Jay-Z Wears "Valet" Inspired Getup at Coachella

STOP THE PRESSES! JAY-Z HAS BEEN READING LIVE-FAST DIE-YOUNG!

You probably remember the popular post "The Valet: Professional - Practical - Fun" from early April. In this post I debuted one of the freshest looks of 2010: "The Valet." Recently, a distinguished HipHip artist named Jay-Z was inspired by this innovative trend and showed his new look at the popular music festival Coachella. Jay-Z's "Valet" imitation was recorded on camera phones by nearby concert goers during the Beach House performance. The videos have been widely circulating the internet since.

From this angle it's unclear whether Jay Z opted to just wear the top of the Valet (the "little black cap") or really went for it and did full-Valet. It appears he is just wearing a tee.

Closer examination via another youtube user elucidates the mystery.

Indeed, JayZ only went half-Valet, opting for a light-weight, olive drab t-shirt. This is likely because of the sweaty nature of music festivals. It's worth noting that JayZ cleverly chose to utilize the versatility of the cap by pairing it with such military fatigue. It's a great example of adapting a seemingly exclusive accessory to a completely different aesthetic... and still looking good. Fucking genius.

JayZ or Valet?

Jay-Z or Valet?

JayZ, of course, never goes in public without his wife Beyonce Knowles. This time she wears a cute little head-string that perfectly compliments the gold curls of her hair. Head-strings are important because they exude a down-to-earth attitude necessary to fit in at music festivals.

"What the fuck is Beyonce doing here? I fucking hate her."

"I don't know, she seems like she's enjoying the music."

"Oh... (sees head-string) well, ok whatever. Did you get a picture?"

All the single ladies

put your shoelaces in your hair.

-Beyonce

I also noticed another fad within the Jayz/Beyonce posse. Plastic ear things.

I'm not sure if these are fashionable or strictly functional. How do we even know those ear things are real? They could be just wearing them so people know they mean business. Which would technically mean they're wearing them "just for the look." Which means they serve as a fashion accessory... Right?

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BONUS QUESTION

Q: Do you fucking hate Beyonce?

How To Wear The Same Outfit For Three Days Straight While Binge Drinking...

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Our blog has been bought out by a third party. Her name is Sarah or SWolf and is from "the city" also known as New York. She works for a high fashion designer as the resident photoshopper or something, and also may or may not be fucking my childhood friend Harry. She seems to reference him and his clothes a lot in this post. Still trying to figure that out. But at any rate, she now owns 51% of the blog after a donation of 34cents to the Save the Blog PayPal account... so ya...WE"RE BACK! Aren't you excited? Here is her first post I guess. You will see more of her, and maybe Lauren, but I think LK has real life things to attend to and is on a little bit of a hiatus. Enjoy.

-Neil

Update: They're platonic. Sorry, Harry.

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How To Wear The Same Outfit For Three Days Straight While Binge Drinking...
And Look Good Doing It!

Like most twentysomethings, I love to binge drink. I work hard all week, and I play hard on the weekends. But going home every single day after drinking can be tiring! And time-consuming! Here is my guide to drinking through it and working one fabulous outfit the whole weekend through!

If you're like me, you go to work on Friday morning dressed to kill. Probably looking something like this:
Shirt & Bra top: Urban
Skirt: Liz's closet

When the long work day is over, you go straight to a bar and party hard. I usually end up spending the weekend with what I refer to as my "host family" in another neighborhood. So this outfit goes a long way. I would like to point out the versatility of this outfit and the things you should keep in mind when putting something on that you will be wearing for three days straight.

1. Comfortable works!
Am I in fancy heels? Hell no! These flat boots are comfy when drunk or hungover.

2. Wear something you can mix and match!
Tights & Bra top: Urban
Cardigan: The floor of Harry's bedroom

These black tights look great with the cardigan I stole to sleep in after binge drinking. I'm comfy, casual and look great! And this is still day one!


I would like to point out the awesomeness is that is the Bra Top. Ladies, take note. Not only are you covered AND supported, but you're comfortable. I can wear this bra top out, sleep in it and wear it out again!

Day two can be tricky. You're hungover; you feel dirty; and you probably won't leave the host family's apartment. In this instance, if your host is a female friend, you'll have something decent to wear. As my host family is always a male friend, I usually end up spending Saturday like this:

Tights: Urban
T-shirt: Harry's closet

This outfit is PERFECT for loafing. Not only do I feel a little cleaner since I borrowed a new shirt, but the tights are dark enough to pass as pants if you need to throw on a jacket and go out to grab a coffee. But let's face it, you're going to spend Saturday afternoon watching a Frank's Basement Affair marathon. On Saturday night you'll get too drunk pregaming to go to a bar anyway; so just stay in your "pajamas."

Day three is the toughest; for obvious reasons. It's been almost a full three days since you're last shower. You feel gross, but you're well-rested since you didn't leave the apartment all day on Saturday. You're just aching to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather. But what do you do?! This is still the same outfit after all! I like to go for a combo of the dirty clothes I brought with me and the dirty clothes I've been borrowing from my host.

You're probably thinking, "Wow! It's like a brand new outfit!" And you would be right. It is almost as if I thought enough to pack a change of clothes!

At this point, my hair is pretty dirty. If you have long hair you know going three days without showering, and people will start to notice. Remember that bra top? I sure did!

It's the perfect way to cover your dirty hair and still look stylish!
Now I can enjoy a Sunday afternoon out in the city and not be ashamed of my appearance!
And you can too!

~~~~~~~BONUS COMMENTARY by Neil~~~~~~~

Alternate Names for This Post:

-How to be a whore and fuck your friends' childhood friends over a three day weekend

-How to take fugly pics of what you wore over said fuckfest of a weekend

-How to be a fugly slut bitch whore blog owner(barely)

All Great Things Come to an End :(

Bad news fashionistas, this might be the end of the LFDY.

As you all know, it takes a lot to keep a site up an running like this and with decreased ad revenue over the past week, it has become fiscally inviable to continue operating in the red passed this weekend. Unless there is a divine intervention very soon, or if you guys start clicking a lot more ads (WHY AREN"T YOU CLICKING ON THE ADS! OVER HERE <<<<------ TO THE LEFT! TRYNA STAY ALIVE HERE), or unless you start donating money to my Save LFDY paypal account (see bottom of page), this will be the last post. In memoriam, I have compiled some of the greatest LFDY posts and moments during the past two weeks of its existence. We will miss you, fashionistas.

(hit play before scrolling down the page)

ALL-TIME "BEST OF" LFDY

4/3/2010 - 4/16/2010

We lived fast.

We died young.

And we looked really fucking good doing it.

Love you all,

Neil & Lauren

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Get To Know a Color: ORANGE

So my Droid broke and I had to get a new loaner phone in the meantime (SUCKS!). But what's awesome is that the new loaner phone came with this kickass orangey-sherbety cell phone case. It's fucking fierce.

And you know, when you get a new accessory that's just an excuse to make an entire outfit around it! So that's what I did.

Theme: Orange. Duh

The Kicker: Make the outfit without leaving my bed.

Luckily orange is one of my favorite colors and I have a lot of orange stuff just lying around already. And I'm really messy so I always have stuff piled up around my bed. I started picking things up and here's what I came up with!

Orange sweatpants (from old HS sport team)

Orange desk lamp (freshman yr move-in buy)

Orange Cheddar & Sour Cream Ruffles, Empty (GetGo $4)

Orange hunting tape leftover from hunting theme party (Dick's Sporting Goods $2)

2 week old OJ (Circle K $4)

Orange screwdriver thingy for my toy helicopter (Xmas gift)

Orange Hoss' Hat (from Grandpa's garage)

(ok so i cheated on this one, i had to get up and walk over to my shelf to get it SHHH!)

Orange flames on Ed Hardy beer from previous night (Pitt's Doggin' It $9 for six-pack)

(flipped the image so you can read it)

And here's everything together!

Drumroll please.......

Ta-Da!

Fierce¹⁰

Disclosure: I definitely wouldn't leave my house in this. Or even my bedroom again. Because it just so happened when I was wearing it, some neighbors rang my doorbell, and when I answered they just kinda stared at me for awhile then said, Miami Dolphins? I said, what. And they said, you're wearing Dolphins' colors. And I said, oh I guess I am, so uh whatsup. They said, have you gotten a package? And at this point I was too self-conscious about my accidental dolphins outfit, that I mentally checked out of the conversation and just mumbled half-words while avoiding eye-contact, until they slowly left wondering what the hell is wrong with me. So ya, I don't really recommend wearing anything like this. And as a general rule you should probably be careful when devising an outfit from your bed.

Oh shit, just realized I forgot the desk lamp. Whatever. And by the way, Ed Hardy beer is actually pretty damn good. You should try it out.

WOO!

ORANGE ya glad you READ THIS?!

Live Fast, my fashionistas!

BYE

Send in your outfits made from your bed to andlookgooddoingit@gmail.com and be featured in future posts!