I'm too tall for them.

Hahahahaha and I'm too short... :facepalm:

Anyone see those romper things? They're so frickin' cute. :wacky:

I'm so trying one asap :awesome:

Unemployed women given £1,000 makeovers to help them find a solvent husband

 

 

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Last updated at 3:25 PM on 10th June 2010

 

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Women on the dole are being offered a £1,150 fashion and beauty makeover and membership to a dating agency to help them find a wealthy husband.

Dutch jobseekers are being given a new hairstyle and outfit and tips from a lifecoach on how to attract a new partner.

The scheme has been slammed by local politicians who criticised the deal as unethical and a waste of taxpayers money.

 

Women in the Netherlands are being offered makeovers and membership to dating agencies in a bid to get them off the dole

 

Under the scheme, the women will be given instructions on how to present themselves socially and offered a place on an exclusive matchmaking website called Mens & Relatie (People and Relationships).

They will have professional photographs of their new image to boost their dating profile.

The scheme is being offered by three councils in Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands.

They estimate that if 70 women find a solvent husband, the council can save £330,000 on welfare payments.

They also believe that finding love will help get the unemployed off state benefits by improving their confidence and ambitions.

 

So far, just one candidate has signed up for the voluntary scheme, which is aimed at women but open to men as well.

Managing director of dating website Mens & Relatie, Radboud Visser, said that people in relationships have 'better health, more happiness, make more money and live longer lives'.

He told The Times that the councils would spend 650 euros registering an unemployed woman on their site - the average they pay them in jobseekers allowance each month.

 

More than 600 people in the area are eligible for the scheme but, following some adverse publicity in local media, one council has put the plan on hold.

In 2008, jobless Dutch in Maastricht were given a 10-week course of 'regression therapy' at a cost of £720 in the hope that coming to terms with their past lives would help them find a job.

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Oh my god. :facepalm:

^^ THIS :blank:

That's incredibly horrible, and incredibly sexist. :uhoh:

when i grow up i want to be just like them :blank:

dang, no one suggested. I'll just throw 'em.

It works but never tried it.

dang, no one suggested. I'll just throw 'em.

 

No! I think they look great. I'm just not very good at.. fashion.. :uhoh:

Me too. eheheh, I'll just keep them and who knows one day I might need it :cheesy:

Going, going, gown: Hollywood props auction sees Marilyn Monroe dress fetch £213,000

 

 

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Last updated at 2:35 AM on 14th June 2010

 

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Llights, cameras, auction: Marilyn Monroe's dress from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes fetched over £213,000 at auction

 

 

A gown worn by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes has sold for a staggering £213,000 in a huge auction of famous film props and costumes.

Dubbed 'the most important Hollywood dress ever', the famous pink satin outfit from the Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend sequence in the 1953 film beat its expected price of £170,000.

 

The auction, one of the biggest ever held in Hollywood, featured an unprecedented range of 1,500 landmark items.

 

Fetching £137,420 was the famous Wicked Witch of the West hat worn by Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz.

 

Made of black wool bunting fabric, the prop from the 1939 film was expected to reach £100,000.

 

A third must-have for film fans - the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade - sold for just under £11,000.

 

The cup, which is just six inches tall and made of fired terracotta and painted to resemble ancient earthenware, was the key plot device of the legendary film.

 

It was used by Indiana Jones in the final sequence to save his father Henry Jones with its 'divine healing properties'.

 

Star Wars fans were well catered for in the auction, and an X-Wing Fighter filming miniature from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope fetched £65,274.

 

The ships are incredibly rare and this will be the first time one has reached the auction block.

 

The 'bottomless carpetbag' used by Julie Andrews in Disney's Mary Poppins also went for £65,274, although it had only been expected to fetch £8,000.

 

 

 

 

Classics: The Wicked Witch of the West's hat from The Wizard Of Oz went for £137,420 (left) while the face of Balok from the original Star Trek series reached £48,000

 

 

Old hat: Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch in the 1939 film

 

 

The large floral motif bag is carried throughout the musical classic and is constructed of a dense woven carpet featuring brown leather handles and belt/buckle fasteners at the top.

 

Mary dazzles the children with the magic bag that can store any number of items, regardless of size or shape.

It is described as 'one of the most charismatic and iconic pieces of film history'.

 

Johnny Depp's vicious-looking scissorhands in Tim Burton's 1990 film Edward Scissorhands went for £18,885 while the actor's Jack Sparrow jacket from Pirates Of The Caribbean sold for £12,367.

 

An alien monster head which terrified a generation of children sold for an astonishing £48,000.

 

 

 

X factor: Star Wars fans were well catered for - an X-Wing Fighter filming miniature from Episode IV: A New Hope fetched £65,274

 

The face of Balok appeared in the closing credits of most episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, which was aired between 1966 and 1969.

The effigy was first used in the classic first season episode The Corbomite Maneuver to intimidate the crew of the USS Enterprise.

 

It went for more than twice its expected price.

 

The Profiles in History auction took place in Los Angeles from June 10 to 12.

 

 

Magical: Mary Poppins' bottomless carpetbag sold for £65,274 in the LA auction

 

 

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:blank: it's amazing how much money some people have to spend on things like this...

:blank: it's amazing how much money some people have to spend on things like this...

 

Waste, you mean............................... :(

This thread is awesome, I'm gonna visit more often. :awesome:

 

Anyway, I bought this the other day.

 

 

 

 

I love how bright it is and it's got a heart shape cut out in the back.

 

 

 

 

And then I wore it with a hat like this. At first it had this really horrible string on it but I took that off and sewed on a shiny red ribbon with a big bow. :bow:

 

I'm in a very summery mood. :laugh3:

That dress is adorable :wacko:

I think it's about $8000 :cry:

OMG, seriously? :'( Boo. :( It's so pretty, though! Yeah, I think I'll just end up getting this Burberry watch I have my eye on, it's way cheaper than that. haha. I just need a job to pay for it. :P

This thread is awesome, I'm gonna visit more often. :awesome:

 

Anyway, I bought this the other day.

 

 

 

 

I love how bright it is and it's got a heart shape cut out in the back.

 

 

 

 

And then I wore it with a hat like this. At first it had this really horrible string on it but I took that off and sewed on a shiny red ribbon with a big bow. :bow:

 

I'm in a very summery mood. :laugh3:

I really love that dress! :)

one of the things i got at forever 21 the other day. :dance:

How about you post a picture of it? :wacko:

It's beautiful.

OMG, seriously? :'( Boo. :( It's so pretty, though! Yeah, I think I'll just end up getting this Burberry watch I have my eye on, it's way cheaper than that. haha. I just need a job to pay for it. :P

 

Yep it's a shame, I love that watch:(, men seem to get more choice than us with watches though I think as it's like their only piece of jewelery!, I look at most girls watches and think meh I don't really like that, and most watch makers have tons more mens models :(

What's wrong with men's watches? :wacko:

Their too chunky:P

I actually like them. :awesome: