changing up yr style and/or new look 4 u in 2012

Now now, no hacking off body parts in 2012, remember?

Oh god those boots yes get them now

it's a blood sacrifice for the privilege of wearing those magnificent boots

or boot, i guess

yes those boots!
tho unless they have a zipper, they will own you as much as you own them. not that that's a bad thing.

yes they do look like a lot of work. but then, Laurel seems v industrious.

I am, it's true. Also I like hardcore things that are v inconvenient/uncomfortable, I don't feel like I'm doing Accomplishment right unless it hurts somehow.

But they do have a zipper.

http://static2.slamxhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/henrik-vibskov-spring-summer-2012-collection-1.jpg

^^ if any dudes reading this thread are getting tired of their current look

first look makes me wonder about the ethics of whether designers should really be cultivating a mentally ill street person "look"

tbf things are p bad but im not homeless yet

haha :) i do love the sweater + leggings though!

erica, i thought so! now we can ILX-ILS online shop together! ;) :)

Wardrobe that pays for itself: people will come up and give you money when you wear it! ;D

:)

Okay, I ordered the boots. So much for winter wellies, eh?

I have very standard proportions, so most clothes fit me just right... I mean, except I am very large-chested, and wide-hipped.. and pretty much big everywhere. Still, I work it. Damn, gurl.

I also will wear just about anything these days, "flattering" be damned.

I procured a new fancy bra and panty set from Agent Provocateur on SALE and oh my god the bra size that fit best was a double D! A DOUBLE D!

Having worn the same model of Wacoal 34C bras for ages now, it now occurs to me that omg maybe I one of the 99% or whatever of women who has been wearing the wrong bra size. Me! Wrong size!

This would so explain the escaping left nipple problem, perhaps?

Anyhow I am going to suck it up and try on a D bra and laugh as I do it because I spent so many years as the chair of the itty bitty titty committee.

I know that ladies often wear the wrong size but how could you spend years not knowing you had a secret huge rack!? I want pretty lacy bras now. Would def not be a DD though. :(

a C is not itty bitty?

Yeah a C is pretty big in my book!

No I agree that a C is not itty bitty, but throughout high school and much of college, I did not have a lot of boob going on. I hit a C sometime after grad school when I had a grown up job that paid enough for me to eat more delicious foodz.

I think the DD was an oddity of this particular fancy AP bra, but I will try the D in my boring old Wacoal model and see if that is better at keeping nipples in check!

Laurel - i am envious of your shoulders because that means you can fit into way more vintage dresses and tops than I can. I first learned to sew so that I could expand the shoulders and sleeves of vintage dresses to fit my peasantly dimensions.

I'm going to look at the AP website as soon as I get home.

will the AP website make my boobs bigger?

^^^

lol

Cup sizes vary w/ band size, so a 34 DD is a smaller cup than a 40 DD. So there's not really an objective C cup.

it's relative, right? like cup size is determined by how many inches larger the biggest boob part is vs the bust measurement

Aye.

You could totally be a DD and have been wearing the wrong size this entire time. A friend of mine just recently got measured at Nordstrom and should be wearing a 32DD when she's been wearing a 34C for years.

Oh, and I wear 38G so I HAVE to buy expensive bras.

i guess i really have no idea what bra size i am

have been thinking of going to nordstroms and getting properly measured since i followed the instructions on a link someone posted here that told me i was a 40DD, and i was like ???!?

Amanda, go to Nordstrom and get a free bra measurement

And get a bra there, and don't bother with Victoria's Secret or whatever. Because Wacoal and Chantelle are the best brands imo.

Victoria's secret sucks imo.

Yup they're awful!

They don't even make my size, though, so it's not like I've worn one anytime in the recent past.

I am only a B so they def make my size and I did wear them when I was younger before I realized that I hated all of them.

Hey, homo, we wear the same bra size!

Amanda there is a good place called Isabella on Armitage right off the Brown Line that is all about personalized fittings. I'll go with you some time. My bras are wearing out.

i was wondering recently what a "bralette" is

also, OK!

xp is that an item of clothing or a snooki-like female?

i guess they're like soft cup bras? basically stretch bras?

for natural 70s boob

what is natural 70s boob?

Not pointy like 50s boobs or high and tight like contemporary boobs.

Just kind of hanging out, being cool and not worrying too much boob. Or maybe disco boob.

lol yes

it's all of those, I think

a natural boob that moves

these are all such great phrases

I read in a snooty book once that the pleasure of truly great bras is that they make the breasts look SMALLER, thereby making the wearer more demure on the outside but revealing a more generous physique to the intimate acquaintance. Snooty book might be full of shit, I haven't decided.