I was fascinated with today's show about how to dress best for our age. I was mainly interested in the fact that Oprah kept saying, "We love this! We love this!" I've noticed she does this often...speaks for "us." And tells us how we're feeling. Hm. Call me a rebel, but this doesn't sit right with me. How about you?
Some Oprah advice about bras today: "Keep the girls up!"
And fashion: "You need a crisp, white shirt. You must have."
I'm due for a new bra fitting and think I can actually do that tomorrow afternoon. We'll see. And you know, I no longer have a "crisp, white shirt." So, that will go on the list.
Again on the show, the experts showed us the difference between a "splurge" outfit and a similar outfit purchased on a budget. The budget outfits were all over $350. One was even $794. These are the BUDGET clothes?? Ugh. I find it depressing. I just cannot spend that amount of money on my clothing. Sure, sure, spending almost 800 dollars on an ensemble might be super cheap for Oprah, but I wouldn't be able to pay my utility bills. I'll be honest, this makes me feel excluded from the O-club because of my income and my priorities.
Plus, it's like having a carrot waved in front of my nose. Yes, I want to "Look Great at Every Age" but I also want to be smart about my money - I have Lloyd Boston, Charla Krupp and Stacy London pulling me in one direction and Jean Chatzky and Suze Orman pushing me in the other. What's a gal to do?
And then, an admission: I actually really preferred the garb today shown for women in their 40s over the clothing for 30-somethings. I'm 35. I wonder if I should just let myself dress "up" or should I just suck it up and dress in the manner the experts say I should?
Whoa - these shows on style send me into a tailspin, don't they? Clothes are really hard for me! Give me a show about spirituality, health, relationships! I can handle those. But, there's something about style that triggers a panic for me. Honestly, I think part of that is the spending. I just don't like to spend on myself unless it's something I really feel I need. I already feel like I own too much "stuff" and I don't want to add to my already stuffed drawers.
WWPWD? What Would Peter Walsh Do?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Hi LO - I've fallen behind on the blog and just caught up for the last week w/all your new outfits & all the comments - I LOVE coming back to see how you're doing every week! I love the outfits, too.
Wanted you to know about something I caught the end of on Comedy Central tonight - Lewis Black (I LOVE HIM!) has a new series 9:30 on weds called "The Root of all Evil": each week, two comedians will argue which of two topics/beings/organizations/whatever are the root of all evil - and tonight - OPRAH WON as the root of all evil, over the alternative - the Catholic Church! Can you believe it? I SOOOOO wished you were watching it! I only caught the end, but there certainly would have been lots of Oprah-isms.
Anyhow, just wanted to share that - maybe you can catch it again, or maybe it's on comedycentral.com...
keep it up, girl! ps, I'm up for Across the Universe as I haven't seen it; if I can make it, I'd love to!
This post made me think about part of Monday's webinar. When Eckhart and Oprah were discussing the fact that part of the ego makes you think some THING (like a crisp white shirt) will satisfy you. As I continue to "awaken", I find it harder and harder to watch Oprah tell us all that we MUST have something, MUST do something, that doesn't coincide with the ideas behind "A New Earth".
I'd really like to hear your thoughts on how you're feeling about it as you read the book and try to follow Oprah's "advice".
Hi LO,
You've hit on one of the things Oprah does that absolutely infuriates me... Budget outfits for $350 and up. Has she completely forgotten who her target demographic is? Oprah - who's watching at 3pm??? - more likely it's the wife in a single income family -- hardly the candidate for that kind of shopping splurge. Then she has the audacity to have Suze Orman on her show telling people not to drink starbucks... The dichotomy here is almost as unfathomable as Oprah's face/name/initial on all her products.
This probably sounds like I dislike Oprah... I believe she's doing a wealth of good in this world, and encouraging others to do so. I just think she needs to understand who her target audience is. I mean, come on, Martha's products are sold at Walmart.
Sandy Q
Hi LO, I just found you via the Chicago Reader article. All the best to you here--this is quite an undertaking.
My inner quant wants to see charts and graphs like number of directives to buy products per show, per month, per year; average cost to realize directives per show, per month, per year; or number of directives that contradict other directives per show, month, year, etc. OK, so I have an overactive inner quant.
Anyway, in response to your home page request for Oprah suggestions that we found successful, the bra fitting suggestion was a total winner for me.
In my late 30's, despite my regular exercise, my girls continued to grow. A lot. A whole lot. Too much. Damn genes. Bras in department stores wouldn't fit (small band size but ginormous cup size). A million years ago, Marshall Fields used to have experienced bra fitters, but now I didn't know where to go. Suffering neck and back pain, frustrated, and contemplating [jeese louise!] surgery I remembered Oprah's bra show, looked it up on her website, got the store info, got goddamn fitted. Instant relief. The right fit is like the right architecture--all that weight is transferred and supported where it should be (the band [ahhh!] not the straps [ouch!!!]).
So while I realize the reco to get a bra fitting may seem small or inconsequential, to me it was huge: it took away a constant pain.
Every day I'm grateful for that.
So to add my own $0.02 to this, while that bra fitting store offers an invaluable service, their prices are the highest.
So I go to that store, get my gd fitting, buy ONE bra (they earned it), then, size-informed, I price-shop for any others I need online. Then I can forget about 'em, until they start growing again. Damn genes.
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