I am almost 36 years old. Do I have any business wearing skinny jeans with boots like all the American U girls are sporting?
― quincie, Monday, 2 November 2009 21:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
sure imo
― call all destroyer, Monday, 2 November 2009 21:14 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i am 34 and i do without feeling bad/weird about itwear it
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:15 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Absolutely. I have no doubt that you could pull this off.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
as long as you are skinny enough for the skinny jeans i say go for it. awesome rock chicks were wearing them long before stupid college girls anyway.
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
^^ that.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:18 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
OK so I feel really creepy now but I just checked Q's facebook cause I was sure I'd seen a pic of your there before and it only confirmed my belief that you not only can but should rock the skinny jeans/boots combo.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:25 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Are we FB friends, E? 'Cause if not we should be! And Tehresa and everyone else on ILS.
Here is the thing--I am tall and thinish but with Michelle Obama hips. Somehow the boots seem to balance out the hips (would not wear skinny jeans without boots iirc), so I think it is OK but I don't want to be the thirty-something-trying-to-look-younger-and-only-looking-kinda-pathetic lady.
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:25 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
No, we're not but I will add you now!
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:30 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
what are michelle obama hips?
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:08 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
also what kind of boots?
anyway, i'm sure you look awesome.
e can you suggest friend to me i don't know quincie's real name!
i need a reality check: is it ever really okay to wear a matte red lipstick in daylight? i love it but i think it's too fancy/too clowny.
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Will do!
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I love matte red lipstick, day or night. As long as you're not also sporting tons of eye makeup or blush, I say go for it!
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
The boots are brown riding stylee boots--low heel. Michelle Obama and I are built similarly--small waists, "womanly" hips. I tend to look good in the things she looks good in--sleeveless dresses with cinched waists and A-line skirts.
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
lucky you!!! do you have her biceps, too?
i just worry about the lipstick so i wear it like once every few months and then i feel silly. also the only ppl in seattle who wear makeup are either girls with fratty boyfriends or like, rockabilly and i am neither of those.
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:14 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Seattle girls are BOOOOORING iirc although if I had to wake up in the rain 900 days a year I might think twice about wearing a skirt & heels too, I guess.
Lip it up!!
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i wake up to sun more days than rain!
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
;)
Never feel bad about being overdressed, as long as you're still comfortable enough to enjoy normal stuff like walking & sitting down & potentially eating a meal.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:17 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
and when not sun it is usually greyish with peaking sun and only rains sporatically and lightly. but anyway grey enhances the green of the trees so <3
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:18 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
That's what I think! But um yeah you can laugh at me in a couple of weeks when I'm all skirted & stuff in your fair city.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:18 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
oh xp
ok quincie definitely you can wear skinny jeans!!!
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:20 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
lol right?! She's crazy for even asking.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:21 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Cool thanks! I once wore a few kinda trendyish things and Mr. Que called me out--he's like "you're dressed like you're 23" and I'm all indignant and say "I can pull it off!" and he's all "UH."
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:22 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
also those pics make me all 'i am so jealous of quincie's life'. you look like you always having fun!!
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:23 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, November 3, 2009 12:09 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i don't know if it's okay but i do this regularly. i never really want to be wearing another kind of lipstick. i don't think it's clowny but i guess it might read too evening. don't really think it necessarily reads rockabilly.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:25 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
also i <3 your display name
Lots of fun, and also lots of BO-RING (thats the part that doesn't get photographed).
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:26 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
The only lipstick I am wary of is frosty--a little shimmer is OK, but when in doubt go matte.
I'm also not crazy about really shiny lipgloss, which just looks like you've been eating fried chicken n' ribs after a certain age.
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
how does mr que dress
― Bobby Wo (max), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i would guess, in a train conductors uniform
im not sure why i just think it would suit him
― Bobby Wo (max), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:28 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
oh gosh i never wear frosty!! and i'm scared of shimmer!
my compromise is the dior addict gloss - it is brighter red but a little bit sheer and shiny so it's not matte RED but also it wears off super fast :(
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:28 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
mr. que looks nothing like i imagined!
Mr Que *should* dress in a seersucker suit. I have been trying to get him into one for ages.
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:30 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I've missed ILS! Let's bring it back. Although I can't afford to do any shopping right now, and I think for this winter I'm going to make a bunch of trapeze dresses and wear them w turtlenecks underneath.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:31 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
What did you imagine Mr. Que looked like? I find him quite dashing.
I really loved that fall fashion thread a couple of years back; tried to revive it but failed ;___;
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:31 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
yes, let's!!! i can't shop, either, but i can lust after beautiful dresses.
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
xpost
I'm jealous of you ppl who can pull off red lipstick.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:33 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i guess i pictured him looking more like tracer hand-ish? i don't know why!
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:33 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
E I don't see why you couldn't pull off red lipstick??? You have the bestest lips!
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:35 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Aw thanks but they're sorta big and I feel like red lipstick would make me look like a clown!
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:36 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Maybe I need to try a dark matte red for fall. I used to wear that sort of thing years ago and it wouldn't be as bright.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:37 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Yeah maybe you'd like more of a brick red than a true red. For brick red I swear by MAC Viva Glam 1. It is matte and wears really well. Also 100% of proceeds go for HIV/AIDS research!
― quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:39 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Hey, fat girls can rock skinny jeans, too, fyi.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
whenever i try i feel really paranoid!
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:44 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
x-post
Hmmmm. I think I have (but forgot about until just now) Viva Glam. I will have to check when I get home but I'm pretty sure that do. I have one that is a really deep read and it's def one of the VG ones so that's prob it. Will have to wait until my lips heal though. Matte lipstick and chapped lips def not a good combo.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i also like short jeans because i think one of my most attractive features are my slender ankles. but i am built sort of boyishly, so i have to appreciate the little curvature i have.
anyway, i think only fullbearded men should have beards b/c otherwise it looks scantyshave it
oh and for the record, i like skinny (tapered) jeans, i tuck them into boots, i am 34 and anyone who doesn't like it can go eat a peach
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:36 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
also jenny i think those were called cigarette pants? can't remember.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:37 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
The problem with that is that peaches are delicious.
xp yay Amanda, we're thinking exactly alike.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:38 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i'm a charitable grump i guess
laurel we also share a zest for dressing to please ourselves onlyi wore a gunne sax dress to a metal show and i have never been happier with my clothing choices
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:40 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
see I don't know what a gunne sax dress is and that pleased me just to read it
― how rad bandit (gbx), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:44 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I do know what one is and it pleased me to read it too :D
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
well you would have been pleased by my dress had you attended this show, then. all i meant was that i wear clothes that make me happy/feel good/etc and if that occasionally looks like i'm wearing a costume then so be it. do not care.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:51 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Yeah, that's why it pleased me to read it! It's a good approach to clothing imo.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:54 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Well I actually meant that I used the term "cigarette pants" earlier in this thread to describe exactly that look. :) But I'm happy to be your pal in individuality.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:57 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i am wearing skinny jeans right now but they are ones that i refuse to wear out of the house until i lose like 5-10 more lbs bc the stupid girl at the store told me they were gonna stretch a lot and the size up fit such that if they stretched any more, they'd look stupid, so i bought the size down, which has... not stretched. good motivation, but frustrating for getting dressed. and also they probably look stupid but they have zippers by the ankles!
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:03 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
they will fit, fuck the haters
― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:05 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
some day :(
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:06 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Don't make me mad at you T. How many times have I told you recently how awesome you look?? How many?? ;-)
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
the realest of talk
― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
wait this was not meant to be a comment about being unhappy with myself but rather that the salesgirl LIED.
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
well to be fair she did her job :/
― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
ie sold u jeans
― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Ahhh ok I probably misread. Anyway hey Tza have I told you how awesome you look lately? ;)
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i would have bought them w/out her just in the size that fit!!!
they were cheap anyway, i was getting them to be 'in between' jeans but oh welllll
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
<3 e
(both e's!)
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Oh man when I lost a bunch of weight a couple years ago I didn't bother getting in between clothes because I was too cheap so nothing fit for MONTHS and all my pants had a baggy ass. It was NAGL.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah i was basically in a 'i have no jeans' situation and then after this debacle i just gave in and shrunk a pair of my bigger ones, which is kind of dumb bc after 1 wear they get big again, but i'm holding off on shopping trips for now bc broek lol.
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:13 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
In some ways though it's great because you can hold off for a while and then go on a shopping spree and delight in your new much smaller clothes. That's what I did anyway. I guess it was sort of a reward to myself.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 00:14 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
this is NAGL:
i am all for awesome purple pants, but uh... wear a long shirt? or at least pants tailored to fit properly?
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:15 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Uhhh, that's real? Ew.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
srsly reminds me of the bruce pic if u know what i mean
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:17 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
lollllll yes tbh honest nothing about what she has on is very good. AA ppl on crack imo.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:18 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i request reality check be sent to american apparel. they need to cease and desist w/ the overpriced clothing not meant for any person to wear.
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:19 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
the line should be drawn before reaching UNITARDit has been long crossedthey need a reality check reckoning
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:31 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
u guys can hate but ws
― Bobby Wo (max), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I'm not saying anything about the girl herself just that she's dressed like a total dickhead.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:54 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
the thing. . . on her head. . . why?
― quincie, Friday, 6 November 2009 13:50 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
she certainly doesn't look very happy/comfortable about what she's wearingit's not convincing me that i need to get skintight purple highwaisted spandex jeans.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 6 November 2009 13:53 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Do the secret ways (of preventing bunching) involve tucking your jeans into your socks? I seem to recall doing this in high school (when weating boots).
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 6 November 2009 16:47 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i don't have bunching probs if my pants fit properly (ie are tight)
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:03 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Much better use of purple jeans:
― Virginia Plain, Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:53 (1 week ago) Permalink
Do the secret ways (of preventing bunching) involve tucking your jeans into your socks?
Haha oh no. I just don't wear jeans longer than my ankles. Also, I jam them down over the tops of my motorcycle books, I like that look. Or I cuff 'em. Or both. But never wear them long.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Monday, 9 November 2009 15:44 (1 week ago) Permalink
Books? Boots, obv.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Monday, 9 November 2009 15:47 (1 week ago) Permalink
I can't even find boots that will zip over my bare legs, god forbid I ever stuff socks or jeans into them too. I mean it's a physical impossibility.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Monday, 9 November 2009 15:52 (1 week ago) Permalink
i wouldn't usually wear anything that zips over pants, but these (i have them in grey) are just right. they're also not super tall, which is good for me b/c i am v short.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 9 November 2009 16:19 (1 week ago) Permalink
sure, they're "cowboy boots" but they don't always look like COWBOY BOOTS ie snakeskin with a cuban heel
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 9 November 2009 16:20 (1 week ago) Permalink
So shiny and nice! Amanda, do you want a dove grey women's motorcycle jacket? I have a vintage one that doesn't fit me. Not Harley-ish, it's waist-length w elastic around the bottom and the cuffs, and has a mandarin collar with piping. Kind of like something you imagine CHIPS would wear? But for a laydee. Heavy and windproof.
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Monday, 9 November 2009 16:28 (1 week ago) Permalink
sure! would love!
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 9 November 2009 16:33 (1 week ago) Permalink
hi guys :)i love skinny jeans and pants with boots. i have other jeans and pants but have been slowly purging them from my warddrobe. i think my true style might be: variations on a uniform. with that uniform these days being skinny jeans/pants and longish tshirts and some kinda jacket or cardigan or hoodie, maybe with a belt on it.
reality check today: probably weird to leave the house wearing three layers of belt - one on pants, one around sweater, one around jacket - removed one around sweater. i have somehow accumulated a lot of belts!
also 3 pairs of my boots are broken in 3 different ways :/ need to take to grumpy boot fixing guy
― paragon of incalescence (rrrobyn), Friday, 20 November 2009 02:44 (Yesterday) Permalink
i have never managed to work the skinny jeans + boots look.. so so hard to find a decent pair of tall boots, esp in my size. i guess the cuffed jeans + short boots suits me better.
― yeah, whatever (daria-g), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:45 (Yesterday) Permalink
i need some boots. damn.
― tehresa, Friday, 20 November 2009 21:15 (Yesterday) Permalink
asymmetrical bangs: what do we think?
every time i go to get a trim i end up doing something crazy because i get indecisive and then impulsive and say let's do something fun! and now i have hipster hair.
I liked your hair so much! I wouldn't change it, tbh. Your bangs were a nice shape already.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:17 (Yesterday) Permalink
yeah well they are not that shape anymore:(
they will grow. sigh.
― tehresa, Friday, 20 November 2009 21:17 (Yesterday) Permalink
let's do something fun!
ooh, i did that once at a rather pricey salon and ended up with some kind of spiky newscaster hair. i got home, realized i couldn't style it to not look awful (to me, at least), called up the place and i guess i got so angry over the phone they sort of ordered me to never come back? so i went back anyway and the owner was a total bitch. went to the hair cuttery to have it chopped off to be somewhat presentable. i'm STILL pissed, and this happened five years ago...
― yeah, whatever (daria-g), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:38 (Yesterday) Permalink