Take a shot everytime Mad Men, Glee, 30Rock win something! (Get Drunk)

I have conquered my hangover via some well timed naps, water, and now wine - and it was just in time. The Emmys!! I LOVE me an award show. The gowns, the tears, the awkwardness, all of it. Amazing. So, lets talk gowns.

Here is Christina Hendricks in Zac Posen. Um. Well. I hate this, which breaks my heart because I love everything about her. I feel like it doesn't fit well below the waist... and then there is the poor bird puppet which had to give its life to be adorned onto her sleeves and train. Fail.

Then there is Mindy Kaling (who I highly recommend following on Twitter, @mindykaling, girl is funny). So I love that she took risks with this Aguri Sagimori. She isn't the star on The Office and mostly works as a writer so the risk is even more daring. But fail. Just fail. Sorry Mindy. I still want us to be best friends someday.


Slam dunk Kyra Sedgwick. I love the romantic look without being too mushy and obvious. Monique Lhuillier was the perfect choice. The hair is soft, which is fitting with the dress and its all very age appropriate. Also, props to her for finally winning!

...and this is how you do romantic badly. So badly. Jewel, really? Ew. I don't know who Zuhair Murad is, but I would recommend burning this in all its satin-bow glory.



It should be illegal to look as hot as Mariska Hargitay, but then its hard to fuck up a Vera Wing.

Prom goes to the bar.

Through my hangover I found a few pictures to show off.

Trailer Park Princess Goes to Prom - A Retrospective

There are three things that never fail to excite me:
1. Award Shows
2. The prospect of afternoon drinking, and
3. Formal Dances
I LOVE every last part of formals. My beautiful and fun friend Alicia is throwing a prom for her 30th birthday tomorrow evening. Needless to say I'm giddy (refer to list above). My husband will be DJing and a local bar has been rented. This has the makings of an amazing evening. I purchased a gown - and I use the term gown loosely - that no self-respecting 17 year girl would wear. I can't wait to debut what prom looks like at 25 (my age), but it got me reflecting on my past formals. I'm a bit known for my dance attendance records. I went to proms that weren't even at my school. Yep - I love them that much. Fortunately, my public school career was just on the cusp of affordable digital cameras and most of the film has been lost. I was however able to locate a few samples. I have selected the more embarrassing of the ones I dug up - because lets face it - those are more fun.

The Tailor Park Princess Goes to Prom - A Retrospective. The innocent have been cropped out or their identity has been protected.

Age:14
Dance:Promotion
Thoughts:OK, I hadn't quite lost all the baby weight yet, but I was already 5'10" with DDs. It is in no way shocking that 14 years old me opted for a python skirt and strappy heels.

Here is the whole lot of 14 year olds. Note that I'm like a foot taller. This ended in many issues - but props on showing some leg.


Age:16
Dance:Prom
Thoughts:Its hard to see here, but I'm rocking an eyebrow and nose piercing. I look quite angry here - probably because my hair is too tight and the girl next to me is 20 pounds lighter than me.


Age:17
Dance:Senior Prom
Thoughts:Note that the front strip of hair in my glorious up-do is bleached blond. That was a great look. I still like this dress, but its all sorts of nylon and poly-blend. I'm pretty sure it was from Vanity. I'm also reasonably certain that some partying happened before this picture was even taken.

E-Mail me your prom pictures and I'll post ASAP.
I can't wait from Bar-Prom tomorrow. I look forward to showing off my "grown-up" prom look.

Notoriously Voluptuous

Can we talk for a minute about this E Online Post about Jessica Simpson? A big F-U to E Online. They say,

"Fresh pics of the singer, looking, uh, very voluptuous, have been released—causing an uproar similar to the now notorious "fat pics" that were snapped of her wearing mom jeans at a concert in January 2009"

Let's take a look at the gigantic, ugly, obsess, whale that is Jessica Simpson:

Hold the phone. Girl is hot. I'll admit her hair is a bit of mess with this dress (shame on you Ken Paves), but va-va-voom - girl looks good. Her tatas are out in full force and her legs look amazing. But frankly, even if the dress was awful she is still hot underneath it. I would guess a size 8 or 10? Even in unflattering sweats she would look like a athletic and healthy person. So E, or whoever, back off.

Later in the E assessment they grant Miss Simpson an excuse for her "notorious" inability to stay thin: Men. She eats when in love. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess she eats everyday.

"Notorious inability to stay thin"... Everyone use that in a sentence today and report back.

Once More - With Feeling

Well, its been awhile. A year in fact. I am now a wife and 2nd year law student. I all but thought my blogging days were behind me - but alas I'm much too narcissistic to leave this behind me. I need the daily reprieve from law reading. So, with that out there, lets talk shoes. Tom and Lorenzo already did an amazing job covering the "Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition 1973- 2010" show in London, but I wanted to share a few of my favorite pairs.

You're kind of a bitch if you don't like this shoe. It appeals to every 10-year-old part of myself.


Every pleated skirt I've ever worn has been crying out for this shoe:


I think the balls on the back really class it up:


Expect more from me!