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November 23, 2004 Caught in a Fashion Faux-Pas VII
Is it a grizzly bear you ask? Is it your auntie's sofa? No, it's a man in a fur coat with a matching hat. Move over stripes and plaid combos, there's a new sickness on the block and it's called fake fur overkill. Can we say traaaagedy? What will be said next is very important to take note of: it's not necessarily the wearing of the fur coat or the fur hat. It's the combination of the two--on a man. There's really no nice way to say this except that it's a mess. There are only two types of men that pull off that much fur: Sean "Puffy" Combs and Joan Rivers. Oh wait, but Joan is...well, anyway, you get the idea. Somebody lied to this gentleman before he left the house when they said, "Yeah man, go ahead and wear the coat AND the hat. That outfit is HOT!" It can only be assumed that the culprit wasn't a woman. A woman would have said, "You look like a reject sugar daddy. Take that thing off before it catches on fire." Short of some gold "Mister T. starter kit" jewelry around his neck, he may well be on his way to a career as a crooked music producer. Word to the wise, tone down the fur. You wear it; don't let it wear you. One piece at a time please. And remember, Smokey the bear says, "Only you can prevent forest fires." I say we take his advice. Consider this a warning. Past Fashion Faux-Pas: Comments Posted by: Alex at November 23, 2004 3:07 AM Nope. Velours are perfectly acceptable granted they are not the color of mustard or vomit. Posted by: Ambra Nykol at November 23, 2004 3:34 AM I must keep this post from my husband - I just got him to start wearing a velour sweater for winter, yes it's the color of mustard. Go figure. Posted by: SharonB at November 23, 2004 4:42 AM Now call me crazy, but it looks like Smokey is really smoking??........a doob? Talkin 'bout "Hole up, girl, lemme finish hittin this blunt fo' we head on in! Gotta git my head RIGHT fo dat reception. Word." (Please consult Nyktionary for alternate contextual uses of the ebonics pronoun "fo" - fo example: Back up offa me fo I'ma hadda git ill!!) And I hope Miss Ambra wuddn involved in none of them smokey shenanigans. (A-HEM!!) Posted by: Beau at November 23, 2004 5:07 AM Ambra, Looks like your "Cowboy Boots" html is malformed. You missed the "h" in http. Just thought I would bring it to your attention. Posted by: Jeff the Baptist at November 23, 2004 5:53 AM I second that Beau. I am shocked at the idea of Ambra being a 1st-hand or even 2nd-hand smoker. Posted by: Alex at November 23, 2004 8:02 AM for a hot second, I thought that the guy in the photo was Avery. LOL ! Posted by: Eric at November 23, 2004 8:15 AM Oh no, not the morality police! :-) Actually, no, this young man wasn't smoking and I'm pretty sure that he doesn't smoke at all. I think he was adjusting something on his face. You guys crack me up. Posted by: Ambra Nykol at November 23, 2004 8:46 AM Right, right........you "'think' he was adjusting something on his face." HmmHmmHmm!!! But my confidential sources tell me that you & ya boy went in the reception, directly buffet table, and proceeded to stuff your faces for 27 minutes - until fully sated. (What's sated?) Aaaaaaand, had the nerve to fix a big ole plate to take home, like all black folks do I don't know how you keep your girlish figure, Chile. Posted by: Beau at November 23, 2004 9:34 AM So he wasn't smoking..but what were YOU doing? hunh? Hunh? HUNH?! Oh yeah, taking the picture. *scurries away* Posted by: Alex at November 23, 2004 9:50 AM It's not ridicule, it's "help". I care, I really do. - Ambra Nykol, helping to heal the world one fashion victim at a time... Posted by: Ambra Nykol at November 23, 2004 8:59 PM That post was hilarious! I had to keep myself from cracking up. Posted by: mj at November 23, 2004 10:04 PM ha ha ha ha ha or lol Posted by: Dan Tres Omi at November 24, 2004 9:40 AM It's got to be the Detroit in me...but I don't see where the problem is here. And I'd like to think I've got fashion sense. (*ducks*) Posted by: Lester Spence at November 25, 2004 8:40 AM Yeah Lester it's the Detroit in you... Dan Tres Ormi, if I've inspired one person to fashion mishap scouting, then I've done my job... Beau, you'll be glad to know that I did NOTT take a plate.....this time Posted by: Ambra Nykol at November 25, 2004 10:38 AM |
 "...playful philosophizing" Dan Leroy, National Review Online
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This weekend, I attended a friend's wedding and spotted this young gentleman (who incidentally was very nice despite the tragic fashion mishap). As always, the identity of the victim has been preserved. For the sake of this discussion, let's just call our dear friend "Smokey" (as in the bear).
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Does this go for velour jumpsuits as well?
*sobs*