tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657466221221369702024-03-12T19:12:00.224-07:00Professional GlamDressing the part. Any part.sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-32159049539584812412013-02-15T16:09:00.000-08:002013-02-15T16:09:02.775-08:00Happy Valentine's Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I normally don't go in for dressing appropriately for holidays, but I really wanted to wear this necklace. And the only non-patterned button front shirt (am I bold enough for bug necklace on patterned shirt?!) I have is this one. Such is life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shirt: Fred Segal, thrifted (Always reminds me of in <i>Clueless</i> when Cher is getting ready for her driver's test and yells "Have you seen my new Fred Segal shirt?")</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tights: Jessica Simpson via Nordstrom Rack</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Necklace: Zara</span></div>
<br />sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-84004805460896822022012-11-04T16:25:00.002-08:002012-11-04T16:25:49.495-08:00Sensible Shoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top: Theory (Again, from the show. Should I just go back to working in costumes you guys? Look at the spoils you can get!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shorts: Old Navy (NOT on sale and not as cheap as you'd think or want. That's how passionate I am about Laura Dern's outfit in Jurassic Park.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shoes: Bass (You heard me. <i>Bass.)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is one of my favorite outfits, maybe ever. You can wear these shoes or shorts with anything and be happy. Do yourselves a favor, guys, and get a pair of flat front khaki shorts. You won't regret it.</span></div>
<br />sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-38128331873976800832012-11-03T18:13:00.004-07:002012-11-03T18:13:47.765-07:00Fourth of July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dress: Thrifted (Thanks to Allie Clingan for the loan!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top: Thrifted and altered (sleeves removed)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dress: Marc by Marc Jacobs (From work! Ah, the perks of costumes departments.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tank top: In a three-pack from TJ Maxx. It's the only tank of the three to survive to this day (The other two were a plain navy blue, and a navy/white stripe.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tank Top: Some store on the Commons during Apple Fest. (You can't really see it, but it's burgundy.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top: TJ Maxx (It's a beach cover up I usually wear with "nude" fishnets as a dress. Very scandalous).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top: Salvation Army, Palm Springs (Altered: shortened and sleeves cut off.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vest: Goodwill (I added the snap to make closing optional.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tshirt: Nike (Again, free from the show!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Shorts/Skirt/Tights/Pants - I don't seem to be wearing any??!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly, this isn't even a drop in the bucket as far as patriotic ensembles go. There are many pieces not included, many different ways of wearing the pieces that are, an array of optional hats that somehow weren't photographed, not to mention the red/white/blue tattoos I have. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fourth of July 2012 was the first year I did a week of holiday ensembles, and while I missed my chance for Halloween, revisiting this photos (which were not taken that long ago - a pile of patriotic clothes sat on my stool for months and months until one day I had a few drinks and made Kratz play fashion shoot) made me want to do it again for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanksgiving is going to be hard. Maybe I'll just re-watch every Thanksgiving episode of Friends and recreate Rachel's outfits. New Years will not be hard. </span>sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-47209506438255103092012-10-02T10:11:00.002-07:002012-10-02T10:11:57.474-07:00Cougar Goes Grocery Shopping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top: Urban Outfitters (on sale)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meg wanted me to dress like a Cougar going grocery shopping, so here it is! The shorts are an homage to being a mom (or of mom age) and the rest of it is self explanatory (a cougar would never be caught dead out of the house in anything but wedges.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was given this dress and loved it - except for the buttons on the shoulder and sleeves (pictured in bottom photo). So I removed them and put on bright turquoise buttons I got in a mixed bag of buttons from the fabric store. Now it's awesome!</span>sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-85944046052443514282012-09-04T11:22:00.001-07:002012-09-04T11:22:18.482-07:00Sexy Prizefighter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These pictures are terrible, for which I apologize. But this jumpsuit resembles a boxing robe in the way it drapes in the front and at the legs. I got this when I was still working at my job in post, and it was early enough in my career that I was nervous about taking fashion risks. I remember being in the dressing room at Macy's, alone, and taking a picture of the garment on the hanger to text to my boss. Her responses was something like, "I better see you in this on Monday." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that's why working in TV can be awesome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know you're thinking, "quirky math teacher? No way!" But hear me out. The hallmark of quirky teachers is that they think patterns are cool. The hallmark of math teachers is that their clothing doesn't fit - much like these pants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once every six weeks or so, I'll get a call from my mom that will interrupt me at work. I answer, assuming someone has died. It is always because she has gone to the thrift store on half off day and needs to know if I want a fur coat/can wear a size 0/ can wear a size 12/ will wear a pair of shiny high waisted pants. I always say yes. Because that's how you get things like this Bob Mackie jacket!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Usually the way my mom describes things over the phone is different than what the garment actually looks like. When she said "I found a Bob Mackie jacket for $8!" I honestly had no idea what to expect. Except I thought there would be feathers. Or sequins. And that Cher would wear it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">None of those things apply to this jacket, but when I wore this to work one day my supervisor liked it more than any other outfit I've ever worn, which was maybe the last reaction I expected to get from her. </span>sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-17756692484181439942012-08-26T12:56:00.003-07:002012-08-26T12:56:30.714-07:00Drunk Outfitting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I probably wasn't drunk when I put these outfits together, (but it is possible because I put my outfits together right before I go to bed) but I was drunk when Kratz took these photos of me. Probably like, pretty drunk, since there are not multiple takes of either of these outfits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*In case anyone was curious, this book is not worth reading. </span></div>
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You know how magazines always tell you to throw on an "oversized blazer" or "motorcycle jacket" to "toughen up your look" or whatever? I sort of hate that idea, but end up doing it all the time. Partly to break up a look, but more often than not because a real coat is not needed in Southern California; a blazer or pleather jacket (you think I can afford a <i>leather</i> jacket?!) will suffice. </div>
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People always think this dress is vintage. It couldn't be further from the truth. On an unrelated note, I'm especially pleased with these boots because on the way back from a romantic vacay in Santa Barbara, my man actually <i>wanted</i> to stop at an outlet mall. And stop we did. He had no idea what he was getting into. The Ruttinger ladies fucking love an outlet mall. </div>
<br />sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-18983309729406509442012-08-02T17:30:00.002-07:002012-08-02T17:32:47.288-07:00Serious Business<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Shirt: Goodwill (Vine & Fountain, arguably my 2nd favorite in Los Angeles.)</div>
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Sweater: Gap circa 1999/2000 (I've said it before - I think - and I'll say it again: If someone wants me to part with this cardigan, they will have to pry this off of my cold dead body.)</div>
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This outfit is the total opposite of Serious Business. I mean, are you kidding me? I don't recall the reaction I got when I wore this to work, (Uh-oh... I just revealed my secret. I stockpile photos) but I know I did it. I'm sure strangers gaped at me in shock and not awe, but I think one of my bosses really dug my pants. </div>
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I can't believe I wore this. This is the result when my man is either out of town or unemployed (and thus still sleeping when I leave in the morning). </div>
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Also these shoes gave me blisters like you would not believe after 12 hours, so I have not worn them again. But I will. Oh, I will. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The orange belt from the last post came attached to this sweater. It was a crazy pairing. Rule number one, if an article of clothing comes with a belt, do not wear them together.</span><br />
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<br />sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-55561650260526024502012-07-10T20:49:00.001-07:002012-07-10T20:49:01.840-07:004th of July<br />Last year's costume contest 1st place winner.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/07/10/3992.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/07/10/s_3992.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />This year I judged the annual Independence Day costume contest for the first time. This was my judge outfit. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/07/10/3993.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/07/10/s_3993.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />While selecting this outfit I discovered I have a plethora of patriotic clothing. So this outfit was actually just day 1 of a weeks worth of America inspired outfits. Photos to come, I'm sure. <br />sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-83027097426714691392012-07-10T20:40:00.001-07:002012-07-10T21:17:28.755-07:00Back in Navy.<br />
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Sweater: Gap Outlet (Honestly from middle school. It has an enormous stain on one sleeve and a hole I keep patching. I will get rid of it over my dead body.)<br />
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Socks: Clarks</div>
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Shoes: Clarks</div>
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Brooch: Birthday present from Mom. </div>
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This was taken a long time ago - Nov. 1st, actually, since it was my birthday outfit. I decided, "Hey, it's my birthday, I'm going to wear all my favorite things!" And said items were easily transformed into a rain forest explorer theme. </div>
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If you know me, you know that my #1 favorite thing is camouflage. I spent about 20 years thinking it was detestable, and then there was a sea change in me. And now I cannot get enough. Camo for life! </div>
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Also these Clarks' socks are the last socks I'll ever need to buy since they have a LIFETIME WARRANTY. Can't beat that. </div>
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Dress: American Apparel<br />
Cardigan: Forever 21<br />
Tights: Target<br />
Shoes: Target<br />
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This theme is clearly very obvious, but it was still nice to have more than one person at work say, "Sergeant Pepper!"<br />
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As you can see, I haven't washed my hair. And these tights have very faint velvet-y feeling hearts printed on them. And even though you can't really tell in this photo, you should know I can't manage to keep my tights very clean. Every time I wear tights without boots I end up with dirty ankles. This is a real shame for these tights, since they are white and were quite dirty after this, their inaugural appearance on my body. <br />
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I just looked up "inaugural", and I am using it incorrectly in this post. I will continue to use it any damn way I please. <br />
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Sweater: American Eagle (Not on sale! I saw it in the window, walked in, and bought it. I never do stuff like that.)<br />
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T-shirt: Target<br />
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Skirt: American Apparel<br />
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Snakes: store in San Francisco<br />
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People go crazy for these snakes. Get some plastic snake earrings, it doesn't matter what you wear with them. sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65746622122136970.post-2392469607374973192011-11-03T16:18:00.000-07:002011-11-03T16:18:44.875-07:00Rain Delay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Shirt: thrifted (from The Bins in Portland!!!!) I have an identical one in green that will surely turn up on here. <br />
Sweater: Gabriel Bros.<br />
Pants: Seven for All Mankind (sample sale, duh)<br />
Boots: Army Navy Store (California Surplus Mart, to be specific)<br />
Belt: stolen (probably from Jess Brock, sorry girl!)<br />
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So I had a whole different outfit planned and then I woke up to rain and gloom. In typical LA fashion, it looked gloomier than it was and my feet grew quite hot in those boots. (They are also impossible to drive in safely, so if you plan to get them, bring an extra right shoe to slip on every time you plan to drive. They sure are a pain in the ass, let me tell you.)<br />
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My only wish: that this sweater was more cropped. Crop tops forever, for all seasons!sluttingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900637857915435121noreply@blogger.com0