Linkalicious: What Cat’s Reading on July 13

via Just Jared, via W Posh and Beck sizzle in W. Here’s the weekly roundup of what’s hot in fashion this week. — Cat • New York Times: Does a “trophy” wife make – or sink – a presidential campaign? Ask Law and Order’s Fred D. Thompson. • British Vogue:…

What to Wear Friday: Jon Evans

Photos by Taylor Sullivan. “I basically wait to get to paid, then I go out and get the nicest clothes I can afford,” says Jon Evans, better known for playing in Action Packed Thrill Ride. “I go to Wal-Mart for T-shirts because they have the best blank tees for $2.99……

Liquidation Sale at Octane — Hurry While Prices Are Cheap

Cat doesn’t know what’s happening with Octane in Larimer Square — she has calls into everyone short of God looking for answers — but what she does know is that they’re having a “Liquidation Sale,” which is usually double speak for we’ve got to close the doors and get the…

All Class

One of the best new video games on the market requires you to take math tests. During summer break, no less. But before you cue up “Night on Bald Mountain” and run like hell, you really should play Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree. Any “party title” that can hold a…

The Week In Fashion: July 11 Through July 16

Thursday, July 12 Beauty Bar and Lingerie Show Stop by DC10 for the free champagne and $5 spa services from Shear Productions, then stay for the free drinks (for ladies) and the lingerie fashion show. Just be sure to look fabulous. DC10 940 Lincoln Street Beauty Bar: 6 to 8…

Get Date Ready in 72 Hours — Or More

Colorado College associate professor Lián Amaris Sifuentes gets ready for her date. Photo by Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times. How long does it take you to get ready for a date? An hour? Three? How about 72? Colorado College associate professor Lián Amaris Sifuentes just finished a performance-art…

Solving the Wedding Gift Conundrum

It’s wedding season, and that means the conundrum of what to buy for a bride and groom who already have everything — or a bride and groom whom you want to surprise with something more than a Target gift card…

The Hooker Boot is Back!

Chanel’s (left) and Gerald Watelet’s interpretation of the hooker boot. Images via Elle.com. With both Chanel and Gerald Watelet showing thigh highs at the fall Paris couture collections, it makes Cat wonder if we’re going to see the resurgence of the hooker boot. Certainly Cat isn’t opposed: Cat had the…

Harry Potter’s Working-Boy Look for Details

Last night Cat checked out an advance screening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which opens everywhere on Wednesday, July 11. Security was tight – they took everyone’s cell phones, iPods, Blackberries, etc. and put them in sealed bags you had to retrieve after the film –…

Cheap and Chic Monday: July 9

Cat’s friend Stacy is in town, so she only had time to scout two dresses for Cheap and Chic Monday. Still, either would be a good investment. The black is a perfect dinner and cocktails dress (it’s also in gold for the brave among us), and the sundress comes from…

What to Wear Friday: Tran Wills

Photos by Taylor Sullivan Tran Wills is a hard person to keep up with. Between the multitude of fashion shows that she has her hands in, running her locals-only boutique The Fabric Lab with her husband, Josh, and keeping up with her three kids, it’s a wonder that she can…

Poll: Kate Moss and Scarlett Johansson Duke it Out. You Decide.

Cat is just in a picture mood today. Fashionologie sent her over to the French Vogue website, where the good people there have posted some of the advertisements we can expect in our fall fashion mags — you know the ones that double as weapons of mass destruction? Anway, here’s…

Fall 2007 Haute Couture: Armani, Gaultier and More

It’s post Fourth of July, and Cat is still recovering from too much green chile, tequilla and menudo, so enjoy yet some more pretty pictures. This time from Wednesday’s showings at the fall/winter 2007 Paris Haute Couture shows. (Photos courtsey of Elle.com; click on the images for slide shows of…

Sex and the City Movie Confirmed!

This is either great — or terrifying — news: A Sex and the City movie is happening, with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis all participating. Variety is reporting that the squabbles of a few years ago — when Cattrall wanted the same money and power…

Bored Games

Everyone’s got a different sense of what makes a killer party. For kids, maybe it’s whacking a piñata and overdosing on cake. For adults, it could be sticking a beer bong down your gullet and declaring yourself Mayor of Schlitz City. But since 1999, the Mario Party series has served…

Fall 2007 Haute Couture: Chanel, Givenchy, Lacroix and More

It’s Fourth of July and Cat is eating barbeque. So no fancy commentary, just pretty pictures from Tuesdays showings at the fall/winter 2007 Paris Haute Couture shows. Enjoy. (Photos courtsey of Elle.com; click on the images for slide shows of each collection.) Chanel:…

The Week in Fashion: July 4 to July 8

It’s Fourth of July weekend and the city is emptying out, so there’s only one shindig on this week’s list of fashionable events. But it’s a big one: Glorification! On Friday, July 6, The Fabric Lab is taking over the city like masked marauders, throwing guerrilla fashion shows across town…

Fall 2007 Haute Couture: Felipe Oliveira Baptista and Christophe Josse

Photos courtsey of Elle.com. Click here for a slide show of the collection. Huh. Felipe Oliveira Baptista’s collection strikes Cat as incredibly ready-to-wear. Where’s the pizazz and sizzle and over-the-topness? Or at least the exquisite detailing? Plus, on the whole it seems slightly derivative of recent pop culture. Seriously, Mexican…

Why Sack Dresses Are Dangerous to Your Health

This is one of those cases where a picture really is worth a thousand words. This image is from the July issue of Lucky, and if that’s the best they could get the model to look with a team of stylists and hair/makeup people dedicated to her very gorgeousness, you…