Fashion for Writers

As much as I love vintage frocks, one thing that I can’t turn down is a good white tee-shirt. I’ve run the gamut from Hanes’s Men’s ComfortSoft to Kova & T to the standard American Apparel, and I have to say that my obsession with a perfect plain white tee continues to this day. It’s about a certain amount of sheerness, combined with a great cut and a floaty softness that caresses the skin. Though I’m still on the hunt for the tee of my dreams, I love to wear the ones I have with puffy skirts; I love to wear them with slim-fit black trousers; something high-waisted and fancy goes great with the classic simplicity of something slouchy and soft. And the slightly see-through nature of such a tee gives the perfect amount of sexy when choosing undergarments.

Designer web-store Chickdowntown and FFW have teamed up to give one lucky reader an Elizabeth and James deconstructed white tee (retail: $90). (Other designers Chickdowntown carries include Loeffler Randall and McQ Alexander McQueen.)

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RULES: 

1. Comment on this post with a brief description of your favorite tee-shirt. Things you might mention include where you found or bought it and what makes it great. Make sure to include some sort of name and email with the post so that I can hunt down the winner.
2. Due to the nature of the prize, this giveaway is restricted to those living in the U.S. ONLY.
3. The giveaway will run from July 3-July 18, 2008. (12 PM PST.) 
4. One entry per person, please.
5. I will put the entries in a hat (probably a real hat) and draw the winner after the giveaway is over. 

Good luck!

Chris got some new glasses recently (pictured). Prescription glasses — as any of you other four-eyes know — are ridiculously expensive. Guess how much these were, with frames plus lenses? $25. That’s right. Brand new frames, brand new prescription lenses. 

It was our Bostonian friends who introduced us to a site called Zenni Optical. Their website design leaves something to be desired, but they get the job done quite nicely; all you need is to send them your prescription (which can be acquired by calling your optometrist) and a few pupil-related measurements, and they’ll get you a fine pair of spectacles as a very low cost. 

After browsing their site for a bit, I’ve come across these dandies:

A kaleidoscopic effect. For seeing through walls.

Like my half-rims, only upside-down. I have never seen glasses like this before.

It is the year 2098. I am wearing these while riding in my hover-car.

Perhaps you, too, would like a series of glasses in a fine design. Imagine changing your frames to match your ensemble! Fancy that; fancy that! 

P.S. Be on the lookout for FFW’s very first giveaway. I’d received emails about other advertising opportunities, but this is the first one I’ve been genuinely excited about. I’d keep the prize for myself if it weren’t so unethical…