackdevilhead.blogspot.com/"><font style="font-weight: bold;" face="georgia">Swear like a Marine</font></a><font face="georgia"><a href="http://goldblackdevilhead.blogspot.com/"> </a>in those dresses. Say "goddamn" a lot.</font><br /><br /><font face="georgia">4. </font><font style="font-weight: bold;" face="georgia">Slowly begin to add more solids to your wardrobe.</font><font face="georgia"> All it<br />takes is a <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/S2007RTW/complete/thumb/BNAZSRPR">few key pieces:</a></font><font face="georgia"> A good, skinny black skirt; a few nice<br />white blouses, a good jacket...<br /><br />Good luck, darling!<br /><br />Jeepers<br /></font></pre>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-71594789595134059752007-05-10T21:33:00.000-04:002007-05-11T18:18:54.421-04:00Toe Advice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyar1hFGJXdubKGWVyVs6vJ0mtY8N649U4ZpqplEAlPG9V1YeMDxZNeCRxexMN8X2Vb5Id2Oj7WxFoGywHdjYznXG-yK4jUobAbDLf-JG8dW5E-9Br_FPqLYVvnvulsV4sZKY/s1600-h/beachtoesweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyar1hFGJXdubKGWVyVs6vJ0mtY8N649U4ZpqplEAlPG9V1YeMDxZNeCRxexMN8X2Vb5Id2Oj7WxFoGywHdjYznXG-yK4jUobAbDLf-JG8dW5E-9Br_FPqLYVvnvulsV4sZKY/s400/beachtoesweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063111222412361122" border="0" /></a><br />Dear Jeepers,<br /><br />What is the most fashionable nailpolish colour to wear on my toenails this summer?<br /><br />Susan L.<br /><br />P.S. You are right about grey shoes.<br /><br /><br />Dear Susan,<br /><br />We think dark cranberry, maybe veering towards purple. Other options: black, pearly white, greens, tropical orange. Bright shiny red will never be wrong. And if you're tan and fit and have nice feet, no polish at all is sweet.<br /><br />Yours,<br />Jeepers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Update: </span>Try these colors. <a href="http://store.hello-gorgeous.net/esfolo5.html">Foot loose</a>, <a href="http://store.hello-gorgeous.net/essiejewel515.html">Jewel,</a> <a href="http://store.hello-gorgeous.net/eslisa5.html">Life Saver</a>, <a href="http://store.hello-gorgeous.net/esoroa1.html">Orchid Oasis</a>, the incorrectly named <a href="http://store.hello-gorgeous.net/espeda0.html">Peach Daquiri</a>, <a href="http://store.hello-gorgeous.net/espl2.html">Plumberry</a>, and Newyorkette's favorite, <a href="http://store.hello-gorgeous.net/esfogo4.html">Fondola Gondola.</a>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-30480444300799155442007-05-01T10:18:00.000-04:002007-05-01T10:25:27.689-04:00Your Shopping List<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgua1fqZ6Mjb2SP8MNcSBuxvfZw_hgdDQfo1lG6iL3b9kKvP9WxtQmyUhfENmF3-P87hw_ZboMsjKVtBaWnfK3W3Wb_04BP2Yl6Ysr3QW-W0mDSR-HFmGJ_IfiDPqJRqASisP1C/s1600-h/shopping_list7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgua1fqZ6Mjb2SP8MNcSBuxvfZw_hgdDQfo1lG6iL3b9kKvP9WxtQmyUhfENmF3-P87hw_ZboMsjKVtBaWnfK3W3Wb_04BP2Yl6Ysr3QW-W0mDSR-HFmGJ_IfiDPqJRqASisP1C/s400/shopping_list7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059598256991813010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If you only buy seven items of clothing today, make it these seven. We especially love shiny fabrics, driving gloves, a snarl of necklaces, and motorcycle chic.Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-52668150700966999112007-04-29T16:00:00.000-04:002007-04-29T20:40:27.439-04:00If You Can Find It<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4g4Rfw70WXg_VStqRriQUMYWbL_jKlxb2RcjL3L4D_Aw6sYYNAhBqQ_Zq2aojLtKH8Wf4cj1JsBOhau1FH_mmCB7TE9NUZZR_uooF-1yHYTzpayX0ciaaAaPN41kIGE6Lyupx/s1600-h/complicated_topweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4g4Rfw70WXg_VStqRriQUMYWbL_jKlxb2RcjL3L4D_Aw6sYYNAhBqQ_Zq2aojLtKH8Wf4cj1JsBOhau1FH_mmCB7TE9NUZZR_uooF-1yHYTzpayX0ciaaAaPN41kIGE6Lyupx/s320/complicated_topweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058943532177210738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Introducing the World's Most Complicated Top. </span>If you can't find <span style="font-style: italic;">this </span>blouse exactly, pick up any other equally complicated, strange, well-made tops you can get your hands on. The photos of you in such a top will be solid gold thirty years from now.<br /><br />Now, on to politics. Yesterday Marshall and I read John Edwards's 2003 book <span style="font-style: italic;">Four Trials c</span>over to cover. A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Four-Trials-John-Edwards/dp/0743272048/ref=sr_1_1/102-8802159-3935307?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177877151&sr=8-1">great read.</a><br /><br />Explaining the germ of his interest in the law (he's a lawyer), Edwards writes:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">There were no lawyers in my extended family. There were millworkers, grocery clerks, ministers, Marines, boxers--but not lawyers. And though I barely knew Doc Smith, who was the only attorney in town, television brought all kinds of dramatic justice, and injustice too, into my small world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As a boy I was moved, and I was shaken, by The Fugitive, that series where the wrongfully accused Dr. Richard Kimble escapes prison and roams the land in search of his wife's true killer. The show's depiction of "an immocent victim of blind justice" made a powerful impression on me, as it did on my whole family, and I remember my building fury when--week after week--no one ever bothered to take Dr. Kimble's side and make things right for him, or even try. Instead there was that constant grim detective whose only job, bakrolled by some remarkably lush federal budget, I later realized, was to find this one, single man.</span><br /><br />Maybe we need a lawyer as our next president. One who has spent at least twenty years getting pissed off on behalf of downtrodden and abused individuals and families.<br /><br />When we asked some of our friends to <a href="http://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/mygrassroots/?page_id=MjgxMzQ">donate to the Edwards campaign</a>, one friend replied, via email:<br /><br /><pre><tt><tt>Why don't I just give my money to a chimp or a<br />rattlesnake? They're about the equal of a Southern<br />Politician. Oh, wait... he's a lawyer too. Here's<br />your money, Spanish Wrestler, El Tigre.</tt></tt></pre>So wrong! (Damn Yankees.)<br /><br />In the <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times Magazine</span> today, Deborah Solomon interviews "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/magazine/29wwlnQ4.t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin">hip-hop guru Russell Simmons</a>."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Q. Are there any presidential candidates who inspire you? </span><br />I talk to John Edwards more than I talk to anyone. He has said more things about the conditions we need to think about. He went to yoga with me. He did the whole class, an hour and a half. He sweated like crazy. He's in good shape, but it was hard on him.Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-67142979980893855082007-04-24T20:13:00.000-04:002007-04-24T20:48:55.191-04:00Roundup<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifP4uoYsoHnLOcPotEfjR9_Jf_j4KexvjzAxDMVh7nc-yQxsLFJjX0Lh9I6RERTdywCO4A-BBjv2V3W6_jVyDnGS9WhfslNuQ5YRZZE9RARVLDkwrHarL9xM3MvanhNqxiBU2/s1600-h/roundup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifP4uoYsoHnLOcPotEfjR9_Jf_j4KexvjzAxDMVh7nc-yQxsLFJjX0Lh9I6RERTdywCO4A-BBjv2V3W6_jVyDnGS9WhfslNuQ5YRZZE9RARVLDkwrHarL9xM3MvanhNqxiBU2/s320/roundup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057160686503077570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's going on at some of our favorite sites this very second?</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At <a href="http://rlaneri.blogspot.com/">Electric Warrior</a>, Raquel Laneri struggles with the frivolity of fashion: is it <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">wrong</span> to write about beautiful clothes, let alone buy them? "<span style="font-style: italic;">But 400 dollars for something you could wear probably every day if you wanted? That would probably last you several years? …I think it</span> <a href="http://rlaneri.blogspot.com/2007/04/it-was-nature-and-not-dress.html">might be worth it</a>…"<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://evany.diaryland.com/">Evan Thomas </a> announces a charity <a href="http://search.ebay.com/megan_W0QQfromZR40QqpqryZMeganc">auction</a> on eBay in support of her friend Megan, who has big medical bills from her cancer treatment. Available items include everything from a Toyota muffler to a denim purse to size-nine pink wedge heels a doll, clothes, and lots and lots of other car parts. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Old Hag <a href="http://www.theoldhag.com/?p=1126">advertises a fun lit event</a> happening tonight at the New School's Tishman Auditorium in NYC.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Garrison Keilor tells a visitor <a href="http://www.publicradio.org/columns/prairiehome/posthost/2007/04/12/dear_garrison_this_weekend_im.php">what to do</a> while in Saint Paul.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Daniel Radosh <a href="http://www.radosh.net/archive/001845.html">touts The Week,</a> which has its current issue free online.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">McSweeney's has begun posting delightful entries from <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/fitzgerald/runnerup3.html">runners-up</a> in its Fitzgerald writing prompt contest.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We like the voice/brain behind Sleeper, who this week sleeps outside and <a href="http://thesleeper.typepad.com/sleeper/2007/04/memorable_sleep.html">lives to tell </a>all about it.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What are you cooking tonight? For inspiration, visit the <a href="http://www.tinybanquet.blogspot.com/">Tiny Banquet Committee.</a><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The brilliant ZP over at I Hate The New Yorker <a href="http://ihatethenyer.blogspot.com/2007/04/dolphins-discussing-wishes.html">cracks up over cartoon descriptions. </a><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Satorialist, who photographs stylish passersby on city streets, is in <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/">Milan</a> this week, where nobody wears jeans.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Carolita Johnson, cartoonist extraordinaire, <a href="http://newyorkette.com/?p=514">on her latest cartoon</a> in The New Yorker.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-20116651173735998442007-04-24T16:43:00.000-04:002007-04-24T16:51:13.205-04:00Bun in Oven<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3RzEbxX65-ANb1m4uU6g5ueqyoulWL25FCG9YZqBo9uXcuBuXHSr9M1a_mmPC1BtgP_M87ZRfkbWhBQ7LCdqiR7eYca30XtmaSt0HM-2CIroWn0N1GXbRLxZIs_VoD-H6CXb/s1600-h/preggers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3RzEbxX65-ANb1m4uU6g5ueqyoulWL25FCG9YZqBo9uXcuBuXHSr9M1a_mmPC1BtgP_M87ZRfkbWhBQ7LCdqiR7eYca30XtmaSt0HM-2CIroWn0N1GXbRLxZIs_VoD-H6CXb/s320/preggers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057099195456300722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Today, wear a marigold yellow dress with fluttery sleeves. </span>Pair with flats or wedges and a new necklace. As our sister reminded us today (via one of those jokey emails of Dave Barry sayings), don't say anything to indicate you think a woman is pregnant unless you actually see the baby coming out of her <span style="font-style: italic;">at that moment. </span>Gentle readers, we know this is not groundbreaking material here. We're warming up.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Coming soon...How to beat the heat, the new "haircut," shopping smart and camping gorgeous</span>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-69699293366865933272007-04-19T17:07:00.000-04:002007-04-19T17:23:32.891-04:00A Few Fashion Predictions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFxgOqIzuafJDgyINCxHjIfSfSSiwhadOlO1MLNXRNrogsf-OAi1OFE_kmSpAl8LvcKBkARfu0A2yGhMarJKgHtFc_1CVBKvPN0pjYYdTGDUDnIJfBVhyphenhyphenueLNZ7GaVfHYMHvX/s1600-h/blackisbackweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFxgOqIzuafJDgyINCxHjIfSfSSiwhadOlO1MLNXRNrogsf-OAi1OFE_kmSpAl8LvcKBkARfu0A2yGhMarJKgHtFc_1CVBKvPN0pjYYdTGDUDnIJfBVhyphenhyphenueLNZ7GaVfHYMHvX/s320/blackisbackweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055252496957974178" border="0" /></a><br />Dear Readers, we have not glanced at a fashion magazine in nearly two months. (We've been busy getting married.) So the following predictions are entirely the product of street observation and a tingly feeling in the back of the neck. If you trust Jeepers's hunches, you should consider doing the following soon:<br /><br />1. Dye your hair an obviously fake color, like platinum or deep red or blue-black.<br /><br />2. Start wearing a lot of black. Black-black. Pair with black accessories.<br /><br />3. Stop spell-checking altogether.<br /><br />4. Stock up on fun, chunky heels.<br /><br />5. Start looking messier. (Layered, torn t-shirts, frayed hems, messy hair)<br /><br />6. Wear black eyeliner, top and bottom.<br /><br />7. Make a campaign contribution to <a href="http://johnedwards.com/">John Edwards</a>.<br /><br />8. Replace your purse with a tidy, leather document bag (like an architect's bag).Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-52423397627218836522007-04-17T15:55:00.000-04:002007-04-17T16:01:05.424-04:00Well hello there!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjdYfxaRLRg-Rm4QOEGTE2URX6GQ9Q7iS6-_NOKhUKE5f3-i14nyPhgcZ2Fn-AtZQngChDk0rz0k99-23NDPDhFopLWNtS6ibzgs9ljwttOlzi2pGtUK8gTjG6THKrge3zdxY/s1600-h/necklacesweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjdYfxaRLRg-Rm4QOEGTE2URX6GQ9Q7iS6-_NOKhUKE5f3-i14nyPhgcZ2Fn-AtZQngChDk0rz0k99-23NDPDhFopLWNtS6ibzgs9ljwttOlzi2pGtUK8gTjG6THKrge3zdxY/s320/necklacesweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054488805519726274" border="0" /></a><br />Jeepers's mama recently reminisced about how we used to draw rows and rows of women in big necklaces when we were little. So for old times sake...and to get the ball rolling again on this website after our long absence, voila. And how are <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span>?Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-44061304954278772542007-02-12T14:46:00.000-05:002007-02-15T10:19:05.032-05:00How to Work from Bed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlL8mDd3y7DFyG5vmpyNSfortLvj2_zydKfIsmfXbsB_5INyxgwDzN9Sn5yk9leK88i1-XUIKqae0wHiD_ir2HfxioNkpAAShjee3f1enPl5-8go3WgREolDbANij7JJFicOx/s1600-h/workathome.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlL8mDd3y7DFyG5vmpyNSfortLvj2_zydKfIsmfXbsB_5INyxgwDzN9Sn5yk9leK88i1-XUIKqae0wHiD_ir2HfxioNkpAAShjee3f1enPl5-8go3WgREolDbANij7JJFicOx/s320/workathome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030758951844997906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />A reader writes:</span><br /><pre><tt><tt><br />Dear jeepers,<br /><br />I'm a writer, and I spend a lot of time at my desk.<br />I have this thing going on where<br />sometimes I wear pajamas half the day, which<br />is dandy and all, I have excellent<br />pajamas, but I just don't know if one ought to<br />lead one's life this way. I mean,<br />does my husband, who never says he doesn't, enjoy<br />seeing me in my zebra sateen at<br />night, then in the morning and still at 2 p.m.?<br />sometimes I end up showering at 6<br />or 7 to go to out for the evening, then putting<br />the sleepwear back on at, say, 2 a.m.<br />when I get home, then there I am again for twelve hours.<br />the nightwear is clean, but...<br />as I said, something feels wrong about this arrangement.<br /><br />I wonder if you have dressing strategies<br />for the freelance life, when your<br />clothes tend to blur into parts of the day<br />they were never meant to see.<br /><br />cheers,<br />Sleeper<br /></tt></tt></pre>Jeepers responds:<br /><br />Dear Sleeper,<br /><br />Your nagging suspicion that you are being very, very bad is correct. Just as one does not wear clean underwear <span style="font-style: italic;">merely</span> on the off chance that one might be hit by a bus, rushed to the hospital, and stripped of one's outer garments for an emergency medical procedure, one <span style="font-style: italic;">also</span> does not wear real clothes merely to look respectable on the off chance one's in-laws drop by at three. You must wear clean underwear and real clothes regardless of others. It's part of loving yourself, taking yourself seriously. We doubt that William Shakespeare, also a freelance writer, stayed in his nightshirt all day long. Not even F. Scott Fitzgerald, we would wager, wore a robe in the afternoon.<br /><br />We even suggest that you begin dressing for dinner. Wear real clothes all day, dress up a bit for dinner, put pajamas back on only right before getting into bed, and see how your life changes. And stop going to bed at 2 a.m. We thought you cared deeply about good sleep? (Btw, you have a <a href="http://thesleeper.typepad.com/">sweet blog</a>, darling.)<br /><br />Yrs,<br />Jeepers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1166018681914159402006-12-13T08:03:00.000-05:002006-12-13T11:21:59.980-05:00Dress for the Cold (if it's cold)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6332/1395/1600/386652/nycwinterblueweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6332/1395/320/976121/nycwinterblueweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A reader writes:</span><br />Dear Gurus-of-fashion<br /> <br />I'm in need of your help. I'm from London and I have an impending trip to NYC in January that I'm desperately trying to buy clothes for. It's not too cold here (at the moment anyway) so I don't really have to concern myself with keeping warm. I'm afraid I'm going to be wearing sweater jumpers with belt and jeans tucked into books because I can't see beyond the fact that its going to be so cold. I need to understand how those damned NY ladies manage to look gorgeous and stay warm. My main concerns (and there are a few of them) are:<br /> <br />1.I'm financially challenged, the trip is costing quite a bit and I'm also a student, so I can't afford to spend lots of money.<br />2. Its bloody cold in NYC in January I don't want to die of pneumonia, but I don't want my sense of style to suffer to keep warm.<br />3. Similar to #2, how do you do sexy evening wear when its freezing? I don't want to look like I'm attempting to look sexy by not wearing anything, but I do want to look like I'm making an effort.<br /> <br />Looking forward to receiving your much needed advice.<br /> <br />Confused-Londoner<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jeepers replies:</span><br />Our Dear Londoner,<br /><br />New Yorkers dress for the cold--you know, coats and scarves and boots. It's really that simple. Tourists, on the other hand, often walk around (slowly) in the cold with bare legs, no scarves, short puffy coats that only protect half the body, and flimsy shoes unsuitable for slushy snow and puddles at the crosswalks. <br /><br />1) Don't spend ANY money in London. Wait until you're here in New York, after you've had a chance to walk around for a day and people watch and window shop. The dollar is very weak--you'll be rich here! <br /><br />2) It is considered stylish to be dressed for the <i>actual</i> weather, not for what the weather should or could be. So, if it happens to be balmy in January, many New York women will dress skimpily, even though it's "January." <br /><br />If you don't own a long, warm coat, borrow one for the trip. You should also pack a pair of waterproof-ish boots, at least one voluminous wool scarf, a long <a href="http://www.shopbop.com/shop/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441794369&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302024775&fm=browse-category&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395181057&bmUID=1166016550599">coat</a>, a hat or woolen head band to cover your ears, and some bright or patterned tights to wear with skirts. This is truly the New York way.<br /><br />3) To look sexy and stylish, wear a beautiful <a href="http://www.theresnoplacelikehome.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=15_3&products_id=389">dress</a> or dressy wool pants or nice trouser-cut jeans with a sweater, but when outdoors, cover yourself with proper outer wear. Puffy vests are gorgeous this year. <br /><br />To see for yourself what New Yorkers look like in the cold, check the <a href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2006/01/totally-modern-vintage-girlie-version.html">Satorialist</a> photographs from last January. This one's <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4686/1648/1600/GirlLong.jpg">good</a>, for instance.<br /><br />Bon voyage!<br />JeepersJeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1165470561247312942006-12-07T00:43:00.000-05:002006-12-07T09:44:53.173-05:00Choosing Gifts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6332/1395/1600/699597/santasquirrelweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6332/1395/320/907807/santasquirrelweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Now why would a child want 420 squirrels?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">We strongly advocate a presents-free Christmas celebration.</span> It must be announced early, so nobody expects gifts, but once the plan is in place, watch your joy and anticipation grow! Instead of the usual pajama'd sloth around a pile of papered boxes and nervous expectation, plan an outing. Skiing, for instance, or winter bird watching. Sing carols and gather around a steaming caldron of hot, spiced wine. Make prank calls to relatives: "Hello, Aunt Ann? This is Oprah Winfrey."<br /><br />If you must give gifts, consider these suggestions:<br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">A fabric-covered journal that you have partially filled in with writing prompts</span> like "Today might have been the most glorious day of my life," and "If I were the mayor of New York City..."<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">A pint of heavy cream, </span>a ball of wool yarn, and an orange kitten together in a box<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight:bold;">A first aid kit</span> packed with cherry Halls coughdrops, cloth handkerchiefs, foot cream, the complete first season of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Creatures-Great-Small-Collection/dp/B000062XDW/sr=1-1/qid=1165501023/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9198176-2089508?ie=UTF8&s=dvd">All Creatures Great and Small</a>, seran wrap for sucking chest wounds, and neosporin<br /><br />4. A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Your-Dog/dp/B000066HUU/ref=xarw/104-9198176-2089508">subscription</a> to a very <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fate/dp/B00006KDYQ/ref=xarw/104-9198176-2089508">obscure</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flaunt/dp/B00006KEFI/ref=pd_sbs_mag_1/104-9198176-2089508">magazine</a>.<br /><br />5. <a href="http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ch9602.html">Invisible ink</a><br /><br />6. <span style="font-weight:bold;">A beautiful belt</span> (people rarely get belts as gifts)<br /><br />7. A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking-Nonsmokers/dp/1402718616/sr=8-1/qid=1165501264/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9198176-2089508?ie=UTF8&s=books">good guide</a> to how to quit smoking and a box of fancy black licorice<br /><br />8. <span style="font-weight:bold;">A <span style="font-style:italic;">giant</span> loaf of gingerbread</span><br /><br />9. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Doctored photographs</span> <br /><br />10. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Loose diamonds</span><br /><br />Happy holidays!<br />JJeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1164865027019732582006-11-30T00:25:00.000-05:002006-12-01T09:21:44.426-05:00Shopping List Suggestions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6332/1395/1600/873984/sixthingsweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6332/1395/320/295029/sixthingsweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">If you only acquire six new items of clothing tomorrow, make it these six:</span><br />Strange ankle <a href="http://www.dalaganyc.com/forher.html">boot-shoes</a> wide at the ankles, sailor pants, this exact scarf, a double breasted jacket, blast-from-the-fifties big dot earrings, and most importantly, something in dark emerald green. Readers, if you catch sight of a one-shoulder green dress, <span style="font-style:italic;">get it.</span>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1164770775746058792006-11-28T21:45:00.000-05:002006-11-29T18:05:39.683-05:00To Meet Your Boyfriend at The Airport<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6332/1395/1600/746410/airportweb.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6332/1395/320/172443/airportweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A reader writes: </span><br />Dear Jeepers,<br /><br />The question of what to wear to meet my boyfriend from the airport in<br />two weeks time is keeping me up at night. I want to blow his mind in a<br />subtle & elegant way. I have a pretty extensive wardrobe so there are<br />lots of options but I just can't decide - miniskirt? Wrap dress?<br />Skinny jeans? Boots? Ballet shoes? Argh! Give me your wisdom.<br /><br />Love Anna<br /><br />P.S. I'm 23, tall-ish & slender-ish, & he won't have seen me for 8 <br />weeks.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jeepers responds:</span><br />Dear Anna,<br /><br />It depends on where he's been for the last eight weeks. Borneo? Philadelphia? Paris Island? In other words, has he been surrounded by mute and adoring South American women who perform slow, undulating dances around him while he eats figs, or has he been learning how to clean an M16 in under two minutes?<br /><br />In general, your goals should be to look like your normal self, only a bit cleaner and softer and healthier. You will never find an outfit that will make him think: "She is the single hottest woman on the face of the earth." But you <span style="font-style:italic;">can</span> find an outfit that makes him think: "Ah, my Anna!" <br /><br />Also, you don't want to look <a href="http://what2wearthisvery2nd.blogspot.com/2005/12/travel-tips.html">ridiculous</a>. We would suggest a longish skirt. The wrap dress also sounds promising. For some reason, we're picturing a sort of muted color and maybe a thin, cashmere shawl wrapped casually around your shoulders. Don't wear heels. Almost no one wears heels in an airport (except flight attendants). Make sure your hair looks its best and that you are wearing some color on your lips and cheeks, but <span style="font-weight:bold;">no goopy lip gloss. </span><br /><br />Also, have fresh breath and maybe a little snack for him to munch on after his long plane ride. Show him how happy you are to see him by smiling and kissing him, etc. In short: do not be sloppy, trying-too-hard sexy, or too different from your usual self.<br /><br />Wishing you a very happy reunion,<br />J<br /><br />UPDATE:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Another reader (a man) begs to differ:</span><br />"I actually don't agree with your travel pickup advice at all. Given the right incentive, it's easy to make men think that you are the hottest girl in the whole<br />world. You hope for, "hey, great, it's Emily!" "Good, old Emily. She's so dependable! And sensible!" Two things that never fail, even for the slightly built woman? Patterned stockings and breast topswell, not too trampy, but saucy."Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1163882184152606872006-11-18T15:24:00.000-05:002006-11-21T09:17:45.166-05:00How To Dress Your Age<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/1600/dressforage2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/320/dressforage2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A reader writes: </span><br />Hi Ms Jeepers<br /><br />I have an emergency question. I am 43 and I have spiraled into <br />fashioned uncertainty. Can I still wear lace blouses and skinny <br />jeans? Platforms? I think I look good in them but maybe I don't. I <br />have a good body (I have been told) and I am holding up well. Its not <br />like a want to go raving but I hate the corporate suit look with a <br />neat haircut. Ditto beige.<br />Please help me! I would quite happily follow your advice to the 22 <br />year old woman.<br /><br />Signed,<br />[name withheld]<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jeepers replies:</span><br />Dear one,<br /><br />What is this "raving" you speak of? To answer the question implied in your letter--"Do I have to dress my age?"--the answer is no. Don't dress your <span style="font-style:italic;">age</span>, dress your dreams, aspirations, humor, and rank.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Most complaints against people "not dressing their age" are really about rank. </span>Psychologically, people don't want to be confused. It's <span style="font-style:italic;">confusing</span> to see a woman who looks like she could have a teenage daughter dress as if she were a teenager herself. Or, to look at it another way, people object to both underachievers and upstarts.<br /><br />A twelve-year-old dressed in an army sergeant's uniform is <span style="font-weight:bold;">disturbing</span>; a 19-year-old wearing sergeant insignia is <span style="font-weight:bold;">impressive</span>; a 40-year-old with the same rank is <span style="font-weight:bold;">suspicious</span>, because you would expect someone his age be a sergeant major already. (No matter that the 40-year-old sergeant is in even better physical shape, and more handsome, than his younger brother-in-arms!)<br /><br />So, when considering whether you'd look good in a particular piece, <span style="font-weight:bold;">use the following checklist:</span><br /><br />1. Do I look good?<br />2. Do I feel good?<br />3. Does it say something positive (and perhaps truthful) about my rank in life?<br />4. Can I picture Sophia Loren wearing it?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">We would also would make these additional suggestions:</span><br /><br /><br />1. No showing <a href="http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2006/05/letter_of_fug_t.html">more than fiver percent of one's bra</a> at any age.<br />2. No pinstripe pantsuits under 23.<br />3. No <a href="http://static.flickr.com/38/77833386_6d00396db4_o.jpg">suspenders hanging down</a> to form loops at the wearer's side after 22.<br /><br />The Nobel Prize-winning physicist <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6586235597476141009">Richard Feynman's father once pointed</a> to a photograph of people bowing to the pope, and said, "What's going on here? We have one group of humans bowing to another human. The only difference between the bowing humans and the pope, son? Epaulettes." <br /><br />Yrs with good wishes,<br />JeepersJeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1163378565347647272006-11-12T18:52:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:59:23.870-05:00Choose Your Style<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/1600/getstyleweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/320/getstyleweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A reader writes:</span> <br />Dear Jeepers,<br /> <br />I am in total confusion - I am a 22 year old fashion failure... altho i try to look good i find myself constantly wearing the same clothes over and over again (usually my comfiest jeans and a big jumper). I have plenty of clothes altho i can never think of anything to wear. I often find myself thinking - oh i musn't wear that because tomorrow i may really need to wear it and it will be in the wash.<br /> <br />I would love to look good every day and to have a certain style to call my own. How do i go about achieving this? How should i decide what i need to buy to complete my wardrobe and make it more 'user friendly'.<br /> <br />Can you help?<br /> <br />Anna<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jeepers replies:</span><br />Dear Anna,<br /><br />You're a 22-year-old fashion failure? You can't be a 22-year-old <span style="font-style:italic;">anything </span>failure, except maybe gymnast or diaper model. And what bothers us more in your letter is the deep psychic block you seem to be struggling with. Carpe diem, darling. <span style="font-style:italic;">Do not put off until tomorrow what you can wear today.</span> This is your life. This is really happening to you.<br /><br />Take yourself more seriously, pronto. Do you think Bill Clinton slunk stoop-shouldered in the corners dreaming one day of becoming outgoing and personable? No, he practiced it right away, running for class office in kindergarten. He knew that one's performance as a seven-year-old does not sink into obscurity. And, like every president before and since, he was able to find later, for his campaign movie, many former classmates to say things like "I always knew he'd be president one day."<br /><br />In general:<br /><br />1) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Identify your favorite parts of yourself.</span> Your thick hair? Your sexy eyes? Your long legs? Your curves? Your sense of humor? Your daintiness? Whatever. Then identify clothes or looks that emphasize those things.<br /><br />2) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Make sure to wear at least one non-standard thing every day,</span> whether it's an unusual color combination, fabulous boots, or a tiny vest.<br /><br />3) <span style="font-weight:bold;">If you find something that looks really good on you, buy more of that.</span><br /><br />4) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Throw away all of your so-so clothing,</span> so you won't be tempted to ever wear them again.<br /><br />5) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Choose one item from Column A and one from Column B</span> to add to your wardrobe this autumn. It doesn't take much to take a boring outfit and turn it wonderful.<br /><br />Unfortunately, we cannot really give you a specific list of things to add to your closet, because we don't know you. But every 22-year-old should probably have a good pair of dark, skinny jeans, a riding jacket type of thing, a blouse made entirely of lace, blue shoes, a sleek black dress, boots, belts, something plaid, lipstick, a thin scarf to wind and wind around the throat, a pleated mini-skirt, a pencil skirt to just below the knees.<br /><br />Someone sent in a question very similar to yours about a year ago. Our reply to her, titled <a href="http://what2wearthisvery2nd.blogspot.com/2005/10/help-from-clothing-fairy.html">"Help From the Clothing Fairy"</a> might be of some interest to you as well.<br /><br />Yrs with best wishes,<br />JeepersJeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1162217460243195732006-10-30T09:06:00.000-05:002006-10-30T09:11:00.270-05:00Ballroom Dances with Dogs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/1600/dancewithdogsweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/320/dancewithdogsweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />A little sketch. <br /><br /><i>Coming soon: ThreeAsFour jeans, sonograms, and at-home manicures.</i>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1161779333277180652006-10-25T08:06:00.000-04:002006-10-25T08:32:35.150-04:00For Halloween<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/1600/halloweenweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/320/halloweenweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A reader writes:</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">The day of the dead is fast approaching and i have yet to come up with a decent/cute/fashionable/creative costume, so in lieu of hitting up the local wallmart, i've been racking my brain (and the internet) for some ideas. unfortunatly, i havn't had much luck. my only requirement being that i would like to wear it to school (art school to be exact... tones of pressure to be creative) and dont want to look dumpy. please help!<br /> <br />mer</span><br /><br />Dear Mer,<br /><br />Well, do not go to your fancy art school costume party dressed as a fat cell. Nor in any costume that requires a fake nose of any kind--neither clown nor Groucho Marx nor reindeer. Sexy witches are irritating to all other women, and not a good showcase of your creativity. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Here are two ideas:</span> either go dressed in your normal clothes and, when asked what you're dressed as, say things like "Marilyn Monroe," or "Attorney General Gonzalez." Or, go dressed as Ariel, the Little Mermaid, <span style="font-style:italic;">after</span> the spell has turned her tail into legs. Wear a beautiful, long wig, sparkles on your face, a breast-bearing, ocean-inspired top, and jeans. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The last time we wore a Halloween costume was some ten years ago.</span> We bought a very realistic, Statue of Liberty mask, donned a toga, and tromped through the cold, crowded streets of Baltimore with several friends who were dressed as mimes--with white gloves, white-painted faces, striped shirts, and bowler hats. Frat boys taunted us from the opposite sidewalk with calls of "Mimes suck!" and we arrived at our party so late that by the time we walked through the door, a handful of stragglers sat slumped on the sofa, their costumes in disarray, watching a football game on TV. <br /><br />Have a wonderful time!<br /><br />Yrs,<br />JeepersJeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1161694212734406252006-10-24T07:58:00.000-04:002006-10-24T08:50:12.866-04:00New Medium<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/1600/chalkdressweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/320/chalkdressweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Wear this chalk-drawn dress to the casual wedding reception party of two friends who have lived together for nearly a decade.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Coming soon: what a husband should wear to a sonogram, fast food uniforms, must-have shoes, why red lipstick matters, and how to be truly good. </span>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1161133697519141912006-10-17T21:02:00.000-04:002006-10-19T09:16:22.726-04:00Pants for a Reverend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/1600/rev_annweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/320/rev_annweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A reader writes: </span><span style="font-style:italic;">I am 51 years old, female, married, mother of one-freshman in college. I have no style anymore. Correction. I never had any style. I want one now. Or, I want my regular style but for 2006, not 1976. I do like that 70’s show. Can I wear my daughter’s pants that she left at home because they are too big for her? J Crew “10 reg. favorite fit” Bottoms are flared. They feel great. Not too low, but at least not as high as Land’s End. At my age, and at this dropped waist, can I wear a wide belt? My shoes look like pencils at the bottom of these pant legs. I have narrow feet and can’t find shoes that fit and look in style at the same time. Should I be looking for something chunky? Boot? Who sells boots in narrow sizes?<br /><br />Signed,<br />Rev. Ann </span><br /><br />Dear Rev. Ann,<br /><br />The most important line in your letter: "They feel great." The cutest line in your letter: "Should I be looking for something chunky?"<br /><br />We could eat you! <br /><br />Yes, you should wear your daughter's jeans. Yes, you could wear a wide belt with them, although it might not be exactly slimming. Yes, we know <a href="http://www.zappos.com/welcome2.zhtml?1019">who sells boots in narrow sizes</a>! (Our grandmother wears size 11 slim, which is even narrower than narrow!) Her feet are so narrow she can wear hair barrettes as slippers.<br /><br />Here are some other tips for rediscovering, or discovering for the first time, your style:<br /><br />1) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Rethink your hair.</span> If it's like most 51-year-old women's hair, it's short and utilitarian. Consider growing it out a bit and either smoothing it down or fluffing it up. If you wear your hair in a bun, consider cutting it so it's just at or below your shoulders. Wear it down sometimes.<br /><br />2) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wear blush and lip stain/lipstick.</span> A bit of color on your cheeks can transform you (it's not just for Unitarians anymore).<br /><br />3)<span style="font-weight:bold;">Remember, Susan Sarandon (60 this month), is old enough to be your mother.</span><br /><br />4) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Get your hands on some <span style="font-style:italic;">more</span> pants</span> and jeans that "feel great," especially slim pants with a slim leg. <br /><br />5) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Read fashion magazines</span> and start cutting out photographs you find beautiful. Meditate on the looks. What do you like about them? <br /><br />We must dash off to work now, but may continue this discussion later. Until then,<br /><br />God bless you,<br />JeepersJeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1160628413389441972006-10-12T00:29:00.000-04:002006-10-12T00:46:53.406-04:00Hiatus Interruptus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/1600/hiatusweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/320/hiatusweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hello. </span>Please excuse our recent absence. We've been playing tennis, competitively. There's a tennis coach (Jan, pronounced "Yawn"), and clay courts beneath a domed roof, and ice packs to apply to ankles, and lots of vitamins to take in between matches, and then just the <span style="font-style:italic;">reading</span>--the vast amount of reading required to really improve one's game.<br /><br />After a hiatus, we always find that we have no idea what to say about fashion. Here is a sketch (above). For what it's worth, note the scrunched up sleeves of the jacket, the red purse, the woman with stockings but no shoes (hot!).<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Coming soon: Homeschool yourself...what to wear in the forest...and the latest/greatest mittens. </span>Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375149.post-1159232458133359462006-09-25T20:50:00.000-04:002006-09-26T10:40:36.546-04:00How It Works<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/1600/howitworksweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6332/1395/320/howitworksweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">So you don't understand this website? It's really quite simple. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1.</span> You can't decide what to wear. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2.</span> You visit this website (What To Wear This Very Second)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3. </span>You use the search at the top of the page to search for past advice related to your present conundrum. For instance, type in "second date with minister," or "green eyeshadow," or "to a party tonight."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4.</span> Or, if you don't want to search, you write an email to Jeepers at dearjeepers@yahoo.com.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5.</span> In the email, you describe your fashion problem/question/worry.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6.</span> You check back to the website in a few hours (or a few days, or years) to see Jeepers' illustrated answer to your question.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">7.</span> You follow the advice to the letter.Jeepershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089192305136627372noreply@blogger.com0