Am I a snob for not liking Coach because it's too suburban? Because if so, I shall continue to turn my nose up at their offerings.
As for Vogue, I really hope this makeover is actually a makeover and not Anna Wintour's no doubt lazy definition of a makeover. I've been reading a few Italian fashion magazines lately (just to practice while I'm not at school), and I don't know if they seem special because the content is in a different language, or if the content is genuinely better, but Vogue needs to catch up. Desperately.
Unpredictability in Vogue means reading hints about 'being different' and 'shaking things up' and 'maybe no more jumping, who knows?' and opening the new issue and seeing the same old jumping blondies in dated layouts and rich ladies writing about their sad, sad botox/pedicure/facials.
Isn't diamond one of the hardest substances in the world? One would think that diamond dust would tear your corneas to shreds if it got in your eyes. Is she going for that whole Madonna-weeping-tears-of-blood effect?
@MizJenkins: You're only really in trouble if you coat your entire body with diamond dust. They had to vacuum it out of Tobias' lungs on Arrested Development.
This 'new circle of models,' they'll all be varying shades of caramel, right, with long flowing hair and button noses? And the fresh young photographers will have great ideas for them like 'Bend your arms forward to make your clavicles stick out more' and 'Can you pretend you're slumped on the floor, dead?'
@lilbobbytables is a la-di-da feminist: I think I want the American Flag and $ one. Since they are ONLY available in Marc by Marc Jacobs stores and I do not think I live near one, I may end up with a knock off. Unless these babies sell online. Do they sell online?
Those Lily ads border on adorable. What's holding me back harkens to the LiLo Marilyn thing. As I am over the emulations Audrey in her Breakfast at Tiffany's look.
That "Don't Shop" ad is one of the most out-of-touch, misguided, and poorly filmed things I've ever seen. And at 6 minutes, it's unbelievably self-indulgent. Are people really so clueless that they don't understand consumers are cutting back on shopping because they are a) losing their jobs and hard up for money or b) finally learning (or being forced) to live within their means? Plus, comparing shopping to voting is ridiculous.
Also, it sounds like it was filmed in my bathroom.
well i'm never, EVER going into an Ulta again because when i asked the salesperson if the store near me carried this truly awesome foundation i had bought at sephora in new york (oh how i wish i had the money for it now... wet n' wild, how you make my face break out) she scoffed at me and sniggered, "no, i believe you're going to have to keep going to QVC for that."
i'm like, excuse me!? first of all, what is wrong with you, i'm supposed to feel welcome and want to buy things, that's what retail is all about and second of all... WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG WITH QVC?
I'm not really sure if Alicia actually meant what I think she does, but if she means that people shouldn't buy junk unless they actually need it, that's pretty cool. She's pretty environmentalisty; I like when people advocate minimalizing for the sake of the environment rather than just changing what it is one consumes and not how much.
They need to just open up a Real Housewives store. Nene can sell her shoes, Kim can sell her CDs, Sheree can sell her clothes, the entire NYC cast can sell their books, Bethenney will sell cupcakes, Jill will sell fabric, Vicki will sell insurance, Ramona and Lauri's daughter will sell skin care products, Ramona for an inexplicable reason will also sell crosses, that one guy will sell energy drinks and Danielle will sell herself.
@KelseyElle: I would totally shop there. Do you know how effing hard it was to find Bethenny's baked goods in Manhattan? MAN. HAT. TAN. Ridamndiculous and I still want a cupcake.
@hellosunshine: Do you remember the episode where she is standing in some supermarket in the burbs trying to hand out free cup cakes but no one cares? This store would be the opposite of that.
Paris's museum is good but it's nothing on my personal favourite - Moscow has a museum of forgotten objects - that is a museum filled with things so obscure that no one knows what their purpose was these days - once someone can identify what they were used for they leave the museum.
@emilyanne: Have you been to the adventure in metaphysical museology that is the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City? It sounds like the Russian museum should be its cousin.
@swashbuckling: Continuing a Glow/J.Lo thread from a while back, I'll just throw some more ideas out there:
Glow From The Block
Glow in Manhattan
On the Glow
Glowing for Tonight
Enough (Glow)
El Canglowte
In Glowing Color
Fly Glow
The Back-Up Glow
Jersey Glow
Shall We Glow
Monster-in-Glow
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As for Vogue, I really hope this makeover is actually a makeover and not Anna Wintour's no doubt lazy definition of a makeover. I've been reading a few Italian fashion magazines lately (just to practice while I'm not at school), and I don't know if they seem special because the content is in a different language, or if the content is genuinely better, but Vogue needs to catch up. Desperately.
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Reed Krakoff, though, is a genius. I may not be their market any longer, but it's wide-reaching. I have a lot of respect for him.
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Gotcha! Let's see what happens next month!
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@MizJenkins: You're only really in trouble if you coat your entire body with diamond dust. They had to vacuum it out of Tobias' lungs on Arrested Development.
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Bets on how much difference it'll make to the rest of the free world?
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Also, it sounds like it was filmed in my bathroom.
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i'm like, excuse me!? first of all, what is wrong with you, i'm supposed to feel welcome and want to buy things, that's what retail is all about and second of all... WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG WITH QVC?
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I have bought a few things from there and I have no shame about it.
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It will be like a very very expensive Target.
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Soooo it smells like milk vomit, strained carrots, and not showering for 3 days?
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Glow From The Block
Glow in Manhattan
On the Glow
Glowing for Tonight
Enough (Glow)
El Canglowte
In Glowing Color
Fly Glow
The Back-Up Glow
Jersey Glow
Shall We Glow
Monster-in-Glow
Y'all, this is only the beginning.
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