ATTENTION: MY DEAR SWEET LADIES of AMERICA!

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Hello Cats & Kittens!

Admittedly, I do try to keep my own personal politics to a minimum on this blog (my twitter is sometimes a different story!). After all it is supposed to be a fun place to linger for a moment and it is not my intention to alienate people who may or may not agree with my spiritual/political/philosophical ideologies - they just want to see clothes and pretty images, I get it!  That said, what has been going on during the course of the race towards this election is beyond scary to me, in particular, where women are concerned. The things coming out of many of these misguided (ehem) mostly male, politician's dry mouths are not just oh-so-last-century, some of them are downright medieval! I'm truly scared for us, ladies!  I would never think to inflict my own beliefs on someone else's body but, it seems, I have foolishly taken for granted that I could expect the same from these "leaders" and from my own fellow citizens.  When I heard about this PSA a few amazing women were putting together I leapt at the chance to be apart of it because I so very much wanted to stir a few of you sleeping souls out there! You out there who haven't decided who to vote for or even whether or not to vote at all.  Please believe that a few little steps backward in the short term could easily have us snowballing straight back down that great mountain of equality our grandmother's grandmothers started climbing all those years ago!  So... it is with this in mind that I present what I hope is your WAKE UP call! also known as the "YOU DON'T OWN ME" PSA featuring many familiar faces from all over this amazing-when-it-wants-to-be country. Thanks again to the ones who made it happen! You give me hope.

*in case you were wondering, my little cameo is around the 0:55 mark - For a list of everyone involved please check out this article over at Paper Magazine 

love to you all! xMeg

art of the trench

I know I have expressed my love of le trench coat on this blog at least once or twice before, however, two trench-related items have come up over the past few days so I am compelled to revisit this iconic piece of clothing...

First off... I, along with several other bloggers, was asked by Kristin of IdiosyncraticStyle what my ‘Holy Fashion Grail’ items would be.  I decided to go ultra-classic with my answers; instead of saying oh, i don't know a vintage Chanel/Givenchy gown or similar, I went with a black quilted Chanel bag and of course, a classic Burberry Trench Coat.  These are things I could see myself wearing forever because they will simply never go out of style. That's right, sometimes even I can be (stylishly) practical! check out idiosyncraticstyle

 

The second trench-related item is the launch of Burberry's "Art of the Trench" website (with images by the lovely Scott, The Sartorialist among others).  It includes street-style images of people around the globe wearing Burberry trench coats, a history of the trench over the past 100 years, and you can even submit your own photos which is pretty cool. So prepare to clock some Burberry browsing time...

more here.