Archive for the ‘By Store’ Category

As some of you may have heard, Betsey Johnson LLC is going out of business. What this means is she's closing her stores and will, from here on out, only be designing accessories. This is a devastating loss to the fashion community - a loss felt particularly acutely here at You Want Me to Wear ...

How do you know when our existence crosses into "dystopian satire?" When "Sexy TSA Agent" costumes become commonplace. I know I'm totally overanalyzing the "Slutty Professional" costume, but at the heart of it, each costume can be summed up as, "I do a very basic, common job ... with sexy results!" What works about the costumes is ...

"School is a battlefield for your heart. So when Rayanne Graff told me my hair was holding me back, I had to listen. 'Cause she wasn't just talking about my hair. She was talking about my life." - Angela Chase, My So-Called Life Maybe my extended blogging hiatus has made me go soft, but I can't ...

I have an amazingly supportive, awesome aunt named Carolynne who happens to also be a big fan of this blog. In and of itself, the fact that she reads the blog at all is really flattering. But even cooler is the fact that she when she saw a crime against fashion and common sense, she ...

Let's say you're a six year old at the grocery store with your mom. As you stand next to her, chattering excitedly about whatever nonsense small children spout, you happen to look at the lady in line ahead of you. Normally you're not particularly observant - after all, you're six - but on this particular ...