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Fashion Police
Jan. 8th, 2009 06:21 pmThis post started out as an email to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
smofbabe, debgeisler, and elaine_brennan, but before I finished it, I decided to inflict it on anyone who dared click on the links:
I'm not sure what body shapes this dress would look good on, but I'm certain none of them are plus size. No wonder it's on clearance....
On the other hand, the front view of this winter jacket strikes me as fashionably cute (in a good way), even with its super-wide lapels. I bet it would fail the warmth requirement for this climate, and the back view from the waist down is questionable...if I'm being overly generous.
Great Ghu, there are a lot of ugly clothes out there right now.
The entire "let's bring back the '60s and '70s, but make them worse" trend is disturbing. Here's a typical, gag-prompting example. I noticed this trend several years ago, and immediately hoped that it would sink within a season. No such luck.
Over on the shoe & boot front, Deb will be relieved to learn that even I think these are ghod-awful.
"Plaid wool and rich suede intriguingly mix on a lace-up ankle boot balanced atop a stacked heel and hidden platform." No, that plaid on that heel is not balanced or intriguing. It's revolting.
While we're reshaping the economy, is it too much to hope that designers and manufacturers will learn that one good way to persuade consumers to part with their hard-earned and limited funds is to offer attractive merchandise? Good quality and reasonable prices don't hurt either. With those in place, merchants will have a better chance of selling things before everything in their stores and websites hits the clearance racks.
smofbabe, debgeisler, and elaine_brennan, but before I finished it, I decided to inflict it on anyone who dared click on the links:I'm not sure what body shapes this dress would look good on, but I'm certain none of them are plus size. No wonder it's on clearance....
On the other hand, the front view of this winter jacket strikes me as fashionably cute (in a good way), even with its super-wide lapels. I bet it would fail the warmth requirement for this climate, and the back view from the waist down is questionable...if I'm being overly generous.
Great Ghu, there are a lot of ugly clothes out there right now.
The entire "let's bring back the '60s and '70s, but make them worse" trend is disturbing. Here's a typical, gag-prompting example. I noticed this trend several years ago, and immediately hoped that it would sink within a season. No such luck.
Over on the shoe & boot front, Deb will be relieved to learn that even I think these are ghod-awful.
"Plaid wool and rich suede intriguingly mix on a lace-up ankle boot balanced atop a stacked heel and hidden platform." No, that plaid on that heel is not balanced or intriguing. It's revolting.
While we're reshaping the economy, is it too much to hope that designers and manufacturers will learn that one good way to persuade consumers to part with their hard-earned and limited funds is to offer attractive merchandise? Good quality and reasonable prices don't hurt either. With those in place, merchants will have a better chance of selling things before everything in their stores and websites hits the clearance racks.
