White House Mishaps July 13, 2010

I got this comment a while back and just now really noticed it…

From Miss M:

Well,

First, I do not think First Lady Obama has any fashion sense…fashion mishaps, yes! Her clothes are for 20 year olds not a 45 year old mother of 2. Where are the pantyhose? She is no longer dressing for herself but representing the United States of America to the world. That hideous green dress was awful with the forest green Jimmy Choos and the JCrew gloves. Three greens don’t make it right.

And no, she will never be a Jackie O or in her league. Jackie O had style and class….Michelle lacks both. The white inaugural gown was awful……again, appropriate for a 20 year old not a 45 year old. She can be stylish and classic but so far……she is receiving a failing grade. Let’s hope someone step in and intervene soon or the world will be laughing at the First Lady!

My response.   Ladies and gentlemen please hold your applause until the end!!

Thefabulousbrittany

There may be a lot of mishaps happening at the White House but it’s certainly not fashion related. Pantyhose?? Really??? No…no…no…no pantyhose allowed unless it is freezing cold and you’re wearing pumps or boots. Fashion is no longer what it used to be. The rules our mothers lived by no longer apply. I think it’s very refreshing to see women/mothers trying to dress like they still give a crap about what the men in their life think…more importantly what THEY think about themselves. GONE are the days of frumpy mom who always smells like baby lotion! GONE I say!! Mom’s today are more FABULOUS than ever before! Give me a mom in skinny jeans chunky boots and loads of bracelets with a dash of the newest Juicy Couture perfume!! Since when can Michelle Obama NOT dress for herself??? That’s absurd. If she’s not being herself then she’s not representing America because that’s who WE THE PEOPLE are. We are individuals, with different styles and quirks. Our individuality is what sets us apart and I think she represents us well…fashionably speaking! My ears are perked up but I hear no laughing yet Miss M.

Fabulous Fashion Advice: The case of the missing black hat! January 13, 2009

So I have this FABULOUS brown/tan fuzzy, soft warm hat that has little dark brown beads all over it!  It’s so awesome!  BUT…I want a black one JUST LIKE IT and I CAN’T FIND IT!!  ARG!!!  I love throwing the little hat on though…it keeps my head warm.  AND…If I don’t feel like fixing my hair all I have to do is throw it on.  It’s great.  So go buy a hat!  REMEMBER…BE FABULOUS!

Fabulous Fashion Advice: CMA’s and other oddities November 14, 2008

First of all let me explain the “oddities” part of my post…I am sitting on the couch watching football with my husband who also happens to be deep sea fishing on his IPhone.  He keeps using every bit of his might to throw his “fishing line” way out into the water but looks like he is trying to throw his phone at the TV.  HAlarious!  Anyway, we were watching the CMA (Country Music Association) Award show last night and I thought everyone looked pretty great with one very obvious exception…Martina McBride during her performance.  She was wearing some kind of hideous leatherish pants with boots that looked like they came out of Gene Simmons closet and some awful black top.  She looked like she was TRYING to look as if she were 23…well…she’s NOT!  The pants were NOT flattering AT all…her butt looked as flat as a pancake.  So here’s my FFA for the day…dress your age.  I mean look at Nicole Kidman.  She looked FANTASTIC…and that was just recently POST BABY!!  Are you kidding??  She’s looked amazing!  I think that it’s important to age gracefully and that does not include wearing…when you are over 45…leather pants.  I mean get real!  I just think it would be nice for everyone to remember when you go shopping that it’s ok to be stylish and push the envelope but if you THINK it might be pushing it too much…chances are it is.  It never hurts to ask not only the sales person but all some of the other shoppers.  I know this is going to sound odd but if you can find a man ask him.  Just make sure A. that his wife/girlfriend (if he has one) doens’t mind and B. that you don’t come across as hitting on him.  I promise you though, you can’t beat a man’s opinion!  Just keep your age in mind and I think a good rule to remember is to ask yourself “Would Jackie O, Marilyn Monroe, Coco Chanel or Princess Dianna wear this?”.  If the answer is no, put it back on the rack.  Seriously!  REMEMBER…BE FABULOUS!!!

Fabulous Fashion Advice: I have the “I don’t want tos” November 12, 2008

Does anyone other than me every get the “I don’t want tos”?  For those of you who don’t know what that means…it means that you wake up in the morning and you just don’t feel like doing ANYTHING!  That’s how I feel this morning.  I live downtown Franklin, it’s a very very historic area, it feels like I’m in a Norman Rockwell painting.  Anyway, I went outside and it’s just a really sleepy day.  It’s overcast and I just don’t want to do anything but sit on the couch and watch Home Alone.  Having the “I don’t want tos” suck!  BUT…while I was sitting here in my chair watching tv I saw Annie Leibovitz (she’s photographed some of the most famous people on earth…Queen Elizabeth, The Rolling Stones, Miley Cyrus, John Lennon, etc…) on the Today show.  She was speaking about her new book: Annie Leibovitz At Work.  I’m thinking I might need this book.  It showcases some of her most famous photos and then tells the story behind the photo shoot.  I have a feeling this could be really interesting.  Anyway, as I was watching her I realized that she doesn’t really look like she “has it together”.  You know what I mean?  She is the extremely successful photographer but her appearance on the show made her look like she had just come off the street.  I mean I get the whole “I have a creative personality” thing but come on!…get it together.  Her hair was all stringy, her makeup looked like it was 2 days old and she wore something so blah I can’t even remember what it looked like.  Now…I’ve never been on the Today Show but I would think that this would be something that you would want to put forth some effort to look good for?!  IF people even know who she is…unless you are in the fashion world you may not know her…I can promise you that they turned on the Today Show, saw her, and decided to go get some cereal while “the chick who takes pics for that magazine” was babbling about her pictures.  I think that’s sad.  What can you expect though…I mean my goodness, she looked HORRIBLE!  People really should take pride in themselves.  That goes to show you that it’s not MONEY that makes a person Fabulous because I can promise you she has butt loads of money.  So my advice to you…even when you have the “I don’t want tos” at least put forth some effort.  You may not be going on the Today show but the world is your stage and you HAVE to look FABULOUS!  SO…take the time and make yourself look and feel great!!  Don’t be “what’s her name that always has the stringy hair”!  Remember…BE FABULOUS!!!!!!!!

Fabulous Fashion Advice: I’m back! November 11, 2008

SO…I’m back!  I guess you could say I took an extended holiday.  It’s amazing how lazy I got after I got married…42 days and counting!!!  I am finally getting my butt back to work.  You know every year around this time I HAVE to watch You’ve Got Mail!!  I HAVE to…it’s not Fall until I do.  So I am sitting here typing to you and watching “You’ve Got Mail”.  In the movie Tom Hanks girlfriend, played by the fabulous Parker Posey, is this hugh strung coffee addict who couldn’t slow down if she had to.  He says “You make coffee nervous!”.  Do you know people like that?  I do.  Did you know that I read on AOL that there is a study that says in some women there is a gene that when you drink coffee…it makes your boobs smaller.  CAN YOU IMAGINE?  Wow!!!  I think I read it and got paranoid so I stopped drinking coffee….waited a few days…nope….boobs were the same size.  Guess I don’t have the gene.  I always remember sitting at the breakfast table with my grandparents and I’d ask for a cup of coffee and they would say…”No, it will stunt your growth.”…perhaps there is some truth to that.  My question is…if it effects women’s boobs…what does it do to men?  Just tossing that question out into the void.  Ok…now that I got that out of my system.  I am having a moment of obsession.  I LOVE SWEATERS!!!  I really do!!  They comfort me.  I am ALWAYS cold, my husband insists on keeping it a chilly 72 degrees in the house…in WINTER!!!!  UGH!  I would keep it on 80 all year long!!  I freeze all the time!  So I decided that I needed sweaters!  Wouldn’t you know, I found some of THE best sweaters at this little store called Forever 21.  PS…their new logo is XXI Forever.  Anyway, they are incredible.  I bought this 3/4 sleeve chunky brown sweater that ties in the front, and this plum/eggplant long sleeve sweater to wear under it.  It’s awesome.  Then I also found this navy blue sweater that has really big buttons and ties at the bottom.  They are really comfortable but they look fabulous!  THEN…I went to Target and found this GREAT black sweater with like a bronzy/gold zipper and it zips at an angle all the way up.  It’s WAY fabulous!  So if you are looking for sweaters check out Forever 21 and Target.  Remember…BE FABULOUS!!!

Fabulous Fashion Advice: Planning a wedding is HARD WORK! July 28, 2008

SO…I had no idea planning a wedding would be this hard!!!  I knew it would be work but man…this is tough.  We already have over 900 people on the guest list!!!  Trying to have a simple, elegant ceremony with that many people…it feels like I’m trying to run a circus!  I know it will all turn out fine but I have to tell you that I’m really just ready to say “I Do”.  I’ve come to realize that while the whole fairy tail wedding thing is great…the real fairy tail part is just getting to spend the rest of your lives together!!!  I love him so much more than I thought I could or would ever love someone and just the fact of being able to wake up next to him or cook him breakfast or watch tv on the couch together…those are the thoughts that thrill me, those are the things I look most forward to…living life…together!  So…I know that isn’t fashion advice.  Here’s some for you though… Jasmine Couture….FABULOUS gowns!!  I love them!!!  I swear I’m going to look like a disco ball coming down the aisle…you know I gotta have my sparkles!!!  Hahahaha!!  No matter what kind of circus your life may be in right now…REMEMBER…BE FABULOUS!

Fabulous Fashion Advice: I’m Getting MARRIED!!!!!!! July 14, 2008

SO…I know I haven’t posted in quite a while but things have been a little busy on the home front. On January the 3rd of this year I met the most amazing man. He and I have been together ever since and on July the 2nd he asked me to be his wife. I of course said yes! I love him more than I could have ever imagined I could love someone. He is absolutely the man God made just for me and I am so glad He has brought us together. We will be getting married on September 22nd, 2008 in our hometown. To check out our engagement pic go to The Wedding.   Posting may be a little scattered until the wedding is over…I do have to make it FABULOUS! There will be sparkles EVERYWHERE!!! REMEMBER…BE FABULOUS!!!

Fabulous Fashion Advice: Get your panties out of a wad! July 2, 2008

SO…you know, there are some things you just SHOULDN’T do.  For example: jump off a cliff, cross the street without looking both ways, jump in front of a car, wear underwear too small or that don’t fit right!  I cannot tell you how many times I have seen people…mainly girls wear underwear that rides up and all of a sudden they have 4 butt cheeks!  It’s not fabulous!  I saw someone a few days ago that had on jeans A. that were too tight, and too short and B. had on underwear that didn’t fit.  Now, don’t get me wrong…I’m not checking out other girls butts…BUT (no pun intended) sometimes you can’t help noticing.  It just made me so sad for her because she had NO CLUE she looked so ridiculous!  So here’s the deal…first off get underwear that fit.  Don’t buy a small when you KNOW you need a medium!  And don’t play like…”oh I’m an extra small”…please!, everyone that sees you from behind knows you have a J. Lo butt and need a medium.  It’s nothing to be ashamed of…you’re blessed…take advantage of it and work it!  Just don’t work it in panties that are too small!  Second, get jeans that fit…see my jeans blog!  Third…if you ARE going to wear something tight, buy a thong…or go commando (side note…GROSS).  You don’t have to get some kind of string bikini thong…Victoria’s Secret has plenty of “no show” panties and nice thongs that range from butt floss to more of a half cheek kind of fit.  The key though is to get them the right size.  You don’t want to be the girl that has her panties cutting so deep into your butt that it divides it by 4.  Not good.  So, go to a lingerie store and find underwear that will fit and not ride up.  REMEMBER…BE FABULOUS!

Fabulous Fashion Advice: Waxing! July 1, 2008

So…waxing!  Here’s the deal, plain and simple…you can’t be fabulous and have a unibrow!  It’s just a fact.  Look at yourself in the mirror…like right now…if you can’t tell where one eyebrow begins and the other one ends….you have a unibrow and you have officially become UNFABULOUS!!!  Guys this is DEFINITELY for you too!!!  A unibrow on a guy is like in the Top 5 turn offs for a girl.  Girls…you should know better…you should already know that you can’t have a unibrow and be fabulous but I know that there are some of you out there still a little clueless on this whole Fabulous thing!  It’s ok…I’m here to your rescue!!  If it’s your first time with the whole waxing thing DO NOT DO IT YOURSELF!!!!!  Ok…go to your local beauty shop and have your beautician do it for you…I’m sure they’ve been dying to anyway!  Now, some of you girls have a little bit of facial…now, I’m not talking a beard, I just mean a few little fine hairs on your face.  This is normal, a lot of people have it and most don’t even realize it.  It’s ok…don’t fear and don’t wax, well you can wax if you want but I would think it would really hurt.  I know that Sally Hansen has a line of topical creams (and waxes) out there just for this problem and if you go to walmart and check out the shaving section, it’s probably there…along with a bikini waxing system!!  So…don’t be nervous, lots of women have this problem but luckily it can be fixed.  Be sure to read the directions carefully!  There you have it…no unibrows and no little facial hairs for you girls!!!  Keep yourself well manicured and well maintained!!  REMEMBER…BE FABULOUS!!!

Fabulous Fashion Advice: Cache` June 30, 2008

So…there is this GREAT store you all should be checking out.  Now, I don’t know if they are everywhere but you can see if one is in your area HERE.  The name of the place is Cache`.  It is awesome!  They have women’s clothing ranging from jeans with rhinestones on them to prom dresses.  I have bought a ton of stuff from there.  Last night I wore one of the dresses I bought from there and it is FABULOUS!  It’s almost like a Pucci pattern (all sorts of different colors in a 60’s 70’s ish pattern) it hits just above the knee and the sleeves are like butterfly sleeves, the run the entire length of the dress…very very cool!  I have also bought this really cute little cheetah print dress with black satin around the hem and wrists.  It’s GREAT!!  It’s just a really great store, everything always fits great, and it’s great quality fabric.  So…if you haven’t already heard of this place…check it out…and if you have heard about it go buy something from there today!  REMEMBER…BE FABULOUS!!!