Venus In Combat Boots: Madonna

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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Madonna: Give It 2 Me

In case you're a hardcore Madonna fan, the newest video, "Give It 2 Me", *just* leaked. I'm not a fan of Perez Hilton, but he's the only one who seems to have the video at this point.

Not the best video I've seen of Madge's (and I'm a little tired of the dance-studio-look-at-my-body-in-a-leotard-while-I-watch-myself-in-a-mirror-and-pretend-to-know-how-to-dance-like-a-20-year-old routine), BUT, I still have to give it up to this woman for how fabulous she looks (I think she drinks formaldehyde).

Anyhoo...enjoy!

-Shannon

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

White T-Shirts And Madonna

Remember the white t-shirt argument I had before coming to Paris? Well, I just wanted to tell myself, "I told you so." I went to the Gap this afternoon to pick up a couple of white t-shirts. It wasn't just any Gap, however; this Gap happens to be right outside of the Sorbonne. And, I've got to say, their selection is much cuter than ours - at least what ours was before I left.

It's all very feminine - lots of white and soft beige. I noticed lots of linen, too - like pants and capris. High-waisted slacks - fabulous ballet flats showing the perfect amount of toe-cleavage (oooh the temptation was there, believe me!) - ruffles - crisp white cotton blouses - and nothing too revealing. It's really all just very sweet and clean looking (a nice departure from all the mid-riff, cleavage and butt crack- baring clothes we have in the States).

Oh, and I just found out that Madonna is performing here tonight at the Olympia Concert Hall (about 10 minutes from me). I checked her website and tickets are going for a paltry 2999 Euros for this particular show (that's $4500 for us American-types). I would totally go, but I have some laundry to do...

My husband arrives on Thursday - woot! Time to relive Paris allll over again - darn!

-Shannon

PS - More fashion skinny:

Red shoes

Boys are wearing the skinny jeans, too.

All the cool guys look like hip 60s modsters; longish hair swept forward - dark glasses - big Adam's Apples. (Yes the Adam's Apple appears to be making a comeback.)

Layered tops - like three at a time - usually very thin material.

Remember the 80s sling belt (wide - but not too wide - and worn down around the hips)? Well, wear that (preferrably in a rich, dark brown braided leather) with a white, feminine hippie shirt (ruffled along the hem and sleeves is perfect and quite flattering), a pair of skinny jeans, and ballet flats and you will look like all the cool Parisian girls.

The belt with any other type of top(s).

Tailored shorts (high-waisted with a belt) and opaque tights - though as it gets warmer, I imagine the tights will stay in the drawer.

That's it for now; I'll be sure to keep an eye out for anything else that looks interesting and pass it on!

Bisous!

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Hard Candy

In keeping with the Madonna-theme this week, I thought I'd share the cover art for her upcoming album (which drops April 29th):

I'm not digging this at all (what's going on 'down there' anyway?!); there's just way too much happening in this photo and none of it works well together. That being said, the woman looks damn amazing for 50.

Just a quick post today as I'm off to the airport to see my family in Des Moines. Wishing everyone a safe and happy St. Patrick's Day weekend!

-Shannon

Monday, March 10, 2008

Congratulations Madonna!

I've got to give mad props to my girl for her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tonight. Her speech was awful, but thank the gods she decided to ditch her faux British accent. Like millions of 40 year-old women all over the world, my formative teen years were greatly influenced by Madonna - her music, her style, her utter fabulosity.

I've watched the documentary of her Blond Ambition tour, Truth or Dare, at least 73 times; I even memorized all the choreography from this, my second favorite video of all time:

Congratulations, Madge; here's to the next 25 years!

-Shannon

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Vogue

I've not posted for the past couple for days as I'm trying to hammer out the final draft of my thesis. My head is either to full or too empty to post anything worthwhile today, so I will leave you with my favorite video of all time - enjoy!