I was going to pose the question, “These boots would be good for ___”, but Net-a-porter has already explained it!
“LD Tuttle’s open-back taupe leather boots exude directional downtown cool.”
So the mystery is solved. They are good for for exuding directional downtown cool. I never would have guessed in a million years!
Net-a-porter $550
I don’t want a red leather jacket (a miracle!) but when I saw pictures of the Zac Posen for Target stuff, I thought the jacket might be worth looking at.
The only reason I became interested is the name Zac Posen, which connotes luxury. I know for certain that if this same jacket was by Guess or Free People I wouldn’t give it a moment of consideration.
Not only am I a brand whore, evidently, but I also have irrational biases against certain brands. If I saw the cutest shoes in the entire world but they were by Jessica Simpson, there’s no fucking way I’d buy them. Same for shoes by Coach. Coach shoes just kill me. Their logo just seems tragic somehow.
It’s not because the brands are cheap, either. I couldn’t buy anything by Haute Hippie, and that shit is really expensive. I wouldn’t buy jeans by Current-Elliot or True Religiion, and I don’t even know why! I just resent those brands.
Shopping is full of weird subliminal triggers. For me, it can be the sound of the name or the look of an ad that puts me off a whole brand, permanently.
Do you have an irrational brand bias? Or are you above this kind of shit?
Douche Bag?? Someone has some explaining to do.
I couldn’t help admiring this dress until I read the description. “Black and donkey coloured long-sleeved knit dress…”
The attached sweater thing looks kind of mauve, doesn’t it? What color is “donkey coloured,” anyway?
Many hundreds of years ago, when I was a script reader, I had to read a non-fiction book about a small town doctor who was accused of molesting several female patients. During the trial, a prim witness was asked to describe the color of the doctor’s penis. Flustered and embarrassed, she sputtered: “It was penis colored!”
Penises, donkeys, this dress is dead to me.
Remember that first Why Did I Buy This? I ended up giving that item away. This time, I’m hoping to keep my purchase, however baffling, and actually wear it.
I never wear frilly things or sheer things, or things with crap all over it, so why did I buy this shirt? It may have been on sale, but that doesn’t explain it. It’s by Rebecca Taylor, and it has a sewn-in silk camisole. When I tried to put it on, I had to keep starting all over again. You have to synchronize the inner and outer shirts as you stick your arms through. I didn’t study that in college, so how I am supposed to know how to do it?
The stuff on it is like little silk petals and crystal things.
What can I wear with this, and still feel like me?
High-waisted wide-leg jeans? Narrow jeans? Black jeans? The black McQ pencil skirt that I’ll never wear because it’s too uncomfortable? What about footwear?
Help me work with this, you fashion girls!
