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Monday February 6th 2012

Posts Tagged ‘ugly fashion’

The lovechild of ugly shoes

The lovechild of ugly shoes

Have you ever wondered what would happen if an ugg boot has a threesome with Croc and those trendy barefoot sneakers ever got together?  No?  Really? Well if you ever did, here is the result.  The most hideous shoe that ever [...]

Ten lessons from a tropical island

Ten lessons from a tropical island

I'm keeping my tropical island holiday theme going today as I learned some valuable lessons that I thought you might like to know. Also now that I am back at work I just want to remind myself that not so long I was on a tropical island. So here [...]

Weight loss ads pre Jenny Craig

Weight loss ads pre Jenny Craig

Jenny Craig doesn't have the handle on weightloss ads.  No they've been around forever.  Check out these vintage ads for all the fatties out there.  Eating disorder anyone or maybe just a tape worm?

Keep your secrets in your bra

Keep your secrets in your bra

OK, I'm going to own up here. I have been known to stash a tissue down my bra. Not to make my boobs look bigger mind, just more the convenience of having somewhere to stash a snotty tissue if I've got a cold. Classy! I may or may not also stash [...]

Slap your way to bigger boobs

Slap your way to bigger boobs

The idea of a boob job scares me in a big way. I worry that I wouldn't be able to lay on my stomach and would have to excavate two holes so I could stretch out at the beach. I worry that I'd get that big canyon in between them. I have visions of [...]

Babies are the new black

Babies are the new black

This is my from my weekly Gen X Girl column in the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. Have you noticed that children, especially babies, are the new black? They’re everywhere. Once upon a time celebrities used to accessorise their outfits [...]

You think you look young but apparently you look dumb

You think you look young but apparently you look dumb

Last Sunday morning I was sitting around with my husband and daughter drinking Bloody Marys at 9am. We were a bit under the weather from the night before, decided to do a bit of family bonding--good time had by all. I was relating the story to a [...]

This is why your grandma smoked

This is why your grandma smoked

Have a look at these vintage ads from the 50s when a good old smoke was all the rage.  Is it any wonder our hospitals are full of lung cancer stricken patients. Wouldn't happen these days of course.  All that talk of fags and blowing in her [...]

Sticky out nipples

Sticky out nipples

Maybe this is an American thing, but apparently sticky out nipples are a desired thing. I don't thing they are here is Australia because we've got those things you put over your unruly, cold sensitive, horny nipples. You can even resort to [...]

So who’s a fashion critic?

So who’s a fashion critic?

This is my Gen X Girl column for this week's Savvy magazine in the Townsville Bulletin. Did you see those nasty fashion types dissing tennis queen, Sam Stosur, about her lack of fashion sense? Apparently her post US Open red and white striped [...]

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