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[gracekelly]

That's because young peeps can get away with anything. On a twenty-something, vintage IS cool. On me, vintage is. . . chronologically appropriate. A twenties flapper dress? Mindi is shopping her closet.

I know what you mean but vintage jewelry or bags do work.

 

[eagle1002us]

Help!! What does one wear to a work-related outing to an afternoon Major League Baseball game held at an outdoor stadium?

It's for a work-related event, but in a very business casual industry - the men all seem to wear jeans and corporate logoed knit shirts. Bleh. The women dress up a bit more, but we are still talking BR / Vince / Hugo Boss at the most.

It's too hot to wear jeans, I don't have any baseball Ts (it's not my home team, or my home stadium) - I was thinking shorts + tshirt + comfy sandals? I have to pack light, and there are already 3 sets of day + evening events to dress.

Shorts are fine, cropped pants would be ever so slightly more dressed. But shorts are fine.

 

[Cordeliere]

By early July I was starting to get mentally exhausted by the dark teal fixation so I moved on to Chinese blue, a color I haven't glommed on to for 20 years, but still remember fondly. There is an HS called Bicycles which is an airy pattern featuring a woman in an 1890s bike; the blue border was what I considered a Chinese blue.
If anybody has a precise definition of Chinese blue, I would appreciate it..

This link is to a very cool color chart. It does not have "Chinese blue" as a label, but what comes to mind for me with that color name is closest to what this chart calls "azure". Is that close to what you have in mind? I suppose with the internet that color probably looks different to everyone based on their computer screens.

http://truebluemeandyou.com/post/96...&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Edit: I stand corrected. Miriam Webster thinks Chinese blue is "cobalt". You would think I would know that since I have a set of blue Chinese patterned dishes.

 

[eagle1002us]

I know what you mean but vintage jewelry or bags do work.

Here's an art nouveau tooled leather bag from around 1910, maybe earlier. These are on ebay. I got one once, it was fun to carry around, at least for a while.

 

[gracekelly]

Here's an art nouveau tooled leather bag from around 1910, maybe earlier. These are on ebay. I got one once, it was fun to carry around, at least for a while.

What an interesting bag! Why can't you wear this now. Brown and rusts are big for fall and it would be perfect

Straw bags have been in style this summer. I went shopping in my closet and found a super pretty MiuMiu from about 10 years ago and wearing it again. Pulled out a vintage Enid Collins of Texas too.

 

[prepster]

I eat ready-made popcorn that comes at the grocery store and it's called, "Skinny Pop." Supposedly it's 39 cal./cup. I don't know if that's good or bad for popcorn; I just know that there's a chance the amount I stuff self with is slightly less calories than a Hershey bar. I have never tried air-popped, we have a small kitchen and never bothered replacing the microwave but that might be an incentive to. (I do respect your saying it's like styrofoam, I wouldn't want to eat that either).

Thanks! I'll try that!

Help!! What does one wear to a work-related outing to an afternoon Major League Baseball game held at an outdoor stadium?

It's for a work-related event, but in a very business casual industry - the men all seem to wear jeans and corporate logoed knit shirts. Bleh. The women dress up a bit more, but we are still talking BR / Vince / Hugo Boss at the most.

It's too hot to wear jeans, I don't have any baseball Ts (it's not my home team, or my home stadium) - I was thinking shorts + tshirt + comfy sandals? I have to pack light, and there are already 3 sets of day + evening events to dress.

Sounds perfect and summery!

 

[FizzyWater]

Thank you for remembering my teal fixation! I was deep into dark blue teal during May and June. That's b/c I had sewn up 3 pieces in a dark teal taffeta, had an HS, my Prussian Bleu kelly, and a couple of necklaces in dark teal and that meant I was totally into OCD happiness. (My philosophy is that it is fun to be really really matchy).

It sounds very pretty. For some reason I thought Prussian Blue was more a grayed-out blue. I must be mentally extrapolating from the name.

I don't know if my eyes see things weirdly or what, but I frequently see outfits that are not quite matches - that clearly were meant to be. It's hard, of course, because things match under one light and not another, but it bugs me, which is one reason I'm scared of color. I've learned to mostly ignore non-matching blacks, because then I'd never leave the house.

One summer I wore nothing but black to work. I'm not goth, but maybe I was a bit steampunk since I also wore Victorian silver jewelry and the black was airy and lightweight, sheer sleeves in a black blouse trimmed with lace, an ankle-length black skirt, etc. (Nobody said said a word about the continuous black but it was fun to feel very Miss Havisham -- except she wore white). What exactly does the term steampuck mean?

That also sounds lovely, and nice and summery. I learned a while ago that long skirts (especially broomstick skirts, remember those?) and rolling office chairs are a bad combination for me, though. If I was lucky I ended up with the waist around my knees until I could grab it. If not I ended up sitting on the floor unwinding the fabric from the wheel casings...

Steampunk is kind of an alternate history, revisioning the Victorian age with clockwork-based high technology instead of transistor-based. A seminal book was probably Neal Stephenson's A Diamond Age, and another the comic book Girl Genius. It's kind of based on penny dreadfuls, with swashbuckling adventures swinging from zeppelins and the like. So if you're into it you build a whole mad-scientist/explorer/secret-spy persona. It can be a bit problematic regarding class, race, and gender issues, which some people address, but I'm not into the scene so I don't know how effectively. But it has pretty pretty clothes.

Otherwise known as "goths discover brown".

There's been a pale lavender gray that's been around for the last year or so, have you seen that? It's a silvery lavender color, half palest lavender and half pearl gray. Very pretty. I have some fabric to sew up in that color.

Ooh, sounds lovely! May I see an example?

Fizz, here's a p.s. to what I said about matching exactly: I was at the Kennedy Center yesterday at the tail run of Cabaret, and there were a lot of people. Got several compliments on my yellow outfit (with HS) and then one person said, "How did you get the colors to match so exactly?" If we weren't filing out of the theater at the end of the show I would have hugged her.

I saw the picture! Amazing!

 

[FizzyWater]

Thanks! I'll try that!

I also like this recipe, which always works and is really easy: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/perfect_popcorn/

 

[FizzyWater]

I guess you are in Hamburg! I am kind of in shock that it is more grey than Seattle! With climate change Seattle is getting more Portland-like in the winter recently...good/bad thing... (feels warmer, less grey, harder rain vs constant cold and light drizzle).

Yes, it's reeeeally gray here. My first couple of winters it snowed a lot, which helps because sunlight reflects off the white and everything is brighter, but the gray just persists forever into spring. And it's 5 degrees further north, so the sun's only up from 8 to 4 in deep winter. The weather's otherwise east-coast-y - hot and humid in the summer, freezing and dry in the winter.

I love it here, but not for the weather.

 

[Mindi B]

"Steampunk: Goths discover brown."

Fizzy, this is perfect.

 

[prepster]

I also like this recipe, which always works and is really easy: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/perfect_popcorn/

This is genius. I'm going to try it tonight. As long as we're on a popcorn thing here, I'll share a secret recipe for killer good caramel corn. It is NOT by any stretch of the imagination healthy but when you are craving something both gooey and crunchy and sweet, it's perfect. Just sayin. Pop a bunch of popcorn (don't use microwave popcorn), and dump it into a plain standard brown paper grocery bag. Microwave 1 stick of butter, 1 cup of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of Karo syrup in a pyrex measuring cup for 2 minutes. Pour it over the corn in your bag. Shake it well. Microwave the whole thing one minute and shake again, microwave one minute and shake, and microwave it one more time and shake. You can pour it into a bowl and eat it like a civilized person, or just stick your head in the bag and eat it that way. (Just kidding. This bag is not a toy.)

 

[Cordeliere]

This is genius. I'm going to try it tonight. As long as we're on a popcorn thing here, I'll share a secret recipe for killer good caramel corn. It is NOT by any stretch of the imagination healthy but when you are craving something both gooey and crunchy and sweet, it's perfect. Just sayin. Pop a bunch of popcorn (don't use microwave popcorn), and dump it into a plain standard brown paper grocery bag. Microwave 1 stick of butter, 1 cup of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of Karo syrup in a pyrex measuring cup for 2 minutes. Pour it over the corn in your bag. Shake it well. Microwave the whole thing one minute and shake again, microwave one minute and shake, and microwave it one more time and shake. You can pour it into a bowl and eat it like a civilized person, or just stick your head in the bag and eat it that way. (Just kidding. This bag is not a toy.)

I have a recipe for artichoke dip that I call "the artery clogger". Your recipe should be called "the diabetes creator."

 

[gracekelly]

I think vintage is the point of view of the owner/beholder. Some say a piece has to be 20 years old to be vintage. I mentioned upthread that I had pulled out some older pieces to use this summer. Here is an Enid Collins of Texas bag from the early 60's. They are now considered very collectible.

 

[nicole0612]

It sounds very pretty. For some reason I thought Prussian Blue was more a grayed-out blue. I must be mentally extrapolating from the name.

I don't know if my eyes see things weirdly or what, but I frequently see outfits that are not quite matches - that clearly were meant to be. It's hard, of course, because things match under one light and not another, but it bugs me, which is one reason I'm scared of color. I've learned to mostly ignore non-matching blacks, because then I'd never leave the house.



That also sounds lovely, and nice and summery. I learned a while ago that long skirts (especially broomstick skirts, remember those?) and rolling office chairs are a bad combination for me, though. If I was lucky I ended up with the waist around my knees until I could grab it. If not I ended up sitting on the floor unwinding the fabric from the wheel casings...

Steampunk is kind of an alternate history, revisioning the Victorian age with clockwork-based high technology instead of transistor-based. A seminal book was probably Neal Stephenson's A Diamond Age, and another the comic book Girl Genius. It's kind of based on penny dreadfuls, with swashbuckling adventures swinging from zeppelins and the like. So if you're into it you build a whole mad-scientist/explorer/secret-spy persona. It can be a bit problematic regarding class, race, and gender issues, which some people address, but I'm not into the scene so I don't know how effectively. But it has pretty pretty clothes.

Otherwise known as "goths discover brown".



Ooh, sounds lovely! May I see an example?



I saw the picture! Amazing!

"But it has pretty pretty clothes...Otherwise known as "goths discover brown".
How much do I love this quote!?!
I agree with everything you said, but you said it in such an entertaining way
I would be into steampunk clothing and accessories, but it's just a little too costumey for me, luckily many designers are incorporating steampunk-type elements into their clothing in recent collections (Victorian type blouses etc) and of course Alexander McQueen.

 

[nicole0612]

I think vintage is the point of view of the owner/beholder. Some say a piece has to be 20 years old to be vintage. I mentioned upthread that I had pulled out some older pieces to use this summer. Here is an Enid Collins of Texas bag from the early 60's. They are now considered very collectible. View attachment 3788587 View attachment 3788590

This is pretty!