#GAL Unit Black Diamond

[miyurockbridge]

【テレビ出演告知】 明日8月1日(金)深夜25:25放送 TBS「ガンミ」出演します！！ ※土曜になってすぐの 深夜1:25放送ってことです。 ウーマンラッシュアワーさんとの 絡みがかなり面白いですww 是非ご覧下さぁい(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))♡笑

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[tokyodolldiaries]

Makeup is the most important point. Even if the hair is styled and the outfit [is] perfect, as long as the makeup is missing, you are not gyaru at all.

#harutamu #black diamond #black diamonds #black diamond gyarusa #black diamond unit #gal #gyaru

[abookishdreamer]

Writeblr Intro!!!

A quick run down & random facts (lol!):

My name is Paulina. I'm 26 and I’m a fellow Brooklynite!

I'm black (Haitian-American)

Red velvet cake is the best cake out there! No one can convince me otherwise!

I'm an aspiring writer with dreams of being traditionally published one day.

I have too many WIPs to count! (50 or so, to be exact)!

For a potential follower, if you like diverse, nuanced, complex character driven stories with plots galore, I'm your gal!

I'm also a mythology nerd (my fav. being Greek mythology), but I'm interested in learning about other mythologies out there! (Norse, Japanese, Mayan, African, etc...)

Night owl, bibliophile, bookworm- that's ME!

I'd totally wear a book scented perfume!

I love reading YA & Adult books. My go-to genres are contemporary (love, love, love character driven stories that pack an emotional punch! I'm also a sucker for love stories (fav. tropes include, but not limited to- enemies to lovers, best friends to lovers, found family, second chance romance...), literary fiction, historical fiction (pirates, queens, royal intrigue, vikings, major historical events- the world is my oyster!), historical fantasy, fantasy (I love extensive realized worlds!!!), & science fiction (cyborgs, A.I., robots, oh my!)

On this blog, I'll share character profiles, worldbuilding stuff, and snippets of my WIPs. I'm also a fan of reblogging fashion, gorgeous artwork, & other images that I connect with! I'm looking forward to getting to know more people in the writeblr community & hopefully getting more followers as well! My ask box is always open!

Some of my WIPs:

My main WIP is a YA contemporary fantasy series titled Kingdom of Ichor (new & improved title!!!). Think Greek mythology mixed with the TV show Euphoria & a small dash of Gossip Girl. It's a modern retelling or "remix" of Greek myths. Each book will be dual POV, third person. I'm currently working on a 1st draft on the first book- Of Flowers and Darkness, a Hades & Persephone retelling

My Life is a Telenovela!- a standalone YA contemporary following the misadventures of an aspiring screenwriter named Lucia at her performing arts high school in Miami. Her parents are well known telenovela stars.

The Rat Pack- a standalone YA contemporary about five Florida teens (who are best friends) that go on a road trip across the United States before going their separate ways for college.

Gorgeous Gems- a YA contemporary companion series following three sisters (who are also identical triplets!) and their lives in Cleveland, Ohio. The first book will follow the eldest triplet. The title is Shine Bright Like a Diamond!

Kissing in the Dark- a YA historical fiction story following a gay Jewish teenage boy named Max. It takes place in 1969 in NYC against the backdrop of the Stonewall Riots.

The Zenith Chronicles- a YA science fiction trilogy that's set in the futuristic cyberpunk city of Zenith. The first book is gonna be a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood titled Savage Red.

One of my Adult WIPs is about a young Mexican woman who makes the drastic choice to work for a ruthless cartel, bringing forth all her dark & deadly desires. The working title is Sicaria.

#writers on tumblr #aspiring writer #aspiring author #writeblr #writeblr community #new writeblr #new writers on tumblr #writing #writing community #my writing #writers of tumblr

[riseofthecommonwoodpile]

Stealing more pics from the source of that post I reblogged because Black Diamond are my favorite gal unit. also i am 100% the type of loser who would totally go to their ganguro cafe and get the gyaru makeover if i were to ever visit Japan, if you wanted to know how bully-able i am.

#gyaru #i guess i'm gonna add a gyaru tag to the regular rotation #gotta go back and add that to older stuff

[that-fema-corps-blog]

Day 350

July 18, 2023

I got up early and took a look around Diamond Lake. There wasn’t much activity, though I did see a female common merganser swimming.

We left around 7:30 and began the drive toward Crater Lake. We stopped at Castle Crest Wildflower Trail along the way for a short hike. It’s not in full bloom yet, but it’s still quite pretty. I was surprised to find that there was still some ice on the ground. I suppose that’s a result of the altitude; we were 7,500 feet up the last I checked. I was surprised I didn’t feel it, considering we were at sea level just a day before.

I promptly fell behind looking for birds and got caught in a conversation with two older women about flowers. They told me that this was the first time they’d been here this year and were coming to see the flowers before the main fire season. They pointed out several flowers including bog orchids, which they said were growing earlier this year.

They also showed me monkeyflowers, which they said would grow to cover much of the hill after a couple months.

I parted ways to try to catch up to my teammates and reached the trail clearing. It strikes me how richly this forest smells of wood. I usually don’t notice the scent of a place, but this was difficult to miss; it quite reminded me of the lumber section of a hardware store or the part of a tractor supply store that sells horse stall bedding.

The team had started splitting up to look for me by the time I found some of them. It probably took 20 or 30 minutes for the rest of us to reunite. Oops. We continued to Crater Lake, pulling over every few minutes to look. It’s hard to explain just how huge this place is. There’s no way to see it all without turning one’s head, and I couldn’t get the whole thing in one photo:

Crater Lake has a unique geological history. It is the deepest lake in the United States:

A massive eruption occurred about 7,700 years ago. It was followed by ejections of volcanic matter through fractures, in an oval shape around the mountain. These events weakened the mountain’s structure, and caused the central portion of Mount Mazama to collapse inward. The result was an 5–6 mi (8–10 km) diameter and 0.7 mi (1.2 km) deep caldera. … Soon after the caldera formed, eruptions from new vents built the base of Wizard Island, and over several hundred years, rain and snow partially filled the caldera. Meanwhile, Wizard Island continued to grow and three other volcanoes formed underwater. The final eruption was on the east flank of Wizard Island about 4,800 years ago. … Evaporation and seepage are equal forces which keep Crater Lake from filling beyond an average depth of 1,943 ft (592 m) or 4.9 trillion gal (18.6 trillion L) of water. About 34 billion gal (128 billion L) are gained and lost each year.

All three vans met at the visitor center so we could swap teammates and look around more. The visitor center itself was closed, but there was quite a bit of activity nonetheless. I ran into a birder I earlier saw on the wildflower trail, and she told me that the Clark’s nutcrackers I was watching had fledged a week ago. Interestingly, these juveniles looked identical to the adult feeding them; I wouldn’t have known they were fledglings if it weren’t for them screaming to be fed. I suppose this isn’t too surprising, considering they’re related to crows and jays, which generally don’t have the most distinct juvenal plumage.

I saw a Townsend’s solitaire flying in the distance. These robin and bluebird relatives are plain grey birds with few markings, minus some light patterning on the wings. The solid buff stripe on the top of its wing was a distinct enough field mark for me to be confident identifying it.

I watched a small flock of red crossbills land in one of the conifers. These goldfinch relatives have unique crossed bills they use to pry seeds out of cones. They are somewhat uncommon among birds for not having a distinct breeding season or location; they’ll breed whenever and wherever the conifer seeds are plentiful.

We drove for several hours and crossed into California. It looks like several acres along the interstate had burned recently:

A few more miles, and we passed Mount Shasta and met for lunch at Weed, CA. Another several hours, and we finally arrived back at campus. We took COVID tests, got our dorm keys, unloaded the vans, and spent the rest of the evening socializing and resting.

#fema corps #road trip #sightseeing #birding #oregon #california

[galrevo]

SOUL Sister 2012年 11月 vol.08

#SOUL Sister #ソウルシスター #Black Diamond #Gal Unit BLACK DIAMOND #ギャル #Gyaru #GAL #黒ギャル #強め #Kuro Gyaru #Kuro GAL #Tsuyome

[sunnyyuh]

~Subestilos Gyaru~

Temos vários subestilos, tanto meninas podem usar quanto meninos. Irei mostrar eles pra vocês se inspirarem e conhecer mais ^^

Kogyaru/Kogal~

O primeiro subestilo. São garotas colegiais que usavam as roupas para criticar o padrão japonês, como meias mais volumosas, saias curtas e blusas mais largas, oque era totalmente fora das regras nas escolas do Japão. Quando elas saiam das escolas e iam passear pela cidade elas usavam essas roupas, e elas também tinham peles um pouco mais bronzeada, assim fazendo uma crítica a pele clara que sempre foi padronizada no Japão. Além disse eu acho elas muito fofas.

Ganguro, manba, yamanba + kurogyaru~

Ganguro são os gyaru OG que usam bronzeados mais profundos e e maquiagens brancas fortes. Eu agrupei ganguro junto com manba, yamanba e kurogyaru pois são desenvolvimentos do ganguro.

Mas há uma diferença fundamental entre cada um deles, mas os bronzeados e maquiagem conectam todos eles.

Ganguro - Gyaru já veio pra abandonar totalmente os padrões japoneses, usando bronzeamentos mais profundos e um jeito mais "vulgar" de se falar. OG gyaru.

Manba - Usam maquiagens brancas acima e abaixo do olho (parece até um Pandinha). E também provavelmente o estilo que a maioria das pessoas imaginam quando pensam em gyaru.

Yamanba - Usam maquiagens brancas apenas na parte de cima do olho

Kurogyaru - é uma versão muito moderna do ganguro. Exemplo chave: Black Diamond Gal Unit.

Gyaruo~

O masculino de gyaru. Podem ser separados nas mesmas subcategorias de gyaru, por exemplo, Ganguro gyaruo, Rokku gyaruo, OraOra Gyaruo etc.

Hime Gyaru~

As princesas do mundo gyaru! Este é um dos estilos de garota mais exagerados, e geralmente inclui o uso de várias peças de peruca para criar um cabelo volumoso com muitos cachos. Pérolas, coroas, rendas e laços aparecem com bastante frequência em seus acessórios, assim como a cor rosa, mas outras cores como o preto também são usadas. Muitas vezes as pessoas confundem isso com Lolita, mas a silhueta é completamente diferente e a maquiagem e o cabelo são mais exagerados.

Agejo~

(não vou poder mais colocar imagens pois cheguei ao limite)

Agejo é um estilo Gyaru sexy e glamoroso. A revista Ageha foi uma grande fonte de inspiração para agejo e suas roupas apresentam muitas rendas, meias arrastão e meias, e um pouco de fofura também. Nele também é usado cabelos um pouco volumosos e cacheados.

Amekaji~

Um estilo com estética americana pesada, como cores vivas, camisetas com slogans e bonés de beisebol. Uma das principais marcas Amekaji é CoLu aka CoCoLuLu. Nesse estilo usam bastante camisetas e calças, ou seja é bem confortável.

Ana agejo~

Esta é a versão mais adulta do agejo, e perfeita para quem quer diminuir o tom, mas sem perder a estética agejo.

Gaijin Gyaru~

Este é o termo para quem gosta de Gyaru, mas não é japonês. Estrangeiros que são da subcultura.

Himekaji/Roma Gyary~

Ele se traduz como princesa 'casual' e a marca himekaji mais popular é Liz Lisa (embora eu sugira olhar para suas coleções mais antigas para se inspirar). Tem uma aparência geral muito romântica e é mais suave do que os outros estilos de gyaru, por isso é um ótimo ponto de partida para o gyaru novato.

Onee Gyary~

Muitas vezes é o estilo para o qual as garotas se 'graduam'. Sua maquiagem e cabelo são mais atenuados.

Ora Ora + Ane Gyaru~

Eles usam muitos agasalhos, mas eles se vestem com muito estilo! Ele combina um pouco de vibes badass da cultura Yankii e eles geralmente têm um bronzeado profundo. Ambos OraOra e Ane Gyaru são muito semelhantes, mas para facilitar, Ane Gyaru é basicamente a irmã rebelde de Onee Gyaru.

Rokku + Goshikku~

Os rockstars da comunidade Gyaru! Este é um dos estilos mais fáceis de entrar quando você está apenas começando, pois eles compartilham os mesmos elementos (em termos de roupas).

Bem, no próximo post irei mostrar mais diversidade nessa subcultura e discutir sobre a polêmica de blackface, asianfishing e etc. É isso gals <3

[monaatheog]

Dance Rehearsal

Hair >> Suni Unit - HATION   ➟ Mainstore!

Bra + panty >> The tati bra & thong - Nude   ➟NEW infront of mainstore!

Bottom >> Marley Sweatpants V2 Black Rare - RKKN ➟ Marketplace!

Sweater >> Off shoulder cardigan - Tetra   ➟Mainstore!

Socks >> Warm socks - Tetra   ➟ Mainstore!

Poses >> Bad gal v1 - Ninety5ive   ➟ Marketplace!

Rue pose 1 - STUNposes  ➟ NEW at cakeday!

Belly piercing >> Georgia peach belly piercing - Rossi  ➟ Diamond District!

Video Camera >> Hi8 - Camera silver - KOPFKINO   ➟ NEW at Kustom9

[tachyonpen]

Weird size community meme idea- your taste in size content represented via playing cards.

No, seriously.

Set the red suits and black suits in two separate piles to start, and set the Jokers aside- cards laid vertically will be things that you're generally interested in, or that you'd like to see in a partner of a different size. Cards laid horizontally will be ideas that would apply to you.

The black suits, clubs and spades, will be giant-related. First, kings, queens and jacks- guys, gals, and nonbinary; who's the big party in your ideal g/t story?

Next, the numbered cards. In a setting built for the smaller party (so the big ones are giants, dealing with inconveniences like being unable to ride in cars or enter most buildings comfortably), what's your ideal size gap between the giant(s) and everybody else? [Word to the wise- The max. height is going to be A) in Imperial units and B) shown off using a relatively short 5 ft tall and a very tall 6'8" multiplied up to the relevant proportions ahead, like so 5'/6'8"]. 2 is up to about double, where everyone is about double-ish the norm- 10/13 feet, about, so the smaller ones come up to their waist or higher, typically. 3 would be from there up to about 5x the norm, so anywhere up to 25/33 feet tall- about to the shin. 4 is from there up to the beloved Brobdingnagian x12 difference, or 60/80 feet tall- one foot to the humans is about an inch to the bigs. 5 is from those proportions up to a 20x difference, 100/133 ft, where people are about the size of their finger or ear, and a 5/6 story building is their equal in height. 6 is where we start getting crazy- an up to 60x difference, 300/400 ft. tall, meaning the average person is only as tall as their toes, and their proportions mean that they need to be careful lest they knock over skyscrapers- they're about as tall as a 15/20 story building at this point. 7 is a difference up to 240x, or 1200/1600 ft tall, which is the point where they'd start genuinely causing damage to the landscape and civilization with their footsteps, and people would start to resemble small bugs to them. 8 on up is much less common, but I'll keep going- this number indicates anywhere up to a 500x difference between the giant and the human civilization, or 2500/3333 feet tall; this is around half a mile, and where living on or inside the giant(s) becomes a feasible option- the giant would be no more cognizant of the individual people than we would be an aphid. 9 is where we make significantly larger jumps for those who like their giants colossal- this covers anything up to 7,500,000x normal size, or 7500/9833 miles tall- approximately the same size as Earth's diameter, or literally planetary-scale giants. Lastly, 10 covers anything up to 225 million times normal size, up to 225,000/300,000 miles tall- so large than even the Earth itself is 2 inches across, or about the size of a largish gumball, by comparison to the giant, a card I don't expect most of you to set out.

Last, the ace- do you like it when the big has to grow big to get like this? Its absence will be for giants born enormous (or made enormous in the case of mechanical or divine beings).

For the red suits, your hearts and diamonds, these are for tiny roles. Again, the kings, queens, and jacks- tiny guys, smol gals, little enby pals.

The numbered cards here refer to settings designed for the comfort of the bigger party- your Borrower or HIStK settings go here. 2 is for anything down to half-size smalls, 2'6"/3'4" coming up to about the waist of their bigger counterparts- an inconvenient existence, but not by too much. 3 is from that point down to one-fourth size, 15"/20", which would leave our smaller party at about knee height, and taller people would look like two-story buildings at about this point. 4 takes us down to one-sixth size, 10"/13", which is about the length of the bigger people's forearm, and just the right size to mount your average housecat or small dog like a horse. 5 takes us down to Lilliputian one-twelfth, or 5/7 inches tall- this would put the smaller ones at about the length of people's hands from base of palm to tip of pinky finger, and small enough to hide in underwear; notably, this is a great "small civilization" size in other works as well, with mice and rats occupying a role as mounts, various common lizards acting the role of dragon, and both cats and hawks being relatively threatening. 6 takes us to the ever popular one-twentieth, or 3/4 inches tall- about as tall as a person's ear, or as long as their finger if laid out; notably, this is a pretty common Borrower size, as your bog standard inch-and-a-half sewing needle makes for a decent rapier at this scale, large bugs are a relatively even fight, socks are bigger than you and fluffy enough to make into beds, etc. 7 takes us to the one-sixtieth size smalls, or approximately an inch tall- to the people, they're about as tall as their toe, or the length of a single joint on a finger; these are the settings where they frequently interact with, say, snails, crickets, and hummingbirds, but brown ants are about the size of dogs to the littles. 8 is where we start getting extra little, specifically down to one-hundred-twentieth scale- this makes the smalls about the length of the bed of an unpainted fingernail, and where the common small trope of "a few crumbs is too much" genuinely starts to apply. 9 takes us all the way down to one-five-hundredth scale smalls, or about the size of fleas- notably, this makes the smalls actually small enough to not break water's surface tension (read- walk on dirty water) and a head of hair becomes a forest. 10, lastly, brings us down to the genuinely microscopic smalls, the ones who can't be effectively seen by the naked eye unless they're moving or in a group, down to 1/1200 scale for the sake of stating an identifiable number- at this size, every inch is a five-mile trek, meaning that it's usually reserved for brief jokes and villain punishments; that said, would briefly like to note Fantastic Voyage plots, but effective conversion for numbers that small is giving me a headache.

These aces note a love of shrinking itself being pointed out. If not used, they instead indicate littles born or created that size being your preference.

You can use as many cards as apply to your tastes.

#sizetumblr #g/t #g/t related

[reginaldqueribundus]

for no reason whatsoever: my last 100 Wikipedia tabs

(from the app)

Ray William Johnson

Kenny G

Spanish flu

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)

David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet

Virgin boy egg

OnlyFans

Free public transport

Mandingo (film)

Imagine (John Lennon song)

Gal Gadot

Barosaurus

Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed

Prostitution in the Netherlands

Patty Hearst

Jessie (Toy Story)

List of serial killers by country

Iridescent shark

Star Trek: Discovery (season 4)

Isenheim Altarpiece

Winnipeg International Children’s Festival

Psilocybin mushroom

Subnautica

World Happiness Report

Chinese dragon

The Anarchist Cookbook

Target Canada

Marion Stokes

Dick Van Dyke

Russell Williams (criminal)

Porter Robinson

Monster (2003 film)

Flag of Georgia (country)

2019–2021 Persian gulf crisis

QAnon

ClayFighter

Kate Bush

Geneva Conventions

Martin Luther King Jr.

List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols

List of common misconceptions

Sigmund Freud

Immunosuppressive drug

Coca-Cola BlāK

List of pirates

The Big Comfy Couch

Elon Musk

Dan Schneider (TV producer)

Azure Dragon

Dustin Diamond

Black Eyed Peas

A Jest of God

John Harvey Kellogg

On Beyond Zebra!

Garrison Keillor

Iman Vellani

Missing and murdered Indigenous women

Belle Delphine

JonTron

List of former sovereign states

Megan Wants a Millionaire

Murder of Jasmine Fiore

Crime in the United Arab Emirates

Garda Síochána

2021 Suez Canal obstruction

Fremulon

Boshin War

Non-fungible token

Down with Webster

Curry

Darkwing Duck

Hamster

Iraq

Tourette syndrome

Balan Wonderworld

Serfdom

18th century in literature

19th century in literature

15th century in literature

COVID-19 misinformation

4chan

Lindsay Ellis

Brocket 99

My Girl (film)

Comparison of traffic signs in English-speaking countries

Seattle Seahawks

Board of Control for Cricket in India

Jester

List of Nigerian actors

List of Russian film directors

People v. Turner

Johan de Witt

OPEC

Scott Rudin

Constantine (film)

Thylacine

Numerology

Aragorn

I Heart Vampires

Berthold Woltze

#long post #stuff no one cares about #wikipedia #my wikipedia history

[miyurockbridge]

拡散希望♡

本日夜19:56から放送の

TBSの特番「世界の怖い夜」に

出演するよー(∗•ω•∗)

『ギャルが選んだ恐怖映像BEST5』と

いうコーナーでちょー怖かった( ˃̣̣̥ω˂̣̣̥ )

みんなみてね♡♡

#Harutamu #Rise #Risa #GAL Unit Black Diamond #GAL Unit #Black Diamond #Gyaru #GAL #Kuro Hada #Kuro Gyaru #Kuro GAL #96 Gyaru #96 GAL #Tsuyome #Tsuyome Gyaru #Tsuyome GAL

[tokyodolldiaries]

Black Diamond Gyaru Pochinyamu w/ Baby Shoop, Minnie Mouse & Platforms (2012)

#pochinyamu #heisei gyaru #black diamond #gyaru unit #gyarusa #black diamond gyarusa #gyaru #gal #gyaru fashion #ギャル #jfashion #kawaii fashion

[funnydove-blog]

Best in Class

I call it Old Money Style. It’s often called ‘preppy’, sometimes ‘Ivy Style’, referring to the Ivy League schools in the northeast region of the United States, where this mode of dressing originated almost a century ago. Whatever you call it, it’s the way Old Money Gals have been dressing for decades.

This traditional, comfortable, discreet, and elegant manner of dress has endured, oblivious to the winds of fashion. It remains a benchmark. Use it as your North Star, should you find yourself at a loss for wardrobe direction. It exclusively involves natural fabrics, leans toward solid colors, and will serve you extremely well over the course of your life.

Should you adopt this style, people may not notice what you’re wearing on a specific day, but they will over time come to consider you as always ‘well dressed’, regardless of whether they see you in the office, around the neighborhood, or at a social event.

Again: the way you dress is nonverbal communication. When you opt to dress as an Old Money Gal, your style is communicating some important ideas to others about you: you’re confident about your future, secure enough not to have to attract attention strictly with your clothes, independent in your thinking, and unapologetic about your values. You convey the idea that your attributes go much deeper than what meets the eye, and that, in order to find out what those are, someone will have to take an interest and make an effort to get to know you. You’re not on display for anyone’s amusement, entertainment, or approval.

Furthermore, you establish yourself as a person uninfluenced by passing trends, someone who doesn’t need the latest fashion to prop up her self-esteem. You’re presenting yourself as someone with self-respect and traditional values—the opposite of arm candy. All these things are going to work in your favor as you make a first impression, and as you create an appearance that conveys how you expect to be treated: fairly and with respect.

Random thing to consider: you’ve seen family photos that are ten, twenty, or thirty years old. Fashions captured in these images can be ghastly and comical. That’s because they are fashions. They are not style. You know who doesn’t look silly? Old Money Gals. Because they dress in the same style for decades, from generation to generation, from cradle to grave.

~ OLD MONEY SECRET ~ How a woman presents herself to the world will determine to a large extent how she is treated by the world and what results she gets from the world. Presentation includes preparation, comportment and manners, and clothing and grooming.

* * * * * * * * THE SHORT LIST If you are a college student, or just starting out in your career, you want to keep your style simple, economical, and classic. Here’s a Short List of the basics you can acquire in order to present yourself stylishly for decades:

1. White or sky blue long sleeve,100% cotton and linen blouses; 2. Solid color 100% cotton short sleeve pullovers; 3. Solid color pullover or cardigan sweaters,100% wool or 100% cotton; 4. 100% linen or cotton long pants and shorts in solid colors; 5. Grey, black, or navy 100% linen or wool/cashmere blend pants; 6. Grey, black, or navy 100% linen or 100% wool skirts; 7. A classic black dress, mid-length; 8. Black high heel shoes with a closed toe, for office or dress; 9. Navy or tan pumps with a chunk heel, for walking comfortably; 10. Topsiders, sandals, or loafers, for casual; 11. Wool socks and cotton socks and hose, neutral, blue or black; 12. Blue or black blazer; 13. Blue, black, or grey business suit of good quality; 14. Navy, grey, or camel tan full-length 100% wool coat for winter; 15. A ‘London Fog’ style trench coat for rain.

Ralph Lauren Polo, Brooks Brothers, LL Bean, and Lands’ End offer these items in a predictable range of quality and styles, and a wide variety of price points. Remember the Old Money Order of Things: Plan…well in advance. Earn…like a man. Save… consistently. Invest…strategically. Spend…wisely. Plan. Earn. Save. Invest. Spend. As you strategize to create or recreate your wardrobe, remember: you are investing in yourself. Invest in quality products in traditional styles because they stand the test of time. Keep these helpful hints in mind:

Take your time; let your style develop;

Remember and follow the ‘5% set aside’ rule;

Avoid logos, or keep them small and to a minimum;

Prioritize your purchasing: acquire items you will wear every day first;

In terms of quality/price, most of the time you will get what you pay for;

Look for items that wear well over time, both in terms of style and durability;

Shop at upscale vintage stores for great deals on high-quality, well-maintained, classic garments.

THE REAL THING A stunning, tasteful, original piece of jewelry is an accessory that enhances a woman’s natural beauty. Old Money Gals know that, and keep jewelry to a minimum. Follow their lead: keep the bling to a minimum. Make sure it is appropriate. A little goes a long way. Curate great pieces made with quality materials. Know that counterfeit jewelry or accessories are obvious to the refined eye and should be avoided. I feel very strongly about this for two reasons.

First, counterfeiting name brands is a criminal enterprise. It is lucrative. It is global. It is violent. And it victimizes not just the women who buy the fake items, but also the often abused women who work in hellish conditions for slave wages to produce the merchandise. So, considering this, you can decide if you want to participate in this blood-stained economy in order to impress the easily impressed.

Second, I will tell you that Old Money Gals have razor-sharp radar: they can spot a fake Louis Vuitton bag from across the street. Furthermore, Old Money Gals view the display of counterfeit merchandise as a desperate attempt to impress and as a willingness to deceive. Neither of these is appealing. Neither is tolerated. So, do not come crying to me when you have been dissed and dismissed for owning a piece of counterfeit merchandise.

In the words of the classic Motown hit…ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby. An authentic Patek Philippe, Cartier tank watch or stainless steel Rolex says much more than a gaudy display of diamonds or cubic zirconium. Again: Purchase genuine, quality pieces slowly over time. (Unlike counterfeits, they are a wise investment and will last a lifetime.) Extravagant rings, necklaces, and watches have their place. Still, even the most affluent women on the planet opt for discreet luxury when it comes to jewelry to wear on a daily basis.

[stupendoustrashmagazine]

A 10-pp. selection of poems

Personage The terrace offers a point. From this point a view. It's only a stop-off; it assumes the motion requisite for temporary stays will continue. The speculative friction required to stop those passing through would require planned extinction; would require war against generations of persistence across biome, suffering & misery magnified it remains threatened always. Building requires digging. Digging creates hollows to be filled. A move past botanicals—it doesn’t exist. A pulse in the web. Walk toward beyond the view: journey’s luck to close in on production. Pace picks up, dusk’s dis- appearing light invites one in: welcome.   Prelude Tonight the act of naming fell through the floor. We speak permeable solids inflected by light. Skull’s grid moves units indistinctly: windshield & palette cross paths, hatch an Ovidian shift, difixiones to devotio; the faux-gorithm teases pantheon from closet, traces flotilla’s down, hot air balloons, celebrating you or prairie fair. You’ll learn to kill that hunger for thunderhead drift. I follow shapes of your speech, attend to your syntax, taste your configuration; to keep up I sketch stick figure, code hypertext script cascading in style, the result of which confirms, again: we’re lost. Plot is a plait’d plat, flatland destination & another assemblage? I want aura to invite aural meiosis, aurora splitting into rural roads, for the bassoon quartet to be forgiven for plastic bag reeds on my direction, for aria to, moody, move into a different mode & travel out through spring’s open window; I want the racket splenetic melancholy, for dynamic accompaniment fit for unfashionable passion, the like. That state of exilium you described as a quantum between. Always pain hover triangulated. Frame Matisse with me, guilty stokes both— say the magnolia blooms shall remain & not at the expense of any other but they do not. Creek diverted, river dead: suck’d dry wax & cone though still dragonflies are purple, abdomen metallic sets of curvature & husk. Nearby: field of lightning. We walk through fjords of light forking down, resisting electrocution, naturally. The taste of our nakedness waking in early in your bed, black walnut leaves catching first October light. If I leave the house or library I sit on benches in Walmart or go to the Coralville mall alone, growing frosting in my chest & English ivy in my sinuses, scribble notes with my fork-tongue alone. Walk with me this once, again, into notional forest, ash-grey landscape dotted in umber, newborn beetles radiating, cobalt blue.   Skykomish in Summer In Goldbar Washington boys crossed river with driftwood staves feet slick-step between slime & rock, underbelly of serpentine but liquefied, algal nets stretch’d between toes, Like scales without edge—stiffened Cold after crossing they crawl’d up & into caverns allowing in fractions of sun but they felt cradled in a way shielded, intimacies there before they dove into round pools spun by spit current’s swirls, the bank of the cove gritty enough for a grip as they’d climb out out of sorts, alive they’d look at the congregation from which they just emerged tangle of nets, sunken conflagrations their bodies against the wake pressed a force there, quiet, endless, sound moving through medium beckoning, shape taking a form inky jar, turbine spat out from the bottom of an oil well.   Grass Cuts Nyanza Street. South Tacoma—we’re on A hill & approach it, tall grass, foreclosure. Blackberry brambles thick on the lawnslope purple, thorns & stickers, irritable touch. Boss climbs roofs with too steep a pitch; Hauls mowers from mud when I mire it Good in a ditch. His daughter today works with us, we weedwhack waist-high grass, rake clippings & tufts long enough to be hay in neat quadrants. They steam mornings we make it out as early as seven. A canopy borders the two-acre lot. I stare – emptying’s substance against nothingness of total inattention’s default setting. Metal asphalt shingles, roof’s pitch steep Low ground valley & everywhere: unhinged Botany thrives. Ivy plaits helices Around five-feet in diameter firs, in follow some twenty feet up when Jamie grabs a pitchfork. See something. It skitters through raked mounds, Goes through tunnels punctured By tines or cleat-roller aerating the lawn She shanks its body up against weed- blocker & brick. A metallic pling rings fades, she scoops it somewhere— this brought up her enjoyment killing, dressing, & cooking fowl. We move more grass I looking for insects, think of meat saws yawning day & night do they Day & night, fumbling—sound like chain saws or Colorado cattle feedlots, cottonwoods standing by during a drought, the sugar factory’s honey-butter burnt hair & soccer cleats left for week in a car. Mulch, juncos, midmorning sun on, sun off, Rake, return, pile, killing rabbits once we snapped their necks wrong, twice partial Breaks, botching it, both shaking we Shared an acute horror in our optics. Then we crushed their skulls with a hammer, But that’s when we lived near the volcano, when the halcyon sensation when standing at the bottom of Nisqually glacier, the sheaves of receding rose-grey gravel in aggregate felt like meteoroid field sent to grave resting place, armatures of old growth First & hemlocks in steep fractals jagged landings in glaciated river so thick with silt it looked an ash-blue sleeve. We take HUSKY 55-gal. trash bags of grass to the organic waste dump. We smell like gasoline & two-cylinder oil & grease. When I get home my house mama says Pew-whee! You smell like Marty; you smell like something that kills.   Shards What was it that came out the water in a sled a Wayward gesture young-&-stuffed Mess to common rendition Duchamp’s Pearl Neckless? In his version The sledgehammer fell square to carcass/shard/caress. You wanted/saved like anyone else wanted, A sequence of diadems, diamondic scales on A yellow python’s back. Be-figure, a mole Amongst slag pits, a slog truce from igneous slab. Bats tunnel boroughs, funnel rigmarole We keep one ray or dot of spun molybdenum— Torque at the end of the…—that glint relieves Grog, luster, a clutch lets cable go its single, slackening line. True fundament! come to the party— From up there, from below? Come beat through this bog’s Excrement, creakily swung skew joints, fallen centurions, Carve away gluttony,—an economic model Levels the field of every thistle’s purple demarcation. Remains disappear. Binary caskets Glisten polyurethane on oak grab it… If - you – get – to – the – place To – get – you – the – records: Prefabricated dirt tastes discard bottles, Skittling crevice, crick or face, collections Binding fractures. That which goes unseen. Make & model, blue castes. Signature mummies. Huffing. That kinetic thrill Pushing hammers through Masonite, Bulls snorting horns at a flag The very requiem of the horse’s eye A black so dark it blued the muscle in deafening Postures of grey fog: a way: body: yes, a shard, Blight-bit, a descending distend, steep bends— A weather system approaches Centripetally, a large unformed cat, To distillate—nothing—to pray to the grommet, One ventricle, alas—poor valve, the idea Of the river. The river. Is. Itself. Course vessel in a Losing resonance a tributary vacillation tip-toed beyond A materiality that is, is not, any old trick.   Spilling the Flour Began not thrush’s stamp, nor cardinal blue whistle but The sour flack going out, the waist line spilt. Emptying cylinders combed in sheet metal corrugate, Fill another vision, the conveyor belt muscle Persuasion. Sometimes a harvest sits like pheasants Before buckshot, freeze-frame, promise cannon— What will be. Corn stalks chopped at maggot root twist Wind crowing a parade, sans confetti, sans soleil. Platoon the distant mist, forgetting it’s metal multiplied In numbers not quantity. Not fog. That’s fire But the wound continuum in ears splits hair mimics a mime Brown cerumen flax spreads flat lays down in- To a line. Elements bind fetch needle & borrow thread Stitch from denim you see the voices hear. Spiders don’t mean to. Bats garner a wick of light Against normalcy of shadow. When is not Important. Con memory commemorate ingrown toe- Nail sunk into rib-line fleshed out for sake Of sake of being. Forsaken lake: equivalent to constrictor Vine, not theorem. Carpet moves imagined Equestrians run between alder beetles the abandoned Horses heaving in the meadow along the orange Vector. The chemilume incision furcates the dark shells Guarding liquefied innards, the many legs.   The Awful Cutlery Traveling by Greyhound between Dominguez- Escalante and Grand Mesa National forest, We’re full enough In the filled up four-wheel lurch on blacktop I-70 elegantly swung across Secluded Rocky Mountain scrag. “This shit’s too country” a woman remarks. You see what she means. The rosaries Of apricot, peach, cherry, and plum disintegrate Vineyard to vineyard to bottle To California, mid-stride Maybe she means. Maybe Damian The off-shore welder tells me about hanging above The water, rigged up, slung out, strapped in, Gluing thousand-degree metal to solid stack Rigs, working twelves till three months pass So he can go—“I go everywhere”—to complicate Home—“Love Alabama but I need to see it all The whole shit.” Dusk is a disk with a predictable arc. I’m here twenty years, this red land. From bottom canyon ditch combs Of bygone eon drag across mesa, leaving scar, Evidence of water, wind, shaggy coats left To bear, bear themselves, on other creatures Pitching, tent-by-tent, a story, a new story, old. The mother tells you, you & me, of Rocky Mountain Flats, the Climax Uranium Mill, A fire beginning with a crack, croaking a Groan to a glow, plutonium then, dizzied in dust, Vapored amoeba flung across the whole Front Range. Cows were the first to show up Without usual parts: eye, ear or triple-tongue. Do I believe anything I say anymore? Set that head against Plexiglas. Feel the chill— A lavender fork makes an albino tarantula Of sky, yet there’s a merge, the speech Corks off. Into each direction, asymmetry Between passengers a music nonetheless, The hiddenness behind tall sediment walls Now, this cutlery mass Stalking hungry movers, clawing at the dirt To reveal the intact pores of a distant femur.   Safe/Way Courtesy Clerk In the aisles of nondescription halogen baleen Sifts shop-cart rift-racket & geriatric dances. Old/new toothpick paradigm cues a mist/turn: Old is to new as young is to old, meaning Painting the urn in synthesizer blue still undoes. The unheard chambers are sweeter. Polyethylene is a mon-on- monomer ladder of Chain-stacks, bindings, writes the blurb We’re all in this together. Savings save you From it, from it you’ll be saved the lapse: Western tanager memorizes its own memory Launched in citrus beneath the varied canopy. Really: in this Safeway a woman chutes Hundreds of one-liters into the re/cycle Machine. She leans on cart rail, no wheel. Her child helps he laughed he threw them into The bin, the coins emerged. Someone said Music moves from a fix-point fence post, studded Down into ground. He’s right—what is there to do But do, bag up a customer’s purple cabbage Dreams stuff them sweet potato mush- Room into room, sacked. They’d blister From oxygen’s lack they’d try to make it, try To survive. Wouldn’t it be courteous To curtsy before bags bulge as balloons stuffed With vision? Even in tulip & rose section I Hand out the foxtail elixir, all the loot; were they Bodies turned down, turned into what now, soup? The day is butternut squash but wouldn’t A lizard do today let’s get all the gutter newts Recalling now how Scooby returned From a long drive he threw an iguana On the chopping block on the counter top In the apartment he was making soup He sawed off its head. What was inside The eyes? Nothing much. Eye cones con, resemble The black glass of a tick’s back. You’ll try To reach in & what �� find out who looks back Tell yourself that’s you looking back. A gaze. Scooby ran cool water over the head, on it. Its jaw opened and closed again & again. “This is good soup that’s what happens After the head’s cut off.” What would the body Do after, what voice would reclaim itself, Would reconvene re — gather protest against scores Settled, dust made fall silk, unnoticed? What takes when taken back, how’ll things Exactly as they are be exactly as they’d been? What music shapes the marina, the guitar Rustling out a poison ivy arpeggio to become The place and the things of things as they are? How do you bargain or take the lead For the dreaded duet? The mouth opens cilia Tongue juts out pink premonition the sky boom Nitro’s paisley maize radished in the Word-Ward. Blue pollen doesn’t exist but when the man Who looks one-hundred buys the dyed-blue orchid & says “it’s for my” I cut him off & ask but He just laughs & says “it’s just a flower it’s just An empty bag” & walks out, away, toward Automatic sensor doors, glass partitions that open Like megafauna with a belly full of a world on fire.

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[womenofcolor15]

Inside The Diamond Ball - Everything That Went Down With Rihanna, Cardi & Offset, Meg & Moneybagg Yo, Emily & Fab, Kehlani & YG & More

Rihanna got all glammed up for her 5th annual Diamond Ball that brings out all of her celeb friends. Go inside to see the Bad Gal serve up old Hollywood glam, Cardi B’s Cinderella vibes and her husband Offset's Prince Charming 'fit, plus couples Megan Thee Stallion & Moneybagg Yo, Emily B & Fabolous, Kelani & YG and more…

Rihanna’s 5th Annual Diamond Ball went down at Cipriani Wall Street New York City, following her Savage x Fenty lingerie runway show during New York Fashion Week.

The Bajan beauty hosts the annual gala to benefit her Clara Lionel Foundation, which supports education programs around the world. From lingerie to philanthropy, we stan.

The Grammy Award winning artist never disappoints when it comes to fashion on the carpet for her annual gala and this year was no different. The “Work” singer served up old Hollywood glam in a black Givenchy haute couture gown from Claire Waight Keller's Fall 2019 collection. The gown featured a high neck, long sleeves, and a sheer white cage skirt at the hem.

Not only did she look amazing, she offered up some amazing words about being a proud black woman. And we just…ugh! LOVE HER! Check it:

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                  “I’m a black woman. I came from a black woman who came from a black woman who came from a black woman.” #Rihanna flexed her black excellence at last night’s #DiamondBall. Via @essence #YBFInspiration

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  #BlackExcellence indeed.

Make way for the belle of the ball!

Cardi B hit the carpet in this fairytale-like light pink tiered Georges Hobeika Couture gown. The “Press” rapper loves a princess vibe at Rih’s Diamond Ball. She rocked a princess style Christian Siriano gown to the Diamond Ball in 2017.

Oh, and she had her boo Offset dress as Prince Charming:

Bardi also brought her sister Hennessy Carolina, who rocked a glittery rainbow Georges Hobeika dress that featured a thigh-high leg slit.

Back to the couples...

Rapper Fabolous and Emily B are still together.

Over the summer, drama popped off online after flicks of Fabolous having lunch with a woman surfaced. He claims the woman was a teacher form his son's school and even threatened to sue for defamation. Meanwhile, Emily B was on a girls trip...with some NFL company - i.e. Panthers QB Cam Newton. Weeks later, Fab and Em were spotted at the strip club together, so they're seemingly still working on keeping their relationship solid.

New rap couple Megan Thee Stallion and Moneybagg Yo made their way to the Diamond Ball. These two have been all lovey dovey on social media lately and they're kinda growing on us.

Brand new couple YG and Kehalni made another carpet appearance together.

Kehlani recently vented her frustration at internet trolls (again) and revealed her 3-year battle with "media related PTSD." Catch up HERE.

Oh baby! DJ Khaled - who was tapped to perform - hit the carpet with his pregnant partner Nicole. They're gearing up for baby #2.

Pharrell Williams - who was tapped to perform - made his way on the carpet with his wife and mother of his kids, Helen.

Rapper ASAP Ferg and his model/photographer girlfriend Renell Medrano served up coupledom vibes.

NBA baller Carmelo Anthony hit the carpet - solo - sans his estranged wife LaLa Anthony. She was in attendance though.

Singer Normani stepped outside of the box in this J'Aton Couture dress. We feelin' it?

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been all over the place since he made it back to the United States following his assault case in Sweden.

He rocked a Raf Simons ensemble from the SS 2020 collection.

Rapper/REFORM co-chair Meek Mill was in the mix, dapping up fellow rapper YG on the carpet.

"Love & Hip Hop" star Cyn Santana - who is single these days - posed it up in a Garo Sparo dress, Stella Hues shoes, and Erickson Beamon earrings. She brought her "LAAH" co-star Jonathan Fernandez as her date.

Model/"Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" star Slick Woods popped up on the carpet to support Rih's cause. If you didn't know, she went into labor right after hitting the carpet for Rihanna's Savage x Fenty runway show last year.

Hey, 2 Chainz!

"Power" star Naturi Naughton rocked this pink and black striped Rubin Singer gown, accessorized with Dannijo jewels and a Judith Leiber bag.

Well, hello there! Actress Paula Patton worked this Valentino number on Rih's purple carpet.

"Love & Hip Hop" star Yandy Smith looked gorge when she hit the carpet.

Terrence J - who's currently hosting "Power's" after show - was all smiles.

Raptress Rapsody was in the mix.

Fat Joe hit the carpet in his blue suit before hitting the stage to perform.

Model Cindy Bruna showed off her stems in this green high-low Rami Kadi dress.

Celebrity stylist June Ambrose kept it simple and sexy in a Bibhu Mohapatra RTW dress.

"Love & Hip Hop" star Erica Mena was also in the mix.

Inside...

Rih made her way on stage with Pharrell to perform their hit track, "Lemon."

Yo Gotti, DJ Khaled and ASAP Ferg also hit the stage to perform.

Cardi was spotted chatting up journalist/activist Shaun King, who was honored during the event.

He shared a video of his wife turning up during the party:

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                  Dance @mrsraiking

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  During the action, Bardi experienced a faux pas. She apparently outbid herself during the charity portion of the event where she was trying to nab Rih's upcoming coffee table book.

PEOPLE reports:

At first, Cardi bid $106K on the designer table top book, even though the auctioneer had asked for $110K. After another bidder rang in at $107K, the singer upped her bid to $108K before bidding a final $111K — $1,000 more than the auctioneer had asked for.

“Do you know how this works?” the auctioneer joked, but Cardi — who attended the event with husband Offset — appeared unbothered and celebrated with her hands in the air as she won the coffee table book.

Ha!

Well, aren't they cute!

Rapper 21 Savage came out to party.

Check out video from inside Rih's LIT Diamond Ball below: 

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                  Riri and @pharrell with LEMON at #DiamondBall @badgalriri - - - #rihanna #singer #rihannanavy #navy #bff #fentybeauty #rihannafenty #love #sexy #queen #riri #sephora #photooftheday #music #pop #robyn #fenty #rih #beautiful #robynfenty #R9 #italy #savagexfenty #savage #ProFiltrConcealer #spotify #prokissrbalm #SavageXCLF #SAVAGEXFENTYSHOW

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  Fun times.

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[nicapachi]

あおちゃん (aochan) and あかりん (akarin) from Black Diamond with and without makeup on busu television. ❥❥

#ギャル #gyaru #あおちゃん #aochan #あかりん #akarin #ブステレビ #black diamond #gal unit black diamond #beforeandafter #makeup