a whole lot of class, with just a dash of sass
Why is Lea Michele dating American Idiot Theo Stockman? Can’t she just go back to fake-dating Jonathan Groff? Regardless, we love our Jewish Princess Rachel Berry, and adored her bright yellow Zach Posen dress at last night’s Tony Awards.
10 Things We’ll Be Talking About This Weekend: June 11 Edition
1. Popular blogging site Tumblr had a major design change this week. They changed their dashboard (homepage) from blue to black in awareness of the BP oil spill, giving hipsters everywhere one more thing to blog about. And on the topic of BP, the parody twitter account is going strong: www.twitter.com/BPGlobalPR. While BP is calling for the account to be removed, tweeters everywhere are asking BP to remove their oil from the ocean.
2. We’re in the midst of a fierce NBA finals series. The Boston-Los Angeles rivalry has been around for decades, and the Lakers are desperate for revenge after the 2008 debacle. One more indication the rivalry is heating up: at Tuesday’s game in Boston, over 5,000 Khloe Kardashian masks (http://www.tauntr.com/content/tauntrcom-distribute-khloe-kardashian-masks-td-garden-tonight) were distributed to the crowd to “distract” Lamar Odom. Too bad that master plan didn’t work out.
3. We’re in the midst of another round of fashion shows and previews. This week, Oscar de La Renta debuted their resort collection, complete with iPad cases. Apple’s sexy tablet computer has only been out a month, and already the big boys are jumping on the opportunity to design it a whole line of chic accessories. Oscar de La Renta’s “iPad clutch” will be available at oscardelarenta.com on June 30, for $290.
4. While we’re on the subject of Apple, iPhone 4 came out this week. Basically, it’s the mini iPad.
5. Another debut this week: Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” video. TV Gawker referred to it as “nine minutes of homoerotic eye candy,” and most other blogs called it confusing, or a shameless Madonna rip-off. Very little analysis of the video has actually been put out there, because what do you even say about an avante-garde video with shirtless men in stilettos, hospital beds, army metaphors, and a whole lot of leather? Gaga described it as a “celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community.” The video was at least well done; it was directed by fashion photographer Steven Klein, who worked with Madonna. One person who didn’t like it? Katy Perry. When the video hit, she tweeted, “using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.” A 30-second preview of her “California Gurls” (we still don’t understand the misspelling of “girls”) video also hit the Internet this week, and basically, it’s the exact opposite of Gaga’s video. Katy Perry dances around in a Candyland-reminiscent wonderland, wearing a lavender wig, licking frosting off a cupcake, and shooting whipped cream out of her bra.
6. On the subject of Katy Perry: all my praise goes to the pop singer this weekend, who’s “California Gurls” lyrics inspired a renewed popularity for gin (“sippin’ gin and juice/layin’ underneath the palm trees”). Basically, gin is cool again, so stock up on tonic water and limes, and invest in a bottle of Tanqueray.
7. This weekend, we’ll be talking a lot about Bonnaroo; basically, how much it sucks that we aren’t there. The 9th annual festival this weekend in Manchester, Tennessee will have approximately 80,000 music-loving festivarians in attendance, enjoying acts ranging from Dave Matthews to Jay-Z to Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers (did you know Steve Martin plays banjo, and pretty well at that?). The one upside to not attending? Avoiding forecasts of intense heat and a plethora of thunderstorms.
8. The season one Glee finale – finally, the exchange of feelings we’ve been waiting for. And, all the music is already up on iTunes.
9. White House correspondent Helen Thomas retired this week after making incendiary comments about Israel. While Helen Thomas’ political success was an achievement for women nationwide, these comments were a serious blow to her credibility.
10. The FIFA World Cup starts this weekend, allowing Americans to fake an interest in international sports, and the tedious game of soccer, for an acceptably brief amount of time. We’ll be watching at Amante Coffee in North Boulder.
Everyone seems to be buzzing today about whether or not Lea Michele is a diva. Our response? Who cares! She’s talented, beautiful, and our favorite Jewish princess. Glee finale analysis coming soon!
As if we needed more proof that it’s all about the accessories: Gwenyth Paltrow dressed up a “meh” dress with fabulous shoes and bag. We’re all about anything pink, sequined, or pink and sequined.
I think for the most part the problem with fashion is that people get too hung up on the rules. I bought the purse picture above at Nordstrom a couple of months ago for $10. It’s nothing fancy. It’s an obvious Chanel knock-off, and I bought it so that when I went out to parties over spring…
Fashion should be fun. Always.
Since it is Tumblr Tuesday, we would be negligent if we didn’t recommend our own personal blogs. Check out threehours.tumblr.com and jsallo.tumblr.com.
Sex and the City 2 comes out in 9 dayssssssss!!!!!!!!!!
We obviously couldn’t be more excited about the SATC 2 release late next week; the four women of SATC are the epitome of sass and class, and are the four best-dressed women around, even in their 40s and 50s! However, the dark cloud hovering over the release of this long-awaited film is that Evan and I cannot watch the release together. While we would love to have a full girl’s night out, with sushi and cocktails, and maybe some cupcakes for the theater, we will have to watch it in separate theaters, in separate states. How will we overcome this tragedy? My guess is a lot of BBMing during, and excessive tweeting, facebooking, and tumbling immediately after. Stay tuned for our outfit-by-outfit analysis.
It’s absolutely necessary to have a signature scent. We’re talking about the bottle of perfume sitting on your dresser that you can’t leave the house without spraying on your neck and wrists. While many people find one scent that suits them completely, day to night, we have two scents we can’t be without. We love everything about Marc Jacobs, and his perfume is no exception. For daytime, there’s Daisy. Daisy is the classy Marc Jacobs scent, light and florally and perfect for everyday wear. But for nighttime, or whenever you’re feeling a little sassy, there’s Lola, with more musk, vanilla, and rose. We highly recommend both scents. Daisy and Lola go together like, well, class and sass.
