Mar 6, 2010 | From You
do you like the style of harlem pants?
Hmmm…that’s a tough one. I’m going back and forth on it. (You mean harem pants, right?) I think that you need to have a really specific body type to look ok in that style of pants…too much booty/hips and the “harem effect” is lost because there isn’t enough fabric; too little booty and the fabric bags too much and you look like you’re wearing a diaper. Ideally they’re probably not a good look for women who have hips. Maybe a minimally-draped crotch with looseness throughout the pant works best and will endure longest – something like the Kurta pant from JUMA for instance is not a silhouette I find particularly flattering. (http://www.juma.ca/online-shopping/products/grey-kurta-pant)
I think when crotch = knee-length, then NO!
What’s your take?
xoxox
Carly
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Mar 5, 2010 | From You
As you spent time living in Japan, wonder if while there if you ever heard anything of an old Japanese myth of a person's personality being determined by their blood type?
Yes – of course! Not a myth – it’s the Japanese version of the horoscope. (Of course they also subscribe to the zodiac-based horoscope, as well as the Chinese zodiac.) I don’t believe in horoscopes – never have. BUT…Upon meeting me, people in Japan always asked me what blood type I was, and I said “guess!” You know what they guessed? A! Always, A. And I *am* blood type A. Hub is blood type B, and apparently is the quintessential B. I always thought there was no truth to the belief in blood type determining personality, but goshdarnit if we both don’t typify that ol’ Blood Typing [myth?]. And I was also surprised that in the U.S. babies are not bloodtyped in the hospital – I had to specially request it when Lil Tot was born, since I and all the Japanese inlaws were just dying to know. [He is O, just like my brother.] I wonder where that saying “Type A Personality” comes from, hmmm?
What Blood Type are you?
xoxox
Carly
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Mar 5, 2010 | From You
when is your birthday?
December 21 – and I fall between a Sagittarius and a Capricorn depending on how you calculate the zodiac chart. (I’m not one for horoscopes, tho.):-)
Thanks for your question!
xoxox
Carly
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Feb 26, 2010 | From You
From formspring.me:
could you please post the tutorial for the zip harness thing?x
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Feb 12, 2010 | Fashion
Where have you lived? And what made you decide to move to those places? If you don't mind me asking.
In order: New Jersey; Yokohama, Japan; Virginia Beach, VA; Vermont; Tokyo, Japan; Philadelphia, PA; Honolulu, HI; Portland, OR. I grew up in rural small-town NJ, then my father’s job moved us to Japan when I was 11. We lived there 3 years, moved back to Jersey for a year, than my dad’s job moved us again to Virginia Beach, VA. I finished high school there, then went to college in rural, college town Vermont. Spent a year in Tokyo for a study abroad, finished school and went to 2 years of animation school in Tokyo. Met my future husband while in Japan, moved to Philadelphia PA while he was finishing up school (had to leave Japan since my visa was up), then, when he was done with school, he wanted to move back to where he grew up: Hawaii. So we moved to Honolulu, lived there 4 years until we had a kid and just couldn’t give him the life we wanted to in Hawaii (too isolated, too expensive, housing unaffordable, schools leaving something to be desired), so we moved to outside of Portland, OR, and have been there the past 2 years. Whew! I’m a little sick of all these cross-country and international moves by now.:-) We’ll probably be in Portland for a little while.
Thanks for your question!
Where have you lived before?
xoox
Carly
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