Style notes

What’s the buzz on Guerilla Makeovers? Apparently it’s a San Francisco-based company that offers Queer Eye-like service (strictly in the realm of fashion and grooming, I assume; there’s no Thom Filicia clone to paint stripes across your living room). They’re quick to disclaim any association with the show, though it’s still very showbizzy; their style gurus are called “cast members.” And their higher tier of makeover packages, in which more than three cast members do you over (oh, stop), is called “the big flaming entourage.” Nice. (Tangent: did anyone catch the premiere of that new HBO show Entourage? Not bad, I thought. I knew I’d seen Adrian Grenier before; he was in The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. And it’s good to see Jeremy Piven again.) I found out about Guerilla Makeovers through a link on Expedia, which seems well placed; it does seem like a fun thing to do while on vacation.

Back to Queer Eye, last week’s UK episode was really fun (the straight guy, Barra Fitzgibbon, is a voiceover actor wanting to make a move to on-camera work), but one quibble: what was up with the subtitles? The occasional British-to-American English translation of slang was fine and mostly helpful (I really should use the phrase “get your kit off” more often), but the verbatim subtitling of a couple of sentences of dialogue made me think Bravo was underestimating its audience a bit there.

Non sequitur: Bag Borrow or Steal, kind of like Netflix for handbags (link via the Times). Hm, I don’t think I can exactly get away with carrying a Vivienne Westwood, but a Prada tote… maybe. Which reminds me, every summer Thom’s friends throw a garden party, and this year the theme is “Stepford Flamingos.” (The flamingos are a permanent motif.) How cute is that? I’ve never done drag—at least not in public—but this would so be an occasion for at least white gloves and a petite handbag.

[Addendum (13:55): I’ve been in a rut when it comes to what to wear at the office—usually jeans and a slim H&M dress shirt, untucked—but who knew my flying shirttails are the “new pennants of rebellion”? (Link via towleroad.)]