Just...stop, okay? Just stop with the gimmicks. It won't help. You were basically all I wore back in high school. The stuff was vaguely cute and inoffensive. For my boring self, it was just fine. Not too far overpriced, decent quality, and simple: that was your thing.
The fugly crap you've had in your stores for at least the last 5 years is what is killing you! Not a lack of ceiling mannequins!
@CynicalPink: If you haven't been back there in the last couple of months, it might surprise you. I was dubious when Patrick Robinson said he was going to completely re-do the collection, back to the drawing board style for fit, fabric, washes, finishes, thread, etc, since normally those "we worked FOUR YEARS on this collection" claims are so much hyperbolic bullshit. (Also, like Sadie, I try to avoid fast fashion.) But in August I bought a pair of their trousers -- mustard coloured, unlike anything else in my closet -- and they've become my favorite pants. They're flattering, really comfortable, don't need special treatment in the wash, and they have realistically sized pockets. (Also the Vena Cava collab dress I have always gets compliments.) Whaddayaknow, I kinda dig the new Gap.
@Jenna: Mustard trousers do sound awesome, but my biggest problem has been fit and price. Even when I do find something I like at the Gap, it's never worth the price. My second most common thought walking around that store is "That's cute, but it's not $60 cute." But again, it comes down to awkward fit for me. Even the cardigan I bought over the summer is boxy and awkward. None of my friends look good in it either.
@CynicalPink: Are you small? I was in Gap this summer with a size 8 friend and she was snatching up cute tops in size XS/2. I haven't tried their pants, but as a petite person it seems their dresses and shirts are not going to work. At least, nothing besides their basic t-shirts (still prefer J.Crew's cut for those.)
@LaFemme: I'm a short "hourglass"...and by "hourglass" I mean "reasonable top half notwithstanding the chubby arms, and an ass and pair of thighs that confound the makers of jeans."
Gap jeans are a disaster on me in every sense of the word (regulars are too long, ankles are too short, not enough room in the thighs, inches of room at the waist), and on the off chance I find a shirt I can get in to, it's always too expensive for what it is.
I know at some point the judgment comes down to a matter of style and tastes, which is hard to make a blanket statement about. But even my friends who are all over the Gap aesthetic have trouble with fit and quality in the long term.
@keldo: He sold the business in 2005, so he had nothing to do with the decision. It must be odd to no longer have creative control over your own name. #lindsaylohanforungaro
@keldo: Yeah but, well, he sold his name. If you don't want to lose control of your image, don't sell your name. Didn't he learn anything from What's Love Got to Do With It?! #lindsaylohanforungaro
@Halfmad also known as MaxAgron: Aww, who could have predicted it would have been put into the hands of a coke-addled starlet, as opposed to the next Francisco Costa/Tom Ford? What happened here really has no precedent. I still feel bad for the guy. #lindsaylohanforungaro
Italian cashmere producer Brunello Cucinelli runs a factory with long lunch breaks, no timeclocks, and posted "rules" are quotes from philosophers and writers. He thinks he can afford to be both a great boss and a good businessman, and his company's revenues for this year are forecast to reach 154 million Euros, which is some 7% greater than last year, even with the recession
I totally get the German VOGUE shoot. Bruce Weber was born in Pennsylvania, and they have a large German population there. Christie Brinkley, um...looks German? and lives in the Hamptons...and Jorge Garcia might actually have been lost. The End! (Get it...Montauk = "The end?")
The macaroons from Payard were AMAZING! I used to work around the corner, and I would go in and get coffees (el boss would pay). The waiters got to recognize me and would give me handfuls of delicious FREE macaroons!
Too bad Payard was shut down. Apparently they had a terrible mouse infestation. #lindsaylohanforungaro
@Mary McCarthyite: OOh maybe, thanks! It was an engagement gift, I'd be sad to see it go to waste. Plus, think of all the macaroons $100 could buy! #lindsaylohanforungaro
Ok. I thought the blurb said that Christopher Bailey left Burberry, and I panicked. I could never afford anything from them, but I love looking at it, and would be sad if he left. #lindsaylohanforungaro
@Mary McCarthyite: Oh, no no. I'm a fan of both and also of Jenna's writing. (I think she should submit her own book for consideration to that Princeton prof she wrote about yesterday, hint hint.)
And, although when she writes about the mixtures such as above, they turn out gleefully bizarre, I'm just wondering if some things just shouldn't be crossed.
(Maybe I should have compared it to the circus in Something Wicked This Way Comes. I loved that novel, but I wouldn't want that particular traveling band to show up in my town -- and I'm a New Yorker; we see (and sometimes are) the weirdest of the weird -- you know?) #lindsaylohanforungaro
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Just...stop, okay? Just stop with the gimmicks. It won't help. You were basically all I wore back in high school. The stuff was vaguely cute and inoffensive. For my boring self, it was just fine. Not too far overpriced, decent quality, and simple: that was your thing.
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Gap jeans are a disaster on me in every sense of the word (regulars are too long, ankles are too short, not enough room in the thighs, inches of room at the waist), and on the off chance I find a shirt I can get in to, it's always too expensive for what it is.
I know at some point the judgment comes down to a matter of style and tastes, which is hard to make a blanket statement about. But even my friends who are all over the Gap aesthetic have trouble with fit and quality in the long term.
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So expect to pay $80 for a t-shirt.
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Cannot. Wait. #lindsaylohanforungaro
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Where can I apply? Seriously. #lindsaylohanforungaro
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It's very conceptual. #lindsaylohanforungaro
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Too bad Payard was shut down. Apparently they had a terrible mouse infestation. #lindsaylohanforungaro
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Maybe you can still use the gc there? #lindsaylohanforungaro
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And, although when she writes about the mixtures such as above, they turn out gleefully bizarre, I'm just wondering if some things just shouldn't be crossed.
(Maybe I should have compared it to the circus in Something Wicked This Way Comes. I loved that novel, but I wouldn't want that particular traveling band to show up in my town -- and I'm a New Yorker; we see (and sometimes are) the weirdest of the weird -- you know?) #lindsaylohanforungaro