FUCK PEGGY MOFFITT- Introducing the TRUE "go girls!" of the week

Hey guys, check this shit out- you can buy traditional Mayan clothing for barbie dollls!

This ain't no mass produced, glittery-glitzy-pastel-pink-n-oops-my-ass-is-hangin-out girly girl clothes for barbie either- these perty outfits are handmade from the Mayan women of the indigenous communities of Guatemala using authentic designs and traditional Mayan fabric. Women who are trying to support their families in a very impoverished area (fuck Peggy Moffitt- these ladies get the true "go girl!" of the week).

Instead of donating your next $15 to a cute little star that gets hung with the other 100s in your local grocery store (and who knows where that money really goes anyway, hrmmmm?), why not get yourself a super adorable Mayan outfit for your cousin Betsey's barbie doll?


Now, that's some classy shit!

Traditional Mayan Clothing for Barbie

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Yep, that's me. Yes, that's real. No, it (surprisingly) didn't hurt. Yes, I am mildly insane.

Introducing Peggy Moffitt, mod fashion icon (and that's pretty much it).

While wasting far too much time googling random images with keywords such as "cute," "adorable," "uber girly" (yes, I have used that one), and "retro," I stumbled across this crazy adorable mod sensation from the sixties- Peggy Moffitt.

What to say about Peggy? She was a model and, much as I hate to admit it, no one's ever really interested in seeing what goes on in the head of a model. Their job is to "shut up and look pretty." And don't bother sending me nasty comments or hate mail for saying that. After all, the name of my blog is CYNICAL TRASH- I can be as jaded and non-PC as I want to :-p

HOWEVER- for those lovely people who are interested in learning about where this lovely creature came from, I did do a tad bit of research, all of which is very cliche. She was born to Hollywood parents, her father was a movie producer or something, she tried acting, was unsuccessful, and hooked up with dude photographer William Claxton. From what I have read, they did fall in love and manage to stay married though, until his death in 2008 :-( So Peggy gets half a point for making a teeny tiny scratch with her girly girl nails on "breaking" the cliche. 

Whatever, she had a great look and became one of the biggest style icons of the 60s mod fashion. That still gets a "go, girl" to me (although I'm crazy hesitant about awarding her the tag of "icon"). 

 Super artsy 60s Peggy Moffitt video montage, mostly inserted for entertainment value and "style points."  Complete with 1960s (ahem, terrible) music! 

  

  

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Brit pop lovin' - again

If Brian Molko weren't so femme looking, he definitely would have been included in my Brit boy obsessed "boy crazy bullshit" entry. Fuck it, I'd still bang him. This band is sexy and beautiful. 

(Also, why am I not in this video?! [I ask myself that about a lot of things] )

Placebo- Running Up That Hill <3

Future husbands, take note

Except with real diamonds, of course.

The Misadventures of Miss Creepyton

About an hour south of Buffalo lies a cute little village- or community, if you will, called Lilydale. The really awesome thing about Lilydale is that it is actually a Spiritualist community. In order to reside in the Lilydale Assembly, you must be a Registered Medium. Kinda cool, yeah?!

I've gone to Lilydale for psychic readings a number of times. Take for it what you will, but I find the whole "psychic" thing intriguing, to say the least. Also, I consider myself a pretty spiritual person, but I am so not going there right now.

A few years ago, when I was making one of my trips out to Lilydale for a well overdue reading, I noticed a yard sale occurring at one of the fellow Medium's houses. Now, obviously I have to go to this yard sale, right? I mean, c'mon- a yard sale at a Medium's house? I'd buy something there just for shock value! And I did. I bought a random blanket, a totally worn-out book, "The Game of Life and How to Play It," by Florence Scovel Shinn (totally badass name, by the way),... and a really, really, creepy looking doll.

This not-so-adorable looking doll has traveled with me to two different apartments in New York. In both apartments, my roommates weren't exactly keen on this doll being in public display. Now, next week, I will be moving to Brooklyn and, I am sorry to say, Little Miss Creepy Doll will not be joining me.

It's been real, muchacha. But I'm sure you're not very happy living in one of my dresser drawers anyway.

Come one, come all, to the Ludlow Street free wall, if you'd like to own this not-so-cutesy-but-still-pretty-intriguing-yes-you-have-to-admit little treasure.

 

Ugh... and what is with those hands? Creepy as shit, doll (pun intended)!

Leave it to the M.A.C.

I'm not really a catalog person, but I've always been a sucker for sales. After all, I am originally from Buffalo, a working-class, industrial town. We're obsessed with clearance racks and coupon cutting (and there's nothing wrong with that, mind you!) So, when I got my Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale catalog in the mail a few weeks ago, I just had to do a little skimmy skim.

So here I am, skimming through page after page, circling the dozens of items that I'd love to buy, but certainly don't have the finances to do so anytime soon ( I don't even own an authentic quilted Chanel bag yet, one of my must-have staple items).

And then... then I get to the Beauty section of the catalog. Page 49 caught my eye with its display of this Nordstrom exclusive line by MAC cosmetics, called Cine-Matics. I love MAC (who doesn't?). Though I am deeply disappointed that their Candy Yum Yum lipstick sold out entirely too soon (and is now being sold on amazon.com for a whopping $75 or some shit, as compared to it's retail price of $14.50!!), I am obsessed with their highly pigmented eyeshadow and lipstick colors. And their paint tube works great as both a neutral-colored eyeshadow and/or eyeshadow primer (essential for those humid summer days in NYC where your makeup begins to melt before you can even get your coffee fix at the local coffee shop located two blocks from your house).

So I'm looking at this seemingly fabulous collection on page 49 and my eyes instantly fly to these fabulous brush sets that come, in true MAC style, in totally vibrant colors. Ladies, the selfish, beauty-obsessed part of me is hesitant to share these beauties with you, but they're just too amazing to be kept to myself. Ladies, get on this shit, and fast, because these cute little things are bound to sell out soon.

Given that most MAC brushes start at around $12, these brush sets are a steal for $49.50. There are two sets- an All Over Brushes, which includes 5 brushes, and a Face Brush set (which includes four essential brushes to make your face lookin' fab). I sat at my computer until 5:00 AM, eagerly waiting for the Anniversary Sale to start so I could place my order and then, being super fatigued (and I admit, a little drunkey), "mistakenly" ordered the wrong set. Then, of course, I had to correct my silly mistake by ordering the other one ;-) Duh!!

I'll let you know how these sexy thangs work out but, given that MAC has some of the most highly rated brushes out there, I'm sure they won't fail to disappoint!

Oh, and you can view the full Nordstrom's exclusive Cine-Matics line right here.

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