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and the winner is…

the springer spaniel.

very cute, but totally anti-climactic. You can tell Lester Holt is disappointed.

WKC Best in Show

The standard poodle may have just gotten some boos from the audience as the best in show competition kicks off.

Favorite: PBGV (left) – the winner in tonight’s hound group. Beat those poodles and that dandy shrimp-looking thing (right) too!

Poodles dominate day 1 of WKC

In bunk dog show news, the poodle lobbyists are obviously paying off judges! Not one but two poodles are in the running for Best in Show in New York at this week’s Westminster Kennel Club Show.

First up – in the toy group (left) it’s the toy poodle who beat the Pug and Brussels Griffon. The only silver lining is that the poodle muscled the Pekingese out of first. That is small comfort as later in the non-sporting group competition, ANOTHER poodle took top prize, this time a standard (right).

I smell a scandal!

dude what is up with leggings?

This is one trend bandwagon i will not be hopping on.

Seriously, why do I want to look like I am going biking or just got back from jazzercize? This is the wrongest fashion trend since people tried to bring back leg warmers. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Wrong.

I haven’t done a quiz in years

Thanks Kelp!

I haven’t done a quiz in years

Thanks Kelp!

overheard in the valley

finally, a local answer to overheard in new york. sweet!

Wow Julie Bindel you really hate … everything

One of my entries from two January’s ago was the subject of a column by a woman named Julie Bindel at The Guardian (check out some of her other posts. She really does hate everything). Basically, she found my entry on The Snug Tug scarf look (I don’t even know where that name come from. maybe someone who was at Hugo’s that night can shed some light) and decided to make a blog entry out of it. What follows in red is what Julie wrote about her disdain for the Snug Tug:

Why do I hate it? Because:
1. Everyone does it, and you all look like sheep.
2. It looks ridiculous, and does not keep your neck warm
3. It is so obviously a high street fashion statement which makes those
who do not follow it feel as if they are still in Brutus jeans and twin
sets.

I travel a lot in central and eastern Europe, and everyone there
also seems to be following the Snug Tug. Can we not think for ourselves
anymore? Are there people right now standing by the mirror practicing
the knot, being too self conscious to ask anyone else in case it
provokes a “What! You don’t know this season’s knot?” type-response?

Those who have met me, or seen me on TV, will be aware of the fact
that following the latest fashion is not a priority for me (sorry for
the self referral, but as this is not a feminist rant, I need to give
the resident misogynists on CiF something to pick up on, such as how
women like me go around in dungarees all the time). But I have never,
ever felt so filled with rage at a latest fashion as this. I am not
certain why it causes me such high blood pressure. Am I alone? Please
help me.

Look at this entry from a Snug Tug scarf appreciation website, which might persuade you to join my “Down With Smug, Snug Tug” protest group:

My friend Ash’s friend Jamie taught a bunch of us this technique at
Hugo’s in Northampton (of all places, I know) on Friday night. We were
all wowed by the style, even fabulous scarf-knitting guru Kelly
admitted to its charmingness. I have since adopted this method for all
of my scarves. It works better on some than others. On the long, skinny
pink one that Kelly knitted for me I folded it twice for an interesting
look. Disclaimer: Please don’t be an idiot and choke yourself by
cinching it too tight.

Today I saw 3 people at the bus stop (two women and a man), of
varying ages who obviously did not know each other. They were all
wearing scarves in that way. I imagined wilfully ignoring the advice
above, and pulling each knot extremely tight, until everyone of them
swore to go back to wearing their scarves the old-fashioned way. If you
are an offender, and you see me glaring wildly at your throat, I would
suggest you run the other way.

I wish everything I wrote invited such rage. I can’t imagine getting flamed for something as stupid as the way I learned how to tie a scarf a couple of winters ago. The comments are even funnier, because some people were all “meh?” My favorite comment of all:

“It’s not a “Snug Tug scarf appreciation website” it’s one post, nearly
two years old, on a blog, and you pinched the instructions from them
without crediting them. Naughty Grauniad!”

Thank you commenter named frothwrath!

Actually, I’m thinking of renaming this blog The Snug Tug Scarf Appreciation Website. or STSAW for short. What do you think?

Place Your Bets – Project Runway

So, tonight is the night of Project Runway’s finale and I’m sure there are plenty of spoiler posts out there, but I will not be reading them. So, if you haven’t read them either and you are a PR fan, post your predictions in the comments. A) Will Jeffrey be eliminated from the competition and B) Who will win?

I’m going to go on record as saying that Jeffrey will get kicked off, but still gets to show at Bryant Park. (Actually, I know he gets to show because I saw photos from his show weeks ago.) I am also going to bet that B) Uli wins.

If I didn’t think Jeffrey were getting kicked off I would say he will win. Michael, the favored designer, doesn’t have a strong collection. Laura’s pieces are well-made, but I think the judges will end up thinking that they’re too matronly.

So, to recap:

A) Does Jeffrey get kicked off?
B) Who wins Project Runway Season 3?

My answers: A) Yes B) Uli

P.S. People.com has some footage from tonight’s episode that you might want to watch before you decide.