Swishy Beards

~ I'm not going stag, hag.
~ You'll have to buy your own beer, queer.
~ You can't just ditch, bitch!
~ Yestergays news.

~ Handi-capable.

~ Princess cut. Canary.  Six carat.

~ The name is Grubstick. It's one of the oldest and most honoured names in Dutch history which loosely translates to 'He who gives the fairest prices for this bricks'. The name is venerated and I am proud to be a Grubstick!

~ Friends don't let friends wear glitter before noon.

~ I'm sweet like sugar, soft like suede, but unlike piano I never get played.

~ Inspiration, not perspiration.

~ She's Alexis, big as Texas, she knows what it's like to be both sexes.

~ Betty and Henry's Saturday night ice-cream sundae bar and old movies theme:               

• Walk the Line with chopped up cashews as accompanying ice-cream topping            
• 'Bananas for Betty' ice cream with bitter chocolate drops topping whilst watching Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
• 'Hazelnuts for Henry' ice cream
• Watching 27 Dresses whilst eating Chick Flick Chicken

~ According to Amanda, this is what Gisele eats for lunch: 

• Cucumber wrapped sushi
• Seven jelly beans 
• Sparkling water at room temperature 

~ Dalton Swivel Task Chair.

~ 'Tap That - How to Score with Hot Chicks' written by Phil Roth

• Technique: Approach, Subdue, Score (ASS)
• Most men think that complimenting a woman is the way to land her - wrong
• Phil's method starts with an Esteem Killer (EK)
• The easiest way to bag a woman is to insult her then ignore her
• A woman can't stand it when a guy ignores her
• Rock their confidence and the power is all yours

~ According to Gio, all trophies speak with a Mexican accent.

~ According to Marc, these are some of Wilhelmina's favourite things:

• Macaroons
• Sade
• Karl Rove

~ The three most important things to remember whilst working at Mode according to Betty:

• A: Anticipate. Know what people need before they do.
• R: Research. Read everything. Listen to everything. Know everything.
• G: Gumption. Be resourceful/shrewd to get what you need.

~ Discreet high-end matchmaking service profile claims:

• Daniel: 6'4"; likes sports, women, yoga, walks at sunset and myself.
• Wilhelmina (49524): smart; a former model; loves her job; and her idea of a perfect day is a picnic in the park with children. 

~ Daniels office lunch:

• Turkey sandwich
• Slice of chocolate cake

~ Kimmie's coffee demand after promotion:

• Half caf, Sumatra soy, 121 degrees

~ Sizzling Hot Fruit: Tico berries, the beloved fruit of supermodel Adriana Lima.

~ Loulou De La Falaise reproduction of Marie Antoinette's Frambois Necklace.

~ Young Editors Training Initiative (YETI).

~ The point of networking is to gather information to advance your career:

• Step one: Forge a bond. Your name, where you work and one memorable fact.
• Step two: Gathering information. In order to get info, you're going to have to give info. The trick is to make it sound juicy, but really mean nothing.
• Step three: The exit strategy. Get in. Get in, get info, get out. 

~ Suzuki St Pierre is actually Byron Wu residing in New Jersey with a wife and two kids.

~ The Heinrich press release:

• It has been said fashion is pain. Science said no, but Heinrich said yes. So get your tetanus shots and prepare to bleed.

~ Mode presents cutting edge fashion: 

• Made from barbed wire and rusty nails, designer Heinrich's line promises to intrigue and injure.

~ Heinrich's Show

• The hot, dry vortex of wind that blows dreams into dust. 
• Grey but obscure. A rainbow of grey but sharp like clear fog.
• It is about pain und escape, but no escape.
• Listen to the clothes. They will tell you what to do.

~ Estella baby store

• Cashmere diapers
• Organic cotton onesies

~ What is going to be the future of opera?

• Opera is fashion.
• The opera will thrive as any art thrives by evolving and embracing new ideas and by giving its audience a grander, more hopeful version of themselves.
• What is more archaic that couture dresses? And eventually, these couture collections have an enormous influence on our modern style. And opera can do the same thing.

~ Tuesday: Limo Day. 

~ Hot Air Balloon Wednesdays. 

~ Submarine Thursdays.

~ Sometimes perfect isn’t always the way you imagined it.

~ As the best editor in the business there are three C’s that I avoid: Collaboration, Compromise and Claire.

~ Wilheldiva Hater

~ Manna Wintour

~ Sew What: A History of the Sewing Machine.

~ Wanda aka Wilhelmina Slater

~ Ezra Butinsky aka Zachary Boules

~ The play that Betty wrote in second grade: The Bumblebee That Needed Glasses.

~ People Betty had relationships with or casually dated or had brief encounters with:

• Walter (electronics store worker)
• Henry Grubstick (Mode accountant)
• Giovanni Rossi (sandwich guy)
• Jesse (musician/neighbour)
• Matt Hartley (fellow YETI student)
• Jimmy (fireman)
• Zachary Boules (playwright)

~ Shoes are for fashion not function.

* Overheard on Ugly Betty *