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Animal Print sandals + plaid print oxford untucked + denim cut offs = casual, on the go effortless ease

Alana Zimmer: exiting the SS17 Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week

Ming Xi: Exiting the SS17 Dries Van Noten show at Paris Fashion Week

When I think of red pants, I think of Balmain's as seen on spanish stylist Barbara Martelo, or of Isabelli Fontana's airport shoot with Terry Richardson for Mango. But here, Daga Ziober (Marilyn, NY) puts her own spin on things with red pants, a buttoned up oxford, and hint of animal print built into her rolled up blazer sleeves.

and leather shorts!

Kate King, aka The Princess of Mixed Prints (3 colors animal print with stripes!)

A birds eye view of the showroom. Note the oversized bean bags in the back that were provided for people to lounge in while watching James Dean's Rebel Without A Cause

Strong leather accessories were everywhere

a bag

jewelry

animal print platform loafers for her

belted shearling ankle boots for him

belted collar on winter coat

belted collar again, only this time not so visible

patent black leather belt

double strapped partial belt collar detail

food and beverages were served in abundance.

miniature POP champagne bottles were served by waiters

bartenders stayed busy by making Rebel Rouser cocktails, with Medea Vodka, white cranberry juice, topped with Sprite and white grape garnish

Medea Vodka bottles had a built in digital ticker tape that scrolled Kenneth Cole. Goody bags were given, each inscribed with a special Kenneth Cole message

Then Kenneth Cole showed up and people flocked around him.

Kenneth gave a brief talk on his collection and the event

Kenneth managed the usual obligatory photos with elegant aplomb. Here with Karen of Where Did You Get That (L) and Christina from Trop Rouge

And here with Sonia from Runway Hippie and Karl Edwin Guerre from Swagger360

Ingo Wilts, Kenneth Cole's Creative Director was also on hand to mingle and answer questions

Power bloggers were also present: including Style Caster and Connie Wang from Refinery29. WWD.com and Elle.com were also there to name a few.

After Kenneth talked, people mingled. Check out the "blogs love traffic" helmut, for use on a moped.

A giant Twitter screen updated itself in real time, dramatizing the speed and virability (sounds like a word!) at which information flows on the internet. Glamour.com's Tracey Lomrantz tweeting.

according to Runway Hippie, Kenneth Cole doesn't like french fries

after everyone mingled, people picked up popcorn (Lime Salt, Truffled Parmesan, or Cinnamon Butter) and prepared themselves for the movie.

witty sayings on the pillows

Rebel Without A Cause then played

waiters served refreshments during the movie

James Dean

THE END

Last night Kenneth Cole held his second consecutive Blogger event celebrating the roots behind Kenneth's FW2011 line as found in James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause. Bloggers enjoyed exclusive previews of Kenneth Cole's FW11 line at the Kenneth Cole studios on West 50th street.

The pictures pretty much tell the story. Clothes were admired, champagne was served, Kenneth Cole mingled with the bloggers, popcorn and refreshments were served, and people watched James Dean's Rebel Without A Cause. Thanks to the Kenneth Cole team for everything!

animal print shorts

Spicing up her outfit with animal print accessories

I know - I'm a mom (blah, blah, blah) and ... this is a Mommy Blog (blah, blah, blah) and ... some of you are probably screaming, "She's not seriously going to talk about SEX is she?"

I AM.

This is my blog and I'm not getting any younger and ... I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SEX!

(Mom and Dad - get on outta here - I'm fixin' to talk about SEX. Seriously - GO!).

I never write about such things as sex on my blog. I talk about my kids. I occasionally talk about my shoes. I talk about the cats and the dogs and the plants in my yard. I don't talk much about cooking or post recipes - cuz I iz not a good cook.

Today - I'm talking about SEX!

I'm all for SEX and have never had a problem talking openly about SEX.

Today - I'm talking about SEX!

When I married The Cowboy - we were twenty-two years old.

He was very cute!

We had SEX all the time.

We did!

This was back when I was also cute and tiny and sexy and ...

Drove a pretty, white, Firebird with T-tops, leather interior and a rockin' CD player (this was when CD players just came out in cars).

I'd drive around town in my beautiful sports car, wearing short shorts, tank-tops with no bra and have the radio blasting my favorite Michael Bolton, Soul Provider CD (shut-up Jen - he WAS cool back then).

When I'd get home ...

I'd search out The Cowboy ...

Whisper sexy nothings into his ear ...

Rub up against him ...

And, we'd ...

Fall down anywhere we wanted in our empty house ...

Or search out some exotic or risky location ...

And we'd ...

Have ...

SEX!

It's really all we ever thought about back then.

It's really all we ever needed to do to have FUN!

Now ...

I have four children and the poochy tummy and stretch-marks to show for birthing those four children. I've been driving a van for seventeen - SEVENTEEN - years! I am lucky to find a bra that still has the under wire intact and ... I don't even want to talk about the underwear.

And ... what do we do for fun now?

Well, let me just put it this way ...

If I ever fall down on the floor in my empty house - I'm usually looking to retrieve lost Legos or Barbie shoes from underneath the TV cabinet or scraping gum off the tile floor with a butter knife.

And ... the only thing the word exotic applies to anymore is the animal print rugs we have on our family room floor and risky only applies when The Cowboy and I attempt to actually try to have sex when the kids are awake.

There is nothing - NOTHING - I have needed lately, more than ... TO FEEL YOUNG AGAIN.

You know?

So ...

The other night ...

I brushed my hair.

I brushed my teeth.

I slathered on some Obsession body lotion all over my not-so-firm-and-stretch-marked body and ...

I crawled into bed next to my snoring cowboy and I woke him up at 1:30 in the morning.

And ...

The Cowboy and I ...

HAD SEX!!!

*Okay - hold that thought. I have to go to the dentist. I'll be right back*

*Tick-tock*

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Okay, I'm back - sorry about that.

YES!

WE HAD SEX!

What was so amazing was ....

Well ...

Aside from the fact that we actually had SEX ...

Was that ....

IT WAS FREAKIN' FANTASTIC!

It was that kind of sex we had when we were younger.

It was that kind of sex we had when we were in the earliest years of our marriage (BC -before children).

It was that kind of sex where you talk dirty (if that's your thing - it's our thing - there was dirty talking).

It was that kind of sex where there were lots of good, long, lust-filled, lustful, lustalicious ... kisses. YUM!

It was the kind of sex that young girls that drive cool TransAms have with really cute cowboys!

It has been a while since we have had this kind of SEX.

Too long.

Way too long.

LONGER THAN SHOULD BE LEGAL!

I don't know about you but ... kids sure put a cramp - a seventeen year cramp - in my SEX life.

I've tried to keep the spark alive (well except for that one five year stretch in there where I couldn't give a crap about anything other than sleep).

I've tried to shake things up from time to time to keep things interesting.

I've tried to put barricades against the door to our bedroom to keep those little monsters from storming in ...

It's not been easy *sigh*.

The Cowboy won't mind that I told you.

He's all about people thinking he's having sex.

He's all about actually ... having sex.

When we were through the other night, The Cowboy rolled over, sighed deeply and said, "That was just like when we were younger."

"Yes ... it was," *breath breath* "just don't turn the lights on. I look like chit."

And ... I did.

But, that was only after.

During ...

I was beautiful and firm and sexy and ... 22 again!

On the upside ... The only thing that worries me is ... there's a really good possibility that this was all ... a dream.

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It's clear Tanya's "animal magnetism" goes beyond the print on her vest for she follows her own lead when it comes to personal style. "Just be yourself," as she might say.