Okay, I’ve been thinking a lot about the fashion discussion sparked in the last post, and I just wanted to clarify a few points.
True: If I find I tend to like a certain designer, I will seek out his/her clothes, and be happy/excited when a shop employee brings them to me. (Example: I recently bought a dress by David Meister. I bought it because it looked fantastic. I will, in the future, make a point of going to the David Meister rack in stores.)
True: If a shop employee (read: expert in the industry) finds out that I like the clothes by Designer A, and tells me that Designers B, C, and D have very similar styles, I will be very happy to seek out and be brought clothes by B, C, and D.
True: This also goes for friends whose fashion advice I trust.
False: I will be impressed by clothes I do not like simply because they are by Designer A.
True: If I tend to like the fashion worn by a particular celebrity, I will be inclined to seek out a designer favored by that celebrity.
True: If I tell a shop employee that I loved what a particular celebrity wore on a particular occasion, and she tells me it was by Designer A, I will be interested in trying on Designer A’s clothing.
False: I will be impressed by a designer simply because they are favored by a celebrity, any celebrity.
False: I will be impressed a designer because I am told that a celebrity’s trophy wife whom I have never seen likes that designer.
True: I will be impressed by a designer if I find his/her clothing to be beautiful, comfortable, well-made, and looks good on me.
And this really goes for everything — books, movies, restaurants, hotels, travel destinations, tattoo artists… not that I have a tattoo. I’m not going to like a book just because someone tells me it’s a bestseller, or that Posh Spice really liked it. Are you?
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10 Comments
March 20, 2007 at 2:56 am
Posh Spice is my source for everything!
March 20, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Problem is, designer clothes are very expensive. Most of us with mortgages, children, etc. cannot afford these clothes. I can like a designer all I want, but since I will never spend $100 on a pair of jeans (or more), I am stuck spending $19.99 at Old Navy.
I think the funniest thing is when I am filling out a budget form online or a survey, and they ask how much I spend on clothes PER MONTH. Uh, I go shopping maybe 4 times a year.
March 20, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Not sure I buy into the clothes/books analolgy. One is for the body, the other for the mind and spirit, and never the twain shall meet. I’m more like Amy in the clothes department (consider the lilies of the field, and all that), and Diana in the books department. But then, men are luckier than women vis-a-vis clothing: just as at the dry cleaner’s, ours tend to cost less. And we can get away with far fewer pairs of shoes.
But I definitely agree with the point you make about buying what you like, not the label – ditto ditto for reading. My problem is, I have no idea – sorry, Patrick – what Posh Spice likes in literature. But if Diana Peterfreund recommends it, I’m all over it! Now if we can only train the bookstore employees to keep up on Diana’s latest picks….
March 20, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Uh no…if clothes from a designer/store fit me and are cute, I will be going back.
I dont care if it’s the most unpopular store/designer in the world and everyone else makes fun of my label (I live in Seattle though, where I don’t think anyone really understands this stuff anyway, but hey).
I’m with you on this one, D.
March 20, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I’m with you a hundred per cent!
Problem is, designer clothes are very expensive.
There are lots of way to get designer clothes cheaply: second-hand, at sample sales, and normal sales. Obviously, that’s all a bit more time consuming then just walking into Old Navy . . . but it’s much more fun. Honest!
Also there are fashion designers who are brand new and obscure whose clothes are much much much cheaper than the established name brands. In a lot of cities there are new designer markets where you can pick up gorgeous clothes for Old Navy prices.
Posh Spice can read?
March 20, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Posh Spice rather famously once said:
“I haven’t read a book in my life. I haven’t got enough time. I prefer to listen to music, although I do love fashion magazines.”
And she has an autobiography.
March 20, 2007 at 10:24 pm
LIES ALL LIES! IT WAS A SPANISH MISTRANSLATION!
March 20, 2007 at 10:52 pm
I hate it when publications don’t spend the money on good trusty translation monkeys. So many try to get by these days with brain squids.
March 20, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Trust me, I’m in the middle of nowhere (2 hours+ from anything that could be considered a city)…there is not a lot of shopping choice. But if I cared about that stuff I wouldn’t be living where I am.
I don’t have the time or the patience to find/scour outlet malls and other sources to find ‘brand name’ clothes in order to get some fabulous price. Not worth the time/effort. Call me a non-girly girl, I guess.
March 21, 2007 at 7:22 pm
As for Posh Spice, I wouldn’t even trust her for advice on fashion (much less books she doesn’t read) gorgeously dressed though she may be.
As for Ms. Posh on fashion, just imagine a designer making a dress for her. To get a sense of what it would look like on, that designer would have to put it on a very narrow pole, not a mannequin because mannequins have (very slight) curves.