Style Icon: Take a Cue from Grease 2

I have to go on record that I’m not obsessed with Grease 2 (even though this will coincidentally be the second reference I’ve made to it on this blog.) It just happened to be on VH1 last night, so I couldn’t resist watching it. That’s all. And I also think that the Stephanie Zinoni character was an obvious hottie who we could take some style tips from, so I created a gimme page for how I think she would dress in the ’00s. Plus, if we could manage to squeeze ourselves into some skin-tight leathers like she did, we might score our very own “Cool Rider,” too.

Ode to Stephanie Zinoni by hapaluv featuring CHANEL clutches

Hello, Fleet Week

This past weekend, I was out and about at a bar with friends, just hanging around doing normal hanging-at-a-bar stuff. Then all of a sudden, I notice a couple of fully-uniformed navy guys enter the scene, decked out head to toe in crisp white, like they had come out of a ’50s flickr. Before you knew it, there were seamen sandwiches on the dance floor left and right. Girls were acting like they’d just met Brad Pitt from Thelma and Louise, even though both guys were just kind of whatever looking. Not to mention, these groupies were crowding around getting pictures with them while wearing the guys’ sailor hats, as if waiting in line to get a mug shot with Mickey at a theme park. Basically, this meant one thing: the start of New York Fleet Week (May 20-25). Of course, being a normal Sex and the City-watching girl, the first thing that comes to mind is the episode where they go to a Fleet Week party and one of the guys tries to convince Charlotte to show him her boobs. Witnessing this scene in real life, however, (to steal the words right out of Carrie’s mouth), “I had to wonder…” is this week-long event merely a excuse for sailors to get some action?

I guess if I learned anything from the stellar movie musical Grease 2, other than the fact that Michelle Pheiffer can’t sing to save her life, was the lesson embedded in the song “Let’s Do it For Our Country”– that having sex with a man in uniform is a bold act of patriotism. So basically, if you see a sailor this week, hop on that love boat– and feel good about it knowing you’ve done your civil duty.