#she’s the only person on this planet that can pull off chanel so well

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JENNIE ✶ at CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2023

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Saying Good-Bye to Yesterday-Chapter 11

So, yes it’s been forever and day. I haven’t dropped off the planet or quit writing for Shandy. It just got difficult for a while.  

You can find the chapter here https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13004092/11/Saying-Good-Bye-to-Yesterday and here https://archiveofourown.org/works/15321687/chapters/53083987 and here

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"Hey, hon." Andy paused in buttoning his shirt at the greeting, his lips curving into a smile when he took in Sharon's disheveled appearance as she entered their bedroom, fresh from a workout, spandex shorts clinging to her long toned thighs, loose tendrils of hair slipping out of her high ponytail.

"How was the Barre class?" He asked.

"It wasn't Barre. It was Spin." Over the past few months, Amy had convinced her to start taking spin classes with her, adding to her usual regimen of Body Barre, Pilates, and Yoga.

"Well, how was Spin?"

"Ugh." She pulled the sweaty racerback tank over her head. "Jelly legs."

"Gorgeous legs," he corrected.

"Yes, well, that takes work, darling." Though she ate healthily, for the most part, was supple, naturally active, and thanks to genetics and a great metabolism, didn't have to fight hard to maintain her slender figure, she exercised to keep toned and fit. In addition to the classes she attended when her schedule allowed, she swam laps almost every day, did some light weights at the PD gym, and also got out to Malibu to a riding stable as often as she could. When she first mentioned her horseback riding to Andy as a full-body workout, he gave her a typical Andy quip, "for the horse, right? " She'd ignored the comment until she could prove her point. One afternoon she'd taken him on what he referred to as a "ball crushing" ride, and he'd sheepishly eaten his words. Later still, when they'd become intimate and he'd felt those "thighs of steel" around his waist, he'd come to an even greater appreciation of that "full-body" exercise.

"Well, I'm pretty gross right now, so I'm going to hop in the shower." She pulled off her sports bra and wiped at the sweat under her breasts before dropping it in the hamper and disappearing into the bathroom. When she emerged 15 minutes later, she had one towel wrapped around her torso, the other turban-style around her head.

"Don't forget, I have book club tonight," she said.

"Yeah, I'm gonna hit a meeting."

She glanced up sharply from her dresser, a pair of rose-colored panties dangling from her fingertips. "Everything okay?"

Though her tone remained neutral, Andy picked up the tiny inflection of worry. It wasn't his usual meeting night. "Yeah, everything's fine," he assured her. "I had to skip last week because of our case, and I haven't gotten the chance to talk to Isaac."

"About us?"

"Yes."

Once in her fresh panties, Sharon shimmied on a pair of black leggings that she paired with a long, slouchy v-neck cashmere sweater in a soft shade of blush. To finish off the casual outfit, she slipped on a pair of two-tone quilted Chanel ballet flats, big silver hoop earrings, and a silver cuff bracelet. Andy continued to watch her dress. Watching her shed her professional persona for her personal one was kind of a ritual for him. At work, she was all fitted, classic, sleek lines. Understated and sophisticated. At home, her wardrobe was softer and a little more eclectic. Even her jewelry was different. At work, simple diamond studs in her ears and her watch, no bracelets, no necklaces, no dangling earrings. At home, she often wore pretty bracelets, hoops or dangling earrings, and a variety of necklaces, including the crucifix she never wore to work. Separation of church and state and all. He asked her once why she stopped wearing necklaces when she took over Major Crimes. After expressing surprise that he had actually noticed that, she told him that Brenda had warned her that wearing a necklace when interviewing suspects was dangerous because they could use it to try to strangle her. Given the violent animosity their former Chief seemed to bring out in suspects, he figured she was speaking from experience. Probably a good idea that he wore his sobriety necklace tucked in under his shirt. He was pretty sure there were hundreds of suspects over the years who would have loved nothing more than to strangle him.

A half-hour later, with her hair blown dry and her make up re-applied, Sharon came out of the bedroom to see Andy slipping on his jean jacket as he prepared to head out. Rusty was sitting on the couch on his laptop.

"You boys are on your own for supper tonight," she reminded the two.

"Okay. " Rusty glanced up. "What do you want to do, Andy?"

"I have a meeting, so I thought I could pick something up for us on my way home. Want a pizza from Palermo's?"

"Just make sure my half isn't loaded down with veggies."

Andy rolled his eyes. "No veggies. Got it."

Sharon smiled and started to reach for the Trader Joes bag she'd left on the table.

"I've got that, babe." Andy took the heavy bag and followed her out the door. Not so long ago, she might have bristled at the move and argued that she could carry the bag herself, but Andy knew that. It was simply a gentlemanly act of kindness, and she no longer looked for any sort of underlying misogynistic meaning to his kind gestures.

******

The strong smell of flowers hit Sharon just outside the storefront, and she glanced up at the pretty awning hanging over the doorway. "Lotions and Potions," her friend Summer's bath and body shop in Mar Vista. She opened the door, and the floral and spicy scents grew more pronounced. Taking a few steps in, she scanned the room, looking past the displays of soaps, bath salts, body creams, and lotions to see Summer with a customer over in the incense and essential oil section. The little bell that jangled at her entry drew Summer's attention, and when she glanced over and saw who it was, she gave Sharon a smile and a hand gesture indicating that she would be with her in a minute. Sharon nodded and began browsing, lifting and examining the vintage apothecary jars Summer used to carry her product. The old-fashioned jars and antique-looking sepia labels with their intricate designs and calligraphy lettering harkened back to another era as if she was stepping back in time.

Several years ago, this had been a New Age jewelry and clothing store where Summer worked as a clerk. Summer fit right in with today's millenials, often flitting from job to job, but for as long as Sharon had known her, she grew herbs and made homemade soaps and lotions in her house, selling her creations on the weekends at craft fairs and farmer's markets. Then Anabel, the storeowner, allowed her to put a few samples out for sale at the store, and they were a big hit. Soon she had a whole product line for sale. When Anabel decided to sell the store, the first person she approached was Summer, which had taken Summer completely by surprise. She was an artist, after all, not a businesswoman. I mean sure, she practically managed the store, but what did she know about running a business? At least that's what she said to Sharon when they were talking out the pros and cons. It was a moot point, anyway. Summer didn't have the kind of money needed to start a business.

But Sharon did. When her grandparents died, she was bequeathed quite a large inheritance. Some of the money was in a trust, but she had more than enough to lend Summer for the start-up costs. Summer hadn't seen it that way. It had been a battle royal for Sharon to get her best friend to agree to the loan. The very idea of it terrified Summer. What if she didn't succeed? What if she couldn't pay Sharon back? Sharon had gone through hell digging out of the mess Jack created for her financially, and she didn't want to see her have to deal with anything like that again. And most of all, she didn't want the money coming between them. Their friendship was too important. But Sharon prevailed. They worked it all out, with Sharon as an investor, and then they worked together to make Summer's vision become a reality.

The quirky little store was a reflection of its quirky little owner, and it was a hit. Situated only a few miles from both Venice Beach and Santa Monica, it drew in both the unconventional crowd and the well-to-do. Summer paid Sharon back several years ago, but Sharon still took pride in all that she had helped her friend accomplish here.

Grabbing a bottle of her favorite vanilla/jasmine body cream, Sharon glanced back around to see that Summer was still engrossed in conversation with her customer, her light brown curls bouncing on her shoulders with every enthusiastic nod of her head. Rather than stand around waiting, she decided to make her way to Summer's office in the back of the store. She pushed aside the beads that hung in the doorway, in lieu of an actual door, giving a loud sigh at the chaos. As usual, Summer's desk was filled with clutter: folders, papers, coffee mugs, and a bunch of opened boxes. No way could she ever work surrounded by such a mess. In fact, she could already feel the prickles of anxiety at the very idea. She started to move things around to make a spot to set her bag down when an item in one of the boxes caught her eye. Reaching in, she pulled it out, eyes widening with both surprise and curiosity.

"Find anything you like?"

Sharon jumped, nearly dropping the glass object. "Dammit, Summer! "

Summer's wide grin grew even wider. "Gotcha. Either you're losing your cop instincts, or that object holds more than a little interest for you."

"What is it?"

"If I have to tell you, Andy has a real problem."

Sharon flushed. "I know what it is; I just mean why do you have boxes of this stuff?"

"That stuff, as you call it, is luxury personal care products. "

One elegant brow rose skeptically. "Luxury? They're…"

"Glass dildos."

"And again, you have boxes of these, why?"

"I had a distributor come in for a meeting today. She wants me to try selling her line here."

"You're going to sell sex toys? Here? At Lotions and Potions?" Sharon looked so appalled that Summer had to giggle.

"No, I am possibly going to sell luxury personal care items. I told her I would think about it. It's a big and pretty lucrative business right now. Look at them, Sharon, they're works of art."

Sharon looked again at the item in her hand, eyeing it critically. Blown glass with swirls of color, graceful lines. She had to admit, it really did look like a piece of art.

"Much more attractive than the real thing. Am I right?"

Sharon gave a little snort-laugh. "Oh my God, you're right. It is. Though we better not let the guys hear us say that."

"God, no. Men do love their penises, don't they?"

"Mmm…" Sharon hummed affirmatively.

"Almost as much as they love our boobs."

Sharon shook her head with amused affection and another little snort-laugh. She never quite knew what was going to come out of Summer's mouth. In that respect, and in so many more, they were as different as night and day. Oil and water. Chalk and cheese.

Summer was as outgoing and irreverent as Sharon was private and respectful. As unconventional and flighty as Sharon was traditional and responsible. As loud and boisterous, as Sharon was soft-spoken and reserved.

Summer was thrift store boho gauzy tops, flowing skirts, Birkenstocks, and arms covered in bangle bracelets. Sharon was Neiman Marcus pencil skirts, Armani suits, killer heels, and diamond earrings. Summer lifted her arms in worship to the winter solstice while Sharon knelt in reverent prayer at midnight mass. Summer was homeschooling and a childhood spent on a commune. Sharon was private Catholic schools and summers on Nantucket. Summer was Stevie Nicks to Sharon's Grace Kelly.

And yet, they clicked. For 26 years, they had been best friends. From the day that Sharon and Jack moved into their new home in Mar Vista and a bossy little child knocked on their door stating, "I'm five. Do you have any little girls my age I can play with?" With baby Ricky on her hip, Sharon smiled at the little ragamuffin with Popsicle lips and a mop of brown curls and then introduced her to a bashful four-year-old Emily. Within seconds, a harried woman in a tank top and an Indian wrap skirt straight out of the 1970s followed. Since she shared the same wild head of curls with the little moppet now dragging Emily along by the hand, Sharon assumed she was her mother. Indeed, the woman said she was looking for her daughter and, like Sharon, she too had a diapered little boy resting against her shoulder. Sharon introduced herself then invited the gypsy looking woman in for a cup of coffee. It was the beginning of three very important friendships: Sharon and Summer, Emily and Jade, and Ricky and Cody.

Despite their differences in background, personality, and temperament, the two young women easily found common ground. Their kids were the same age, they both loved the arts, and they were both in difficult marriages. Their bond was quick and strong. They spent their days off from work building sandcastles with their kids at the beach, pushing swings at the park, or attending children's reading circles at the library. They babysat for each other, swapped books, and on those rare occasions when they had time for themselves, browsed through art galleries, bookstores, and museums together. Most importantly, since neither had extended family in Los Angeles, they created a much-needed support system for each other. And that was something that became increasingly important, because, within a few years, they were both on their own. Single parents.

Summer came across as flaky, but she was everything Sharon needed in a friend: supportive, warm, honest, and a strong shoulder to cry on-one of a very select group of people whom Sharon allowed to see her vulnerability. They had journeyed together through all the difficulties and heartaches life threw at them, helping each other raise their children, bucking each other up when things seemed bleak, and sharing in each other's joy as they each found success in their professions and new love. From breast-feeding to hot flashes, they had seen each other through it all.

"So, " Summer continued. "Go ahead and take whatever you like. I know you're not a prude. Try one out and let me know what you think."

"I'm good." Sharon placed the item back in the box with a little quirk of her lips. "I've got the real thing now."

"Yeah, well what about these? Could be fun." Summer dangled a pair of handcuffs.

"Again, I've got the real thing."

"Pfff… Those things would hurt. These are love cuffs. Nice and soft. See." Sharon admired the plush cuffs Summer thrust in her face, faux fur with little tiny bows, definitely not standard LAPD gear, but shook her head negatively. "I'm all set." She glanced down at her watch. "Come on, Sum. We really have to get going or we're going to be late."

"Oh, no, we wouldn't want to be late."

Sharon rolled her eyes, ignoring the sarcasm. Fate had surrounded her with smart asses. "No, we wouldn't. So, let's go."

"Okay, okay, don't get your panties in a wad. Just promise me you'll think about it."

Sharon blew out a long-suffering sigh. "Fine, I'll think about it, now let's go."

*****

Sitting in the back corner of the bookstore, Sharon found herself center stage, surrounded by a group of women gushing with excitement over the diamond on her finger, grabbing her hand to look at it and pumping her for all the details of the proposal.

"It's so beautiful, Sharon. " Aggie's eyes went dreamy, her hands in a prayer triangle under her chin, lost in the fairytale of Sharon's proposal. "And how romantic. I can just picture it…A winter wonderland. A romantic sleigh ride through the woods and Andy down on one knee professing his undying love for you-" She broke off, swiftly coming back to reality when everyone burst into laughter. "What?" She defended herself. "I love romance."

"As if we didn't know," Marina scoffed. Whenever it was Aggie's turn to pick their monthly book, it was invariably a romance of some sort.

"Hey, I thought Russians were supposed to have romantic souls." Aggie's protest was made in the soft New Orleans drawl she hadn't lost despite having lived in LA for the past 20 years.

"I had one of those…Four husbands ago." Marina, a ballerina, had defected to the United States in the late seventies and had later opened a ballet studio in LA after retiring from the stage. Sharon met her when she signed Emily up for lessons at her studio after her young daughter had become more serious about studying dance and outgrown her instructor. It was Marina who had seen the talent and drive in Emily and helped her become the principal ballerina she was today. Marina was also cynical and pragmatic and went through men, mostly younger men, the way Andy used to go through younger women.

"Don't listen to her," Sharon said. "You're right, Aggie, Andy couldn't have picked a more romantic way to propose. Hard to believe I found a man whose sense of occasion can actually rival mine. It's certainly a night I will never forget."

"I still can't believe Andy took Gavin to help pick out your ring and not me," Summer sulked. The room went silent, all the women turning to her with wide eyes before erupting in giggles. "What?" She held her hand's open palms up and shrugged in a "what the hell" gesture.

Rachel, a pretty blonde, responded. "Come on, Sum, when it comes to style, there is nobody, other than maybe Roz here, who is more opposite from Sharon than you."

"I'd take exception to that if it weren't 100% true," was Roz's good-natured response. A writer for a comedy sitcom, Roz was notoriously sloppy in her dress, preferring the sweatpants, t-shirts and Converse sneakers she was wearing right now to any other attire. When she was forced to wear something nice, she chose boxy male suits and would never be caught dead in a "girlie" skirt or dress.

"I don't think we're that opposite." Summer's protest drew more peals of laughter.

"Summer…" Rachel lifted her friend's skirt, smirking when she exposed plastic clogs. "You are wearing Crocs. Need I say more?"

"There's nothing wrong with Crocs. They're comfortable." Summer pushed her skirt back over her shoes.

"No offense, I love you to pieces, but they're fugly and Sharon wouldn't be caught dead out in public in them." With her sleek dark blonde bob and stylish clothes, Rachel Garner had far more in common when shopping with Sharon than Summer. Like Andrea, Rachel was a lawyer, now an advisor to Mayor Garcetti. She and Sharon had become friends back when Sharon was promoted to the LAPD's Women's Coordinator position and they had worked together on numerous cases.

"What I don't understand is why you want to get married in the first place. I mean you just got out of a bad marriage, why jump right back in?" The room went silent, this time with tension, not humor. Roz sat back, arms crossed over her chest, seemingly unconcerned by the group's collective disapproval.

"What the hell are you talking about?" It was Summer who quickly jumped to Sharon's defense. "Just out of a bad marriage? She's been done with that ungrateful, immature, disloyal prick for 23 freaking years! Just because she only formally divorced him a couple of years ago doesn't mean-"

"Summer," Sharon tugged on her friend's arm. "It's okay, calm down."

"It's not okay; she has no right to say that. You," she pointed a finger at Roz, "have no idea what she went through. You've known her for what? Four years? You have no right to question her choices. And just because you hate men doesn't mean she has to feel the same."

"Okay, okay, whoa. I didn't mean to start World War III." Roz held her hands up in defeat. "And for the record, I don't hate men. Well, all men anyway. I'm just saying, she doesn't need a man…a husband."

"Roz is right." Sharon agreed, taking a sip of her wine.

"What?" Summer turned to her with confusion.

"She's right. I don't need a man. But I can want one without needing him. And you know what? That makes this the purest relationship I have ever been in, ever. I don't need Andy's money, I don't need his security, I don't need his protection, I don't need him to provide shelter for me, I'm not looking for a father for my children. I am with Andy for one reason only. I love him. It's as easy and as simple as that. I love him and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. And yes, I want the formal commitment of marriage. I know I don't need it, but I want it. And that's my choice." She tapped her fingers on her chest, stressing the point. "I am at a place in my life right now where I can do what I want to do, not what I need to do, and you have no idea how much freedom there is in that for me."

"And we're thrilled for you." Summer's narrowed eyes shot daggers at Roz, causing Sharon to suppress a smile. Summer was about as laid back a person as she knew, however, one thing they did have in common was that you didn't mess with the people they love.

"Yes, we are." Patrice set a gentle hand on Sharon's knee. "Andy is a great guy, and he loves you to the moon and back." As Andy's caregiver while he was recovering from his surgery, Patrice had gotten to know the man and the way he felt about Sharon better than any of them.

Andrea nodded in agreement. "You all know how I feel about marriage, but hell, if I had a guy who looked at me the way Flynn looks at Sharon, who knows?"

Aggie, who had gone off to pilfer through the shelves, returned and flopped down in an oversized chair. She opened the small book she'd been looking for and began reading. "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."

"That's C.S Lewis, isn't it? " Sharon recognized the passage from having read a lot of Lewis's work.

Aggie nodded. "From The Four Loves."

"Well, he sums it up rather nicely, doesn't he? " Sharon poured a little more wine in her glass, then sat back. "Loving someone is a risk, no doubt about it, but I will always believe that it is a risk worth taking." She was well aware of how easy it would have been to encase her heart in one of those caskets after Jack, to allow herself to become unreachable. But that just wasn't in her DNA. Barriers, yes, she had certainly erected some of those, but closed off completely? No. She simply had too much love inside her to shut down like that. She knew people often thought she was cold, aloof, unemotional. They never knew it was all a façade, a shield meant to hide the fact that she actually felt things very deeply. She'd had to learn how to contain those emotions, to hide her feelings, but they were there, they were always there. And, had she entombed her heart, she never would have been able to let Rusty in, nor been able to embrace the man who had become the love of her life. Vulnerable? Yes, love made you vulnerable, but the rewards far outweighed any risk.

"I agree, we all need to remain open to love. Now, who's hungry?" Helen, the owner of the bookstore, set to restore order to their opinionated little group. "We'll eat, then dive into the book."

Sharon shot the older woman a grateful look. They might all be friends, but she had never really been comfortable with people dissecting her life.

The food was potluck. Each member of the club took a turn hosting the meeting, but it was always potluck so no one was stuck having to feed the whole group. At the end of each meeting, they drew out of a hat to see if they would be bringing the beverages, an appetizer, or an entrée to the next meeting. Though it wasn't a rule, they often tried to base whatever food they brought on the setting of their book. The only part of the meal they did not draw for was dessert. Mary Agnes Boudreaux McCormack, Aggie, always brought dessert. Twenty years ago, Aggie had moved to Los Angeles after Craig McCormack walked into her bakery in New Orleans and swept the 37-year-old widow off her feet, taking her home with him to California. Aggie opened a pretty little bed and breakfast near Venice Beach and brought with her the French and Creole delicacies of her former home, including the to-die-for beignets she brought to each meeting, regardless of the setting. No one was willing to forgo those beignets.

This month's book was set in Mexico, so there were cheesy nachos with garlic guacamole, sweet potato and black bean taquitos, a creamy taco soup, Mexican chicken and rice, and fish tacos. Sharon had drawn beverages at their last meeting, so, along with a case of seltzer water, she'd brought a few bottles of a Baja Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot blend along with the makings for Mojitos.

"And these," she drew out two large bottles of champagne. "Because we can't celebrate 10 years without a little bubbly. I still can't believe we've been doing this for 10 years." She poured the champagne and passed the glasses around to the ten incredible women sprawled over the sitting area. Ranging in age from their late forties to early sixties, with most in their fifties like Sharon, black, white, and mixed heritage, native Californians and transplants, gay and straight, single and married, they were a diverse group who had come together to bond over a shared love of books. And somewhere along the way, they had become friends. Friends that had seen each other through infidelity, divorce, infertility, empty nests, cancer, adoptions, menopause, job losses, promotions, and new loves gained and lost.

The book club had come about rather organically not long after Helen and her business partner, Jenny, opened "The Book Nook", a combination bookstore/café a little over 10 years ago. Helen's husband, Christopher, had accepted the position of visiting professor at USC, and the British couple fell in love with the climate and laid back lifestyle of Southern California. So, when a permanent position became available, they decided to leave the gray skies and rain of England behind and settle in the land of sunshine and surfers. At the time, Jenny was a stay at home mom whose marriage had fallen apart after her battle with breast cancer. Divorced, her children in college, and cancer-free, she was ready to embrace a new life when Helen became a patron of the coffeehouse where she was working as a barista. Soon they were discussing a joint venture. A few years later, their bookstore/cafe became reality, and Sharon, Summer, and Rachel became some of their first customers. Recommendations of authors and long chats over coffee regarding the books they read or were interested in reading had Jenny suggesting the idea of starting a book club.

For Sharon, it was perfect timing. Ricky had just gone off to Stanford, and with Emily across the country at NYU, she was reeling from the effects of her empty nest. For 21 years, her life had revolved around her children and their needs, car-pooling, cooking, laundry, helping with homework, getting them to practices, cheering them on at games and recitals, and most recently visiting college campuses in preparation for their futures. And then suddenly they were just…gone. The house was too quiet, too empty, too filled with memories. And, with her children gone, the fact that she did not have a love life only became more pronounced, her bed suddenly emptier, colder to the touch. And it didn't help that she was starting to feel like she was in a rut at the PSB. Melancholy enveloped her in its insidious web, eating away at her, telling her that her best days were now in the past.

Later, she would find that she actually enjoyed the peace and solitude of being on her own, the freedom of not having to organize anyone but herself. But in the beginning, the loneliness was crushing. Both Rachel and Summer commiserated with her because they were going through the same thing. It was Marina who encouraged her to use that time to focus on herself and do some of the things she'd wanted to do but hadn't had time for in the past.

For many years, Sharon had helped out a few nights a month at St. Joseph's soup kitchen, bringing Emily and Ricky along with her, which was how she'd gotten to know Aggie. Now, she began volunteering at the church's domestic violence shelter, counseling the women on their rights, teaching them how to defend themselves, and helping them to find jobs. She coached them through the interview process and helped them select outfits from donated clothes-including her own-that would help them look professional. Eventually, she ended up on the board of directors. She also became the LAPD's liaison with "The Sunshine Kids Foundation" helping kids with cancer, worked with Rachel to raise money for "Emily's List", sold her house and bought the condo, and then she joined the book club.

It was the perfect hobby and helped her to expand her group of friends. Other than Gavin, Summer, and Rachel, she didn't really have any close friends, confidantes. It wasn't that she was anti-social, she had many friendly acquaintances: Marina, Aggie, a few women and men at work. But, the truth was, she had never had the time to cultivate deep friendships. As a single mom, she was usually either working or taking care of her kids. And where most people made friends on the job, her work within the PSB made that impossible. Barriers were essential in her position, and that had not been easy, especially in the beginning. Even though she'd always been a bit reserved, she was not a naturally unfriendly person, so having to close off that side of her had taken time and effort. But she'd become good at it. Maybe too good. Once her walls were built, it was hard to let people back in.

The book club started out small, and though it had not been intentional, they were all women: Helen, Sharon, Summer, Rachel, Jenny, Marina, and Aggie. Roz, Patrice, and Andrea were later additions. Once the only women thing was established, they decided to keep it that way, which pleased Sharon. She was surrounded by men all day long, worked in a profession dominated by men, and she didn't have a problem with that. For the most part, she liked working with men, liked their direct ways, and had always felt that the best teams had a combination of women and men. On the other hand, it was nice to spend time with her women friends and immerse herself in the female perspective. It was also easier to be herself and let her hair down without the male/female dynamic, without feeling like she had to prove that she was tough enough, strong enough, smart enough, the way she did at work, every… single… day. Around these women, she could express her emotions, and frankly, her sexuality, without being embarrassed or viewed as weak.

"To ten years!" Helen raised her glass of champagne.

"To ten years!" The group chorused.

TBC

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The zips, both on the external pocket and on the top slide open and closed super smoothly. The interior is plain, but everything is where is should be without any missed or double stitches. The Celine logo on the front is aligned perfectly and the same size as the authentic. The tag on the interior is also stamped deeply.

My friend has an authentic in smooth black leather too, so we compared hers and my replica Celine Nano luggage and she almost took the wrong one home! We had to compare it by the wear on her bag to confirm which was hers and which one was my replica handbag!

Shopping with this seller was great. I decided to try a new seller as I heard they had high quality replica Celine handbags. I was not disappointed, they were rapid to respond, there must be more than one person manning this account as at any time of day or night they responded almost instantly. Payment was fast via western union, and the package shipped out tracked via EMS within a few days. In a short week, I had this baby in my hands!

Advantages/Disadvantages: Instantly Recognizable

The replica Celine Nano Luggage must be one of the most immediately recognizable replica handbags on the planet. Any girl who knows anything about handbags will instantly know this bag, so be prepared for the attention it will garner.

Celine is one of the less common designer handbag brands. I believe this gives it a lot of credit, as you don’t see them everywhere as you would with other bags like the replica Chanel Classic Flap.

Zip Closure

Another lovely zip closure. I love the safety and security that comes with a zip. It’s greeat to know that no matter what, nobody can get in my bag without me knowing. As a daydreamer, space out a lot throughout the day while waiting in queues etc. So, having this extra layer of protection puts my mind at ease.

Exterior Zip Pocket

The Celine Nano Luggage replica has an external zip pocket. This is perfect for those moments where you need to be able to access something easily. I like to keep receipts in there. When I go to the airport, it’s a life saver for keeping your passport/boarding passes in. You constantly have to get them in and out, over and over again. This exterior pocket allows you to remain stylish, yet still be functional.

Detachable Strap

There is a detachable strap that hooks on the side hardware of the replica Celine Nano Luggage, allowing you to wear it over the shoulder, or crossbody. Be warned though, this strap is not adjustable and is also quite long.

Many shorter girls get around this by tying a knot in the strap to shorten it. You can also get it shortened professionally if you so please.

Surprisingly Spacious

Despite being a nano tote, this is a black hole bag. With one large internal compartment, it goes surprisingly deep. Every time I give someone my replica Celine Nano Luggage to inspect, every time they put their hand inside, you can see the look of shock on their face as the experience the depth.

For a casual trip out, it has more than enough room for all your essentials without having to downsize anything. There is even room to put an organizer in there. I recommend this, as it’s so deep, it can be hard getting to the bottom to fish something out if the bag is full.

Structured, but Soft

Despite being made of a soft, baby smooth leather, the Celine Nano Luggage replica is one sturdy bag. Having no problems standing up by itself, it maintains its shape no problem.

One problem is the delicacy of the leather. Smooth leather is great to look at, but a nightmare to handle. You always must be on your guard to ensure nobody bumps into you, or that you don’t scrape your bag on a rough surface.

No Feet

The only thing that would make this bag complete is a few metal feet on the bottom to protect the delicate leather from rough surfaces. With a bag like this, I always feel the need to rest it on a chair or a raised surface when I’m out and about, as I feel resting it on the floor will damage the leather. All replica designer handbags should take a note out of the replica Lady Dior’s book in this regard.

Sunglasses Tab

This a minor convenience, but when out and about it’s really handy. The replica Celine Nano Luggage has a little clasp on the exterior of the bag. This is for hooking your sunglasses on when not wearing them.

I never knew I needed this until it was sunny a few days ago, and I found out how amazingly convenient it was.

Is the Replica Celine Nano Luggage worth it?

If you’re looking for a fashionable bag to use for daily use, but also need a bag that can be pulled off at formal events, then the replica Celine Nano luggage is a good choice. It’s stylish, recognizable, rare and a true 1:1 mirror replica handbag. You can’t ask for much more.

The importance of versatility in replica handbags is understated. We buy replicas because most of us can’t justify purchasing the real thing, so a bag needs to see usage to be in my collection. I, and I’m sure many of you couldn’t justify purchasing a bag to use in just one situation. Therefore, I love the replica Celine Nano Luggage. Thanks for reading.

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• A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I’d love to go into film costume. – Clemence Poesy • A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist. – Ronald Reagan • A lot of movies try to set up a world with cool sets, costumes, camera work. In Brick, the world is born from the words. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt • A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting – Alan Ladd • A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the costumes and make-up, the actors’ reading of a line or emphasis of a word, the choice of lens and the pace of the cutting – these are all part of the translation. – David Nicholls • A simple garb is the proper costume of the vulgar; it is cut for them, and exactly suits their measure, but it is an ornament for those who have filled up their lives with great deeds. I liken them to beauty in dishabille, but more bewitching on that account. – Jean de la Bruyere • A woman in the depths of despair proves so persuasive that she wrenches the forgiveness lurking deep in the heart of her lover. This is all the more true when that woman is young, pretty, and so decollete as to emerge from the neck of her gown in the costume of Eve. – Honore de Balzac • Acting is not my favourite thing. I don’t like wearing costumes and wigs. – Victoria Wood • All through my life what I’ve loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product. – Keira Knightley • And that’s when I realized, when you’re a kid you don’t need a costume, you ARE superman. – Jerry Seinfeld • And weren’t, when you got right down to it, particularly evil. Human beings mostly aren’t. They just get carried away by new ideas, like dressing up in jackboots and shooting people, or dressing up in white sheets and lynching people, or dressing up in tie-dye jeans and and playing guitar at people. Offer people a new creed with a costume and their hearts and minds will follow. – Neil Gaiman • Another thing I take issue with are people who take their dogs on “play dates,” or even worse, people who choose to dress their dogs up in outfits better suited for homosexuals participating in a gay pride parade. Dog costumes are right up there with something else I find particularly offensive: sweater vests. – Chelsea Handler • Any time you talk about the look of the film, it’s not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer. – Spike Lee • As a costume designer, it’s important to give each person his or her own personalized look. – Eric Daman • As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday. – Bryan Batt • As I wouldn’t wear a costume, I couldn’t imagine him wanting to wear one. And seeing that the greater part of my wardrobe is black (It’s a sensible colour. It goes with anything. Well, anything black)[…]. – Neil Gaiman

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Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what? – Bill Watterson • Cause a costume can be comfortable It can make you feel more beautiful It can even make you look like someone else But it’s still you, so there’s nothing you can do Like a bad habit, the one you couldn’t kick, there it always is And it’s nothing that no doctor’s gonna fix. – Conor Oberst • Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song. – Sam Walton • Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. – Mason Cooley • Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out. – Katherine Waterston • Costume designers don’t care about trends. They appreciate, above so many other qualities, that tailoring is everything, which is a mantra for the way I dress. Ladies: The most important thing in clothing is to find a good, inexpensive tailor, because clothes at the stores are made for bodies that are anomalies. – Ginnifer Goodwin • Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you’re wearing, and you turn into someone else. – Jane Levy • Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu – Coco Chanel • Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences. – Anna Held • Costumes are fun. Dress up like a pilot some night and watch as people stare! – Tim Heidecker • Costumes are so much better than clothes. They’re like drugs, they change your personality. – Mary Woronov • Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are. – Colleen Atwood • Costumes, fashion, it’s all an expression of self, and the more you push the boundaries – the more that people work at creating alternative ideas – the more it changes people’s ideas of beauty. – Reese Witherspoon • Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. – Irving Kaufman • Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness. – Orson Scott Card • Diplomacy is the police in grand costume. – Napoleon Bonaparte • does you costume involve leather?” she’d asked. and he’d said, “Actually, yeah, it might.” it really did. it involved a leather dog collar, leather pants and a leash, and the leash was held by Ysandre, who was in skintight red rubber, from neck to knee high boots. she’d topped it off with a pair of devil horns and a red tridant. she’d made Shane her dog, complete with furry dog mask. ***”Breathe,” Myrnin said. “I’m not much for it myself, but i hear it’s quite good for humans.”*** – Rachel Caine • Drag for me is costume, and what I’m trying to do is, sometimes I’ll go around and wear makeup in the streets, turn up to the gig, take the makeup off, do the show, and then put the makeup back on. It’s the inverse of drag. It’s not about artifice. It’s about me just expressing myself. So when I’m campaigning in London for politics, I campaign with makeup on and the nails. It’s just what I have on, like any woman. – Eddie Izzard • Each character represents a different color on the big palette of what this ultimate painting is going to look like, who your guy is, and just try to be as honest and simple and real as you can possibly be. The outer trappings are incidental – costumes, period, makeup – all of that is rather insignificant at the end of the day. – Ron Perlman • Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous. – Mary Schmich • Every year, I have to spend another hour working out. Pretty soon I’ll be spending eight hours working out just to fit in the costume. I have the feeling that the minute I stop doing the character, boom, Roseanne Barr. – Cassandra Peterson • Everyone goes to the ‘Grands-Boulevards’ (in Paris, ed.) and let himself loose… …Do not picture these in costume, they are not for the most part… …perhaps a clown with a big nose, or two girls with bare necks and short skirts… …the parade of the queens of the halls (markets) is also one of the events… …Some are pretty but look awkward in their silk dresses and crowns, particularly as the broad sun displays their defects – perhaps a neck too thin or a painted face which shows ghastley white in the sunlight. – Edward Hopper • Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume. – Vera Wang • Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it’s all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them. – Johnny Weir • For each human being there is an optimum ratio between change and stasis. Too little change, he grows bored. Too little stability, he panics and loses his ability to adapt. One who marries six times in ten years won’t change jobs. One who moves often to serve his company will maintain a stable marriage. A woman chained to one home and family may redecorate frantically or take a lover or go to many costume parties. – Larry Niven • For the kind of thing that we were showing, the budget was sufficient. As we were speaking of in Haiti, we had not done that before in exactly this form and we had to have costumes for it. – Katherine Dunham • Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position – arms folded, butch-looking…you know – I met with the woman in charge of Holloway police station. She gave me the most invaluable advice: never let them see you cry, and never cross your arms. When I asked why, she said ‘because it is a defensive action and therefore weak. – Helen Mirren • Get my swan costume ready. – Anna Pavlova • Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I always go all-out with my costumes. – Ginnifer Goodwin • History, we know, is apt to repeat itself, and to foist very old incidents upon us with only a slight change of costume. – George Eliot • I always go into a blocking rehearsal with an anchor, with a blocking plan. And sometimes they’ll step into the room and they’ll be in costume and you’re like, “That sucks, that’s not going to work. Let’s think of something new.” – Ava DuVernay • I am interested in costume. Clothes in your daily life are important: your choices say something about you, even if what they’re saying is about non-choice. And what you wear in a film is crucial. – Clemence Poesy • I am out in public and using the phone. I am in a phone booth, got the phone in my hand and a man taps on the glass and says You using the phone? Nope, I’m superman, i am just looking for my costume. Here’s your sign! – Bill Engvall • I am very sorry if I have caused any offence. It was a poor choice of costume. – Prince Harry • I believe that God—if he exists at all—is what we want him to be. The true God is unknowable, and so we dress him up in costumes that make him visible to us. Then we come up with a lot of very silly rules that we attribute to him and tell everyone if they don’t follow those rules, they can’t be part of the gang. – Michael Thomas Ford • I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume! – Dirk Benedict • I consider myself an artist, but instead of paint or clay, my medium is drag. I put so much of myself into my drag from every detail of the costume, makeup and hair to my performance, the way I speak or even stand. – Manila Luzon • I definitely feel, when I’m wearing the costume, that I could scare people and hurt them. – Joan Severance • I design all of my costumes. I like to go out there and feel like I have contributed to every part of what I do. I choose the music, the choreographer, I’ve obviously chosen my coach, my costumes – all if that falls under my realm of power, my realm of influence. – Johnny Weir • I don’t believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day. – Stephanie Perkins • I don’t think I ever said, “I want to be an actress.” But for Halloween, I dressed up as a movie star from when I was seven to when I was twelve. The costume was always a long dress, with makeup, and my hair curled, and jewelry on. And the movie star was always Jenny McCarthy. So right there you could see a little pattern. – Jenny McCarthy • I don’t think that I could fit into the costume anymore. – Lee Meriwether • I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them. – Tracy Chapman • I felt like, in the recent past, people have been apologizing for Superman, a little bit, for his costume, for his origins, and for the way he fits into society. – Zack Snyder • I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience’s ear a chance to understand what’s going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra. – Stephen Sondheim • I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we’re choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I’m not so much interested in my character as the film itself. – Jeanne Moreau • I had a lot of fun with my costume designer. – Adam Lambert • I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added. – Louise Glück • I hate bananas. I just hate them. But I also think a banana suit is the funniest fruit costume a person can wear. – Paul Neilan • I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I hate – I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is like, my least favorite holiday. – Amy Poehler • I hate Technicolor. Everybody in a Technicolor movie seems to feel obliged to wear a lurid costume in each new scene and to stand around like a clotheshorse with a lot of very green trees or very yellow wheat or very blue ocean rolling away for miles and miles in every direction. – Sylvia Plath • I hate the terminology of “costume” because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they’re high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn’t say they’re costumes, I’d say they’re more couture. – Christian Siriano • I have a ton of cousins on my moms side of the family, and we would put on shows together all the time and put on costumes, and we even charged our parents money. – Maulik Pancholy • I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion. – Zaha Hadid • I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there’s something great about loving what you love and not caring if it’s unpopular. – Kristen Bell • I have over five thousand costumes and props and cars, and I have a twenty-five thousand square foot warehouse full of memorabilia. – Debbie Reynolds • I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller. – Julia Sawalha • I knew ‘Be Our Guest’ would be performed on a set and in costume, but anyone with a history in Theatre In Education will know that can mean anything. – Pippa Evans • I knew I would grow up and wear a costume one day, and that’s exactly what happened. – Cassandra Peterson • I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who. – Lalla Ward • I like to work in costumes, makeup, and hair that allow me tremendous freedom. – Jessica Lange • I liked the choreography, but I didn’t care for the costumes. – Tommy Tune • I love all the voiceovers I do. I can’t remember them all, but I seem to do them all of the time. And there’s nothing easier because you just stand and read the script, and you don’t have to act the way actors do. You don’t have to be made up and put costumes on. – Stan Lee • I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am. – Alessandro Nivola • I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop. – Amy Sedaris • I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I’ve retained a bit of that in my adulthood. – Lake Bell • I love putting on an outfit or a costume and just looking at myself in the mirror. Baggy pants or some real funky shoes and a hat and just feeling the character of it. That’s fun to me. – Michael Jackson • I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn’t think, ‘Ooh I’ve got to avoid being typecast’ – you can’t ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. – Helena Bonham Carter • I only assumed those dresses were costumes, based on the garish nature of the plumage. – Kami Garcia • I picked out my Halloween costume. I’m going as ‘Slutty Madeleine Albright.’ – Conan O’Brien • I put the costume on and said ‘It’s not very comfortable, but it looks amazing,’ so it’s all good. – Chris Hemsworth • I read and watch movies. I can’t go to the movie theater much anymore, though, because I get recognized. It’s worse sometimes if I wear a costume and try not to get recognized. I watch most of my films on airplanes – Ayumi Hamasaki • I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights. – Lusia Strus • I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn’t even stand up, let alone kick the ball. – Fred Frith • I said old Jesus probably would’ve puked if He could see it – all those fancy costumes and all. Sally said I was a sacrilegious atheist. I probably am. The thing Jesus really would’ve liked would be the guy who plays the kettle drums in the orchestra. – J. D. Salinger • I see my face in the mirror and go, ‘I’m a Halloween costume? That’s what they think of me?’ – Drew Carey • I see myself wrapped in lies, which do not seem to penetrate my soul, as if they are not really a part of me. They are like costumes. – Anais Nin • I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. – Camille Claudel • I think color, for a costume designer, is one of your biggest storytelling devices. – Alexandra Byrne • I think I’m better at live shows than I used to be because I’m way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I’ll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don’t know how to. – Fiona Apple • I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character’s costume. – Ginnifer Goodwin • I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment – it won’t die easily. – Ronnie Corbett • I think that when you put yourself, as actors have to do, in other people’s shoes, when you have to put on the costume that someone else has worn in their life, it gets much, much harder to be prejudiced against them and even to be – to not try to look at the world in a sense of “I’m not going to judge somebody. I’m going to try to understand who they are and what they’re about.” – Kevin Spacey • I tried to end our little duel. I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered. Still Clyde came, my pirate costume so great a success that it had apparently convinced him that we were back in the golden days of romantic old New Orleans when gentlemen decided matters of hot dog honor at twenty paces – John Kennedy Toole • I try to get to know the actors as much as I can. I feel like I’m friends with them for starters and for a week or two, we rehearse when they’re getting the costumes together. – Gus Van Sant • I try very hard not to take work home, but it can be tricky. Sometimes it feels as if you are wearing your costume underneath your own clothes! I suppose things are always ticking away in the back of your mind. – Anne-Marie Duff • I wanna begin saying a story about my son. I have a four-year old son who loves superheroes from Spider-Man to Iron Man to Batman. He’s got all the costumes. One day he looks at me and says ‘Dad, I want to be light-skinned so I could be Spider-Man. Spider-Man has light skin.’ That was sort of a shock. This is why I am excited to be a part of the Marvel Universe, so I could be hopefully provide that diversity in the role of the superhero. – Djimon Hounsou • I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me. – Johnny Weir • I was obsessed with being popular when I was in high school and never achieved it. There’s photos from our high school musicals and things, and I’m comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar’s costume. – Mindy Kaling • I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though. – Gary Cole • I would love to play the Femme Fatale or an action role like Trinity in the Matrix or something like that. You know, a part with a lot of costume changes. – Josie Maran • I’d hear some beautiful Sade or Kings Of Convenience ballad remixed in a club and I liked that these simple little songs seemed to be masquerading. They had put on superhero costumes, got all beefy, and here they were on the dancefloor. I was interested in that. I can’t make electronic beats, so I leave it to the pros like Boys Noize and Chromeo. – Feist Ideas, Possums, Officers • If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? – Chuck Palahniuk • If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. – Douglas Coupland • If I’ve learned anything in twenty-nine years, it’s that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that’s sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. My gift – bad choice of words – is that I can look at you, him, her, them, whoever, and tell right away what is keeping them awake at night: money; feelings of insignificance; overwhelming boredom; evil children; job troubles; or perhaps death, in one of its many costumes, perched in the wings. What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives. – Douglas Coupland • If Jacob was right and clothes were costumes and makeup a mask, then our attitudes and habits must be our shields. – Justina Chen • I’ll tell you…why Wonder Woman worked. Or Bionic Woman. Or any of those [shows] really. It was because it wasn’t about brawn…it was about brains. And yes, she happened to be beautiful, she happened to be kind of extraordinary in some way, but she wasn’t a guy. And I think that, [now], they…put out a female hero, and all they are doing is changing the costume from a man to a woman…they’re not showcasing any of the tremendous dichotomies than women possess in term of softness and toughness, sweetness and grit, inner and outer strength. – Lynda Carter • I’m a big comic book nerd so every time I’m in costume and see everyone in costume I’m just like “This is sick.” – Franz Drameh • I’m a child of the downloading age. I remember when I was 10, a friend who went to the same school as me came to our [school’s] costume party with a really weird hairdo. She had all these little knots in her hair. I asked her who she was and she said she was Björk. I thought this Björk must be a really cool person, so I got on the internet when I got home and found as much as I could on Björk and I fell in love. – Tove Styrke • I’m a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson. – Joan Collins • I’m a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject. – Meryl Streep • Im able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie. – Kevin Spacey • I’m glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie – the networks just wouldn’t spend the money today. – Carol Burnett • I’m not the best audience for that because I’m not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that. – Gary Oldman • I’m sure favorite moments in movies are things that just happen accidentally when the camera is there. You have to do all the homework to get yourself into the period, the costumes, the style, the voice, the hairdo or whatever it is, but once you’ve done all that work, you have to kind of let it go and just be there. If you’re always thinking about it, it just looks a bit over-thought. – Tom Hiddleston • I’m sure that there must have been times when you have read books or watched films and found yourself secretly wishing for the villain to win. Why? Isn’t that against the rules by which our society lives? Why should you feel this way? It’s simple, really; the villain is the true hero of these tales, not the well-intentioned moron who somehow foils their diabolical scheme. The villain get’s all the best lines, has the best costumes, has unlimited power and wealth- why on earth would anyone not want to be the villain? – Mark Walden • I’m very good at living out of a suitcase. I love dressing up every morning. It feels like a costume, in some ways. – Morgan Saylor • I’m very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it’s one of the great things about making movies is it’s a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character’s costume and what that might tell about your character. – Jeff Bridges • Immortals is without doubt the best-looking awful movie you will ever see. Eiko Ishioka’s costume designs alone deserve an Oscar nomination. “They weren’t at all historically accurate,” grumbled a woman in the elevator after the sneak preview, as if lots of documentation exists about the wardrobes of the gods. She added: “I guess that’s what we deserve for using free tickets we got at a Blackhawks game. – Roger Ebert • In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language – as you say, sort of mime-type skills. – Warwick Davis • In dreams we are true poets; we create the persons of the drama; we give them appropriate figures faces, costumes; they are perfect in their organs, attitudes, manners; moreover they speak after their own characters, not ours; and we listen with surprise to what they say. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything. – Molly Parker • In some ways, Halloween is much easier for women. They can just dress as sluts, and it’s kind of a costume, if they never do any other time. – Chuck Klosterman • In the old days when I first was coming up, you would turn up on set in the morning with your coffee, script, and hangover and you would figure out what you were going to do with the day and how you were going to play the scenes. You would rehearse and then invite the crew in to watch the actors go through the scenes. The actors would go away to makeup and costume and the director and the DP would work out how they were going to cover what the actors had just done. – Paul Bettany • Inside the envelope with the letter was a little Princess Leia action figure USB flash drive. For me to store my novel on, since he was right – I never back up my computer’s hard drive. The sight of it – it’s Princess Leia in her Hoth outfit, my favorite of her costumes (how had he remembered?) brought tears to my eyes. – Meg Cabot • It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music. – Nancy Kerrigan • It is amazing to me how deeply into the popular culture the creature has become. There are zombie walks in every major city. I live in Toronto, and last year 3,000 people came out dressed as zombies…. I do not get it. Maybe it’s an easy costume: Splash some ketchup on and rip up your jeans — although most people already have torn jeans — and you’re done. – George A. Romero • It is only in the case of the Priestly Code that opinions differ widely; for it tries hard to imitate the costume of the Mosaic period, and, with whatever success, to disguise its own. – Julius Wellhausen • It reminds me of how grandmother always had the right costume for me to wear. You wear the right outfit and you feel like the person you’re pretending to be. – John Boyne • It took me a while to warm to the ’20s costumes on ‘Downton.’ I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, ‘We’re equal to men!’ – Lily James • It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn’t know I was doing it. – Peter Mayhew • It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design. – Christian Siriano • It was the sheer variety of the pain that stopped me from crying out. It came from so many places, spoke so many languages, wore so many dazzling varieties of ethnic costume, that for a full fifteen seconds I could only hang my jaw in amazement. – Hugh Laurie • It’s an addiction. I love clothes. I like to go down Melrose and look in all the windows and I go to different flea markets. I have lots of costumes. You never know when you’re going to have to dress up like a milkmaid from the 1600s. – Zooey Deschanel • I’ve always been attracted to romantic secondhand clothes. But my style developed as I started going to these strange raves where everybody had these very definitive costumes. – Florence Welch • I’ve always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they’d still say I’m a dark personality. – Tim Burton • I’ve always wanted to be Wonder Woman, of course. She had the greatest costume. – Kelly Hu • I’ve always worked closely with the designers and whoever’s making the costumes. Comfort is the last thing you want on your mind when you’re competing. In an ideal situation, you’ll have something where you’ll put it on and you’re fine and you don’t have to worry about it at all. – Kristi Yamaguchi • I’ve done a lot of costume drama and theatre – the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period. – Brenda Blethyn • I’ve done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I’ve done have either been stunt or costume work. – Verne Troyer • I’ve made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I’m the only guy in the movie and the only place to be is right next to the camera in costume ready to go in order to get it. The years, and more specifically probably the four months prior to beginning shooting, is where the big preparation is that the director does because I knew we were going to get on the set. And the good news is, if you’re the boss, if it ain’t good, you don’t use it. You just cut it out. – Tom Hanks • I’ve never done a lead role in a film this big [like Doctor Strange], in a franchise this big. One of the reasons was, I wanted to know what the toy box was like. And it’s just insane, the amount of facility that everyone gets, but the amount of artistry and craft that’s brought to every aspect of filmmaking. I mean, you go to your first costume fitting and it’s one of thirty. It’s a myriad, but it’s for a reason. There are so many incredible costumes in this. – Benedict Cumberbatch • just because I don’t have on a silly black costume and carry a silly broom and wear a silly black hat, doesn’t mean that I’m not a witch. I’m a witch all the time and not just on Halloween. – E. L. Konigsburg • Madonna has a far profounder vision of sex than do the feminists. She sees both the animality and the artifice. Changing her costume style and hair color virtually every month, Madonna embodies the eternal values of beauty and pleasure. Feminism says, ‘No more masks.’ Madonna says we are nothing but masks. Through her enormous impact on young women around the world, Madonna is the future of feminism. – Camille Paglia • My book is very wild. But you know during the period of BATMAN, that there were thousands of Batman and Robin costumes sold and these weren’t just for kids. – Burt Ward • My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women. – Brenda Holloway • My fancy dress costume of choice is… something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence. – Ellie Goulding • My father has developed a tradition of surprising us at some point by appearing in fancy dress. He buys a new costume each year and typically gets carried away. A couple of Christmases ago he appeared in an inflatable sumo outfit. Its endearing, really, and only quite embarrassing. – Pippa Middleton • My first acting experience was a non-speaking role as a robot. My costume was a cardboard box covered in tinfoil, but I was so shy I refused to go on stage. – Jessica Raine • My girlfriend’s a costume designer in the theater. – Philip Seymour Hoffman • My mom did costumes for the Pointer Sisters. – Slash • My mom used to make my costumes when I was little; she sews a lot. One year, I was a bride and I had a big wedding dress and a bouquet. Another year I was a medieval princess with a long teal dress and a veil. It was a little extravagant, but it was cute! – Sasha Pieterse • My neighbors tell me of their adventures with famous gentlemen and ladies, what notabilities they met at the dinner-table; but I am no more interested in such things than in the contents of the Daily Times. The interest and the conversation are about costume and manners chiefly; but a goose is a goose still, dress it as you will. – Henry David Thoreau • My objects dream and wear new costumes, compelled to, it seems, by all the words in my hands and the sea that bangs in my throat. – Anne Sexton • Nice costume,” he said. “Ditto. I can tell you put alot of though into yours.” Amusement curled his mouth. “If you don’t like it, I can take it off.” I tapped my chin thoughtfully. “That just might be the best proposal I’ve had all night.” “My offers are always the best, Angel. – Becca Fitzpatrick • No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. – Helena Bonham Carter • No touching Baby Jesus.” “But we’re his parents!” proclaimed Mary Beth, who was being generous to include poor Joseph under this appellation. “Mary Beth,” Barb Wiggin said, “if you touch the Baby Jesus, I’m putting you in a cow costume. – John Irving • No, officer, I have no idea why I’m wearing this possum costume. I called you what? OH. My bad.” -Nastasya – Cate Tiernan • Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume. – Coco Chanel • Now people need special costumes to ride bicycles. I mean, a helmet, what, are you an astronaut?? – Fran Lebowitz • Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each ones part until the manager walks them off the stage? – Desiderius Erasmus • O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales. – Leo Rosten • Oh, hello,” Dr. M says, shaking Balder’s hand. “Wonderful costume. I’m a bit of a role player myself on the weekends. Tell me, where did you get the helmet?” It was forged in the North, blessed by the hands of Odin, given to me by my mother, Frigg,” Balder answers. Lovely. I got mine on the Internet. – Libba Bray • On the side of box of my superman costume it actually said – ‘Do not attempt to fly!’ – Jerry Seinfeld • Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on. – Lucy Liu • One time I forgot my costume, and I had to do a scene in my pants, and I got my knob caught in a clapperboard. – 2D • People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team – make-up, costume and a driver – but usually, in a war zone, there’s only me and the cameraman. – Kate Adie • People assume, because I’m Hef’s girlfriend, that I’m a Bunny and I’m a Playmate and I’m a centerfold, but they’re different things. If you’re a Playmate or a centerfold, which is the same thing, you pose for the magazine, you are one particular month, and not every Playmate is a Bunny. A Bunny is a girl who used to work at the Playboy Club, she had the Bunny costume, and now that we don’t have Playboy Clubs, it’s just Playmates who work special promotions and are fitted for a Bunny costume. – Holly Madison • Period costume films are fun to discover, but they’re not relatable. It’s more, ‘Wow, that’s cool – did it really look like that back then?’ Whereas with a comedy, you’re like, ‘Yeah, that’s me, that’s my friends.’ No matter what, I want people to relate. – Paul Feig • Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been arrested by success or failure, on one side, and those who are still engaged in changing themselves, on the other. Agitators of arrested metamorphosis versus agitators of continued metamorphosis. The former have the advantage of numbers (since most people accept themselves as successes or failures quite early), the latter of vitality and visibility (since self-transformation, though it begins from within, with ideology, religion, drugs, tends to express itself publicly through costume and jargon). – Harold Rosenberg • pools of blood are not recreational even lifeguards drown when the undertow breaks bread with the underbelly demons disguised as sharks have not put enough thought into their costumes a wiseman stays ashore when pointed fins read like italian subtitles the end is near (…) the beginning – Saul Williams • Radio is truly the theater of the mind. The listener constructs the sets, colors them from his own palette, and sculpts and costumes the characters who perform in them. – Mercedes McCambridge • Satan himself can’t save a woman who wears thirty-shilling corsets under a thirty-guinea costume. – Rudyard Kipling • She said, “I’m going to have you fired.” I had two people say that to me today, “I’m going to have you fired.” Go ahead, be my guest. I’m wearing a green velvet costume; it doesn’t get any worse than this. Who do these people think they are? I’m going to have you fired!” and I wanted to lean over and say, “I’m going to have you killed. – David Sedaris • Shigure Sohma: [got Tohru a maid costume for White Day] I can’t wait to for her to call me master while wearing this. Hatsuharu Sohma: Just don’t get arrested, okay? – Natsuki Takaya • Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to a deed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to deed. A skillful man reads his dreams for his self-knowledge; yet not the details, but the quality. What part does he play in them – a cheerful, manly part, or a poor, drivelling part? However monstrous and grotesque their apparitions, they have a substantial truth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • So you couldn’t protect yourself? The absolute erodes; the boundary, the wall around the self erodes. If I was waiting I had been invaded by time. But do you think you’re free? I think I recognize the patterns of my nature. Bud do you think you’re free? I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added. – Louise Glück • So, did the costume come with a condom, or is that sold separately? – Rachel Vincent • Some directors hand over portions of their movie to their head of department to the point where it’s like, “I’m not going to talk to you about the costumes, but I’m going to let you talk to the expert.” Rather than, “You want to talk stitching, let’s talk stitching. You want to talk grade of leather? Let’s.” – Idris Elba • Someone’s going to put the clothes on you, and part of being an actor is wearing costumes. Costumes tell you an awful lot about who you are, so you just, it’s nothing. – Morgan Freeman • Sometimes I steal costumes. – Rich Fulcher • Steampunk is…the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama – Gail Carriger • Tales of adultery are much improved by period costumes. – Mason Cooley • The beauty of the internal nature cannot be so far concealed by its accidental vesture, but that the spirit of its form shall communicate itself to the very disguise and indicate the shape it hides from the manner in which it is worn. A majestic form and graceful motions will express themselves through the most barbarous and tasteless costume. – Percy Bysshe Shelley • The costume designer designing clothes that helped the comedy in The Proposal, that sold the character. Each and every detail was so perfectly thought of, what wouldn’t be here? That’s a lost art. – Sandra Bullock • the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life. – Oscar Wilde • The costume of women should be suited to her wants and needs. – Amelia Bloomer • The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn’t leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don’t have a problem with it because of the way this character’s been written. – Jeri Ryan • The Dutch at close proximity looked much like Americans, apart from their peculiar uniforms, and so it was their uniforms I fired at, half convinced that I was killing, not human beings, but enemy costumes, which had borne their contents here from a distant land; and if some living man suffered for his enslavement to the uniform, or was penetrated by the bullets aimed at it well, that was unavoidable, and the fault couldn’t be placed at my feet. The private charade was not equivalent to Courage, but it enabled a Callousness that served a similar purpose. – Robert Charles Wilson • The fashion I’ve acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I’ve collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood. The clothes are on mannequins, also on hangers and in boxes with a photo of each piece, and there’s a Web site where I can go to look through everything. It’s too big – I could never sort through it myself! But these garments tell the stories of my life. – Lady Gaga • The first time I met Prince he invented me to his birthday party in Minneapolis. It was a costume party and I came as a beatnik – a beret and a charcoal goatee. He was dressed like an executioner. I talked to him for awhile and he didn’t know who I was, and when I told him he was real surprised. – Paul Reubens • The historical side of fashion was very attractive to me when I was a teenager in Moscow, working for the costume departments in various Russian theater companies. – Alexander Vassiliev • The Hulk was a unique character because of his strength and power. He doesn’t have a costume like Spiderman or like Superman – The Hulk is more visual. His passion and his strength, that is what separates him from anything else. – Lou Ferrigno • The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape. – Zoe Kravitz • The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it’s the same story with different characters and different costumes. – James Randi • The skeptics said you can’t put on a costume in the middle of New York – which isn’t true, because everyone’s in a costume here. – Avi Arad • The tabloid that said that I dressed up as a medieval, like a sexy medieval something and that upset me more than the dating rumors that have been circling around that were fake. If somebody thinks I’m going to dress sexy to a costume party, they have another thing coming. – Jennifer Lawrence • The threats against democracy today are in general completely normal. They walk around in costume and tie. – Carl B. Hamilton • There is the danger of over preparation, of loss of spontaneity; over rehearsal is the most terrible thing you can imagine. We do have a very close association between costume and set designer, though. And the cameraman is very important, of course. – Terence Fisher • There’s going to be a Halloween costume [of lavash from Sausage Party]. The whole thing is just so ridiculous. It’s nice. It’s silly, and it’s surreal. – David Krumholtz • There’s no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume. – Morgan Freeman • There’s nothing more fun than putting on an old costume and jewelry and being in a house that’s decorated from the ’20s or ’30s or whatever. • There’s something about being there, on the set, in costume, in the moment, where you start to get a feel for the scene, which is not the same as sitting in your office writing it. – Lionel Wigram • They know they’re going to look beautiful, and I don’t think women should look like costumes. They shouldn’t look like fashion victims. – Ralph Lauren • They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind. – Owen Hart • They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they’ve heard of unemployment and they’ve heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball. – Ogden Nash • This is my costume. I’m a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else. – Christina Ricci • To me, achieving tone, achieving consistency, is exactly the job of a director. It is to be the fusing, the nexus of a whole bunch of people contributing to the complex life of a movie. There are actors, there’s a cinematographer, there’re costume people, set people, there are all these things, and you somehow have to be the person in the middle of it who is making it all synchronize into the same magic bubble. – Edward Norton • To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. – Junichiro Koizumi • Vitamins ruined my life. Not that there was much left to ruin, but still. I know that blaming vitamins for my horrible life sounds strange. After all, vitamins are supposed to keep people healthy. Also, they’re inanimate objects. But thanks to them I was stuck in the Jackson Center Mall watching my father run around in a bee costume. – Elizabeth Scott • We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse. – Bryan Batt • We needed to have a great set decorator, a great D.P., a great costume designer, everybody. Without all these people, we would have made a shitty movie. – Vincent Paronnaud • We post photos of the Halloween costumes and the mustaches made of cupcake frosting. We don’t record the tantrums?and that’s as it should be. But we shouldn’t mistake that for reality. It’s stagecraft. – Libby Copeland • We talk about theatre museums filled with old costumes and things. What we also need is a theatre museum of the old routines on videotape. We are only the custodians of those techniques, and they should be preserved. – Jim Dale • We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brothers winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips. – Ann Hood • Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it. – John Malkovich • Well,the fun part of being a writer is that it’s like making a wonderful film, with no limit on my budget. I can design the sets, the costume, the lightings, I write the script, and then I get to perform all the roles as I step into each character’s skin, zip up, and adopt that point of view. So, to me, they are all compelling and fascinating. – Robin Hobb • What keeps this industry alive is creators doing their own work. Once you change a costume or origin enough times, it’s a dead body – you’re just electrocuting it and keeping it sort of shambling on. There is a lot more creator-owned stuff now, and some of it I look at and go, ‘Oh, that’s his pitch for a TV show. That’s his pitch for a movie. That’s him saying oh, this kind of thing sells.’ I didn’t do that. – Mike Mignola • When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song. – Sam Walton • When I get up in the morning, I go and I work with beautiful women and charming men and funny comedians and dramatic artists. And I’m presented with costumes and great music to choose from and sets. I travel a certain amount of places, so I’ve been living in a bubble. And I like it. – Woody Allen • When I go out and I’m presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don’t want it to look like I’m wearing a costume. – Rachel Roy • When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every day, in real life, like we’re playing onstage. I don’t really care about clothes, but it’s about wearing something that gives you social confidence. Or maybe helps you pick up chicks. – Julian Casablancas • When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in the mirror you feel like a different person. – Michael Shannon • When you’re wearing an animal costume and something bad happens, your facial expression doesn’t change. The animal is deadpan the whole time. If you’re skiing in a gorilla suit and you fall, you just see a gorilla who has no emotion. It’s just a stoic gorilla, wildly falling down a hill, out of control. – Demetri Martin • When youre young, the blue blazer feels like a grown-up costume. – Willie Geist • White is too brilliant to be seen, so yellow is its filter, its costume, revealing that pure light has not only brightness but emotional resonance and depth. – Richard Grossinger • Wild Bill was a strange character, add to this figure a costume blending the immaculate neatness of the dandy with the extravagant taste and style of a frontiersman, you have Wild Bill, the most famous scout on the Plains. – George Armstrong Custer • Without my husband’s costumes I wouldn’t have known how to accomplish what I saw in my own mind’s eyes for choreography. And then seeing our choreography and knowing the background of it I am sure helped my husband a great deal with what he designed for us. – Katherine Dunham • Women: You can’t live with them, and you can’t get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something. – Emo Philips • You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. – Zig Ziglar • You can’t do a machine without knowing something about how it’s going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don’t enjoy doing period clothes. – Boris Vallejo • You can’t have a bad time at Disney World. It’s not allowed. They have hidden electronic surveillance cameras everywhere, and if they catch you failing to laugh with childlike wonder, they lock you inside a costume representing a beloved Disney character such as Goofy and make you walk about in the Florida heat getting grabbed and leaped on by violently excited children until you have learned your lesson. – Dave Barry • You know, being in a rock band, you can’t overdo the costume changes too much because everyone thinks, oh, that’s not a real rock band. Look how many times he changes costumes. That’s not rock. Rock’s about going on in a T-shirt and staying in it and getting it all dirty. But that’s not really my approach. – Mick Jagger • You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush – if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn’t need a costume. You’d give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There’s no doubt about it. – Tommy Chong • You men out there probably think you already know how to dress for success. You know, for example, that you should not wear leisure suits or white plastic belts and shoes, unless you are going to a costume party disguised as a pig farmer vacationing at Disney World. – Dave Barry • You only get one shot in your life and you might as well push yourself and try things. There’s so many interesting aspects of making a movie; the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations. It’s a great, great thing to be involved in if you have the headspace for it, and I do. Try anything once. – Jason Statham • Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adolescents will cling to it. – David Eddings • Youth is terrible: it is a stage trod by children in buskins and a variety of costumes mouthing speeches they’ve memorized and fanatically believe but only half understand. And history is terrible because it so often ends up a playground for the immature; a playground for the young Nero, a playground for the young Bonaparte, a playground for the easily roused mobs of children whose simulated passions and simplistic poses suddenly metamorphose into a catastrophically real reality. – Milan Kundera • Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume – they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play. – Kurt Busiek

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• A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I’d love to go into film costume. – Clemence Poesy • A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist. – Ronald Reagan • A lot of movies try to set up a world with cool sets, costumes, camera work. In Brick, the world is born from the words. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt • A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting – Alan Ladd • A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the costumes and make-up, the actors’ reading of a line or emphasis of a word, the choice of lens and the pace of the cutting – these are all part of the translation. – David Nicholls • A simple garb is the proper costume of the vulgar; it is cut for them, and exactly suits their measure, but it is an ornament for those who have filled up their lives with great deeds. I liken them to beauty in dishabille, but more bewitching on that account. – Jean de la Bruyere • A woman in the depths of despair proves so persuasive that she wrenches the forgiveness lurking deep in the heart of her lover. This is all the more true when that woman is young, pretty, and so decollete as to emerge from the neck of her gown in the costume of Eve. – Honore de Balzac • Acting is not my favourite thing. I don’t like wearing costumes and wigs. – Victoria Wood • All through my life what I’ve loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product. – Keira Knightley • And that’s when I realized, when you’re a kid you don’t need a costume, you ARE superman. – Jerry Seinfeld • And weren’t, when you got right down to it, particularly evil. Human beings mostly aren’t. They just get carried away by new ideas, like dressing up in jackboots and shooting people, or dressing up in white sheets and lynching people, or dressing up in tie-dye jeans and and playing guitar at people. Offer people a new creed with a costume and their hearts and minds will follow. – Neil Gaiman • Another thing I take issue with are people who take their dogs on “play dates,” or even worse, people who choose to dress their dogs up in outfits better suited for homosexuals participating in a gay pride parade. Dog costumes are right up there with something else I find particularly offensive: sweater vests. – Chelsea Handler • Any time you talk about the look of the film, it’s not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer. – Spike Lee • As a costume designer, it’s important to give each person his or her own personalized look. – Eric Daman • As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday. – Bryan Batt • As I wouldn’t wear a costume, I couldn’t imagine him wanting to wear one. And seeing that the greater part of my wardrobe is black (It’s a sensible colour. It goes with anything. Well, anything black)[…]. – Neil Gaiman

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Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what? – Bill Watterson • Cause a costume can be comfortable It can make you feel more beautiful It can even make you look like someone else But it’s still you, so there’s nothing you can do Like a bad habit, the one you couldn’t kick, there it always is And it’s nothing that no doctor’s gonna fix. – Conor Oberst • Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song. – Sam Walton • Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. – Mason Cooley • Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out. – Katherine Waterston • Costume designers don’t care about trends. They appreciate, above so many other qualities, that tailoring is everything, which is a mantra for the way I dress. Ladies: The most important thing in clothing is to find a good, inexpensive tailor, because clothes at the stores are made for bodies that are anomalies. – Ginnifer Goodwin • Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you’re wearing, and you turn into someone else. – Jane Levy • Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu – Coco Chanel • Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences. – Anna Held • Costumes are fun. Dress up like a pilot some night and watch as people stare! – Tim Heidecker • Costumes are so much better than clothes. They’re like drugs, they change your personality. – Mary Woronov • Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are. – Colleen Atwood • Costumes, fashion, it’s all an expression of self, and the more you push the boundaries – the more that people work at creating alternative ideas – the more it changes people’s ideas of beauty. – Reese Witherspoon • Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. – Irving Kaufman • Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness. – Orson Scott Card • Diplomacy is the police in grand costume. – Napoleon Bonaparte • does you costume involve leather?” she’d asked. and he’d said, “Actually, yeah, it might.” it really did. it involved a leather dog collar, leather pants and a leash, and the leash was held by Ysandre, who was in skintight red rubber, from neck to knee high boots. she’d topped it off with a pair of devil horns and a red tridant. she’d made Shane her dog, complete with furry dog mask. ***”Breathe,” Myrnin said. “I’m not much for it myself, but i hear it’s quite good for humans.”*** – Rachel Caine • Drag for me is costume, and what I’m trying to do is, sometimes I’ll go around and wear makeup in the streets, turn up to the gig, take the makeup off, do the show, and then put the makeup back on. It’s the inverse of drag. It’s not about artifice. It’s about me just expressing myself. So when I’m campaigning in London for politics, I campaign with makeup on and the nails. It’s just what I have on, like any woman. – Eddie Izzard • Each character represents a different color on the big palette of what this ultimate painting is going to look like, who your guy is, and just try to be as honest and simple and real as you can possibly be. The outer trappings are incidental – costumes, period, makeup – all of that is rather insignificant at the end of the day. – Ron Perlman • Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous. – Mary Schmich • Every year, I have to spend another hour working out. Pretty soon I’ll be spending eight hours working out just to fit in the costume. I have the feeling that the minute I stop doing the character, boom, Roseanne Barr. – Cassandra Peterson • Everyone goes to the ‘Grands-Boulevards’ (in Paris, ed.) and let himself loose… …Do not picture these in costume, they are not for the most part… …perhaps a clown with a big nose, or two girls with bare necks and short skirts… …the parade of the queens of the halls (markets) is also one of the events… …Some are pretty but look awkward in their silk dresses and crowns, particularly as the broad sun displays their defects – perhaps a neck too thin or a painted face which shows ghastley white in the sunlight. – Edward Hopper • Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume. – Vera Wang • Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it’s all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them. – Johnny Weir • For each human being there is an optimum ratio between change and stasis. Too little change, he grows bored. Too little stability, he panics and loses his ability to adapt. One who marries six times in ten years won’t change jobs. One who moves often to serve his company will maintain a stable marriage. A woman chained to one home and family may redecorate frantically or take a lover or go to many costume parties. – Larry Niven • For the kind of thing that we were showing, the budget was sufficient. As we were speaking of in Haiti, we had not done that before in exactly this form and we had to have costumes for it. – Katherine Dunham • Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position – arms folded, butch-looking…you know – I met with the woman in charge of Holloway police station. She gave me the most invaluable advice: never let them see you cry, and never cross your arms. When I asked why, she said ‘because it is a defensive action and therefore weak. – Helen Mirren • Get my swan costume ready. – Anna Pavlova • Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I always go all-out with my costumes. – Ginnifer Goodwin • History, we know, is apt to repeat itself, and to foist very old incidents upon us with only a slight change of costume. – George Eliot • I always go into a blocking rehearsal with an anchor, with a blocking plan. And sometimes they’ll step into the room and they’ll be in costume and you’re like, “That sucks, that’s not going to work. Let’s think of something new.” – Ava DuVernay • I am interested in costume. Clothes in your daily life are important: your choices say something about you, even if what they’re saying is about non-choice. And what you wear in a film is crucial. – Clemence Poesy • I am out in public and using the phone. I am in a phone booth, got the phone in my hand and a man taps on the glass and says You using the phone? Nope, I’m superman, i am just looking for my costume. Here’s your sign! – Bill Engvall • I am very sorry if I have caused any offence. It was a poor choice of costume. – Prince Harry • I believe that God—if he exists at all—is what we want him to be. The true God is unknowable, and so we dress him up in costumes that make him visible to us. Then we come up with a lot of very silly rules that we attribute to him and tell everyone if they don’t follow those rules, they can’t be part of the gang. – Michael Thomas Ford • I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume! – Dirk Benedict • I consider myself an artist, but instead of paint or clay, my medium is drag. I put so much of myself into my drag from every detail of the costume, makeup and hair to my performance, the way I speak or even stand. – Manila Luzon • I definitely feel, when I’m wearing the costume, that I could scare people and hurt them. – Joan Severance • I design all of my costumes. I like to go out there and feel like I have contributed to every part of what I do. I choose the music, the choreographer, I’ve obviously chosen my coach, my costumes – all if that falls under my realm of power, my realm of influence. – Johnny Weir • I don’t believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day. – Stephanie Perkins • I don’t think I ever said, “I want to be an actress.” But for Halloween, I dressed up as a movie star from when I was seven to when I was twelve. The costume was always a long dress, with makeup, and my hair curled, and jewelry on. And the movie star was always Jenny McCarthy. So right there you could see a little pattern. – Jenny McCarthy • I don’t think that I could fit into the costume anymore. – Lee Meriwether • I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them. – Tracy Chapman • I felt like, in the recent past, people have been apologizing for Superman, a little bit, for his costume, for his origins, and for the way he fits into society. – Zack Snyder • I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience’s ear a chance to understand what’s going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra. – Stephen Sondheim • I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we’re choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I’m not so much interested in my character as the film itself. – Jeanne Moreau • I had a lot of fun with my costume designer. – Adam Lambert • I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added. – Louise Glück • I hate bananas. I just hate them. But I also think a banana suit is the funniest fruit costume a person can wear. – Paul Neilan • I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I hate – I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is like, my least favorite holiday. – Amy Poehler • I hate Technicolor. Everybody in a Technicolor movie seems to feel obliged to wear a lurid costume in each new scene and to stand around like a clotheshorse with a lot of very green trees or very yellow wheat or very blue ocean rolling away for miles and miles in every direction. – Sylvia Plath • I hate the terminology of “costume” because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they’re high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn’t say they’re costumes, I’d say they’re more couture. – Christian Siriano • I have a ton of cousins on my moms side of the family, and we would put on shows together all the time and put on costumes, and we even charged our parents money. – Maulik Pancholy • I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion. – Zaha Hadid • I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there’s something great about loving what you love and not caring if it’s unpopular. – Kristen Bell • I have over five thousand costumes and props and cars, and I have a twenty-five thousand square foot warehouse full of memorabilia. – Debbie Reynolds • I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller. – Julia Sawalha • I knew ‘Be Our Guest’ would be performed on a set and in costume, but anyone with a history in Theatre In Education will know that can mean anything. – Pippa Evans • I knew I would grow up and wear a costume one day, and that’s exactly what happened. – Cassandra Peterson • I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who. – Lalla Ward • I like to work in costumes, makeup, and hair that allow me tremendous freedom. – Jessica Lange • I liked the choreography, but I didn’t care for the costumes. – Tommy Tune • I love all the voiceovers I do. I can’t remember them all, but I seem to do them all of the time. And there’s nothing easier because you just stand and read the script, and you don’t have to act the way actors do. You don’t have to be made up and put costumes on. – Stan Lee • I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am. – Alessandro Nivola • I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop. – Amy Sedaris • I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I’ve retained a bit of that in my adulthood. – Lake Bell • I love putting on an outfit or a costume and just looking at myself in the mirror. Baggy pants or some real funky shoes and a hat and just feeling the character of it. That’s fun to me. – Michael Jackson • I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn’t think, ‘Ooh I’ve got to avoid being typecast’ – you can’t ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. – Helena Bonham Carter • I only assumed those dresses were costumes, based on the garish nature of the plumage. – Kami Garcia • I picked out my Halloween costume. I’m going as ‘Slutty Madeleine Albright.’ – Conan O’Brien • I put the costume on and said ‘It’s not very comfortable, but it looks amazing,’ so it’s all good. – Chris Hemsworth • I read and watch movies. I can’t go to the movie theater much anymore, though, because I get recognized. It’s worse sometimes if I wear a costume and try not to get recognized. I watch most of my films on airplanes – Ayumi Hamasaki • I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights. – Lusia Strus • I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn’t even stand up, let alone kick the ball. – Fred Frith • I said old Jesus probably would’ve puked if He could see it – all those fancy costumes and all. Sally said I was a sacrilegious atheist. I probably am. The thing Jesus really would’ve liked would be the guy who plays the kettle drums in the orchestra. – J. D. Salinger • I see my face in the mirror and go, ‘I’m a Halloween costume? That’s what they think of me?’ – Drew Carey • I see myself wrapped in lies, which do not seem to penetrate my soul, as if they are not really a part of me. They are like costumes. – Anais Nin • I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. – Camille Claudel • I think color, for a costume designer, is one of your biggest storytelling devices. – Alexandra Byrne • I think I’m better at live shows than I used to be because I’m way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I’ll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don’t know how to. – Fiona Apple • I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character’s costume. – Ginnifer Goodwin • I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment – it won’t die easily. – Ronnie Corbett • I think that when you put yourself, as actors have to do, in other people’s shoes, when you have to put on the costume that someone else has worn in their life, it gets much, much harder to be prejudiced against them and even to be – to not try to look at the world in a sense of “I’m not going to judge somebody. I’m going to try to understand who they are and what they’re about.” – Kevin Spacey • I tried to end our little duel. I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered. Still Clyde came, my pirate costume so great a success that it had apparently convinced him that we were back in the golden days of romantic old New Orleans when gentlemen decided matters of hot dog honor at twenty paces – John Kennedy Toole • I try to get to know the actors as much as I can. I feel like I’m friends with them for starters and for a week or two, we rehearse when they’re getting the costumes together. – Gus Van Sant • I try very hard not to take work home, but it can be tricky. Sometimes it feels as if you are wearing your costume underneath your own clothes! I suppose things are always ticking away in the back of your mind. – Anne-Marie Duff • I wanna begin saying a story about my son. I have a four-year old son who loves superheroes from Spider-Man to Iron Man to Batman. He’s got all the costumes. One day he looks at me and says ‘Dad, I want to be light-skinned so I could be Spider-Man. Spider-Man has light skin.’ That was sort of a shock. This is why I am excited to be a part of the Marvel Universe, so I could be hopefully provide that diversity in the role of the superhero. – Djimon Hounsou • I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me. – Johnny Weir • I was obsessed with being popular when I was in high school and never achieved it. There’s photos from our high school musicals and things, and I’m comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar’s costume. – Mindy Kaling • I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though. – Gary Cole • I would love to play the Femme Fatale or an action role like Trinity in the Matrix or something like that. You know, a part with a lot of costume changes. – Josie Maran • I’d hear some beautiful Sade or Kings Of Convenience ballad remixed in a club and I liked that these simple little songs seemed to be masquerading. They had put on superhero costumes, got all beefy, and here they were on the dancefloor. I was interested in that. I can’t make electronic beats, so I leave it to the pros like Boys Noize and Chromeo. – Feist Ideas, Possums, Officers • If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? – Chuck Palahniuk • If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. – Douglas Coupland • If I’ve learned anything in twenty-nine years, it’s that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that’s sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. My gift – bad choice of words – is that I can look at you, him, her, them, whoever, and tell right away what is keeping them awake at night: money; feelings of insignificance; overwhelming boredom; evil children; job troubles; or perhaps death, in one of its many costumes, perched in the wings. What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives. – Douglas Coupland • If Jacob was right and clothes were costumes and makeup a mask, then our attitudes and habits must be our shields. – Justina Chen • I’ll tell you…why Wonder Woman worked. Or Bionic Woman. Or any of those [shows] really. It was because it wasn’t about brawn…it was about brains. And yes, she happened to be beautiful, she happened to be kind of extraordinary in some way, but she wasn’t a guy. And I think that, [now], they…put out a female hero, and all they are doing is changing the costume from a man to a woman…they’re not showcasing any of the tremendous dichotomies than women possess in term of softness and toughness, sweetness and grit, inner and outer strength. – Lynda Carter • I’m a big comic book nerd so every time I’m in costume and see everyone in costume I’m just like “This is sick.” – Franz Drameh • I’m a child of the downloading age. I remember when I was 10, a friend who went to the same school as me came to our [school’s] costume party with a really weird hairdo. She had all these little knots in her hair. I asked her who she was and she said she was Björk. I thought this Björk must be a really cool person, so I got on the internet when I got home and found as much as I could on Björk and I fell in love. – Tove Styrke • I’m a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson. – Joan Collins • I’m a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject. – Meryl Streep • Im able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie. – Kevin Spacey • I’m glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie – the networks just wouldn’t spend the money today. – Carol Burnett • I’m not the best audience for that because I’m not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that. – Gary Oldman • I’m sure favorite moments in movies are things that just happen accidentally when the camera is there. You have to do all the homework to get yourself into the period, the costumes, the style, the voice, the hairdo or whatever it is, but once you’ve done all that work, you have to kind of let it go and just be there. If you’re always thinking about it, it just looks a bit over-thought. – Tom Hiddleston • I’m sure that there must have been times when you have read books or watched films and found yourself secretly wishing for the villain to win. Why? Isn’t that against the rules by which our society lives? Why should you feel this way? It’s simple, really; the villain is the true hero of these tales, not the well-intentioned moron who somehow foils their diabolical scheme. The villain get’s all the best lines, has the best costumes, has unlimited power and wealth- why on earth would anyone not want to be the villain? – Mark Walden • I’m very good at living out of a suitcase. I love dressing up every morning. It feels like a costume, in some ways. – Morgan Saylor • I’m very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it’s one of the great things about making movies is it’s a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character’s costume and what that might tell about your character. – Jeff Bridges • Immortals is without doubt the best-looking awful movie you will ever see. Eiko Ishioka’s costume designs alone deserve an Oscar nomination. “They weren’t at all historically accurate,” grumbled a woman in the elevator after the sneak preview, as if lots of documentation exists about the wardrobes of the gods. She added: “I guess that’s what we deserve for using free tickets we got at a Blackhawks game. – Roger Ebert • In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language – as you say, sort of mime-type skills. – Warwick Davis • In dreams we are true poets; we create the persons of the drama; we give them appropriate figures faces, costumes; they are perfect in their organs, attitudes, manners; moreover they speak after their own characters, not ours; and we listen with surprise to what they say. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything. – Molly Parker • In some ways, Halloween is much easier for women. They can just dress as sluts, and it’s kind of a costume, if they never do any other time. – Chuck Klosterman • In the old days when I first was coming up, you would turn up on set in the morning with your coffee, script, and hangover and you would figure out what you were going to do with the day and how you were going to play the scenes. You would rehearse and then invite the crew in to watch the actors go through the scenes. The actors would go away to makeup and costume and the director and the DP would work out how they were going to cover what the actors had just done. – Paul Bettany • Inside the envelope with the letter was a little Princess Leia action figure USB flash drive. For me to store my novel on, since he was right – I never back up my computer’s hard drive. The sight of it – it’s Princess Leia in her Hoth outfit, my favorite of her costumes (how had he remembered?) brought tears to my eyes. – Meg Cabot • It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music. – Nancy Kerrigan • It is amazing to me how deeply into the popular culture the creature has become. There are zombie walks in every major city. I live in Toronto, and last year 3,000 people came out dressed as zombies…. I do not get it. Maybe it’s an easy costume: Splash some ketchup on and rip up your jeans — although most people already have torn jeans — and you’re done. – George A. Romero • It is only in the case of the Priestly Code that opinions differ widely; for it tries hard to imitate the costume of the Mosaic period, and, with whatever success, to disguise its own. – Julius Wellhausen • It reminds me of how grandmother always had the right costume for me to wear. You wear the right outfit and you feel like the person you’re pretending to be. – John Boyne • It took me a while to warm to the ’20s costumes on ‘Downton.’ I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, ‘We’re equal to men!’ – Lily James • It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn’t know I was doing it. – Peter Mayhew • It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design. – Christian Siriano • It was the sheer variety of the pain that stopped me from crying out. It came from so many places, spoke so many languages, wore so many dazzling varieties of ethnic costume, that for a full fifteen seconds I could only hang my jaw in amazement. – Hugh Laurie • It’s an addiction. I love clothes. I like to go down Melrose and look in all the windows and I go to different flea markets. I have lots of costumes. You never know when you’re going to have to dress up like a milkmaid from the 1600s. – Zooey Deschanel • I’ve always been attracted to romantic secondhand clothes. But my style developed as I started going to these strange raves where everybody had these very definitive costumes. – Florence Welch • I’ve always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they’d still say I’m a dark personality. – Tim Burton • I’ve always wanted to be Wonder Woman, of course. She had the greatest costume. – Kelly Hu • I’ve always worked closely with the designers and whoever’s making the costumes. Comfort is the last thing you want on your mind when you’re competing. In an ideal situation, you’ll have something where you’ll put it on and you’re fine and you don’t have to worry about it at all. – Kristi Yamaguchi • I’ve done a lot of costume drama and theatre – the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period. – Brenda Blethyn • I’ve done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I’ve done have either been stunt or costume work. – Verne Troyer • I’ve made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I’m the only guy in the movie and the only place to be is right next to the camera in costume ready to go in order to get it. The years, and more specifically probably the four months prior to beginning shooting, is where the big preparation is that the director does because I knew we were going to get on the set. And the good news is, if you’re the boss, if it ain’t good, you don’t use it. You just cut it out. – Tom Hanks • I’ve never done a lead role in a film this big [like Doctor Strange], in a franchise this big. One of the reasons was, I wanted to know what the toy box was like. And it’s just insane, the amount of facility that everyone gets, but the amount of artistry and craft that’s brought to every aspect of filmmaking. I mean, you go to your first costume fitting and it’s one of thirty. It’s a myriad, but it’s for a reason. There are so many incredible costumes in this. – Benedict Cumberbatch • just because I don’t have on a silly black costume and carry a silly broom and wear a silly black hat, doesn’t mean that I’m not a witch. I’m a witch all the time and not just on Halloween. – E. L. Konigsburg • Madonna has a far profounder vision of sex than do the feminists. She sees both the animality and the artifice. Changing her costume style and hair color virtually every month, Madonna embodies the eternal values of beauty and pleasure. Feminism says, ‘No more masks.’ Madonna says we are nothing but masks. Through her enormous impact on young women around the world, Madonna is the future of feminism. – Camille Paglia • My book is very wild. But you know during the period of BATMAN, that there were thousands of Batman and Robin costumes sold and these weren’t just for kids. – Burt Ward • My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women. – Brenda Holloway • My fancy dress costume of choice is… something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence. – Ellie Goulding • My father has developed a tradition of surprising us at some point by appearing in fancy dress. He buys a new costume each year and typically gets carried away. A couple of Christmases ago he appeared in an inflatable sumo outfit. Its endearing, really, and only quite embarrassing. – Pippa Middleton • My first acting experience was a non-speaking role as a robot. My costume was a cardboard box covered in tinfoil, but I was so shy I refused to go on stage. – Jessica Raine • My girlfriend’s a costume designer in the theater. – Philip Seymour Hoffman • My mom did costumes for the Pointer Sisters. – Slash • My mom used to make my costumes when I was little; she sews a lot. One year, I was a bride and I had a big wedding dress and a bouquet. Another year I was a medieval princess with a long teal dress and a veil. It was a little extravagant, but it was cute! – Sasha Pieterse • My neighbors tell me of their adventures with famous gentlemen and ladies, what notabilities they met at the dinner-table; but I am no more interested in such things than in the contents of the Daily Times. The interest and the conversation are about costume and manners chiefly; but a goose is a goose still, dress it as you will. – Henry David Thoreau • My objects dream and wear new costumes, compelled to, it seems, by all the words in my hands and the sea that bangs in my throat. – Anne Sexton • Nice costume,” he said. “Ditto. I can tell you put alot of though into yours.” Amusement curled his mouth. “If you don’t like it, I can take it off.” I tapped my chin thoughtfully. “That just might be the best proposal I’ve had all night.” “My offers are always the best, Angel. – Becca Fitzpatrick • No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. – Helena Bonham Carter • No touching Baby Jesus.” “But we’re his parents!” proclaimed Mary Beth, who was being generous to include poor Joseph under this appellation. “Mary Beth,” Barb Wiggin said, “if you touch the Baby Jesus, I’m putting you in a cow costume. – John Irving • No, officer, I have no idea why I’m wearing this possum costume. I called you what? OH. My bad.” -Nastasya – Cate Tiernan • Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume. – Coco Chanel • Now people need special costumes to ride bicycles. I mean, a helmet, what, are you an astronaut?? – Fran Lebowitz • Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each ones part until the manager walks them off the stage? – Desiderius Erasmus • O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales. – Leo Rosten • Oh, hello,” Dr. M says, shaking Balder’s hand. “Wonderful costume. I’m a bit of a role player myself on the weekends. Tell me, where did you get the helmet?” It was forged in the North, blessed by the hands of Odin, given to me by my mother, Frigg,” Balder answers. Lovely. I got mine on the Internet. – Libba Bray • On the side of box of my superman costume it actually said – ‘Do not attempt to fly!’ – Jerry Seinfeld • Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on. – Lucy Liu • One time I forgot my costume, and I had to do a scene in my pants, and I got my knob caught in a clapperboard. – 2D • People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team – make-up, costume and a driver – but usually, in a war zone, there’s only me and the cameraman. – Kate Adie • People assume, because I’m Hef’s girlfriend, that I’m a Bunny and I’m a Playmate and I’m a centerfold, but they’re different things. If you’re a Playmate or a centerfold, which is the same thing, you pose for the magazine, you are one particular month, and not every Playmate is a Bunny. A Bunny is a girl who used to work at the Playboy Club, she had the Bunny costume, and now that we don’t have Playboy Clubs, it’s just Playmates who work special promotions and are fitted for a Bunny costume. – Holly Madison • Period costume films are fun to discover, but they’re not relatable. It’s more, ‘Wow, that’s cool – did it really look like that back then?’ Whereas with a comedy, you’re like, ‘Yeah, that’s me, that’s my friends.’ No matter what, I want people to relate. – Paul Feig • Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been arrested by success or failure, on one side, and those who are still engaged in changing themselves, on the other. Agitators of arrested metamorphosis versus agitators of continued metamorphosis. The former have the advantage of numbers (since most people accept themselves as successes or failures quite early), the latter of vitality and visibility (since self-transformation, though it begins from within, with ideology, religion, drugs, tends to express itself publicly through costume and jargon). – Harold Rosenberg • pools of blood are not recreational even lifeguards drown when the undertow breaks bread with the underbelly demons disguised as sharks have not put enough thought into their costumes a wiseman stays ashore when pointed fins read like italian subtitles the end is near (…) the beginning – Saul Williams • Radio is truly the theater of the mind. The listener constructs the sets, colors them from his own palette, and sculpts and costumes the characters who perform in them. – Mercedes McCambridge • Satan himself can’t save a woman who wears thirty-shilling corsets under a thirty-guinea costume. – Rudyard Kipling • She said, “I’m going to have you fired.” I had two people say that to me today, “I’m going to have you fired.” Go ahead, be my guest. I’m wearing a green velvet costume; it doesn’t get any worse than this. Who do these people think they are? I’m going to have you fired!” and I wanted to lean over and say, “I’m going to have you killed. – David Sedaris • Shigure Sohma: [got Tohru a maid costume for White Day] I can’t wait to for her to call me master while wearing this. Hatsuharu Sohma: Just don’t get arrested, okay? – Natsuki Takaya • Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to a deed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to deed. A skillful man reads his dreams for his self-knowledge; yet not the details, but the quality. What part does he play in them – a cheerful, manly part, or a poor, drivelling part? However monstrous and grotesque their apparitions, they have a substantial truth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • So you couldn’t protect yourself? The absolute erodes; the boundary, the wall around the self erodes. If I was waiting I had been invaded by time. But do you think you’re free? I think I recognize the patterns of my nature. Bud do you think you’re free? I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added. – Louise Glück • So, did the costume come with a condom, or is that sold separately? – Rachel Vincent • Some directors hand over portions of their movie to their head of department to the point where it’s like, “I’m not going to talk to you about the costumes, but I’m going to let you talk to the expert.” Rather than, “You want to talk stitching, let’s talk stitching. You want to talk grade of leather? Let’s.” – Idris Elba • Someone’s going to put the clothes on you, and part of being an actor is wearing costumes. Costumes tell you an awful lot about who you are, so you just, it’s nothing. – Morgan Freeman • Sometimes I steal costumes. – Rich Fulcher • Steampunk is…the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama – Gail Carriger • Tales of adultery are much improved by period costumes. – Mason Cooley • The beauty of the internal nature cannot be so far concealed by its accidental vesture, but that the spirit of its form shall communicate itself to the very disguise and indicate the shape it hides from the manner in which it is worn. A majestic form and graceful motions will express themselves through the most barbarous and tasteless costume. – Percy Bysshe Shelley • The costume designer designing clothes that helped the comedy in The Proposal, that sold the character. Each and every detail was so perfectly thought of, what wouldn’t be here? That’s a lost art. – Sandra Bullock • the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life. – Oscar Wilde • The costume of women should be suited to her wants and needs. – Amelia Bloomer • The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn’t leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don’t have a problem with it because of the way this character’s been written. – Jeri Ryan • The Dutch at close proximity looked much like Americans, apart from their peculiar uniforms, and so it was their uniforms I fired at, half convinced that I was killing, not human beings, but enemy costumes, which had borne their contents here from a distant land; and if some living man suffered for his enslavement to the uniform, or was penetrated by the bullets aimed at it well, that was unavoidable, and the fault couldn’t be placed at my feet. The private charade was not equivalent to Courage, but it enabled a Callousness that served a similar purpose. – Robert Charles Wilson • The fashion I’ve acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I’ve collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood. The clothes are on mannequins, also on hangers and in boxes with a photo of each piece, and there’s a Web site where I can go to look through everything. It’s too big – I could never sort through it myself! But these garments tell the stories of my life. – Lady Gaga • The first time I met Prince he invented me to his birthday party in Minneapolis. It was a costume party and I came as a beatnik – a beret and a charcoal goatee. He was dressed like an executioner. I talked to him for awhile and he didn’t know who I was, and when I told him he was real surprised. – Paul Reubens • The historical side of fashion was very attractive to me when I was a teenager in Moscow, working for the costume departments in various Russian theater companies. – Alexander Vassiliev • The Hulk was a unique character because of his strength and power. He doesn’t have a costume like Spiderman or like Superman – The Hulk is more visual. His passion and his strength, that is what separates him from anything else. – Lou Ferrigno • The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape. – Zoe Kravitz • The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it’s the same story with different characters and different costumes. – James Randi • The skeptics said you can’t put on a costume in the middle of New York – which isn’t true, because everyone’s in a costume here. – Avi Arad • The tabloid that said that I dressed up as a medieval, like a sexy medieval something and that upset me more than the dating rumors that have been circling around that were fake. If somebody thinks I’m going to dress sexy to a costume party, they have another thing coming. – Jennifer Lawrence • The threats against democracy today are in general completely normal. They walk around in costume and tie. – Carl B. Hamilton • There is the danger of over preparation, of loss of spontaneity; over rehearsal is the most terrible thing you can imagine. We do have a very close association between costume and set designer, though. And the cameraman is very important, of course. – Terence Fisher • There’s going to be a Halloween costume [of lavash from Sausage Party]. The whole thing is just so ridiculous. It’s nice. It’s silly, and it’s surreal. – David Krumholtz • There’s no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume. – Morgan Freeman • There’s nothing more fun than putting on an old costume and jewelry and being in a house that’s decorated from the ’20s or ’30s or whatever. • There’s something about being there, on the set, in costume, in the moment, where you start to get a feel for the scene, which is not the same as sitting in your office writing it. – Lionel Wigram • They know they’re going to look beautiful, and I don’t think women should look like costumes. They shouldn’t look like fashion victims. – Ralph Lauren • They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind. – Owen Hart • They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they’ve heard of unemployment and they’ve heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball. – Ogden Nash • This is my costume. I’m a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else. – Christina Ricci • To me, achieving tone, achieving consistency, is exactly the job of a director. It is to be the fusing, the nexus of a whole bunch of people contributing to the complex life of a movie. There are actors, there’s a cinematographer, there’re costume people, set people, there are all these things, and you somehow have to be the person in the middle of it who is making it all synchronize into the same magic bubble. – Edward Norton • To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. – Junichiro Koizumi • Vitamins ruined my life. Not that there was much left to ruin, but still. I know that blaming vitamins for my horrible life sounds strange. After all, vitamins are supposed to keep people healthy. Also, they’re inanimate objects. But thanks to them I was stuck in the Jackson Center Mall watching my father run around in a bee costume. – Elizabeth Scott • We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse. – Bryan Batt • We needed to have a great set decorator, a great D.P., a great costume designer, everybody. Without all these people, we would have made a shitty movie. – Vincent Paronnaud • We post photos of the Halloween costumes and the mustaches made of cupcake frosting. We don’t record the tantrums?and that’s as it should be. But we shouldn’t mistake that for reality. It’s stagecraft. – Libby Copeland • We talk about theatre museums filled with old costumes and things. What we also need is a theatre museum of the old routines on videotape. We are only the custodians of those techniques, and they should be preserved. – Jim Dale • We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brothers winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips. – Ann Hood • Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it. – John Malkovich • Well,the fun part of being a writer is that it’s like making a wonderful film, with no limit on my budget. I can design the sets, the costume, the lightings, I write the script, and then I get to perform all the roles as I step into each character’s skin, zip up, and adopt that point of view. So, to me, they are all compelling and fascinating. – Robin Hobb • What keeps this industry alive is creators doing their own work. Once you change a costume or origin enough times, it’s a dead body – you’re just electrocuting it and keeping it sort of shambling on. There is a lot more creator-owned stuff now, and some of it I look at and go, ‘Oh, that’s his pitch for a TV show. That’s his pitch for a movie. That’s him saying oh, this kind of thing sells.’ I didn’t do that. – Mike Mignola • When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song. – Sam Walton • When I get up in the morning, I go and I work with beautiful women and charming men and funny comedians and dramatic artists. And I’m presented with costumes and great music to choose from and sets. I travel a certain amount of places, so I’ve been living in a bubble. And I like it. – Woody Allen • When I go out and I’m presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don’t want it to look like I’m wearing a costume. – Rachel Roy • When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every day, in real life, like we’re playing onstage. I don’t really care about clothes, but it’s about wearing something that gives you social confidence. Or maybe helps you pick up chicks. – Julian Casablancas • When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in the mirror you feel like a different person. – Michael Shannon • When you’re wearing an animal costume and something bad happens, your facial expression doesn’t change. The animal is deadpan the whole time. If you’re skiing in a gorilla suit and you fall, you just see a gorilla who has no emotion. It’s just a stoic gorilla, wildly falling down a hill, out of control. – Demetri Martin • When youre young, the blue blazer feels like a grown-up costume. – Willie Geist • White is too brilliant to be seen, so yellow is its filter, its costume, revealing that pure light has not only brightness but emotional resonance and depth. – Richard Grossinger • Wild Bill was a strange character, add to this figure a costume blending the immaculate neatness of the dandy with the extravagant taste and style of a frontiersman, you have Wild Bill, the most famous scout on the Plains. – George Armstrong Custer • Without my husband’s costumes I wouldn’t have known how to accomplish what I saw in my own mind’s eyes for choreography. And then seeing our choreography and knowing the background of it I am sure helped my husband a great deal with what he designed for us. – Katherine Dunham • Women: You can’t live with them, and you can’t get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something. – Emo Philips • You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. – Zig Ziglar • You can’t do a machine without knowing something about how it’s going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don’t enjoy doing period clothes. – Boris Vallejo • You can’t have a bad time at Disney World. It’s not allowed. They have hidden electronic surveillance cameras everywhere, and if they catch you failing to laugh with childlike wonder, they lock you inside a costume representing a beloved Disney character such as Goofy and make you walk about in the Florida heat getting grabbed and leaped on by violently excited children until you have learned your lesson. – Dave Barry • You know, being in a rock band, you can’t overdo the costume changes too much because everyone thinks, oh, that’s not a real rock band. Look how many times he changes costumes. That’s not rock. Rock’s about going on in a T-shirt and staying in it and getting it all dirty. But that’s not really my approach. – Mick Jagger • You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush – if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn’t need a costume. You’d give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There’s no doubt about it. – Tommy Chong • You men out there probably think you already know how to dress for success. You know, for example, that you should not wear leisure suits or white plastic belts and shoes, unless you are going to a costume party disguised as a pig farmer vacationing at Disney World. – Dave Barry • You only get one shot in your life and you might as well push yourself and try things. There’s so many interesting aspects of making a movie; the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations. It’s a great, great thing to be involved in if you have the headspace for it, and I do. Try anything once. – Jason Statham • Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adolescents will cling to it. – David Eddings • Youth is terrible: it is a stage trod by children in buskins and a variety of costumes mouthing speeches they’ve memorized and fanatically believe but only half understand. And history is terrible because it so often ends up a playground for the immature; a playground for the young Nero, a playground for the young Bonaparte, a playground for the easily roused mobs of children whose simulated passions and simplistic poses suddenly metamorphose into a catastrophically real reality. – Milan Kundera • Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume – they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play. – Kurt Busiek

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11 Instagram fitness Celebrities tell us what Is inside their gym bag

‘The Body Coach’ Joe Wicks

Number of followers: 1.8 million.

Bio: Wicks has constructed a fitness empire on showing folks the best way to have “Lean in 15.” The idea relies on 15-minute recipes, which he shares through fast and snappy Instagram videos, in addition to 20-minute HIIT (high intensity) work outs.

2. A palatable protein shake.   “I create it with water, oats, lettuce, whey protein, along with blueberries,” he advised Business Insider.

3. A jumping rope –“so that when I am travelling I could perform HIIT training.”

4. A fantastic pair of trainers. “I’ve just got new Nike Metcon Flyknits,” he said.

Fashion designer and lifestyle blogger Natasha Oakley

Number of followers: 1.9 million.

Bio: The co-creator of A Bikini A Day and designer for Monday Swimwear along with Monday Active, the lifestyle blogger is becoming known for her enthusiasm for fitness.

2. Phone by Gilles Guide with Body.

‘sterile Eating’ Alice Liveing

Number of followers: 570,000.

Bio: Qualified nutritionist, author, and personal trainer Alice Liveing became a Instagram celebrity after she awakened junk food and fad diets for a fit, balanced, and healthy lifestyle.

3. “Homemade almond and sea salt nut butter with apple pieces  for a bite.”

Tone It Up’s Katrina Scott

Number of followers: 1.2 million.

1.  Sea salt spray. “I enjoy spraying this on after my workout to include lovely, beachy texture to my own hair,” Scott informed Business Insider. “Additionally, it includes a brand new tropical scent so that it doubles as cologne.”

2. Sunscreen. “I work out outside a great deal, so having sunscreen on hand is critical for keeping my skin secure. I add a single pump of coverup for my sunscreen to create my very own tinted moisturiser.”

3. Tone It Up protein powder. “Protein is so important for forming lean muscle and also preventing soreness,” she said. “I always aim to possess protein 30 minutes after my work out. It tastes amazing at a smoothie, or mixed with either water or unsweetened almond milk in case you’re on the go.”

4. Headphones. “I am constantly jamming out while I am on a run or getting my toning moves in.” You may check out what Scott is listening to here.

5. Socks. “Nothing is worse than forgetting your socks once you head to the fitness center. I always keep several added pairs of our Tone It Up socks within my gym bag in the event!”

Celebrity coach Jessie Pavelka

Number of followers: 89,700.

Bio: Celebrity coach Jessie Pavelka has emerged on the likes of “The Biggest Loser” and has been even in the running to play Christian Grey from the “50 Colors” movies.

2. L-Arginine supplement.

4. “My glasses for reading whilst performing cardio.”

Girl Gains’ Zanna van Dijk

Number of followers: 168,000.

Bio: The London-based fitness blogger and personal trainer started fitness events company Girl Gains with just two friends she met through the image sharing app. The company has ambassadors all around the world, and hosts events with the goal of empowering girls in countries such as Canada, Australia, the UK, along with the United States.

1.  Glute activation rings. “I always have them in my handbag, too — you don’t know when you’ll need to activate your glutes!”

2. Trigger point boards. “I use these to release tight muscles,” he said.

Tone It Up’s Karena Dawn

Number of followers: 1.2 million.

Bio: The other co-founder of all Tone It Up  with Katrina Scott. Dawn is fitness model and a former triathlete.

1. Bandier apparel. “We’re super excited about our newest line with Bandier. It’s chic and the cloth is so cosy. We could wear these outfits daily. Occasionally we really do!”

2.  Qalo rings. “Katrina and I’m working out all the time, involving filming fitness videos, performing our everyday workout, and also our favourite hot yoga courses. All these Qalo rings allow us to still wear wedding rings without worrying about damaging or losing our rings.”

3.  Tone It Up water bottle. “Staying hydrated is critical for smooth muscle and skin healing. I don’t go anywhere without water in hand.”

4.  Lucky Jack Cold Brew Coffee. “I am a coffee man, and bright days in California call for brewed coffee. I love catching a bottle of Lucky Jack Cold Brew to sip before my workout.”

5. Goggles and a swim cap. “I love to compete in triathlons and swimming is a portion of my workout regimen. I always maintain my goggles and a swim cap available if I feel like having a dip, especially on beach or poolside vacations.”

6. Dry shampoo. “This really is vital. Just a fast spritz after a workout and you’re ready for the day.”

7. Tone It Up protein bars. “My favorite is the blueberry coconut. They’re fermented, fermented, and manufactured out of ingredients that are clean.”

‘Fitness on Toast’ Faya Nilsson

Number of followers: 124,000.

Bio: Half-Swedish, half-English fitness expert Faya Nilsson established her blog “Fitness on Toast” at 2013. It’s since won both the Cosmopolitan and UK Blog Awards “Best Lifestyle Website” accolade.

1.  Monreal leggings. “They operate both to and out of the gym, in addition to during a workout,” she advised Business Insider.

3. Skipping rope. “Light as a feather, and you can carry it in your handbag and whip it out anywhere and anytime for an entirely portable and mega-challenging workout. 20 minutes of extreme skipping can burn 400 to 500 calories, as well as that the thermogenic after-effects that keep you burning more calories daily.”

4. Powerbeats wireless earphones. “Super easy to use, they slip onto your own ears and can’t be shaken off during even a hands on sprint. And because there are no dangling cords, you won’t inadvertently pull out them with your flailing arms whilst running.”

5. Apple Watch — Sport Edition. “The action tracker thinks for mepersonally, which is fantastic since it feels like somebody’s forever got my spine, in fitness terms.”

6. Nuts and seeds.   “Crucial for any health-aware tote (unless, of course, you’ve got an intolerance). Total of vital (good) fats that work wonders for the hair, skin, training outcomes, and overall systemic well-being.”

7. Water. “I love to drink as near as you can a litre daily, so I maintain a 500ml bottle with mepersonally, just if”

8. Powerbank. “since you don’t know when you’ll need some juice on the go.”

Body From Gilles’ Gilles Souteyrand

Number of followers: 88,800.

Bio: Personal trainer and lifestyle coach Gilles Souteyrand may be better known for being the boyfriend of Instagram celebrity Natasha Oakley, but he’s also the founder and director of the Body by Gilles  Fitness guides.

2.  Bounce Almond protein balls.

5. Phone by Gilles Guide with Body.

Personal coach and yoga instructor Shona Vertue

Number of followers: 94,600.

Recruiting: Vertue is a personal trainer, yoga instructor, and the creator of the Vertue Method online training regime and book. She recommends that “the key to wellness is a dedication to your own self-love and self-worth.”

1. Resistance bands, “to help activate my glutes and assist me with some other callisthenics moves I am working on.”

2. Aesop Exfoliant Paste. “I spend my days going in and from filthy gyms, going from sweaty environments to cold ones — that opening and closing of the pores from not-so-hygienic places has ever played havoc on my skin. If I don’t cleanse my skin nicely (and moisturise) after training and working, I get breakouts caused by congestion. This stuff works nicely for the skin and I am all about supporting Aussie brands (for obvious reasons).”

3.  Chanel Blue Serum. “I am hooked on this item. Since using this product 17, I’ve noticed a enormous change. I don’t wear makeup, so I am all about keeping the health of my own skin to support my makeup free life.”

4.  Chanel La Solution 10. “The only moisturiser that does not leave me feeling tacky or hurt. Really fine for sensitive skin.”

5.  Type Nutrition vegan protein. “I may be a little biased, since I am one of the ambassadors, but frankly, I challenge you to get a much better tasting, high quality vegan protein that tastes good in plain water. It’s ideal because I usually have time to eat post workout. Two scoops offers me 24g protein.”

6. Rose quartz crystalclear. “This really is just straight up absurd, actually. I am a hippie and that I carry these things around with me, so much to the dismay of my poor arms and shoulders. Sometimes I Will carry up to 3kgs value of crystals in my bag because I love them a lot.”

Whether just escape bed and into the fitness center or it’s to complete that last group, the fitness celebrities help of Instagram motivate us.

But workout places that are magnificent and their fitness center visits  take a little bit more work than it may seem.

Business Insider talked to some of the planet’s biggest fitness celebrities to inquire what workout snacks, gear, grooming and beauty products, without — or exercise — and gadgets they could not survive.

The post <p>11 Instagram fitness Celebrities tell us what Is inside their gym bag</p> appeared first on fitness.

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11 Instagram fitness Celebrities tell us what Is inside their gym bag

‘The Body Coach’ Joe Wicks

Number of followers: 1.8 million.

Bio: Wicks has constructed a fitness empire on showing folks the best way to have “Lean in 15.” The idea relies on 15-minute recipes, which he shares through fast and snappy Instagram videos, in addition to 20-minute HIIT (high intensity) work outs.

2. A palatable protein shake.   “I create it with water, oats, lettuce, whey protein, along with blueberries,” he advised Business Insider.

3. A jumping rope –“so that when I am travelling I could perform HIIT training.”

4. A fantastic pair of trainers. “I’ve just got new Nike Metcon Flyknits,” he said.

Fashion designer and lifestyle blogger Natasha Oakley

Number of followers: 1.9 million.

Bio: The co-creator of A Bikini A Day and designer for Monday Swimwear along with Monday Active, the lifestyle blogger is becoming known for her enthusiasm for fitness.

2. Phone by Gilles Guide with Body.

‘sterile Eating’ Alice Liveing

Number of followers: 570,000.

Bio: Qualified nutritionist, author, and personal trainer Alice Liveing became a Instagram celebrity after she awakened junk food and fad diets for a fit, balanced, and healthy lifestyle.

3. “Homemade almond and sea salt nut butter with apple pieces  for a bite.”

Tone It Up’s Katrina Scott

Number of followers: 1.2 million.

1.  Sea salt spray. “I enjoy spraying this on after my workout to include lovely, beachy texture to my own hair,” Scott informed Business Insider. “Additionally, it includes a brand new tropical scent so that it doubles as cologne.”

2. Sunscreen. “I work out outside a great deal, so having sunscreen on hand is critical for keeping my skin secure. I add a single pump of coverup for my sunscreen to create my very own tinted moisturiser.”

3. Tone It Up protein powder. “Protein is so important for forming lean muscle and also preventing soreness,” she said. “I always aim to possess protein 30 minutes after my work out. It tastes amazing at a smoothie, or mixed with either water or unsweetened almond milk in case you’re on the go.”

4. Headphones. “I am constantly jamming out while I am on a run or getting my toning moves in.” You may check out what Scott is listening to here.

5. Socks. “Nothing is worse than forgetting your socks once you head to the fitness center. I always keep several added pairs of our Tone It Up socks within my gym bag in the event!”

Celebrity coach Jessie Pavelka

Number of followers: 89,700.

Bio: Celebrity coach Jessie Pavelka has emerged on the likes of “The Biggest Loser” and has been even in the running to play Christian Grey from the “50 Colors” movies.

2. L-Arginine supplement.

4. “My glasses for reading whilst performing cardio.”

Girl Gains’ Zanna van Dijk

Number of followers: 168,000.

Bio: The London-based fitness blogger and personal trainer started fitness events company Girl Gains with just two friends she met through the image sharing app. The company has ambassadors all around the world, and hosts events with the goal of empowering girls in countries such as Canada, Australia, the UK, along with the United States.

1.  Glute activation rings. “I always have them in my handbag, too — you don’t know when you’ll need to activate your glutes!”

2. Trigger point boards. “I use these to release tight muscles,” he said.

Tone It Up’s Karena Dawn

Number of followers: 1.2 million.

Bio: The other co-founder of all Tone It Up  with Katrina Scott. Dawn is fitness model and a former triathlete.

1. Bandier apparel. “We’re super excited about our newest line with Bandier. It’s chic and the cloth is so cosy. We could wear these outfits daily. Occasionally we really do!”

2.  Qalo rings. “Katrina and I’m working out all the time, involving filming fitness videos, performing our everyday workout, and also our favourite hot yoga courses. All these Qalo rings allow us to still wear wedding rings without worrying about damaging or losing our rings.”

3.  Tone It Up water bottle. “Staying hydrated is critical for smooth muscle and skin healing. I don’t go anywhere without water in hand.”

4.  Lucky Jack Cold Brew Coffee. “I am a coffee man, and bright days in California call for brewed coffee. I love catching a bottle of Lucky Jack Cold Brew to sip before my workout.”

5. Goggles and a swim cap. “I love to compete in triathlons and swimming is a portion of my workout regimen. I always maintain my goggles and a swim cap available if I feel like having a dip, especially on beach or poolside vacations.”

6. Dry shampoo. “This really is vital. Just a fast spritz after a workout and you’re ready for the day.”

7. Tone It Up protein bars. “My favorite is the blueberry coconut. They’re fermented, fermented, and manufactured out of ingredients that are clean.”

‘Fitness on Toast’ Faya Nilsson

Number of followers: 124,000.

Bio: Half-Swedish, half-English fitness expert Faya Nilsson established her blog “Fitness on Toast” at 2013. It’s since won both the Cosmopolitan and UK Blog Awards “Best Lifestyle Website” accolade.

1.  Monreal leggings. “They operate both to and out of the gym, in addition to during a workout,” she advised Business Insider.

3. Skipping rope. “Light as a feather, and you can carry it in your handbag and whip it out anywhere and anytime for an entirely portable and mega-challenging workout. 20 minutes of extreme skipping can burn 400 to 500 calories, as well as that the thermogenic after-effects that keep you burning more calories daily.”

4. Powerbeats wireless earphones. “Super easy to use, they slip onto your own ears and can’t be shaken off during even a hands on sprint. And because there are no dangling cords, you won’t inadvertently pull out them with your flailing arms whilst running.”

5. Apple Watch — Sport Edition. “The action tracker thinks for mepersonally, which is fantastic since it feels like somebody’s forever got my spine, in fitness terms.”

6. Nuts and seeds.   “Crucial for any health-aware tote (unless, of course, you’ve got an intolerance). Total of vital (good) fats that work wonders for the hair, skin, training outcomes, and overall systemic well-being.”

7. Water. “I love to drink as near as you can a litre daily, so I maintain a 500ml bottle with mepersonally, just if”

8. Powerbank. “since you don’t know when you’ll need some juice on the go.”

Body From Gilles’ Gilles Souteyrand

Number of followers: 88,800.

Bio: Personal trainer and lifestyle coach Gilles Souteyrand may be better known for being the boyfriend of Instagram celebrity Natasha Oakley, but he’s also the founder and director of the Body by Gilles  Fitness guides.

2.  Bounce Almond protein balls.

5. Phone by Gilles Guide with Body.

Personal coach and yoga instructor Shona Vertue

Number of followers: 94,600.

Recruiting: Vertue is a personal trainer, yoga instructor, and the creator of the Vertue Method online training regime and book. She recommends that “the key to wellness is a dedication to your own self-love and self-worth.”

1. Resistance bands, “to help activate my glutes and assist me with some other callisthenics moves I am working on.”

2. Aesop Exfoliant Paste. “I spend my days going in and from filthy gyms, going from sweaty environments to cold ones — that opening and closing of the pores from not-so-hygienic places has ever played havoc on my skin. If I don’t cleanse my skin nicely (and moisturise) after training and working, I get breakouts caused by congestion. This stuff works nicely for the skin and I am all about supporting Aussie brands (for obvious reasons).”

3.  Chanel Blue Serum. “I am hooked on this item. Since using this product 17, I’ve noticed a enormous change. I don’t wear makeup, so I am all about keeping the health of my own skin to support my makeup free life.”

4.  Chanel La Solution 10. “The only moisturiser that does not leave me feeling tacky or hurt. Really fine for sensitive skin.”

5.  Type Nutrition vegan protein. “I may be a little biased, since I am one of the ambassadors, but frankly, I challenge you to get a much better tasting, high quality vegan protein that tastes good in plain water. It’s ideal because I usually have time to eat post workout. Two scoops offers me 24g protein.”

6. Rose quartz crystalclear. “This really is just straight up absurd, actually. I am a hippie and that I carry these things around with me, so much to the dismay of my poor arms and shoulders. Sometimes I Will carry up to 3kgs value of crystals in my bag because I love them a lot.”

Whether just escape bed and into the fitness center or it’s to complete that last group, the fitness celebrities help of Instagram motivate us.

But workout places that are magnificent and their fitness center visits  take a little bit more work than it may seem.

Business Insider talked to some of the planet’s biggest fitness celebrities to inquire what workout snacks, gear, grooming and beauty products, without — or exercise — and gadgets they could not survive.

The post <p>11 Instagram fitness Celebrities tell us what Is inside their gym bag</p> appeared first on fitness.

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Answer all! 200-1

Oh man, haven’t done one of these in ages, well here you go!

200: My crush’s name is: Savannah199: Iwas born in: 1995198: Iam really: Caring197: Mycellphone company is: T-Mobile196: Myeye color is: Brown195: Myshoe size is: 13, sometimes 13 ½ depending on the brand194: Myring size is: Umm, 7 I think? My class ring is a 6 ½, but only fits on mypointer finger193: Myheight is: 6’2192: Iam allergic to: Nothing I’m aware of191: My1st car was: 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan190: My1st job was: Chuck E Cheese189: Lastbook you read: Dragons in Our Midst, Circles of Seven188: Mybed is: A Queen, and feels too large, have been used to a twin all my life187: Mypet: 2 dogs, Gizmo and Stitch186: Mybest friend: Hmm, don’t really have one right now if I’m being honest. Havesort of grown away from most everyone, nothing against anyone, just atransition phase right now, and I’ve always been bad at keeping in touch orjust hanging out with people.185: Myfavorite shampoo is: I use Head & Shoulders, all I’ve ever used, wouldn’tsay favorite, it’s just a good brand.184: Xboxor ps3: Nintendo Switch183: Piggybanks are: Cute, but kind of useless182: Inmy pockets: Nothing currently181: Onmy calendar: Don’t have one180: Marriageis: Very sweet and special179: Spongebobcan: Be very strange178: Mymom: Is a wonderful woman177: Thelast three songs I bought were? I don’t know what song I actually lost bought,I just get my music on youtube.176: LastYouTube video watched: 2017 League of Legends World Championships175: Howmany cousins do you have? A lot, um like 17 I can think of off the top of myhead?174: Doyou have any siblings? Yep, 2, a brother and a sister, both younger than me173: Areyour parents divorced? Nope172: Areyou taller than your mom? Yes, quite a bit taller171: Doyou play an instrument? Nope, did drums in elementary school, stopped in middleschool because I would have no other electives all year if I did band andchoir.170: Whatdid you do yesterday? Work, and saw Kingsman The Golden Circle[ I Believe In ]169: Loveat first sight: Lust yes, love no, you build love with someone, not somethingyou can immediately have in my opinion168: Luck:Yeah, occasionally167: Fate:I believe God has a fate for all of us, something we will learn eventually166: Yourself:Definitely165: Aliens:It’s possible with how many millions of stars and planets are out there.164: Heaven:Yep163: Hell:Yep162: God:Yep161: Horoscopes:They are fun and interesting, though I don’t put any faith in them160: Soulmates: Yeah, why not159: Ghosts:Meh, never really have.158: GayMarriage: Yeah, why stop 2 people from being happy together?157: War:Is something that shouldn’t be needed ever.156: Orbs:Not sure what this is referring to, so I guess no?155: Magic:There is illusion magic, but no actual magic like in fire emblem or other videogames.[ This or That ]154: Hugsor Kisses: Why not both?153: Drunkor High: Neither152: Phoneor Online: Online151: Redheads or Black haired: Red head all day150: Blondesor Brunettes: Brunettes149: Hotor cold: Hot148: Summeror winter: Summer147: Autumnor Spring: Colorado Autumn, Spring most anywhere else though146: Chocolateor vanilla: Vanilla145: Nightor Day: Night144: Orangesor Apples: Apples143: Curlyor Straight hair: Curly142: McDonaldsor Burger King: Mc Donald’s fries, Burger King burger141: WhiteChocolate or Milk Chocolate: White Chocolate140: Macor PC: PC139: Flipflops or high heels: Neither, always wears tennis shoes138: Uglyand rich OR sweet and poor: Sweet and poor, you can stop being poor, it’s a lotharder to stop being an ugly person(I’m referring to personality)137: Cokeor Pepsi: Pepsi136: Hillaryor Obama: Obama I guess, though I’m not big on politics135: Burriedor cremated: Never really thought about it, whatever’s cheaper? Don’t need myfamily pouring out money after I’m dead XD134: Singingor Dancing: Singing, have always loved choir, and I suck at dancing133: Coachor Chanel: Not sure what either of these are, clothes or something?132: KatMcPhee or Taylor Hicks: Also not sure what either of these are, guessingsingers of some sort131: Smalltown or Big city: Small town, though able to drive to the big city130: Wal-Martor Target: Target129: BenStiller or Adam Sandler: I only recognize the name Adam Sandler, so him Iguess?128: Manicureor Pedicure: Have never had either, so don’t know.127: EastCoast or West Coast: West Coast, because Disneyland, which is better thanDisneyworld because it has Walt’s personal touch.126: YourBirthday or Christmas: Both are close in timing, but have to go with Christmassince everyone is just generally in a better mood125: Chocolateor Flowers: Chocolate124: Disneyor Six Flags: Disney 100% not even close123: Yankeesor Red Sox: I’m not big on sports, don’t really care either way[ Here’s What I Think About ]122: War:Was sort of asked earlier, still think the same, it should never be needed121: GeorgeBush: I don’t know enough to have an actual opinion on him120: GayMarriage: Why not let people be happy together, it doesn’t hurt you.119: Thepresidential election: Is clearly broken after out last election, how can thismonster be given power at such a high level when he is clearly hateful anddoesn’t understand the general populous?118: Abortion:Mothers choice ultimately117: MySpace:Does this site even still exist? I never personally used it116: RealityTV: It so fake it’s not even funny115: Parents:Do their best for their kids114: Backstabbers: Are some of the lowest people113: Ebay:Is slowly getting eaten alive by Amazon112: Facebook:Is just sort of a time waste, but also lets you connect from so far apart111: Work:Should be fun, not something that you hate doing110: MyNeighbors: Don’t know them, just moved here109: GasPrices: Are nice and low currently, still kind of high in California though,but can’t complain much108: DesignerClothes: Are over rated107: College:Is a money suck unless you know for sure what you want to do, otherwise youwill be in debt with something you don’t want106: Sports:Are kind of fun to watch, but generally very, and I mean very over paid105: Myfamily: Are always there and rather supportive104: Thefuture: Is looking good, have an interview at Disneyland on Tuesday![ Last time I ]103: Huggedsomeone: If all the kids at Chuck E Cheese count while I was in the Chuck Esuit, then tonight, otherwise then it would be about a week ago when my grandmaand grandpa came out102: Lasttime you ate: Had some pizza at work tonight101: Sawsomeone I haven’t seen in a while: This week, hadn’t seen these grandparents inabout 8 years.100: Criedin front of someone: It’s been a while, can’t remember99: Wentto a movie theater: On Saturday, saw Kingsman: Golden Circle98: Tooka vacation: Back at the end of June, went with my family to Paris for a week,go to go to Euro Disney, was a lot of fun.97: Swamin a pool: A week or two ago, have one in my backyard now so can go whenever Iwant, so long as it’s not too cold out.96: Changeda diaper: about a month and a half when I was with Aubri95: Gotmy nails done: Never have94: Wentto a wedding: Not sure, maybe my Uncle’s weeding like gosh 9 years ago?93: Brokea bone: Well I fractured my arm when I was 12 or so, haven’t actually broken abone though92: Gota peircing: Never have, no real plans to91: Brokethe law: Minus going a bit over the speed limit I can’t think of a timehonestly90: Texted:A few days ago with support at Uber trying to figure out an issue with myaccount[ MISC ]89: Whomakes you laugh the most: Savannah used to, after moving no one in particular theselast 2 months88: SomethingI will really miss when I leave home is: Solitarity, is that a word?87: Thelast movie I saw: Kingsman: Golden Circle86: Thething that I’m looking forward to the most: Job interview on Tuesday85: Thething im not looking forward to: Job interview on Tuesday84: Peoplecall me: Josiah, Siah, Clef(gaming friends)83: Themost difficult thing to do is: be genuinely honest with everyone82: Ihave gotten a speeding ticket: Nope, got a warning once since I was 9 over in a45. It was 2 am, and one of my headlights was out, only reason he pulled meover with a warning81: Myzodiac sign is: Sagittarius80: Thefirst person I talked to today was: Danny, they woke me up cause I was supposedto drop her off at the mall79: Firsttime you had a crush: First crush was probably Megan Conrad, had a crush on herin 3rd grade, never told her about it before she moved. Was going togive her a valentines card, but her family moved like the week before, oh well.78: Theone person who I can’t hide things from: No one currently, used to be Sam, butright now there really isn’t anyone that I’m close enough to that can tellsomething is off77: Lasttime someone said something you were thinking: Can’t remember76: Rightnow I am talking to: No body, just up late as I do, watching League75: Whatare you going to do when you grow up: Am a young adult now, so am starting togrow up more, still working on getting into Disney, want to one day help editand voice over in movies.74: Ihave/will get a job: Currently work at Chuck E Cheese, first thing I could getafter moving out to California, hopefully soon will be at Disneyland, alsodrive for Uber every now and then if I’m bored and have some time73: Tomorrow:Is actually going to be Tuesday now since it’s 1am and so therefore technicallyis the next day. Going to be a big day, fingers crossed all goes well.72: Today:Is just another day, nothing to out of the ordinary71: NextSummer: Not sure, I think my mom is working on getting some sort of familyreunion together70: NextWeekend: Will be working, don’t do much on weekends normally69: Ihave these pets: 2 dogs, Gizmo and Stitch, both mutts68: Theworst sound in the world: nails on a chalkboard67: Theperson that makes me cry the most is: Not sure right now, probably myself66: Peoplethat make you happy: Those that are friendly and enjoyable to be around65: Lasttime I cried: Can’t recall64: Myfriends are: A very strange group of gamers63: Mycomputer is: Pretty good, would like to upgrade again here in the next year ortwo, just don’t have the money right now.62: MySchool: Is not existent currently, not a priority currently, will probably belater after work at Disney can give me more of a specific direction to gorather than throwing money at it and hoping for the best.61: MyCar: Is a good van, and has come in rather handy60: Ilose all respect for people who: Put others down behind their backs59: Themovie I cried at was: Nothing jumps out right now, only one that comes to mindof late was Force Awakens, yes it sounds silly, but every time I saw it and theoriginal theme played when Han got on the Falcon I couldn’t help but get tearyeyed, and each time Rey pulls the lightsaber too herself right past Kylo’sface.58: Yourhair color is: Dark Brown57: TVshows you watch: Arrow, Game of Thrones, Flash, Star Wars Rebels56: Favoriteweb site: Youtube probably55: Yourdream vacation: A couple weeks going to every Disney location with someone close54: Theworst pain I was ever in was: I mean breaking my arm hurt a lot physically, butemotionally there have been a few moments years ago when I learned things thatclose friends went through that I wish didn’t have to be so. Some things youjust can’t explain the real effect of how it messed with your mind and makesyou think differently each day.53: Howdo you like your steak cooked: Well done52: Myroom is: Neat and organized51: Myfavorite celebrity is: Liam Neeson50: Wherewould you like to be: Holding her in my arms49: Doyou want children: Have a beautiful daughter, will likely have more in thefuture once I actually settle down.48: Everbeen in love: Have been a few times47: Who’syour best friend: I know I said earlier that I don’t have one, but my mindinstantly went to Michael when I read this again, even though we haven’t beenclose in years now, but I still hope he is doing great and love seeing where heis going on facebook. He was pretty much a second brother growing up.46: Moreguy friends or girl friends: Guys from gaming, though in person would generallybe girls45: Onething that makes you feel great is: A tight warm hug44: Oneperson that you wish you could see right now: Savannah43: Doyou have a 5 year plan: Not particularly, barely have a 5 day plan42: Haveyou made a list of things to do before you die: Not written it down anywhere,but I want to get to every Disney park location, 3 down so far.41: Haveyou pre-named your children: Nope, have some ideas but nothing for sure,especially since my wife will of course have her own desired names too.40: Lastperson I got mad at: No one outwardly, but a few people in my head, and that’show it stays 99% of the time. I bottle stuff in too much.39: Iwould like to move to: It’s always been California, because that’s whereDisneyland is, but honestly wish I could have Disney in Colorado, am alreadykind of missing it far more than I thought I would.38: Iwish I was a professional: Voice actor, and may someday be.[ My Favorites ]37: Candy:Snickers or Laffy Taffy36: Vehicle:Was a Hummer growing up, but that thing is a gas guzzler, honestly whatever has4 wheels and gets me from point a to point b is good, preferably orange.35: President:Abraham Lincoln, because he was a pretty good guy34: Statevisited: Colorado33: Cellphoneprovider: T-Mobile works, haven’t tried anyone else, am grandfathered into myparents plan32: Athlete:Michael Phelps, or Pele31: Actor:Liam Neeson30: Actress:Cara Delevingne29: Singer:There are so many youtubers I follow, I couldn’t pick just one, impossible.Kurt Hugo Schneider, Sam Tsui, Agaisnt The Current, Pentatonix, ChristinaGrimmie(You are missed), Tiffany Alvord, Peter Hollens, Boyce Avenue, and manymore28: Band:Oh, well I kind of mixed some bands into Singers, um just a band, maybe Skilletor Matt Kearney27: Clothingstore: Nothing in particular, most of my shirts are from t-shirt daily dealwebsites26: Grocerystore: Probably Target, just my go to place25: TVshow: Close between Arrow and Game of Thrones24: Movie:Over The Hedge23: Website:This was asked earlier, but YouTube still22: Animal:Dragons, if you want something non-mythical then Guinea Pigs21: Themepark: Disneyland20: Holiday:Thanksgiving because it’s just about being thankful and spending time withfamily and loved ones. It’s not about getting anything or spending money forgifts, it’s about being there and being thankful.19: Sportto watch: League of Legends, E-sports totally count, if you disagree then youare wrong, and then Soccer would be my answer.18: Sportto play: Ultimate Frisbee, a lot of fun, especially with my good long distancethrows.17: Magazine:Don’t read magazines ever16: Book:The whole Dragons In Our Midst series, if I had to pick one then it would beRaising Dragons, the very first book.15: Dayof the week: None of them are special right now, so they just sort of flowtogether now, Friday I guess since it’s payday?14: Beach:Is nice to walk along on, though am not a fan of swimming in the ocean13: Concertattended: Last one I remember going to was an Audio Adrenaline concert with mydad, but that was ages ago, have never been big on concerts.12: Thingto cook: I suck at cooking, the best food I can make is French toast, is prettygood.11: Food:Cheeseburger. You can’t beat a good burger, 90% of the time at any restaurantit’s what I get.10: Restaurant:In-N-Out for fast food style, Red Lobster for sit down, used to be OliveGarden, but they got rid of their Fettuccini Alfredo Pizza9: Radiostation: K-Love8: Yankeecandle scent: Not sure, Cantaloupe maybe?7: Perfume:I don’t wear any, so don’t have much of an opinion on it, just something sweetsmelling is generally nice6: Flower:Never really thought about it actually, Roses look pretty, though it’s kind ofa generic answer, yeah don’t really have one I guess.5: Color:Orange, always has been, always will be.4: Talkshow host: I don’t watch any talk shows, so not sure who any are.3: Comedian:Jeff Dunham, I think he counts right? Great ventriloquist and comedian2: Dogbreed: Husky, such beautiful dogs, thought they do need a lot of attention totake care of.1: Didyou answer all these truthfully? To the best of my knowledge, yes.

[diariesofaclosetsuicidal-blog]

Last Night

We met last night for the first time in about a year.  The last time we met, it was during Christmastime.  I remember because I asked if we could meet at Bryant Park, near the tree.  I took an earlier train so that I could sit by the ice skating rink, let the cold freeze my bones while watching the ice skaters, contemplating what I was doing there in the first place. Sitting underneath the black, freezing night air of New York City, I inhaled the sharp air and watched my exhales form tiny white clouds in front of my face.  

The ice skaters that night were hardly the most graceful.  Some kids, some adults...Some first dates (you can always tell) and some couples that had clearly been together for too long (you can always tell that, too).

And then there was me.

A boyfriend at home.  And a man on the way.  

It was so Sex & The City.  I seriously did have Aiden and Mr. Big. Except my Mr. Big was Mr. NYC and my Aiden was a metal-head, business-owner.  And not a soul knew.

And so, there I was. Sitting in the cold, contemplating the choices I was making, contemplating life.  And then there he was...Rising mysteriously through that cold dark night, making his way toward me innocently, but with alternative motives...a wolf hunting for his prey.

That was the last time I saw him; 2 years ago.  

Then it happened again last night.  

Not a lie, he kept in touch for the last year - and when I say keep in touch, I mean really kept in touch.  There was a brief 3 month break in between, but when he returned, he returned.  I was never surprised when my phone would buzz and it would be him...Every 2 weeks, almost like clockwork.  He’d send me funny pictures or a meme or something else related to the pitfalls of the current election or the economy.  He was always very smart and sophisticated in that way.  Mr. NYC: working a top finance job in NYC, living in a gorgeous high-rise in Brooklyn overlooking the Staten Island Bridge, and always knowing the best spots to go to.  He would always catch me by surprise with the places he took me to - there was so many gorgeous bars in NYC that I never EVER would have known about if it hadn’t been for my Mr. NYC.

And then, all of a sudden this week, I decided I needed to see him.  And this was no whim.  There was a lot of thought put into it.

I left work super early to get into the city.  I wasn’t supposed to leave 2 hours before my scheduled departure time, but my boss wasn’t around and, to be honest, I wanted to give in to my excitement.  So I lied and I left.

After arriving home, I got ready and put on a dress (dresses are hardly something I wear anymore so when I get to put them on, it’s a big deal), sprayed my hair, prayed that it wouldn’t rain, packed up a tiny purse with all of the essentials (my most essential makeup, IDs, earbuds, phone charger, bobby pins, mini bottle of hairspray, hair ties), sprayed on my favorite Chanel perfume, slid my pedicured toes into ballet flats, and excitedly, but nervously, locked the door of the apartment I share with my boyfriend behind me and left for the train.

I didn’t think that I would catch the earlier train, but just as my ticket dropped down from the automatic machine, the train pulled up. I boarded and stood the entire way, waiting to arrive in Grand Central, doing my best to divert my attention from people who stood staring at me.  The tiny, tan girl with the long red hair in the white floral dress, dark lipstick and perfect smile.

The anticipation of pulling into Grand Central is enough to kill anyone.  As the train slows to 5 miles an hour and drags through dark tunnel after dark tunnel, sometimes you wonder if you’ll ever see the light again.  Passing terminal after terminal, you wonder when you’ll stop.  The reception of your phone fails and all of a sudden it’s just you and the creaks of the braking train’s ebbs and flows.  Finally, we arrived.

Getting in early left me just enough time to pull myself together and listen to one last powerful song on my iPod to banish my nerves. My immediate path in Grand Central Station is to beeline to the ladies’ room by the ‘Chicken, Chicken, Chicken’ restaurant to collect myself.  Now, the ladies’ bathrooms at Grand Central Station are not the most glamorous, but there’s something about them - especially on a Friday or Saturday night - where girls from NY, NJ and CT all gather there to make their final clothing, hair and makeup adjustments before meeting their friends in the cavernous upstairs lobby or hopping the sweaty, humid subway to their hip hangouts and downtown bars and clubs.  For some reason, it always inspires me to see this happening.  Women getting ready for dates with their friends, or dates with their significant others.  Or just prettying themselves for another New York City night. Practicing their coy game faces, lining their lips, silently pep-talking themselves, promising they’ll get into a little bit of trouble tonight, to hold them over until the next big thrill.  

At least that’s what I tell myself.

I pucker my lips in the mirror - no reapplication necessary; my shade of lipstick is the perfect deep tone of neutral, setting off my light green eyes and faux tanned skin (which I tell everyone is real, of course)...My white dress with pink flowers pulls everything together. I wore pearls for me...but also because Mr. NYC is a classy guy.  And I know he’ll appreciate them.

After one last spray and toss of my hair, I’m off to meet him at the escalators off 45th street, just as we agreed via text message earlier that day.  It’s so strange that only 3 hours ago I was at work, I tell myself.  How time flies.

I stare out the window looking for his BMW and I feel my heart beating out of my chest; it feels as if it might explode. The dangerous excitement builds inside of me. What if I’m found out. What if someone I know is at the bar we go to. What if one thing leads to another and I’m home later than I ought to be.  Take another deep breath, I tell myself. I inhale my risky side and exhale my inhibitions.  I wave goodbye to them as I fog up the glass in front of me with my breath.  This is my night. 

As I’m waiting, I see him through the glass. In fact, he actually sees me first.  He’s found me like he always does.  And, to make the moment extra special, I happen to get a phone call at the same time from a random number. I quickly decline it and it takes me back to the picture of my boyfriend and I set on my homescreen.  I silently panic. 

He hugs me and picks me up and I inhale him again.

I should have prefaced all of this by saying that Mr. NYC’s personality is not the most attractive.  But his sense of danger, his suaveness and his charm together...well, it’s an unbeatable combination that drives me crazy.  For one night, I can be a different girl with him.

He sets me down and we exchange the typical, “it’s good to see you’s”.  He is carrying an umbrella because it is drizzling outside.  He thought to bring an umbrella.  This is one of the many wonderful things about him.

As we walk through the MetLife-Grand Central connection hall and head towards the exit, I notice how his voice echoes loud, yet nervously, as he ticks off all of the things that have changed.  His words bounce off the tiled walls like ping-pongs, repeating and repeating.  He’s nervous, I can tell. He always talks too much when he’s nervous. He always talks too much when he’s around me. He’s nervous around me.  I know this...And I use it to my advantage. I can work with this.

I use the first few moments of his awkward conversation to nervously fumble around with my phone, finding an appropriate picture to change my home and lock screen to. When it’s done, I finally relax.  I now show no signs of being attached. As far as the entirety of New York City is concerned, I am a single girl.

When we step out from the gleaming marble overhang of the MetLife building into the life of New York City, he pops the umbrella on cue and pulls my waist in close to him.  When I am sufficiently covered, he doesn’t move his hand. He pulls me close when anyone gets too near our umbrella...or makes eye contact with me.  We cross the street to his BMW, which he says is ‘old’...but it’s a model from 3 years ago and it’s in stellar condition. He walks me to the passenger side and opens the door for me, carefully balancing the umbrella so as not to expose any of me to rain. He meticulously checks if I’m in completely and then closes the door and folds the umbrella up.  Did I mention Mr. NYC is hella charming. 

Money is no object to Mr. NYC.  He spares no expense. He comes from money, he makes good money, and he’s not afraid to spend his money. I get nervous around him, but I never show it.  We are from different planets, he and I.  Sometimes I wonder, with all the gorgeous women in NYC he could have, why he chooses me.  And then I remember, the girl that I am when I’m with him doesn’t think that way.  The girl that I am with him, could also have anyone she wants.  She’s intimidating.  And I jump right back into the conversation.

He puts his hands on me during the car ride. My white cotton dress is short and leaves my tanned-thighs bare.  He takes that as an invitation to set down his sweaty palm on top, his fingers lightly grazing my inner thighs...Though we haven’t seen each other in a year, he picks right back up where we left off.

He tells me I look tan. I say that I was spending time in the sun at my mom’s lake house in Connecticut.  This is not a complete lie - I was there....2 weeks ago. But I tell him I got back 2 days ago.  I don’t tell him I’m obsessed with self-tanning or having my hair done...especially for dates that I’m not supposed to be on.  But I look perfect. The way every girl wants to look when she’s with someone she likes...but doesn’t want to let on that she likes.

I play the part perfectly, I have to say.  And maybe it’s because I’ve done it for the last 2 years with him.  We have had a tumultuous time being together the first time, he and I. We’ve done too much of things we shouldn’t have...and not enough of the things we should’ve. One day I’ll tell the story of how we met and the promises he made to me that night 2 years ago.  I still wonder if they’ll come true. Life has a funny way of working out, you know.

But I digress.

He says he has a mission tonight.  The sun starts to peek through the rainy clouds and creeps up past his dashboard covering us in rays of gold.  For some reason, I fall into it’s direct line. It drenches my face and the bright light fills my eyes, so much so that the light green turns to yellow. I use it as an opportunity to hold his gaze, burning my light eyes into his deep dark ones, hoping to knock him off guard. It works.  He doesn’t notice that the traffic light has turned green until the cabbies break the silence, beeping behind us, impatient and frustrating.  Begrudgingly, he tears his gaze from mine, hands back on the wheel and proceeds to turn right.  He tells me that he’s made a reservation at one of his favorite bars, and that, our mission, should we choose to accept it, is to get the ingredients and the recipe to one of his favorite cocktails at one of his favorite underground bars in the city.

He made a reservation. At a bar. In the City. Only Mr. NYC. I am impressed.

Alright then, I say. I’m game.

We park a few blocks away from the restaurant, but we don’t hold hands as we walk.  I am happy about this...Too much hand holding and I feel clingy. That’s not who I want to be tonight.  We walk in, early for our reservation, so they seat us downstairs at a small table, instead of at the bar like he requested. Mr. NYC doesn’t give in so easily; a perfectionist in all ways. He said he requested the bar and the bartenders assure us a spot will open soon...I put my hand on his; “This is good for now”, I say.  

He tells me they’ll make me whatever I want.  But I still order something from the menu. I notice how many times he apologizes.  Almost like me in real life...I’m one of those people who says ‘sorry’ after every utterance.  But not here, not in this fantasy.  I’m not who I normally am, so I am the one that gets to say ‘why are you sorry? You don’t need to apologize’ and look at him reassuringly.  He’s nervous. This role was made for me.

We catch up. I am at my same retail job, still teaching workout classes but I’ve started a new business, all of which I glaze over and climactically claim ‘I’m happy’. He likes to know what’s going on with me. I am uncomfortable sharing what’s happening with me...Remember when I said we are from too different worlds? Mr NYC would never date a girl that works in retail. So, I focus less on the retail position (which works out because honestly I can’t stand it), and concentrate on my business. I don’t hold back about my failures, I am open, honest and forthcoming about everything I’ve learned. He is leaning in. 

As for him, he was let go from his position last year with a healthy severance package, but being in finance, it didn’t take him long to land on his feet. He is happy were he is now.  The location of his office is easier commuting-wise and he ‘is enjoying taking the lead at work and helping other people do their jobs because he can handle it better than they can’...Mr NYC, always so humble.

At this point, the first round of drinks have been delicately sipped and are about halfway gone and two spots at the bar have just opened up.  We take a seat.  Now he’s got me where he wants me.

“It’s really good to see you again”, he tells me.  “You look incredible, you look more gorgeous than you did the last time I saw you.”

I say ‘no’, being modest.  He says ‘yes’.  “You have everything going for you - you’re the closest thing to the total package I’ve ever seen”.

He picks up his drink, and pauses just before it hits his lips: “Did I see you were back with your ex for a bit last year?” He takes a dramatic sip and keeps eye contact.

I am a pathological liar.  It’s a terrible habit.  But for some reason, I like to embellish.  I like to make things sound more intriguing, mysterious, more...enigmatic than they are. So I let my mouth answer before my brain - or my heart - kick in: yes, but ‘we’re not so much anymore’.  

‘We’re not so much anymore’

Even I don’t know what that means.  I put way too many adverbs together and somehow made a mystifying but altogether too clear statement. But i suppose that was the point - no clarity, no explanation and complete and total wordplay.  It was perfect.

Apparently, it meant something to him. He pulled me in for a hug, then placed his hands delicately under my chin, lifted my face to his and pulled me in for what I knew promised to be the first kiss of the night. I let him do it. 

When our faces broke apart, I looked at him shyly and with a tiny, coy smile on my face. A look I have perfected in the mirror.  A look that also seems so naturally initiated. Pure poison.

He starts talking about something else, politics, sports or some other bullshit that I stop listening to about halfway through.  I always glaze over when he gets nervous. He talks incessentaly about things, events, other stuff that I just don’t care about. He also cuts me off mid-sentence every time I try to get a word in edgewise and drives me nuts that he clearly can’t see that I’m not interested in the conversation until about 20 minutes after he’s launched into it.  And while it takes him that long to notice, he always notices when I’m bored.

He puts both arms around me and pulls me close.  ‘So tell me what else is new with you’.

I tell him not much other than what I already talked about. I tell him about my sisters and he says that they probably look up to me a lot. I say that I hope they do, I just want to be a good person.  He assures me I am...He says he loves that about me. And he kisses me again.

I am finished with my second drink.  Had they not brought over chips and dip, I would be feeling way more woozy than I am right now. I am drunk on $20 cocktails, in a dimly lit bar and I am with a guy that is super into me and I look gorgeous. This is my element.

‘I was really happy when you agreed to come back and meet me’.  I assured him that I felt the same.

Our conversation took a turn. He said that he had been hanging out with exes, too. But that they all drove him crazy, especially the teachers.  Well, I understand, I said: teachers deal with kids all day. They are crazy. 

“Well, it must rub off then, because the teachers that I’ve dated have all been nuts...

That’s why every time I was on a date with them, I was thinking about you.  You’re so different.  Every time I go out on a date, I am thinking about you.  Even my friends ask me why I’m not with you.”

It occurs to me at this point that I probably should have asked “then why aren’t you with me?”.  But I was too drunk and it felt too good to have my ego stroked.  I also didn’t want to give in that easily - I didn’t want him to know that I wanted it. I mean, honestly, could I really seriously date Mr. NYC?  Up until now, he had been a fling.  But we were teeter-tottering on the edge of a serious conversation.  Not that we hadn’t been there before...

“And then I started thinking about it.  You’re the closest thing to a total package I’ve ever known.  You’re beautiful, you’re smart, you work hard. How is that you’re still single?!”

“I don’t put myself out there a lot”, I say.  It’s true.  But mostly it’s because I currently am in a committed relationship...of course, I don’t say that part aloud.  “I just am busy focusing on the things that I want to accomplish.”

At this point, he pulls me in for another kiss.  

I shyly smile back at him as he stares at me...

“What?!”, I laugh shyly at him.

“That’s just the most amazing thing I’ve heard anyone say.”

We continue to chat.  And 10 minutes later, he orders his third drink.  He continues to kiss me.  I break away.  

And you just realized this after 2 years. 

I have only come to realize this over the last 6 months. I haven’t been able to get you out of my head. I am always thinking about you and you’ve been here all along.”

“I have”, I say, shrugging my shoulders. 

“Why do you think that I keep sending messages to you? You think I’d really keep sending you all those texts if I wasn’t thinking about you all the time.”

I looked down at my drink.  This was all pretend.  Mr NYC was also a really good actor and I didn’t think I could take him at his word.  But then he surprised me.

“I’d really like to do this the right way. I want to know the next time I can see you. I want to come visit you where you live. I want to talk to you every day.”

“And you’re not saying all this because you’re drunk?” “I’m not drunk.”

Prove it. 

How.

Tell me one thing you’ve never told me before.  About you.

He put his arms around me.

“I am intimidated by beautiful women.  Up until recently, I’ve had a lot of self confidence issues to work out.

And one more thing.  One of the first times you hung out with me, you asked me if you weren’t just another notch in my belt. That really got to me. Just so you know, you were NEVER a notch in my belt. You are so much more than that to me. You always have been.”

I decided to ignore the last sentiment he shared. “But why would you be intimidated. Why don’t you just be yourself.  You should be who you are no matter what. I don’t like people for what’s on the outside, I like people for who they are on the inside.”

If you say one more beautiful thing, I might just propose to you right now. I look at him.

And then he kissed me again.

Then he swiveled my bar stool towards him, so my knees were between his thighs.

“I really want to give this a try”, he said again. “I want to come see you and I want to talk to you everyday.

Sorry if this is all moving too fast or coming out all at once. I just had to tell you.”

He mouths to me silently “I love you.” 

I wouldn’t have believed it if I didn’t see it.

“It’s okay...I understand.  And just so you know the feeling is mutual.  And at that point, it was.”

He paused, staring at me, “You’re just so cute right now.”

He pulled me close to kiss him again. And when I pulled away, I gave him the classic shy smile.

Another drink in and he sets off on his mission. He needs the ingredients and the mixing instructions for his drink for next weekend.  There’s a party at his parents house and he wants to mix this particular drink for his friends.

“You’re invited by the way”

“To where?”

“The party”

“I don’t think I could.  I’ve never been to the Hamptons.  I wouldn’t fit in.”

He looks at me “Well, if you change your mind let me know”.  See, he knows I wouldn’t fit in.  He can’t deny it.

I drop the subject and move onto something else.  Later on, I tell him I want to stretch my legs. We bid goodbye to the bartenders, who so lovingly mixed our drinks and allowed him to accomplish his one mission for the evening.  And we set out into the breezy, humid New York night.

We spent the rest of the evening walking around Greenwich Village, holding hands.  Actually, it was less holding hands and more of him seeming like he didn’t want to let my hand go. And if he wasn’t holding my hand, he was holding my waist.  Arms around each other, like we had been doing this forever.

We walk all over the city.  We play a round of silly zombie video games.  And then we circle back to his car. He doesn’t stop holding my hand until he’s opening the passenger side door for me to climb inside.  His chivalry is like a dagger through my heart as my mind wanders back to my real life...my boyfriend, sleeping soundly in our apartment.  He wouldn’t do this for me.  No no.

We’re both tired and I need to catch the train home.  In the past, with him, I’ve been too shy to yawn. Now, I do so openly.  He asks me where he should take me.

To Grand Central Station, of course.

He stares at me for a moment.  I can feel his disappointment.

So I suggestively and out-rightly ask him if there’s another place he would suggest.  On the inside, my dangerous side is telling me to be open to all possibilities.  He says he just wants me to get home as quickly as possible and as safely as possible.

It feels like a dig.  I joke “as long as I get away from you as quickly as possible, right?”

He looks at me “that’s not what I said.”  

I can’t tell if that was the wrong thing or the right thing to say.  There’s a history we have about spending the night together. Another story for another time.

The 15 minute car ride to Grand Central is spent talking about his friends and his stocks.  He grabs onto my hand halfway through and interlaces my fingers through mine.  I loosen my grip and he only tightens his.  I am watching the clock; I am 5 minutes away from missing my train.  I consider that I wouldn’t mind spending an extra 40 minutes in Grand Central Station.  Another 40 minutes to explore the city on my own.  And to think about Mr. NYC and if he really plans to change this time.  And what would happen if I called things off with my metal man and went to join Mr. NYC for a life in the city instead...

We arrive.  It’s the end of the night. But he doesn’t just drop me off in front of Grand Central. He illegally parks on the side of the road, puts on his hazards and proceeds to walk me all the way to Gate 21, the terminal from which my train is departing. Not only does he walk me to the gate, he walks me all the way down to the train tracks and puts me on the train, with one foot on, as if he is still deciding if he should come with me or not.

I look up at him again and give him that green-stare gaze.  His hands are back on my face and he kisses me deeply right there in the middle of the train car, in front of everyone. Mr NYC never cares who’s watching...almost to a fault.  He steps back and we trade ‘thank you’s’ for a wonderful evening.  He tells me to text him when I’m home safe and not to forget.  He begins to back away...but before he does, he takes 3 steps forward and kisses me one more time, like he may never see me again...

As the doors shut in front of us and the train pulls away from the platform, I still haven’t decided if he will.  

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Replica Celine Nano Luggage Review

Hey ladies! I hope you’re ready for another replica handbag review. Today we’re looking at the replica Celine Nano Luggage bag! Celine is one of the most understated designer brands in my opinion, it’s very rare in my city to see a Celine bag out and about, whereas I can’t go 10 minutes without seeing a replica Gucci Handbag or a replica Louis Vuitton handbag!

Created in 2010, with its winged sides, unique design and multitude of leather types, sizes and colors available, nobody expected it to be such a hit. But here we are today, with the Celine Nano Luggage replica being an instantly recognizable handbag.

But is the replica a 1:1 mirror replica handbag? Is the leather quality good? Can the replica handbag factories get the symmetrical design right? Read on to find out all this and more…

Model: Replica Celine Nano Luggage

Size: 8 x 8 x 4 inches

Price (Auth/Replica): $2700/$215

Replica Celine Nano Luggage Photos:

Replica Celine Nano Luggage Quality Analysis:

I’ve gone and done it. I went and got another smooth leather bag! The replica Celine Nano Luggage comes in so many different leather types and colors. This time I decided to play it safe and stick with smooth and black. And girl, do I not regret my decision at all!

The leather quality is out of this world, smoother than silk, and not to mention the smell! But I will admit that this bag feels very delicate, so clumsy girls beware, it will be scuffed! The frame of this bag is amazing, considering it isn’t piped, it’s so structured. It holds its shape well and stands up by itself. The dimensions are also correct, and the weight is an even match.

The craftmanship on this bag is next level. I can’t spot any faults anywhere. The hands are even, sit up straight and feel comfortable to hold. The stitching is perfect all over the bag (and this is a bag which as a lot of stitching, especially on the exterior). The piped patterns on the exterior are perfectly symmetrical too. The hardware is color-matched and feels weighty and luxurious, the strap also attaches and detaches smoothly, without issue.

The zips, both on the external pocket and on the top slide open and closed super smoothly. The interior is plain, but everything is where is should be without any missed or double stitches. The Celine logo on the front is aligned perfectly and the same size as the authentic. The tag on the interior is also stamped deeply.

My friend has an authentic in smooth black leather too, so we compared hers and my replica Celine Nano luggage and she almost took the wrong one home! We had to compare it by the wear on her bag to confirm which was hers and which one was my replica handbag!

Shopping with this seller was great. I decided to try a new seller as I heard they had high quality replica Celine handbags. I was not disappointed, they were rapid to respond, there must be more than one person manning this account as at any time of day or night they responded almost instantly. Payment was fast via western union, and the package shipped out tracked via EMS within a few days. In a short week, I had this baby in my hands!

Advantages/Disadvantages:

Instantly Recognizable

The replica Celine Nano Luggage must be one of the most immediately recognizable replica handbags on the planet. Any girl who knows anything about handbags will instantly know this bag, so be prepared for the attention it will garner.

Celine is one of the less common designer handbag brands. I believe this gives it a lot of credit, as you don’t see them everywhere as you would with other bags like the replica Chanel Classic Flap.

Zip Closure

Another lovely zip closure. I love the safety and security that comes with a zip. It’s greeat to know that no matter what, nobody can get in my bag without me knowing. As a daydreamer, space out a lot throughout the day while waiting in queues etc. So, having this extra layer of protection puts my mind at ease.

Exterior Zip Pocket

The Celine Nano Luggage replica has an external zip pocket. This is perfect for those moments where you need to be able to access something easily. I like to keep receipts in there. When I go to the airport, it’s a life saver for keeping your passport/boarding passes in. You constantly have to get them in and out, over and over again. This exterior pocket allows you to remain stylish, yet still be functional.

Detachable Strap

There is a detachable strap that hooks on the side hardware of the replica Celine Nano Luggage, allowing you to wear it over the shoulder, or crossbody. Be warned though, this strap is not adjustable and is also quite long.

Many shorter girls get around this by tying a knot in the strap to shorten it. You can also get it shortened professionally if you so please.

Surprisingly Spacious

Despite being a nano tote, this is a black hole bag. With one large internal compartment, it goes surprisingly deep. Every time I give someone my replica Celine Nano Luggage to inspect, every time they put their hand inside, you can see the look of shock on their face as the experience the depth.

For a casual trip out, it has more than enough room for all your essentials without having to downsize anything. There is even room to put an organizer in there. I recommend this, as it’s so deep, it can be hard getting to the bottom to fish something out if the bag is full.

Structured, but Soft

Despite being made of a soft, baby smooth leather, the Celine Nano Luggage replica is one sturdy bag. Having no problems standing up by itself, it maintains its shape no problem.

One problem is the delicacy of the leather. Smooth leather is great to look at, but a nightmare to handle. You always must be on your guard to ensure nobody bumps into you, or that you don’t scrape your bag on a rough surface.

No Feet

The only thing that would make this bag complete is a few metal feet on the bottom to protect the delicate leather from rough surfaces. With a bag like this, I always feel the need to rest it on a chair or a raised surface when I’m out and about, as I feel resting it on the floor will damage the leather. All replica designer handbags should take a note out of the replica Lady Dior’s book in this regard.

Sunglasses Tab

This a minor convenience, but when out and about it’s really handy. The replica Celine Nano Luggage has a little clasp on the exterior of the bag. This is for hooking your sunglasses on when not wearing them.

I never knew I needed this until it was sunny a few days ago, and I found out how amazingly convenient it was.

Is the Replica Celine Nano Luggage worth it?

If you’re looking for a fashionable bag to use for daily use, but also need a bag that can be pulled off at formal events, then the replica Celine Nano luggage is a good choice. It’s stylish, recognizable, rare and a true 1:1 mirror replica handbag. You can’t ask for much more.

The importance of versatility in replica handbags is understated. We buy replicas because most of us can’t justify purchasing the real thing, so a bag needs to see usage to be in my collection. I, and I’m sure many of you couldn’t justify purchasing a bag to use in just one situation. Therefore, I love the replica Celine Nano Luggage. Thanks for reading.

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11 Instagram fitness Celebrities tell us what Is inside their gym bag

‘The Body Coach’ Joe Wicks

Number of followers: 1.8 million.

Bio: Wicks has constructed a fitness empire on showing folks the best way to have “Lean in 15.” The idea relies on 15-minute recipes, which he shares through fast and snappy Instagram videos, in addition to 20-minute HIIT (high intensity) work outs.

2. A palatable protein shake.   “I create it with water, oats, lettuce, whey protein, along with blueberries,” he advised Business Insider.

3. A jumping rope –“so that when I am travelling I could perform HIIT training.”

4. A fantastic pair of trainers. “I’ve just got new Nike Metcon Flyknits,” he said.

Fashion designer and lifestyle blogger Natasha Oakley

Number of followers: 1.9 million.

Bio: The co-creator of A Bikini A Day and designer for Monday Swimwear along with Monday Active, the lifestyle blogger is becoming known for her enthusiasm for fitness.

2. Phone by Gilles Guide with Body.

‘sterile Eating’ Alice Liveing

Number of followers: 570,000.

Bio: Qualified nutritionist, author, and personal trainer Alice Liveing became a Instagram celebrity after she awakened junk food and fad diets for a fit, balanced, and healthy lifestyle.

3. “Homemade almond and sea salt nut butter with apple pieces  for a bite.”

Tone It Up’s Katrina Scott

Number of followers: 1.2 million.

1.  Sea salt spray. “I enjoy spraying this on after my workout to include lovely, beachy texture to my own hair,” Scott informed Business Insider. “Additionally, it includes a brand new tropical scent so that it doubles as cologne.”

2. Sunscreen. “I work out outside a great deal, so having sunscreen on hand is critical for keeping my skin secure. I add a single pump of coverup for my sunscreen to create my very own tinted moisturiser.”

3. Tone It Up protein powder. “Protein is so important for forming lean muscle and also preventing soreness,” she said. “I always aim to possess protein 30 minutes after my work out. It tastes amazing at a smoothie, or mixed with either water or unsweetened almond milk in case you’re on the go.”

4. Headphones. “I am constantly jamming out while I am on a run or getting my toning moves in.” You may check out what Scott is listening to here.

5. Socks. “Nothing is worse than forgetting your socks once you head to the fitness center. I always keep several added pairs of our Tone It Up socks within my gym bag in the event!”

Celebrity coach Jessie Pavelka

Number of followers: 89,700.

Bio: Celebrity coach Jessie Pavelka has emerged on the likes of “The Biggest Loser” and has been even in the running to play Christian Grey from the “50 Colors” movies.

2. L-Arginine supplement.

4. “My glasses for reading whilst performing cardio.”

Girl Gains’ Zanna van Dijk

Number of followers: 168,000.

Bio: The London-based fitness blogger and personal trainer started fitness events company Girl Gains with just two friends she met through the image sharing app. The company has ambassadors all around the world, and hosts events with the goal of empowering girls in countries such as Canada, Australia, the UK, along with the United States.

1.  Glute activation rings. “I always have them in my handbag, too — you don’t know when you’ll need to activate your glutes!”

2. Trigger point boards. “I use these to release tight muscles,” he said.

Tone It Up’s Karena Dawn

Number of followers: 1.2 million.

Bio: The other co-founder of all Tone It Up  with Katrina Scott. Dawn is fitness model and a former triathlete.

1. Bandier apparel. “We’re super excited about our newest line with Bandier. It’s chic and the cloth is so cosy. We could wear these outfits daily. Occasionally we really do!”

2.  Qalo rings. “Katrina and I’m working out all the time, involving filming fitness videos, performing our everyday workout, and also our favourite hot yoga courses. All these Qalo rings allow us to still wear wedding rings without worrying about damaging or losing our rings.”

3.  Tone It Up water bottle. “Staying hydrated is critical for smooth muscle and skin healing. I don’t go anywhere without water in hand.”

4.  Lucky Jack Cold Brew Coffee. “I am a coffee man, and bright days in California call for brewed coffee. I love catching a bottle of Lucky Jack Cold Brew to sip before my workout.”

5. Goggles and a swim cap. “I love to compete in triathlons and swimming is a portion of my workout regimen. I always maintain my goggles and a swim cap available if I feel like having a dip, especially on beach or poolside vacations.”

6. Dry shampoo. “This really is vital. Just a fast spritz after a workout and you’re ready for the day.”

7. Tone It Up protein bars. “My favorite is the blueberry coconut. They’re fermented, fermented, and manufactured out of ingredients that are clean.”

‘Fitness on Toast’ Faya Nilsson

Number of followers: 124,000.

Bio: Half-Swedish, half-English fitness expert Faya Nilsson established her blog “Fitness on Toast” at 2013. It’s since won both the Cosmopolitan and UK Blog Awards “Best Lifestyle Website” accolade.

1.  Monreal leggings. “They operate both to and out of the gym, in addition to during a workout,” she advised Business Insider.

3. Skipping rope. “Light as a feather, and you can carry it in your handbag and whip it out anywhere and anytime for an entirely portable and mega-challenging workout. 20 minutes of extreme skipping can burn 400 to 500 calories, as well as that the thermogenic after-effects that keep you burning more calories daily.”

4. Powerbeats wireless earphones. “Super easy to use, they slip onto your own ears and can’t be shaken off during even a hands on sprint. And because there are no dangling cords, you won’t inadvertently pull out them with your flailing arms whilst running.”

5. Apple Watch — Sport Edition. “The action tracker thinks for mepersonally, which is fantastic since it feels like somebody’s forever got my spine, in fitness terms.”

6. Nuts and seeds.   “Crucial for any health-aware tote (unless, of course, you’ve got an intolerance). Total of vital (good) fats that work wonders for the hair, skin, training outcomes, and overall systemic well-being.”

7. Water. “I love to drink as near as you can a litre daily, so I maintain a 500ml bottle with mepersonally, just if”

8. Powerbank. “since you don’t know when you’ll need some juice on the go.”

Body From Gilles’ Gilles Souteyrand

Number of followers: 88,800.

Bio: Personal trainer and lifestyle coach Gilles Souteyrand may be better known for being the boyfriend of Instagram celebrity Natasha Oakley, but he’s also the founder and director of the Body by Gilles  Fitness guides.

2.  Bounce Almond protein balls.

5. Phone by Gilles Guide with Body.

Personal coach and yoga instructor Shona Vertue

Number of followers: 94,600.

Recruiting: Vertue is a personal trainer, yoga instructor, and the creator of the Vertue Method online training regime and book. She recommends that “the key to wellness is a dedication to your own self-love and self-worth.”

1. Resistance bands, “to help activate my glutes and assist me with some other callisthenics moves I am working on.”

2. Aesop Exfoliant Paste. “I spend my days going in and from filthy gyms, going from sweaty environments to cold ones — that opening and closing of the pores from not-so-hygienic places has ever played havoc on my skin. If I don’t cleanse my skin nicely (and moisturise) after training and working, I get breakouts caused by congestion. This stuff works nicely for the skin and I am all about supporting Aussie brands (for obvious reasons).”

3.  Chanel Blue Serum. “I am hooked on this item. Since using this product 17, I’ve noticed a enormous change. I don’t wear makeup, so I am all about keeping the health of my own skin to support my makeup free life.”

4.  Chanel La Solution 10. “The only moisturiser that does not leave me feeling tacky or hurt. Really fine for sensitive skin.”

5.  Type Nutrition vegan protein. “I may be a little biased, since I am one of the ambassadors, but frankly, I challenge you to get a much better tasting, high quality vegan protein that tastes good in plain water. It’s ideal because I usually have time to eat post workout. Two scoops offers me 24g protein.”

6. Rose quartz crystalclear. “This really is just straight up absurd, actually. I am a hippie and that I carry these things around with me, so much to the dismay of my poor arms and shoulders. Sometimes I Will carry up to 3kgs value of crystals in my bag because I love them a lot.”

Whether just escape bed and into the fitness center or it’s to complete that last group, the fitness celebrities help of Instagram motivate us.

But workout places that are magnificent and their fitness center visits  take a little bit more work than it may seem.

Business Insider talked to some of the planet’s biggest fitness celebrities to inquire what workout snacks, gear, grooming and beauty products, without — or exercise — and gadgets they could not survive.

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