The November Anthropologie catalog has gone to the dogs. And pigs. And bunnies!
While sister company Urban Outfitters is feeling depressed, Anthro is feeling full of Whimsy. Of course, Whimsy can be pricey: That adorable dress is $168; the shoes are $188. Don’t worry: Dreaming is free!
When Alice steps through the looking glass, she’d better discover that the exchange rate works in her favor: This “Lighted Walk” dress is $398.
Which came first? The giant chicken, the egg, or the feeling that things are about to get really weird? Also, who wears $495 Chie Mihara booties in the farmyard? That’s fowl.
Jokes aside, this is a really great shoot. Awesome art direction and dreamy photography. A dose of quirk and a spoonful of playfulness is what we need as the days get shorter and colder. We also need this “Out Of The Jungle” jacket for $168. And by we I mean me.
The Whimsy is briefly interrupted by an elegant, sophisticated painterly section, in which the stunning model wears drapey, romantic watercolor things your closet longs for. Case in point: Lorene dress, $138. Making the goddess look look easy.
Back to the Whimsy: Things truly get silly on page 44, with a chicken in a handbag.
This seems as good a time as any to tell my recent ghost story.
The building that stood on the lot before the building I live in now was constructed housed a live poultry place. Chickens were purchased — and killed — there. Sometimes, I’ll hear noises come from a certain corner of the apartment. There’s a bookcase out of which things will fall, or shift, or move. Instead of blaming Ikea, I usually joke that there is a chicken ghost, haunting me.
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