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Optical delusion

Posted in Fashion, Glasses, tagged , , on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I have a long-standing love affair with eyeglasses. In second grade I lied on my vision exam at the optometrist in hopes they would prescribe glasses. They called me out and I cried. I pleaded my case and the optometrist told me that she couldn’t just “give me glasses.” They took me to my grandfather who was in the waiting room. He tried to convince me that I didn’t really want glasses. I told him he was wrong, that I desperately wanted them and couldn’t go to school without them. He let me stare at a glasses catalog for a few minutes and took me back  to school. I continued to lie to my parents that I couldn’t see the board. Finally, when I couldn’t see the board just two years later I fell victim to a pair of super large, baby blue frames.

Now, I want these.

I love these frames from Anne Et Valentin. I bought a pair by this company in January and love them. They are really great.  

I will not purchase them.

I will not purchase them.

I may look at them and admire them through the glass because I’m fearful of my impulses if they go on my face.

I will seriously do my best to not purchase them.

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War Paint: It’s gettin’ kinda hairy

Posted in Hair, War Paint, tagged , , , on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A new-to-me show is Work of Art : The Next Great Artist on Bravo.  I enjoy it, but I find Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn’s haircut to be distracting when it becomes time for the judges to arrive. Her haircut has nothing to do with the artists or the show. However, I feel that stylists can be artists of a different medium – hair.

Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn’s photo from the Work of Art site

I cannot help but decide it’s a mullet. Granted, not a full-blooded mullet but it’s a mullet’s cousin. Her ‘do is what makes me nervous about shag haircuts. Yet, I’ve mulled over Katy Perry’s past cut.

It does not look like a mullet, but it could if cut too short.

I cut my hair a few months ago. After over a year of growing it out, for The Mister and I’s wedding, I felt the thing to do was to cut it. Plus, it could be hard to manage. I told him, but when The Mister saw it he was surprised. I don’t think he realized how much I planned on cutting. Sadly, it couldn’t be used for Locks of Love because I color my hair.

While I type this post I realize I never shared a photo of my cut. Nor did I share a photo of my ah-maz-ing glasses that I picked up on the same day. So, here you go:

Classy no? With my tongue out and taking it with my phone? My mother harassed me for a photo and this is what was created.

It may not look shocking to you but it was to me. I couldn’t get it into a ponytail. I had to wear pigtails. During my first morning shower after the cut, I audibly gasped while washing my hair. I’d forgotten I cut it. Of course, it has grown and now I’m able to be don a pony. Yet, I feel the need to grow it out. Then, I find a photo of Gennifer Goodwin in my hair files. Yes, my hair files.

Does the madness ever end?

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