Posts Tagged ‘Fashion’

I’m ready for a nice, tropical vacation, but I desperately need to update my wardrobe with some pieces. For starters, my dress sandals are a bit worse for the wear. If I’m going to be in a tropical climate,  I want to show off my feet and cute pedicure! I had a discount coupon for Zappos, and I fell in love with his pair of blingy Stuart Weitzman shoes:

Stuart Weitzman Gemex Sandals

They are the perfect color of gold, and the crystals on them are so shiny! My crow totem approves. These will look perfect with so many dresses that I have.

Speaking of dresses, I also wanted something which has sleeves, packs easily, and is dressy enough for some of the more upscale restaurants. I like things with sleeves because I’m usually cold. While the outside temperature might be completely tropical, many places have the AC cranked up, which means I need a cardigan, jacket, or something with sleeves. Also, strappy sundresses don’t work so well on me because of the major boobage. I like some coverage so I don’t look like a low-rent hooker. Thus, I was thrilled to find this ombre green dress. Green is my color, and  I love the kimono styling!

Green Ombre Kimono-Style Dress

Now if I can just figure out what color to paint my toenails. Any suggestions? I’m having a difficult time deciding on the color.

When I was young, one of the defining movies of my generation was Pretty in Pink by John Hughes. In fact, most of John Hughes’ movies provided the backdrop and soundtracks to our teenaged lives in the 1980s: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Breakfast Club. Most of my female peers identified with the lead females in those movies. Practically every girl dreamed of being Andie (Molly Ringwald) in Pretty in Pink, the poor girl who made good by snagging “richie” Blane. (“Blane?! His name is Blane?! That’s not a name. That’s a major appliance!”)

I, on the other hand, was completely fascinated by Iona, Andie’s older friend who worked with her at the record store. While we never got her exact age in the movie, at one point she claimed to be “old enough to be the Duck Man’s mother.” Thus, I think they were trying to portray Iona as 40 even though I’m pretty sure Annie Potts (who played the role) was nowhere near 40 at the time the movie was made (1986). At any rate, I thought Iona was fabulous. She didn’t have kids, and she was 40! Because she didn’t have kids, she was able to work at a record store, even though she probably hated the job. Record stores were cool places to hang out in the 80s! Plus, Iona had a fantastic wardrobe. She had punk looks:

Iona's Punk Look - Pretty in Pink

She had fantastic retro looks reminiscent of the 40s:

Iona's Retro 40s Look - Pretty in Pink

She even had a funky-fabulous apartment for someone who scraped by with a job at a record store!

Iona from Pretty in Pink

To my 15-year-old self, this was my ideal. I always knew I didn’t want kids, and the thought of growing up to be someone cool like Iona who still rocked an edgy wardrobe at the unimaginably ancient age of 40 was something that appealed to me. “Normal” 15-year-old girls wanted to snag the rich, dreamy boyfriend. I just wanted to be Iona and have a fun, interesting life – without turning into a Mom.

Sadly, the movie makers put a little damper on my dreams near the end of the movie when they turned Iona into a fucking PTA Mom because she was dating a divorced doctor with kids. *sigh*

Iona's PTA Mom Look - Pretty in Pink

Since the movie didn’t show her marrying the guy, I told myself it never worked out and Iona went back to being her rocking self with no kids, the bad-ass wardrobe, and cool apartment. The End! I never particularly cared about what happened to Andie and Blane, but I also imagined that Duckie never stuck with that boring-ass vanilla chick (Kristy Swanson) who picked him up at the prom. I imagined he hooked up with Iona even though she was much older than he. (Hey, he planted a kiss on her that “made her toes curl.” It was fate…)