Scrunchie!

Hold the phone!
American Apparel is attempting to bring back the scrunchie! The scrunchie.
And it will probably work too...that is how much influence they have. God bless 'em for figuring out new ways to use up miniscule scraps of fabric.










But what of its long lost cousin the "banana clip?"



How can we dig up the sacred scrunchie grave and not acknowledge the memory of this plastic wonder?




For those of you who were not alive during its reign, this is a banana clip in action:




Say "scalp pain" if you've seen a banana clip in the flesh!

Everythinginista.

Today i'm a regular Barfinista. Yep, I add the "ista" suffix to everything now...

I haven't forgotten you, recessionista.

Last night we had another opening....a round of hangovers for all!

Come by and see photographer Jessica Eaton's show at 15 Ossington.............

Mailbags and Dealbreakers.

Spring is around the corner, my friends, and you know what that means?!??
All that pale Canadian flesh is about to be unleashed upon our eyeballs!
You can't wait can you? You've been dusting off your flip-flops and ironing your dressy-shorts preparing for the eventual day (two months from now) when you can actually go outside wearing next to nothing without getting frostbite!

It's the perfect time to bring back the controversial and narrow-minded Mailbag Edition of Iron Chic.


Just to review, I've covered bad shoes, flip flops ( and here in my dealbreakers series with a flip-flop rebuttal) turtlenecks, porkpie hats, (dealbreakers men's) and shorts with heels.

Let the negativity and criticisms flow! This is a call for submissions.

And more comments like this please:

"i think i'm way to uncool to post here, but what the f...?are you silly? what is the problem wearing flip flops?why can femals do and males not?not every man has hairy toes with yellow toenails! how many people has ugly hands, do you dictate them to wear gloves?you are just freaks!how dumb can people be to decide for other peaples footwear?i love to wear flip flops and i will do so in future too! hope to meet you guys and girls in summer, then i will show you my feet again and again!

dont you have other problems?otherwere in the world children are dying from hunger and you talk over footwear you bunch of jerks!" - "anonymous"

Okay, you got me. From NOW on, let's ONLY discuss the negative, horrible aspects of life.
No more escapism, no more fashion, fun, kittens or cupcakes. This blog will STRICTLY focus on the topic of dying, hungry children.
See how easily influenced I am?

Why do they have to be so adorable?

uunnnnnggggggghhhhhhhh. It's a million o'clock in the morning and I can't sleep because there is a super-ambitious mouse trying to build a tunnel in the back of my fridge. At least that's what it sounds like...what the @#*$ is it doing back there!??
Take a chill pill, man.
I thought I was done with the whole mouse scene after my last vermin adventure. Due to my uptight nature, I REALLY do not appreciate sharing quarters with little creatures of ANY kind.
Fine. Fine.
I WILL turn into a heartless killing machine if that is what you want.
I WILL laugh when your neck snaps.
I WILL relish your useless life slowly draining away.
haaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa!

Oh Boy!

Style.com did a little retrospective on Boy George and his influence on modern fashion over twenty years past the height of his fame.



There are some amazing photos of George and his ever-changing over-the-top look.

Culture Club was the first concert I ever went to when I was like, 7. Get your calculators out, I'm old y'all.
My whole family went to see them at Maple Leaf Gardens (RIP) and I remember seeing teens dressed up exactly like Boy George. My brother Keith didn't want to go because he was into metal so he wore a Quiet Riot shirt in protest. Ha! You showed 'em bro!

Life. Oh Life. Oh Life.

What a week it's been! Saturday was my birthday and I went to the Keg Mansion with Papa J.

What's the Keg Mansion, you ask? It's The Keg, in a MANSION. Anyhoo, if you enjoy giant slabs of delicious meat and suburb-y type people that you would never normally interact with, then I highly recommend. It is probably the "funnest" place you can go to on your day of birth......After, we went to this new pub on Dundas and there was a band playing covers of The Doors and MGMT (with bongos) and they were kinda awesome...not even joking or being ironic.

Last week, we took a mini-vacation to Montreal for some much needed R&R. Ugh....I said that to be annoying.....I haven't really taken a break since November when I started the business....

I could have stayed in the hotel all day...I watched TV, swam in the empty pool, steamed in the steam room and sauna-ed in the sauna. It was an extremely clean hotel which I appreciate above all other factors.........



We did a lot of walking around the first day........




We went to see the Kees Van Dongen show.........



Taken right before a security guard quickly ran over and scolded me for taking photos in the gallery. You're allowed in the AGO but with no flash of course:




This is the exact shade of pink I can tolerate :



Check the pants on the Montreal police....no need to carry guns there, they simply paralyze criminals with laughter:


For when you want a "Danses Contact" and endless platefuls of chicken wings:








I will not go into the rudeness/franco-anglo racism/being kicked out of a gallery/being yelled at for turning on a red light/how tanned everyone is there....
wait, I just did.

xoxo Montreal

Update: The "R" Word.

Here is a definition page for the dreaded word including it's supposed "earliest citation."
It teaches you how to use Recessionista in a sentence!

Here's an article that gives you tips on how to be a Recessionista with helpful gems like, "dryclean your statement blouse" and "get eyelash extensions." ?????????????!!!!!!!???

Apparently, the idea for this word is so great and amazing that it has been copyrighted!

Guess what people, this is how us "common folk" have been living this whole time.
We don't shop for second hand clothes and wait for sales just for the hell of it.
Suddenly everyone is so resourceful and thrifty. ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh.

New Wordz!!!

On a scale of 1 to 5, how do you feel about the word "Recessionista?"

1. I think it is cute and say it at least twice a day!

2. It slightly gets under my skin.

3. I've always been a frugal, smart, fashion-loving consumer and I am annoyed about the way "recession" is now being used as a marketing buzzword to sell me stuff.

4. I feel like it should be legal to slap someone in the face for saying it.

5. It makes my want to tear my eyeballs out with a butter knife!

Oil of Ooooooooooooooookkkaaaaayy.

Does anyone else think Madonna needs to grow up? Ughh. I'm embarassed for her:

I hope I can age gracefully and appropriately without clinging desperately to my youth...

Stuff for your eyes.

1950's Hermes trompe l'oeil dresses:













Le sigh..........

Cape Town!

I bought something today to you know, help the economy.
I never get to buy new stuff! I got all excited and headrushy. This is why people purchase things- it's totally fulfilling and meaningful.
Anyhoo, this American Apparel cape is just the item I've been missing in my life..




......it's a sweater, a jacket a thing....a thneed if you will:



I don't like pulling clothing over my head and I find hoodies too casual so this works for me.

I think the TSE just went up a hundred points! Or NASDAQ in American.

Is anyone else annoyed by the "media's" mixed-message recession banter?
Like "Go to thrift stores and eat nothing but chickpeas" "but start spending your money on stuff you don't need to fix the economy."

Life goes on.........................