Black, White, and Red Hot

As a book fanatic, when asked the question of what famous person I'd like to meet the most, you'd think I'd answer Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, or the like.

Nope.

My answer?

See, he's an author. I'm redeemed.

My love for Red Hot Chili Peppers started in Florida, age 13, on vacation. Back then, music caught on much faster in the USA than here in Canada. Under the Bridge was #1, and I hadn't heard it until then.

When I came home, I bought the album Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik (from Columbia House, of course) and re-did my bedroom in red, white, and black to match the album cover.

I saw them on their Stadium Arcadium tour in Quebec City in 2006, and it was so amazing. Hands down the best concert I've ever been to.

In thirty days, I get to see them again! R and I are heading to Boston to see them at the TD Gardens on their I'm With You tour.

In anticipation of this glorious event, I thought I'd put together an outfit to match my bedroom circa 1992.

Details:

Leather jacket: Danier (Halifax)

Scarf: Costa Blanca (Dartmouth)

Shirt: Anthropologie (Toronto)

Pants: Smart Set (Halifax)

Boots: Le Chateau (Halifax)

Sunglasses: D&G (Sunglass Hut, Dartmouth)

Necklace: Tiffany & Co. (gift)

Close-up of the leather jacket's texture.

Good thing it's still a month from the concert.... it'll take me that long to figure out what to wear.

XOXO

Glitterary Girl



Reality TV for the Style Stalker

Fashion Star is such a fun show.

If you haven't watched it yet (and really, you should), the show is about aspiring fashion designers who have a design challenge every week. Elle MacPherson hosts. The contestants are mentored by John Varvatos, Jessica Simpson, and one of my personal style icons, Nicole Richie. And I love her for more than the fact that her dad taught me how to... party, karamu, fiesta, forever....

Awww

The mentors give the contestants opinions on their creations as they are being developed. The contestants can listen to the mentors' advice or not.

The contestants have their fashions for the week displayed in a runway show. There are three buyers (Macy's, Saks 5th Ave, and H&M) who have the opportunity to place bids on the outfits. If an item is wanted by two buyers, they can do a bidding war.

If a contestant gets a bid, they are safe from elimination. If they don't get a bid, they may be kicked off the show. At the end, the mentors can choose one of the people on the chopping block to be saved, and the buyers are the ones who decide which one gets the boot.


The styles that were bought are available on-line right after the show, or in stores the next day.



I adore Nicole's style. She's a small girl who can pull off many things petite girls often shy away from, like big patterns (see the yellow gown above), maxi dresses, and she manages to not get lost in flowy fabrics.

 Edgy but feminine.

She toughens up a girly dress with a heavy chain bag and structured jacket.

With Sparrow. Balancing tight bottoms with volume on top.

This looks great as is, or could be more casual with flat boots. Love the hat.

Who's your style icon?


XOXO
Glitterary Girl

Skinnies and Stars

Details

Cardigan: H&M (Vancouver)

Dress: American Apparel T-shirt Dress (Vancouver)

Jeans: Old Navy (Halifax)

Boots: Call it Spring (Halifax)

Necklace: Forever 21 (LA)

Glasses: D&G

Scarf: Smart Set (Halifax)

Earrings: What on Earth (Dartmouth)

Bracelet: old and unknown

After I looked at these pics, I realized I should have chosen black footwear. Oh well. I wore this to a day of professional development meetings. I love the versitility of the dress. I wear it bare-legged in the summer but can also wear it with jeans or leggings in cooler weather.

The scarf was bought about a month ago and it was one of those things I had to have. It's very long and lightweight but fluffs up nicely. The cardigan came in three other colors and I wear it a lot... really wish I had've bought more than just this one. I think it was $12.... silly me for not scooping more up.

Maybe I was a sailor in a former life....I'm obsessed with anything nautical ,so the anchor necklace was a must-have too. I think it was $3.50.

I own approximately three kajillion scarves. (I'll take a pic of them sometime soon). But I still want more. Including this one:

H&M

While I love H&M.... sometimes I just have to scratch my head at their ideas. For example:

I believe this is a peacock crown.



Will someone buy this? Let me rephrase: Will someone who is not in a chemically altered state buy this?

XOXO

Glitterary Girl

Rejects and Rosebuds

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain." - Dolly Parton

Last week, I got my first reply from an agent.

I sat there and stared at the unopened e-mail for a good five minutes before I had the guts to click on it. I told myself that there was about a 1% chance that it was going to be a positive response. I actually whispered the word "rejection" over and over to myself before I opened it, just so I was prepared and it wouldn't sting quite as much.

Still, when I looked at those words, it hurt.

They weren't even mean words or discouraging words...and there were blessedly few of them. It doesn't matter the words that were actually there, what it translated to in my mind was something like,

"Girl, you suck."

I don't have a child, but it took several years to create this book. It only takes 9 months to grow a baby. Therefore, I am allowed to feel like this book is my baby. When I approach agents to represent my book, it's like I'm a new mom pulling the blanket away from my baby's face to show it to a stranger. And then that stranger says, "Ew, that kid is uggg-ly. I don't want to look at that nasty baby anymore. Get it away from me."

Sob.


So I let myself be sad for five minutes. All the books on getting published were right. Rejection is going to happen. Guaranteed. And it's going to happen many more times. Maybe on a daily basis, depending on how fast I can get these e-mails sent.

"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying." 

- Francis Bacon Sr.

Someday, if I'm lucky, maybe everything will come up roses.


Until then, I have to get my roses from a tin.


Here's Smith's Rosebud Salve. I bought this for the first time in Vancouver, probably in June of 2011.

On my nails: OPI Black Shatter over Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Extreme Wear in Lacey Lilac 

I know it's hard to tell from the photo, but I've probably got over half of the tin left and I use it every night before bed on my lips and sometimes throughout the day too. It leaves your lips soft and shiny and smells.... well, like roses.

You can find this product at Sephora and American Apparel in Halifax (and maybe other spots too, but I know these places carry it for sure). It retails for around $8-9. I have a new one in strawberry flavour, but I'm waiting to finish this one before I open it.

XOXO
Glitterary Girl