October 28, 2007
- I have, at last, caved in and joined Facebook. As promised, I have found several long-lost high school and college friends already. It’s nice to see their photos. I miss the blog-style musings and ponderings, though– to really know what’s up with someone, I’d like to read what they write.
- Has anyone been in Banana Republic lately??!! How am I supposed to keep track of all the weird new style options they are imposing on us this season? For example: cropped jackets with cropped, flared arms and only one button, at the top? In crazy retro prints and saturated colors? Turquoise and brown houndstooth jackets with empire waist and pleats? Silky button down shirts with rounded colors and spherical plastic buttons? I swear, if you take one of these items out of the mall, away from the flocks of yuppie shoppers, and tried to wear it to work, people would think it was something last worn by your grandmother in 1961. Though, of course, there’s no use just buying one such item, you need the whole outfit, since none of it is going to go with anything else you have in your wardrobe. I found the one pair of standard-issue corduroy pants in the whole store and bought them. Oh yeah. Then there’s the horror of this season’s J. Crew catalog: purple tights with yellow shoes, plaid red and green purse, magenta shirt and a green sweater, anyone?
- While on the subject of consumer goods, let me just say, I love Palladium shoes. Mail order through Zappos.
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I have decided that much of this season’s fashions are to be ignored (unless in basic grey or black). Better to get new shoes, new accessories, and stick to some classics in the clothing area. This is my way of rationalizing the purchase of new black dresses (mostly empire waist) but little else. I have lots of perfectly good jackets that are far more flattering than what’s out there this season. I know Stacy and Clinton would encourage staying with the flattering cut over the currently trendy one, right?
Comment by profgrrrrl — October 29, 2007 @ 12:26 am
Yay, Facebook.
I have not been in a Banana Republic recently, or any other store of that ilk. Fashionable things tend not to fit me. My outfits are typically mid-90s Calvin Klein ensembles. Very uncool. But comfy, baggy, and black!
Comment by JM — October 29, 2007 @ 12:40 am
Wishing I had bought more clothes last year during the brief period when they didn’t all suck.
Will check out Zappos, thanks for reminding me.
Comment by MsPhD — October 29, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
The empire waist thing is everywhere and killing me. I’m not pregnant, why do they want me to look that way? (sorry Profgrrrl)
Comment by ecogeofemme — October 29, 2007 @ 1:50 pm
ecogeofemme — I’m not a fan of empire waists on most people. They just work on my body, for some reason. Normally I have the problem of things hanging off the end of my chest and making me look much bigger than I am.
Comment by profgrrrrl — October 29, 2007 @ 7:11 pm
From Wikipedia: “An Empire silhouette is created by wearing a high-waisted dress, gathered near or just under the bust with a long, loose skirt, which skims the body. The outline is especially flattering to pear shapes wishing to disguise the stomach area or emphasise the bust. The shape of the dress helps to lengthen the body.” This is all well and good, but the styles I am seeing have too many pleats or pleats in the wrong place, leading to the pregnant effect!
Comment by drshellie — October 29, 2007 @ 7:41 pm