>Waiting for Bobbie Thomas
>To: Lindsay Ferrier
From: Anita Lyfe
Subject: It’s All About the LWD! (Little White Dress)
Date: Friday, Oct. 13, 2006
Hi Lindsay,
This is Anita from Big Public Relations Firm in New York. I read your blog on a regular basis and I absolutely love it. (As a mother of a four and a half year old I’ve become absolutely obsessed with parenting blogs)
I’m working with Bobbie Thomas, host of Style Network’s Fashion Police, and author of “The Buzz” for In Touch magazine and thought you might be interested in some of her tips for Fall / Winter fashion. As I’m sure you are already aware, the contrast of black and white is one of this season’s hottest trends.
Bobbie Thomas has teamed up with Downy Plus Whitening and is available to chat about the black and white trend, how not to freeze for fashion this winter and how to take care of your whites now that you’ll be wearing them year-round — yes, she’s breaking the rule of no white after Labor day!
I’d be happy to send you over Bobbie’s tips and more information if you’re interested.
Best,
Anita Lyfe
To: Anita Lyfe
From: Lindsay Ferrier
Subject: Re: It’s All About the LWD! (Little White Dress)
Date: Friday, October 13, 2006
That sounds great, Anita. I’d love to e-mail Bobbie a few questions about this year’s style trends and how they relate to moms and I’ll post her answers on my blog.
The little white dress, for example, sounds great- but what to do when you’ve got to feed Spaghetti-Os to a two-year-old before heading out the door in it?
Thanks!
Lindsay
To: Lindsay Ferrier
From: Anita Lyfe
Subject: Bobbie Thomas- LWD
Date: Monday, October 16, 2006
Lyndsay that sounds great. Shoot me over your questions and I would be glad to forward them to Bobby. Attached is a tip sheet that Bobbie has already formulated.
Thanks!!
-Anita
Tips for Wearing White from Fashion Police Co-Host Bobbie Thomas
1. Any white piece from winter white to yes, even stark white — can work its way into fall. For example, wear your favorite summer white shirt-dress over a black turtleneck, three-quarter-length or long-sleeve shirt with leggings and dark boots or ballet flats for a fall update or punch up basic black from head to toe with a pop of white patent leather in accessories for a mod appeal.
2. Take a classic white t-shirt and pair it under an oversized chunky grey or black sweater with a black pencil skirt or skinny jeans for weekends.
3. Pair a white waffle-knit henley under a structured vest with wool Bermuda shorts. Add black opaque tights and bold shoes for a trendy fall twist.
Complete the trend and accessorize:
4. It’s a cinch! Tinsletown’s leading ladies know how to work a runway, er, I mean red carpet, with waist defining belts that create hourglass curves. Show off your shape and draw celeb attention with a wide white leather belt.
5. A winter white leather tote will pop nicely against a black military-inspired wool coat.
6. Add a hint of retro and white to any outfit by wearing a white leather band watch.
7. Contrast any monochromatic black outfit with a few strands of white beads or white pearls mixed with heavy gold chains.
To: Anita Lyfe
From: Lindsay Ferrier
Subject: Questions for Bobbie Thomas
Date: Monday, October 16, 2006
Hi Bobbie,
1) White is in? This is every mother’s worst nightmare. The only way I can think to make this work as a mom is to toss a fresh white napkin around my shoulders like a scarf, so that I can at least change it each time I get baby spit/ Lucky Charms/ mud/ peanut butter on it. Any other mom-friendly ideas? Is it too gauche, for example, to cover our white in heavy plastic, like our grandparents did with their furniture?
2) I for one was all about the empire waist. So imagine my horror when I learned that “waist-cinching” wide, white leather belts were in. Honey, our waists are the last thing we want to accentuate… I’m thinking our hourglass curves will look more like what happens when you squeeze a roll of uncooked sausage in the center. How on earth does a mom work around this one?
3) I’m sorry, but I thought I read the words “wool Bermuda shorts” in your tip sheet. Tell me my eyes were deceiving me!
4) Any other mom-friendly tips that will allow us to look fashion-forward while retaining the ability to drag a screaming toddler out of a McDonald’s playcenter tube attached to the ceiling?
Thanks!
Lindsay Ferrier
To: Anita Lyfe
From: Lindsay Ferrier
Subject: Bobbie Thomas Questions
Date: Monday, October 23, 2006
Hi Anita,
Has Bobbie had a chance to look at my questions yet?
Thanks,
Lindsay Ferrier
To: Anita Lyfe
From: Lindsay Ferrier
Subject: Bobbie Thomas Questions
Date: Monday, November 6, 2006
Hi Anita,
Still waiting to hear back on those questions I had for Bobbie. Any word?
Lindsay
To: Anita Lyfe
From: Lindsay Ferrier
Subject: Bobbie Thomas Questions
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006
Hi Anita,
Still waiting on Bobbie’s answers to my fashion questions. Any idea when she’s planning on getting back to me? At this rate, the fall/winter looks will at least be deeply discounted at the stores!
Thanks!
Lindsay
To: Anita Lyfe
From: Lindsay Ferrier
Subject: Bobbie Thomas Questions
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Hi Anita,
Just checking in for an update on Bobbie Thomas’s responses to my fashion questions.
Back in October when you sent me Bobbie’s style tip sheet, I took her advice and began wearing all of my favorite summer whites over black leggings and black turtlenecks (the white bikini made for a particularly interesting combo). I made a statement, all right and the statement was, “I have no clue what season it is- or how to dress myself.”
I also totally copied her white-henley-underneath-a-structured-vest-with- wool-bermuda-shorts-and-black-opaque tights look (and let me tell you, I haven’t worn wool bermuda shorts since 1983 and the chafing was every bit as bad as I remembered). Not only did I turn heads, but I also had my picture taken for Glamour Magazine! For some reason, they put a black box over my eyes, so you can’t tell it’s me, but whatever. Thanks, Bobbie!
I’m still interested in hearing her answers to my questions on incorporating white into a mommy wardrobe. As you well know, white is pretty much a mom’s worst nightmare. And yet, I have faith that Bobbie has a solution. I continue to hold vigil, patiently waiting for her by now very-well-thought-out response. And I pledge to follow her tip sheet and continue wearing summer white every winter until I hear further instructions from the style maven herself.
Thanks so much!
Lindsay
>As a child, my mother used to make me wear wool shorts with tights. HORRIBLE memories.
>I don’t know if you made this whole thing up, but either way it’s hilarious. By the time you got to the white bikini part I was totally cracking up. Thanks for the laughs.
>I got the exact same email! I told Anita that if she actually read my blog she’d know that I’ve never seen Style TV, never even heard of Bobbie Thomas (what gender is this person?) and that the last time I paid attention to fashion KD Lang was debuting the cowpunk look and I was buying vintage crinlined dressed from the thrift sotre to wear with my cowboy boots! I don’t even wear makeup!I had to ask my sister to give me some of her old maternity clothes because I have a Christmas dinner party to go to and my stretcy cords, which have done me fine up to this my 10th week pregnant just won’t cut it tonight.Anita thanked me for my time and offered to send me some magic scrubbing pads but they never arrived!(PS, I thought it worth noting that my security word is “ghrlz”)
>Hi Lindsey, I’m a long time lurker but I just had to comment here!lol Does the email sender’s name strike anyone else as odd? Anita Lyfe? It really didn’t hit me until I said it out loud and then I just thought… Oh that can’t be a real name!!
>Ooooooh….you are so deliciously wicked.My fashion question is, how come the torso became the body part to accentuate only after I no longer had a flat stomach and 23 inch waist. When I was growing up it was all about the legs, which are only now coming into shape with yoga.I’ve got bad fashion karma.
>These e-mails are 100% authentic. I did change the flack’s name and omit the PR firm name, though. Bobbie Thomas, I figured, could handle the pressure.
>You know, I was intrigued at first because I will admit, I could use a little fashion advice when it comes to wearing white….. until I saw the white belt and wool bermuda shorts…..WTF? *LOL*Great post!
>If I didn’t know better I’d swear the only white really being rocked was up Bobbie Thomas’ nose.(Notice I said, “If I didn’t know better,” because naturally of course I do and wouldn’t actually expect anyone to believe something like that of Bobbie Thomas (Nifty asswaiver, no?))
>Just confirming what we already knew… fashion designers don’t give a rat’s butt about what really works on women.
>White wool bermuda shorts.Dude, I would have paid money to have seen you in that outfit.LOL!
>AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Can I love you any more? This post is hilarious!
>You handled that so well! You must be such fun in person if this is how you deal with junk mail!!!
>Like, seriously though, white vinyl… because you can just wipe off the spaghettio stains….ahhhh ha ha ha ha haI once as a mom wore a white cardigan over a white t shirt… so classy, until a mocha landed on it… and that was just me! Imagine wearing white with toddlers!Wool Bermuda shorts with tights? And the big belt? Does anyone else remember the long tunic turtlenecs from the seventies that were cinched with belts?Does anyone else dread them as I do?
>I had NEVER heard of her until you and just now saw her on “Style” channel (I ::was:: watching Clean House). The memory of this post made me laugh when I saw her!
>hmmmm….. winter white, on the mother of a one year old… does snot and drool count as a “fashion accessory?