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Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:02 PM, August 31, 2007
Here's our chance to beat the Times to declaring a trend. If we could only believe it, we would be telling you that permed fauxhauks are going to be huge for men this fall. Huge!
From Craiglist:
Male Model Wanted for Perm Wave (Think Ryan Phillipe in Studio 54) (Chelsea)
Hi
I am a hairdresser working in a high end salon, need to design a profile for the NYTimes about upcoming looks for the fall. One of them is a perm for guys, you should have a reasonably full head of hair, it needs to be 4 inches long all over, it will be cut into a highly textured fauxhauk (longer in the middle short on the sides)
the finished look is like Ryan in Studio 54 (see photo) doesn't matter if you are blonde or not NO RELAXER previously in your hair, it will fall off
Please call me right away, no money offered but pr exposure and a good cut.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:54 PM, August 30, 2007
Keep your pants on. Ricky's is coming to Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, any minute now. It seems this shop sports a somewhat more elegant look from the outside than our favorite downtown locations. Neighborhood appropriate, we suppose.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 3:00 PM, August 29, 2007
Today, our head hurts and we're feeling hateful. Maybe it has something to do with spending two hours on the A train last night, only to end crammed onto a shuttle bus full of homicidal straphangers?
Anyway, it's really great timing for the ridonculous news that Leona Helmsley left $12 million to her freaking dog, Trouble, and $0 to two of her grandchildren, who apparently know what they did to piss her off. And even more convenient, our own Lynn Yaeger, who hates pets, reports today on Pet Fashion Week, from the doggie perfume to the $400 collars.
Here's a classic Yaeger line:
I quickly discover that Pet Fashion Week has plenty in common with human Fashion Week—mainly, all the really cute stuff is for scrawny, undernourished-looking animals.
We have a pit bull who we occasionally put in a zip-up hoodie when it's very, very cold. He inevitably pees on it. Perhaps he represents canine grunge or something.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 5:08 PM, August 27, 2007
After purchasing a Philip Lim dress on sale at Bird yesterday for $159, we've more than used up our sale-season splurge budget, but we urge you to take advantage. Perhaps you could use an anchor-printed tunic from Built By Wendy for $106?
Posted by Nina Lalli at 3:59 PM, August 23, 2007
In our little rant about men's fashion don'ts the other day, we didn't even mention the ultimate deal-breaker, the chastity belt of modern footwear: the Heely. Did you know they make them for adults? That doesn't mean it's OK, fellers. They made Segways and raver pants, too, but that was no excuse. Clearly it's not OK to roll around on sneakers that look like Sketchers for the handicapped. It should go without saying, but, we keep seeing you guys. One of our neighbors has a big bumper sticker on her front door that says : JESUS IS COMING! REPENT OR PERISH! When we pass by, we usually shrug and say to ourselves "Eh, I'll take perish," but now that phrase comes to mind in earnest. SAVE YOURSELVES!
Posted by Nina Lalli at 6:28 PM, August 22, 2007
Today, Lynn Yaeger uses her column to write an open letter of sorts to Jack Kerouac, just to let him know how his image has made its way into today's high fashion. Hogan, the leather brand, has designed the "Jack Kerouac Project" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of On the Road.
This is perhaps the most perfect example we've seen of what is so uncool about Fashion. Looking like Jack Kerouac, in his beat-up, grungy leather jacket? Cool. Paying $1,590 for it? Eh. Not that we wouldn't like to have money, but if we weren't forced to dive through the bins at thrift stores, we might look like some kind of poseur too.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:04 PM, August 22, 2007
A true sample sale is coming our way. In the garment district, things will get serious the first week of September, with a Showroom Seven Sample Sale that boasts "designer sportswear and accessories at wholesale & below"! Some of the labels featured are Charlotte Ronson, Issa, Clarendon, and Tara Subkoff for Easy Spirit. But there are much more.
Showroom Seven
498 Seventh Avenue
24th floor
(212) 643-4810
Sample Sale
Tuesday, September 4 - Friday, September 14
(Not including Sunday)
10 AM - 7PM
Photo ID required
Posted by Nina Lalli at 12:39 PM, August 21, 2007
If you don't know the store La Sirena, Threadster is doing you a favor today. Every Christmas, we hit up this tiny Mexican imports shop on East 3rd for traditional Oaxacan sculptures, decorative mirrors, embroidered tunics, and cool hard plastic shopping bags. Starting Thursday, owner Dina Leor is holding a big sale, so now we can get some stuff for ourselves.
Rebajo!
August 23 - September 3
La Sirena
27 East 3rd Street
(212) 780-9113
Posted by Nina Lalli at 3:41 PM, August 20, 2007
Here's an all-too familiar scenario: You're on the subway going home after another suck-ass day in the cubicle, and you're bored. A subway boyfriend would really help pass the time, and that tall drink of water who just got on is looking promising. Until he turns around and reveals his Chinese character neck tattoo, or until you scroll down to his stone-washed, wide-legged jeans and weird European sneakers. Why can't men just wear something normal, like non-distressed jeans and a non-shiny shirt of some sort?
My friends think I'm being harsh when I say these are deal breakers. But I'm pretty sure there is no way a guy wearing such sneakers could possibly not be lame. True, if I were a dude, and this was some cute chick with hideous fashion sense, I'd probably do her anyway, but I can't get passed it. What are your deal breakers, ladies? Let's try to help the dudes out.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 9:27 AM, August 20, 2007
This bag has got our consumer-culture reflexes all confused. First we laughed, then we read the description on cafepress.com, which sells the tote for $19.99:
Anna Hindmarch got nothing on me. Inspired by the "I'm Not a Plastic Bag" totes floating around this baby let's the world know that you're not gonna fall for the "it" bag of the moment.
What's that apostrophe doing? Wait, more important, doesn't this bag just out you as a different kind of sucker, maybe one who is trying even harder than the original ones? Ooh, brain hurt.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:32 PM, August 17, 2007
My first instinct on this whole oxford trend was no way. But the more hot hipster girls I see wearing them, the more I am drawn to them.
I have a clear memory of Denise Huxtable wearing faded blue sweatpants and a gigantic men's overcoat, and looking like the hottest, coolest person who ever lived. And I thought, I need sweatpants like that, and I need to steal dad's overcoat, and then I will be really hot too. But of course, that was the opposite of true, because Denise Huxtable was abnormally amazing, and therefore could do that thing where she wore unflattering clothes and they ended up flattering her, in that they said to the world "I am so incredible that I can wear sweatpants outside." It really doesn't apply to me, or most of us.
So the question is, are oxfords only for today's Denises? The skinny, bad-ass hip girls who look endlessly cute in things that would render us even stumpier and more manly than we already feel?
Naturally, I turned to my stable of fashionable 20-somethings. Results after the jump. And please, feel free to cast yours too.
"they might not be easy to pull of, but i think they're good."
"i think its awkward not sexy nerd in a middle aged librarian sort of way- but not dykey. i think its the least sexy shoe option out there-second to the ugg."
"i am definitely not doing that."
"i vote yea but only for some - if you're going for depression era chic...and who isn't these days. but not with knickers - that would be overdoing it"
"i already bought these. that's my vote."
"horrid. they're definitely a trend but make me think of sad, pasty girls, mid-90s, wearing doc martens and smoking kools. yuck."
"totally into this. although, i've never been a fan of the wimpy, 'feminized,' slimmed-down version of an oxford. i wasn't during the 80s, and i'm not now. nothing's better than a lady in men's clothes, and men's brogues."
"I like vintage oxfords. They are an attractive and comfortable alternative to high heels, flip flops, sneakers, etc. However, I think it's important not to wear vintage oxfords with an overly shabby vintage-looking outfit, otherwise you end up looking too Williamsburg-y."
"I think these are better for girls than for boys, in the same way that vests and wide pants are good in an Annie Hall sort of way for girls, but make straight boys look ridiculous. My mother just bought a pair, after searching for several years for a pair in her tiny size. She will be relieved to know that others will be easier to find, once Lindsay and Nicole start wearing them."
"eh
survey says!
no"
Posted by Nina Lalli at 5:31 PM, August 16, 2007
Holler, girls. Whatever your plans for this weekend, you're gonna want to swing by Consignment, on Atlantic Avenue. they're making room for Fall by having a big sale on Spring and Summer clothes, shoes, and bags. Starting Saturday, it's all 30% off.
Butter Consignment
371 Atlantic Avenue
(718) 522-3522
Posted by Nina Lalli at 1:33 PM, August 16, 2007
The Hamptons make us nervous. Anything that's even more exaggerated in reality than its own stereotype is a little disconcerting, but usually also somewhat entertaining. Intrepid fashion insider/outsider Lynn Yaeger ventures to East Hampton this week and reports on the jitney, the shopping, and the overheard inanity.
Oh, Ralph. Could there be a more perfect Hamptons figurehead than the Bronx-born Lauren? (OK, sure, he changed his name from Lifshitz, but if your name had the word "shit" in it, wouldn't you change it, too?) His distinctive message—and one that I've always embraced—is that you can dress like a WASP, present yourself to the world as a rich twit, and call your kids Hugo and Caiden no matter what your ethnicity or what depressing hole you originally crawled out of.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:49 PM, August 15, 2007
Audience Participation: What makes a cooler "hipster"?
From the craigslist Free Board:
Styrofoam box/hipster cooler (Upper East Side)
I have a large (about 21" x 14" x 15") styrofoam box originally used to ship Omaha Steaks. I'd rather not see it go to the landfill, and it still has life in it for someone who wants to use it for shipping or storage or as a cooler. It can be picked up from my doorman.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 3:55 PM, August 15, 2007
The Barney's Warehouse Sale, where you can see a lot of skinny bitches looking stressed out in their undies, starts tomorrow. We've been hitting this baby for years, and the snagged some of our favorite things there in the early days. Recently it has mostly seemed like a great opportunity to buy size 14 Marc Jacobs jackets that look like Marc Jacobs knockoffs. It's widely known that the Warehouse Sale is not what it once was, and yet, we'll be there, as always.
Barney's Warehouse Sale
August 16 - September 3
255 West 17th Street
(212) 450-8400
Posted by Nina Lalli at 6:53 PM, August 13, 2007
A small confession: we here at Threadster have complicated feelings about plastic surgery. On the one hand, we would never alter our own quite bumpy nose, nor have we ever desired big hard fake tits. We are saddened when we look at Courtney Love.
And yet, we can't stop watching Dr. 90210. Our DVR doesn't let us miss an episode. We also love The Swan, Extreme Makeover, and Plastic Surgery Before & After. Sometimes we overdose on this type of programming, and find ourselves looking at people on the subway and thinking about whether they need a jaw implant or if fat injections could take care of it.
We also sometimes marvel at the idea of what Dr. Rey would want to do to us. Definitely a nose job, lip injections, boobs, and major lipo, just for starters. For the time being, we'll have to keep occupied with E!'s online celebrity facelift game, which Jezebel brought to our attention.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:57 PM, August 10, 2007
Sometimes there is non-junk mail in our inbox, and you, dear reader, benefit:
If you weren’t able to make it out to the summer sale this week, no worries!!! Sweet Tater is getting ready to host a warehouse sale!
Check out these amazing deals!!!!
WHEN: Tuesday, August 14th – Sunday, August 26th
HOURS: DAILY 12-7PM
WHAT: Leather boots and sandals, winter coats, summer dressed, high waisted denim, vintage blouses etc.
SAVINGS: More than 70% off with most items between $5 - $25
Italian leather boots were $152 now $40
Vintage Fall and Summer dresses were $128 now $15 - $20
SWEET TATER
280 MULBERRY ST. (BETWEEN PRINCE/HOUSTON)
(212) 219-6400
Posted by Nina Lalli at 3:37 PM, August 10, 2007
Major news, ladies. Our very favorite vintage store, Edith Machinist, is having a blowout sale all next week on vintage shoes. If you're familiar with the store, you know the shoes are perhaps the biggest draw. Starting Monday, August 13, they will all be reduced to between $20 and $40. We'll totally be there to fight you, now that you know.
Edith Machinist
104 Rivington Street
(212) 979-9992
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:24 PM, August 9, 2007
As a teenager, I used to pass by the Morgan Le Fay store once a week, and would press my zitty face up to the window to gaze at the dreamy, voluminous dresses. Then, when my sister got married, I went to a sample sale there and bought one of those beautiful dresses. On Monday, the sample sale comes again, and if you're in the market for something special, whether it be a flirty party dress or a wedding gown, you need to hit this up.
Morgan Le Fay
601 West 26th Street
Sample Sale
August 13-17
Monday-Thursday: 11AM-7PM, Friday: 10AM-5PM
Posted by Nina Lalli at 8:56 AM, August 9, 2007
Some hoarder in Sheepshead Bay has found him/herself unable to throw away this giant, cat-hair covered dookie ball bean bag.
Bean bag
Free Black Bean bag, 3&1/2' diameter. Filled with foam not those little packing peanut things. Currently covered in cat hair, comes off easy with a lint roller. (my cat is the only thing that used it so I'm getting rid of it.) Email for pic. Located in Sheepshead 11235; 29th & X.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 3:47 PM, August 8, 2007
This week, Lynn Yaeger comments on a new study that says your fat friends make you fat:
The experts say they think the reason behind all this is that you get used to looking at people who are hefty and, after a while, guess what?—they don't look all that bad to you! You gradually shift your ideas of what's normal to accommodate a few soft rolls around the midsection, a fuller chin, a wigglier rear.
Unfortunately, the study disregards another patently obvious reason why you bulk up when your friends are heavy—they either have a lot of delicious-looking food laying around, or, more likely, their idea of a good time is a session at McDonald's.
Specifically, Yaeger looks into life for the bulky oddballs within the world of fashion, who clearly have not reaped the assumed inverse of this rule: that skinny friends would make one svelte.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 1:30 PM, August 8, 2007
Disclaimer: the juiciness below is based on hearsay and neighborhood gossip. You can't believe everything you read, but its more fun to.
Steve Madden has taken over the large corner space at 100/102 Rivington Street (at Ludlow), where he should be opening shop very soon. We hear he is paying around $18,000 in rent per month. Shit, does this mean our favorite vintage store will soon become a WaMu?
There's also speculation that part of his motivation for invading the LES is to fuck with Dolce Vita, on Ludlow, which was started by ex-Madden employees. Apparently, he has sworn to move in wherever they do for spite.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 6:01 PM, August 7, 2007
We're assuming you already know that you can no longer where Uggs, keffiyehs, "thunderbird" beaded moccasins, or gaucho pants. In this feature on Threadster, we will try to make sure you're not the last to know when it's time to throw in the towel on some other trend.
First up: Leggings. As we have said before, we skipped leggings altogether, because we are short, and we do not wish to ever make a line that will cause our legs to appear even stumpier. But for those of you who were pulling it off, it was fun while it lasted. Now you have to stop.
Note: This does not, (nor does anything really) apply to our own icon Lynn Yaeger, who wears leggings every day and has been for many years. She can do whatever she wants.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:09 PM, August 7, 2007
Everyone's favorite gay father figure is coming back to Bravo this week. Set your DVRs for Bravo on September 6th, at 10PM if you're a Tim Gunn fan. He and diesel-armed Veronica Webb will be helping "fashion-challenged" ladies find their personal style on Tim Gunn's Guide to Style. Basically, it's a makeover show that will probably feel like watching someone go to therapy (What Not to Wear, anyone?), and personally, I can watch endless hours of that kind of shit.
Gunn's PR people sent over some "matierials" on the show, and since my ADD is particularly challenging today, I couldn't make it through any actual paragraphs, but there was a list of "basic pieces" that Tim says every woman should do well. Do you pass the test?
Basic black dress, Trench coat, Classic dress pants, Skirt, Blazer, Classic white shirt, Day dress, Cashmere sweater, Jeans, Sweatsuit alternative. Bonus: One indulgent trendy item.
We're batting about 5/11, and that's being generous... Also, sweatsuit alternative?
Posted by Nina Lalli at 6:49 PM, August 6, 2007
Are we too old for irony? Is it over? Well, luckily we're way too poor to buy Kiel Mead's hilarious, awesome hand-made gold cast retainer necklace, which is $295 at Kar'ikter on Prince Street. Right before we saw this, we saw a big dumb-looking dude wearing a shirt that said "NERD" across the chest. Nerd.
Kar'ikter
19 Prince St
(212) 274-1966
Posted by Nina Lalli at 1:28 PM, August 6, 2007
The Nolita vintage store Sweet Tater is having a summer sale, starting today and going through Sunday the 12th. Tonight, the store will be open until 9 (instead of their usual 7PM closing time) to kick off the sale with wine and an extra 10% off summer clothes, boots, and the Sweet Tater private label brand.
Sweet Tater
280 Mulberry Street
(212) 219-6400
Posted by Nina Lalli at 5:25 PM, August 3, 2007
This $15 Anya Hindmarch canvas shopping bag, with its cute motto and sailor concept, has for some unknown reason sparked a major kerfuffle. Being a rather messy lady, we prefer water-resistant to white canvas. Here are some alternatives that we prefer, for picking up dirty (read: organic) veggies from our CSA, or going to the beach.
Susan Biji grocery bag, nylon, from fredflare.com, $28 each.
LL Bean's water-resistant, polyester hunter's tote is no joke. It looks real good with red monogramming, by the way. Medium, large, and extra-large are $19, 24, and 30.
Jack Spade's Canal Street Coal Bag is made out of the same plastic that those cheap schleppy bags are made from, but this one is all cool looking and not cheap anymore. Go figure. $85 each.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 2:12 PM, August 2, 2007
Anlo, Alix Wide Leg Trouser Jean, shopbop.com
18th Amendment, Colbert High Waist Flare Jean, shopbop.com
Oh God. We have, despite our generous portion of thigh meat, gotten accustomed to "skinny jeans," or as a friend calls them "tight, fat jeans." When they went from low to high-waisted, we instinctively sat that one out. No one wants to see that. But now, what's with all the wide-legged jeans? They look so laid-back and hippyish -- and maybe even comfortable. But can short girls wear them? Should they be high-waisted, or low? Do we have to wear heels? We polled some more fashionable girls, the kind of girls who actually wear flattering clothes. (Plus one gay man, who is more fashionable than any of our girlfriends).
The results are inconclusive. Here are some highlights:
"When I was really skinny, 25 lbs ago, I could rock it. Now, not so much."
"The wide legs are a bad idea. The low waist is a never, and the high waist for tall people, but I feel like they should be wool or tweed not jeans. Why is this coming back into style?"
"obviously skinny people can wear anything. i myself am pro-high waist, if only to take care of my pesky lovehandles. i am never wearing anything low-rise ever again. i've decided that i'd rather look like a mom than like i'm trying to look like a teenager."
"I'm casting my vote for high-waisted wide-leg pants. They look much better than the low-waisters. As for short girls, I don't know."
"tough one. I sort of don't think it's okay. they can only be good if they FLATTER the ass. on a short girl, that might mean they have to be low-waisted...."
"generally, i think if you're petite wearing anything high-waisted is pretty flattering. you'd have to wear it on your natural waist, that is, much higher than most people actually do, but it gives you the illusion of length. similarly, i think a fuller leg will further enhance that illusion, but wide leg... well, there's so much room to interpret what a 'wide' leg really is."
We're leaning towards either skipping this trend altogether, or going with the high-waist, for lengthening and slimming (they should be tight through the hips). Also, the low-rise is a little too reminiscent of the kind of flared jeans we wore in high school, while the high-waist has hotness potential, a la Three's Company.
Readers, please lend your wisdom. The next step is the mortifying one, of course. Trying them on.
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:49 PM, August 1, 2007
Last week, I brought you Jewish vagina rags, and I'm sure that was a very useful find, but I've decided to also point out free gems that are not a total joke, like the arm chairs below, because I love you. If you're willing to risk bed bugs and cooties, generally, craigslist's free board can be your ticket to surprisingly nice shit. I have often asked hip store owners where their couches came from, or their vintage desks, and heard it was all free. Meanwhile, my lazy ass is still watching TV on the armchair that was in my bedroom in high school. Thanks, Mom.
Pair of Mid-Century Design Chairs - Slid Teak (Kensington)
Posted by Nina Lalli at 4:10 PM, August 1, 2007
In case you couldn't guess this on your own, Lynn Yaeger is the funnest person to hang out with at the Voice. Since you don't work here, you just get to read her column, which is like a miniature version. This week, she talks about the new Hairspray movie, which features "John Travolta, whose face has been rendered almost unrecognizable by prosthetics and who speaks in the mannered squeak last heard emanating from the mouth of Dustin Hoffman's character in Tootsie," and doesn't live up to the original. Yaeger bemoans the watered-down-ness of the new version. "The new movie has plenty of dancing, but revolution? For that, you have to go back to the original film."
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