Girls clubhouse! (Metrosexual boys welcome!)

Would you believe I got it for about $4 off of a clearance rack? That's the way to shop!

I always buy fancy dresses when they're cleared. Better than spending 3-4 times more when the occasion arises.

you're going to look gorgeous in that outfit alecia.

Yeah, that is a great outfit for you! You really don't need many accessories, maybe if you have some nice bracelets or something?

So there's a village fete at our block of apartments this summer and I wanted to make some stuff I could sell.

I'm into kitsch (in moderation) and have always loved big plastic jewels and got these great rhinestones at HobbyCraft. I'm also thinking of decorating some cheapish pumps and selling them too in a few different sizes.

The thing on the far left is a tissue box cover...my boyfriend thinks it's missing something. Any ideas?

cool

I totally want to see pics of the shoes when you do them!
I guess the tissue box cover could just use a few more gems on the sides? a lot of space to cover there though. Maybe try putting two others so you have 3 in a diagonal line? Or you could put one in each corner so you'd have 5 per side?

Thanks! ... I know they're will be a very acquired taste (well, verging on puke to be honest) , I just remember people having the plastic rhinestones on their shoes in the early 90s - very line-dancer chic!

And that's what I did in the end, Kit. All sides are now covered in gems and it looks a lot better.

Will buy some shoes tomorrow and upload some pics. Hoping the glue I bought is strong enough... the one I've got, called Copydex, smells of fish

I want this:

Add a book.

Watched this today.

So the curtains fall when the show goes on?

The curtains fall when the tea is finished and I get sleepy.

That sounds somniferous.

So do I.

They also put animal fat in most cosmetic products and perfume also.

Yeah, these things aren't particularly unknown. But that's why everyone should do their research and buy from reputable companies who disclose their ingredient lists.

I like you. Girl, Interrupted is one of my favourite books/movies.

uhg

most hugs require too much touching.

This is why I study medicine.

I love that picture! Any more technical detail and I'd throw up though.

I know I'm a few decades behind, but I really want a denim jacket. It's irritating because the ones in the shops are all cropped! Cropped fashion items do my head in!

Fashion maths:
The perfect denim jacket = summer's LBD

You know you live in Portland when you think of a jacket as a "summer" item.

New purchase:

I start my new job in the city in 2 weeks time and am thinking of buying a new "work" handbag. I'm liking one of Zara's at the moment, but don't really like such short straps.

I hate short straps. I only have one hand bag with a short strap that I actually use

It's probably one of the girliest things that I own and actually use often.

I like it! Very pretty!

PS Do you have an iPhone? (Lucky girl!)

I don't have an iphone I have a htc EVO. I just recently got it and I love the camera on it. I feel kinda douchey using the filters because I know I can take a pretty decent pic with this camera. I just get lazy.

The hand bag is also reversible and has a zipper on the bottom to make the bag longer. It's a great little handbag and it's ocean themed which I love.

lols

My grandma called me to be sure I packed warm clothing for my trip down to california, because it is getting all the way into the *gasp* low 50's at night.

I remindered her that we don't even go to the river on a hot august day here without bringing at least a sweater just in case. Like I am going to travel without full gear no matter the season.

Harriet, I love the colors of that bag! I'm also not big on short straps, I wouldn't know how to walk around with it in a way that wouldn't be awkward for me.

I hate you people and your weather.

No male should have an opinion on a tissue box cover. Anyway, get back to your thread, I was just wondering what this was.

Ha! He was looking at it from a functional art perspective (he's an art teacher)!

some stuff from the upcoming Missoni for Target collection. The clothing looks like it will all be my favorite stuff this fall.

I love those cups and saucers

Wow, Sam, those are some nice girly things!

I don't like Missoni clothes (would look terrible on my figure), but the rug and bike are fantastic!

PS I know they're a bit tacky but I love faux shell gold earrings...

Actually, I just love shells in general. Nature is cool, kids!

Hah! Yes, they are! I don't think I've posted anything in here before...probably because I own/look for so few "girly things." When I stumbled upon this stuff today, though, I definitely experienced about thirty minutes' worth of super-girliness and topped it all off with a trip to the Girls Clubhouse. THE END

I understand how you feel Sam- the aversion to the overtly girly stuff.

I hate the idea that little girls have to play with dolls and wear pink. It's harmful. I was ostracised for years for wanting to play with boys' toys and having short hair. Often by women. It made me feel that I was a freak. Without sounding all Oprah, it took a long time to be the person I wanted to be - first and foremost a feminist, but one who takes care of her body (and appearance) and mind (emotions). Those brackets shouldn't be considered "girly."

Blah this all sounds very wanky I know (I've drunk too much wine). Although I don't agree with everything this author says, this article provided some clarity recently:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/19/peggy-orenstein-pink-consp...

.. I probably need therapy I know.

I can relate Hattie. I was ostracized for playing sports in high school and was automatically put into the category of "dyke" because all the other girls on my basketball team were lesbians. It was hurtful and guys who I wouldn't acknowledge in the way they wanted me to would use it against me. I'll try to read the article later tonight. But I completely agree about the whole little girls wearing pink playing with dolls etc.

There isn't anything wrong with pink and playing with dolls, unless you put that "have to" in front of it.

I always related to the boys better than the girls growing up. I think it may have been that my social awkwardness was acceptable with the boys as long as I could climb as high and run as fast and spit and cuss and and both take and throw a punch as hard as the next. Which I could. But with the girls so much more is/was expected, so much more that is subtle and unspoken until the moment you get it wrong then it is thrown in your face with a jeer.

My daughter is so damn girly it is ridiculous. I think she makes an identity for herself out of her femaleness, being the youngest of four it is something that makes her stand apart; being the only girl of the children. But she is tough as nails in her own way, while she may turn on the water works to get what she wants it is just as likely she may whack her brother over the head with her barbie. It is interesting to see her so girly, in her pink sundress and glitter shoes, keeping up with a gang of boys all at least twice her size and demanding they see her as equal by both her attitude as well her ability to spit and cuss and scrap right with them no matter how frilly she looks.

Love this ^

Yes, this sounds very familiar! A girl also tried to spread a rumour that I was a lesbian because she liked the same guy as me. It didn't really matter because I was invisible to most boys during high school anyway.

I'm sorry that you had to deal with that shit growing up, girl. It sounds like a few of us definitely went through similar things growing up as "tomboys" (that term never really made much sense to me). My school in Alaska had something like a 7-1 boy-girl ratio, so it was natural to spend all of my time with boys (while also being accepted by the girls, who were in the same boat as me). For my 6th birthday I specifically asked my friends to "not bring girl toys" and I ended up with a plethora of Hot Wheels, and life was perfect haha. Things were not as easy when I moved to Missouri; the awkward middle school years were occasionally rough. My newly short haircut, acne, and playing ice hockey on a boys' team all coincided with one another. It actually usually ended up being boys who gave me any shit for looking the way I did. I remember being prank called in 7th grade by a boy asking me out on behalf of one of his friends. I didn't realize until the next day that the whole "joke" of the phone call was that it would be preposterous for any guy to want to date me. Luckily I had a fantastic group of friends, including a lot of "conventional" girls who are clearly great people - looking back, they never judged me on my boy wardrobe or the sports I played. They were just my friends because I was kick-ass awesome. So anyways, I can relate. And if I have daughters someday, I'll be happy with whichever path they take - in all of the daycares I've worked at, I've loved the tomboys and the princesses equally, because little kids are typically hilarious and wonderful whether or not they are exposed to Cinderella out of the womb.

We watched a few interviews with the "CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTERRR" lady in my aunt's Sex, Gender, &Society class last semester. I also heard a full-length interview with her on NPR. She can be a bit over-the-top/dramatic, but she raises some good points. I highly recommend looking into Jean Kilbourne's works. She spoke at my college last year (my aunt got to introduce her, which was a dream come true) - she analyzes the effects of the media on American culture, especially young girls. I read her book "So Sexy So Soon" and used it to supplement my final research paper, and while I think she sometimes stretches a bit to reach more alarming conclusions, her work is definitely respectable and important.

Sorry about kind of de-railing this thread, ladies & gentlemetros.

Gosh, kids are so fucking mean, aren't they? That story is definitely familiar... it happened to one of my close friends when we were in high school. She had a renowned crush on a popular guy in our year group (who, like many popular boys at high school was awful). One lunchtime he called her mobile, asking her out (with his friends' muffled laughs probably in the background). What was really sad was that the girl knew it was a joke - there was no way he would like her. Anyway, the prank didn't really help her esteem. She tried to kill herself a few terms later, yet the boys in my year group were still mean to her until the day she left school.

Thanks for sharing, Sam. I'll definitely check Jean Kilbourne out on Amazon.

This thread just turned into an Empowerment thread!

That's goddamn awful. I really hope that she is doing better now...outside of high school it's obviously much easier to avoid people who push you to the brink of suicide. I hope those guys work as fry cooks for the rest of their lives unless they truly had post-highschool epiphanies and decided to grow up and be civil human beings. Guh.

Jean Kilbourne also has a lot of stuff on Youtube if you'd rather take the free route. I think some of her "talks" at colleges are up, as is this video series she did called "Killing Us Softly."

To top it all off, Gloria Steinem was on The Colbert Report last night! Go ladies!

Uh-oh.

I wondered on the day this thread was conceived that an uprising might be imminent. Gleeful pillow talks about glam-fash, archi-texture, posh-kitsch, haute-coat-ure, high, low and thick-brow art might ultimately turn into a tousled thread of...

Actually the thread gets better and better the deeper it grows. My favorite thread of all time. So what if it is a girly thread. I love girlies. This is like being in the girls' locker room without all the self-consciousness. Anyway, Harriet, good work.

By the way, on the subject of 'go ladies' and good, no, superior reads, all of you who have yet to read Lidia Yuknavitch's The Chronology of Water should treat yourself to it.

Talk about empowerment. Hurtpleasure.

I got some new undies well they're hand me downs but were never worn soo it's like they're new. I'm surprised the bra even fit me.

I also got some black boots. I've been looking for black boots for a loooonnngg time, but all the ones I would look at were never quite right or uncomfortable. These were a good price, fit comfortably, and exactly what I've been looking for.

I might wear them tomorrow. I have the perfect dress to wear with them but I'm not sure I want to wear a dress with a bunch of old dudes that are coming over.