20.10.10

how to: i love playing dress-up

rule 1: find an excuse to clothes-swap regularly.  this weekend, one of our friends is going to new york and one of us is going to melbourne for a snazzy wedding.
rule 2: make a night of it.  make sure your wine is chilled and ready to serve, your dinner menu is new and out of the ordinary, and the stereo is set the band your partner doesn't usually let you listen to.






rule 3: get the kids involved.  make some score cards ala australia's next top model--rate your favourite outfits and invite the kiddies to score (and dress-up!) too.

 







rule 4: girls just wanna have fun. be slightly loud, tell stories that make everyone giggle, dance around a little, splurge and let yourself have that cheeky ciggie, and stay up too late on a school night.






rule 5: ride your bike.  eliminate the issue of finding a sober driver, but make sure to have your helmets handy.  get your heart pumpin with a lovely ride home with your friends through late-night deserted streets.






rule 6: chronicle your occasion.  photograph your borrowed items in action like crazy.  because photographs are as central to special occasions and travel as souveniers and hangovers -- but also because its nice to give your friends the pleasure of seeing where their clothes have traveled and how you styled them.

 
rule 7: rinse and repeat. clothes-swapping never loses its appeal.  everything old can become new again with fresh eyes and fresh ideas.







 
rule 8: come shop with i love lamp. we play dress up too.  i  wanna annoy you readers more than the shitty advertising that interrupts your free iphone aps (honestly, dishing out the $1.19 for the full version of angry birds will change your life.)  non-stop, shameless plugging is the name of our game--yes, come shop i love lamp at our happy yess market stall the last sunday of every month.


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