Boulder and the Beautiful

From Marian Rothschild, stylist:

Free networking event! Diva Night, this Wed, June 30th, 7-9 p.m. at Lillians, 1350 Ken Pratt Blvd, Lgmnt, CO 80501. Fun, Trendy, and SO Affordable! Nice clothes & accessories @ discount prices. PLUS, wine, munchies, and best of all, FREE STYLING SERVICES from Look Good Now. Sun dresses, fun breezy tops, and capris & free personal shopping services! Sip wine and munch goodies while you shop and network!

I don’t actually speak French, but my dreams last night were in French. Or at least what my brain thought was French. All of my dreams were based in France, too (where I have actually visited).

A past life flashback? A subconscious hint? I’m not sure, but it has sent me hunting for French fashion, you know, to wear in the real world. Here are some inspirations.

$90 from French Connection

Parisian Princess dress, $765, clairelafaye.etsy.com

Striped French pierrot, $198, www.ouma.etsy.com

French courtyard necklace, $19, www.swakdesigns.etsy.com

Market bag, $42, www.bayousalvage.etsy.com

$300, www.dutchpearl.etsy.com

$45, www.ShopMinette.etsy.com

$85, www.mojospastyle.etsy.com

From Chanel's 2009 fall collection

From the Chanel ready-to-wear '09 collection

From the Chanel ready-to-wear fall '09 collection. Minus the hat... it's a little Oscar the Grouch.

From Chanel's spring '09 ready-to-wear collection.

From Chanel's spring 2010 ready-to-wear line

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Afraid that his new men’s fashion line looked completely ridiculous, American designer Thom Browne must have realized the way to redeem his stylish dignity and save the line was to ask all male models to wear glittery gold lipstick.

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• Headed to the lake that is oh so grand. #
• I've slept 6 hours since Monday, eyes are red, no make-up and I'm wearing a swimming suit because I couldn't find a bra. Motherhood. #
• Well. My coworker chained my chair to my desk in retaliation for me twitting about her. #
• http://wimp.com/autisticgirl/ #
• Well, heck. I've done it again: Overreported a story and now I have 900 interviews and pages of notes to sift through. #
• My coworker chained her chair to her desk. Thick chains. #
• Writing a story about being "big" in Boulder…. hit me up if you want to talk. heckela@dailycamera.com #
• My boss once tried to mail a potato. He even got the proper postage. Weirdly, the post office refused. #
• Love this video! I think I now want a diamond-studded ball gag! http://ow.ly/21OZj #
• @anniebrokaw Well, I'll be darned, you'll have to read my article about it in Your Daily Camcam on Friday, yepyep, mmhmm in reply to anniebrokaw #
• Gearing up for the Lyons Good Ol' Days, yep yep, mmhummm. #
• Condoms With Teeth Fight Rape In South Africa: http://ow.ly/21JXw #
• I'm so tired my eyes match my lipstick color. I always wear cherry red. #
• Vintage swimsuits. The solution to summer. http://ow.ly/21hKI #
• Site of the day: http://www.whirlingturban.com #
• Quick ways to make your home look more chic. http://ow.ly/21hGX #
• If you're a bargain shopper, it's that time of year! http://ow.ly/21hD7 #
• Writing about Boulder's new style consultant, Liz Finkelstein: http://www.milehighstyle.com #
• Really? I think ice cream does the same trick. http://ow.ly/i/2aQe #
• The new sun chips bag is so loud it gives me a headache. #

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Back when I was a tortured middle-schooler, it was hip to wear boxer shorts out into the public sphere.

We wore boxers to school. We paired them with baggy Esprit and B.U.M. Equipment tees. We also ratted up our bangs to look like spider-web-covered cinnamon rolls. Sometimes I put so much hairspray in my hair that it left a white snow, clinging to the spider web like arthropod egglettes.

Apparently, according to D&G — as recently unveiled at Milan Fashion Week — this style in en vogue once again. So now we can all walk around looking like we’re tortured middle-schoolers with no fashion sense.

Bonus points for wearing your boxers with a cheesy screen-printed shirt, made in only one hour at the Walgreens photo counter! (Necessary exclamation mark.) Super bonus points if you’re coked out enough to think it’s a reasonable request to wear said outfit on a runway.

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It was awesome.

Read about it in my column on Friday.

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• "My Journey to the Heart Sutra Teachings," by Hollie Hirst: http://ow.ly/1Zo0E #
• New makeup studio/spa opened Friday! True Skin Care, 820 Pearl St., Ste. F. #
• Great Web site – Vintage Indie: http://vintageindie.typepad.com/vintage_indie/ #
• Deal of the week: Wallaroo Hats is giving away 200+ free hats at Weekends on Friday (June 18). http://www.weekendsboulder.com #
• Voices for Children CASA celebrates its 25th anniversary tomorrow at the Boulder County Courthouse, 3-5 p.m. http://www.vfccasa.org #
• Summer cardigans – so hot. http://ow.ly/1ZmRn #
• Seeking Common Ground needs host families to host young American, Israeli and Palestinian participants July 28-Aug. 1 and Aug. 12-Aug…. #
• Maybe the old man on Pearl Street wearing socks with Crocs is actually a trend-setter? http://ow.ly/1ZmK9 #
• Free class on prenatal and pediatric health tomorrow 4:30 p.m. (June 17) at Yo Mama: http://ow.ly/1ZnP4 #
• The horror: black thrasher swim suits — and a topless one-piece? http://ow.ly/1ZmHQ #
• High wind warning in Boulder County. Keep your skirts down, gals! #
• Lafayette broke ground on the new skate park last night. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15837&id=114922805194640 #
• Sorry I am late to our interview. I couldn't stop reading http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com. I'm sure you understand. #
• I don't get it. Why? Why? http://antiduckface.com/ #
• An accordion and bagpipe are competing for loudest funny instrument on the mall right now. #
• Cruelty-free bags for cruelty-free people. http://www.pansymaiden.com/ #
• Just pretend the teen-emos don't like "Twilight" and the new soundtrack is really good. http://www.eclipsesoundtrack.com/ #
• Either I've been doing so many drugs that I don’t even remember taking them, or this past week in fashion has been bizarre…. #
• Focus. Focus. Focus. Focus. Focus. Focus. Just write the dang story. #
• I hate it when my fashion columns turn into big rants, but these suckas write themselves, I'm just the messenger. #
• I wish it were socially acceptable to wear breathe-right strips in public during allergy season. #

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Deal of the week: Wallaroo Hats is giving away 200+ free hats at Weekends on Friday (June 18). www.weekendsboulder.com, www.wallaroohats.com.

Why? Promoting summer skin safety. Keep out of the sun, you little vamps.

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Here are two shoe trends that I stand by:

1. Knotty girl.

www.shopbop.com, Geisha Sandals, $525.00

2. The stud.

www.shopbop.com - Giuseppe Zanotti for Balmain Stud Sandals, $836.50

And then there is the shoe I am not sure if I love or hate.

Shopbop calls this the Dsquared2 “hiking sandals,” $416.
Talk about a misleading name.
Imagine wearing these up Mt. Sanitas.

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Either I have been doing so many psychedelic drugs that I don’t even remember taking them, or this past week in fashion has been completely bizarre. I don’t even know where to start, or what is going on. Is this really happening, or am I lying on a bathroom floor in some techno club imagining I’m writing about this?

On the off chance that this is real, I’ll initiate a poll. Which of the following fashions is the weirdest?

1.

Is his hat really huge or is the baseball bat just really small? The spring/summer collection by Alaxandre Herchcovitc, as seen at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo on Monday.

2.

This Zebra/Dr. Seuss costume by Lino Villaventura, which debuted on Saturday.

3.

A dog miserably wearing traditional Filipino clothing during Fashionista Pooch, a dog fashion show, on Sunday.

4.

Another dog in the dog fashion show. A dog, wearing a cowboy hat, with a feather, and a flower. Which would be tacky on a human but is kind of cute on a dog.

5.

I didn't know Kid N' Play became a cross-dressing model. You know you're in trouble when square goggles are not the worst part of your ensemble. The Neon collection, presented Sunday in Sao Paulo.

6.

if Johnny Depp and Peewee Herman had a lovechild, which actually wouldn't be too far-fetched. And if that kid wore plastic surgical gloves. Thanks, Alexandre Herchcovitch, for this one.

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