Sandra Garratt’s Multiples!

In the very early 80s, fashion designer Sandra Garratt created and started selling Units, which was a line of affordable one-size-fits-all cotton pieces that were interchangeable and could be worn alone or together. The line was made up of leggings, tunics, bikini tops, t-shirts, etc… I’ve never heard of Units, but I have heard of Multiples. Sandra and her money partners got into some kind of disagreement in 1987 and that led to her selling her percentage of Units. Units was later sold to JCPenney.

When Sandra sold her piece in Units, I guess she didn’t sign some shit saying that she couldn’t put out a competing product. Because in 1987, she created Multiples, which was pretty much a clone of Units. This is how People described Multiples in 1988:

Garratt’s unisex, one-size-fits-all clothing consists of 22 pieces, including jumpsuits, coats, turbans, tube tops, leggings and headbands. Square cut like surgical scrubs, the cotton-and-polyester garments can be layered, rolled, tied, turned upside down or inside out and transformed in dozens of ways. The tube triples as a short skirt, a sash or a body-clinging top. The stretchy leggings can be worn on the arms, as well as tied around the waist.

Multiples was sold in Macy’s and other department stores and it was everywhere. I witnessed a glorious mall fashion show in the 80s where the models wowed the audience by showing us how to use the pieces in Multiples to take you from day to night. You could easily go from looking like Clair Huxtable’s spiritual healer to looking like Norma Desmond if Norma Desmond was in that cult from The Leftovers. In other words, Multiples could take you from glamorous to more glamorous.

Sandra left Multiples in 1989 and the line still exists, but it is nothing like the original. The pieces are expensive and look like something a cat therapist would wear (no shade to cat therapists). But Sandra has given Units its third life. She’s selling another version of Units and Multiples under the name ModBox on her website. That’s really good news, because fashion would die a quick death if we weren’t able to buy a pair of leggings that could also be worn as a shrug. Long live Multiples!

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Jessica Simpson is doing the media rounds, because it’s the 10th anniversary of her fashion empire. If any trick ever says that Jessica doesn’t know shit about fashion, shut their asses up by showing them these pictures of her wearing a top that used to be a third-rate ice skater’s costume and church lady pants that make her crotch look like it’s spitting out silly string – Lainey Gossip 

Since Jessica Simpson is doing the media rounds, she’s dribbling out more streams of TMI including a story about how her kids poop on the grass. Don’t ever let those kids go anywhere near Sandra Bullock’s new piece – Celebitchy

Rob Kartrashian has dropped some chunk – Reality Tea 

Beyonce delivers duckface and chichis in Flaunt – Drunken Stepfather

Jill Duggar and her malnourished meth head-looking husband are maybe scamming their followers out of money. Well, Mama and Papa Duggar have taught their youngins well – The Superficial 

We all have goals in life and it was someone’s goal to solve a Rubix cube while skydiving – Hollywood Tuna 

Matt Damon’s dad bod is no more – Towleroad

I have NEVER been jealous of Claire Danes until I read this headline – HuffPo

The life: This donkey is living it – OMG Blog 

Vanessa Hudgens is dressed up like a waitress at a 90s-themed Japanese maid cafe – Popoholic

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are maybe spawning – IDLYITW

Ronda Rousey will star in a remake of Road House and I’m all for it if they bring back Sam Elliott – Pajiba

People are still doing the Cha-Cha Slide, but everyone can stop now since nobody can do it like this dude – The Berry 

Kylie Jenner thinks her rubber slug lips look natural – ICYDK

A fact you really needed to know: Jennifer Lawrence Googles “Jennifer Lawrence Ugly” when she’s on her period – Popsugar

And let’s end with a headline, again:

Those Catfish dudes probably threw up their hands and said, “I’m fucking done.”

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Now that Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt have told everyone that their 18 year relationship is done, the blame game in the tabloids can begin. This mess is like the basic cable version of Bennifer 2.0. One side claims that Jon Hamm wants babies and Jennifer Westfeldt doesn’t. Do you blame her? Babies are selfish and will cry loudly for food even if you are trying to get drunk while watching Ladies of London. The other side claims that Jon needed a mother figure and Jennifer filled that role by doing everything for him. I can already see you shameless hos winking at that picture while telling Jon to call you mommy.

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Goddess of the universe, Grace Jones, is releasing her memoirs titled “I’ll Never Write My Memoirs” later this month and Time Out London stuck the tip in a bit by posting a piece from it. It I had to only go by the piece Time Out London posted, I’d say that Grace’s memoirs will replace Rue McClanahan’s memoirs as my new Holy Bible. In the excerpt, Grace calls out all of the pop tricks of today (Miley Cyrus, RiRi, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Rita Ora, Sia, Madonna, etc) for copying everyone including her, and she also throws out a little blind item. Grace writes about a pop star she calls “Doris,” who is a manufactured puppet and wanted to work with her. You should read the entire sermon from the Church of Grace here, but I’ve thrown a few quotes after the cut.

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New York Fashion Week was supposed to start tomorrow, but every show has been canceled, because all of those fashion people decided that there’s no need to see a bunch of stupid clothes from designers. Ed Westwick has already showed them everything they need to see. THIS is fashion.

Ed Westwick (aka Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl) strut strut strut his ass through the streets of Beverly Hills, CA yesterday while looking like a South of France gigolo circa 1986 who wore his sugar mama’s hat during a shopping spree. It pains me to throw praise at Ed Westwick for looking like a high-class European hustler from the 80s, because that’s usually Adrien Brody’s look. But I have to give credit where credit is due.

And it looks like there’s some Lohan powder under his nose, but I doubt he was snorting the bad shit. Ed purposely put that powder there, because he knows that the fancy gigolo look isn’t complete without a cokey upper lip. Dude pays attention to the details!

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