The Demoiselles

This weekend, while playing on Gilt, I succumbed to a moment of swooning: The Allure of Women (Gilt, Amazon).  What could be a better coffee table book? I’ll tell you what: The Allure of Men (Amazon). After spending more than a year submerging myself in the murky waters of media, societal perceptions, and what “sexy” [...]

Here’s an excerpt of a conversation from a post Lindsay (f/k/a Elle) and I made in July of last year: Elle: Well, I like [skinny jeans]. Jennifer: I just…I can’t get down with them, Elle.  They’re…they’re… Elle: Don’t say it. Jennifer: They’re tapered pants. Elle: They’re totally different. They’re not cut the same as those atrocities [...]

Today, on my way home from picking up bananas and a latte (don’t ask me about the health-related inequalities there), I saw a woman cross my Chicago street wearing slightly sheened polyester leggings (black, but looked a touch blue because of the workout-worthy sheen), a North Face vest, and a long sleeve t-shirt with patent [...]

First thing’s first: sweater dresses don’t have to be frumpy.  It may take a little extra cash – or waiting for the right sale – but a well-made, well-fitted sweater dress can remain a winter staple for years.  Jen bought one a year ago, and happily pulled it out of her closet last week for [...]

Sometimes, we just don’t care about our figures. You heard us right: sometimes we don’t care that we’re hourglass figures.  Sometimes we feel like straight up and down girls, or pear-shaped, or apples.  Occasionally, we may even want to look…triangular. Because that’s what clothes are supposed to do, right? A good article of clothing not [...]

Shoe-regret is one of the worst feelings in the world. Particularly if you’re an avid online shopper, scouring for deals, and get a pair of shoes that are gorgeous, perfect… and way too small. What are you going to do with them? You can’t hand them back to anyone, you just have to sit and [...]

Let’s travel back in time, to approximately two years ago, and eavesdrop on an argument a conversation between Jennifer and Elle… Elle: Well, I like them. Jennifer: I just…I can’t get down with them, Elle.  They’re…they’re… Elle: Don’t say it. Jennifer: They’re tapered pants. Elle: They’re totally different. They’re not cut the same as those atrocities from [...]

Are we all ready for some mixed feelings? Rompers – half childhood past time (emphasis on past…) and half potentially sexy, gamine summer piece. How are we supposed to feel about this? Nostalgic? Excited? Childlike? I think most of us are just confused, and are erring on the side of “ew”. At least that’s how [...]

The last ten years have been a trend-watching blur: we’ve seen almost every decade resurface for at least a brief moment before slowly fading away.  The current, high-controversy era in our midst is the late 1980s.  Only being in our mid-twenties, the eighties are an era we Demoiselles spent little time in, and truth be [...]