How do you get the 'DC look'?

[Anonymous]

16:35, you are a human comma splice. Go f**k yourself and your worthless drivel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:a lot of you PPs really need to get a life. there many more important things in life than being a fashionista. would love to dress better than I do but I'd rather be out with my kids having fun than out shopping for the latest in trendy clothes/shoes. btw - wearing flats and not having a pedicure does not mean that you have "let yourself go" although I admit that I really need to go to a colorist ASAP.

No one is saying this is the most important thing in life...but we are on the FASHIsON FORUM. (This is from a fellow frump, not a fashionista)

[Anonymous]

Keep on wearing those 3" plus heels everyday, and by age 45 we'll see you on the osteoarthritis advice forum.

[Anonymous]

16:57, right. I wear my heels but I mix it up. One cannot wear flats or heels 24/7 - gotta mix it up or else you will be wearing SAS with your eveningwear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lululemon yoga pants and fitted jacket (the latest color and style) with a 2.5 carat diamond(or better), diamond studs and a designer bag. Drive a Lexus/Mercedes/Audi or Range Rover SUV......

don't forget the damaged blonde in a too high pony tail.

[Anonymous]

My style is my own, I don't take my cues from others around me. I love interesting jewlery. My uniform is jeans and a t-shirt with amazing necklace, braclet and earrings or a scarf thrown in there and OF COURSE a cute pair of shoes.

[Anonymous]

OP, you will soon learn, if you have not already learned, that D.C. and fashion mentioned in the same sentence is very funny!

You must know that D.C.'ers REALLY have it with NY'ers. Important to know. NY has culture, skyline, sports fans, personality, etc. that D.C. simply does not.

D.C. is fond of claiming "the most" or "the best" this or that....my list is quite different Starting with most insecure place on the planet. I am especially suspicious of nasty people who try to be snobbish, they are definitely hiding something.

One of the most important thing in "look at me, look at me, look at me D.C. " is, IMHO, to avoid eye contact. Especially if another woman thinks you look hotter or thinks you have something she does not. She will go to extremes to make herself feel better. Do not let her.

There are more "snifflier than thous" than not, OP, just dying to make themselves feel better. They are miserable. Ignore them. Look through them.

Define your own sense of style, OP. Not many women in D.C. share their shopping secrets, but with so much online OP, you should not have a problem. Have fun with it, and good luck!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am the appearance-conscious PP from FL and yes, we dress better in Boca than Bethesda, b**ches. I believe that if you don't care how you look, no one else will, including your SO. I also believe in embracing my femininity rather than rejecting it. When we discard what differs us from men we lose. I do wear heels higher than 3", namely wedges that afford me more stability to do a fireman's carry for a toddler in the throes of a tantrum. I encourage all mamas to try and look their best on whatever budget they may have. The link between looking good and feeling good is far too strong for you detractors to dismiss. My routine in the a.m. (makeup, hair, wardrobe) never exceeds 20 mins.

I like to look neat and put-together but in a classy way. I certainly don't aspire to the "Boca look." The style I see down there is gaudy, trendy, trashy, and ostentatious, including but not limited to ridiculous inappropriate heels. It's great that PP can rock that look and feel good about it, but that is certainly not what you need to do to look good.

Also, PP, you might want to spend less time on your hair and makeup and more time on your grammar and writing. If you live in DC, that will get you much further than tight jeans and a belly shirt.

So very true. "Boca look" is tacky and I'm amused that the first poster holds that up as the pinnacle of fashion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I wanted to be comfortable I never would have gotten out of bed. Coming from FL, I was shocked as hell to see the disheveled mommies around here. Wouldn't have left the house in FL looking like some of the trolls around Northern Virginia.
Women of Arlington and Vienna, take off those Birkenstocks and Tevas you're wearing with socks and go get a pedicure and put some heels higher than 3" on, for Pete's sake. Don't tell me that you can't walk in them, lazyass.
Also, go to Target, buy some Nice n' Easy and touch up those long-neglected gray roots. Not a good look on anyone, no matter if you do compost your kitchen waste and still roll a Prius.

I needed a good laugh today!

Seriously. Fashion advice -and bad advice at that unless you want to look like a street walker- from a Floridian. Classic.

Please. She said cover up the gray roots and take off the Birkenstocks and Tevas. She summed up a certain DC look very well!

Sorry if you don't like heels, but what in the WORLD do you wear with skirts? Flats? Birkenstocks?

I'm from NY, so I don't know what you mean about the snide FL comment.

You must be joking. I don't know where the F*** you live but I don't know any individual who wears Birkenstocks or Tevas around. And I have never seen birkenstocks/Tevas with a skirt. Yes, you can wear flats with some skirts. But, you know that. It depends on the skirt.

As for the heels, I wear heels. All the time. The look this poster describes -as evidenced by here follow up post- is gaudy and trashy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you will soon learn, if you have not already learned, that D.C. and fashion mentioned in the same sentence is very funny!

You must know that D.C.'ers REALLY have it with NY'ers. Important to know. NY has culture, skyline, sports fans, personality, etc. that D.C. simply does not.

D.C. is fond of claiming "the most" or "the best" this or that....my list is quite different Starting with most insecure place on the planet. I am especially suspicious of nasty people who try to be snobbish, they are definitely hiding something.

One of the most important thing in "look at me, look at me, look at me D.C. " is, IMHO, to avoid eye contact. Especially if another woman thinks you look hotter or thinks you have something she does not. She will go to extremes to make herself feel better. Do not let her.

There are more "snifflier than thous" than not, OP, just dying to make themselves feel better. They are miserable. Ignore them. Look through them.

Define your own sense of style, OP. Not many women in D.C. share their shopping secrets, but with so much online OP, you should not have a problem. Have fun with it, and good luck!

The reason people don't make eye contact with you is because you're awful. You mock D.C. and all its inhabitants endlessly on here, in thread after thread, yet here you are.
If D.C. is so bad and you're so great, why are you stuck here with all the rest of the losers?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I wanted to be comfortable I never would have gotten out of bed. Coming from FL, I was shocked as hell to see the disheveled mommies around here. Wouldn't have left the house in FL looking like some of the trolls around Northern Virginia.
Women of Arlington and Vienna, take off those Birkenstocks and Tevas you're wearing with socks and go get a pedicure and put some heels higher than 3" on, for Pete's sake. Don't tell me that you can't walk in them, lazyass.
Also, go to Target, buy some Nice n' Easy and touch up those long-neglected gray roots. Not a good look on anyone, no matter if you do compost your kitchen waste and still roll a Prius.

I needed a good laugh today!

Seriously. Fashion advice -and bad advice at that unless you want to look like a street walker- from a Floridian. Classic.

Please. She said cover up the gray roots and take off the Birkenstocks and Tevas. She summed up a certain DC look very well!

Sorry if you don't like heels, but what in the WORLD do you wear with skirts? Flats? Birkenstocks?

I'm from NY, so I don't know what you mean about the snide FL comment.

You must be joking. I don't know where the F*** you live but I don't know any individual who wears Birkenstocks or Tevas around. And I have never seen birkenstocks/Tevas with a skirt. Yes, you can wear flats with some skirts. But, you know that. It depends on the skirt.

As for the heels, I wear heels. All the time. The look this poster describes -as evidenced by here follow up post- is gaudy and trashy.

Whoa, okay scary lady. Whatever you say!

[Anonymous]

22:59 - I think he is saying that people often stare for no reason, like an unprovoked and very primitive pissing contest. I have noticed that as well. It's quite amusing. Are you one of them? If you did not believe what he mentioned, you would not be so defensive. Did he mention you by name?

[Anonymous]

Whoa, spewing vitriol is back, with displaced anger yet again!

[Anonymous]

$10 that 21:32, 20:49, and 21:39 are the same person, and the same person on the 'baby names you dislike' thread who said people in the D.C. area are stupid and ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Huh?