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TriedandTrue
05/14/09

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Love you Philip Lim. Cannot wait to see the shoes
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hydrogen_jukebox
05/14/09

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Pistol Panties?

Nah, just some of 'em.

(Sorry. I'll stop now.)
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badmutha
05/14/09

@hydrogen_jukebox: THAT WAS GREAT!
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
05/14/09

@hydrogen_jukebox: Brillz.
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LouisaNuddletits
05/14/09

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Is there really a need to called Marion Cotillard a 9/11 Truther every time there's some news about her?
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TatianaTheAnonymousModel
05/14/09

@LouisaNuddletits: I think it's a title she's more than earned. She has yet to even explain or clarify, let alone apologize for, those remarks.
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LouisaNuddletits
05/14/09

She did explain it (sorry for the bad translation):
"It was very clumsy of me to bring up a subject as important as 9/11 in a TV Show. It was neither the topic nor the place for it. And I?m far from being a suitable person to talk about it. But I never claimed - as it was written and said - that the insurance companies destroyed the towers. I only explained that I don't believe everything the government and media are telling us. My words were taken out of their original context and misinterpreted. Who am I to have an explanation? Nevertheless, I think there remain many mysteries in the official explanation. Numerous American citizens are asking for the re-opening of the investigation. An investigation deserving of that name. This event changed many things in the world, so asking oneself questions when there?s such a lack of clarity appears to me legitimate."

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TatianaTheAnonymousModel
05/14/09

@LouisaNuddletits: That's not an explanation, a clarification, or an apology. That's a justification.

Thousands of people died on that day. How are her remarks -- "Numerous American citizens are asking for the re-opening of the investigation" -- any different than, say, arguing that there are "mysteries in the official explanation" of the Holocaust?
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bluebears
05/14/09

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I'm so torn about extending copyright protection to clothing designs. In one sense, yes, the pieces are individual examples of one persons artistic design but on the other hand they're not re-inventing the wheel. Its an industry that has always heavily borrowed. I think extending copyright protection can get into a messy gray area where older design houses will extend copyrights for years and newer designers will be constantly sued by older more established lines and thus creativity will be stifled. Because honestly you can easily make a case for copyright infringement when dealing with such a general "medium" as clothing.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
05/14/09

@bluebears: I completely agree but for selfish reasons that I know will probably get me panned here. The bottom line is I CAN'T afford Lavine or Trovata. I can, however, afford Forever 21 and Urban Outfitters (I can't fit into them, but that's another story). I don't think it's fair that only the rich can be fashionable and I think this is kind of a way of equalizing that.
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bluebears
05/14/09

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: well and of course thats another, totally valid, argument against extending copyright in this area. It allows designers to get away with charging an arm and a leg for these items. Competition only helps the consumer.
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DangerMouse
05/14/09

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Also, it's not as though someone thinks to herself, "Well, I could buy that at Prada, but they have something similar at Forever21." There is basically zero consumer overlap there.
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Merkin
05/14/09

@bluebears: Besides, the entire nature of fashion is such that it seems uncopyrightable. I mean, come on, are they going to copyright a silhouette? Which most designers, judging by their runway shows, seem to lift entirely or in part from the most cutting edge street fashion of the year or two before anyway, these days?

The only thing it seems to me that COULD be copyrighted without a shadow of a doubt is exact pattern layouts (thus preventing other makers from simply ripping apart one designer's product and copying it straight out), names and logos. Anything other than that seems to run completely contrary to the viral nature of fashion itself.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
05/14/09

@DangerMouse: That's exactly what I was getting at (only much better said). It seems to me that the only way I will ever be able to afford black peep tow pumps with a red sole is if I by the ones Jeffery Campbell makes. I can't, nor ever will be able to buy Louboutin. Why shouldn't I be allowed to wear shoes with a red sole? Because Louboutin thought of them first?
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05/14/09

@Merkin: I agree, if the darting and seams are EXACTLY the same, that is a problem. Like you said, fashion is so fluid, it seems cheap knock-offs are an answer to the problem of buying a 300 trend piece only to have it go out of style the next season. Instead you can spend $50 on that trend piece and not feel so bad when it isn't stylish any more.
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bluebears
05/14/09

@DangerMouse: good point about the total absence of overlap.

@LvV: @Merkin: exactly. I have no idea how they could properly enforce this it seems like all it would do was run smaller design houses right out of business with a mountain of legal bills.
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badmutha
05/14/09

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But I like feathered do-dads and teal, snakeskin like, outrageous gladiator sandals! Are you saying there is something wrong with that?

In other news, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy once again proves to the world that she is not just like them and never will be. Her fabulousness knows no bounds, and now where she lives will be more fab too. SUCK IT, GISELLE.
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AthertonMerriweather
05/14/09

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Aldo is a cheap shoe line? My poor ass feels so out of place here sometimes.
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bluebears
05/14/09

@AthertonMerriweather: ha! on a related note, those shoes are fucking crap. I bought a pair once and the soles split in like 2 months.
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snappletree
05/14/09

@AthertonMerriweather: Yeah, I thought that too. I guess when you cover fashion like this you're inherently looking at it from a designer-centered viewpoint, downwards. I always feel this way when I read fashion coverage about "looks for less."

And yeah, I would pay Aldo's prices if their shoes seemed nice, but they don't.
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linnyt is a walking cliché
05/14/09

@snappletree: those shoes always hurt my feet in the worst way. they pinch and fall off and cause blisters. not worth it.

good point about the different perspectives on costs. if a $700 skirt is normal, of course a $300 one sounds sweet. i think hard about a $30 skirt.
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AthertonMerriweather
05/14/09

@snappletree: You're right. Aldo is cheap compared to Gucci or something. I get my shoes at Target and even though only on sale. I was just surprised to see Aldo called cheap because their stores have a high-end look to them.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
05/14/09

@AthertonMerriweather: I feel you. I hate how unfashionable the recession has made me and it kind of make me embarrassed on these fashion posts.
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DangerMouse
05/14/09

@AthertonMerriweather: I don't even know where one buys shoes that cost more than $100. No. Clue. Thus, Aldo is expensive but crappy in my mind.
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bluebears
05/14/09

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Well I am confused. Are you telling me that during a period of massive unemployment and home loss Americans are NOT willing to shell out 90 bucks for a tank top?
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vamusical
05/14/09

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Of COURSE Free People crashes in a recession. Free People prices and quality make Anthropologie look practical by comparison.
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Pocahaunted
05/14/09

@vamusical: I have never ever found clothing with the same price point as Free People that is so prone to simply falling the fuck apart.

Not even after one wash, after one WEARING. Free People is disgustingly bad quality, and I say this as someone who worked in a boutique that sold a lot of it!

It's made of fluff and held together with prayers and silly string.
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BlondeGoddess
05/14/09

@Pocahaunted: I friended you for that last description: "it's made of fluff and held together with prayers and silly string." LOL. And frustration, all at the same time.
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
05/14/09

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Audrey and Jean-Pierre, Nic 'n' Baz, Keira Knightley's Chanel ad with Joe Wright... Who directs Charlize Theron's Dior ads?
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Understater
05/14/09

@Fridge Hussy :STOP ACTING LIKE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A TITTY BEF...: Considering how sucky that ad is, I think s/he'd rather remain anonymous.
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Samanthrax
05/14/09

@Fridge Hussy :STOP ACTING LIKE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A TITTY BEF...: God jesus I hate that Dior ad. Stop throwing your jewelry down! You're breaking it!
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
05/14/09

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I despise Urban Outfitters. There, I said it.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
05/14/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: Exhibit A:

[urbncounterfeiters.blogspot.com]
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Ipomoea
05/14/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: I haven't shopped there since I was a 10/12 and things didn't fit well or were too small for the marked size. It was like a hipster Forever 21. While I sometimes see stuff there that's cute, I could go someplace with better prices and better customer service and buy it.
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andBegorrah
05/14/09

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Perfume companies need to stop expanding the length and scope of their commercials and start making Smell-o-vision a reality.
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Green Goth Brit Chick - AlternatEve
04/03/09

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I'm laughing hard at the fact there's a private equity firm with the same name as my fiance's Warcraft character (Blood Elf Paladin if anyone cares). If there's ever one called Mythican I'll start to be worried...
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Slumdog_Mamabear
04/03/09

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When I worked high end retail Champagne was my best friend. I had a few big clients who preferred to come in after hours (so as not to be bothered by the hoi poloi). I always had a bottle of Champagne on ice for them when they arrived, or their favorite wine. $7,000 later they were happy and so was my commission check. As long as they had a driver I always felt good about it.
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hello.kitty
04/03/09

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The editors awoke from their long slumber beneath a Christmas tree bedecked in Hermes scarves and belts. Cradled in their arms were their beloved Nutcrackers painted in the likeness of Pierre-Alexis Dumas.
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ktwonderwoman
04/03/09

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RE Cindy Crawford's healthy body: I worked for a mail order catalogue back in the day when Cindy was still on top as a super model (just prior to the Kate Moss waif look hitting the Calvin ads). All of our test garments and our fit model was a size 8. The garments that went out on catalogue shoots were always a 6 or an 8, as that's the size the top catalogue models were back then. Can you imagine!? That would never happen now days. And that was considered small (rightly so, since our best selling size at the time was a 12, and we weren't catering to plus sized women). Strange how things have changed.
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galaxina
04/03/09

@ktwonderwoman: Back then the only people who wore a size two were very short and petite. I remember one of the soap opera actresses (she played Mindy? I think? on Young and the Restless?) was a size two and it was so noteworthy And I never saw a size zero on a store rack.

I do not like how things have changed.
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SylvanSylph
04/03/09

@ktwonderwoman: @galaxina: @georgina: But haven't clothing sizes changed considerably since then? Vanity sizing and whatnot? I tend to be about a 4, but my mom has a dress marked 9/10 from the late 80's early 90's that I can only zip up with help from a friend, and even then it requires a substantial decrease in lung capacity.
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Red-headed bookworm
04/03/09

@galaxina: I know. I remember back my freshman year of high school, a girl I was friends with was tiny and wore a size 0 and had a hard time finding clothes.
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