Rantings of a Creole Princess

Hmmmmmmmm...

Does one NEED a velvet trench coat?  Should one WANT a velvet trench coat?

UGG Australia Cuffed Leather Ankle Boots: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

UGG Australia Cuffed Leather Ankle Boots

Gucci Medium Icon Shoulder Bag: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Gucci Medium Icon Shoulder Bag

Now yall know I LURVES me a hot coat. BUT...

Madame Obama's Fit at her first State Dinner: Well? How'd she do? HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Shoes Please!

At age 40 I don't believe in wearing shoes that will have me hurting THE NEXT.DAMN.DAY!  Hell no.  My feet are invaluable and my back is PRICELESS!

I'm not an expert but there are things I look for in a shoe before I buy it. When I try them on I try both shoes on and walk around.  if there is any place where my foot doesn't feel right...I don't buy them.  Why?  Hell...I only have them on for 5 minutes in the store.  If they are hurting in 5 minutes why in the WORLD would I try to wear them for some hours???????????

Um...no.  I'm too old for all that.

I also check the arch out.  I don't like when there is space between my foot and the shoe.  

I don't do many thin heels.  I need something solid so I can keep my balance.  Hell...yall know I'm clumsy.  When I do buy a thin heel it's because the shoe was so comfortable that I could run in them.  LOL!

The width between the flat of the shoe and the heel has to make sense.  I don't know how to better explain this but you know what I'm talking about like...you see a shoe and you're thinking...hell no...I am NOT walking around on my tippy toes messing round with yall.  Humph.

Speaking of running in them...I don't like heels without some kinda back on them cuz I'm susceptible to have to hit a "When I Move, You Move" and I ain't trying to leave my shoes behind.  ESPECIALLY a shoe I paid good money for hell.  I will NOT be like Joan and lose my good Gucci shoe (I have none of these by the way) in the gutter playing ride or die!

If the shoes are boots I like to be able to spread my toes inside the boot.  If I can't do that...I ain't buying them.  I like the stitching to be real thread and that that plastic fake thread "look." 

I don't buy shoes that aren't made outta leather.  I'm too old for that.  None of that faking it stuff.  I need leather.  Again...I'm old and I like my feet.  And my back?  We cool too.

What are YOUR shoe buying tips?  I'm certain there are some of yall who are SHOEsperts so SPILL IT!

Question...

What are you wearing RIGHT.NOW?

"We bad...we bad..."

A feeling comes over you when you have on new boots and skinny leg jeans that fit you just so.  You walk with your head held high and a smirk on your face knowing you look good.  If it's cold outside...you put on a hat and, if you're like me, you have something new and fun in your closet that you've had for a while but haven't had an opportunity to wear yet.

And it matches PERFECTLY.

And you look good and you feel good and you have on fun, FABULOUS earrings and you're listening to Jay Z on your iPod and you're walking feeling like...whoa...the shit.  The big, boss, shit. Headed to the big, bad city.

Big pimping...small steps.

What Fugly in Fashion Looks Like!

Please don't let ANYONE you know purchase this monstrosity of a garment.  That is all.

Velour Jogging Suits: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

MK Velour Jacket

Do you own any?

Colored Jeans: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Green Jeans

Shopping with Monnie

A couple of days ago someone asked me if I would take them shopping.  I had a puzzled look on my face so they clarified and shared with me that their high school reunion is coming up and they really wanted to look nice.

I still had a puzzled look on my face.

"Well...you always look nice and I thought you could help me."

But for the life of me...I couldn't figure out when the person ever saw me looking "nice" because the person is a neighbor and usually only sees me coming and going running errands or dressed for the gym.  Certainly I'm never in anything crazy looking but never anything that would make her think I had style.

I told her sure...just let me know when she'd like to go and then she said...the pics from the party looked really great!  I'll certainly help you next year!

And it clicked...she reads the site.  That's funny.  ROFL!

Are YOU good at dressing other people?  Do you have an "eye" for things that look good on other people?

Dream Wedding Dress

Who would be the designer of your dream wedding dress if money was no object?

Coat Chick

I'm a coat chick.  LOL!

I LURVES me a hot coat and find a new one every year.  I treat my coats well and store them individually in fabric covers so they may breathe and not get dusty.

I love my coats!

What kinda coat is your FAVORITE coat?  Trench?  Short?  Long?  Leather?  Puffy?  What?

Are YOU a coat chick or do you simply choose a coat for function only?

From My Inbox:

Hi Monica,

My god sister is getting married  and she needs to do a complete
intimate overhaul but doesn't know where to start.  I don't either
because I'm a  t-shirt and sweatpants kind of girl when it comes to
lounging around the house and even sleeping in the bed.  I've decided to
makeover my unmentionables too after realizing I have not one pair of
"real" pajamas - just a drawer full of stretched out t-shirts, sweat
pants, yoga pants and shorts.

Where can we get some cute sets and separates from, including robes and
slippers?  Vicky Secrets is everyone's first thought, but I feel like a
pole dancer just from walking around in there ... at least the ones in
my area.  It's like men just stare at you when you walk out trying to
figure out what's in the bag!  We want comfortable but cute.... her for
her soon to be husband... and me because I'm just worth it.  I've seen
you mention Gap Body in the past but have never checked it out.

Thanks for any help!

The Snuggie

Regis wearing the New York Yankee Snuggie this morning is further proof that unless you are the size of Kelly Ripa...when wearing the the Snuggie you look like:

Question...

Do you remember Garanimals?  Did you used to wear?  They're back with a huge PR blitz.  Would you buy for your kids?

Dear Shelly:

I shoulda stuck my tongue out.  ROFL!

eDress Me!

1.  Very washable AND dryable jeans. With boots...not these shoes:

 

eDress Me HELP!

Anybody here?  I know folks are out and about...but I'm going to need help getting dressed for tonight.  The weather is clearing up and I said that if it was clear by 5:00pm I'd go hang with ST and I'll be danged if it didn't clear up.  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! 

LOL!

So...it's going to be "misty" out because it rained all day I'm sure so I'm going to rock my hair in a Doobie Don't (Dallas Penn 2009) and already have it pinned up to accommodate the weather.  The good thing about my cut is that it looks good curly or straight and I know it will be straight almost immediately if it doesn't dry out quickly-er.

So...what should I wear?  I guess I'm leaning towards jeans since it's still  wet out and I don't have to worry about them being dry clean only.  

Oh...it's warm too.  Ugh.  But it's going to drop to the 50's tonight.  We're driving down and parking in a garage near a Metro stop just in case and making our move on foot and via cab.

What would YOU wear?  I'm leaning towards skinny jeans tucked in tall boots with a long sweater that isn't thick.  What say you?

SOLD!

Splain Please!

Rag & Bone 'Tailrace' Shirtdress $325

eDress Me! Leggings?????

I bought some leggings the other day and played around with them today.  I'm not so sure it's something I could pull off in public but it might just be because I'm UBER conservative it seems. 

The leggings I bought have a zipper on the side.  I'm not really feeling the zipper cuz my booties looked very competitive with them so I couldn't rock the bootie shoe with them that's for sure:

 

eDress Me! Too boring?

I thought the fit of the dress would be hot on me but now I started wondering if the dress was to boring.  My Facebook friends think it's boring I think.  Do yall think the same?

eDress Me! Long Sleeve Mini Dress?

Is this a good look for me?

Dresses

Are you a fan of dresses?

How often do you wear?

What is  your FAVORITE thing about a dress?

Least favorite?

Would you wear this dress?

Explain this please...

St. John Weekend Zip Front Cashmere Cardigan $995

Question...

What are you wearing today?  Send pic if you can! 

CreoleInDC@mac.com

New Belts!

The red one was on clearance for $10 and the thin one was $12.99!  GO.ME!  The thin one is too big but yall know the kid has a hole puncher!  LOL!  I.LOVE.HOLE.PUNCHING!!!!! I love those Lake Shore Drive belts and always look for that tag when I'm looking at belts at TJ Maxx and Marshalls.

Do YOU have a jones for belts too?  :)

Cell Phone Cameras and Shoes!!!!!!!!!!

WHATCHU ROCKING PLAYAS?????????????

Take a pic with your phone and email it to CreoleInDC@mac.com and please don't forget to include your screenname!

Question...

When is it Ok to go Braless?

What say you?

Madame Obama's Fit: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Open Toe Heels + Tights

Have you tried this yet?  Would you?

Question...

Do you use a coin purse?

(I was looking for a picture of mine online to add to this post and found the following pic using the search words 'the sak coin purse l.a.m.b.'  Needless to say...I HOLLERED!)

Dear Kate Spade: *BLINK*

Kate Spade 'Sherwood' Coin Purse

Nikon D3000...How will I EVER LEARN??????

Me:  Hey...lemme take a picture of you using the lil icon with the man and the star in the square.

Robby:  Why you trying to pull me into this camera mess this morning?

Me:  Just smile hell!

From Shelly: Menswear?

What say you?

Thongs - HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

I don't wear thongs.  Never have...never will.  I don't like even the THOUGHT of something up my bayonka so nerp...not gonna happen.

I always wondered at the "placement" of thongs since they seemed so....um...small.  Seems to me if something was stuck up your butt all day when you moved...the thong would move and um...erra...TRANSFER stuff that was stuck up your butt to um...erra...OTHER areas the thong had access to.

So yeah...again...NO.

Erica B. reminded me of my stance on thongs when she started telling me what this gynecologist that has a show in her area said about how nasty thongs are.  LOL!  According to Ms. Bunker...she started wearing seamless undies IMMEDIATELY instead of thongs.  ROFL!

WELCOME TO THE CLUB ERICA B!  What Every Woman Needs to Know about Thongs

What about you?  Do you ever think of TRANSFERENCE issues when wearing thongs? 

Do you wear them?

"Okay Thennnnnn!!!!!"

What say you?

Pink + Shakira + Same Dress + Same Awards + Same Night

If I was an entertainer this ish would get someone STRAIGHT.FIRED.

Period.

What say you?  Who wore it best?

Better Pics of Madame Obama's Fit

Fashionable?

Do you know anyone who is REALLY into fashion and yet is not FASHIONABLE?  Is this possible?

Did I buy the Skinny Jean?

No.  I was trying them on over at Banana Republic.  I took ST there to look around and saw the cute sweater I'm wearing and wanted to try it on.  This FABULOUS merchandiser dude came over and told me the small was too big and that I should try the extra small on with a pair of skinny jeans.

So I did.  Skinny jeans.

Dude was convinced they looked amazing on me but I wasn't so sure.  Why?  Cuz I don't like the smushed in booty look they gave me.  The size 6 that I have on in the pic did weird looking things to my butt and they STILL gaped in the back.  The size 8 gave my butt room to breathe but the waist and crotch area was HUGE!

Hell no.

I need a skinny jean for curvy women so I'm going to go out one day this week and see what Joe's Jeans and 7 for all Mankind are working with. 

I did buy the sweater however.  It was cute. 

SIP PSA:

By the way...if you're ever out shopping and a chick is looking at herself in the three-way at the end of the dressing room hall with a frown on her face and you ask her what's wrong and she tells you...never, ever, EVER say..."Humph...well I wish I had that problem."  Sure...I know you're TRYING to be complimentary but it's not quite a compliment.  Just leave the chick alone.  If she ASKS your opinion...cool.  If she doesn't...LEAVE HER THE HELL ALONE! 

I would NEVER walk up to someone in the dressing room and tell them anything other than something 100% flattering if they didn't ask me anything.  Seriously.

Scenario...

You bought a new dress for an event.

For whatever reason...you decide not to wear the dress.

Do you return the dress?

Or do you keep it?

What would be your deciding factor?

What to Wear, What to Wear?

Well...my big meetings today are with real, live Hollywood big timers and lawd knows I didn't know what to wear.  I want to be comfortable, of course, "serious" looking, of course, and yet jazzy at the same time. (Cuz that's how I roll...LOL!)

What would YOU wear to a meeting with real Hollywood people?  Would you wear a suit?  Separates?  No jacket?  Jacket?  Color?  Black?  Loose?  Structured?  What?  Strappy heels?  Closed toe shoes?  Shiny red bottoms?  No shiny red bottoms (Robby:  Um...shouldn't they think you're hungry?  Me:  I can only be me and I ain't hungry.  Pass me those almonds.)  Big status bag?  Small, unassuming bag?

Hair?  Straight?  With a part down the middle?  Curly?  With a part on the side?

DRESS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (I don't have time to take eDress me pics.  Yall know my azz is revising some ish right down to the last MINUTE!)

Holla atcha girl.

Bagapalooza!

What does the bag you're using today look like?  Take a pic with your celly and send to CreoleInDC@mac.com!  Me likey bags!

Christen I cropped yours cuz you had a bit too much data on your desk.  LOL!

Chrisitian Siriano for Payless

Will YOU partake?

Sales, Sales and More Sales

I'm a pretty savvy shopper. 

Or at least I think so.

I wear some of the hottest designers out there that fit my body style just so and make me smile, smile, smile.  I have designers in my closet that would make you go...WOW.

And the kid hardly ever pays more than a FRACTION of what they originally cost.

See...I keep up with the sales of the stores that sell what I'm looking for and I know what I'm looking for by simply visiting these stores often and trying on stuff. 

So take for instance a designer whose pants are at a price point of $300 - $500.  I know they fit me well...because I've tried them on when they first get in the store.  The kid is NOT about to pay $300 - $500 for a pair of pants mind ya...but I'll know to look for the style on the sale racks about 12 weeks from the time they first showed up in the store.  If they don't have my size I ask them to call around and see if they can find them in my size.  If they can't find them I MIGHT buy the next size up that fits me based on how they are constructed because I can get them fixed.  If they don't have them and the next size up isn't fixable...then I have the attitude that it just wasn't meant for me to have.

And I'm good with that because there will ALWAYS be another sale.  ALWAYS.

Basically...I'll pay up to a little over a third of what a piece originally cost.  Say for instance something was $380 originally...I'm good with paying about $140 for it.  If something was originally $1100 originally...the kid is comfy paying $400 for it and if not...guess what?  I ain't getting it.

Just seems like a better price to me.  LOL!

Now, of course, as with any chick who is vain I do have a few things I paid for because I KNEW they wouldn't have any left in three months but hey...those pieces are few and far between.

I promise.

Do YOU have a method to your madness when it comes to shopping for high-end pieces?  What are the designers that you think fit your body style well but whose price points you feel are out of your range?  How often do you score a piece?

What is your FAVORITE sale?

What a MIGHTY MIGRAINE looks like on my way out...

Um...Tsiporah...ask E why the the door mat is askew.  I have a feeling he knows.  LOL!