I thought I was being clever: I wanted to enhance the houndstooth pattern buried in the plaid of the jacket by wearing a similar, but larger pattern on my tights. It worked in the subtle light of my room, but I’m not sure how I feel about it in the light of day. I think I’ll be sure to wear the pieces separately the next time, letting each pattern stand on it’s own. But I do love my new boots. I’ve worn them many times since I bought them. The wedged heel makes them comfy enough to wear anywhere, even concerts (seen here).
Despite my wardrobe missteps, my niece and son still love me and would be in every outfit shot if they could. My niece even said, “I always like it when you wear dresses, Auntie!”
Outfit – Bizz jacket (Forever 21); C. Graffiti tunic; Rampage boots; Target tights; bebe crown brooch; Vintage cameo; gifted necklace (from my cousin Regi); Rebecca Minkoff MAC purse; Michael Kors watch; Coach sunnies
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I think it’s the glitter and shine that makes me love Juicy Couture’s new “Powered by Couture” line. It’s just so much fun, and so useful. I’m definitely going to get the glitter smart phone cover for my iPhone 3GS, and will probably get that gold case for when I upgrade to the 4S. Oh, but what I really love is the blue leather gemlock iPad case. I don’t have an iPad (yet), so I think that it would make for a great clutch until I get one, don’t you? Happy Monday!
The folks from Rebecca Minkoff (one of my favorite designers), have asked me to extend an invitation to Any Second Now readers to join a very special contest: win a Mini MAC! As you have seen in many of my outfit posts, I’m all about the MAC (Morning After Clutch). Now is your opportunity to win a petite version of your very own!
What I love is that the Mini is just as stylish and functional as the larger version, with enough room to fit grab and go essentials. The strap is still adjustable so it can be worn crossbody, doubled to be carried by hand or shoulder, or removed to go from casual to evening in a snap.
Throughout the month of November, Rebecca Minkoff will be running this Mini MAC giveaway to introduce the cutest addition to the Morning After family. They will select 30 lucky Minkettes to win!
Click on the picture above for the link to the entry form. Good luck and have a great weekend!
The weather has been fluctuating between cool and a little bit warm, so I’m also a bit in-between with my wardrobe as well. This shirt is a summer leftover, but I love the flow it creates with wide legged jeans. I think these will be great transition pieces as the climate cools. I can’t believe it’s already November! Where did the time go?
(Do you like the longer tresses? Still deciding if I like my hair long or not…)
Outfit – Fossil shirt; Old Navy jeans; Jeffrey Campbell shoes; Rebecca Minkoff MAC purse; Coach sunnies; Michael Kors watch; Wendy Brandes ring; St. Christopher necklace from The Vatican
We’ll be tricking and treating tonight with all the ghouls and goblins. But my Spidey-sense tells me that these two will have the most fun. They’re going as superheroes, with Dominic as Spiderman and Mei-Lin as Wonder Woman (she’s not in her costume yet, although she is quite wonderful).
We have a nice large driveway. It’s big enough to be a gigantic mural for sidewalk chalk drawings. We were given some Spongebob sidewalk chalk at a birthday party a few months ago, and the pieces were so big that they’ve lasted through several renderings. These are pictures of their latest creations. I will admit, I helped with the Depeche Mode one, but the OMD and Big Time Rush ones were done by my 5 year niece. They grow up so fast don’t they? This is why I love capturing these kind of moments. Have a great weekend!
I had planned on wearing this outfit on Plaidurday. But after a couple of minor catastrophes at work (including a sink-hole right outside our office), the upper management deemed it a jeans day the following day. So I saved my tartan terrific dress for a regular business casual day. Oh, and I love these boots. They make any outfit edgy.
I had the pleasure of being featured by a new blog addition to my “Daily Reads Too” section called Cardigan Empire (how cute is her header?). Reachel Bagley is a fashion consultant extraordinaire, who has a vast array of services (seen here), which includes creating look books. She sent me an lovely email asking me to think about beauty and how I allow myself to feel beautiful. Check out my contribution to her fabulous feature called “Beauty-Full Tuesday“. Thank you so much Reachel!
I received an email from The Shunt Staff last week, and put my order in. It’s for the limited edition “Collected” DVD and new 2012 calendar. If you want your own copies, details are below!
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From the Shunt Staff:
On November 1st, Dentez Lab and Shunt will release a limited edition, remastered DVD of Martin Vladar’s documentary film which accompanied the AW/DM historic equipment, vinyl and memorabilia auction.
Thank you for all the feedback following our request for a response on this. As the original auction run proved so popular and to satisfy many who missed out, we have decided to produce this superior quality transfer of the film. Based on your comments, we are manufacturing a limited run of 1000 copies, with extra material available, entitled ‘Alan Wilder Collected +‘
Directed and edited by Vladar and featuring new artwork and photo manipulations by Akos Szenasi, the ‘Collected +’ DVD comes shrink-wrapped in a cardboard sleeve and includes 4 extra scenes of unseen footage – with more Emax demos from Alan, other outtakes which never made the final cut, a film review of the day at Zion in Manchester, and a 67-shot photo gallery. Total running time – about 62 minutes.
You can pre-order your copy right now! The DVD will ONLY be purchasable from the new Recoil Official Store.
Full content details:
ALAN WILDER COLLECTED +
01 ‘Collected’ (running time : 36.10)
02 ‘Collected +’ : 4 additional scenes (18 mins)
a) Overview
b) Fanatics
c) Emax 2
d) Auction day
03 Auction gallery : 67 photographs (8 mins)
All regions : PAL 16:9 : PCM Stereo : Subtitles: English
(Note: ‘All region’ discs will play in any DVD player)
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Also available for pre-order at the store (shipped from November 1st) – the brand new Recoil Calendar 2012 presenting 13 large photographs by Steve Gullick, all chosen by Alan. The A3 calendar is produced using waterproof, resin-coated, high gloss photographic paper. If you need an Xmas present for your fellow Recoil friends, here it is! Order yours soon as this is a very limited run up until the new year.
The Shunt team plans to bring more items to the store in the future, including a new selection of T-shirts and some other merchandise. Keep checking back and let us know which products you would most like to see appear there. Contact: [email protected]
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I attended another conert of an artist that I missed in the 80’s. I saw Howard Jones at one of my favorite venues, 4th & B. I went with my concert buddy and best friend Janice. We then met up my friend Merrick, who used to be in my choir. Janice also met up with two of her friends from work, so it was a nice Wednesday evening get together. I normally love opening acts, but I was actually glad that HoJo did not have one. I liked that it was all Howard Jones, all night long.
Calling Mr. Jones, I must have your glitter pants!
After a minor technical glitch right following the first song (which was “Conditioning”), Mr. Jones played two sets of music: all of the songs from Human’s Lib, and all of the songs from Dream Into Action. I only own Human’s Lib, so all of my favorites were played early on: “Pearl In Shell,” “Don’t Always Look At The Rain”, “New Song” and of course, “What Is Love?” Every song was a trip back down memory lane. I have this album on vinyl and listened to it everyday for a few months after I bought it back in 1983. I used to know the hand gestures from the “What is Love?” video by heart. It was obvious that night that I had forgotten them all. Please note another appearance of the beloved keytar (seen here at the Human League concert).
One costume change later, and we were treated to all of the music from Dream Into Action. After giggling a bit about the Michael Jackson inspired jacket, Howard Jones launched into some of the best music of the night. I don’t own the album (yet), but his most popular songs came from this album: “Like To Get To Know You Well”, “Things Can Only Get Better” and “Life in One Day”. I really enjoyed “Specialty” and “Dream Into Action” live and will add these and the rest of the songs from Dream Into Action to my iPod playlist.
One of my favorite songs had a funny little event happen, that I only found about recently. During “No One is to Blame” and the lyric It’s the last piece of the puzzle/but you just can’t make it fit, people from the audience suddenly threw objects at Howard. Since I was right next to the people who threw it, I realized that they were puzzle pieces, which was hilarious because I wondered why he didn’t react initially to the things flying at him. In this article from Sign On San Diego, it states that it is a tradition to throw puzzle pieces at him during this part of the song. It reminded me of when people threw ping-pong balls at Guster onstage during “Airport Song” (meaning I was just as confused).
After the conclusion of the second set, Howard Jones and his bandmates came together to bow and wave at the grateful audience. The house lights came on half way, signaling that the concert was over. The crowd started to dissipate, some leaving the premises. But one very persistent fan kept yelling “EVERLASTING LOVE!” I’m not sure why my friends and I decided to stay, but we did. Maybe we were hoping that her cries for her favorite song would be heard. Then suddenly the house lights dimmed, and out came HoJo, alone sans jacket.
Her prayers were answered. Because we were so stunned, I only started recording with my Flip camera at the second verse. Below is “Everlasting Love”, almost unplugged. I had such a great time at this concert because it was so specific to the very early years of Howard Jones. I felt like I was given a ticket back in time to see him as I would have back then.
I also included my outfit for the evening, which was my “Nevermind the Bollocks” Sex Pistols skirt by Idil Vice (last seen here). As has been the case for the last few concerts I’ve seen lately, there was some very drunken fun, including the enthusiastic girl who nearly tackled me to tell me how much she loved my skirt. Hope you had a great weekend!
Outfit – Brass Plum cardigan; Old Navy tank; Idil Vice skirt; Rampage boots; Rebecca Minkoff belt (used as a bracelet); Wendy Brandes ring; Cotton On hoops; Tiffany & Co necklace; Lucky Brand glasses
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