What is WRONG with Abercrombie? I mean, does not a single sensible person work there? Is their legal department totally out to lunch? Why did no one think to say, "We're so sorry, that employee was NOT following company policy and does not represent us. Here's a couple thousand dollars for your trouble"? Because that would have cost them a couple thousand dollars, case closed, nobody thinks Abercrombie is a dick (well, at least not any more than they already do). Instead, you spend many more dollars mounting a defense and a lengthy appeal and finding an expert witness who will essentially say "Yeah, we treated your kid like shit, but other people are also going to treat her like shit, so really you should thank us for toughening her up." It's a total failure of logical thought, legal intelligence, and decent PR. They should be even more ashamed than normal.
Burberry. I'm sorry, but your idea of compiling photos of people wearing your trenchcoats is just stupid. It's stupid. Not only is it stupid, it's boring. Just listen to the idea: It'll be photos! Photos of people wearing coats!! They'll be wearing coats, get it? Trench coats!!! Yeah. That's your idea. Right there in black and white. And it's bad. And stupid.
Jenna's grumpiness over "discrete" and "discreet" reminds me of some commenter a few days back, who got spastic over someone using "loosing" in place of "losing." She snapped "You can't loose something unless it's the dogs of war!" and I snorted with laughter.
A&F is so ridiculous, so delusional, so full of its own importance, and so warped in its view of what is right or wrong and so inept at admitting they made a poor choice, that they need to be the official clothier of the Republican Party.
I will be interested in seeing Emma Watson's line. I admire her, despite the fact that she is much younger than I (it feels a bit weird to look up to someone younger than me. I guess I will have to get used to it), and think she has great style.
For American jezzies: any pointers on where to get ethical clothing that is not AA? I did try searching online, but just became befuddled.
I am uncertain of how Tory Burch is luxury. Usually, when I think of luxury, I don't think of polos where the buttons fall off the first time its washed.
@SevenNationArmy (Go Eagles!): She said ""I’m really not interested in doing it for my own ego. I’m not a designer. If someone asked me to do something that was beneficial to a cause, then maybe I’d consider it, but not just [to be able to say] ‘Look at me! I’ve got my own line!’"
Nina Garcia's books are so charming. She offers a lot of solid advice. In the latest, she talks a lot about vintage/consignment shops and tailoring/mending and editing your wardrobe, and gives an extensive resource list that includes all her favorite Web sites. She's as down-to-earth as she is fabulous. And all three of her books are beautifully illustrated by Ruben Toledo. I'm a big fan. :)
@Penny: I've also been pleasantly surprised by Amanda Brooks's I Love Your Style. Whoever did the photo research for that one should be congratulated -- so many unusual pictures, it's so much fun to flip through.
33-24-35 IS curvy. It's an hour-glass shape. Why is "curvy" a euphemism for fat? I really hate that. Plenty of smaller women have curves. Plenty of larger women do not. Shape does not relate directly to size! And isn't that shape sort of a rarity in the modeling world lately? I mean I can't say I'd know, but most of the models I've noticed have tended to be pretty straight up and down
@colormeroutine: Yeah except that the whole point is the aforementioned lazy writers have completely co-opted the word "curvy" to mean thick or not of model proportions. So when they try to call Lara Stone curvy, the rest of us call bullshit.
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You're welcome.
/pissy snark
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Guess any pet peeve like that can seem a little overwrought to someone who doesn't share it.
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Yes, Lambert, "sex" is free, but safe sex isn't free. It should be, though.
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I get it now.
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