Dad "Fashion"

A while back, my husband and I were having dinner with my parents when the talk of fashion began. I wanted a new pair of trendy skinny jeans that I saw in the store, but couldn’t decide if I should get them. That caused my dad to chime in with his “professional” opinion: “Beth, jeans are jeans. I’m still wearing jeans I bought back in 1997… why don’t you just stick with what you’ve got?”

Now, I love my dad for who he is, but his idea of “sticking with what you’ve got” is not the best fashion advice. Especially since his closet still contains the clothing from the events below:

· A Hawaiian shirt and yellow shorts that he purchased in 1987 for a summer birthday party (the shorts are approx. 8 inches above his knee).
· A grey tee shirt with a sketch of Mozart on it -done in black puff paint.
· At least 3 fanny packs, I didn’t stop him because I thought I understood his logic to having them.

He has changed so much since then, he dresses more in the now. His style consists of khakis, a belt, dress shirts and basic shoes. Imagine if he stuck with only what he had then?

One thing that has not changed and will always be a part of him: his fanny pack!!!!! No matter how close he comes to “normal” fashion, this one major “dad” item will always be with him, and you know what, without that he just wouldn’t be my dad! I will love him no matter what, even if he wants to wear those yellow shorts again one day…

by Beth

DESIGNER FOR A DAY

DESIGNER FOR A DAY

So my wish is granted and I am the head designer for the day at metrostyle
I am adding one more style to the line

Hmmm? What should it be?
Ok, we already have clothes, shoes and accessories?

Ala ka Zam Sha Bam (that is the sound of my magic wand)
A Rolls Royce of Course!! Duhhh

I know, I know that it is not clothes
But can you imagine offering a Rolls Royce at a low low price??

I’m talking $39.99. We would all have five!
A girl can dream can’t she?

Surprise Sellers

These two items were surprise best sellers from our latest catalog!! Although we do our best to predict how an item will sell, we get a surprise every time! And we love it…these fashions with unexpected popularity help put us in the right direction for future product. The customer truly leads the way! Tell us, would you wear either of these looks? What other trends would you like to see in our catalog?

By Sarah

Top 10 Fashion Colors For Spring 2009

Spring time is around the corner so its time to break away from the grays and earthy colors of fall and winter. It’s time to add a touch of freshness and light. I have to say this has been a very long winter and I’m definitely ready for spring. So, here are the top ten colors that’s a must for this spring.

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By Diane

Employee Interview: Jon, Web Designer

1. Who are you and what is your official job title?
My name is Jon and I'm the lead web designer for metrostyle.com

2. Briefly describe what you do on a daily basis...
On any given day you can find me doing anything from designing & refreshing content that appears on the homepage/fashion/petite & tall/new&now/category pages to creating marketing emails to making banners that appear on our many affiliate sites.

3. What's your favorite part of your job?
We're currently in the middle of redesigning metrostyle.com and I'm very much enjoying the process. There's a lot of things I don't like about our current site so being able to think about how to change the shopping experience to best suit our customers is a welcome challenge.

4. Least favorite?
Designing banners. They're such small spaces to design within and the ultra-teeny file sizes we need to have them compressed to artifacts the imagery pretty bad.

5. What aspect of your job most directly affects our customers?
The work I do is the first thing you see when you come to the site or when you open one of our emails. I take pride in the designs I do and hope you, the metrostyle customer, enjoys them.

6. Do you shop on metrostyle.com?
No as a 20-something male metrostyle's clothing just isn't my flavor of fashion. :)

7. Just one more...what's your favorite food?
Fresh homemade guacamole can't be beat. Here's the easy and delicious recipe:

Ingredients:
2 ripe avocados (you can tell if they're ripe by if the avocado 'gives' a little when you press it firmly with your thumb)
3 table spoons of finely diced red onion
3 table spoons of spicy green salsa (my favorite brand is Mrs. Renfro's)
a dash of cumin
a generous pinch of kosher salt
a few turns of ground black pepper
juice from half a lime

Directions:
Cut open the avocados, discard the pit and spoon out the contents from the skin into a bowl (You can throw away the skin). Spoon the green salsa onto the avocados and mash everything together with a fork until it becomes a uniform, soft consistency (it'll be like a thick gravy). Stir in the onion, cumin and salt & pepper – mixing well. Stir in the lime juice and serve with chips. That's it!

Interview by me!, Jon. :)

What's Your Zodiac Sign's Style???

PISCES (Feb 19- March 20)

EDGY- Your wonderful fashion sense mixes style with imagination. You’re an expert at combining strong and girlie pieces to invent unexpected outfits.

By Allie

America’s Next Top Model--Cycle 12!

The new season of ANTM starts tomorrow at 8 PM & I’m super-excited!! I can’t get enough of this show. I watch the re-runs on Saturdays, so obviously I need to get more of a social life. There’s nothing better than sitting in front of the TV with my big bowl of ice cream & watching the models do their thing. I checked out the contestants online & my two faves are Teyona and Aminat. (1st two below) My opinion may change after the season starts but right now I think one of those girls is going to be America’s Next Top Model.

Who do you think will win this season?

Click here to see all the contestants.

By Sally