with reference to the skin lightening stuff in India, while I agree that a lot of that ties into the Indian caste system, but a huge part of is tied in strongly with the concept of 'brown englishmen' etc #brangelinajewelry
@rd2uk: I don't know, I saw skin lightening lotions all over Asia. I think it's just used to be a marker of wealth/beauty, like how it used to be cool to be overweight and pale in the US if you were wealthy and you weren't working all the time.
A side note, my friend was absolutely shocked when we first came across lightening cream, because she was so used to pale being undesirable. #brangelinajewelry
@Heidi Lengdorfer: totally agree with both of you, just saying that in the case of india colonization plays a huuuuge role in people wanting to be lighter skinned/speaking english/wearig western clothes etc. obv theres loads of other factors that play into all of this, such as those that ya'll have mentioned. #brangelinajewelry
I'm sorry but those are some butt-ugly necklaces Angelina. They look like that weird Lord of the Rings themed jewelry section in SkyMall magazines. #brangelinajewelry
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.
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A side note, my friend was absolutely shocked when we first came across lightening cream, because she was so used to pale being undesirable. #brangelinajewelry
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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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