Me and Super G dress alike. Not sure why, but we're gonna chronical it!
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Rapturous: Ready For Lift Off

Word on the street is that when The Rapture comes tomorrow, all God's children will be lifted right out of their clothes on their way to heaven. A world without clothes makes me want to get biblical on my eye sockets, but if we're all naked, that will be the ultimate collusion, so I guess I'll survive.
Speaking of survival, what about folks left on earth?? Super G and I aren't taking any chances. In case we don't make the cut, we're geared up in our Lady Combat outfits: feminine but ass kicking in case we're being chased by zombies or Satan.

Super G goes for a military mini purchsed just yesterday at The Gap Outlet. I'm in my J Brand skinny cargos for which I聽committed the sin of聽paying聽full price. Throw on a couple long sleeve light weight white shirts, useful for protecting against The Rapture's harmful UV rays and we're ready for whatever The Apocalypse throws our way.
You know there's nothing fiercer than a couple of fashionistas leading an army of AWESOME!!
Hell, yeah.
#the rapture#closet collusion#super g#closetcollusion#seattle#fashion#blog#best#lady combat#army of awesome#j brand#gap
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Cape May?

No, Cape April! The weather in Seattle has been so ghastly,聽Super G聽and聽I simultaneaously tried to wear聽 springy hot pink AND bundle up under a cape, me and a shrug, her.
Super聽G was actually teasing me for fully wearing a turtleneck in April when we realised we were colluding. It's easy to hide things under this cape, which, by the way, came from a recent haul with Super聽G at聽H & M. On the rack it had some super cheap looking fringe, but I saw it's stately potential, took it home and set my knitting tools to work removing the offending articles. Voila, chic cape suitable for all Seattle seasons. And by all I mean two: rain and winter rain.

But I digress. Super G and I were colluding head to toe, right down to our disco flats.
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Black Sabbath

Super G and I took alternate paths to the same destination: an important meeting with "clients". Gina went for edgy聽austere with her new black tunic and聽jeggings from H聽& M. (Side bar: hot leather wrap bracelet!)
I went for more trad austere in black dress, shoes, tights, jacket, and scarf, also know as the "fallback chic" look.

Word of warning about wearing all black. While it does create a sophisticated vibe, it also makes you look like Jambi from PeeWee's Playhouse when you stand in front of a black wall.

Now, where's my turban?
#Jambi#Pee Wee Herman#Pee Wee's Playhouse#super g#closet collusion#closetcollusion#seattle#fashion#blog#h & m#black sabbath
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Smells Like...

Team spirit!
Today, a Closet Collusion Miles-Stone. These two handsome men actually dropped by my office and insisted we feature them on the blog. Thrill, on the left, and Thee Ted Smith, on the right, host a radio landslide-into-Man-Canyon called The Men's Room on Seattle's KISW with yesterday's colluder Miles.
These three laddish lads聽prove there's more to life than the three B's their show is focused on, beer, boobs and bacon. There's also SPORTS!
And fashion, especially when fashion and sport combine as they did today when Thrill showed up at work in the same fetching green Sounders FC聽jersey as Ted.
Team Men's Room, that's a sport聽we'll jiggle聽our pompoms for.聽
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Dudes Collude Too!

Wearing matching outfits isn't just for the ladies. Super G and I found these two "highly coveted" co-workers giggling in the hallway, whispering about boys, sharing hair care tips, and in Joe's case, showing us who's "the hot one".
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We're Switzerland!

We're crazy about neutral. Soft white, greige, butter, fawn all gently working together with slouchy tops and skinny jeans.

But wait, there's more. We're Switzerland right down to our boots.

Neutrals are聽something we'll raise a flag for!
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We're Gonna Need A Wider Lens!

That's what the photographer said when he forced him to snap this shot. Not many women would intentionally photograph their tuckuses, but for the sake of collusion, it had to be done!
Between the two of us, Super G and I probably have 100 pair of jeans. Skinnys. Boot cut. Boyfriend. Distressed. Jeggings. Right now, I'm on the hunt for the hottest pair of high waisted 70's I can find.
But we always come back to the gold standard, these seasons old 7 For All Mankind wide bootcut. Dress em up, dress em down, gain a few pounds, loose a few these jeans always look great.
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Sweet Surrender Into Sweet Collusion
You might think, "It's not every day I get to collude with a rock star" but around here, it happens from time to time. Now, don't start thinking聽me and Super G are聽running around in meat and/or swan dresses. The rock stars we rub elbows with tend to be a little more, well, comfy. And Closet Collusion聽LOVES comfy.

Sarah McLachlan, I'm pleased to report is as warm and soft as her pretty unstructured cardi. Just like me, she wore a super tunic, skinnys and distressed boots (not shown. I mean, how much posing could we ask this busy star to do??) We did both manage to wrap up in soft scarves, mine the faux burberry, Sarah's, well, not so faux. Sarah got down with the brown聽and hit an聽earth tone; the perfect note for this down to Earth goddess. I went for on of my "Seattle's many shade of gray."
Where's Super G, you ask? She's behind the camera wishing she'd colluded!
#sarah mclachlan#fashion#blog#seattle#super g#closet collusion#closetcollusion#distressed boots#skinny jeans#super tunics#burberry
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Shawl We Shrug It Off?

Shawl we?

Shrug It Off?
Just another Dressy Bessy day of colluding. Me in my basic black and (Juicy Couture!) Granny Shawl and Gina in her sherbet sensation smock with contrasting shrug. Who says dresses have to be dressy?
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Ok, I am outwitting tumblr! Just click on the title of this post to watch our latest 3D fashion haul. We "dressed" for the occasion. I took care of my extremely bad hair day. Here's how: that bump of blonde topping my tete? A Dancing With The Stars exclusive. No lie! It was only about $20 and I got it at Ulta. Can聽I say I'm totally attached to my fake hair? Cuz I am. And I don't mean by a bobby pin, although technically, that's true.
#dancing with the stars#hair extensions#super g#dressy bessy#old navy#splendid#carmelias#west#seattle#fashion#blog
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Tumblr has not been Closet Collusion's BFF in the new year. I've been having a whale of a time uploading our 3D efforts, aka our home movies of our hauls. so today, I'm gonna trick tumblr and try posting our vids this way.
My hair's a mess! Super G picks up the slack. Here you have us, blue on black.
#haul#fashion#super g#uggs#h & m#old navy#nordstrom#seattle#blog#closet collusion#closetcollusion
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Closet Collusion Query

It started out innocently enough, with a couple of everyday-awesome grey sweaters perched on top of skinnys and boots; Super G in her refined riding boots and me in my beloved but ancient Frankenrockers.

But then Intern Gavi confidentally strode in strutting her of-the-moment over the knee style:

When we could finally draw our eyes away from our boot brigade, we noticed that Gavi was wearing a blouse straight outta my closet. Literally. I own this blouse. While this technically isn't colluding,聽I felt it was worth noting that I am reconsidering my every wardrobe choice. Aren't I too old to be colluding with my intern? Discuss.

#intern gavi#closet collusion#closetcollusion#ask the md#the wgd#fashion#seattle#hip#blog#frankenrocker#boots#everyday awesome#sweaters
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And Then Came...Broads
It's our tribute to Bea Arthur's protofeminist TV character Maude! Remember Maude? She of the radical feminist ideas like wearing pantsuits, ankle skimming sweater vests, and always always scarves? (There was even a hateful rumor that Bea Arthur was in fact Beau Arthur, a female impersonator, hiding his Adam's apple with flair.)

But today, Super G and I both paid homage to Bea's Big Sweaters, great for hiding all manner of Thanksgiving excesses. We updated Bea/Maude's 70's style with some of-the-moment boots, and even threw in some fingerless gloves for good measure (Actually, for bad weather: Seattle was freezing today!)

What's that you say, you didn't get a good look the first time around? You need a CC rerun? Here's another look:

OMG! Closet Collusion just got picked up for syndication!
#closet collusion#maude#bea arthur#norman lear#70's#feminist#clothing#scarves#target#boots#h & m#fingerless gloves#fashion#seattle#shawn stewart#the mountain#kmtt#style#sweaters
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Ugg Glee

Despair had taken over the offices. It had been so long since our closets had conspired, Super G and I were beginning to think they'd had a falling out. FALL-ing out...get it? Turns out our closets were just on a break, but returned in style today with a look I like to call Ugg Glee: Uggs, obvi, but layers of tunics, leggings, cardis and scarves to combat a dreary cold Seattle day.
You know what else fights the winter blahs? Polka dot socks! How can you be sad when you're wearing polka dots?

It's always sunny inside our Uggs.
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Black And Tan Fans
Even though we shopped the Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale together and bought the exact same pair of everyday-fabulous black leggings, Super G and I have not colluded much this week. She's been sporting the snuggly sweatshirt style and I've gone all upscale because the laundry needs to be done!
But look who I found on the same catalog page with me today? The Other Sean.聽I was grabbing lunch at the company cafeteria when The Other Sean strode in saying, "Glad you got the black and tan memo." A lightbulb went off. Why not add a little man candy to the proceedings?

You can see from the dopey expression on my face that I like being squeezed into a frame with The Other Sean...and who wouldn't? Plus this is a fun, gender bending, upside down case of Closet Collusion. He of the classic khaki down south and hipster preppy black cardigan up top. Me with the aforementioned black leggings and chunky khaki cardi. We're quite a pair top to bottom.

Now get your mind out of the gutter and get back to work : )
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Red Letter Day For Black & Gray
As evidenced by Closet Collusion Celebrity Edition, not all colluding took place between Super G's and my closets today. That's some bad grammar, but these are some good looking guys getting in on the act. Here's me in my cash-tastic empire聽waist gray tunic with our co-worker JF and our boss, The Poet Of Defiant Purity. Call us the Seattle-tones.

But don't think for one second that Super G's closet didn't get the memo. She modified the color scheme, but the tunic-legging-boots requirement was fulfilled with style. Who says you can't wear black and brown? Not Super G's closet. That's bold.

Pants are so over-rated. Witness the rise of the jegging. Actually, with the length of G's tunic, you can't see the rise. Can you see my rise? Yes, you kind of can. But that's why we draw the focus upward with our stylish plaid scarves. You've seen my faux Burberry before and you'll see it again, but Super G's spicy purple plaid makes it's CC debut today...and no one's wine-ing.
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Closet Collusion: Celebrity Edition!
Today 3 lovely ladies stopped by the salt mine: Ingrid Michaelson, Bess Rogers, and Alli Moss. All three are fine singer/songwriters with solo projects and endeavors but today, just like me and Super G, they are 3 coworkers in town for an Ingrid show whose closets conspired to dress them alike. Unlike me and Super G, their closets are on a聽cramped co-ed tour bus and when they wake up, they wake up rock stars!

聽 Check out Bess, Ingrid, and Alli's distressed shorties. Frankly, I'm a little distressed that the old-school Frankenrocker boots I'm wearing today seem so hopelessly last year.聽 Truth? They are from last year!
Gazing upward, you'll see that the collusion didn't end mid calf: all 3 ladies rock something skinny on their legs and something oversized on top. Alli and Bess both wore versions of the scalloped open cardi. Snuggly.

The overall effect: perfect harmony. And you should hear them sing!
#ingrid michaelson. alli moss#bess rogers#closet collusion#shawn stewart#closetcollusion#frankenrocker#distressed short boots#leggings
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