tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55822834531737099522024-03-13T05:41:30.014-07:00Da Fashionista.comFashion, food and funny!Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.comBlogger1100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-81174149573348594162020-09-27T16:53:00.022-07:002020-09-29T13:37:26.538-07:00How to Dress for Zoom Since March, this has been my squad/pod <3<div><br /><p></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwNQVCggGp/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12" style="background-color: white; background: #FFF; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 10px 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwNQVCggGp/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="background-color: white; 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flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; transform: translateY(-4px); width: 16px;"></div> <div style="border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 8px; border-left: 8px solid transparent; border-top-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 8px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; height: 0px; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px); width: 0px;"></div></div></div></a> <p style="margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwNQVCggGp/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">They have been my entire exhausting, beautiful world for the last 152 days. 🥰</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cheeriosandchanel/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank"> Diabolina</a> (@cheeriosandchanel) on <time datetime="2020-08-11T14:59:01+00:00" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Aug 11, 2020 at 7:59am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>Interaction with other humans now takes place via: </p><p>1) Zoom for Mini D's school </p><p>2) FaceTime for friends/family or </p><p>3) WebEx for work. </p><p>Which means I now need to "dress from the tits up," according to my bestie Peaches. 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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BRURuLhgGT9/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by kyle b (@dialkyle)</a> on <time datetime="2017-03-07T00:29:37+00:00" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Mar 6, 2017 at 4:29pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><br /></p><p>I'm thinking about my own professional brand now more than ever. Trying to be MORE of a rock star at work than usual. Probably triggered by the people acting - and looking - like they are falling apart. And I get it: This shit isn't easy for anyone. But we have to play the long game in an uncertain world. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50385087262/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="500" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50385087262_c809671148.jpg" width="396" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </p><p>Fact: Things aren't going back any time soon. <b><i>PLEASE</i></b> read this article: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/25/how-covid-19-pandemic-ends-421122" target="_blank">"Here's How The Pandemic Finally Ends."</a> Difficult to metabolize but important to be realistic...for our own mental health. </p><p>Tough times will continue. Jobs and maybe even whole sectors will continue to evaporate. Feels like differentiating ourselves at work NOW is key (especially us working moms of color over 40). Important to stay sane and <i>feel</i> good too.</p><p>So here's my current sartorial strategy to accomplish all three and at the very least, <i>appear</i> like the person with their shit together on Zoom.</p><p><b>Step one: Put on a crown. </b></p><p>My grays + frizz + self-cut bangs = a M-E-S-S. So a headband has been an easy way to look pulled together for calls when my hair is not. Most of the ones I wear on repeat are under $20 from Etsy, H&M, Forever 21, Zara and Amazon. I'm partial to a turban knot look because I like the drama and retro feel. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335034241/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335034241_ac3cff4bc1_z.jpg" width="240" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335790261/in/dateposted-public/" title="More quarantine fashion"><img alt="More quarantine fashion" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335790261_2c68da2981_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p>Truth be told, I'm kinda addicted to buying them at the moment. I just tell myself: "I've found my signature look. Let me have this ONE THING, bitch." I'm the worst. </p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334468313/in/dateposted-public/" title="More quarantine fashion"><img alt="More quarantine fashion" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334468313_6caf40e938.jpg" width="240" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334346148/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334346148_346af030ac.jpg" width="240" /></a><div><p>Recently, in a big meeting, a colleague said to me, "Is that a...crown on your head?" Now, this woman and I don't know each other <i>at all</i> so she genuinely might have been wondering...but <i>really</i>? </p><p>I laughed breezily in response and replied, "It IS a crown! Of sorts." Then moved the camera in for a closeup and deadpanned: "It's actually just a headband with pearls on it, folks." Everyone laughed, charmed by the comedienne/queen in their midst. </p></div><div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50340682032/in/dateposted-public/" title="zoom dressing"><img alt="zoom dressing" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50340682032_84d63b2d8e_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p>I do have three glorious headbands that FEEL like crowns. By <a href="https://www.lelesadoughi.com" target="_blank">Lele Sadoughi</a>. So LUXE.</p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335246682/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335246682_e57afc6d0c_z.jpg" width="301" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50384202228/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50384202228_4e1c63e6b4.jpg" width="225" /></a></p><p>Her brand is one of my absolute faves right now. The details! The unapologetic femininity! The quality! My big brain actually feels a big difference! The price point is high but there are often DEEP sales.</p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377868041/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.34.34 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.34.34 PM" height="314" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377868041_be0020a2b4.jpg" width="320" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50386855743/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50386855743_257c265cf4.jpg" width="279" /></a></p><p>(She just launched her signature <a href="https://www.lelesadoughi.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/set-of-3-classic-pearl-face-masks">PEARLS ON MASK </a>EAR HOOKS! I'll do a mask post soon - they are another fact of life/accessory that's not going away any time soon. )</p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377168638/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.40.16 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.40.16 PM" height="393" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377168638_ba7bdbe0a3.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>I love when the human behind a brand lives up to the products. AND Lele does. She just exudes this relaxed, timeless elegance. Very European. But also knows what it's like to be a harried working mom. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50378044587/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.35.17 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.35.17 PM" height="394" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50378044587_ece6143481.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>She is all about mommy and me matching.</p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50378044082/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.37.55 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.37.55 PM" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50378044082_a48414f41c.jpg" width="320" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377868661/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.33.12 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.33.12 PM" height="315" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377868661_38aaaa2089.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>Before the apocalypse, that was our jam too. :(</p><p>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50385098967/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50385098967_7d722731ef.jpg" width="301" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </p><p></p><p>If headbands are not your thing, simply swap out with statement earrings. They are actually what first got me turned on to the brand. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50378045197/in/dateposted-public/" title="Lele Sadoughi headband"><img alt="Lele Sadoughi headband" height="316" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50378045197_dfec2c65e4.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>They are lighter than they look but my lobes can now only handle tiny earrings. Not very Zoom-tastic. F to a misspent youth wearing too-heavy earrings. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377169663/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.39.23 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.39.23 PM" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377169663_f78074cd1c.jpg" width="392" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div><b>Step 2: Throw a neck party. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Remember <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=arm+parties&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiQqb254IrsAhVKQKwKHTnvCnQQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=arm+parties&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJ1C1xQFYysgBYPjMAWgAcAB4AIAB2gGIAcQCkgEFMC4xLjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=sUNxX9CML8qAsQW53qugBw&bih=855&biw=1473&client=safari" target="_blank">arm parties</a> about 8 years ago? I'm still into them but in our current doomsday digital scenario, we <i>also</i> have to create some visual interest BETWEEN the face and tits. See RBG for reference (may her badass soul rest in peace.) </div><div><br /></div><div>
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</div><div><br /></div><div>Right now, I'm bananas for neck candy from <a href="https://roxanneassoulin.com">Roxanne Assoulin</a>. Love her tagline, "Jewelry that makes you smile." What we all need right now. </div><div><br /></div><div>
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<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377901666/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.49.57 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.49.57 PM" height="394" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377901666_837d4218e7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377205053/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.48.26 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.48.26 PM" height="398" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377205053_4e004d6800.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Just discovered this brand that's a lower price point but chic and well-crafted: <a href="https://www.coraliereiter.com" target="_blank">Coralie Reiter</a>. Got the rainbow pearls and the vote necklace. </div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377901421/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.51.54 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.51.54 PM" height="395" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377901421_157160cdae.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Thinking about this other combo. Just right for spring. God that seems like forever from now, doesn't it? </div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377901516/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.51.37 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.51.37 PM" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377901516_ebb25899b9.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I've been digging out old Etsy, Antrho and Madewell too.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50339843828/in/dateposted-public/" title="zoom dressing"><img alt="zoom dressing" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50339843828_0f6a197816_n.jpg" width="240" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50340688587/in/dateposted-public/" title="zoom dressing"><img alt="zoom dressing" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50340688587_4d0e9387d7_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334515963/in/dateposted-public/" title="More quarantine fashion"><img alt="More quarantine fashion" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334515963_423d694ac4_z.jpg" width="225" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334395463/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334395463_bc8c7856c9_z.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Been drawing inspo from <a href="https://www.coraliereiter.com" target="_blank">Jennifer Meyer</a> with more delicate gold layered looks. My Me&Ro pendant is the only piece of jewelry I never take off so that anchors the neck party. </div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377901001/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.53.15 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.53.15 PM" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377901001_7102559248.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377204608/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.52.59 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.52.59 PM" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377204608_3ae8a689a7.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377204513/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.53.48 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.53.48 PM" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377204513_373551f9cd.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But oooofa layering is hard. I have one of those necklace connector thingies but even then it can be tangle city. Does obscenely 'spensive gold just play better? Is my oldy moldy neck the problem? </div><div><br /></div><div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334465453/in/dateposted-public/" title="More quarantine fashion"><img alt="More quarantine fashion" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334465453_74e7a32f61_z.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Got my eye on some more reasonably priced <a href="https://ragenjewels.com" target="_blank">Ragen Jewels</a> to investigate and test my theories.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50378077772/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.55.37 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.55.37 PM" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50378077772_5e6e9efcab.jpg" width="296" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50377900916/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.54.53 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 10.54.53 PM" height="320" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50377900916_e20e4bbe3f.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Step 3. Add a puffed shoulder. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Puffy shoulders have been my everything for the last few years. Gimme all the 80s, vaguely Shakespearean, fancy shoulder action. </div><div><br /></div><div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50376276378/in/dateposted-public/" title="Puff Shoulders and Voting Necklace"><img alt="Puff Shoulders and Voting Necklace" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50376276378_70a1927eb6.jpg" width="301" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335249367/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335249367_88eeb6a5a1_z.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Think I learned it from the Goopster herself. </div><div><br /></div><div>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50391487628/in/dateposted-public/" title="Gwyneth Paltrow Puff Sleeve"><img alt="Gwyneth Paltrow Puff Sleeve" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50391487628_8a71f24660.jpg" width="292" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50392180696/in/dateposted-public/" title="Gwyneth Paltrow Puff Sleeve"><img alt="Gwyneth Paltrow Puff Sleeve" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50392180696_2cfbed06ee.jpg" width="281" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50392181081/in/dateposted-public/" title="Gwyneth Paltrow Puff Sleeve"><img alt="Gwyneth Paltrow Puff Sleeve" height="441" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50392181081_803a61dea6.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></div><div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><div>But really I think I love them because they remind me of childhood. They feel sweet and innocent and that's comforting and familiar right now. Lean in to whatever gives you comfort, remember? </div><div><br /></div><div>If puffy shoulders are not for you, try other above-the-shoulders details: interesting necklines or fun prints or vibrant colors. I'll blog about some pretties that fit the bill like <a href="https://www.farmrio.com">Farm Rio</a>, <a href="https://www.loveshackfancy.com" target="_blank">LoveShackFancy</a>, <a href="https://www.ganni.com/us/clothing/?start=0&sz=108">Ganni</a> and <a href="https://www.celiab.com" target="_blank">Celia B</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Step 4. Finally, go for it with makeup. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>My skin has been a dumpster fire since the world became one. So I've been letting it breathe most days but going cray with eye makeup. For a while, I was joking with Mr. D. that the brighter my eye makeup, the more depressed I felt and to proceed with caution. Visual cues are important for significant others. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335249707/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335249707_09297df899.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Do it up with color and wings and sparkle. <i>Anything</i> to look and feel more awake and happy. Personally taking inspo from the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fentybeauty/" target="_blank">Fenty Beauty</a>. Gotta keep up with the youths. </div><div><br /></div><div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335195957/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335195957_62ff3d9705_z.jpg" width="301" /></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50378466918/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50378466918_ba168f5a13.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And that's really it. Try one or some or all of these tricks to feel more pulled together...from the tits up...at home...in a global pandemic...with a horrific election looming...while homeschooling your child...and being even better at your job. Yes, it <i>is</i> too damn much! But here we are. What choice do we have. Our kids are watching and learning and developing coping mechanisms. They are seeing how we deal with hard times. </div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50340531976/in/dateposted-public/" title="zoom dressing"><img alt="zoom dressing" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50340531976_9626393255_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This one knows her job is being helpful around the house and killing it as a student. Already has her own first-grade-on-Zoom look perfected. This is her 2020 class picture. 😍</div></div><div><br /></div>
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\<div><br /></div><div>Clearly, an heir to the blogging crown. </div><div><br /></div><div>
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</p><p>This is what I look like now. Ha ha ha ha. Just kidding...sorta. :(</p><p><br />
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</p><p>Actually, this was how we dressed up for Mini Diabolina's 100th day of kindergarten... spent blissfully at her school a month before quarantine. </p><p>But, um, it's how I FEEL after 190ish days at home with my child...all day...every day...with no end in sight. {screams for help}</p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335032291/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335032291_7a73fd45eb_z.jpg" width="512" /></a></p><p>Thankfully, I stayed home with Mini for a few years so this isn't my first rodeo. I've needed to fill hours and days and months with my child at home before. Creativity, resourcefulness, patience and grace were key then and even more so now in a pandemic. </p><p>On March 11, when we started quarantine, I was pretty prepared. I always stock up on crafts, toys, and books that I hide away for rainy/shitty days. But when it became clear the weeks would turn into months at home, I researched new ways to keep my chattering-inquisitive-constantly-moving-demanding-Tasmanian-devil-meets-Energizer-bunny busy. </p><p>Here are some of the activities keeping us sane at home. If even one is new to you, YAY! That might be the very thing that saves your life on a Sunday at 4pm, staring down a bored child sheltering in place. You're welcome.</p><p><a href="https://www.magnatiles.com" target="_blank"><b>Magna-Tiles</b></a></p><p>My child is NOT a child that prefers to play alone...ever. But with these pricey magical magnet shape thingies, she will play independently, contentedly for an hour. Since she was about 3. Bless the ingenious makers. </p><p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50372798608/in/dateposted-public/" title="blog"><img alt="blog" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50372798608_a292e20f29_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>Expensive, yes, and almost never go on sale, yes. BUT that's most good things, right? Think Chanel and Disneyland. Go get them...yesterday. Also follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/magnatiles/">MagnaTiles on Insta</a> for inspiration. </p><p><b><a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us" target="_blank">Lego</a></b></p><p>I have issues with the Lego sets marketed to little girls. In a nutshell, they are pretty lame. I prefer the <a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/city?gclid=CjwKCAjwh7H7BRBBEiwAPXjadoSJ0ViFNM4vFAOLxFV9aBriUw1JJTK5t3DUzXu2zmtBIa89-GHKbBoCH44QAvD_BwE&ef_id=CjwKCAjwh7H7BRBBEiwAPXjadoSJ0ViFNM4vFAOLxFV9aBriUw1JJTK5t3DUzXu2zmtBIa89-GHKbBoCH44QAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!790!3!292148867239!e!!g!!lego%20city&Buffer&cmp=KAC-INI-GOOGUS-GO-US-EN-RE-PS-BUY-EXPLORE-CITY-SHOP-BC-EX-RN-XX" target="_blank">City line</a>. More gender neutral. Looooooved this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PS65RKM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">LEGO City Space Mars Research Shuttle one</a>. EXCELLENT for the price and for all the time it kills assembling and playing with afterward. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334516333/in/dateposted-public/" title="More quarantine fashion"><img alt="More quarantine fashion" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334516333_d3d1a26894_z.jpg" width="512" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </p><p>Legos are also pricey but it's a brand we can feel good about supporting after the <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/lego-pulls-advertising-for-police-toys-donates-usd4-million.html">firm stance they took against racism and inequality </a>a few months ago. </p><p><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Hasbro+Hub/page/DABC3727-70EE-44CE-BC56-B0A47471C3F1?ref_=ast_bln" target="_blank">Play Doh</a></b></p><p>We love all things play dough. Made our own during Zoom art camp. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335208456/in/dateposted-public/" title="More quarantine fashion"><img alt="More quarantine fashion" height="500" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335208456_1ca445153b.jpg" width="375" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I usually pick up random kits discounted at Marshall's. We especially love food ones like this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JKAPB3Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">pasta one </a>and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071WMG63Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1">desserts</a> one. </p><p><br /></p><p>
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<br /></p><p>Hair growing ones (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Play-Doh-Featuring-Disney-Princess-Rapunzel/dp/B01MY9WY9O/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=rapunzel+hair+play+doh&qid=1600968652&s=toys-and-games&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Rapunzel</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W8K78NF/ref=pd_luc_rh_sspa_dk_huc_pt_expsub_0?psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFDSkpaRkZSSFhEUTcmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAwNzQ3NTUyVTdQQU1PUUlBQzNQJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAwNDkxMzkyTkxMNk9WRTBXSkozJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfaHVjX21yYWkmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl" target="_blank">Trolls</a>) were in vogue for a while around these parts.</p><p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50379614101/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-24 at 10.31.41 AM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-24 at 10.31.41 AM" height="488" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50379614101_f15e355b82.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </p><p>But this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EL92WJW?pf_rd_r=4H9DBK8B3CV8ZVSPEW9V&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee" target="_blank">Doctor Drill and Fill set</a> is a scream. Tooth fairy brought it when she lost her first tooth last year. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50373476066/in/dateposted-public/" title="Play Doh Doctor Drill and Fill Set."><img alt="Play Doh Doctor Drill and Fill Set." height="239" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50373476066_cbdc0e003c_z.jpg" width="320" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br /></p><p>On heavy rotation lately because some tooth is always loose right now. </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Play-Doh-B5520-Doctor-Drill-Playset/dp/B01EL92WJW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=playdough+teeth&qid=1600809005&sr=8-1" target="_blank"></a><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50373352121/in/dateposted-public/" title="vivi"><img alt="vivi" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50373352121_1d4f4a0ba8_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p><br /><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></p><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></p><p><b>Jewelry kits</b></p><p>Feels like a lot of kids (read: annoying moms like me AND their kids) got into making jewelry and tie dye early in quarantine. What was <i>that collective fashion crazy </i>about??? Here's one of the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P9S3R2S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">kits</a> I liked best. Some <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084KM7YN8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">letters</a> to supplement. </p><p><br /><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335208286/in/dateposted-public/" title="More quarantine fashion"><img alt="More quarantine fashion" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335208286_7c20664ace_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p>I got myself a grown up version from my favorite <a href="https://roxanneassoulin.com/collections/shop-womens" target="_blank">Roxanne Assoulin</a> for Mother's Day. This DIY necklace kit (currently sold out) + some magazines = a blissful Saturday night for mommy.</p><p><br />
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<p>I think ultimately there is something cathartic and reassuring about MAKING something with your hands. Coloring and lettering have had the same effect for me. Words I never thought I'd say.</p><p>
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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank"> Diabolina</a> (@cheeriosandchanel) on <time datetime="2020-08-09T20:24:04+00:00" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Aug 9, 2020 at 1:24pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.kiwico.com">Kiwi Crate</a></p><p>We've been getting this monthly subscription for about two years. But you can get <a href="https://www.kiwico.com/store/best-sellers.html" target="_blank">specific boxes/projects </a>to try it out. Each box includes 2-3 STEAM projects leveled for your child's age. Very hands-on. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50373537771/in/dateposted-public/" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-22 at 5.10.10 PM"><img alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-22 at 5.10.10 PM" height="414" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50373537771_00209ea709_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>The projects required more of my help when she was 4. But now she does 80% of the work.
Remarkable to see the progression in fine-motor skills and engineering ability <3 </p><p>Every month we say, "This one is our favorite one yet!" like nerds. But truly we look forward to it. Quality bonding guaranteed. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334469513/in/dateposted-public/" title="More quarantine fashion"><img alt="More quarantine fashion" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334469513_e77e7c64ee_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
</p><p>I save it for mid-morning on Saturdays because it's an activity that kills at least an hour and gives us a couple of fantastic toys we MADE that we can play with the rest of the weekend. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. </p><p><b><a href="http://www.littlepassports.com" target="_blank">Little Passports</a></b></p><p>Always saw the ads for this one because social media knows I am that mom. Finally clicked early in quarantine and got the monthly subscription. Takes your child around the world to learn about different countries and cultures. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50340690302/in/dateposted-public/" title="zoom dressing"><img alt="zoom dressing" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50340690302_6ee5e72c1d_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p>We like but don't love. Wish there was more to MAKE instead of read. She might be a bit young for it. Also she's more of a maker than the nebbish reader I was. </p><div><a href="https://literati.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SUB_G_S_Brand%20-%20Exact&gclid=CjwKCAjwwab7BRBAEiwAapqpTEjdaxOyYNsXC3bf39qfKdUrA_7F7LVsVM91P8lAle5IAgZSn1RzERoCN5MQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Literati</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of...her reading took off this summer! So I got this monthly subscription box of books - broken out by age. You keep and pay for what you like, send back what you don't. Wanted to try it since we're no longer going to the library or book store weekly. </div><div><br />
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</div><div><br /></div><div>I loved the idea, she was less enthused. Liked the non-fiction better than the fiction picks. I think she prefers to choose her own books. Wish there was more of a way to customize selections. I cancelled after two months. </div><div><br /></div><div>Think it would be great for older kids looking for an easy way to find new chapter books. Maybe 8+. But frankly it's great for mamas of littles who don't feel like reading the same book one more time. Also a nice gift to give.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://kidmademodern.com">Kid Made Modern</a></b></div><div><br /></div><div>I LOVE LOVE LOVE their crafts and content marketing and brand. Have bought Mini Diabolina most of the kits over the last couple of years. Wonderful for travel because of the built-in storage/containment. Got the big craft library when quarantine first started.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50373498551/in/dateposted-public/" title="blog"><img alt="blog" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50373498551_cf07ef15cf_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And these paints shortly after. High quality. Still going strong. </div><div><br /></div><div>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50339846663/in/dateposted-public/" title="zoom dressing"><img alt="zoom dressing" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50339846663_e2f048bdbc_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Truth be told I'd normally stock up on most of this stuff at the 99 cent store. But the ease of getting it all sent to me with built-in storage AND not having to brave a dollar store in a pandemic...worth it. </div><div><br /></div><div>This was my 43rd birthday present from my doll. She made it with their purty <a href="https://kidmademodern.com/products/petal-party-jewelry-making-kit" target="_blank">Petal Party Jewelry kit. </a></div><div><br />
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</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the <a href="https://kidmademodern.com/products/create-your-own-haunted-house-craft-kit">haunted house kit</a> we made this past weekend as we count down to Oct. 1. </div><div><br /></div><div>
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<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>They also have <a href="https://kidmademodern.com/blogs/posts" target="_blank">great activities and print-outs on their blog</a>. Loved this one early in quarantine. Made a lot of people smile and helped me with gratitude and perspective. </div><div><br /></div><div>
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<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>They just started a monthly subscription box option, btw. Another good gift. </div><div><br /></div><div><p><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0160JBGRA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1">National Geographic Mega Gemstone Dig Kit</a></b></p><p>I got her this kit for Easter. Bought us hours of quiet digging time over the next week. Huge dusty mess but isn't your whole house a trash can by now? Pondering some more geology ones. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/NATIONAL+GEOGRAPHIC/page/91320483-08CF-4CE4-A677-82F6B075CD3F?ref_=ast_bln" target="_blank">The National Geographic store</a> is pretty cool nerdy fun. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50373516022/in/dateposted-public/" title="vivi"><img alt="vivi" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50373516022_06f1523450_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></p></div><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Easy+Playhouse&ref=bl_dp_s_web_5248762011" target="_blank">Easy Playhouse</a></p><p>My kid never met a box she didn't love. Also adores cramming into places that are too small to fit her comfortably. Et voila! This playhouse was everything. She painted it and played with it for weeks.</p><p>
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</p><p><br /></p><p>One mom told me she gets one over the holidays when the kids are out of school and need a project. Smart. We got ours around Fourth of July. Sparklers sold separately. </p><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50373515877/in/dateposted-public/" title="vivi"><img alt="vivi" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50373515877_2ee9ccc1bf_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </p><p>Next up in the Things to Do with Kids series: </p><p>Screen time and learnin' resources in quarantine.</p><p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50339844143/in/dateposted-public/" title="zoom dressing"><img alt="zoom dressing" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50339844143_0dcd91ea94_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </p><p>Spoiler: We went from no screen time to two devices in under six months.</p>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335084131/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335084131_2e2bd476c8_z.jpg" width="481" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div><br /></div><div>p.s. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/covid-vaccine-children.html">This rather devastating article today about children and vaccines</a> confirmed parents and our kids are in this COVID fight for at least another year. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50376671071/in/dateposted-public/" title="A Kids' Vaccine Isn't Coming Anytime Soon"><img alt="A Kids' Vaccine Isn't Coming Anytime Soon" height="183" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50376671071_40e83b78bc.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></div><div>That's in addition to continued political upheaval and civil unrest. Plan accordingly. </div><div><br /></div><div>Share any of YOUR fave activities, toys, monthly subscriptions, recipes, booze in the comments. </div><div><br /></div><div>xo</div><div><br /></div><div>We can do hard things. </div>Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-49659631214620839362020-09-12T17:47:00.025-07:002020-09-29T17:21:17.425-07:00How to Dress in Quarantine: Sweatsuit Edition<p>So, dear readers, I never ever NEVER thought we'd meet like this. </p><p>In the middle of a global pandemic. 27 weeks into sheltering in place with no end in sight. Having to do what, gulp, I do worst: dress casually. To remind former readers and edumacate new readers, dressing down has always been my Achilles heel (read <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2008/02/scene-rush-rush-rushing-all-day-at-work.html">here</a>). </p><p>But I'm happy to report that motherhood had already helped me lean into dressing for comfort. After all, CHRIST, you cannot wear (or have or do) nice things as the parent of a child under 5. </p>
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<p>Still, it was strangely psychic how much I'd been investing in sweatshirts and sweatpants prior to Corona. Mostly Aviator Nation and Sundry on sale. Pricey indulgences justified by the fact that I work from home (have been contracting at Apple for two years after taking two years off to mother.) </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334348993/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334348993_c3604b78b3_c.jpg" width="480" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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</p><p>But I was still keeping it budget friendly with less spendy versions from Forever and H&M. This Target find from February was strangely prescient. </p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50335247322/in/dateposted-public/" title="Quaranine Fashion"><img alt="Quaranine Fashion" height="640" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335247322_ede005984b_c.jpg" width="485" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><p>So back to how the F to dress for sitting your ass at home and not catching COVID. Well, really there's not much to it. Comfort - duh - is most important. Cocoon yourself in cozy. Soft fabrics all day, every day. They don't have to be expensive but they do have to be breathable. </p><p>Our mental health is also key right now. We NEED delight. Every. single. thing. is a dumpster fire. So add a bit of frivolity, beauty, joy into your existence WHEREVER you can. Put on clothes that make you feel happy, positive, hopeful. Details, prints, and color help me. </p><p>I've been trying to create physical comfort so I'm better equipped to handle mental discomfort. After all, doing battle with anxiety and grief is an inevitable part of being on this Corona-coaster. </p><p>Remember: clothes, makeup, accessories, self-care really CAN make a difference in elevating your mood and remembering your SELF - quarantine or not. That's what this blog was all about once upon a time :) </p><p>
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</p><p>Here are some of the brands I've been distracting myself with as Rome burns, we enter fall, and wrap up the end of the first act of this pandemic. </p><p><b><a href="https://www.aviatornation.com" target="_blank">Aviator Nation</a></b></p><p>Surfer California vibe. Ugh. So pricey but delicious. Made ethically in LA hence the price. </p><p>Reminds me of how we dressed in college...20 years ago which feels like 800 years ago. I also think I think if I wear it, I will look like the model. Especially that ass. </p><p>Spoiler: I won't and it don't. Note how PERFECT the Ninja hoodie with the built in mask is for the apocalypse. </p><p><br /></p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334868237/in/dateposted-public/" title="Aviator Nation Sweatsuit"><img alt="Aviator Nation Sweatsuit" height="539" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334868237_6695559a66_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334868302/in/dateposted-public/" title="Aviator Nation Sweatsuit"><img alt="Aviator Nation Sweatsuit" height="612" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334868302_924ef73d7d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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<p><b><a href="https://sundryclothing.com" target="_blank">Sundry</a></b></p><p>Cali meets Frenchy vibe. Easy, clean, laid back. Very chic mommy. They do DEEP sales regularly so never buy full price. </p><p>
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</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://istolemyboyfriendsshirt.com" target="_blank">I Stole My Boyfriend's Sweatshirt</a></b></p><p>Cool, up cycled, lounge wear. Sizing is a bit weird so proceed with caution. Ugh I'm still deep in a tie dye phase. Basic bitch, party of one. </p><p> </p><p>
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</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.clarev.com" target="_blank">Clare V.</a></b></p><p>Love her purses and whole French via LA. aesthetic. The sweatshirts are again spendy but adorbs especially the animal prints. Wait for 20% off but sizes do go fast. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334760646/in/dateposted-public/" title="Clare V sweatshirts quarantine fashion"><img alt="Clare V sweatshirts quarantine fashion" height="349" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334760646_03e87265f4_c.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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</p><p><b><a href="https://vintagehavana.com" target="_blank">Vintage Havana</a></b></p><p>Recent discovery. Sooooooo soft. Like a cute hug. Good price point especially on sale at Nordstrom. </p><p>
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</p><p><b><a href="https://www.target.com/c/women-s-clothing/-/N-5xtcm" target="_blank">Target</a></b></p><p>There are a few new lines of loungewear at Target like <a href="https://www.target.com/b/colsie/-/N-gk29m?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google&fndsrc=tgtao&CPNG=Women_Brand&adgroup=Colsie&LID=700000001173075&LNM=colsie&MT=e&network=g&device=c&location=9030973&targetid=kwd-393778994144&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&ds_rl=1241788&gclid=CjwKCAjw4_H6BRALEiwAvgfzq8u_oEcPlW_vT6rPfYJiQoOXWKM2HDkkyxI-xkO67_C14xkLQJShLhoCmOYQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Colsie</a> that are amaze for the price. I got this "mama" maternity one in a small cuz it's forgiving around the middle and the embroidery looks like Lingua Franca which I'll blog about another day. Love the new Halloween and Stranger Things cuteness. </p><p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/50334155413/in/dateposted-public/" title="Target Quarantine Fashion"><img alt="Target Quarantine Fashion" height="800" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50334155413_a762350fd1_c.jpg" width="417" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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p.p.s. This blog post was created at the request of Mini Diabolina. She wants to learn the fashion blogging trade so she is now my photo apprentice, taking and uploading pictures - the least glamorous thing EVER. But she is looking fierce doing it in her own pricey athleisure wear. <div><br /><div>.
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Adorbs but downright terrifying because the show started at 8, miss thang's bedtime. We hemmed and hawed like only the parents of an only child do. We plotted all contingencies like a military exercise and packed the biggest bag of snacks ever. Pro tip: A snacking toddler is a busy toddler whose mouth is too full to whine. <br />
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In the end, I knew she'd be fine because St. Jude's mini me would be there. VV lives for her big girl bff. <br />
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The whole night was the idea of her dad, the Brown Devil. It was actually a triple daddy/daughter date. Best (straight) uncle ever. <br />
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Since Daddy and daughter rarely leave me be for more than a damn second, I was ready to PARTAAAAAAAY! Which meant booking dinner with my OG partner in crime, Abuelita Diabolina (the artist formerly known as Mama Diabolina).<br />
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Been wanting to try Michael Mina's <a href="http://www.michaelmina.net/restaurants/southern-california/calmare/#">Cal Mare</a> since VV and I happened on it after egg slutting. Could only get a 6:15 reservation. Not a problem when your hot date is an actual bonafide senior citizen (albeit one in Dior and Phillip Lim.) <br />
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Loved the decor instantly. The sexy bar, velvety blue booths, architectural aquamarine chairs, under the sea tile framing the open kitchen. Very chic mediterranean grotto...in a mall. <br />
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Despite my advanced age, I still don't know very much about wine especially ones of the Italian variety. So had the waiter recommend a red by the glass. My mom demurred and said she didn't want one...until she tasted it. Excellent. I believe it was <a href="http://www.michaelmina.net/pdf/menus/18123_CalMareWineList.pdf">one of the first three reds on the by the glass list.</a> Sorry, I am rusty at blogging and boozing so was too busy guzzling to note. <br />
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I do know exactly what we ate. Started with the yellow fish tuna with blood orange, radish and chiles. Delicate, balanced perfection.<br />
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And my favorites: The pumpkin agnolotti with dungeness crab, truffle and sea urchin. Just the right amount of texture and richness. Seafood heaven. Plus the fried brussel sprouts with black garlic. VV is currently addicted to brussel sprouts so it was great to learn a new twist on them. <br />
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Um, but we were still hungry so we got the spicy shrimp and chickpea pancake with calabrian chile, saffron aїoli and escarole. Delicious and interesting and unexpected - everything I miss about fine dining now that I cater to a tiny dictator when we go out to eat.<br />
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Incredible piglet dinner for two. The only two who had a better one was VV (see the intensity of her face in mid-bite!) and The Brown Devil (see his paw reaching for dem fries!!!) at Mel's pre-Pantages. <br />
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p.s. My mom loved Cal Mare so much that the next day, she begged to do happy hour there during the baby's nap. This time we sat on the patio (beautifully enclosed but still RIGHT on La Cienega), tried a different red and got the squash chips with ricotta, apple conserva and sage. So.much.flavor. A dream of a light bite. (Look at that gorgeous guilty grubbing face!!!!)<br />
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Plus the wild mushroon ragu with pine nuts, farm egg and speck. Flavorful and again so light. <br />
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We had the same waiter as the night before. When we were getting up to leave he deadpanned: "See you two tomorrow." I almost said, "Bitch you might!"<br />
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Full dinner menu to drool over <a href="http://www.michaelmina.net/pdf/menus/180102_CalMare_Dinner%20Menu.pdf">here</a>.<br />
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Add it to your list of new hot spots to try but save yourself the drama and wait until the parking saga is over at the mall. Or if you never want to retire, spring for valet. But if you have a child's college education to save for maybe park at the Beverly Connection.<br />
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<br />Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-53442931506308292712018-02-10T16:49:00.005-08:002020-09-22T22:07:12.644-07:00Things to Do With Kids: Home Depot Kids WorkshopsIf you're going to have kids, I highly recommend doing it at the exact same time as your best girlfriend.<br />
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And really how to do everything properly.<br />
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Three years into this mommy thing, she is still teaching me things like the <b>Home Depot Kids Workshops</b>. Bless.<br />
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Now I love my kid but CHRIST, toddlers are like energizer bunnies on speed. Ms. VV goes NON-STOP from about 7 am until her 2:30 pm nap time. That means a mama who wants to stay sane needs to find new shit to do ALL THE TIME.<br />
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That's why it's invaluable when a friend shares a tip like Jean Bean did. Months ago, she told me Home Depot does fun workshops for kids: They get to build something cool and take it home, all for the right price: FREE. Sign me up.<br />
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But I didn't because for some CRAY reason <a href="https://www.homedepot.com/workshops/#change_store">Home Depot doesn't tout it on its website</a>. I mean, this is the kind of warm fuzzy community building that brands usually shout from the rooftops. But you either have to know about it, stumble on one or figure it out on the site.<br />
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Well, around the holidays, I tried, couldn't and promptly forget about it. Because mom brain.<br />
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Thankfully, I got an ad on Facebook with a reminder that it happens the first Saturday of the month. (Yes, I just thanked an ad on FB and yes, FB now knows I am now a slave to my child and not fashion.) I registered on the site and showed up bright and early on a Saturday because KIDS. She was ready to work and werk it like Wonder Woman.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "publico" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">It was already packed by the time we got there so definitely register. In addition to the project kit, your tiny dictator will get a free kid-sized orange apron and com</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "publico" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 17px;">memorative pin for each project. They can collect pins. Super nerdy scout cute. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "publico" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">YOU KNOW, my child loves a GRATIS accessory/gift bag/anything</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "publico" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"> as much as mama. Also note what I gleaned from said apron and NOT from the company website: this program has been happening for 20 YEARS. I've since talked it up to half a dozen know-it-all moms who had NO idea. Hence this post. </span></span><br />
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My love bug loved every hammering, painting, sticking, chucking minute of it.<br />
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I loved the creativity of it, the developmental appropriateness, playing with the toy SHE MADE at home and realizing I can get arts and crafts products for her at Home Depot. Never thought of that.<br />
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Best way to kill an hour that we've found in LONG TIME. The best part: thanking Jean Bean for the rec and finding out her love bug had done the same thing that morning. Thousands of miles away. And he had the Valentine's Day pin to prove it.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The night of the 2016 election was one of the lowest lows I've felt since my daughter was born. Ironically, it was her - beautiful, innocent, loving her - that helped me cope.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;">Leading up to the 2017 march, my mother disapproved of me going. She, who lived the first half of her life watching military coups, dictatorships and bloody civil war destroy her homeland, was afraid. Afraid of what a racist in the White House meant for this country. Afraid of the rage a protest by women would incite in an <i>assaulter </i>of women.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;">Fast forward to this January as the Women's March approached again, I knew I had to go. That women's revolution I had anticipated was in full swing, the winds of change were sweeping across industries and media and generations. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;">Plus, the fear of the unknown last year had turned into rage over the known. </span></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;">This administration has assaulted everything I feared they would: immigrants, minorities, women, children, LGBT rights, the environment, affordable health care, science, education, fair elections, the justice </span></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;">system, and on and on. I had to make my voice heard with more than just <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2017/02/we-are-all-immigrants.html">my writing</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First, how creative human beings can be. I bow down. To the carefully crafted speeches that express outrage or hope...but usually some impassioned combination of both. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">To the genius - ACTUAL genius - signs they lovingly fashion to amuse AND inspire (some more favorites from Los Angeles Magazine <a href="http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/favorite-signs-slogans-2018-womens-march-l/">here</a> and Vogue <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/womens-march-2018-best-signs">here</a>.) To the ways they dress and accessorize, the armor they choose for battle, the non-verbal ways they identify with a cause or a group or a shared enemy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The second <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">thing that I find staggering EVERY TIME is how kind we can be to strangers when we choose to be. In a city like LA, where we can exist in the bubble of our cars or our often racially/economically/idealogically segregated neighborhoods, it is thrilling to feel unity amidst our diversity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">To watch a sea of humanity instinctively part for a mother with a stroller, cheering her on for passing on the gift of activism. To smile at older men marching slowly but proudly in their pink pussy hats. To witness a spark ignite in a pre-teen's eyes reading your sign and see yourself reflected back, half a lifetime ago. It is all so intoxicating and affirms that we are more alike than we are different. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The day was elating and exhausting in ways that I expected. The one difference: my mom was with me and it was her first time exercising this constitutional right. I watched emotionally as her eyes glimmered with alternating glee and fear. I loved that she was so moved by the speeches, that she got into the chants (This is what democracy looks like!) as we marched, that she roared with laughter at the most profane signs, that she pointed out every child she saw, marvelling at their freedom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ever since I was a Berkeley-bound, speech & debate teen nerd, I've taken this right to express my opinion and demonstrate for granted. Today, in my tiny wonderful immigrant mother's face, I saw it was something she never thought would be possible for her - despite being in this country for 40 years and a citizen for almost a decade. That's what living through an authoritarian state does to you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As we were leaving today, her eyes lingered on some tween girls holding signs. She said, "This moment is going to change everything for women in this country. It's horrible that Hillary had to lose and we have to endure this idiot but it is going to change everything for Vivian."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I pray she's right. I pray the wonderful speaker today who quoted Neruda is right:</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">"'You can kill all the flowers but you can't stop Spring from coming.' We are the Spring."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the great things about exercising your first amendment right to assemble is that it's all about function over fabulous. And since Vivian was born, function has become my middle name. Fabulous has been achieved once or twice in the last 3.5 years. Le sigh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My priorities were staying warm and being able to move quickly if need be. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I layered a hot pink sweater that makes me HOT under an H&M sweatshirt that is a staple in my mommy wardrobe (also wore it to the Pride march lso maybe it is a staple in my resisting wardrobe! btw, resisting bitch face is my favorite new pun.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's suffragette white and has lipstick, lips, fruit and "girl gang" all over it in that Barbie font. Vivian loves it. Made me feel like she was with me. Oh yeah and it was $8. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeans were a no brainer. New (mom) sneakers were too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had read over the past year that some women of color and trans women felt alienated by the symbolism of the pink pussy hats. And I get it. Don't get me started on my issues with white conservative women. I didn't want to offend anyone who already feels marginalized. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I was going to the march after all to honor sisterhood, especially with my own dear thoughtful friend who is also a woman of color, my mother and my child. Ultimately, I know my heart as a minority who has fought for trans kids rights for years. At the march, I'd say about a fourth of attendees were wearing one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next year, maybe V can let me borrow this look! It most closely resembles how I felt marching next to my own superhero, my mama. </span></div>
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If you said, "Yaaaaaassssss, sister, testify, it is straight traumatizing, almost as bad as birthin' that baby!" then you know I was in zero rush to get V in the car after a big eggslut of a breakfast.<br />
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(Background: Ever since we turned Mini Diabolina's car seat forward, she has developed motion sickness. So now I live in fear of defcon 5 vomit in every nook and cranny of her person, her car seat and my back seat.)<br />
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Instead of our planned meteorite exhibit (lord help us, she's a space camp nerd), I convinced Ms. VV that we could find an outfit for her to match her new Boo doll (from Monsters Inc. for the Pixar uninitiated). And she agreed because fashion, duh.<br />
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As soon as she saw the new Beverly Center lounges, she was in heaven. "Let's just hang here, mama!" I let her roll around on everything as if she was rolling at a 90s rave. Again, it's lovely, Bev Cen, but really all the disruption for this?<br />
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Eventually we moved on but were stopped dead in our tracks by the siren call of Dolce & Gabbana.<br />
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The mixed prints!<br />
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Vivian begged to go in the store. Who is this kid??? MY kid, that's who. It must be in our Italian blood, man, this love of the playful, the ornate, the overtly feminine. <br />
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But I wasn't in the mood to paw beautiful things that remind me of a former life; one when I had fabulous occasion to wear fabulous things. Plus the only thing worse than your child throwing up in your car, would be your child farting in Dolce & Gabbana. And I had a sense she was itching to let one rip after all that OJ at eggslut.<br />
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Crestfallen, she asked what store we could go in. I made her read me the name on the window: H&M. It's become a go-to for Vivian's closet, especially summer dresses and winter sweaters. Lately, I will occasionally score a $10 sweatshirt there that makes me feel athleisure chic. Plus, I won't mind if it gets ruined with slime or paint or general kid-ness. Such is my sartorial life now. Sigh.<br />
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I was struck with how much color was in store post-holidays. Also bold winter florals galore. Very D&G.<br />
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A dash of Diane Von Furstenberg<br />
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Crossed with Gucci garish.<br />
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Suddenly, we were pointing out our favorite pieces to each other - she is all about "LOOK AT ME COLOR" - and having the cutest time browsing, like real girlfriends, not master (her) and servant (me). Yay for 3.5!!!<br />
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I found her this Monster's Inc coat. Tres Sully.<br />
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She spotted the ideal Jack Skellington pants. "We HAVE to tell, Uncle Jason!" That's Sable Crow who loves The Nightmare Before Christmas just like her, btw. <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br />
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We both squealed when we saw this coat. Elmo realness, anyone???<br />
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And a Clare V pouch (Side note: How is it that some toddler mothers don't need to carry huge bags? Why am I the only sherpa whose purse has turned into a dumpster full of shit for my kid?) <br />
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This child is literally me. She looks exactly like I me at that age (minus Daddy's big lips). We have the same taste in food and fashion. She wears cool clothes with such ease. She knows exactly what she likes. She is hilarious.<br />
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To back up, I've been a stay at home mom now for over TWO years. Words I never imagined typing, much less living. I've been doing some consulting during that time. But, for all intents and purposes, I've been focused on raising my toddler, magical brilliant gorgeous unicorn that she is.<br />
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As any new-ish mama can tell you, it's been the best of times, it's been the worst of times. I've obviously adored getting to know my daughter, being there for every single milestone, growing into motherhood.<br />
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And yet it's been disorienting and isolating in ways I didn't expect. Your child's schedule becomes your schedule. Her friends' parents become your friends by default. Your life isn't your own anymore. You're always tired and never well-groomed.<br />
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Plus, I actually miss work; the identity intertwined with it, being part of a team, contributing financially to our family. Most of all, I miss writing. For nearly 15 years, I was gainfully employed as a writer. What a goddamn lucky bitch.<br />
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So, despite the true gift that this time with my child has been, I've felt lost, not myself, unsure. I don't know if it's the new year, or the fact that she turned 3 and a half last week (to much fanfare!), but I've been feeling change in the air. Like a piece of myself that's been missing is about to make a return.<br />
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And on Friday, I realized what it might be: this blog, writing, chronicling things that are meaningful to ME, no matter how small.<br />
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V and I had one of those perfect meandering agenda-free mornings. I was really present. And as I snapped dozens of photos per usual, I saw this blog post in my mind's eye. Just like I did when I used to blog daily.<br />
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Back then, I used to find the "hook" or "story" of the day, every day, and actually SEE the blog post in my head before I wrote it and laid it out. It was second nature to me back in the day. But I hadn't had that creative process happen in my head in a loooooong time so it felt amazing. I felt like me again. That felt good.<br />
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So here goes. Just a little flexing of an old muscle starring the new piggie fashionista in town, MY BABY. I hope I can keep "seeing" the story of our days together.<br />
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<b><i>Eggsluts R Us</i></b><br />
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Embarrassing confession: until Friday, I was an egg slut that had never been to <a href="http://www.eggslut.com/">eggslut</a>.<br />
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In my defense, when it opened in 2011, I wasn't going downtown during the day often. Plus I didn't "do lines" (read: I thought/think I'm famous.)<br />
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When it opened in Glendale a year ago, I sooooo wanted to be a slut for eggs but ugh Vivian. She eats everything EXCEPT sandwiches. FML. No point dealing with a two year old at a restaurant where she very vocally denounces the house specialty.<br />
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Fast forward to last week, when I saw eggslut was opening at the Beverly Center. So close to us, so no excuse. I decided I was going on opening day, tiny human in tow, dammit.<br />
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But Friday came and my tiny overlord woke up WOKE, uninterested in trying anything new. Ugh to toddlers who think their mothers are trying to poison them, amirite? I convinced her that bacon, her ride or die in life, would be available and she begrudgingly relented.<br />
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We got to the Beverly Center and OMYGOD the parking was an <i>ordeal</i> with the construction! Was there a few months ago and it wasn't so bad. I immediately regretted my decision to do me and started spiraling into plans b, c and d while making the problem into fun (wheeeeee, this circling is like a ride at Disneyland!!!). Like any MacGyver mother can.<br />
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After a good 10 minutes, we finally found a spot. Pro tip: Look for the elevators on the 5th floor since most of the La Cienega escalators are inoperable and if you're like me, creepy parking garage stairs are a NOPE. Even better pro tip: walk or park on the street until all the construction is over.<br />
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Said elevators did have a new infinity room at the Broad vibe. Cool. I don't know if it's hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-for-the-remodel-cool but it makes for a cute pic. Thanks, Bev Cen.<br />
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Inside eggslut, it was that sleek woodsy trendy coffee shop in San Francisco vibe. You know the one, where everyone is in on the joke except you vibe? Where the millennial employee out of central casting acts fairly exasperated if it's your first time there and you have to look at a menu? Like Philz Coffee?<br />
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Anyway, there was only a slight line in front of us (purr-fect!) but had to wait for one of the only three normal tables to open up (hello, anxiety and plans b, c, and d again). Otherwise my tiny person would have for sure free-fallen off the dozens of high stools available (#nobueno and #parentproblems).<br />
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Verdict: My slutty sandwich was perfection.<br />
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The soft eggs with chives were all kids of delicate and creamy. The spice was slight, not overwhelming; my mini me even had some. However, it was VERY rich with the brioche. Might opt for the arugula instead of the bun next time. Who am I? An over 40 mother looking to lose 15 pounds that's who.<br />
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Ideal grab and go place, very NYC. ( p.s. God do I miss New York.) Perfect for the Cedars crowd just across the street. Wish I had had that option after giving birth to this 8 lb 12 oz beauty - it would have hit the spot in my broken, bloated body.<br />
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At one point, she said dreamily, "Let's come here every day, mama." Egg slut success story right there!<br />
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As we were leaving, I plotted our next stop on the new Beverly Center pigging train:<br />
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<b>PART TWO OF MORNING UP NEXT</b><br />
<b>Shopping at H&M, dreaming of Dolce & Gabbana</b><br />
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It started when <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/trump-nude-troll-doll-chuck-williams/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=BPFacebook">the Orange Troll </a>won the election and hit a breaking point yesterday when I read<a href="http://thehill.com/latino/ice-immigration-detainee-brain-tumor-taken-from-hospital"> this story about an immigrant with a brain tumor detained by immigration.</a><br />
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Both felt like an attack on who I am personally: the child of an immigrant who is now a mother and has tried to be <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/search?q=trevor+project">a champion of LGBTQ youth</a>.<br />
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I cried so much with my mother this morning. And I knew I had to write today. And so I came here to this space I created for myself almost ten years ago to process it, share and create <i>something</i> out of all this anger and fear I am feeling. So here goes:<br />
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My mother came to this country legally in 1976, fleeing a country beginning to fall to what would turn out to be the longest and bloodiest civil war in the Western Hemisphere. She was pregnant with me.<br />
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When she was deciding whether to leave – her country, her family, the father of her child, her language, her education, everything she had ever known – her paternal grandfather encouraged her. He said soon there would be nothing left for her, no real opportunity for her child or any child in Guatemala. Even though he knew he would never see her again or meet his great-grandchild, he said he'd never forgive himself if he didn't encourage her to go to the US and not look back. <br />
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It's what my mother did. She was 28.<br />
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Every day of my life since I could understand, I've felt grateful for that decision. I have visited Guatemala. They have been gut wrenching trips. It is a devastatingly beautiful country, irrevocably devastated by political greed, violence, racism and foreign influences (sound familiar?) It is a country where even educated, hard-working people like my family struggle to find stable careers and real security, forget about opportunity.<br />
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It has become what I once heard it called on NPR: "a failed state." The words felt like a dagger through my twentysomething chest. What happens to the people that remain in a failed state? Their hopes, their dreams?<br />
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In the 80s, my mother's visa expired. When I was just a little older than my daughter is today, my mother witnessed the Regan-era immigration raids happening left and right around her in L.A.<br />
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By some miracle but more likely because of her Ladino appearance, she was never "caught." Never deported, ripped away from her child and sent back to the crumbling country she came from. She remembers seeing immigration officials come into stores and stop buses and descend on schools and start asking brown faces for identification. She saw good people get shackled like criminals. She doesn't know how but she slipped away every time.<br />
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She lived in fear for a couple of years, many Latinos did, many Latinos have. She took the first opportunity she got to become a permanent resident.
She remained one for nearly 30 years.<br />
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In that time, she married and buried my stepfather, the great love of her life, a self-made businessman who himself was the child of German immigrants fleeing the Nazis. Her only daughter graduated from high school then college then graduate school and became an independent some would even say successful professional. My mother worked hard, managed her money well, made more, paid off her home, bought a rental property, then another one.<br />
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Along the way she helped (conservatively) hundreds of other immigrants, get their footing in this country, paying her karmic luck forward. Since I was little, I can remember her counseling, loaning money, letting people sleep on a couch, helping find people jobs. That is who my mother is. She embodies the American dream.<br />
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But something happened after 9/11. I saw her fear return. She saw things during the Bush era that made her
afraid that because she wasn't born in the US and wasn't a citizen, the life she had built could be ripped away from her. In October of 2008, <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2008/10/scene-today-6000-people-were-sworn-in.html?spref=bl">she became an American citizen</a>. The next month, <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/scene-met-my-mom-at-our-polling-station.html">she voted for the first time,</a> for the first black president of the United States.<br />
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The following month, she had her second MRI after <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2008/08/have-been-debating-how-to-share.html?spref=bl">discovering she had a brain tumor</a>. It showed the brain tumor was not growing. And tests continued to confirm that until two years later when it was growing. <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2009/12/why-i-love-l.html?spref=bl">She had surgery to remove it</a>, it was successful and my mother lived to see and love her granddaughter four years later.<br />
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I don't know Sara from El Salvador who now lives in Texas, has a brain tumor and was detained by immigration in the hospital. But I do know by a few twists of fate she could be my mother. I know every immigrant has a story. I know most immigrants are hard working, tax paying, morally rich people. I know this because of my personal experience and because this great country was built by them. I know this is an assault on who we are as a COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS.<br />
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I also know that what Trump is doing to the transgender community is a disgrace. I know that pandering to religious hatemongers when your approval ratings are the lowest in history at the expense of children in need of protection is disgraceful. I know my child could be transgender. I know when you become a mother, a real mother, EVERY CHILD becomes your child.<br />
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I know if you roll in the mud you are a pig and I know when they get fat enough, pigs get slaughtered. I know his day is coming but the damage he is creating and being allowed to create by a Republican majority and cowardly Democrats is a disgrace. <br />
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And I would ask all of you who are not directly affected by the bullshit currently being perpetrated to STAND UP, SPEAK OUT, BE OUTRAGED for all of us who are affected. What is happening is an affront to who we are as Americans. This isn't about some "other," this is about all of us.<br />
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And remember: Becoming a failed state is not outside the realm of possibility for the US.<br />
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<b>More immigrant crisis reading</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/us/california-immigrant-safe-houses/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/us/california-immigrant-safe-houses/index.html</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.fastcoexist.com/3068357/this-app-warns-undocumented-immigrants-when-raids-are-coming">https://www.fastcoexist.com/3068357/this-app-warns-undocumented-immigrants-when-raids-are-coming</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/15/north-carolina-needed-6500-farm-workers-only-7-americans-stuck-it-out">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/15/north-carolina-needed-6500-farm-workers-only-7-americans-stuck-it-out</a><br />
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<b>More LGBTQ crisis reading</b><br />
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<u>http://www.hrc.org/blog/disgraceful-the-trump-administration-puts-transgender-kids-at-risk</u><br />
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<u>http://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/entry/trump-administration-title-ix-guidance-withdrawal-is-a-danger-to-the-mental</u><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/amightygirl/photos/a.360833590619627.72897.316489315054055/1259113597458284/?type=3&theater">https://www.facebook.com/amightygirl/photos/a.360833590619627.72897.316489315054055/1259113597458284/?type=3&theater</a><br />
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Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-66303370865545543292014-10-02T15:11:00.000-07:002014-10-02T15:21:03.287-07:00Baby Brand I Love: Freshly Picked Thank goodness for <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/diabolina/">Pinterest</a>. It got me through the nights when I was pregnant and the baby kept me up kicking. And it entertained me through the first few weeks after she arrived when I'd stay up watching her sleep at night like an insane person.<br />
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I saw super cute ones all over <a href="https://www.etsy.com/search?q=baby%20moccasin&ref=auto1">Etsy</a> but then <a href="http://freshlypicked.com/">Freshly Picked</a> caught my eye.<br />
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Remembered seeing the brand in US Weekly which naturally gave it a stamp of celebrity approval that meant Mini D had to have them. Why should Blue and Kardashian spawn have all the chunky legged fun?<br />
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I was initially thinking blush pink or gold dotted ones that could act as neutrals and match more of her wardrobe. And yet for two months, I didn't pull the trigger. Felt guilty that they were twice the price of some I saw on Etsy.<br />
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They <i>are</i> real leather while many of the Etsy ones are faux, the little fashion devil on my shoulder whispered. You really shouldn't go insane/broke buying baby girl clothes - think of her college fund, admonished the annoyingly fiscally responsible angel on my other shoulder. </div>
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But then I saw the Picnic Pack limited edition moccasins from FP and had to get a pair for my doll. I mean how could I resist RIDICULOUS watermelon feets!!!!<br />
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Sizing is tricky with Freshly Picked since it goes by size of foot not age. But I emailed the company and they suggested I get a size 2 which generally fits 6 to 11 months. I picture my living doll wearing them with a white eyelet dress or a black top and leggings look next spring/summer.</div>
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When she outgrows that pair, she'll have gold ones to wear courtesy of my mom.<br />
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I gained exactly 26 pounds while I was pregnant. Designated a high risk pregnancy due to my "advanced maternal age," I was determined to stay on the lower end of the healthy weight gain range.<br />
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And I do believe the months of healthy eating and particularly the exercise (walking and swimming) during the last weeks of my pregnancy paid off: I was *only* in active labor for 9ish hours and it took me less than 8 weeks to lose the weight I gained.<br />
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But even though the number on the scale is the same as before baby, my middle looks totally different. My stomach has never been my strong suit (Me gustan carbs too much) but now it's definitely the weakest link. And this old girl's formerly best feature, ma legs, are now thicker in a way that seems irreversibly motherly. Thanks Mini me!</div>
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Given these two delightful developments none of my pants fit quite right. Enter jeggings to the rescue. They were my go to when I was pregnant and they are again when I have a newborn. I am not ashamed. I figure they are like yoga pants but with a little bit more style...though I am starting to get into the athletic mom look...minus the working out part.<br />
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They are SUPER comfortable, have some moto texture to make them look like jeans and a thick waistband to hold all my mess in. <br />
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I bought them in oxblood, black AND grey to see me thru the fall. I'm going to pretend I look as good in leggings post baby as Gwen did preggo. Sigh.<br />
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I give the outfit a solid B for Breastfeeding Badass. But my baby wins today in her panda top. </div>
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(There is no joy like the nerd mom joy I feel when my babydoll enjoys some toy/blanket/you name it that I researched and researched when I was pregnant and only dreamt of her.)<br />
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I think I first heard about Chewbeads at one of the countless baby showers I went to in my 30s. When it was finally my turn, I knew I wanted me some. As my belly grew, I quickly came to terms with the fact that my jewelry collection shouldn't. I knew I wasn't going to be able to wear much dainty or statement jewelry for a couple a years since duh babies love to yank anything remotely interesting off your neck and ears.<br />
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I have a ton of cheapie jewelry so no big loss. But then Mr D gave me the loveliest little cross for my first Mother's Day.<br />
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Goes perfectly with the star earrings he got me in Europe for my last birthday. Wore the two to death during my pregnancy.<br />
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But the last time I wore the necklace was the day I gave birth. Boo. This was a selfie during a contraction, btw. I got an epidural but, lucky ducky me, it only worked on one side. Oh and my baby weighed 8 lbs 12 oz. Yeah....<br />
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Back to Chewbeads. Ever the over eager fashion beaver, I got three necklaces. Picked purty colors that would be flattering and work with my existing wardrobe. I put them in the baby's closet before her arrival and figured I'd take them out around the holidays when she started teething.<br />
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But last week my mom suggested I bust them out. She said she thought they would catch the baby's eye as she's grasping things and already starting to try to put things in her mouth (joy!) And sure enough they are one of her fave toys.<br />
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Truth be told, I wish they were just a tad softener and longer. They are a bit stiff against her when I'm holding her.<br />
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And they hit me at an awkward boob level that cuts me off instead of elongating my short and now flabby torso. But the baby loves 'em and they add some interest to my oh so dull outfits lately.<br />
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Lest you think I've completely lost all my mojo by blogging about rubber necklaces, I'll have you know I also bought <a href="http://www.flashtat.com/">Flash Tattoos</a> last month. I know, I know I'm not Bey or a festival going hot young chick. I'm an old narc who is now a mommy. <br />
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But I figured they don't get between me and the baby and I could still FEEL blingy and glam. They could be the perfect way to dress up a simple old outfit with a little something new. Ideal for a night out even though I am pretty much down for the count by 9 pm lately. Sigh.<br />
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Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-69955080396557626462014-09-29T12:21:00.000-07:002014-10-02T15:02:13.452-07:00Baby Brand I Love: Mini Boden It's a love affair that started in San Francisco...with duckies.<br />
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When I was in my third trimester, my mom joined me on my last work trip up north to Twitter's corporate headquarters. While I worked, she spent all her time shopping for her unborn grandbabydoll, naturally.<br />
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When Patty met Larry 👏 <a href="http://t.co/xJzH05EHc6">pic.twitter.com/xJzH05EHc6</a><br />
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She bought, um, quite alot on that trip but her very first score (and Mr. Diabolina's fave): an adorbs <a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Baby-0-3yrs-Clothing.html#nav">Mini Boden</a> dress at <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/mini-boden-girls">Nordstrom</a>.<br />
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It's softer than soft and kiddie cute without being clowny. That's big for us. If we wouldn't wear it, we don't want mini me to.<br />
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We added the UK brand to our growing list of baby brands we heart (Mayoral, Kickee Pants, Oeuf, Freshly Picked - all of which I'll blog about...) And when I got home, I signed up for the Mini Boden catalogue. Big mistake - HUGE as Vivian the streetwalker on Rodeo would say. Five pairs of INSANE cute tights and onesies later I was hooked.<br />
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Great quality and true to size. Nabbed them all on sale. Love that the site almost always has SOME promotion going on. I'm rarely buying the baby anything spendy full price. No point since she's going to immediately outgrow it or poop on it.<br />
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Looking at the site now I think I liked their Spring/Summer stuff better than Fall/Winter. Though these two are yum. <br />
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But I'm a sucker for their fruit motifs year-round.<br />
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I mean a little apple in apples is delish!!!<br />
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More recently, had to get her a fall vest (plus little Halloween SCALLOPED socks at Janie and Jack, another fave). Again super soft and well priced. <br />
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And my mom recently couldn't resist this casual, easy breezy beauty. Again at Nordie's.<br />
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This week, I saw the <a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Womens-Clothing.html#nav">Boden women's</a> catalogue at my mom's house for the first time and I realized SHIT, I like their stuff for me too. It's all fairly British and basic, Kate Middleton style. But there are some standout tops and knits in prints that feel like <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-fashion-crush-tucker-by-gaby-basora.html">my Tucker favorites</a> and even a little DVF meets Tory Burch. Full price it's a bit steep but again there's a special 20% off going on so... <br />
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I was exhausted...but the words dancing in my head wouldn't be quiet. They demanded to be heard, getting louder and louder, forcing me to listen. It's exactly how my adventure with this blog started years ago: that inner voice just wouldn't shut up ;)<br />
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Expressing myself is who I am. The only thing that's more "me" is loving fashion. That's why this blog was so transformative for me for so long. It combined two fundamental parts of who I am. <br />
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But today, ten weeks into my daughter's life, who I am feels like a nebulous thing. I no longer feel like this multifaceted person: daughter, friend, partner, professional, pig, clown, fashionista, writer. For the last two months, I've been pretty singularly defined as Mini Diabolina's mother.<br />
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She is gorgeous baby - strong, funny, sweet, a great sleeper and an even better eater. In quiet moments when it's just the two of us, I am overwhelmed by my love for her. I cry and cry and cry because she is mine and I am hers and the love we share is like nothing I could have imagined.<br />
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I adore my child but motherhood is grueling. It's challenging down to your core. It's also fundamentally disorienting, at 37 years old, to feel like your very sense of self, your identity, <i>who you are</i> is in complete flux. In some ways, I feel like a child myself: unsure, tentative, experimenting.<br />
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After all, I had finally just gotten to know and love me in my 30s. And now that person is changing deep down in parts of my being I'd never truly mined before. All while my postpartum hormones rage. It's supes fun, let me tell you...<br />
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So I'm going to try to come back to writing, to a part of me I know and don't want to lose. I'm also coming back to the blog because I need to get my fashion mojo back. I am in danger of becoming a normcore, leggings and top wearing, basic bitch, the horror! My daughter deserves better.<br />
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Also I need to play into my vanity and lose my baby tummy. Although I may be back to my pre-preggo weight (thanks, breastfeeding and good genes!) my stomach looks like a butt. Not a nice J Lo/Kardashian boo-tay. More like a flabby, saggy tush that would be on the cover of the National Inquirer issue of "worst beach bodies" with a black bar over the star's face. Sad but true.<br />
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I'm going to keep the posts short. I always say that and have such a hard time doing it but now I have a baby to keep me honest.<br />
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I'll blog about mommy and baby fashion, deep motherhood thoughts and my adventures with my little girl, my mother aka grandma extraordinare and Mr. Diabolina. All while keeping it real how I've always done.<br />
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Here's to a new beginning. <br />
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later, as I write this, I'm pregnant with a daughter of my own. And I
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I still cried today. But they were tears of loss <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i>
gratitude. Pain<i> and</i> joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Regret <i>and
</i>hope. Because, well, l</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">ife can be
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Over the past few months, there have been several moments when my (ecstatic!) mom and I will be chattering happily about the baby and one of us will break down suddenly. We’ll tell the other one
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And yet, I’m
not sure I’d be having a child if I hadn’t lost my grandma. <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2008/07/scene-enjoy-such-lovely-day-with-my.html"><b>I struggled with the decision</b></a> for most of my 30s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> But ultimately the biggest </span>lesson in my grandmother's death was that I needed to live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> S</span>top overanalyzing and worrying and planning and instead, for the first time, truly <i>allow</i> for my life to unfold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">That’s also what
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">After months of <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2013/08/im-back.html"><b>hemming and hawing about recommitting to blogging</b></a> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">and then fretting over how to write about the baby, I’m finally just putting</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">words on
a page: I'm pregnant and thrilled and terrified.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> And I want</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> to document this incredible moment in my life with Mr. Diabolina, my mom and our loved ones. </span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">I've never clearly seen her face or heard her voice. I've
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beautiful and strong and funny. I've always known she will drive me crazy and
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Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-46854779951021403192013-08-14T00:00:00.000-07:002013-08-16T14:39:26.258-07:00I'm back<div>
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It started with a Tweet.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/diabolina">@diabolina</a> I miss your blog! Please write again soon 🙏<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23fanfrommanila&src=hash">#fanfrommanila</a><br />
— leeleeput (@msbyuds) <a href="https://twitter.com/msbyuds/statuses/363148616698830849">August 2, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Followed by a Pinterest comment on <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/108508672245277178/">my pin</a> about the existential crisis that is blogging ;)<br />
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Two little interactions. Two tiny moments of connectedness. Two lovely instances of my soul dancing with strangers in cyberspace.<br />
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Made
me remember what blogging felt like: befriending women around the world
through my writing. Sharing. Creating. Feeling known. Inspiring. Making people smile, feel, think, cry and of course, shop ;)<br />
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I remembered that for <i>four</i> years of my
life this blog was a whole thing. It was <i>my</i> thing. Blogging was therapy, exhibitionism, creativity and escape - all rolled in to one.<br />
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It's been hard to admit why I stopped blogging last year. The truth is that I lost
my <i>self </i>there for a while. In <a href="http://www.diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-grandmother.html">my grandmother's death</a>, in work. I questioned what I was doing with my life and even more devastating, I doubted my voice.</div>
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I retreated from fun and fashion and writing. Which left me sad and
frumpy and voiceless. Not a good look on anyone – especially a fashion blogger.<br />
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It's
taken me most of 2013 but I'm starting to feel like myself again. Change is in the air. I even give a fuck about shoes again. Mental note: Blanche is always right.<br />
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So how do I catch up on nearly a year of blogging? Not entirely sure. Feels like the format should evolve. Blathering on about my daily outfits seems soooooo 2008 ;)<br />
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As a lady of (gulp!) 36, I think it's more about sharing the big life "ahas" with some food and fashion porn mixed in. Kinda like this:<br />
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<b><u>Life</u></b></div>
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My mom took me to Europe the summer after I got my Master's degree. Then I blinked and TWELVE years passed! So this summer, I <i>finally</i> returned the favor.<br />
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Not so fun back story: During my entire career, I've never taken more than 5 days off in a row. So no "big" overseas trips. Biggest regret of my 20s.<br />
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My grandmother dying was a huge wake up call. Made me finally understand that tomorrow is not guaranteed. That, in an instant, the things you put off can become regrets. And that my (hilarious) mother may not always be this healthy...<br />
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So why not watch the fucking Eiffel Tower twinkle together more often than once a decade. It's like it took all the pain of my grandma's death to remind me that I was alive.<br />
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And guess who got in on Europa con nosotras? Yep, the man, the myth himself: Mr. Diabolina. It was our first time there together.<br />
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Trying to go through 1,500 pictures from Europe is <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bougieproblems&src=hash">#bougieproblems</a> central. Here's one fave in Bruges <a href="http://t.co/J1rrS6Zu4t">pic.twitter.com/J1rrS6Zu4t</a><br />
— Diabolina (@diabolina) <a href="https://twitter.com/diabolina/statuses/357382964864237569">July 17, 2013</a></blockquote>
<span style="text-align: start;">He never took real vacations from the firm either. Ugh to both of us type As.</span><br />
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For most of this year, he's been negotiating his own career transition, wrestling his own darkness and emerging a healthier, happier man for it. I've never been prouder of him.<br />
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And, um, babies are suddenly everywhere around us right now.<br />
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If there's a baby in the room, this is where you'll find me <a href="http://t.co/uS0EBtVNfQ">pic.twitter.com/uS0EBtVNfQ</a><br />
— Diabolina (@diabolina) <a href="https://twitter.com/diabolina/statuses/340640770925158400">June 1, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Especially in our heads.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/9509680995/" title="988284_10151589898007253_566370372_n by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="988284_10151589898007253_566370372_n" height="400" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5525/9509680995_9e034a9a97_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">It's shocking but, for the <i>first t</i>ime in my adult life, I can actually picture myself as someone's mother. I think that's yet another by-product of losing one of the women that raised you. You want a piece of <i>you</i> back. You think about your legacy. You long for connections that promise forever. </span></div>
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LOVE how much my godson & I look alike when we smile...and how unimpressed his sister is with us <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23shade&src=hash">#shade</a>&sequins <a href="http://t.co/dOrFD5w5Rf">pic.twitter.com/dOrFD5w5Rf</a><br />
— Diabolina (@diabolina) <a href="https://twitter.com/diabolina/statuses/367080275655655424">August 13, 2013</a></blockquote>
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No decisions have been made either way but it feels good to approach it head-on as a conscious choice. Stay tuned. (It's my mom's favorite channel, btw.)<br />
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<b><u>Food</u></b><br />
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Celebrated my birthday dinner at the new vegetarian hot spot <a href="http://www.crossroadskitchen.com/">Crossroads</a> with our favorite hot vegetarian architect.<br />
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Go to there even if you're a carnivore. Super creative uses of vegetables that recreate the textures of meat and seafood and cheese. The "crab cakes" are a must.<br />
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We also went to the <a href="http://www.beverlyhillshotel.com/the-polo-lounge">Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel</a> for brunch that weekend. Hadn't been in nearly two decades. Too many memories of my dad, who had a clothing store there back in the day.<br />
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Mama looks like SHE's turning 36 <a href="http://t.co/17ow7Zxozo">pic.twitter.com/17ow7Zxozo</a><br />
— Diabolina (@diabolina) <a href="https://twitter.com/diabolina/statuses/361546155567505408">July 28, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Highly recommend for the old Hollywood glam...with a major side of French toast.<br />
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<b><u>Fashion</u></b><br />
<b><u><br /></u></b>So I get an F for hardly shopping in Europe.<br />
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After 2 weeks in Europe, I only bought 2 pairs of shoes & a few trinkets. HUGE restraint on my part <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23growingup&src=hash">#growingup</a> <a href="http://t.co/i3cQ49N52s">pic.twitter.com/i3cQ49N52s</a><br />
— Diabolina (@diabolina) <a href="https://twitter.com/diabolina/statuses/354410724153520128">July 9, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Trying to make up for it with a belated birthday spree. Gave my tootsies a treat in mixed prints. Courtesy of <a href="http://www.loefflerrandall.com/">Loeffler Randall</a>. Obsessed in love with this brand. Comfortable, chic and reasonable...well, on sale they are.<br />
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Another yummy that I'm newly stalking: <a href="http://www.biondacastana.com/">Bionda Castana</a>. You're welcome.<br />
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BC fans send us their holiday photos :) Keep them coming... <a href="http://t.co/KrUapN35nj">pic.twitter.com/KrUapN35nj</a><br />
— biondacastana.com (@BiondaCastana) <a href="https://twitter.com/BiondaCastana/statuses/365222453024272384">August 7, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Pondering a new bag too. Was leaning toward a classic Balenciaga in a poppy, girly color because I have all the boring basics covered.<br />
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Then these two edgier Phillip Lims (for significantly less) got stuck in my lusty head. </div>
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Confession: Increasingly obsessed with leopard and fur. Also fake eyelashes and bronzer. The transition to full drag queen is almost complete.<br />
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Feel like a woman, wear a braided gold lamé headband to jury duty<br />
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RuPaul/statuses/367437922213302272">August 14, 2013</a></blockquote>
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But I'm going to hold off on buying a bag until <a href="http://www.fabsugar.com/Phillip-Lim-Target-30445512">Phillip Lim for Target</a> hits stores. Seems like it's going to be the best Tarjay collab since Missoni, riiiiiight????<br />
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Officially can't wait for 9/15! Loving every look at the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PhillipLimForTarget&src=hash">#PhillipLimForTarget</a> preview. <a href="https://t.co/zeiJTBt69r">https://t.co/zeiJTBt69r</a><br />
— A Bullseye View (@ABullseyeView) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABullseyeView/statuses/367039662944444416">August 12, 2013</a></blockquote>
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So what's new wit-chooo?<br />
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xoxo<br />
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Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-88324170851669834582013-01-07T21:00:00.004-08:002017-11-05T23:33:11.566-08:00The day I met the Olsen twins<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy 2013!!</div>
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Kicking off the new year with the story behind one of my fashion highlights of 2012.<br />
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It started with a text from my sister from another mister, Jean Bean, that simply read: "Can you interview the Olsen twins?" Just like that. Just like interviewing THOSE Michelle-Tanner-turned-mini-moguls is no big deal. </div>
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For a hot second, I tried to roll like it was no big deal too...but my mom quickly called bullshit. She was MUY excited. On the morning of the interview, she sent me a crazed text, demanding I send her photos with the twins. Who knew she was an MKA super fangirl? Must be a mutual tiny people admiration society thing.</div>
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I'd be interviewing Mary Kate and Ashley before an unpublicized appearance at NM Beverly Hills for The Row, the high end label they created a few years ago. Instead of a trunk show, they typically do in-store appearances that are more one-on-one sessions with clients. I think the only thing more surreal than interviewing the Olsen twins for your bff-slash-editor would be to show up at Neiman Marcus and get styled by them in the middle of the store floor in front of God and everyone. Can you imagine?<br />
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I got to Neiman's early and was ushered into a green room/fur salon. Fitting, I thought, since the Olsen ladies unapologetically love 'em some fur. While I waited for them to arrive, I chatted up two women who work with the Olsens on The Row and one who works with them on all their ventures. All three were lovely, articulate and self-effacing. Always impressed by ladies who surround themselves with awesome ladies – in life and work. Feel like there are too few of us who do ;)<br />
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When the twins finally arrived and we were introduced, I think I had an out of body experience. It was beyond ODD to see these larger-than-life-mythical-creatures I've seen for decades standing there in front of me, shaking my hand, looking just plain normal, unassuming and <i>young</i>.<br />
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I was super struck by how tiny they were. To say they are petite in person is an understatement. I somehow wasn't prepared for it and felt very protective of them in an I'm-tall-enough-to-be-your-mother way.<br />
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You can check out <a href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/blog/womens/row"><b>my entire interview with the Olsens here on NM Daily</b></a> <br />
but here are a few more tidbits:<br />
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<li>They are both extremely soft spoken. To the point that I was worried my iPhone voice memo would not be audible even though I held it about a foot away from them.</li>
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<li>Ashley has a very open, sparkly energy about her that draws you in. I know it sounds obnoxious but she definitely has that "glow" people talk about when they meet magnetic, famous types.<br /><br />For examples, she zeroed in on me the moment we sat down and asked me if I was based in Dallas or LA. I told her LA because I only freelance for NM and work full-time for Twitter.</li>
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Her eyes widened and she asked me what I did for Twitter. I told her and she said it must be "super interesting" to work there, holding eye contact and seeming actually interested. I said it was...most days...that it's just another new brand seeing if it can make it for the long haul.<br />
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(Earlier, I had a very interesting exchange about how social media is redefining celebrity with one of the women who works for the twins. She told me that the twins aren't into social media for themselves ["very private people"], but their Stylemint and Olsenboye lines definitely leverage their fan base on social sites.)<br />
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<li>While Ashley was super talkative throughout the 20 minute interview, Mary Kate took a while to warm up. Her answers were more clipped at first, guarded, cautious. Her whole energy was definitely more serious and wary. Must have been hard to grow up in such an intense spotlight. You likely either internalize it (i.e. that glow Ashley has) or you retreat from it. </li>
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<li>Both women were extremely thoughtful. I was impressed with how knowledgeable they were about the business side of The Row. They were also very focused on emphasizing how hard they work: that they are in the office every day, that the CFDA award for womenswear (they were the youngest winners ever) makes them want to work even harder. Love.</li>
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But my favorite exchange was this one – during which they finished each other's sentences and looked at each other affectionately the whole time:<br />
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<i>Mary Kate: It’s also been really nice to be surrounded by the creative people and the </i><i>business people we work with on The Row. I feel like we’ve grown together and challenge </i><i>each other, challenge processes. We face problems together – good problems and bad </i><i>problems – and get through them in the most educated way. A lot of that, I think, comes </i><i>through communication and talking though situations to get to the best solution and end </i><i>product.</i></div>
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As the interview wrapped up, some tea and coffee arrived. They waited for me to finish before they helped themselves. They also apologized for being tired, gesturing to their faces. I told them they sounded very articulate and that I didn't want to hear <i>them</i> complain about their faces. Told them to wait 'til they were 35 and then talk to me about looking tired. They laughed and I think I detected a hint of surprise/horror at my age. </div>
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On the way out, I asked for a photo for my mom and they said of course, "anything for mom." I told them that she was apparently a big fan, that who knew they had a 63 year-old Guatemalan lady demographic. They laughed and said that was "great to hear." Super lovely kittens. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8343484897/" title="59996_10151177180922253_156496352_n by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="59996_10151177180922253_156496352_n" height="400" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8343484897_672ab61552_c.jpg" width="352" /></a></div>
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Super lovely opportunity thanks to my Trojan twin!</div>
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What does one wear to meet street style stars extraordinaire turned designers when one is feeling LARGE from Thanksgiving and tragically unfashionable from working in tech? If you are me, you turn to your friend, the Internet, for inspiration. Checked out what the twins had been spotted in recently. Even found a photo of Ashley arriving at the airport the day of the interview looking travel classic chic. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8359529587/" title="IMG_4971 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_4971" height="500" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8359529587_fb45f515a7_o.jpg" width="350" /></a></div>
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Thought about similar dark trousers. Or liquid leggings. All black, maybe a camel coat with Louboutin nude heels. But then thought Id look like the stalker I am and just decided to keep things casual. Threw together a look around the one Elizabeth and James top I own and did matching lips and spiky necklace.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8360627966/" title="IMG_2920 2 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_2920 2" height="640" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8360627966_d0b0a8c23c_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />
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Added the sparkly Dorothy shoes I've been living in this winter.<br />
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Fine look for work at Twitter. Not so much at Neiman Marcus where everyone was dressed to the nines when I got there. Doh. Thankfully the twins weren't. Both were art-school chic in all black layers. Ashley was wearing sneakers. </div>
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She had on this super cool The Row sweater with a faint sparkly palm tree print. Very subtle, very chic. </div>
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Mary Kate was in skinny leather pants and flat boots. <br />
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Should have gone all black, always safe, always chic...<br />
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<b>The Scene</b> </div>
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Hard to believe it's been four years since <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2008/12/scene-in-addition-to-being-wildly.html">Sable Crow first invited me to Trevor Live</a>. Even harder to believe it's already been a year since <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2011/12/trevor-live-2011-little-black-dresses.html">the first time I attended as a member of the board of directors</a>.<br />
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But what's REALLY crazy is that this year is the first time I invited my mother to <a href="http://www.thetrevorproject.org/trevorlive">Trevor Live</a>. Many of my closest friends on the board bring their moms every year. My own mom is my best friend, goes with me everywhere, is adored by all my friends and extremely proud of my work with the <a href="http://www.thetrevorproject.org/">Trevor Project</a>. So why the hesitation?<br />
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Trevor Live is always an extremely emotional night. It's a night filled with stories of teenagers and parents and suicide. And even though the event is centered around LGBTQ youth, the night in many ways has become intertwined with the story of me, my mother and my stepfather.<br />
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It is the night, every year, where I step back in time and relive the horror of <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2009/01/diabolina-does-deep-thoughts-seems-so.html">my stepfather's depression and suicide when I was sixteen</a>. It is the night where I realize just how far I've come since the worst tragedy of my childhood. It is the night that reminds me that often our darkest moments can transform into our greatest gifts.<br />
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And so I invited my mother to join me and Mr. Diabolina this year – even though we all knew how hard it would be – because, well, part of helping prevent suicide is acknowledging that it happens. We have to bring it out of the shadows and into the light. So there she sat BEAUTIFUL in her BCBG dress and waterproof mascara, next to "the best man she has ever known" and one of her dearest friends who has been like family to us since my dad died. Adore these three faces.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8261945855/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8354/8261945855_55126f08d8_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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Invited Little Miss MBA who has been one of the brightest lights in my life since we met as TAs in grad school. Owed her at least one glam night for taking me to countless fabulous fashion events over the last decade as her plus one. Also invited another loverly girlfriend from college who I've recently reconnected with. Last year, she had a friend who committed suicide so I thought the night, though rough, might bring her some healing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8262095985/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8058/8262095985_eb040da7d9_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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Was THRILLED Mr. NBC was able to fly out from NYC. He is one of my favorite people on the planet AND has been a great friend to the Trevor Project over the years. Was overjoyed that he could finally attend his first Trevor Live after years of hearing Sable Crow and me blab on and on about it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8262095219/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8262095219_7215f38d2c_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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Rounded out table #36 with Silver Haired Fox and Mr. Architect. Two more faces that I've adored for half my life and whose friendship I would be lost without. Was an honor to have them share such an important night.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8261945935/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8261945935_b043ebc737_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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My favorite performance of the night was a beautiful duet from Wicked: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2tPloDhEMo">"For Good" by Kristin Chenoweth and Anna Hendrick</a>. I was sooooo moved (picture me crazy lady tearing up <a href="http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Kristin-Chenoweth-Sings-For-Good-Video">like Oprah here</a>.) As I looked around the table, at people who I've loved for 15+ years, the words perfectly conveyed what I felt for them:<br />
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<i>So much of me</i><br />
<i>Is made from what I learned from you</i><br />
<i>You'll be with me</i><br />
<i>Like a handprint on my heart</i><br />
<i>And now whatever way our stories end </i><br />
<i>I know you have re-written mine</i><br />
<i>By being my friend</i><br />
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The lyrics also pertain to the one man missing from the table...<br />
who I know was there in spirit, who I know is <i>always </i>with me:<br />
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<i>I've heard it said</i><br />
<i>That people come into our lives for a reason</i><br />
<i>Bringing something we must learn</i><br />
<i>And we are led</i><br />
<i>To those who help us most to grow</i><br />
<i>If we let them</i><br />
<i>And we help them in return</i><br />
<i>Well, I don't know if I believe that's true </i><br />
<i>But I know I'm who I am today</i><br />
<i>Because I knew you...</i><br />
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<b>The Show</b><br />
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Amy Poehler as the night's MC again was a gift from god. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8261945057/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8261945057_43761f543e_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8263013224/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8502/8263013224_f036a76111_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreYpE_41QE">Seventeen year old American Idol runner-up </a><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.513513565063477px; line-height: 17.567567825317383px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreYpE_41QE">Jessica Sanchez was awe-inspiring</a>.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8263013008/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8263013008_18a9d2f286_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4-6csnBfDc">OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder singing "Feel Again"</a> was my second fave performance of the night.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8263012572/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8203/8263012572_228db9ec71_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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Darren Criss was H-O-T. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBM5CT4ir18">Did an acoustic version of Katy Perry's "Part of Me."</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8261942899/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8488/8261942899_9d99d28326_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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Our Trevor Hero award winner, Katy Perry, was adorable, gracious and humble. She thanked Trevor Project for helping educate her so she can educate others. Love.<br />
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But my favorite moment of the night came when I realized the only celeb I wanted to peep, Zachary Quinto, was sitting at the table next to mine. Zachary (Mr. Quinto if you're nasty) is on my favorite show on the planet right now, American Horror Story, as a terrifying serial killer. So when Sable Crow and I went over to introduce ourselves and thank him for attending, I was more than a little afeared. <br />
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He quickly put us at ease by making a joke about needing to raise even more money to spruce up the decor at the call centers because - hello! - it's for gays and should look fabulous. He proceeded to ask some incisive questions about fundraising and programming and I quickly realized a) how articulate he is and b) how dedicated he is to the organization. <br />
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He doesn't only show up to the events and write checks. He's chosen to understand the work from the inside out, electing to go through the INTENSE 40-hour training to be a volunteer lifeline counselor. He's taken calls from suicidal teens. He is my newest Trevor shero.<br />
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As we parted ways, I confessed I was terrified speaking to him for most of our conversation. Those killer eyes twinkled behind the Clark Kent glasses as he told me I should be terrified of the writers who come up with all that cray #AHSFX stuff. He just acts it out. I giggled with horror and ran away.<br />
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(Better show photos <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetrevorproject/sets/72157632195515196/">here</a>)<br />
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White House Black Market fringe dress<br />
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Stella McCartney clutch<br />
Alexander McQueen shoes<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8263038974/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8363/8263038974_8bf5f5bbd9_c.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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Life's been a non-stop, overwhelming whirlwind over the past few months with work and travel and family. Didn't really start thinking about my dress until two weeks before the event. Wasn't loving anything I saw in stores or online. Well nothing that was under $500. <br />
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Thought about just wearing something that I already owned but nothing felt quite right. Everything was either too formal or too chesticle bearing. Wanted to keep the look cocktail and board member-appropriate. Cut to a crazed shopping trip THE DAY BEFORE THE EVENT.<br />
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Panicked and desperate, I walked into a store I NEVER go in: <a href="http://www.whitehouseblackmarket.com/store/browse/shelf.jsp?cat=Dresses+%26+Skirts&catId=cat210002">White House Black Market</a>. Saw SO MANY evening options and all extremely well priced between $100 and $200. God help me I've become a cheap old lady who shops at a subsidiary of Chico's. The apocalypse is clearly near.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8261945537/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="267" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8261945537_51d187e496_c.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/8263013782/" title="Trevor Live 2012 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Trevor Live 2012" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8263013782_491a662bff_c.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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Nabbed all my rosy "jewels" for under $50 in the fashion district. Will get so much use out of that ring and the lariat with fringe was inspired, no??!<br />
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My favorite LBD of the night was this one with built in bracelets! NEED!<br />
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Fave male accessory of the night was the Brad bowtie </div>
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But didn't hold a candle to Mr. Architect who rocked his with my favorite: polka dots.<br />
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He matched Little Miss MBA perfectly!<br />
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Best end o' the night accessory: the stuffed horses we all got from event sponsor, Wells Fargo.<br />
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The event morphed into a freaking adorable Santa Anita at the end.<br />
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Hilarious, magical, moving, perfect night!<br />
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xoxo</div>
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This summer, I went to Mexico City for the first time and fell madly in love. The food, the museums, the commerce, the history, mi gente Latina. It all reminded me of NYC...but even <i>more </i>alive. It was a business trip so I only got in one touristy visit: the Castillo de Chapultepec. <br />
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I would have given anything to go to Frida Kahlo's little blue house museum. Was fairly devastated that the timing didn't work out. So when Halloween snuck up on me, my costume choice was a no-brainer. I already owned everything I needed to be Frida: the long black skirt (Missoni for Tarjay), the Mexican blouse (Forever 21), the gaudy jewelry, fake flowers and pashmina (all Fashion District), huaraches (authentic Guatemalan) and the critical eyebrow pencil (Anastasia). And yet when I put it all together, it felt too boring. Not enough of a tribute to a Latina legend.<br />
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Decided to amp up the costume with a Dia de Los Muertos spin. My mom and I were planning to go to the annual celebration at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the first time this year.<br />
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The festival, one of the largest Day of the Dead celebrations in the US, was one of the reasons we buried my grandmother there in March.<br />
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We liked the idea that the cemetery brings so much life to the grounds throughout the year. It's a much more European and Latin way to think about one's final resting place...to celebrate life alongside death...to honor the past by living in the present.<br />
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It's something my grandmother who loved herself a good time would have appreciated. In part, the idea for the costume was a tribute to her too ;)<br />
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As I suspected, there were several booths doing day of the dead makeup so I got a face full of it! Scare me but me encanta! Total cost of the costume: $20. A+<br />
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The missing piece: a certain Mr. Diabolina. He insisted on matching me. I swear HE is the one who is all about the couple's costumes the last few years.<br />
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I tried to suggest a variety of costumes: white painters like Van Gough or Warhol so we'd be thematically connected but not matchy matchy. Pretty much anyone except the monstrosity that was Diego. </div>
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It's horrifying that <i>he</i> was the love of Frida's life despite all the cheating. Don't care how much of a genius he was. Also his fupa = me vomit.<br />
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Which I think made Mr. Diabolina obsessed with being portly and forcing me to kiss him. Here he is one strategically placed pillow later.<br />
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After watching me get my makeup done earlier in the day, my mom volunteered to do his.<br />
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She killed it.<br />
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The final product: Frida and her Diego.<br />
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Mr. Architect and Silver Fox's annual Halloween soiree. This year they dressed as gay Chick-fil-a employees bringing the homophobic fast food chain down from the inside. (Silver Fox not pictured because he passed out waaaaaay too early. F.)<br />
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Within minutes of arriving, I'd made some fast friends: alive Frida and Day of the Dead glamazon.<br />
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Turns out the Day of the Dead couple are architects who just moved from Mexico City! No coincidences in life. LOVED talking to them all night. <br />
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Oddly, all my other favorites of the night shared an undead theme.<br />
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Best costume: Sable Crow as Beetlejuice. <br />
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Best couple: Death Becomes Her!<br />
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Best MANi: Long Island Medium.<br />
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Dia de Los Muertos felt like one of the zeitgeist costumes this year.<br />
Christian Siriano and pal rocked the look.<br />
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The Duffster and her husband<br />
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But my favorite was Giovanna Battaglia. FEROSH.<br />
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Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-58714438732737843302012-10-27T02:00:00.000-07:002012-10-27T02:04:57.376-07:00Her BirthdayThe tears come less frequently now.<br />
I should be thankful for that but I'm not.<br />
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They frighten me when they grip me so suddenly,<br />
engulf my heart without warning, choke me<br />
until I am left breathless, dazed, weak.<br />
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Just like that, I'm plunged back into the depths of a pain that I thought I'd survived. All of a sudden the past, present and future collide. And the pain becomes all I can remember, all I can feel, all I can imagine ever feeling.<br />
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I'm starting to realize that the pain has become a part of me, that it never left and never will. It recedes from time to time but it has become intertwined with my being. And I shouldn't be thankful for that but I am.<br />
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It means she remains with me,<br />
she is a part of me,<br />
we're still connected,<br />
forever and always.<br />
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It was my grandmother's birthday this week. She would have been 82. <br />
When I close my eyes, I can see her knowing smile<br />
And I know a time will come when I'll smile back instead of cry.<br />
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Have always loved burgundy. Growing up, I equated it with grown-up glam since it was my grandmother's signature lip color. Later as a Trojan, it became the color I associated with school pride (USC's technical colors are cardinal and gold, not the Ronald McDonald mess you see at the Coliseum.) </div>
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I was thrilled when I realized in late summer, burgundy was going to be THE color for fall. When a few weeks later, the fashion universe was calling it "oxblood" I was grossed out. BLECH, right? What Pantone crazy comes up with this shit? Who wants to conjure up the idea of slaughtered livestock when getting dressed. Can't believe PETA hasn't jumped all over this one...</div>
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Despite the grossie josie name, I still love the color. Been dusting off everything I own in it. Like my favorite travel hat purchased a few Christmases ago at Kitson with my newish Ditas. </div>
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These cheapie jeans I nabbed at Nordstrom at the beginning of my colored jean frenzy. Paired 'em with my new favorite J Crew sweater that every blogger and celeb is loving this season. </div>
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This Black Halo dress that I wore for a wedding in Chicago recently with McQueen lace heels. Love love loved this look.</div>
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And this Marc by MJ top that I got resale last spring at The Divorcee Sale. </div>
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Recently bought his tweedy number at Topshop. Been wearing it to death. Extra points for the peplum.</div>
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Been easing into wearing the color on my lips too. Haven't done that since high school so feeling very sixteen-year-old-chola-don't-F-with-me whenever I do.</div>
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Scored the Holy Grail of shoes at Zara a few weeks ago: slippers + studs + ox blood = Fall trend gold.<br />
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Got tons of mileage out of them during a trip to NYC last week. Added bonus: matched the carpet at 30 Rock when I visited my beloved Mr. NBC. Meow.<br />
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<b>The Scene</b></div>
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My seventh birthday was the bomb punto com. It coincided with the weekend that the 1984 Olympics kicked off in LA. This little narcissistic-Leo-only-child was convinced all the hoopla across the city and all over the TV was for my birthday, obvi.</div>
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Little has changed in 28 years and when I found out the 2012 Olympics would again start on my birthday I knew there could only be one theme and one invitation. </div>
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I was traveling for work most of the weeks leading up to my birthday so the theme and the invitation were my only contributions to the party. Mr. Diabolina took on everything else. He knew how hard the last few months had been for me and really outdid himself this year. Heart. </div>
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LOOK at this fresh flower Olympics wreath he made with his own little lawyer paws! </div>
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And the coffee table top tennis he set up!</div>
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The flag flower arrangements and olympic torches.</div>
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The vintage gymnastics posters </div>
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Medal stands in gold, silver and bronze. </div>
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and these AMAZING decals!!!!<br />
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I came home from running errands on the day of the party and found this hotness waiting for me!</div>
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But the balance beam that Mr. D procured online was the piece de resistance.<br />
Turned out to be the biggest hit at the party.</div>
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Second most popular: the "Olympic torch cupcakes" I baked with my mom. Not as pretty as t<a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/108508672242481291/">he Pinterest inspiration </a>but DE-lish. </div>
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<b>The Party</b></div>
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Hilarious, boozy night with some of my favorites in the world.</div>
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<b>The Costumes</b><br />
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Not only did Mr. Diabolina score all the decorations for the party, he also bought my costume for me. A first of epic proportions if you know how particular I am about my costumes. (Actually he did buy a Halloween costume for me during my first year of grad school. I had a huge paper due and couldn't go shopping. So Mr. Diabolina concocted <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2008/10/scene-tonight-i-hung-out-with-one.html">his now go-to Howard Stern costume</a> and bought me a Playboy bunny costume. I was not amused.)<br />
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After a lot of research and driving around, he hit the jackpot with a family owned store in Gardena called <a href="http://www.frankendo.com/">Frank Endo Gymnastics and Wrestling Supplies</a>.<br />
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The best long sleeved lewks were made for girls. Alas, my ass cannot do girl sizes. Settled on this adult sized leotard one...mostly because it came with a scrunchy attached - bahahahhaha! Please note how it is almost identical to the one in the Jordan decal above!<br />
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Added the track pants that I used to live in during college because, HELLO, no one needs to see these 35 year old thighs walking around a party. The little touches like the medals, the sockies, the hand grips, the chalk and the fugly clips on my hair made the look complete. </div>
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My best dressed award went to YoJoJo for her GENIUS Olympic torch lady costume and Mr. Diabolina for bearing it all, at my request, in a singlet.<br />
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Modesty eventually got the better of him and he covered up in pants. </div>
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Unlike some problem children...<br />
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Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-67366892076547833142012-08-09T16:03:00.000-07:002012-08-10T15:15:24.275-07:00My Grandmother: Five Months Later<div style="text-align: center;">
Tomorrow will be five months to <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-grandmother.html">the day that my grandmother died.</a> In many ways, I still can't believe that it happened and yet, I feel so fundamentally changed by it.</div>
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I feel like her death and its aftermath have turned me into a full-fledged adult for the first time. Gone is the adolescent masquerading as a woman who started this blog to distract herself. Gone is the girl putting off making decisions about the life she wants. Gone is the innocence, gone is the illusion of youth. After the last five months, I <i>feel </i>like a woman...finally. </div>
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It happened because I watched one of the two women who raised me die in front of me...because I helped my mother navigate her worst fear and darkest hour...because I made the arrangements for my grandmother's final resting place, chose what she'd wear to her funeral, cleaned out her apartment...because I continue to figure out how to mourn her and go on without her...because I now think about my own life in the context of my eventual death.</div>
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I'm not crying every day anymore but it's still more than I'm used to...and that's saying alot because I'm a crier ;) It's strange how the reality that she's gone forever will grip me suddenly. Like it did this week when my mother found this picture: her mother at age 17 - so beautiful, so full of life, so mine. And now so gone.</div>
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It's like something clicks in my head and I realize she's gone all over again. In those moments, the pain and the fear and the shadow overwhelm me. I gasp for breath and sometimes double over. It feels like someone is stepping on my chest. My heart literally feels like it's breaking.</div>
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A few days after my grandmother died, I mentioned that sensation to her half-sister. We were driving around making arrangements for the funeral – I had become obsessed with finding the perfect flowers. In a soft, gentle voice, this woman that looked like me grandmother told me that <i>of course </i>my heart hurt.<br />
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I remember driving down Melrose Blvd. that spring day – past all the places I've known all my life that now looked so different – as her sister spoke matter-of-factly and I sobbed matter-of-factly. She reminded me that my grandmother and I had been emotionally intertwined for three decades. So <i>of course</i> I could FEEL her soul detaching from mine. It's the most beautiful and most horrible thing anyone has ever said to me.</div>
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Those horribly beautiful words rang in my head last month on the day of my grandmother's internment. I had never heard of an internment until five months ago and yet it's been the focus of so much energy since. An internment is the ceremony you have when you place a person's ashes in their final resting place. My mother and I chose what I am told is a very unique columbarium at Hollywood Cemetery for my grandmother.</div>
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It's this gorgeous, peaceful space full of glass encased niches. Since it's Hollywood, there are many people from the film industry interned there. Countless actresses of the silver screen. We thought it was fitting for a timeless beauty and strong broad like my grandmother.</div>
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With these niches, you have to essentially create a little diorama that is sealed with the person's ashes and memorializes their existence forever. No pressure. It took months for us to pull ourselves together enough to pull together all the right details of her life. My mom, Mr. Diabolina and I all played a role. It was like no other project the three of us have ever worked on together. It was so permanent and so important and we are all perfectionists so we were scared shitless of making a "mistake."</div>
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In the end, we felt good about how everything came together and represented my grandmother. My mom and I picked out a fabric in her favorite color which we had turned into this quilted backdrop that looked really feminine and boudoir-y and Old Hollywood glamour. We added our favorite picture of my grandmother at about my age plus a smaller one of her mother, the original Mamalina whose name was Angelina and who raised my mom. We included one of my grandmother's favorite leopard print pieces and her signature Chanel perfume (sound familiar?) Plus, her favorite good luck charm (an elephant with an up-turned nose) and the blessed religious medallion she kept by her nightstand. If I could redo anything, I'd have the plaque on her urn show her name larger and maybe have "beloved mother and grandmother" in Spanish instead of English. </div>
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The day of the internment was hard but not as hard as I'd imagined it would be. Not nearly as hard as the funeral was. I felt ready to say goodbye, I felt ready to have her rest in peace. Like everyone says, time helps. </div>
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Jokes do too if you are me. I told my mom to imagine how excited my barely five foot tall grandmother would be now that she's forever Mr. Diabolina's height. It made her laugh through the tears, our signature gift. </div>
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I wonder if this seems morbid to you. That I'm writing about this. Maybe I shouldn't. I wonder if my grandmother would mind. I just need to share it and acknowledge that it is happening and hopefully have my words help someone else. That's what writing is about for me, it's what this blog is about for me. It's more than the pretty shoes and the pretty dinners, it's about every nook and cranny of my mind and my heart - painful and ugly as they might be. It's about my very real life.</div>
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And, in this moment, her death is what's real in my life.</div>Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-79151640106891376932012-07-23T18:50:00.002-07:002012-07-24T13:19:44.537-07:00How to Wear Pink Jeans<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><i><br /></i></b>Laurel Hardware was a neighborhood institution in WeHo for more than 60 years. I remember shopping there in the 80s with my parents when I was little – before Home Depot was even a glimmer in anyone's eye. Like many longtime patrons, I was sad when the old-fashioned hardware store on Santa Monica Blvd shuttered in 2008.</div>
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Four years later, the musty old hardware store has been gutted and re-imagined as a GORGEOUS restaurant and bar. </div>
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Gaga for the beautiful patio. Perfect for summer drinks</div>
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Love the relaxed but chic decor. <i>Especially </i>love that <span style="background-color: white;">the new owners kept the original store-front and name. Yay for respecting a neighborhood's history. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/7633229884/" title="Screen Shot 2012-07-23 at 4.09.03 PM by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen Shot 2012-07-23 at 4.09.03 PM" height="337" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7633229884_824e8de681.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Mr. Diabolina nabbed a reservation for opening weekend. A foodgasm followed. </div>
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The cocktails are a must at Laurel Hardware. Meet the Exuberance, tequila and St. Germain with grapefruit and salt/grapefruit foam. Heavenly. </div>
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Behold the decadent chicharrones.</div>
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Snap peas with black barley and parmesan in a kumquat vinegrette: light and tasty starter for summer. </div>
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Softshell crab with corn pudding, stewed tomatoes and basil oil: sinful. </div>
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Eggplant pizza with summer squash, burrata and thyme: solid but nothing special. I say stick to the larger plates for your main course. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Dessert was grilled peaches with ricotta, honey comb and olive oil: my favorite of the night!</span></div>
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Also got the s<span style="background-color: white;">trawberry and rhubarb crumble with ice cream because how could we resist!</span></div>
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The fact that all this deliciousness is now within walking distance = a problem for my ass.</div>
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<b><i>The Outfit</i></b></div>
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Forever 21 top and spike bracelet</div>
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LA Fashion District pink jeans and green bracelet</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/7633061904/" title="IMG_0375 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0375" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7277/7633061904_9877e10602.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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<b><i>The Commentary </i></b></div>
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My name is Diabolina and I've slowly but surely become addicted to colored jeans. It started with red, then cobalt, followed by burgundy. <span style="background-color: white;">M</span><span style="background-color: white;">y newest neon pink pair was purchased at Santee Alley. My co-worker nicknamed them Pinkie LaRue...because he finds himself hilarious.</span></div>
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I justified adding a totally impractical, totally fun new pair to my jean collection for one reason: the pricetag. This bold pair cost $24. In fact, each pair of colored jeans I've bought have cost less than $35. That means that my four pairs of colored jeans still cost less than one pair of J Brand. I win.<br />
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My take: Never spend triple digits on a fad – much less a <i>DENIM</i> fad. <span style="background-color: white;">We live in a commercial moment where every high fashion trend trickles down to retailers that price them for the masses. </span><br />
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<b><i>The Inspiration</i></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/7540785260/" title="276901077059225304_zbW3HYnY_f by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="276901077059225304_zbW3HYnY_f" height="371" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8426/7540785260_9ea582c896.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Da Fashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450794954242416889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582283453173709952.post-23435369355033497722012-07-18T22:18:00.002-07:002012-07-18T22:50:53.406-07:00What I Wore to L.A. Pride 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i>The Scene</i></b><br />
I grew up in West Hollywood –<i> north</i> of Sunset for all you obnoxious Clueless types ;). Which I didn't realize was unusual until I went "away" to college. At USC, I learned that most kids flee <i>to</i> open-minded, glamorous suburbs; they aren't lucky enough to be born into them. Dumb lucky me.<br />
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Growing up in WeHo meant the Pride parade has always been a part of my life. I remember watching it on TV in the 80s with my parents – yes, they were THAT completely open with me about the realities of the world and community we lived in. Since then I've attended the parade in support of my gay friends. And more recently, I've attended <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2009/06/scene-gay-pride-today-in-los-angeles.html">as a Trevor Project volunteer</a>.<br />
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But this year, I rode the float as <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-i-wore-for-my-first-trevor-project.html">a Trevor Project board member</a>...excuuuuuuse you!!! We're talking BEYOND honorary gay status, right?!? Finally, my straightness has been overlooked and I've been officially welcomed into the gay bosom. It only took 34 years: F!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/7405773288/" title="IMG_0783 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0783" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/7405773288_5bd0ff1d51.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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The experience was – duh – amazing! Was so proud to participate in a community event that's been a part of my life since childhood. Was a TOTAL TRIP to pageant-wave my way down Santa Monica Blvd. - a street that houses so many of my most defining memories as an Angeleno. <br />
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Most of all, it felt amazing to see people cheering and sincerely applauding us for <a href="http://www.thetrevorproject.org/">all the amazing work the Trevor staff, volunteers and board do for at risk GLBTQ youth</a>. I couldn't help but wish my dad was there to see it. He would have been so proud.<br />
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<b><i>The Outfit</i></b><br />
Forever 21 dress<br />
LA Fashion District earrings<br />
Vivienne Westwood clutch</div>
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Stuart Weitzman sandals<br />
Dior sunglasses<br />
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<b><i>The Grade</i></b><br />
Pass<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/7398059270/" title="IMG_0145 1 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0145 1" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7398059270_521265f6f9.jpg" width="284" /></a></div>
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<b><i>The Commentary</i></b><br />
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All you need to know is that I kinda sorta maybe refused to wear a t-shirt to Pride this year. <a href="http://diabolinafashiondiary.blogspot.com/2009/06/scene-gay-pride-today-in-los-angeles.html" style="background-color: white;">I've done it in the past with HORRIFYING results</a><span style="background-color: white;">. W</span><span style="background-color: white;">as left feeling UNHAPPY and not myself.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br />
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So this year I went a different route. I wanted to represent Trevor in an authentic, happy way (isn't that what Gay Pride is all about?) so I busted out a purty dress, clutch and earrings - all rainbow-esque with tinges of Trevor's signature orange. Theoretically an A+. But I still felt awfully guilty for not adhering to the dress code, hence the Pass. </div>
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Sorry, I just don't look casually glam in a tee and shorts like that Kate Bosworth does. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/6351984354/" title="kate_bosworth_white_shorts_ame by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="kate_bosworth_white_shorts_ame" height="500" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6220/6351984354_ea0cf9f9e1.jpg" width="333" /></a><br />
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Roundy brown girls do better emulating fancy dress Kate.<br />
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Learned it by watching Lisa Vanderpump.<br />
She went for a hot pink maxi and floppy hat at Pride this year. </div>
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She rode the Pepto Bismal inspired float ahead of ours - amazing!<squeal!> </squeal!></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9499420@N06/7405785284/" title="IMG_0778 by Diabolina Da Fashionista, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0778" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/7405785284_dfe3e6047a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Here's hoping it's just a matter of time before the right Bravo vehicle hurdles me into D list status. </div>
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<b><i>The Inspiration</i></b></div>
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