Showing posts with label Dear Jackie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dear Jackie. Show all posts

Monday, July 18, 2011

Is it a sin to Repeat an outfit?




Dear Jackie, 
A while back Everyone was talking about Kate Middleton's outfit repeating habits except you and amongst all fashion bloggers, you've never really talked about it! I was wondering, since you're so on point with fashion, what are you're views on 'outfit repeating?'
                                                                         Torie Amaka G. U.K.

Is it a sin to Repeat an outfit?
I never really talked about it coz i never thought it mattered, is there woman who goes all her life without repeating an outfit, its just that we expect people who earn more to not repeat outfits, not true, women are women, clothes are clothes, if we like it, chances are we'll wear it again..and again.., if we bought something we love, expect us to wear it, you know...more than once..that is what clothes are for right? I mean are we supposed to wear them an dump them just coz we've been seen in em once?

















I happen to be friends with a girl who tries with all strength to never be seen in the same outfit, 365 days a year, I can tell ya, thats hard. I never really get the whole I cant repeat an outfit thing,. I mean if  I buy something and it looks good on me..I'm gonna wear it soo much that theres gonna be a time lines of the dates i wore that piece...lol
Girls sometimes forget the fact that everybody repeats an outfit! Everybody!, there must be that one dress that we like or that one coat that we love so much or that skirt we cant get enough of. Is it a fashion crime? Nope! Its just an outfit we love, trust me, no one will hunt you down with an arrow or stab you with a knife once you're spotted with the same outfit, all you have to is re-style it differently and accessorize differently. In short give it a second life.
What I hate is some girls try to act like they have never repeated an outfit and the mention of 'outfit repeaters' could throw them in a fit,In fact if you even suggest it, they could kill you right there and throw your body in a river.    The friend of mine who is obsessed with never repeating an outfit, once refused to wear a skirt that she wore 2 years ago at a party unless everyone who was at that previous party suddenly dropped dead and there was no proof of the Repeatance, Bizarre, I know..I didn't get it too.. Relax...the top looks cute and the dress fits right, and the skirts still tight, why not? Its not like you'll drop dead...No really, you wont!
And Personally I really don't care if someone catches me in the same outfit twice, what matters is I look good. Hope i answered you're question.

Women, its okay to repeat an outfit!
Victoria Beckham
Kate Middleton
Paris Hilton
Michelle Obama
Anna Wintour

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Why are African Countries Impoverished...

And not Developed and Richer like the West? 
Hey Jackie,

I've read most of your articles which are based on Africa matters and you seem to be very strongheaded and idealistic about things that can be done in Africa  especially when you're talking about AID, In one statement you say, you dont think AID has done much in African economies for the past 4 decades, which I highly oppose, you seem to have forgotten why African countries were impoverished . Please Read This ..Why African Countries are impoverished unlike the western world which are richer and more developed
A snippet of the article
African countries and others world-wide that were misled by communist ideals now find themselves in a quandary. African countries have rather eclectic regimes that are so confusing with the vestige of communist principles and philosophies pervading our political doctrines. Though many African countries claim to be democratic such as voting in multi-party elections, elements of autocratic dictatorship underscore our democracy. Human resources needed for national development continue to be selective based on party political leaning. Cronyism that trails corruption along with it remains the order of the day whereas in democracies of the advanced Western countries, corruption as a human tendency has been curbed because State institutions are autonomous and indiscriminate in their functioning. 

G. Masamba
Botswana

Thank you for passing by my articles
 I truly appreciate that. Yes I think Aid is just not playing its part and benefiting the wrong people, is that the West's fault? No and Yes.. Yes They want to help but No, the aid cant revive an economy, because AID has become 'A business' now by all means this is not healthy...Read this.. its my 'pleasure reading'..and at one point i think we're the architects of our own destruction. When it comes to aid and I have very strong views about it, though I dont think that it has done 'nothing at all' for Africa, but it should be doing more than it has done if you know what I mean. And.. thank you for the articles...I think I've read just about enough books and articles on this matter and I'd like to see more of people asking this question..'what to do to make it better' How to save our economy' 'How to battle inefficiency'  than looking back in history and stating facts, we already know, blaming the same people and never moving on.. Yes, I've read enough 'We were impoverished' articles and i think this one is just about my last one... I think we need to stop whining and do something about it, Thank you for sending me this link. Reading through the made me a bit agitated honestly, a bunch of studied men with their PHDs, complaining complaining complaining,yes..we get it.. now do something about it...come back to Africa and make the change you want to see, start a business, do something, I appreciate all the writers for opening up on the matter but youre wise, youre studied, you know what should be done and has been done...so lets do it...it starts with you...that is my stand point on this matter. Thank you For the Opinion!! Keep coming back! I hope I answered your question well..

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Dear Jackie

Dear Jackie

La Princessa, huwa nacheka sana when I read your blog, you have out of this world humor and are just very down to earth and you seem like you would be a good person to just hang out with but i just have two questions, Were you always like this? Ever since you were young? I follow you on twitter and we're friends on facebook, i just wanted to know. And have you yo ever thought of What you would be like 50 years later?
Regards...
Anna



Wow, no one has ever asked me that before, 'Were you always like this,' Actually i dont know, and i fret my Nduguz wont say 'no' if I ask them, the joy  I would feel if someone told me i bumped my  head and started thinking crazy since then. but judging from the number of friends  who've said you're nuts in the past....there are great possibilities that indeed I've always been 'like this'( hope i answered that right, Y am i biting my nails?) so its a 'maybe'...The things that go through my mind, damn, thats why I'm keeping my eyes on the publishing world.
Funny you ask , coz I've had nighmares that I'd look like this 50 years later...(exclude the white)
 I used to joke around with my friends that I would be the crazy corner cat lady ... wearing big boas and lots of blue eyeshadow when grocery shopping. Telling everyone of my various gentleman callers, and living free in my dementia.With a poodle in my hand headed to the Gym and winking at all the young boys  ha ha..
The thought just came to me,  most pipo say 'age' is just a number, no, its not a number...its a word...the older i get. However in time, 50 years or so...i hope to be Relevant still, phenomenal still with dozens of accomplishments.