Are you STRESSED... or Just Happy to See Me?

A hardee, har, har. 

Ecouterre shared this little techno fashion nugget last week and it's too good to pass up so - get this:

Microsoft is developing a brassiere that monitors your stress level and will alert you, via phone of course, when you're in danger of overeating due to stress.  Um.... hmmmm.

Well, I agree with the article, VERY sexist to say nothing of absurd.  If I got beeped every time stress levels hit warp speed I'd be forced to chuck the stupid contraption out the window in the fast lane thus risking a littering ticket, throwing my eco principals to the wind and therefore raising heart rate levels past *ludicrous to plaid speed.  We all know when we stress eat, so telling us isn't going to help much.  A glove that shocked my hand every time I reach for food, on the other hand....


*Spaceballs reference if you've forgotten the ways of Lord Dark Helmet.

Never underestimate the power of the schwartz.

QUOTidienne - Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton in this week's Net-a-Porter magazine:   ...Just don’t ever tell her that she “has it all”. “I hate that phrase. The worst thing is I might have had something to do with its invention. I was 30 on the cover of People and there it was in the headline. A little chill went up my back: there’s no such thing, and to tell women there might be is bad. Anything that creates pressure on women is bad.”

 I love this woman.

Lauren Now

Lauren Then

QUOTidienne - RIP Lilly Pulitzer

Lilly Pulitzer we love you.

“That’s what life is all about: Let’s have a party. Let’s have it tonight.”

"Despite the forecast, live like it's spring."

 Click for other fantastic words to live by, courtesy of the indomitable Ms. Pulitzer.

Heavenly rack of Lilly P

 


 My favorites are always the wild 1960s Lillys -

How could one possibly have a bad day in this dress?

CHANEL dreams = "Chanelarella"

I clicked through - twice - the Fall/Winter 2013 slideshow for Chanel last night and had patent leather cuissardes* dreams 'til dawn.  Some beautiful jackets, coats and perfect silhouette images kept them company. 'Still glowing. In love, in love, in love.  
Of course a good Karlism came with the glorious package, "I've got my feet on the ground, but this collection is up-to-earth, not down-to-earth."

My favorite dress, worn with impeccable grace here by Stella Tennant, is so Barbarella + Chanel it can only be dubbed Chanelarella, don't you agree?  Add a wacky space gun....

Jane in all here splendid glory

 

*Cuissardes - a fancy French word I've added to my vocab courtesy of Style.com.  It translates to "waders",  although I doubt Karl had anything so odoriferous as fishing attire in mind when he conjured them.

Cuissardes - commit it to memory, we're going to see a lot of them...

QUOTidienne - Carine Roitfeld

Of the many reasons I adore Carine Roitfeld, previously of French Vogue, now of her own mag "CR Fashion Book", this quote sums it up:
"I am not part of the ‘buy and throw away’ fashion generation.  I have a respect for quality. I like things which get better as they age.” 
You can read the new article on Net-a-porter here.

So fascinating and beautiful, Carine is rocking 58 like no one else.

 

QUOTidienne - Captain Jack

Oh! Captain Jack, how we love thee.  But you knew that.

QUOTidienne - Charles Eames

Observations

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Ace Advice

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Wayne Gretzky, hockey ace.