Mary Fashion Show!!!
So over the past few days of ultimate Mary!squee, meryl_edan and I suddenly found ourselves arguing over what type of attire suits Mary best. This involved much "fuck you"-ing on my part toward Meryl, and much "Okay, that's enough, you" toward me. But I digress.
When it comes to Mary's totally awesome outfits of win, I, of course, lean more toward the more revealing clothing, while meryl_edan prefers the more conservative, classy, yet sexy garb.
So what better way to settle our score over Mary fashion than to hold a MARY FASHION SHOW?
So that is what we did.
Welcome to our Mary Fashion Show.
<3 <3 <3
As totally qualified critics of top fashion, we, icedteainthebag and meryl_edan each picked three outfits that we considered the most awesome from Mary's Wardrobe of Weird And Sometimes Wild Fashions. We critiqued them using very industry-specific standards (right??).
We also found ourselves disagreeing COMPLETELY on the pink/black dress Mary wore to Jules Verne (the Koffel photo shoot dress), so we argued about that.
Finally, we decided to have a friendly discussion about the top three outfits that made us go "WTF!" and the one dress we actually agreed looked pretty fucking amazing.
Cue the music, turn on the runway lights, embark on A Journey of Maryliciousness.
icedteainthebag's PICKS
Icedtea: "Honestly, what is there not to like about flowers, short skirts, and red toenails? Oh yes, and SHOES OF WIN. She’s absolutely adorable."
Meryl: "Trapeze dresses should stay at the fucking circus. First, this is two sizes too big, and second, unstructured styles like this are for sticks like Tricia Helfer. Mary needs tailored clothing to work her curves."
Icedtea: "I’ll work her curves!!"
Icedtea: "You have to be a certain kind of OMGHOT to pull off a dress like this (and how I’d love to pull it off). I love how it hugs her curves, and I love how her hair looks, but I’m not a huge fan of the shoes. I actually think Katee borrowed them a couple years later."
Meryl: "Turquoise: fug. Ruching: fug. She looks bloated! And I'm pretty sure I wore those shoes to my junior prom back in 1998."
Icedtea: "Ruching, is that even a word? WTF."
Meryl: "Yes, it's that type of gathering."
Icedtea: "Oh. right. Carry on then."
Icedtea: "One word. GUH. Okay, two words. GUH, motherfucker."
Meryl: "I love how you get more articulate as we go on."
Icedtea: lol "I'm losin' it."
Meryl: "I actually really like this dress; it's the styling that bothers me. One, I can see bra (not classy), and two, I think a below-the-knee hemline like this demands higher heels. Why do we so rarely get Mary in 3+ inch heels? *whine*"
Icedtea: "Life is full of tough questions."
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meryl_edan's PICKS
Meryl: "Finally, a proper color that rocks with her complexion! I love how she's relatively covered up here and is still so sexy. THE SHOES. See what I mean about low hemlines and high heels?"
Icedtea: "I am soooo not into this crepe crap. I’m not sure if she ripped that off of her living room curtains or what. And since the purpose of this wrap seems to be to hide her body, I cannot approve of this dress."
Meryl: lol
Icedtea: "You didn't respond to my comment about the crepe."
Meryl: "I don't like it either."
Meryl: "The tailoring is spot-on. Sleeves are too short for her to hide her hands in (has anyone else noticed this habit?) and the shoes are perfect. Only women of a certain age can get away with so much sparkle--she does. She needs to ditch that awful purse though."
Icedtea: "CHAINMAIL IS SO 1700’s. Even Mary can’t bring it back."
Meryl: "Maybe she's going to a roleplay later on."
Icedtea: "Oh fuck yeah, you think?"
Meryl: "Definitely"
Meryl: "I'm a little in love with this one. This is casual Mary on a Sunday afternoon, staying in, watching movies, napping on the couch. (Adrienne, do not ruin this fantasy for me, I'm begging you.)"
Icedtea: "...I'm so sorry but I'm about to ruin it for you."
Meryl: "Omg, ok, go"
Icedtea: "I was not entirely sure you were serious when you said you liked this outfit. Seriously I would need to get Mary out of this frumpy pink frock as soon as possible. Her look of displeasure is obviously from realizing she is wearing too many clothes."
Meryl: "Her look says 'I feel so snuggly right now, plus I'm not wearing a bra under here.'"
Icedtea: "Just another reason to get that thing off as quickly as possible"
Meryl: "Sigh. Sometimes I think you have no appreciation for titillation/anticipation."
Icedtea: "I happen to have a lot of appreciation for titillation. Thank you."
Meryl: "I don't believe you."
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And now we bring you...
CLASSY V. SKANKY
Icedtea: CLASSY. "I love this dress so hard it nearly hurts and I have spent more time than necessary examining the absolutely adorable dent of her belly button. This dress is the perfect combo of classy and OMGHOT. And people also like the Dangly String of Win."
Meryl: SKANKY. "There is nothing classy or elegant about this whatsoever. It's lingerie, and not in a good way! For frak's sake, you're in Paris, Mary. This is when you break out the Armani. Up your game."
Icedtea: "HARSH!!!"
Meryl: "I have worse things to say, but I'll leave it at that. I think there's a Spanx fail happening here."
Icedtea: "Should i keep adding this?" lol
Meryl: "No, don't put in the 'worse things to say' thing. People will think I'm a total bitch."
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THESE MAKE US WANT TO SMASH
OUR HEADS AGAINST SOMETHING
Icedtea: "I refuse to believe this is Mary McDonnell. I will need a signed statement of WTF-icity stating such."
Meryl: "The orange jacket that makes me grimace and cry. OMG, it's so bad."
Meryl: "Atrocious, omg. Not only is it white, but it's shiny white."
Icedtea: "Mary, you and white do not get along. Please stop working together. It should be in your contract."
Meryl & Icedtea: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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AND THIS IS THE ONE DRESS WE WOULD BOTH LIKE TO SEE IN PERSON.
Fan-fucking-tabulous.
Hope you enjoyed our little Mary Fashion Show. Please join us in the lobby for complimentary h'ors d'ouvres, white wine and chocolate martinis.
all photos courtesy of mary-mcdonnell.net
When it comes to Mary's totally awesome outfits of win, I, of course, lean more toward the more revealing clothing, while meryl_edan prefers the more conservative, classy, yet sexy garb.
So what better way to settle our score over Mary fashion than to hold a MARY FASHION SHOW?
So that is what we did.
Welcome to our Mary Fashion Show.
<3 <3 <3
As totally qualified critics of top fashion, we, icedteainthebag and meryl_edan each picked three outfits that we considered the most awesome from Mary's Wardrobe of Weird And Sometimes Wild Fashions. We critiqued them using very industry-specific standards (right??).
We also found ourselves disagreeing COMPLETELY on the pink/black dress Mary wore to Jules Verne (the Koffel photo shoot dress), so we argued about that.
Finally, we decided to have a friendly discussion about the top three outfits that made us go "WTF!" and the one dress we actually agreed looked pretty fucking amazing.
Cue the music, turn on the runway lights, embark on A Journey of Maryliciousness.
icedteainthebag's PICKS
Icedtea: "Honestly, what is there not to like about flowers, short skirts, and red toenails? Oh yes, and SHOES OF WIN. She’s absolutely adorable."
Meryl: "Trapeze dresses should stay at the fucking circus. First, this is two sizes too big, and second, unstructured styles like this are for sticks like Tricia Helfer. Mary needs tailored clothing to work her curves."
Icedtea: "I’ll work her curves!!"
Icedtea: "You have to be a certain kind of OMGHOT to pull off a dress like this (and how I’d love to pull it off). I love how it hugs her curves, and I love how her hair looks, but I’m not a huge fan of the shoes. I actually think Katee borrowed them a couple years later."
Meryl: "Turquoise: fug. Ruching: fug. She looks bloated! And I'm pretty sure I wore those shoes to my junior prom back in 1998."
Icedtea: "Ruching, is that even a word? WTF."
Meryl: "Yes, it's that type of gathering."
Icedtea: "Oh. right. Carry on then."
Icedtea: "One word. GUH. Okay, two words. GUH, motherfucker."
Meryl: "I love how you get more articulate as we go on."
Icedtea: lol "I'm losin' it."
Meryl: "I actually really like this dress; it's the styling that bothers me. One, I can see bra (not classy), and two, I think a below-the-knee hemline like this demands higher heels. Why do we so rarely get Mary in 3+ inch heels? *whine*"
Icedtea: "Life is full of tough questions."
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meryl_edan's PICKS
Meryl: "Finally, a proper color that rocks with her complexion! I love how she's relatively covered up here and is still so sexy. THE SHOES. See what I mean about low hemlines and high heels?"
Icedtea: "I am soooo not into this crepe crap. I’m not sure if she ripped that off of her living room curtains or what. And since the purpose of this wrap seems to be to hide her body, I cannot approve of this dress."
Meryl: lol
Icedtea: "You didn't respond to my comment about the crepe."
Meryl: "I don't like it either."
Meryl: "The tailoring is spot-on. Sleeves are too short for her to hide her hands in (has anyone else noticed this habit?) and the shoes are perfect. Only women of a certain age can get away with so much sparkle--she does. She needs to ditch that awful purse though."
Icedtea: "CHAINMAIL IS SO 1700’s. Even Mary can’t bring it back."
Meryl: "Maybe she's going to a roleplay later on."
Icedtea: "Oh fuck yeah, you think?"
Meryl: "Definitely"
Meryl: "I'm a little in love with this one. This is casual Mary on a Sunday afternoon, staying in, watching movies, napping on the couch. (Adrienne, do not ruin this fantasy for me, I'm begging you.)"
Icedtea: "...I'm so sorry but I'm about to ruin it for you."
Meryl: "Omg, ok, go"
Icedtea: "I was not entirely sure you were serious when you said you liked this outfit. Seriously I would need to get Mary out of this frumpy pink frock as soon as possible. Her look of displeasure is obviously from realizing she is wearing too many clothes."
Meryl: "Her look says 'I feel so snuggly right now, plus I'm not wearing a bra under here.'"
Icedtea: "Just another reason to get that thing off as quickly as possible"
Meryl: "Sigh. Sometimes I think you have no appreciation for titillation/anticipation."
Icedtea: "I happen to have a lot of appreciation for titillation. Thank you."
Meryl: "I don't believe you."
____________________________________________________________
And now we bring you...
CLASSY V. SKANKY
Icedtea: CLASSY. "I love this dress so hard it nearly hurts and I have spent more time than necessary examining the absolutely adorable dent of her belly button. This dress is the perfect combo of classy and OMGHOT. And people also like the Dangly String of Win."
Meryl: SKANKY. "There is nothing classy or elegant about this whatsoever. It's lingerie, and not in a good way! For frak's sake, you're in Paris, Mary. This is when you break out the Armani. Up your game."
Icedtea: "HARSH!!!"
Meryl: "I have worse things to say, but I'll leave it at that. I think there's a Spanx fail happening here."
Icedtea: "Should i keep adding this?" lol
Meryl: "No, don't put in the 'worse things to say' thing. People will think I'm a total bitch."
____________________________________________________________
THESE MAKE US WANT TO SMASH
OUR HEADS AGAINST SOMETHING
Icedtea: "I refuse to believe this is Mary McDonnell. I will need a signed statement of WTF-icity stating such."
Meryl: "The orange jacket that makes me grimace and cry. OMG, it's so bad."
Meryl: "Atrocious, omg. Not only is it white, but it's shiny white."
Icedtea: "Mary, you and white do not get along. Please stop working together. It should be in your contract."
Meryl & Icedtea: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
____________________________________________________________
AND THIS IS THE ONE DRESS WE WOULD BOTH LIKE TO SEE IN PERSON.
Fan-fucking-tabulous.
Hope you enjoyed our little Mary Fashion Show. Please join us in the lobby for complimentary h'ors d'ouvres, white wine and chocolate martinis.
all photos courtesy of mary-mcdonnell.net