Lassoing the Look of Cowboys
DEAR HOT: All my ex’s don’t live in Texas, but even so, I feel a country-Western phase coming on, an overpowering urge to wear cowboy boots, a 10-gallon hat and a bolo. But where does a city boy go to become urban cowboy-ized?
DEAR HOT SHOPPER: We knew the minute Geraldo devoted a whole show to country-Western music we’d be getting inquiries like this. Here are a couple of stores that will help you wander the lonesome trail--or freeway--in high style. Take your gold card, these shops are for diamond, not rhinestone, cowboys:
Hemisphere, 1426 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, carries sophisticated Western clothes and accessories for men and women, including vintage cowboy hats, contemporary and antique silver jewelry, concho belts, silver button covers, which double as cuff-links, belt buckle sets, as well as vests and shirts. Raffia, in the Century City Shopping Center, also carries clothes and accessories with which you can indulge your little condo on the prairie fantasy.
DEAR HOT: I was in a store the other day and approached a salesclerk for help.
She was on the phone, and when she saw me coming she turned her back and continued her conversation--which had something to do with a guy named Dave who was a jerk. I tried to get her attention, but she continued to ignore me. I was furious and stormed out of the store.
Should I have yelled at her or what?
MISS STEIN SUGGESTS: Yelling only brings you down to her level and makes people think you’re related to loud-mouth comic Sam Kinison. Instead, tell the manager right away what is going on, and insist you get some help. Or, you could follow the lead of my more assertive aunt, who just reaches over and clicks off the phone.
MISS KRIER ADDS: Unfortunately, it often takes as long to find a manager as it does for an inconsiderate clerk to get off the phone. If you’re sure the salesperson is involved in a personal, non-emergency call, I recommend walking over to the clerk and saying: “Excuse me. I need some help and don’t have time to wait.”
If that doesn’t work, ask: “Would you like to wait on me now or would you prefer I find the manager and complain about your call regarding Dave, the jerk?”
FREEBIE OF THE WEEK: Looking for peace-symbol jewelry that’s unique and doesn’t carry the hippie connotations of the peace symbol that was popular in the ‘60s? (You know, the one that today’s younger generation sometimes mistakes for a Mercedes- Benz hood ornament.)
New York City-based Island Magic Jewelry is offering a silk cord outfitted with small metal dove, sword and olive branch symbols to anyone who sends a $2 check or money order (for shipping and handling costs) to: Island Magic, 20 Desbrosses St., Box No. 3, New York, N.Y. 10013.
