It’s a good thing laying in bed with 4 girlfriends to watch Troop Beverly Hills was on my to-do list Sunday otherwise I might have felt a teensy bit unproductive. I was aghast, literally appalled that up until that very moment, I’d been walking around completely oblivious to the fact that I’ve never seen the greatest film ever made.

The wildly inappropriate sexual innuendos that were acceptable in PG movies back in the olden days, numerous musical montages, non-stop smoking and drinking in the presence of minors were all really, just frosting on the cookies. The costume design is, no joke, what’s been keeping me up at night; it was outrageous, inspired and truly impeccable. Harem pants, Louis Vuitton notebooks, white-leather pantsuits, foot long shoulder pads, killer ray bans, piles of tulle, feathers, a hat for every occasion, fur, fur, FUR and what can only be described as zebra-print pants with a full length sheer attached skirt that I may die if I don’t someday possess.

Never did I imagine I’d be literally beside myself with excitement to channel Shelley Long, but sometimes inspiration can be a jerk like that, always making you eat your words.

Here’s my take on modernizing what shall now be know as The Greatest Movie of our Time, featuring generous amounts of Rag & Bone and Giles & Brother:

It’s official. We’re in love. If we could carve our names next to theirs on a tree, we would. If we could shake your shoulders and tell you how amazing this is, trust us, we would.

Raleigh Denim designers, Victor and Sarah Lytvinenko, are coming to Atticus, Friday, August 13, from 4–8 pm. They’ll be on hand to chat denim and personally fit and style you in your next favorite pair of jeans. Even though Victor tends to act a little like your mom because inevitably, he’ll ask what you think of the rise, you’ll be blown away by their brilliance and sheer dedication to crafting straight-forward, impeccable denim.

Hand sewn on vintage machines, with selvedge woven on the same looms that churned out original Levis (the couple set up shop in the company’s abandoned warehouse), Raleigh Denim sources all materials from within 200 miles of their home base in North Carolina. Their signatures of hand-made tradition are infused in every pair, literally. They sign every piece produced, because they “want people to know that every single pair is made by real people.”

You can check out event details and RSVP on facebook. And unless you want Shari to eat all of your delicious cookies from Graze, I’d try to show up early.

Chatting photoshoots with my girl Amanda over dinner last night (pork belly for me and a whopping 1.5 deviled eggs for her) sent me spiraling into the crazy cat-lady, housewife with an edge vibe, specifically this Vogue Italia shoot copped from theglossy.com. Even as a sordid cat-hater, (but I swear, the one I accidentally trampled this weekend was an accident!) I can’t get enough. The insane technicolor and radiating desperation really speaks to me. Go here immediately and check it out.