Tech Rant -- Instaspam

Today's rant is over the sudden proliferation of spam comments on Instagram.
They look like this:

Two of my images are currently being targeted. 

Being the Instacop that I am, I investigate the perps:

Looks like the above isn't doing so well on the "hundreds [of] followers & likes".

My first action is blocking the account: 

Next I go to the image with the comments and report each one as spam.

Here's how:

Click down on the comment and slide left, you will then see this:

The grey   ! octagon   is the reporting button. 

Tapping on it will give you some options:

You can be a good Instacop on your friends' images as well.
Left swiping will give you the Report option (but not the Trash).

Let's clean up Instagram and eliminate the Instaspam!

52 Pick-me-up: Completion

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We have reached the last week of 52 Pick-me-up Style. We've been working our way through the rainbow all year, with additional emotional word prompts from Tori Hartman's Chakra Wisdom Oracle. Now is your chance to show me your best color, your favorite outfit, and, for all you "Jokers" out there [you know who you are], your loudest, craziest ensemble with ALL THE COLORS.

Toast the rainbow!

I'll leave the link open for a month. Keep in mind -- I will be showing fashion illustrations November 22 - December 17 at TAG Gallery in Santa Monica under the title "Fashion Rainbow". What does that mean? You might be "SpyGirled"!

I'm also hosting a 40+ Blogger Meetup to coincide with the show, December 2-4. Plans for that are still very nebulous. Sign up for the email list on the 40+ Meetup page to stay informed.


Toast the rainbow -- Link and tell!

LINK UP YOUR MOST FAVORITE COLORFUL OUTFIT!
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pao @ project minima	All American Ensembles – Shelbee On the Edge	Ephemera: Weekend Wrap-Up: Pink Paisley, Sidney Shopping, Light White, Washed Silks, and Super-Steam	When the Girls Rule – 40 style for big-busted, apple-shaped, proud, confident women	Bag and a Beret: more colour
Bag and a Beret: '80s power suit	Cid Style File: Birthday Vibes in San Diego	Señora Allnut: Jungle Print Pants	Ephemera: Green, Blue, Purple	Shoetique - Going For Gold | Vanity and Me
Cid Style File: June Gloom Summer Style - #UntamedStyle Linkup	pao @ project minima	5 Days, 5 Outfits, 3 Style Challenges – Shelbee On the Edge	Go On Ask Me A Question ! | Vanity and Me	PinkCheetahVintage: NYC

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It's Reigning Men at LACMA

There's a great exhibition of men's fashion, Reigning Men, currently at LACMA through 8/21/16.
It's displayed in several rooms and is organized thematically rather than chronologically.

The accompanying book is good as well. The photographs are straightforward, and the book gives full information on every piece displayed (much better than the book from the Met's China show last year).

Following are glimpses of the various sections.

Revolution/Evolution

Walter Van Beirendonck, FW 2000-01,  Ensemble from 1790s

Zoot Suit 1940-42

Langlitz Leathers 1951, Johnson Hartig for Libertine FW 2009-10

East/West

Tronbi 1925-35

Rudi Gernreich 1970, Banyan Robe 1720s, Banyan 1880s

Uniformity

Ralph Lauren 1979, Vivienne Westwood FW 1992-93

Detail of Thom Browne FW 2014-15

Jeremy Scott with Adidas FW 2013-14

Body Consciousness

Kean Etro for Etro FW 2014-15

The Splendid Man

Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein SS 2009, Johnson Hartig for Libertine SS 2014, Sapeur Suit 2005

Detail of Coat and Waistcoat c1800

I've loaded more of my photos onto Flickr and they can be found in the Reigning Men album.

52 Pick-me-up: Wine / Creation

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We are on our last week of neutral colors for 52 Pick-me-up -- let's celebrate with wine!

Did you know that you can exercise with wine? (No, I do not mean "bending your elbow").

Um, yeah. Lizzy IS a bit perky.
I see from her YouTube channel, she also does workouts on the couch.
Or combine the two -- workouts on the couch with wine.
Or omit the "workout" part and have wine on the couch.
Cheers!

I wore wine twice this week, here are the outfits depicted in #selfiesketch style:

Linking up with Shelbee's On the Edge of the Week linkup

See the ongoing series here on Tumblr.

It's the final week to link any neutral, including those not mentioned like brown.
Wine / Creation -- Link and tell!

Every Sunday the 52 Pick-me-up Closet Remix prompt will be posted.
This linkup is for anything NEUTRAL and stays live until 6/25/16

You are welcome to link any post that goes with a prompt -- old posts included!

Almost any image with a URL may be added: 
Instagram, Facebook (set image on Public), Flickr, etc. Even web pages!
Be sure to link to your specific post or image. 
Links to your general Instagram page, website, or blog are no help to anyone (except you).

Please be polite, add a link back to this post if at all possible.
On old blog posts, this can be accomplished by editing your post.

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Too Much Tequila, A Tantalizing Tunic, and Finding My People – Shelbee On the Edge	Ephemera: Indolent in White Lace	pao @ project minima	Sublime Mercies: Disability Style: What I Wear When Everything Hurts	Beige vest
Bag and a Beret: Silver in my necklace and bouquet holster. Look hard!	Señora Allnut: pink jacket and turquoise	PinkCheetahVintage: Sexy Sadidas	Bag and a Beret: The crotch grab with a little B&W	Instagram
Ivory Shirt Dress	Bag and a Beret and Wine!	Ephemera: Beige Background Coat	pao @ project minima	Up Down All-Around White Skirt & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.
Favourite Karina Dress & Wardrobe Malfunction - Suzanne Carillo	Ephemera: Pick-me-up in Ivory Shoes	Vronni's Style Meanderings:	Silver Shoes with White Jeans!	Lilac & Brown
Bag and a Beret: Rejection!! Gaaa!	Neutral Stripes	Ephemera: Black and white potential	In The Writer's Closet: Happy Birthday, Sister! Happy Birthday, Book!	Pearls For The Theatre & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.
Instagram-Post coming soon...	pao @ project minima	Bag and a Beret: Middle-aged tweens storm Vancouver	Loose And Light: Visible Monday - Not Dead Yet Style	black & white galore!!
Vronni's Style Meanderings	Easy Like Saturday Morning – Shelbee On the Edge	Beau and Charlotte's Wedding: The Vows, the Toasts, the Photos	Fave Neutral Combo: Black and White and Tan	PinkCheetahVintage: Can't Even Blame the Dress
Instagram-Silver Fauxenstocks	A Wedding In Winter & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.	Vronni's Style Meanderings: Birthday weekend	Smart t-shirts?	In The Writer's Closet: Fine-Tuning
snow in the air	Thrift Shop Commando: Jean vest re-do and a June Challenge	Travelindigo | Muddy	Spring Favorite - Shelbee on the Edge	Ephemera: Silver Shoes
In The Writer's Closet: Korean Influences

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52 Pick-me-up: Silver / Confusion / Clarity

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This week's 52 Pick-me-up neutral is my favorite metal for self-adornment: Silver.

My rings --I wear them 24/7, they all hold memories.
Linking up with Patti's Visible Monday. 

I featured my rings on my (sort of) new WordPress blog, where I'm doing a June Challenge in order to get more comfortable working with the platform. I want to create an e-commerce site on it (Blogger's search is terrible and I can't add a shopping cart). It's true, if you do something every day, you get more proficient -- unless it's cleaning up clutter. I fail at that one!

Full outfit:

Roxanne gave me the top -- I've gotta admit, it's one of the more uncomfortable things I've put on my body. Metallic yarns ITCH! As you can see, I put it on over a tunic -- still the THOUGHT of it made me itchy. I'm selling it on Poshmark for $10, if you're interested. It has holes and snags. Don't I make it sound ENTICING?

Disintegration seems to be The Thing for all the silver garments here. 

My Union Bay "fauxkenstocks" are falling apart too. [Sad face]. All of a sudden, all the glue is failing -- on the straps, on the sole. Do Birkenstock's last longer than a year? Maybe it's time to upgrade to the real thing.

On a happier note, how about those leggings?

They're my own pattern, recolored from a silkscreen print that I made in the 70s. (Read more here).

Society6 had one of their better sales ($5 off, free shipping), so I pounced.
Available here, if you want to be twinsies. (Disclosure: I will get about $2.50 commission).

Time to add your neutrals!

Silver / Confusion / Clarity -- link and tell!

Every Sunday the 52 Pick-me-up Closet Remix prompt will be posted.
This linkup is for anything NEUTRAL and stays live until 6/25/16

You are welcome to link any post that goes with a prompt -- old posts included!

Almost any image with a URL may be added: 
Instagram, Facebook (set image on Public), Flickr, etc. Even web pages!
Be sure to link to your specific post or image. 
Links to your general Instagram page, website, or blog are no help to anyone (except you).

Please be polite, add a link back to this post if at all possible.
On old blog posts, this can be accomplished by editing your post.

Random linkups not related to the theme may be deleted.

Join in, it's easy! Click on the blue bar below to get started:

 

Neutral Stripes	Lilac & Brown	Up Down All-Around White Skirt & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.	Vronni's Style Meanderings:	Pearls For The Theatre & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.
Ivory Shirt Dress	Ephemera: Indolent in White Lace	Bag and a Beret: The crotch grab with a little B&W	Instagram-Silver Fauxenstocks	Ephemera: Black and white potential
Loose And Light: Visible Monday - Not Dead Yet Style	Favourite Karina Dress & Wardrobe Malfunction - Suzanne Carillo	pao @ project minima	Easy Like Saturday Morning – Shelbee On the Edge	PinkCheetahVintage: Sexy Sadidas
Smart t-shirts?	Bag and a Beret: Rejection!! Gaaa!	Fave Neutral Combo: Black and White and Tan	Thrift Shop Commando: Jean vest re-do and a June Challenge	Ephemera: Silver Shoes
Silver Shoes with White Jeans!	pao @ project minima	Spring Favorite - Shelbee on the Edge	Bag and a Beret and Wine!	Señora Allnut: pink jacket and turquoise
Vronni's Style Meanderings	Bag and a Beret: Middle-aged tweens storm Vancouver	Instagram	In The Writer's Closet: Korean Influences	Ephemera: Beige Background Coat
Instagram-Post coming soon...	Beau and Charlotte's Wedding: The Vows, the Toasts, the Photos	Sublime Mercies: Disability Style: What I Wear When Everything Hurts	Too Much Tequila, A Tantalizing Tunic, and Finding My People – Shelbee On the Edge	In The Writer's Closet: Fine-Tuning
Vronni's Style Meanderings: Birthday weekend	PinkCheetahVintage: Can't Even Blame the Dress	snow in the air	In The Writer's Closet: Happy Birthday, Sister! Happy Birthday, Book!	A Wedding In Winter & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.
black & white galore!!	Ephemera: Pick-me-up in Ivory Shoes	Travelindigo | Muddy	pao @ project minima	Bag and a Beret: Silver in my necklace and bouquet holster. Look hard!
Beige vest

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52 Pick-me-up: Black & White / Destiny

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What's in the cards for me as I turn 60? 

My year, according to the Destiny Cards app
Seems accurate, so far. 

I wore this Black & White ensemble on May 15, for International Fluevog Day,
John Fluevog's self-proclaimed day to celebrate his oeuvre.

Starring Fluevog Creepx that I got on deep sale in San Francisco.
Linking up with Patti's Visible Monday.

As part of the celebration, all the Fluevog stores had sales and special giveaways.
I ventured over to the Abbot Kinney branch in Venice. 
What a party!

Shoe frenzy!

Shiny! The Sparkler, released 2016
(All links are for your shopping pleasure, not affiliate).

Red Liz on left, can anyone ID the pale pink ones?

Meteor on left, Black Opposition in middle

Men's Granville

No shoes for man's best friend. Sad face.

I got into the fun and tried on dotty Propel

Lots of fab shoes, all beyond my budget.

Back home, I DID manage to get a pack of Fluevog playing cards online. With the Day's free shipping, I avoided the $8 shipping usually slapped onto $10 cards. 52 Pick-me-up, indeed!
...

But then on Friday my luck turned.
I was all set to photograph a Royal Flush with the Heart suit, but much to my dismay, the Queen and Jack were missing!

Oh noooooo!

I immediately did a live chat with Fluevog's online customer service.
Megan from Minneapolis was ever so helpful and a replacement deck is making it's way home.
Whew! Crisis averted!
Megan told me to use my partial deck for "craft projects".
I have the perfect idea and it involves the December 40+ Blogger Meetup. In the cards, my friends, in the cards.

Will it be my Destiny to see you in December?
Black & White / Destiny -- Link and tell!

Every Sunday the 52 Pick-me-up Closet Remix prompt will be posted.
This linkup is for anything NEUTRAL and stays live until 6/25/16

You are welcome to link any post that goes with a prompt -- old posts included!

Almost any image with a URL may be added: 
Instagram, Facebook (set image on Public), Flickr, etc. Even web pages!
Be sure to link to your specific post or image. 
Links to your general Instagram page, website, or blog are no help to anyone (except you).

Please be polite, add a link back to this post if at all possible.
On old blog posts, this can be accomplished by editing your post.

Random linkups not related to the theme may be deleted.

Join in, it's easy! Click on the blue bar below to get started:

 

In The Writer's Closet: Korean Influences	In The Writer's Closet: Happy Birthday, Sister! Happy Birthday, Book!	Bag and a Beret: Middle-aged tweens storm Vancouver	Too Much Tequila, A Tantalizing Tunic, and Finding My People – Shelbee On the Edge	Vronni's Style Meanderings
Pearls For The Theatre & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.	pao @ project minima	A Wedding In Winter & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.	Loose And Light: Visible Monday - Not Dead Yet Style	Vronni's Style Meanderings:
Lilac & Brown	Travelindigo | Muddy	Spring Favorite - Shelbee on the Edge	Ephemera: Pick-me-up in Ivory Shoes	Bag and a Beret: Rejection!! Gaaa!
Bag and a Beret: Silver in my necklace and bouquet holster. Look hard!	Ivory Shirt Dress	Ephemera: Black and white potential	PinkCheetahVintage: Can't Even Blame the Dress	Señora Allnut: pink jacket and turquoise
In The Writer's Closet: Fine-Tuning	Beige vest	Instagram-Silver Fauxenstocks	Beau and Charlotte's Wedding: The Vows, the Toasts, the Photos	Thrift Shop Commando: Jean vest re-do and a June Challenge
Neutral Stripes	Up Down All-Around White Skirt & Link Up - It's all Fine. Whatever tickles the fancy.	Ephemera: Indolent in White Lace	Bag and a Beret and Wine!	Bag and a Beret: The crotch grab with a little B&W
Ephemera: Silver Shoes	PinkCheetahVintage: Sexy Sadidas	Sublime Mercies: Disability Style: What I Wear When Everything Hurts	Fave Neutral Combo: Black and White and Tan	snow in the air
Ephemera: Beige Background Coat	black & white galore!!	Vronni's Style Meanderings: Birthday weekend	pao @ project minima	Silver Shoes with White Jeans!
Instagram	Favourite Karina Dress & Wardrobe Malfunction - Suzanne Carillo	pao @ project minima	Smart t-shirts?	Easy Like Saturday Morning – Shelbee On the Edge
Instagram-Post coming soon...

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