i would LOVE if betsey johnson did a line for people with normal clothing budgets! i do think she will have to be careful, though, that it doesn't wind up looking like something out of a lisa frank binder. love what she does, but it works because it's quality.
@amoeba formerly hippichx: I would wear clothes that looked like something out of a Lisa Frank binder EVERY DAY if I had them. I actually have a Lisa Frank binder that I still use all the time, from the 90's. With unicorns. It's awesome.
@prismatism: They sell Lisa Frank stuff at Target in the dollar bin and at Michael's craft store (in the $5 & under bin). I have a wonderful collection of Lisa Frank bookmarks and mini-notebooks.
@HannahBethD: I think Clinique could easily be considered a luxury brand, in that it's not a drugstore brand and you need to go to a department store or Sephora to pick it up (and it's much more expensive, by comparison).
@hortense: But fashion? I guess makeup could be considered in that cluster, but a distinction is usually made between clothing and accessories and cosmetics.
And yeah, I could see it being technically considered a luxury brand, but that's some crazy hair splitting!
Oh man, I really want a Betsey Johnson Target Line. I mean the QVC thing sounds fun but I would actually buy her stuff at Target. She is the one designer whose stuff I really covet.
@PinkSoxHat: It's actually kind of cool looking, though I think the technique would work better on something like a sheath dress - the sleeves on the shirt look a bit puffy.
I doubt she cares, since she's so edgy and all, but Megan Fox's makeup is seriously fucked up in that picture. I hate when people get pictures of me with nasty eyeliner and bleeding lipstick!
@Tippi Hedren: It would be amazing. And I might finally get to own something Betsey Johnson other than sunglasses and bras. Or would her stuff still be expensive, just expensive-on-tv? Either way, it'd be way cool.
@prismatism: Macy's has some reasonably priced Betsey Johnson jewelry. I picked up some spider earrings and a gold snake necklace for my mom for about $75.
Oh I'm actually sort of happy about that Abercrombie news because I've always really liked the fit of their jeans but haven't bought them for years because they've become so ridiculously expensive.
Abercrombie could probably save 9 million dollars per year simply by stopping their regular routine of pumping 23 billion gallons of cologne through their vents on a daily basis.
What is WRONG with Abercrombie? I mean, does not a single sensible person work there? Is their legal department totally out to lunch? Why did no one think to say, "We're so sorry, that employee was NOT following company policy and does not represent us. Here's a couple thousand dollars for your trouble"? Because that would have cost them a couple thousand dollars, case closed, nobody thinks Abercrombie is a dick (well, at least not any more than they already do). Instead, you spend many more dollars mounting a defense and a lengthy appeal and finding an expert witness who will essentially say "Yeah, we treated your kid like shit, but other people are also going to treat her like shit, so really you should thank us for toughening her up." It's a total failure of logical thought, legal intelligence, and decent PR. They should be even more ashamed than normal.
Burberry. I'm sorry, but your idea of compiling photos of people wearing your trenchcoats is just stupid. It's stupid. Not only is it stupid, it's boring. Just listen to the idea: It'll be photos! Photos of people wearing coats!! They'll be wearing coats, get it? Trench coats!!! Yeah. That's your idea. Right there in black and white. And it's bad. And stupid.
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And yeah, I could see it being technically considered a luxury brand, but that's some crazy hair splitting!
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You're welcome.
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