Re: Shocked and saddened

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Why have you turned away from The Superficial?

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Come on man, where's your schadenfreude?

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A-and Joe, I gots an assignment for you.

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Speaking of The Superficial, this is the best blog ever.

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Weiner is banned!

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'Could that be the end of 'N Sync' is funny.

OH NOES TIDAL WAVE OF CATASTROPHE!

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Some of our readers would also like to see Paris Hilton bathe with feces. I can't bring myself to look, for fear that the title is accurate.

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In the mammoth thread about sexual infidelit, mmf! asks whether anyone knows where to buy attractive pants for a 60 year-old. (She's taking her Mom shopping.) I'm kind of afraid that that particular thread is getting so long that it might make the site creaky, so I told her that she might want to bring her hijacking over here. I think it goes nicely with the Tori Spelling shopping at Dollar Stores component of this thread.

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I can't bring myself to look

Nor can I, not that I'm trying particularly hard; my totally offhand guess is that Paris Hilton's face is photoshopped onto that photo of the woman shitting on herself in the bathtub.

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I watched it. It's not as gross as you'd think, and it's actually kind of funny.

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Sucka-ass wimps.

I don't know what's more horrifying: the fact that Paris Hilton is bathing a child in that outfit or the fact that there's also a floating piece of poo in there.

(It's a video, which I did not watch.)

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from mmf!
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attempted thread-hijack. does anyone know where women in their early sixties can get pants that are comfortable (so she wears them) but actually fit and look reasonable?

i'm serious, i have to take my mom shopping.

i'm begging you here. where does one go?
greater dc metropolitan area
things she can wear on the weekend or when not at work. not too expensive because she hates to spend money on herself.
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I'm the wrong person to ask, but I figure I'd move it. My mom, who is fifty, tends to shop at department stores and little fits there unless she gets very lucky.

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'did not' s/b 'have not yet, AOTW [where AOTW is indexed to the time of comment 11]'

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I can't bring myself to look, for fear that the title is accurate.

It is, but it's not at all what you're thinking. It's just a little bit of Paris-bashing, probably a clip from one of her tv shows. The commentary is the only interesting part, really. Well, and the outfit she's wearing. But the commentary points that out.

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re: 12

Are there not shops catering to hip old ladies?

I can think of a few UK chains that aim at the 'nicely cut stuff for work'/'casual wear for the older' market. Hobbes, Karen Millen, etc.

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12: I'd know where to shop around here, but not in DC. What you want, probably, is pants that are wide-legged and hang well: think the kind of thing Katherine Hepburn wore all those years ago. Stuff like that is comfortable and looks damn good on women, especially if they have hips and/or an ass.

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Northern Reflections has the best pants ever, and they're popular with somewhat older ladies.

Their return policy is also super.

here

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13 -- is 11 as it stands no longer true then?

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Does Eileen Fisher do pants? That's what I think of as dressy, loose clothing that works on older women.

The real question is what is she built like. From the age alone, I'm visualizing a slightly potbellied size 12, but I may be way off. 60 doesn't necessarily say anything about size or shape.

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I think maybe that new Forthe & Towne is supposed to be okay?

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Gosh, it helps if my link works.

here

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This is a job for Wolfson! He loves taking care of poor Spelling.

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Nice.

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Obligatory groan.

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I don't want to comment on the big thread, but this is pwntastic.

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12: Eileen Fisher (could be considered expensive but there could well be sales at this time of year); Talbotts (fair amount of beige, black and grey basics in among the hideous candy colors); JJill (pretty reasonable, pretty comfortable, not terribly well made). Eddie Bauer? for the khakily-inclined. This is stuff that should be available nationally. I'm sure there are local shps in DC, but I don't know them. A lot depends on your mother's dress-size. Oh yeah, Chico's.

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Yay bouquet toss!

I find it weird that I don't know where my grandmothers shop. Probably department stores. But my maternal grandmother had a wonderful sense of style; sleek, wide-legged pants that looked tailored at the waist, thin sheerish cotton shirts, a mid-thigh length red tailored jacket, and a silk scarf. And 1940s red lipstick.

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The bouquet toss was indeed fabulous.

My grandmothers wore big flowered housedresses. They looked comfortable to me, but not so much stylish.

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1940s red lipstick

I would imagine that got her on Sen. McCarthy's list.

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In the mammoth thread about sexual infidelit, mmf! asks whether anyone knows where to buy attractive pants for a 60 year-old. (She's taking her Mom shopping.)

We're not judgemental here; she doesn't have to pretend it's her mom.

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If we want to be hip old ladies, we must imitate Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, a film that was surprisingly enjoyable.

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dsquared, does it take a lot out of you to be nice to people in the comments on your CiF posts?

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My grandma shopped at Talbotts. It's pretty preppy.

I'm late, but I think 22 is funny.

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My boss said she was surprised that the universe hadn't exploded when I came into contact with a Talbotts garment. But if you avoid the little embroidered roosters and flower pots, you can find some decent basics.

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Even the ones without obvious embroidery always look Talbottsy to me. But if there were something from Talbotts that didn't, of course I wouldn't know.

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35: Right, like the good spouse/cheater.

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Precisely. Now I'm going to be worried that Buck is secretly shopping at Talbotts.

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Brand-infidelity is one of the worst things you can do.

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(as a consumer, I mean)

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keep an eye out for telltale little flower-pots.

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Who's Lance Bass?

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Member of pop sensation 'N Sync.

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#32: yes, it kills me inside, they are an even bigger bunch of cunts, morons and moralist saps than you lot :-)

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Hey D^2, have you weighed in yet on the infidelity threads? I imagine you would have interesting opinions over there.

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Holy apocalypse, dsquared used a smiley to suck the venom out of one of his own stings. Am the internets going soft?

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dsquared has long been just a big aul pussycat in disguise.

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this is great, thank you! esp. to bostoniangirl.

my momma's a petite size 12, reasonably fit if a little square-shaped, strongly anti-flowery, likes modern designs. and lately into, um, sweatpants and stuff i used to wear in sixth grade (which was a really long time ago by now).

i am HUGELY appreciative of the store suggestions, because i have to get it right pretty quickly - she doesn't have a lot of patience for this kind of thing. i will have a look for a shopping mall that contains talbotts, a dept store with eileen fisher (if my persuasive skills are waxing very strong), and maybe online northern reflections...

if you have other ideas i'm all ears. but this is a great start.

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34 - huh. i thought those jcrew pants for men with the little lobsters and puppy dogs embroidered all over them - which i have actually seen frat boys WEAR - was an isolated trend. of astonishing chickenpoxy ugliness.

but no problem, if talbots has tendencies in that way, we will either avoid that section or -- flowerpots beware! -- she & i are both good with scissors.

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I think j. crew's 'critters' are cute, but not on pants. Who wants lobsters on his ass?

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Apostropher link to a relevant story/video in 5, 4, 3...

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See if you can find a jjill. The clothes are very comfortable, if a little crunchy, so if your mom is loving the sweatshirts, this could be a good compromise. and they have petites.

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48: the embroidery seems to be a general prep thing. The things I hate even more than the pants are the cotton turtlenecks with little embroideries; snowflakes for example. Worn with a cross on a thin gold chain popping up out of the turtleneck and swinging in front of the neck. Gaaah!

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