"Red lipstick and heels put the fear of God into people"

So Jamie and I found that quote in Cosmo, right?

And we were trying to figure out whether or not this was true. Then, since I've started rubbing off on her, we started discussing scientific ways to prove this, and I started chatting with Deborah (my sister) about this, and we came up with an idea.

In order not to influence the other variables, the default outfit will be the same skinny jeans, top, and eye makeup. Preferably, these trials will be performed on days with similar weather.

We will, of course, be testing the effects of each component individually, as well as both together, or neither.

Some difficulty was encountered when determining what the control lips and footwear should be. Since "no footwear" was not an option, and "no lipstick" seems not to work with similar eye makeup, further examination of the original source was conducted. Upon determining that the magazine assumed that women would wear some kind of lipstick, light pink lipstick will be the "negative" control for the lipstick factor, and ballet flats will be the "negative" control for the shoes.

However, the most difficulty is determining the results, as they will be qualitative rather than quantitative. According to Jamie, "fear of God" would be literal, causing those around us to suddenly literally start fearing God, making us some sort of fashion missionaries. I, personally, think that people moving out of your way and being particularly polite or deferential would be the appropriate effect.

More information will be posted as the trials are conducted.

That tiger hat...

People actually say they like it.

One of my friends said it was "probably the loudest thing in your closet."

That actually isn't true. I've got lots of loud things in my closet. They just generally require specific circumstances to wear them.