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badmutha
09/18/09

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Wow. I wanna work for the Gap. Cause I can dream up ideas for clothes while I sleep.
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rednrowdy
09/18/09

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why does that picture of emma watson frighten me? she is a lovely young lady but that photo is so odd.
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sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell
09/18/09

@rednrowdy: No one can look perfect all the time.
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rednrowdy
09/18/09

@sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell: but that's the thing. she looks absolutely lovely - it's the angle that freaks me out.
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lilbobbytables
09/18/09

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Ok. Gaultier and Target is going to either be the BEST THING EVAR or the stuff of my most terrifying nightmares.
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Penny
09/18/09

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I continue to be dumbfounded by Leigh Lezark. Especially when I saw her in ads for....Tod's, was it? Not Tod's. Some preppy luxury brand, it was weird.
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LaFemme
09/18/09

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I don't care for all of these fashion lines that are supposed to help people or the environment. (Ha, that makes me sound terrible.)When you look at them closely they always seem to either donate a negligable amount of money, or are multi-million dollar ventures that provide work for 15 people, who will make 6 dollars a day instead of 3. They also always seem to be short on design or, as with the environmentally conscious ones, just super boring (a whole collection of beige natural linen anyone? 250 dollars a piece, please.)

I always wonder about say, racks and racks of EDUN merchandise marked down from 300 dollars to 10; is it even worth producing this collection so it can end up on a big rack at Filenes? Is it really generating a profit?
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lilbobbytables
09/18/09

@LaFemme: That is my complaint as well. I cannot afford expensive clothing, no matter how much I drool, and it can be tricksy to buy ethically and inexpensively. That is why I either want to a) make more of my own clothing, or b) bring back fig leaves.
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Penny
09/18/09

@LaFemme: They do donate a paltry amount, that's why I generally ignore them or any "product" meant to benefit an organization. Unless it's those cute UNICEF Christmas cards.
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Rare Affinity
09/18/09

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Instead of wearing tights embedded with crystals to get rid of cellulite, I find the flesh eating bug has faster and more long lasting results. Of course it does take away the whole flesh, but that is surely a small price to pay rather than be left with the truly disfiguring and shameful skin complaint that is cellulite.
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futuremouse
09/18/09

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Do you have a problem with buying too much shit? Buy my book on how not to buy shit.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
09/18/09

@futuremouse: But don't buy too little shit, or we'll all starve!
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badmutha
09/18/09

@futuremouse: Just don't buy really expensive shit, or you will just be blowing all your hard earned cash on shit. Which is, in a word, shitty.
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linnyt is a walking cliché
09/18/09

@futuremouse: i confess that i once bought a book about how to get rid of stuff and clutter. it is now clutter.
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textile_queen
09/18/09

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Emma...how could you taint my love for you with a celebrity fashion line!? My girl crush is crushed.
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lilbobbytables
09/18/09

@textile_queen: I preserve my girl crush by focusing on the fact that it is done ethically, and is also raising awareness about ethical/free trade clothing.
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Rare Affinity
09/18/09

@textile_queen: I am too old to understand the Emma Watson worship. She looks pretty in an expensive frock which, if it were not for appearing in the same film role, for years on end, she would never be able to afford to buy herself. She has brains and has chosen to go on to university like Lily Cole and a host of others and I applaud her for that in an age where far too often intelligence is sneered at. But other than that, I am bemused as to how she has gained her status as a fashion icon Maybe I might feel differently if I had actually watched any of the Harry Potter films. But the whole premise of the books left me cold.
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LaFemme
09/18/09

@Rare Affinity: 100% agreed. I don't get it. "Not an idiot" and "wears pretty clothes" is nice and all but it hardly makes me want to worship her...
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textile_queen
09/18/09

@Rare Affinity: @LaFemme: My crush mostly rests on the fact that she seems to be a very smart, practical girl who identifies as a feminist and plays one of my favorite characters. She also seems like she'd be a blast to hang out with. It all has very little to do with her as a fashion icon, although she is kind of adorable.

I know she is focusing on school now, but I do hope she continues acting and picks some very interesting roles. No hookers, victims or doormats for my Emma!
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Rare Affinity
09/18/09

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I suspect Lindsey really could do with the money from the Ungaro gig, unlike Paris or Madonna.
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N i s t h a
09/18/09

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...PRESCRIPTIVES IS SHUTTING DOWN?

nooooooooo, no no no. I better stock up then.
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la.donna.pietra
09/18/09

@N i s t h a: My thoughts exactly. The recession has officially hit my fashion sense.

(It hit a lot of other places before, but this is the first beauty/fashion closure I actually give a hang about, personally.)
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willwriteforfood
09/18/09

@la.donna.pietra: No no no no no! Dammit, I don't WANT to find another lipstick I love as much as my Prescriptives' Current Affair. I have never gotten more compliments on anything I wear more than I do for that lipstick.
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Bunsy
08/22/09

In reply to The September Issue: A Portrait Of The Quaint Old Consumer Economy
I saw it the other night and found it a bit dull. The one really worthwhile scene is Andre Leon Talley playing tennis in his LV getup (terrific).

I thought the Valentino doc ("The Last Emperor") got more of the glamour, talent, beauty of the fashion world, and was far more engrossing.

In watching Vogue, I really felt it was an era that had ended...

Just my opinion.
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tallgirl-in-heels
08/21/09

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I'm not scared of fashion, nor do I put it down. What I put down is the absurdity of exalting the people who create, shill, and buy it in a manner that suggests that they are doing something important on the level of curing cancer. I believe fashion, at its best, has artistic value; it adds something worthwhile to our culture. But, folks, you are not curing devastating diseases or working towards peace and equality. I don't put down your fashion. I do, however, put down the over-inflated sense of self-importance that some people in the fashion world project.
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greengrey
08/21/09

@tallgirl-in-heels: Unfortunately, that attitude isn't only in the fashion industry. Most people aren't curing cancer, but I run into people from every walk of life in every industry with self-important attitudes. However, if a person IS really talented (as many fashion designers are, they're doing what I can't), I don't mind it.
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tallgirl-in-heels
08/21/09

@greengrey: Oh, I know. I work in the legal field, which has more than its fair share of over-inflated egos. I hate the attitude there as much as I do in fashion. It's one thing to own your talent and expect the appropriate level of recognition for your achievements. It's another thing entirely to act like an entitled, superior, asshole because you happen to be good at something considered exclusive (like fashion), or that is high paying (like big firm lawyering).
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Jenna
08/21/09

@tallgirl-in-heels: It's a fact of life that not everybody gets to cure cancer.

I do however believe that everyone deserves to, and should, take pride in his or her work.
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tallgirl-in-heels
08/21/09

@Jenna: I never said anything to the contrary. Rather, as I said in my reply to greengrey, everyone should own their talent and there's nothing wrong with expecting recognition for your achievements. Taking pride in your work, however, does not preclude one from having a sense of perspective. From reading your work, you seem to have a good sense of it. By contrast, the wealthy designer you wrote about who made you and your colleagues pose for hours on end without paying you or even adequately feeding you seems to be lacking a bit in the perspective department, and a little too well-endowed in the self-importance department. That the designer may be good at her job and deserves to take pride in her work doesn't excuse her behavior. But that's just my opinion.
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missinaction
08/21/09

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"Tonne Goodman says after a styling critique where Wintour rejects nearly every look he has put together that he wants to kill himself "

Isn't Tonne Goodman female? Perhaps you have her confused with a different fashion editor?
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Jenna
08/21/09

@missinaction: Right you are. It was actually Edward Enninful who said that; serves me right for writing the review without a screener copy to refer to. Thanks for catching the mistake, which I've now fixed!
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missinaction
08/21/09

@Jenna: Well, thanks for fixing that! I've always liked Tonne's personal style. Not having seen the film, i wasn't really sure who you were referring to.
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funnyface
08/21/09

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I love beautiful things, I just can't afford them. Vogue might as well be a magazine about faeries. It's not that I don't understand, Anna, it's that you operate in a completely different universe.
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andBegorrah
08/21/09

@funnyface: Jenna's phrasing, "It's like watching a need being manufactured," sums it all up for me - the film, the magazine, and the psychosocial/economic dimension of the fashion industry.
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smithhimself
08/21/09

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Nice sum up except for the phrase "her intellectual heavyweight family." This is Chilly Charlie's daughter -- someone who dropped out of North London Collegiate when she was sixteen. Journalists in her b.g. Nothing intellectual.
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