Once more, with feeling

 

 

"I want to go to a place where I am nothing and everything - that exists between here and nowhere. I wanna go to a place where time has no consequences. Oh yeah. The sky opens my prayers. I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful..." - Beautiful (India Arie)

Mod robes are back! No, I’m not talking about those effin’ hids 90s “You could fit a family of 5 in these” pants. I’m talking about the uber-delish dresses on Modcloth.com, my latest obsession.

This might sound très nerdy but I discovered Mod Cloth because of Perez Hilton. One of the advertisements on the sidebar of his trashtastic site (I mean that in the best way) has always featured a slideshow of hopelessly adorable retro-style dresses. Everytime I visited the site (and friendlies, that’s too often to count), I found myself longing to lounge around in an Audrey Hepburn-esque cocktail dress or two. But still, I resisted my urge to click on the irresistible sidebar and continued along with my day. Today everything changed.

I am currently down with some sort of throat-attacking cold and so I’ve spent most of the day on the couch, catching up on readings and watching a shitload of terribly awesome TV (Tell me you’ve watched RuPaul’s Drag Race already because it might be my new favourite show. For serious.  The drag competition involves a segment in which RuPaul tells the two most unworthy drag queens that it’s “Time to lip sync for your life!” And boy, do they ever) and guilty pleasure movies (I watched The Faculty today – why isn’t that movie on everyone’s favourite list? It’s weirdly awesome and 100% 90s down to the Clea-Duvall-has-an-eyeliner-fetish jokes). In the process, I suddenly got the urge to indulge in a less guilty - but just as delish - pleasure, a little Sex and the City. As I watched Carrie strut her Manolos down the streets of Manhattan in a beautiful vintage-inspired skirt after gorgeous retro-style dress, I couldn’t help but wonder, maybe I should give this mysterious website a chance. And girls, I think I’m in love.

Okay, so the clothes are definitely not in my price range right now but, they sure are fun to look at for extended periods of time (see the gorgeous look from above - is it just me or would Carrie totally rock the second one?). And perhaps, one day, when school ends and I start working like a crazy woman again, my gorgeous canary yellow sundress will come. J

 

(Miss Bradshaw that dress is by far the cutest  doggone dress around town! Do not pardon the pun. )