nike goddess

today nancy is wearing the nike goddess ski jacket her ex husband got her when there was still hope for their relationship. she wears it over one of the three pink plaid nightgowns her mother bought her and her daughter at TJ Max. currently two of the nightgowns are in nancy's drawer because nancy tends to wear them both. she plans to do a portrait of all three generations in their matching nightgowns and pathologies. she caps off the outfit with black and gray argyle patterned sox from Banana Republic and wedgy retro sixties brown swede clogs from Pac Sun that give her the two extra inches her legs need to appear "tall" by Jewish standards. nancy's daughter is pretty unflappable in the morning regarding nancy's "driving-to-school outfits" but this one caused even maddy to smirk (though it passed the bump-into-other parents test because nancy looked dressed from the waist up). jonah as usual didn't notice, his gene pool being more loaded toward nancy's and therefore less aware of it - just two days ago he wore his pajamas to the doctor and the video store himself.

the sole of the shoes are cracked (all metaphors intended) and she recalls being in a NY cab two years ago with her funny, speaks-in-slant quasi-boyfriend at the time who joked to her that they were "come fuck me" shoes precisely because they weren't. she and this boyfriend who are still friends (who fuck) did indeed have sex that night so i guess nancy knew what she was doing (and wearing) afterall.

nancy's brother gary accused her many years ago of dressing like she just doesnt' really care and "threw it all together" when he knew--since he lived with her--how much keen art and psychological fashion direction actually went into whatever nancy wore and whatever goal she was setting out to accomplish.

this makes even nancy wonder where this latest trend is going....

definition of insanity re-dressed

environmental standards

how to look good and be good at the same time

familia de jonah

today jonah needed pictures of his family for spanish class. like all good parents, nancy saw this as an "educable moment" and an opportunity to do one of her kids art projects.
jonah thought he was just asking for pictures...but nancy saw this as an chance to model how one can make messy situations "look good". through the art of collage nancy makes jonah's divorced family look "together". the iPhoto fishbowl lense adds gaity and hipness while the "brady bunch/warhol" appropriation makes life at this house look frenetic and fun.
as an artform, collage is great for making disparate elements look like they belong together.
to nancy, whipping up a good collage to spin your child's experience of his stupid parent's divorce is not only a mitzvah, it's no different than knowing which pants makes your butt look best. it requires honesty, a holocaust survivor's instincts and an Intel iMac with photoshop.
today nancy is wearing adidas athetlic shorts and a Velvet tee pulled together with a periwinkle cashmere sweater and orange flip flops from j crew. she slept in this outfit which allowed her to be dressed when the kids got up.

fancy filanthropists: nurturing a healthy community

We're Jewish.
And today we are wearing Martin Scorsese style Prada glasses, poly-rayon blend shirts, Jackie-O pearls and lots of hairspray.

fashion tips for your medications

she cared about the environment

make good choices

but you only get two out of three

age spots

today (and everyday) nancy is wearing a few.
these particular spots came from the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas in 1964, poolside, on grandma mashy's watch while mom and dad took in a Joey Bishop show. later today nancy will be wearing MAC concealer to cover up the big one on her face. she noticed Rite Aid sells leg make up though she hasn't tried it yet. she'll give it a shot when it's closer to summer.
BIG TIP: fake tanning only accentuates them. makes legs look good from a distance but not up close. good for bar mitzvahs when you're up on the bima and you don't want to wear stockings with your Jil Sander slingbacks.
otherwise don't bother with the fake tan or apply leg cream first.
or go for the real thing and make more spots.
it's fun to figure out which ones are in the shapes of countries or animals.

Tochter Dear (denim greeting card)

Your call this morning was wonderful - healing!
I apologize for being so hysterical.
Lots and Lots of Love
Mom xxx

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connect the dots

today nancy is wearing a vintage rayon dress with white polka dots that belonged to her daughter.
she's hoping the pretty dotted dress will elevate her serotonin levels, but so far it doesn't seem to be working.
she bottoms off the outfit with brocade Prada flats she found on sale at the really good Saks in San Francisco.

trichotillomania fashion tips

here's how nancy covers up potential bald spots and keeps herself from making the situation worse.
(barrette and scrunchies from Rite Aid, brown tee from Gap, butter yellow rain coat from Jil Sander collection 2002 Barneys warehouse) some people think that if nancy just had a regular job she wouldn't have time to pull her hair out. nancy
disagrees and thinks that regardless of the underlying disease and its roots, this is a cute and inexpensive solution to a problem from which so many suffer silently. for more information visit stophairpullingforever.com

men leave their wives for her

i love paris in the springtime

i like your skirt

sometimes you have to eat crow