tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388993222024-03-17T22:59:08.401-04:00Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-42667773878249222012018-09-06T14:40:00.000-04:002018-09-06T14:40:12.276-04:00What Claudia Wore Returns (On The ‘Gram)*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://instagram.com/covercritiques" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pMvCqEAobwM/W4bMfgKCABI/AAAAAAAAA90/LDw_1GwhH0EBJNZlyDPUh0__iOwzlXuzACLcBGAs/s640/BSC-SS-1-promo.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
So. I had a baby about a year ago. It took pretty much a full year to feel like I had the bandwidth for anything besides my kid and my job, but things did eventually settle out to a new normal. When that happened, I pulled out my book boxes and found myself at an exciting new stage of life where I RELATE TO THE PARENTS OF STONEYBROOK AND NOT THE BABY-SITTERS.<br />
<br />
I swear, there’s a book where one of the sitters is reflecting on how old a parent (I think Mrs. Newton?) is, and they tell us that she’s 34. L O L. I was skimming through Mary Anne vs. Logan, in which the subplot is about Jenny Prezzioso’s sister Andrea being born, and I could barely focus on the relationship drama because I was so concerned about how tired Mrs. Prezzioso was about to be.<br />
<br />
It’s wild, you guys.<br />
<br />
Anyway, I’m bringing back the book snark -- though snark might not be the right word anymore because I so sincerely love these books, yes even the Mallory ones. I’m calling it <a href="http://instagram.com/covercritiques" target="_blank">Babysitters’ Cover Critiques</a> (the Super Special that never was, I guess).<br />
<br />
Check it out, tell your friends, print out some flyers and put them around the neighborhood, meet me in Claudia’s bedroom at 5:30 and don’t forget your dues money.
<br />
<br />
* Who even calls instagram the gram? I think I’m attempting an ironic <i>how do you do fellow kids</i> thing but I’ve now aged so far out of the zeitgeist I don’t even know how to joke about my irrelevance correctly. Only 80s kids know . . . how it feels to scroll through Oh No They Didn’t and not really know who the current pop culture news is about.
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-16098268068748121152016-06-02T08:10:00.002-04:002016-06-02T10:37:00.782-04:00What Claudia Wore, Almost Three Years Later<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;">
<b>This meeting of the Babysitter’s Club will now come to order </b><br />
<i>“What do you mean, you’ll be <u>three years late</u> to the meeting, Claudia? This is completely unacceptable. Abby, go through her watercolor kit and find me a Snickers. God, I knew I should’ve given up on you unprofessional yokels when I had the chance to kickstart my inevitable political career with a stint as eighth grade class president.” </i><br />
<br />
Oh, hey there.<br />
It’s been a while.<br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>
Everything Changes</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
Since I last published an entry here I’ve been through some serious life changes. I started a new job. I got married, and didn't make anyone wear pink taffeta in the process (shout out Super Special #12, Here Come The Bridesmaids). I - like, within the last month - got a mortgage. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
I mean, I get it, this blog isn’t about me. But life moves on, man! (Unless you’re a Stoneybrook-based babysitter caught in a time loop of eternal eighth grade-ing.) My point is, life is what happens when you're busy making other plans to babysit the Rodowsky boys on Friday, am I right?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d6U3uvmhQNg/V0-VpkzT2WI/AAAAAAAAAxI/WASYueIU9A8nK8fuB5tjywPhPoypLs7_gCLcB/s1600/FF-GraduationDay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Like, honestly, who even are these girls. Nice try, Scholastic." border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d6U3uvmhQNg/V0-VpkzT2WI/AAAAAAAAAxI/WASYueIU9A8nK8fuB5tjywPhPoypLs7_gCLcB/s320/FF-GraduationDay.jpg" title="" width="218" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Graduation Day</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">When serious blogs (that is, blogs that update semi-regularly, take care of their domain names, etc. . . . blogs that are <i>not this blog</i> is what I am saying here) finish, they typically do so with a final entry. I never wrote one for What Claudia Wore, and though this sounds like one, it’s not. Someday I’d love to point to this blog and have it be an archive of every outfit* in the Babysitters Club series. That was the goal that I had in my mind when I started the <a href="http://whatclaudiawore.blogspot.com/p/book-index.html" target="_blank">Book Index</a>, and it’s still a goal, even if not one I’m actively pursuing right now.<br />
<br />
What Claudia Wore isn’t over. It may be on an indefinite hiatus, but I still can’t pass an Urban Outfitters without a small lol at <a href="http://whatclaudiawore.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-most-claudia-ass-shit-on-urban.html" target="_blank">today’s Kishi-relevant fashion trends</a>. And even if I never write another entry, knowing that it’s here, at the original URL it launched from in 2007 . . . that’s important to me.<br />
<br />
Even if it’s kinda cheating. Just call me <a href="http://whatclaudiawore.blogspot.com/2007/05/40-claudia-and-middle-school-mystery.html" target="_blank">Shawna Riverson</a>.<br />
<br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Kristy's Big News</span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So what happens after graduation? Well, you move on to the next adventure. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">For me, that means a new medium. I have done a <i>lot</i> of writing on the internet. All the way back to 1997, when 'writing on the internet' was, um, mostly about whether Mulder and Scully were <i>ever</i> going to get together for real. I've been on the internet for more than half my life at this point, and it's a huge part of who I am. I'm an <i>internet person</i>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">So let's talk internet. Podcast-style.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://tinyletter.com/friendfromtheinternet" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="41" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u1kolALIo0U/V0-ZDiY-LPI/AAAAAAAAAxk/29k2zt8BA142T2hSsubwwTkZTtIeX9pzwCLcB/s320/FFTI_horizontal.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Cohosted by fellow internet person <a href="http://www.whitneyarlene.com/" target="_blank">Whitney Crispell</a>, <b>friend from the internet</b> will take on topics we love -- some serious, some not so serious, some <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38517.The_Wakefield_Legacy" target="_blank">Sweet Valley Saga</a> levels of serious -- always filtered through our personal lenses of feminism, intensive internet research, and in my case, Rihanna. (What? Rihanna can be a lens.)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
In our first recording sessions, we've explored the cult of Konmari (including the crazy amount of privilege inherent in being able to discard anything that doesn't spark joy), our internet histories and that early 2000s livejournal lifestyle, and we're even dedicating an episode to this little blog right here.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">We'll be launching next month and I hope you'll consider joining us -- you can sign up for our <a href="http://tinyletter.com/friendfromtheinternet" target="_blank">tinyletter</a> to be notified when we're live.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<form action="https://tinyletter.com/friendfromtheinternet" method="post" onsubmit="window.open('https://tinyletter.com/friendfromtheinternet', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=600');return true" style="background-image: url(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f-GcJeeHhVU/V0-SmTbEtcI/AAAAAAAAAw0/Kz04cgHIPm0KmWH5Q2vNn0ibrCeIxj1sACLcB/s1600/RepeatingMice-2.png); border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 3px; text-align: center;" target="popupwindow">
<label for="tlemail"><b>Enter your email address</b></label><br />
<input id="tlemail" name="email" style="width: 140px;" type="text" /><br />
<input name="embed" type="hidden" value="1" /><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" /><br />
<a href="https://tinyletter.com/" target="_blank">powered by TinyLetter</a></form>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Finally, I want to say <b>thank you</b>. I wasn't great at showing how much I appreciated every reader, every comment, every telephone cord bracelet-induced sigh of nostalgia. I loved them all and I've loved sharing this experience with you.</span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">You say goodbye, I say hello (to your friends).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Friends forever,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;">
<img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-532x1A6_Vck/V1AiLNsOgQI/AAAAAAAAAyA/koAbm-3-wXEoUvY0D5Dovuk3mhCQIrKagCLcB/s1600/IMG_3572.JPG" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">Blog Officer**</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: justify;">* at least, of every Claudia outfit . . . I don't know how many more of Jessi's leotards I have in me.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: justify;">** it can be a thing.</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-13948959291314445722013-12-18T15:55:00.002-05:002013-12-18T15:56:56.229-05:00So Claudia Right Now: Sneaker Madness<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">If there's anything Claudia loved (besides Mallomars and Cracker Jacks), it was sneakers. At least in some of the books. I think later on in the series they stopped referencing her sneaker collection. The ghostwriters were more into Doc Martens, or something. As an incredibly un-sporty kid (and equally un-sporty adult, unless marathoning American Horror Story: Coven counts as endurance training), I was always kind of perplexed at how Claudia could be so into the most offensive footwear of all.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">But even my clumsy, unathletic self has to admit that Claudia's 2013 sneaker game would be pretty on point.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/so_claudia_right_now_sneakers/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99786839" target="_blank"><img alt="So Claudia Right Now: Sneakers" border="0" height="544" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/kLe8D7LYmiB9XCgPNI3vJg/cid/99786839/id/iiGz4fYu4xG7GfsKj1-AEg/size/c500x544.jpg" title="So Claudia Right Now: Sneakers" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/so_claudia_right_now_sneakers/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99786839" target="_blank">So Claudia Right Now: Sneakers</a> by <a href="http://kiminimal.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">kiminimal</a></small><br />
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I wonder if she ever had a pair of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQnVDpbD7WQ" target="_blank">BK Knights</a>. You know you remember those.</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com89tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-74719554599153510492013-11-28T12:11:00.000-05:002013-11-28T12:11:00.506-05:00#91: Claudia and the First Thanksgiving<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I am posting this on Thanksgiving for those of you who need to escape to your bathrooms and scan blogs on your iPhone because you can't stand another damn minute of holiday family time. You're welcome.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Outfit #1: The Post-modernist Pumpkin vs. The Banana Republic Kishis</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"I was wearing autumn colors: red, orange, yellow. I liked the effect I'd created. It was sort of post-modernist pumpkin.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Now, where was I? Oh. Right. My autumn fashion colors. I'd put on a pair of baggy pants, not blue, not black, but yellow. With these I was wearing my red Doc Martens, laced with orange and yellow laces, and this great, funky, enormous shirt that I found in a vintage clothes shop. It has a leaf pattern on it. The leaves are in a Hawaiian print design, and the colors are fabulous. Underneath I was wearing my red and yellow tie-dyed long underwear shirt. To complete the ensemble, I had on earrings that I'd made myself, shaped like pumpkins, and a fringed yellow-and-white scarf tied around my hair.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I looked (I modestly admit) pretty great. I did not look as if I belonged with the other three people sitting at the table. My mom wore a tailored navy dress with little pearl earrings. My father was wearing a navy pinstripe suit (the jacket was hanging on the back of his chair). Janine was practically a rainbow by comparison: She was dressed in a navy wool skirt and a navy v-neck sweater over a pink oxford shirt."</span></div>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_look/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99819812" target="_blank"><img alt="#91: look 1" border="0" height="138" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/tT0U3tvh03vVg1vCMtQGw/cid/99819812/id/0LI8B2Yv4xGuMwRftP8JyA/size/c500x138.jpg" title="#91: look 1" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_look/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99819812" target="_blank">#91: the post-modernist pumpkin</a> by <a href="http://kiminimal.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">kiminimal</a> </small></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Outfit #2: This Is Clearly The Ensemble of a Fifty Year Old Divorcee</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">That's because, like me, Stacey has a style of her own. But while mine is Kishi original, hers is New York sophisticated. She was wearing an oversized midnight blue turtleneck under a cropped black wool jacket with square gold buttons. She had on black suede ankle boots, the kind that wrinkle around your ankles. Her fitted black jeans were tucked into the tops of the boots. She had looped a light blue muffler around her neck and wore matching gloves.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_fixed_that_for_ya/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99820407" target="_blank"><img alt="#91: fixed that for ya, stace" border="0" height="138" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/eJDmqiaF3iFw7hI26vCA/cid/99820407/id/Pl_zJGcv4xGOpg_rjl-AEg/size/c500x138.jpg" title="#91: fixed that for ya, stace" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_fixed_that_for_ya/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99820407" target="_blank">#91: fixed that for ya, stace</a> by <a href="http://kiminimal.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">kiminimal</a></small></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Outfit #3: Poor Mallory, Part 457</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mal is medium height and sturdy and has shoulder length, reddish brown hair and a faint dusting of freckles on very pale skin. She's a jeans and sweatshirt person, which is what she was wearing today over a red checked flannel shirt. She looked as if she were ready to go horseback riding. Since Mal loves horses, it was a good look for her.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_mallory_hearts_madewell_aesthetics/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99820830" target="_blank"><img alt="#91: mallory hearts madewell aesthetics" border="0" height="201" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/w8IrZH6X5AYIUkHmS1SKjA/cid/99820830/id/FpafD2gv4xG9Ly2FGdwLkg/size/c500x201.jpg" title="#91: mallory hearts madewell aesthetics" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_mallory_hearts_madewell_aesthetics/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99820830" target="_blank">#91: mallory hearts madewell aesthetics</a> by <a href="http://kiminimal.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">kiminimal</a></small></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Outfit #4: Hold Up -- Jessi's a <i>Dancer</i>?</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">She often wears her dark hair pulled back into a ballerina's bun, as it was that morning. She had on a purple leotard with her jeans, and a big fuzzy lavender cardigan sweater. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_you_are_dancing_queen/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99821600" target="_blank"><img alt="#91: we get it, you are the dancing queen" border="0" height="192" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/Y0Ebus5txKNAuwTjySOoA/cid/99821600/id/VAVCaWkv4xGoSsvt6xSULw/size/c500x192.jpg" title="#91: you are the dancing queen" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_you_are_dancing_queen/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99821600" target="_blank">#91: you are the dancing queen</a> by <a href="http://kiminimal.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">kiminimal</a> featuring a <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/silver_headband/shop?query=silver+headband" target="_blank">silver headband</a></small></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Outfit #5: How to Look Artistic Yet Responsible, Apparently</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I want to point out, though, that I was a very well-dressed graffiti artist/protestor. Just for the occasion, I was wearing my rainbow-colored crinkle gauze skirt, my crocheted vest with the matching hat, and my silver earrings (designed by me, of course). I felt that I looked artistic, yet responsible. And of course my button, with the bright red writing on it, added the finishing touch.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_importance_protesting_fashionably/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99822332" target="_blank"><img alt="#91: the importance of protesting fashionably" border="0" height="169" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/zErjIzgSHUAb1xA8n0DsQA/cid/99822332/id/hD90-Wov4xGVQwax7NeQEg/size/c500x169.jpg" title="#91: the importance of protesting fashionably" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/91_importance_protesting_fashionably/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99822332" target="_blank">#91: the importance of protesting fashionably</a> by <a href="http://kiminimal.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">kiminimal</a></small></div>
</div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-84239880791072665202013-11-04T11:00:00.000-05:002013-11-04T11:00:03.284-05:00Claudia Salts & Peppers Her Mangos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">How Claudia right now is the <a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/52571-check-out-mias-versace-fashion-line/" target="_blank">M.I.A. x Versace fashion line</a>?</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/8p1WBWw.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/8p1WBWw.gif" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7XIEnTHG7kI/Um2_HVDO-LI/AAAAAAAAAX4/cKRb0cGoU_I/s1600/mia.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7XIEnTHG7kI/Um2_HVDO-LI/AAAAAAAAAX4/cKRb0cGoU_I/s640/mia.png" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5RLJ5tzkGS4/Um2_brzEAzI/AAAAAAAAAYA/Dod4KH0I3hE/s1600/mia_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5RLJ5tzkGS4/Um2_brzEAzI/AAAAAAAAAYA/Dod4KH0I3hE/s640/mia_2.png" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/mia_versace2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/mia_versace2.gif" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://us.versace.com/versus/mia-for-versus-the-look/1600200,en_US,sc.html" target="_blank">Bingo</a> (now I'm hitting the six).</span></div>
<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-3414677942066297302013-10-28T10:16:00.000-04:002013-10-28T10:16:00.735-04:00Blast From the VHS Past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_1.gif" width="200" /></a><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_2.gif" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_3.gif" width="200" /></a><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_4.gif" width="200" /></a>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_5.gif" width="200" /></a><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_6.gif" width="200" /></a>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_7.gif" width="200" /></a><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_8.gif" width="200" /></a>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_9.gif" width="200" /></a><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/wcw/show_10.gif" width="200" /></a>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://maycove.tumblr.com/tagged/the-baby-sitters-club" target="_blank">Source: maycove.tumblr.com</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">If this doesn't bring you back, you and I were NOT watching the same video cassettes in the 90s. Check the source for more BSC gif sets, including <a href="http://maycove.tumblr.com/post/63570171741/hi-im-kristy-president-of-the-baby-sitters" target="_blank">Kristy's first monologue of the series</a>. I can still hear the actress' smirky tone during that line about loving animals and "sitting for Little Miss Piggy." Line read of the century tbh. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Also, please note: Claudia hung her neon yellow sunglasses from her hoop earrings so she could more easily access her snacks. So inspiring. </span></div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-65061519937283915912013-10-18T10:30:00.000-04:002013-10-18T11:06:12.057-04:00Everything About Sweet Valley University is Amazing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59Mvb8SD05w/UlGhj7SGTSI/AAAAAAAAAWk/rVeEHRJMmxg/s1600/wcw_svu_teenagedream.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59Mvb8SD05w/UlGhj7SGTSI/AAAAAAAAAWk/rVeEHRJMmxg/s400/wcw_svu_teenagedream.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I am about to turn 30*. What better time could there be to reflect on the important literature I was reading a decade and a half ago? This is adulting, people. Forget figuring out your 401k: <i>real</i> adult behavior is tracking down as many early Sweet Valley University books as you possibly can, and nearly weeping with joy over their trashy perfection.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I mean, there’s <i>implied sex</i> in these books. Drugs. Sociopaths obsessed with Elizabeth Wakefield. Although I guess you’d be hard pressed to find a Sweet Valley series that DIDN’T have sociopaths obsessed with Elizabeth Wakefield. Maybe the one where they’re seven and in second grade, but I wouldn’t bet my apartment on it.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> In case you don’t remember this amazing series, a few highlights (not in order, ‘cause who can keep all this nonsense straight?**) from the first ten books:</span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span>
<br />
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth gets ‘fat’. Fat just means that she gains, oh, twenty pounds, but the entire campus reacts as though she’s morbidly obese, and of course once she puts her mind to it the pounds magically go away. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jessica becomes a waitress. Hilarity ensues. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Enid changes her name to Alex and becomes an alcoholic. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Todd and Elizabeth break up. He also becomes an alcoholic. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It’s never clear how all these 18 year olds are getting so much booze so easily. I guess it’s like Dillon Texas, where 15 year old football players are more than welcome at every bar in town. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth is nearly murdered. Multiple times. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jessica gets married. The marriage eventually gets annulled. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lila gets married to an Italian count. The marriage ends in a fatal jet ski accident.*** </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth has a crazy Southern roommate who seduces a biology student and gets him to release a ton of fruit flies in Elizabeth and Jessica’s dorm room. By the time this happens, they’re both so immune to the insanity of their lives that they’re like ‘oh, look, fruit flies.’ </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Winston gets assigned to a girls dorm and ends up learning a lot about Womanhood And Himself. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sorority drama. It’s pretty much just the Unicorn Club all over again. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Elizabeth and her new boyfriend are so fucking obsessed with themselves that they make a big damn deal about their one week anniversary, to the point that all their friends end up planning a surprise party for them and they all eat ice cream together. Really.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bruce and Lila are involved in a terrible plane crash. They fall in hate-love. It is awesome. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stephen Wakefield shoots Jessica’s husband. Or he shoots himself during a dramatic scuffle. Something soapy like that. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jessica is almost raped. She is saved by Elizabeth and a mysterious stranger. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Aggressive racists. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lila, wracked with grief over the death of her husband, gives away all of her clothes. And not to me. There’s real tragedy for you. </span></li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I mean, it goes </span><i style="font-size: small;">on </i><span style="font-size: x-small;">and </span><i style="font-size: small;">on</i><span style="font-size: x-small;">. That’s not nearly all of it. I advise you all to quit your jobs immediately and dedicate your lives to reliving this awesomeness. Totally worth it.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> It kinda makes me wish there’d been a Babysitters Club: The College Years. I bet things would get real wacky over at Stoneybrook University.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">* in two days. I feel <a href="http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1162560/article_images/rachelturns30.jpg" target="_blank">like this</a> about it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">** I could. </span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
*** I bet you don’t believe this is real.</div>
</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-87859208993653307702013-10-11T11:03:00.000-04:002013-10-11T11:03:00.102-04:00Updating the outfit: Mary Anne Misses Logan<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I can't get enough of the delightful scene on this cover, which unfortunately appears nowhere within the book. Look at those joyful babysitters! Updating Claudia's outfit was pretty easy and fun until I realized it was getting <i>way </i>too classy and coordinated, at which point I threw in some neon accessories. Gotta keep it real Kishi style. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/claudia_would_mary_anne_misses/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99764360" target="_blank"><img alt="Claudia would: Mary Anne Misses Logan" border="0" height="470" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/Ak3XmoKTgzG57mj3KmVS5g/cid/99764360/id/ZiB_Y9ku4xGARvbj7NeQEg/size/c500x470.jpg" title="Claudia would: Mary Anne Misses Logan" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/claudia_would_mary_anne_misses/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=99764360" target="_blank">Claudia would: Mary Anne Misses Logan</a> by <a href="http://kiminimal.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">kiminimal</a> featuring a <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/purple_fedora_hat/shop?query=purple+fedora+hat" target="_blank">purple fedora hat</a></small><br />
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here's the original <a href="http://whatclaudiawore.blogspot.com/2008/10/47-mary-anne-misses-logan-so-remember.html">book entry</a>, which is formatted kinda funky and missing its image, but hey, close enough, right?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Shameless self promotion: I'm running a giveaway at my job right now and I've grown addicted to promoting it. So, uh, consider <a href="http://prosperitycandle.com/yearoflight" target="_blank">entering my contest</a>? The prize is 12 artisan candles and my eternal love and devotion. Fuck, if one of you guys wins it, let me know when I email you from my super-profesh work email (I suggest 'have you found my red ribbon?' as our code) and I'll smuggle a BSC book in there or something. It'll be like Babysitters Chain Letter, but with ethically made candles. </span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-70658972845210276712013-10-06T17:40:00.002-04:002013-10-06T17:40:45.623-04:00Get Ready to Have Your Childhood Ruined<span style="font-size: x-small;">I was touring the internet and came across this. I . . . don't know how to feel about it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<object height="315" width="560"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/1_E8SS9Dezc?version=3&hl=en_US"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
<embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/1_E8SS9Dezc?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I searched for this show but found nothing else about it online, so I guess it never came to fruition. Maybe Ann M. Martin issued a cease and desist, who knows. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">A couple other administrative updates:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1. I kinda accidentally lost the whatclaudiawore.com domain and the company sitting on it wants $$$ to get it back, so, um, we've returned to the super fetch blogspot.com url. I own whatclaudiawore.co (small comforts) so maybe I'll set that up one of these days. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Just more evidence that I'm the most dedicated blogger out there! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2. Sometimes I see things that make me think of Claudia and I add <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/kiminimal/claudia-would/" target="_blank">weird captions and put them on Pinterest</a>. It's like a mini-dose of Stoneybrook fashionz. Enjoy! Or don't. Don't let me tell you how to live your best life.</span></div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-10917521569057302562013-03-04T09:52:00.000-05:002013-03-04T09:52:00.722-05:00You Can Always Count On Me, And I Can Count on Boo<div style="text-align: justify;">
Bunheads, you guys. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWWytK7TVEA" target="_blank">Bunheads</a>. You gotta get on this ABC Family train.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Come to think of it, ABC Family is also the reason I had this weird three year obsession with the Gilmore Girls at an age too embarrassing to report (still think Jess Mariano is the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtDUGnPDMpM" target="_blank">DREAMIEST</a>). And then I had that shameful two year obsession with Gossip Girl (Dan, you guys? Really? <i>Dan fucking Humphrey?</i>) and then <i>this</i> year I got oddly obsessed with how badly the show ended and then eventually I found this <a href="http://nowhitenoise.com/2012/12/gossip-girl-new-york-i-love-you-xoxo-photo-recap-end-it-like-ehh-erm/" target="_blank">finale recap</a> and it strangely made everything better.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
And now I kinda love Bunheads and I'm really embarrassed about it, but apparently not embarrassed enough to not talk about it on a completely public blog. Sometimes I watch adult tv shows* too. Really**.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Which led to this email:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kDFr5G2qL2E/USf9nmRCN4I/AAAAAAAAAPs/KaXgTDnQavg/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-02-22+at+5.26.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kDFr5G2qL2E/USf9nmRCN4I/AAAAAAAAAPs/KaXgTDnQavg/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-02-22+at+5.26.06+PM.png" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Which leads to this post.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span>
<span style="text-align: left;">So, you know, if you're not into this cotton candy puff of a show, there's really nothing for you here. Sorry dudes.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span>
<span style="text-align: left;">Onward. Let's contemplate together.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jXiGaTTq1Us/USgCrcF3w2I/AAAAAAAAAP0/y5_B_9pX7Fs/s1600/life-with-the-baby-sitters-club-361424253-apr-3-2012-600x399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="170" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jXiGaTTq1Us/USgCrcF3w2I/AAAAAAAAAP0/y5_B_9pX7Fs/s400/life-with-the-baby-sitters-club-361424253-apr-3-2012-600x399.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The amount of girl power in this image is overwhelming.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xRjj_wvoQwo/USgJo-kmDaI/AAAAAAAAAP8/rcgKX02WuNM/s1600/maryanne_boo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="287" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xRjj_wvoQwo/USgJo-kmDaI/AAAAAAAAAP8/rcgKX02WuNM/s400/maryanne_boo.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr></tr>
</tbody></table>
Kinda sensitive and naive. The emotional center of the group. Got in trouble with her friends for her boyfriend situation. Just livin' her Mary Anne lifestyle, haters.</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CFLWBW-AYEs/USgKOZn2OOI/AAAAAAAAAQE/j57-DN-vvUA/s1600/stacey_ginny.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CFLWBW-AYEs/USgKOZn2OOI/AAAAAAAAAQE/j57-DN-vvUA/s400/stacey_ginny.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Blonde. Boy crazy. Super possessive of her bestie, just like when Claudia became BFFs with Ashley Wyeth. Child of divorce. Weirdly good at/into random adult things -- the real estate agent to Stacey's mathematician.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1O_JRRQjjwc/USgNa04kbjI/AAAAAAAAAQM/Zh60GxBYac0/s1600/abby_melanie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1O_JRRQjjwc/USgNa04kbjI/AAAAAAAAAQM/Zh60GxBYac0/s400/abby_melanie.png" width="400" /></a></div>
Sibling trouble (although with a dense, terrible-at-acting brother instead of a scoliosis-suffering twin sister). Kind of adrift until discovering her kickass side. Roller derby is way cooler than soccer, Abby, get with the times. Also, <i>amazing</i> crushed velvet dress on that cover.<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j-Sm7Gah1Fc/USgPwSbFLqI/AAAAAAAAAQU/jWqH-KwLEQ8/s1600/sunny_sasha.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j-Sm7Gah1Fc/USgPwSbFLqI/AAAAAAAAAQU/jWqH-KwLEQ8/s400/sunny_sasha.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Most likely to benefit from some serious time in therapy. Most likely to get drunk at a high school party and throw up in the bushes. Most likely to run away from home. To be honest, I can't figure out whether Sasha is Sunny Winslow or Cokie Mason or Stephanie Green from Sleepover Friends (because as Lauren pointed out, they both have their own houses).</div>
<br />
Millie Stone is obviously <a href="http://youtu.be/T7YiXT5d54I" target="_blank">adult Kristy Thomas</a>. If you disagree you're just not paying attention.<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
* Speaking of totally adult tv shows: I have a <i>lot </i>of concerns about <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/02/04/boy-meets-world-pilot-scoops/" target="_blank">Girl Meets World</a>, the first of which being that I totally conceptualized that show on my elementary school playground and I think somebody owes 8 year old Kim a LOT of money.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
** Sometimes I also read adult books. But not very often, apparently.</div>
<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-50231982761229924152013-02-06T17:48:00.000-05:002013-02-06T18:01:00.552-05:00BSC Style Alive & Well on What My Daughter Wore<div style="text-align: justify;">
Just randomly found the most amazing style blog you're not reading (or maybe you are, I'm often late to the game on this stuff) called <a href="http://whatmydaughterwore.blogspot.com/">What My Daughter Wore</a>. I got so into it I started thinking that some kids would be cool to have until I remembered that they cost money and require a lot of, like, maintenance and whatnot. Or so I hear.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Anyway, whether or not these cool young ladies know it they are totes channeling the Babysitters Club and I'm loving every second of it. Am I wrong here?</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="http://in.5thvillage.com/p/339082776297711159_224702920/" target="_blank">Claudia</a></b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GhgeH58Hhq4/URLc5T_OW6I/AAAAAAAAAOw/jD4uVmSN_14/s1600/claudia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GhgeH58Hhq4/URLc5T_OW6I/AAAAAAAAAOw/jD4uVmSN_14/s320/claudia.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><a href="http://in.5thvillage.com/p/383419150123246958_224702920/" target="_blank">Dawn</a></b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S1gSNvLhuNA/URLc5jWLdBI/AAAAAAAAAO4/lY3xyMU6pRU/s1600/dawn.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S1gSNvLhuNA/URLc5jWLdBI/AAAAAAAAAO4/lY3xyMU6pRU/s320/dawn.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><a href="http://in.5thvillage.com/p/382569655487538673_224702920/" target="_blank">Kristy</a></b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BK3u-qC-2y4/URLc5q5N5MI/AAAAAAAAAO0/4tfnmvXaUak/s1600/kristy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BK3u-qC-2y4/URLc5q5N5MI/AAAAAAAAAO0/4tfnmvXaUak/s320/kristy.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><a href="http://in.5thvillage.com/p/384965362240562975_224702920/" target="_blank">Mallory</a></b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lRzZ8OEzQkw/URLc5qbVD4I/AAAAAAAAAO8/REsA2wSfA2E/s1600/mallory.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lRzZ8OEzQkw/URLc5qbVD4I/AAAAAAAAAO8/REsA2wSfA2E/s320/mallory.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><a href="http://in.5thvillage.com/p/373419274731890005_224702920/" target="_blank">Stacey</a></b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-42LGYb3-Ct0/URLc6Hq8owI/AAAAAAAAAPI/U0EMFFmxlrA/s1600/stacey.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-42LGYb3-Ct0/URLc6Hq8owI/AAAAAAAAAPI/U0EMFFmxlrA/s320/stacey.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><a href="http://in.5thvillage.com/p/336009658696049800_224702920/" target="_blank">Mary Anne</a></b></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5A_jeAuaFM/URLc6GY1KwI/AAAAAAAAAPM/y_iPyEH_X3s/s1600/maryanne.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5A_jeAuaFM/URLc6GY1KwI/AAAAAAAAAPM/y_iPyEH_X3s/s320/maryanne.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<span id="goog_1270804154"></span><span id="goog_1270804155"></span><br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-50826764728909434462012-11-12T10:00:00.000-05:002012-11-12T10:00:03.370-05:00Yumi Sakugawa Gets It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmUsWUZXAYo/UJagkUlN3pI/AAAAAAAAAN8/DYP3DBNUwg8/s1600/claudia_yumi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmUsWUZXAYo/UJagkUlN3pI/AAAAAAAAAN8/DYP3DBNUwg8/s400/claudia_yumi.png" width="400" /></a></div>
Just found the most amazing illustrated essay: <a href="http://www.sadiemagazine.com/issue-no-11/arts-letters/comic/claudia-kishi-my-asian-american-female-role-model-of-the-90s" target="_blank">Claudia Kishi: My Asian-American Female Role Model Of The '90s</a>. Yumi Sakugawa is my favorite person right now. Go read the whole thing immediately, adult Dawn Schafer is portrayed as a tanorexic wearing a pot leaf necklace. Can't even handle the greatness of that image.
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.sadiemagazine.com/issue-no-11/arts-letters/comic/claudia-kishi-my-asian-american-female-role-model-of-the-90s"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TlUgE9Fb6SQ/UJagSeC21UI/AAAAAAAAANw/bf5oO1goGS4/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2012-11-04%2Bat%2B12.04.48%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-17531124326740046502012-11-05T10:00:00.001-05:002012-11-05T10:00:04.153-05:00The Most Claudia-Ass Shit on Urban Outfitters Right Now<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/most_claudia-ass_shit_on_urban/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62602366" target="_blank"><img alt="The most Claudia-ass shit on Urban Outfitters right now." border="0" height="489" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/rasAPG0L4Q3hBmhezUYBA/cid/62602366/id/CRslOVSBSY62dK3iCHmY2w/size/c500x489.jpg" title="The most Claudia-ass shit on Urban Outfitters right now." width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/most_claudia-ass_shit_on_urban/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62602366" target="_blank">The most Claudia-ass shit on Urban Outfitters right now.</a> by <a href="http://khutt.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">khutt</a></small></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<small></small><br />
<div style="padding-top: 16px;">
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69377842" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/69377842.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69377842" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Martens boots</a></small><br />
<small>I saw these on Miley Cyrus because I have the internet surfing habits of a 15 year old.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69128166" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/69128166.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69128166" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Martens buckle boots</a></small><br />
<small>As part of her exploration into buckles as self-expression. New garage art show theme!</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62758729" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/62758729.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62758729" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jansport backpack</a></small><br />
<small>Let's be real though, Claudia doesn't mess around with tie-dye. She does that shit herself.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69377963" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/69377963.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69377963" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ecote handbag</a></small><br />
<small>This is a fannypack and you know it, Urban Outfitters. A VELVET fannypack, no less.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=57540914" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/57540914.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=57540914" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cooperative mini bag</a></small><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">As part of her Miss Frizzle underwater motif outfit.</span><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=42655323" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/42655323.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=42655323" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Outfitters snake ring</a></small><br />
<small>I mean, obvi.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61019971" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/61019971.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61019971" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Post earrings</a></small><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">They're, like, a statement on materialism, you know? Stacey <a href="http://www.whatclaudiawore.com/2010/02/mystery-1-stacey-and-missing-ring.html">doesn't get it</a>.</span><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=43929466" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/43929466.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=43929466" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Outfitters snake ring</a></small><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Still obvi.</span><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=59542376" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/59542376.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=59542376" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chain jewelry</a></small><br />
<small>Claudia Lynn Kishi and earcuffs: like peanut butter and dyslexic jelly.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61184957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/61184957.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61184957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">She Colors Way Outside the Lines bangle</a></small><br />
<small>Tribute to Mimi's impassioned defense of her butterfly self-portrait.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=66581113" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/66581113.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=66581113" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cooperative knit glove</a></small><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Paired with her dangly jointed skeleton earrings.</span><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=67503117" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/67503117.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=67503117" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spitfire vintage style eyeglass</a></small><br />
<small>Stolen from Janine. Gave her a headache.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69380619" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/69380619.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69380619" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cooperative Animal Beanie - Urban Outfitters</a></small><br />
<small>Sheep are out, pandas are in.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69380544" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/69380544.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69380544" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Highline Round Sunglasses - Urban Outfitters</a></small><br />
<small>To hide her eyerolls while co-sitting with Mallory Pike.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
<br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69248071" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/69248071.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=69248071" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Betsey Johnson Bird Heart Wristlet</a></small><br />
<small>She would.</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div>
</div>
</div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-10995765847872038632012-10-29T10:00:00.000-04:002012-10-29T10:00:03.415-04:00Updating the outfit: Mary Anne Breaks the Rules<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 550px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mary_anne_breaks_rules/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=55375644"><img alt="Mary Anne breaks the rules" border="0" height="579" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/jsA7d74pWJ4o3NwyErgfA/cid/55375644/id/LbvZN19JTCWxRmHbSzONGQ/size/c550x579.jpg" title="Mary Anne breaks the rules" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><i><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mary_anne_breaks_rules/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=55375644">Mary Anne breaks the rules</a> by <a href="http://khutt.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste">khutt</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cap_toe_shoes/shop?query=cap+toe+shoes">cap toe shoes</a></i></small></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61175103" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/61175103.jpg" title="Pink top" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61120884" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/61120884.jpg" title="Zipper jeans" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=49657137" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/49657137.jpg" title="TOMS cap toe shoes" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62131569" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/62131569.jpg" title="Converse star shoes" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58022064" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/58022064.jpg" title="Seed bead jewelry" vspace="4" width="50" /></a></div>
</div>
</div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-9406200368189858782012-10-22T10:00:00.000-04:002012-10-22T10:00:07.075-04:00Updating the outfit: Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO!<blockquote>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>"Anyway, I wore the coolest tuxedo I'd recently bought in a thrift shop, including a silky, piped shirt and a bright red velvet cummerbund. I removed the shoulder pads from the jacket, which made it really slouchy (I love that look). Then I bought a pair of white socks with silver glitter.
I decided to wear a pair of red sneakers to match the cummerbund. I swept my hair up and fastened it with a rhinestone barrette in the shape of a musical note."</i></div>
</blockquote>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Love it. Seriously, she's fabulous, and Ashley Wyeth better recognize. 2012 Claudia (also Trust Fund Claudia -- I recognize that her Helmut Lang pants and Marc by Marc Jacobs duds aren't likely to be obtained on a babysitter's salary) would rock a clear musical score umbrella with her version. Even if it wasn't raining. That's just the kind of free spirit she is. </div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/claudia_kishi_live_from_wsto/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58181939"><img alt="Claudia Kishi, live from wsto" border="0" height="380" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/qlw7MlsMvrDs29sy6zqCA/cid/58181939/id/g3ZMGWY8RYKqFx1GSqr-vA/size/c500x380.jpg" title="Claudia Kishi, live from wsto" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/claudia_kishi_live_from_wsto/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58181939">Claudia Kishi, live from wsto</a> </small></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<small></small><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<small><i>Marc by Marc Jacobs <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=48528223" rel="nofollow">black shirt</a> / Paul Smith <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62831621" rel="nofollow">tux jacket</a> / Helmut Lang <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=36379361" rel="nofollow">wool pants</a> / Converse <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61358746" rel="nofollow">pointy shoes</a> / Swatch <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58315272" rel="nofollow">red jewelry</a> / Tatty Devine <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=60183728" rel="nofollow">teardrop earrings</a> / <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64881294" rel="nofollow">Brooch</a> / Felix Rey <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=54130510" rel="nofollow">see through umbrella</a> / <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=63979964" rel="nofollow">Ring</a></i></small></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Also a red wraparound Swatch she probably borrowed from Stacey and forgot to give back, and red Converse that she stayed up all night studding. She'll explain her technique on the radio show, don't worry.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<center>
<a href="http://www.whatclaudiawore.com/2009/09/85-claudia-kishi-live-from-wsto-by-now.html">Read the original book entry.</a></center>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-9404299155294797252012-10-15T10:30:00.000-04:002012-10-15T10:30:03.603-04:00#123: Claudia's Big Party<div style="text-align: justify;">
I think the most important takeaway from this book is that Claudia has a seventh grade boyfriend who gets nervous about going out to dinner with <i>members of</i> <i>the Babysitters Club.</i> Think about it. Imagine being nervous about dinner with <i>Mary Anne Spier</i>.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"I'd worked hard on my outfit - a long black skirt, a white shirt with full sleeves, and a short vest that I'd covered with bright-colored buttons and bows. My hair was braided with strands of ribbons that matched the decorations on the vest."</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Once you de-Seinfeld the "white shirt with full sleeves" aspect of the outfit, this actually sounds pretty bomb. Get it gurl.</div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 550px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/claudias_big_party/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=55370719"><img alt="Claudia's big party" border="0" height="375" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/fM4e1DNqvzyozhIri5hA/cid/55370719/id/1HNRB0J_SPKsmt2ICkpKtg/size/c400x375.jpg" title="Claudia's big party" width="400" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/claudias_big_party/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=55370719">Claudia's big party</a> by <a href="http://khutt.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste">khutt</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/silver_shoes/shop?query=silver+shoes">silver shoes</a></small></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 400px;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=60895762" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/60895762.jpg" title="Off the shoulder top" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=60110874" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/60110874.jpg" title="Denim vest" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=54805692" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/54805692.jpg" title="Long maxi skirt" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=60409473" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/60409473.jpg" title="Dr. Martens silver shoes" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62521258" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/62521258.jpg" title="Bow jewelry" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=47235884" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/47235884.jpg" title="ASOS acrylic jewelry" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61869917" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/61869917.jpg" title="Plastic jewelry" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62598170" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/62598170.jpg" title="Brooch" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=57189127" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/57189127.jpg" title="Metal jewelry" vspace="4" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61430232" rel="nofollow"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/61430232.jpg" title="Kate Spade bow belt" vspace="4" width="50" /></a></div>
</div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-62746919772742834952012-10-11T10:30:00.000-04:002012-10-11T10:30:04.599-04:00That time I got a new job and forgot about the blog again<div style="text-align: justify;">
Okay, I zoned out a little bit, like Claudia after a serious Hershey's Kisses sesh. It's not my fault. I started a new job in September and I'm like <i>really</i> busy you guys. I got babysitting jobs for days if you know what I mean (you don't, and neither do I. I'm in marketing. The only babysitting I'm doing is of our Google Analytics account -- my personal Jenny Prezzioso.). </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But! As penance, I have lined up three weeks of outfit updates for you, and until those start going live please feel free to nod thoughtfully at all of the things I would've purchased for this job if I didn't have to do things like 'pay rent' and 'buy food'.
</div>
<p> </p>
<div style="width:500px;margin:0 auto"><div style="position:relative;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.polyvore.com/yeah_you_know_how_it/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58186271"><img width="500" alt="Yeah, you know how it goes" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/Woo2Bom8vmgDQyFoDaYzA/cid/58186271/id/wwGK4UHRQS_Mx5NvpYzLXw/size/c500x441.jpg" title="Yeah, you know how it goes" height="441" border="0" /></a></div></div><br/><div style="text-align:center"><small><a target="_blank" href="http://www.polyvore.com/yeah_you_know_how_it/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58186271">Yeah, you know how it goes</a> by <a target="_blank" href="http://khutt.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste">khutt</a> featuring <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polyvore.com/frye/shop?brand=Frye">frye</a></small></div><div style="width:500px;margin:0 auto"><br/><small><div style="text-align:left">Frye <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64955113"></a> / Frye <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61718598"></a> / Balenciaga <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=59402351"></a> / <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=60094235">Sterling silver jewelry</a> / LowLuv <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61024650">gothic jewelry</a> / Elizabeth and James <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64615708"></a> / <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=61024599">LowLuv necklace</a> / <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64241279">Tech accessory</a> / Wildfox Couture <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=63121210"></a> / Tokyo Milk <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64804721"> perfume</a> / <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=63814155">Frye Regina Studded Ballet</a> / <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=56477462">By Boe Open Studs</a></div></small></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<P> </p>
Also, if you want to know what I'm up to during daytime (and, yeah, sometimes nighttime too) hours, you can follow Prosperity Candle on <a href="http://twitter.com/prosperitycndle">twitter</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com/prosperitycandle">facebook</a>, and <a href="http://pinterest.com/prosperitycndle">pinterest</a>. In fact, I encourage you to. There's less swearing but more doing good things for the world and stuff. <i>Also,</i> <a href="http://shop.prosperitycandle.com/">we sell candles</a>. I'll let you know when I figure out how to successfully pitch a BSC tribute candle.</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-89026583790586678162012-10-09T18:29:00.000-04:002012-10-09T18:52:27.038-04:00So Claudia Right Now: Jessa Johansson<div style="text-align: justify;">
It's not just the kimonos. Okay, <i>maybe</i> it's mostly the kimonos. And the hats. And the billowy printed pants. Whatever, she's just fabulous. And hiding joints instead of candy. In Shosanna's bedroom, because it makes sense that an adult Claudia would be a total couch crasher, you know? She'd show up with an easel and a guilty smile and offer to braid your hair every night and when she finally left there'd be glitter and candy wrappers everywhere. It'd takes months to recover, and then she'd show up again, offering an only-slightly-melted Milky Way bar and drinks-on-her . . . when she gets back on her feet, of course. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"Oh, Claudia," the Kishis would murmur to themselves in despair, "why can't you be more like your sister?"</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
That is, until Janine's inevitable nervous breakdown.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vbnr8obiotA/UEZWGyvAKNI/AAAAAAAAAME/0hLwF9Zd3e0/s1600/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vbnr8obiotA/UEZWGyvAKNI/AAAAAAAAAME/0hLwF9Zd3e0/s320/1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPRxitl5Sro/UEZWHh0hi3I/AAAAAAAAAMM/NiA3z2OoTUM/s1600/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPRxitl5Sro/UEZWHh0hi3I/AAAAAAAAAMM/NiA3z2OoTUM/s320/2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rWTU9DXcksc/UEZWIMkngTI/AAAAAAAAAMU/iYo_qjCwpjs/s1600/3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rWTU9DXcksc/UEZWIMkngTI/AAAAAAAAAMU/iYo_qjCwpjs/s320/3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rjZczoN9glc/UEZWIh_veEI/AAAAAAAAAMc/Wda6l9vWPUs/s1600/4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rjZczoN9glc/UEZWIh_veEI/AAAAAAAAAMc/Wda6l9vWPUs/s320/4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-djmecoAw2aA/UEZWJOssdLI/AAAAAAAAAMk/WTvs6YmkpYE/s1600/5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-djmecoAw2aA/UEZWJOssdLI/AAAAAAAAAMk/WTvs6YmkpYE/s320/5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 550px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/so_claudia_right_now_kimono/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58119431"><img alt="So Claudia right now: kimonos" border="0" height="251" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/MZlfCIX8jf7rQzIwFkE9ZA/cid/58119431/id/KzljhXb8SKWaiUuSU3i4fg/size/c550x251.jpg" title="So Claudia right now: kimono" width="470" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/so_claudia_right_now_kimono/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58119431">So Claudia right now: kimonos</a> by <a href="http://khutt.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste">khutt</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/kimono_tops/shop?query=kimono+tops">kimono tops</a></small><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<small><i>Glamorous <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62712193" rel="nofollow">floral blouse</a>, $40 / Athena Procopiou <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64014289" rel="nofollow">kimono top</a> / Glamorous <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=59191709" rel="nofollow">floral top</a>, $56 / Dorothy Perkins <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=60121092" rel="nofollow">chiffon top</a> / <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62259093" rel="nofollow">Floral Print Kimono</a> / DV by Dolce Vita <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=63421169" rel="nofollow">bootie boots</a> / <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64805082" rel="nofollow">House of Harlow 1960 ring</a> / <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64805094" rel="nofollow">House of Harlow 1960 bracelet</a> / ASOS <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=49453914" rel="nofollow">oversized cateye sunglasses</a> / Essie <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62763109" rel="nofollow"> nail polish</a>, $22</i></small></div>
</div>
<p> </p>
<center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GLms7lA1MJ4" width="560"></iframe></center>
<p><i>(This post is dedicated to Lauren McAllister, who has been pestering me for weeks to update this thing. She waits until I've had a couple beers and then pounces with ideas like "what if we watched the entire Canadian tv series RIGHT NOW?" and "so, what do you think would be the theme song for each babysitter? Just asking. Update your damn blog.")</i></p>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-34388349374747270452012-09-12T08:06:00.000-04:002012-09-12T08:06:40.708-04:00"Wow, it's the Babysitters Club dolls!"Dude, remember these?<br />
<br />
<center>
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ehT5R9XgKwA" width="420"></iframe></center>
<br />
"I want to be like Dawn! She's so natural, right down to her jean jacket!" Yeah, okay kid. . . . wait, what about a jean jacket is <i>natural</i>?Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-34414173134517690002012-09-05T19:20:00.000-04:002012-09-05T19:22:20.247-04:00According to Madewell and Claudia Kishi, sheep are totes in for fall<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/sheep_are_in_apparently/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58201054"><img alt="Sheep are in, apparently" border="0" height="430" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/Hkp1O4LK9LSl5Zpftcjo3Q/cid/58201054/id/AXZunSHUQFaGMB_jm6nZ6g/size/c500x430.jpg" title="Sheep are in, apparently" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/sheep_are_in_apparently/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=58201054">Sheep are in, apparently</a> by <a href="http://khutt.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste">khutt</a> </small></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><i><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64455287" rel="nofollow">Madewell Counting Sheep sweater</a> $108 / <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=64873751" rel="nofollow">Madewell Sheepmeadow sweater</a> $88</i></small></div>
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
You guys. I'm innocently browsing the Madewell fall catalog when suddenly I find myself staring at perhaps<i> the </i>most Claudia-approved sweaters of all time. I had to drop everything for this one.
</div>
<br />
<center>
<a href="http://www.whatclaudiawore.com/2010/08/1-kristys-great-idea-back-in-2007-i_27.html">Read about the infamous sheep fight in Kristy's Great Idea.</a></center>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-27710133731574917072012-09-03T11:00:00.000-04:002012-09-03T11:05:23.389-04:00Updating the outfit: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom<div style="text-align: justify;">
A while back -- you know, when I was actively updating -- some of you suggested I use polyvore. Some of you also suggested I re-create Claudia's outfits myself. I assume that subset had been dipping into Sharon Schafer's special brownie stash or something. I mean, what were you thinking? I can't pull off a high side pony! But I CAN try to create less offensive versions of <a href="http://babysittersclub.wikia.com/wiki/Hodges_Soileau">Hodges Soileau</a>'s attempts at fashion through the magic of online collage sites. So: updating the outfit begins with book #42, Jessi and the Dance School Phantom.<br />
<br />
What a cover. Jessi looks more stankface than scared, and then there's Dawn. With that hair. <i>That hair*.</i> It's so bad that the first update I made to her outfit was a VO5 hot oil treatment, because there's no excuse for that situation on top of her head. Her Texas Tuxedo would be slightly more acceptable if she was wearing grey jeans, and when I think California Casual I think Swedish Hasbeens. Mostly because the early books kept mentioning Dawn's affinity for clogs and it just stuck. And orange slice earrings because California. Obvi.</div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<div style="position: relative;">
<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/jessi_dance_school_phantom/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=55380669"><img alt="Jessi and the dance school phantom" border="0" height="475" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/JyGyOtAAaFylZXmESikQ/cid/55380669/id/A0uA1z1qRFqCcuw-CtAcuw/size/c500x475.jpg" title="Jessi and the dance school phantom" width="500" /></a></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<small><i><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/jessi_dance_school_phantom/set?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=55380669">Jessi and the dance school phantom</a> by <a href="http://khutt.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste">khutt</a> featuring a <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/chambray_shirt/shop?query=chambray+shirt">chambray shirt</a></i></small></div>
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;">
<i><small></small></i><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<small><i>Madewell <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=57092776" rel="nofollow">chambray shirt</a> / AllSaints <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62324936" rel="nofollow">super skinny jeans</a> / Madewell <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=49613785" rel="nofollow">slip on shoes</a> / <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=60683465" rel="nofollow">Duffel bag</a> / <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2702199&.svc=copypaste&id=62667463" rel="nofollow">Orange slice stud earrings by dixielanddelight on Etsy</a></i></small><br />
<small><br /></small></div>
</div>
* little Lucille Bluth nod for you there.
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.whatclaudiawore.com/2009/12/42-jessi-and-dance-school-phantom-its.html">Read the original book entry.</a></div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-81047110830507606512012-08-27T10:48:00.000-04:002012-08-27T10:48:59.223-04:00Claudia re-emerges; got lost in closet in pursuit of Chunky bar<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/warmgun/gifs/britheyyall.gif" /><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
It's been a while, huh?<br />
<br />
So, what's new with you? Things are cool over here. I live practically across the street from an Urban Outfitters now, which is kind of troubling for my wallet. Also I haven't bought any new Fryes in a really long time but that doesn't mean I haven't made all <i>sorts </i>of other terrible purchasing decisions. But you're probably not here to read about me, even though the fact that I'm a blogger means I'm inherently kind of narcissistic and you're gonna end up reading about me <i>anyway</i>. We both know who you're really here for. And she's back. At least for a little while. I've got some entries queued up and some strange outfit descriptions for us to ponder together <i>and</i> I just vacuumed the floor of my bedroom so BSC meetings are gonna be a little less dusty.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Also the adverb abuse will continue. That I can absolutely promise you.</div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909156147037539188noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-49239559317758061482011-10-17T09:03:00.001-04:002012-02-19T16:41:01.926-05:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>How to Put Together Your Totally Dibble Claudia Kishi Halloween Costume</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dude, how is it almost Halloween already? I guess my hectic babysitting schedule has kept me too busy to realize that summer's long over. Damn those Pike children and their loveable* hijinks!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I haven't dressed up for Halloween in years (unless 'sweatpant-wearing twentysomething' counts as a costume as well as my daily wardrobe**), but I'm sure some of you are looking to put together a fabulous throwback costume. Why not our super <i>acute</i> vice president?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below, please enjoy your guide to a dibbly fresh Halloween costume (almond-shaped eyes not included) that you'll inevitably have to explain to almost every male at the party.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div><ol><li style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Side ponytail </b>Scrunchy optional . . . you could also choose to weave a ribbon into your hair, divide it into five braids and pin them to the top of your head, or just throw a fuckton of barrettes in there and see what happens.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Homemade earrings</b> Get yourself on Etsy and search for '<a href="http://http//www.etsy.com/search/handmade?search_submit=&q=dollhouse+earrings&view_type=gallery&ship_to=US">dollhouse earrings</a>' -- you'll hit the motherload of Claudia-inspired crafts. You might want to pick a theme and gear your costume in that direction, like the time Claudia dressed like she was traveling under the sea with Miss Frizzle. Bonus points if you get a pair of earrings where one is a fork and the other is a piece of cake.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.smilemakers.com/shop-by-product/toys/jewelry/bracelets/JL396.html">Telephone cord bracelet</a> </b>You know, assuming you can actually find such a thing out in this brave new world full of iPhones. Do you realize our kids aren't going to understand what cassette tapes are? And floppy disks? Oh god, my youth is collapsing all around me. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Neon EVERYWHERE</b> I don't like American Apparel as a company (cause, you know, skeevy and awful?) but, yeah, basically look for clothes so bright you're in danger of burning out your friends' retinas. Hit up <a href="http://www.welovecolors.com/Shop/NylonSplashColorTights.htm">welovecolors</a> and buy some tights that practically glow in the dark.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Mix your patterns with wild abandon</b> Maybe get drunk first, twirl around for a while (try not to vomit in your closet), and then put on the first couple of patterns you find. Plaids with stripes! Herringbone and polka dots! Instead of asking why, ask why not! </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pockets</b> You want as many pockets as possible in your Claudia-costume, because an important element of her personality is candy-hoarding, and you can't carry a bedroom/club headquarters around with you. Hide that shit all over YOURSELF. Maybe find a tiny copy of a Nancy Drew book (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076241085X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=waitress&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=076241085X">Nancy Drew's Guide to Life</a> comes to mind) and stuff that in there, too. Then, every time someone asks what you are, just pull out a mini Mounds bar and treat yourself. Bonus points if you create a miniature work of art out of the candy wrappers. Leave it for your host -- they'll totally appreciate it!</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Even more pockets</b> . . . because you should <i>also</i> get yourself a cheap flask and bedazzle the shit out of it. Or cover it in stickers and rick-rack. Basically, this is your personal Kid Kit. Fill it with peach schnapps or some other diabetic coma-inducing liquor. Practice 'poisoning' your friend Stacey.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ankle and/or cowboy boots</b> No explanation needed.</li>
</ol><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're bored by the party, you might consider bringing props (a cabbage patch kid as a sitting charge, or an easel that you set up in the middle of a high traffic area just because) to entertain yourself with. Or walk around your friend's apartment, squint at the grease stains in the kitchen, and say to no one in particular "this might be art." This will get easier the more time you spend with your personal Kid Kit. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Drink plenty of water before you go to bed. And then send me the pictures the next day.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy Halloween everyone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eCmtxDutJVo/TpjPMKLC2uI/AAAAAAAAAUc/nDru4rb3WOM/s1600/claudiahalloween.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663504339214457570" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eCmtxDutJVo/TpjPMKLC2uI/AAAAAAAAAUc/nDru4rb3WOM/s400/claudiahalloween.jpg" style="display: block; height: 234px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div><i>(<a href="http://store.americanapparel.net/rsapx301.html?cid=905">patterned polyester spandex legging</a>, <a href="http://www.zappos.com/product/7528130/color/133945">Frye Carson pull on</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/83407033/rainbow-cake-slice-with-fork-earrings?ref=sr_gallery_31&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=dollhouse+earring&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade">rainbow cake slice & fork earrings</a>, <a href="http://needsupply.com/womens/tops/autumn-floral-blouse.html">autumn floral blouse</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* annoying</div><div style="text-align: justify;">** seriously, working from home is awesome, you guys.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-71748108489983416402011-08-06T09:56:00.015-04:002012-04-13T19:24:11.261-04:00<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Mandy Miller Comes Correct</span></b><br />
<div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Y'all remember The Unicorn Club series? I loved it so much. Then they <i>broke up the club </i>in book 6 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055348222X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=waitress&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=055348222X">The Unicorns at War</a>) and didn't even include a preview of the next book and, dude, my adolescent heart was so broken, thinking the series was over. Then I randomly stumbled on #7 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055348351X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=waitress&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=055348351X">Too Close for Comfort</a>) while on vacation with my family (treasured memories: going to bookstores in other states) and all was right in the world again but the books weren't really that great after that bitch Kimberly Haver came back to Sweet Valley and <i>ruined everything</i>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. . . Obviously I had a very tough childhood.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTPONn-J9vk/T4i1F_3qQhI/AAAAAAAAAHg/pI6Xpx_mU7g/s1600/unicorns.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTPONn-J9vk/T4i1F_3qQhI/AAAAAAAAAHg/pI6Xpx_mU7g/s400/unicorns.jpeg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666;">This is the cover of the first book, which I studied INTENTLY because there was </span><i style="color: #666666;">no way</i><span style="color: #666666;"> the illustrator was pulling a fast one on me: that was clearly Tiffani Amber Theissen on the front cover. It's like "oh, hey! The Wakefield twins! Maria Slater, former child star! Lila Fowler, looking sadly weasely! Mary Wallace, as exciting as a sack of potatoes! And right in the middle -- Kelly Kapowski from Saved by the Bell! Why not!"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Anyway, Mandy Miller* is totes the Claudia Kishi of the Unicorn Club. She's not strapping dollhouse chairs to her ponytail or anything, but she is definitely the wacky dresser of the series. In the first book, she tells us that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">"my family doesn't have much money, so my mom and I have always had to be creative when it comes to clothes. I get most of my clothes from the thrift store. I guess you could say I was the grunge pioneer at Sweet Valley Middle School.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Take today - I had on wide-legged striped pants, a knit cap, and a long vest over a T-shirt. Not to brag on anything, but I do have sort of a flair with clothes. Even Lila Fowler tells me she really likes the way I put things together." </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Even <i>Lila Fowler</i>, people.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L1Uq0E-hrN0/T4i1Fb9oqAI/AAAAAAAAAHY/zNhOyIbIo4o/s1600/unicorns+1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L1Uq0E-hrN0/T4i1Fb9oqAI/AAAAAAAAAHY/zNhOyIbIo4o/s400/unicorns+1.jpeg" width="263" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">By book 2, Mandy is such a fashion superstar that she starts a thrift store makeover trend at school, which leads to the director of some teen rom-com hiring her as an apprentice costume designer when he happens to wander into the thrift store mid-makeover sesh. He also casts Maria Slater in a bit part, uses the Unicorn Club as extras, <i>and </i>decides to film some scenes at Sweet Valley Middle School, because this is apparently what life is like in California. And here I had the misfortune of being raised in suburban New York. (Seriously, how many times did a model scout or movie director or former rock star or star journalist wind up in Sweet Valley? There must be something in the water there. Like cocaine.)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">"Mandy walked up and down, like a general inspecting her troops. She had really gone all the way today. She was wearing a pair of men's paisley pajama bottoms under a short tartan kilt, with a ribbed poorboy top and a paisley scarf worn like a sash. On her head was a tam with a big pom-pom. She looked great -- sort of like a punk bagpiper.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">We all stood up really straight as she passed us by. Mary had on a forties vamp outfit. Flowing pants and a floaty top. Her fine blond hair lay flat all around her head in spit curls. And the only makeup she wore was dead white powder and red, red lipstick.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">'Good', Mandy said approvingly, and Mary blushed with pleasure.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Lila had on a white crocheted vest over a black body suit and jeans. On her feet were saddle shoes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Mandy smiled and shook her head. 'Great.'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">On to Jessica. She was wearing faded jeans and a blue, pink, and purple floral-patterned vest. Underneath the vest was a white oxford shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and on her head she had a hat with a big flower pinned to the upturned brim. Elizabeth had chosen a cool fifties-style housedress, accented with colorful jewelry, patterned tights, and lace-up boots.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Evie was there, too, and she trailed behind Mandy like a second-in-command, straightening a shoulder pad or retying a tie when it was necessary.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">She was very funky, too, in her patterned men's dress shirt and tie. She wore them over a stretch miniskirt and tights." </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Original fashion bloggers tbh. Stacey McGill better scurry on over to Bloomingdale's, because she is getting schooled left and right here.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">* Sweet Valley trivia: Mandy Miller was introduced in the Sweet Valley Twins series -- she desperately wanted to be a Unicorn but was kind of goofy and her family was poor but then she got cancer and the Unicorns felt bad about being full-fledged bitches when it turns out Mandy was actually a super great person and then I think Lila bought her a wig because Mandy's mom could only afford a really janky one that did not meet Unicorn standards. I did not have to consult Wikipedia for any of this and that saddens me.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38899322.post-13914386469800407212011-04-27T09:30:00.008-04:002012-04-13T20:13:36.444-04:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Damn England, What Happened?*</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A while back, Alexandra sent me a series of images so horrible that I think my brain short-circuited. U.S. readers, are you aware that other countries have defaced these classic works of literature with cover images like the ones you see below? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I can only imagine that this is payback for the Revolutionary War. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I ended up taking an unplanned sabbatical from blogging (and honestly, that may resume after this entry, who knows) and never got around to sharing these monstrosities. Then I woke up around 3:00 a.m. this morning thinking about them. So here they are in all of their poorly-drawn glory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And there are more. <i>Many </i>more. Alexandra told me she has a near-complete set of these things**. It's almost too much to process. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dkc8z_W24BY/T4jAaUm9MjI/AAAAAAAAAKY/tnB44oQM5LU/s1600/49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dkc8z_W24BY/T4jAaUm9MjI/AAAAAAAAAKY/tnB44oQM5LU/s400/49.jpg" width="281" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street</b></span></b></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Not too much to complain about here -- dude did a real hatchet job on Rosie Wilder, who was super cute on the OG cover, but Claudia looks passably human. And she's got some sort of groovy Woodstock-inspired ensemble going on. Respect.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Grade:</b> E (Excellent amount of jewelry)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FMYzXQ7w0eo/T4jAiQ2uuuI/AAAAAAAAAKg/-a-Lbhk2XBg/s1600/37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FMYzXQ7w0eo/T4jAiQ2uuuI/AAAAAAAAAKg/-a-Lbhk2XBg/s400/37.jpg" width="288" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Dawn and the Older Boy</b></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's a lot that's wrong here, and I'm not just talking about Travis. (I didn't think he could be more creepy than he was on the <a href="http://www.whatclaudiawore.com/2009/08/37-dawn-and-older-boy-oh-dawn.html">original cover</a>, but here we are. There's a light in his eyes that suggests he's contemplating where he's going to bury all the bodies.) Why is Dawn suddenly sporty? She's wearing some crazy jersey that clashes with her turquoise shirt and pink pants -- so not California Casual, y'all. Is she having another identity crisis? And there's no way Dawn would ever drink a Coke. We all know Dawn is perfect and her body is a temple and she has no vices whatsoever and she exists solely on sprouts and self righteousness.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Grade:</b> S (Shenanigans)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-44umL0SLGSw/T4jApvvQzpI/AAAAAAAAAKo/j5bHTriyZfM/s1600/34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-44umL0SLGSw/T4jApvvQzpI/AAAAAAAAAKo/j5bHTriyZfM/s400/34.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Mary Anne and Too Many Boys</b></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shit just got real. Why did they put that ugly little boy in a dress? Oh, that's supposed to be Mary Anne? Really? 'Cause that face looks like, I don't know, bad Justin Bieber fanart. Swear to god, even the bird on the pier is giving her side-eye.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Grade:</b> G (Gender confusion)</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iCTr5UTSUNw/T4jA0bx_wDI/AAAAAAAAAKw/KCy95HISUbU/s1600/40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iCTr5UTSUNw/T4jA0bx_wDI/AAAAAAAAAKw/KCy95HISUbU/s320/40.jpg" width="231" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Claudia and the Middle School Mystery</b></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So maybe I've been watching too much Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but I'm mildly concerned about Mr. Zorzi's creeper status. I know, I get it, she's taking a retest and he's suspicious or whatever. But. Doesn't it kinda look like he's checking her out? Watch yourself, Zorzi. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Grade:</b> C (Consider calling Stabler and Benson)</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q9-B5mSWOgg/T4jA6TLGEpI/AAAAAAAAAK4/XoZxDvhXyLI/s1600/58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q9-B5mSWOgg/T4jA6TLGEpI/AAAAAAAAAK4/XoZxDvhXyLI/s400/58.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Stacey's Choice</b></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She chooses to wear <a href="http://whatchuckwore.tumblr.com/post/112314531/nathaniel-if-your-uptight-harpy-girlfriend-is">Chuck Bass-style silk pajamas</a>, and that's all there is to it, okay?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Grade: </b>I (Intense eyebrows)</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkZkvuiGyhk/T4jBBnB2pII/AAAAAAAAALA/VlOwnXtrQ-w/s1600/56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkZkvuiGyhk/T4jBBnB2pII/AAAAAAAAALA/VlOwnXtrQ-w/s400/56.jpg" width="285" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Keep Out, Claudia!</b></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What's scarier, the mutant racist children in business casual or the clown (?) on Claudia's shirt? Mad props for rockin' the fringe vest like she's a nastygal model, but the orange sweatshirt has got to <i>go</i>. She's definitely considering killing those kids, by the way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Grade: </b>R (Reconsidering babysitting as a viable career choice) </div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmyHSho3_rc/T4jBJvTcv0I/AAAAAAAAALI/71suDTC6CMI/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmyHSho3_rc/T4jBJvTcv0I/AAAAAAAAALI/71suDTC6CMI/s320/6.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Kristy's Big Day</span></b></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I saved the best for last, folks. I'm so horrified by this cover. Crazy Mary Anne is back, raising one eyebrow and wearing a hat for no real reason. There's probably a joke about the royal wedding and British people wearing hats somewhere in there, but I am so tired of hearing about that wedding that I can't bring myself to make it. Anyway, Kristy is straight up <i>busted</i> here (not to mention badly in need of some Alberto V05 hot oil). Maybe the illustrator couldn't meet his deadline and outsourced this job to his 10 year old. That's gotta be the explanation for this, right? </div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Grade: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">W (Wtf)</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* It may be 2011, but that won't stop me from making Mean Girls references. By the way, how great was Bossypants?</div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">** That may have been a threat.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com42