Posts filed under ‘Fashion’
Ladies — Nordstrom Wants You To Want These Shoes
These shoes are near the top of the list of “What’s New” at Nordstrom tonight:
Are you kidding me?
Plan Your Fall 2011 Wardrobe Now
Pantone is one of the premiere trendsetters in the world of color — paint colors; the color of mobile phones and clothes. It says these will be the “must-have” colors for Fall 2011:
Yuck. I like the light purple but that’s about it.
Why You’re Broke
You’re broke because you let HSN convince you that you had to have this gaudy thing, at $479.90 (plus S&H), even though you had no need for it when you woke up this morning:
You’re broke because you paid $50.00 (plus S&H) for these “diamond” earrings from QVC, which they convinced you you had to have, even though you could buy essentially the same thing at Target for $12.00.
Ooh! La La Couture?
Miley Cyrus’ sister Noah (who looks to be about 11) is set to launch a lingerie line…for little girls. Little girls. Like, 8-year-old girls. It will be called “Ooh! La La Couture.”
Where are her parents? Where did she get this idea? What’s going on in that family?
I feel so sorry for young girls. The pressure to look good and to be attractive and sexy is out of control. It already starts at 12 or 13. Now we’re going to put that stress on children the age of 7, 8, 9 years? This is too much.
The Dress Lady GaGa Wore to the Grammys
Imagine sitting in a seat in a theater for an hour or two while wearing this.
It’s beyond me. I can’t even stand the thought of wearing a shoe with a heel.
Boyfriend Jeans for Babies
This is unbelievable. The GAP is selling “boyfriend jeans” — for TWO YEAR OLD GIRLS!
My God. I feel so sorry for girls and young women these days. Everything is geared toward sex, sexiness, sexuality and attracting the boys. Now it’s starting when they’re barely out of diapers. And what?, they can’t have a pair of comfy, baggy jeans made just for them, they have to in theory borrow them from their ah, boyfriend?
Really, really sad.
Ralph Lauren Photoshops a “Fat” Model into a Thin Freak
The Ralph Lauren Co. has taken responsibility for photoshopping a picture of a size 8 model (the average clothing size in the U.S. is 14) into, well, it’s hard to tell what size they slimmed her down to. Who has a waist that’s roughly the same circumference as their head and hips that are roughly half the size of their shoulders?
Jeez. Is it any wonder some women worry about every single thing they put in their mouth? Who can live up to these standards? They’re literally inhuman.
Lauren might want to take a cue or two from the German magazine Brigitte.
Depressed? Need a Lift? Turn to QVC
Bored? Lying on the couch in front of the teevee in your jammies? In debt? Depressed? Exhausted, overworked, overextended and feeling powerless? Hey, have I got an idea for you!
Buy this “status link” bracelet from QVC — for ONLY $1,065.00 — and feel like a million bucks. What? You didn’t start the day thinking you’d spend a thousand bucks on a piece of jewelry? Again, think about how the status link will improve your life. Come on now!
So sad to know that people who can’t afford this are nonetheless buying it.
Don’t Use “Dr. Hauschka” Skin Products
I got a “Dr. Hauschka” hand cream sample in the mail today and looked it up at Skin Deep. Not good.
I’m tossing it.
Amazon Buys Zappos
Good luck. Zappos is an amazingly efficient company but navigating their website has sucked of late.
Humans
Ew. Just found out that the very, very high-end retailer, Hermes, has to grow its own crocodiles in order to have enough skins to keep up with the demand for its croc-skinned handbags, which sell for up to $48,000. “It takes three or four crocodiles” to make one bag. It’s a “major challenge producing 3,000 crocodile bags a year,” the bags being the “fastest growing product line” at Hermes.
The thought of carrying a bag around that three or four crocodiles died for after living a horrible life — they’re raised “in separate rooms” to “protect their skins from bites” — is gruesome and repellent. Women who covet and carry them ought to be ashamed.
Bondage?
What the? Look at that mask!
Say good-bye to needles and knives. The no!no! family does it again with the FaceTrainer™.
Do You “Deserve” a Treat Today?
Treat yourself to this little impulse buy that’s being advertised on QVC right now. (Note the price.)
Raise Your Hand If You Hate “Modern Rise” Jeans
There was a time when I didn’t have any fat between my boobs and my hips. Now I do. I have a little but it seems like a lot, especially when I try on “modern rise” pants. The fat that I have sits there, on top of the “rise,” and waits to giggle when I walk.
Last time I was in a “modern rise” store I told the saleswoman that I just couldn’t get used to their fit. She said she “hears that all the time” and she and her cohorts tell that to management but they just don’t listen.
I wonder what I/we can do to make them listen. I’m tired of being force-fed clothes that only fit and feel comfortable on 18 – 24 year olds (bless them and I hope they enjoy it while they can).
Flip-Flops for $100?
Merchants continue to push the limit in terms of giving us less and less for our money. I mean, thong underwear for $25.00 a pop? It wasn’t all that long ago that one could buy a six-pack of “granny underwear” — with all that fabric — for $6.00. How about shoes with Velcro straps that get clogged with fuzz and tear away instead of shoes with eyelets and shoelaces? And “rolled seams” on sweaters and tees? Seams used to be turned under and finished. Now “rolled seams” — cheap for the manufacturer to produce – are the big thing. And new this season? $100 flip-flops.
People out there are getting filthy rich off of our willingness to buy this stuff — that they convince us is trendy. Yeah, it’s trendy all right. Trendy right out of our pockets and into theirs, and we’re the losers.
Predatory Television
Check out this little ditty that QVC is seducing its audience into buying as we speak (10:27 p.m. ET). Note the price and the option to “Speed Buy.”
Imagine waking up tomorrow and coming to the realization that you spent $3,500+ on a watch you didn’t know you “needed” the day before. Is it any wonder we’re in debt up to our eyeballs? And don’t tell me it’s all the fault of the little people.
UPDATE: Oooh. Now they’re pushing the “ultimate status piece.”
Boycott J.Jill For Supporting Fox News and Bill O’Reilly
J.Jill supports Bill O’Reilly and Fox “News”?! Ugh; so antithetical to the image it projects.
Here’s a screen shot from a few hours ago:
Boycott J.Jill.
Gossipy Stuff
Want to see the inside of George Stephanopoulos’ Washington, D.C. home? The voyeur in me did. Here’s a slide show.
Mr. Song’s Hats
Remember the hat that Aretha Franklin wore on Inauguration Day? It was a Mr. Song hat. Here’s a sample of his collection.
Ladies, strut your stuff!
What’s Angela Merkel’s Husband Wearing?
(Hang in there Michelle.)
QVC as Predatory Television
Every once in a while, especially after I’ve had the kind of day that makes me want to have flat brainwaves, I surf over to QVC to see what they’re doing. The gardening shows crack me up, the way they tempt viewers with fully mature, three foot tall, bushy, wildly blooming perennials that were grown under absolutely perfect conditions whereas what you get when you place an order is a tiny sprig in a 2″ paper pot.
Right now they’re airing an “EternaGold” show featuring a bangle bracelet for – get this – $848.00 to $919.00, depending on the size. This gets to me. I imagine lonely people, drunk people, people who had no intention of spending almost $1,000 on a piece of jewelry today (that’s something one thinks about in advance, IMHO) regretting it tomorrow or when the bill comes. I think this kind of thing is essentially predatory television. It prays on our credit oriented, shopaholic society.
I’m not as articulate about this as I’d like to be because I’m conflicted. Obviously, QVC has a right to exist but I feel so sorry for the people who are seduced into spending that kind of money, on the spur of the moment, without ever expecting to do so.
