Tuesday, August 31, 2010

We're All Mad, Especially Me


I have yet to jump on the Mad Men bandwagon. Last year I watched the first three episodes. What can I say? I’m a Lost & Bryan Fuller fan.

However, with all of this recent Emmy winning business and friends pleading with me to vote so they can “win a walk-on roll on Mad Men” maybe I ought to give it another shot. (p.s. – vote for Tiffany Lonsdale of Dallas, Texas…she’s a friend of a friend, plus people from Texas rule...her page keeps changing so if she doesn't show up do a name search).

My trip to William Temple today really sealed the deal for me. Check out these vintage threads….which I got for 15% off since it’s the last day of the month and they let you draw a random discount from a big fish bowl.

I tried on this dress just to ensure I didn’t look like a banana. No one wants to be fruity these days. No tags (except for a size tag which I won’t reveal) but this has a definite “I was sewn in the 1960’s” feel.






This next red suit comes all the way from Paris. Designer “Anny Blatt”. I told the cashier I was going to go home and pretend I time traveled to Paris, France, and picked up this number. Surprisingly, she didn’t seem to think I was nuts.


Last is this beautiful green comfort sweater with pizzazz, also from Paris, France “Tricosa”.



Do they watch Mad Men in France? You know what? Forget about Tiffany Lonsdale – VOTE FOR ME! Oh wait, I don’t shop at Banana Republic - hence I can't get my ENTRY CODE. Lame.

F.Y.I. - the book I am reading is The Wild Party by Joseph Moncure March with drawings by Art Spiegelman.

6 comments:

Melinda said...

Very Nice, Very Nice!

Anonymous said...

Such a vintage Fashionista! - Paige

Tiffany Lonsdale said...

Wow, thanks for the shout out!

Cristina Berretta said...

You're welcome,Tiffany. Thank Kris Y. And best of luck to you!

Grégoire said...

Don't know nothin' about the fancy schmantzy art terms, but you are frighteningly goodlookin'.

I think it was Heidegger who talked about incorporating the aesthetic dimension, making your own life both a work of art and an act of insurrection against the mediocre status-quo. That might have been Nietzsche, but whoever it was that formulated the idea, you embody the concept nicely.

Cristina Berretta said...

Thanks Gregoire! I don't know if I quite live up to that idea but it sure is something to strive for.