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[ellid]

Yesterday I went shopping.

This is something I don't do often, but I needed new work clothes and was going to be at Ingleside anyway to pay off a couple of store cards, so I went to Macy's.

An hour later I walked out the door with four luscious short-sleeved tops (dark chocolate brown, rose, spring green, and black), one pair red linen pants, one pair chocolate brown linen blend pants, and one pair of blue jeans that fit and fit well. I used one of my Rewards cards to get a discount, so the haul wasn't nearly as expensive as it should have been.

Combined with my expedition to the Hospice Shop and the Salvation Army last Saturday, I now officially have a summer wardrobe. Maybe *now* people will stop threatening to send me to "What Not to Wear." *sarcastic look*






*Yes, I watch the show sometimes, and yes, it's often funny. But it's also often humiliating, especially since some of the more recent outings have highlighted women whose major fashion crime seems to be that they don't dress like they're from New York. Personally, I'd politely tell them that no, they could keep their money because how I dress is none of their business, and then I'd have to spend at least a month cooling down before I spoke to any of my friends again....

Comments

[lady-jade-01.livejournal.com]

I'M INNOCENT!!!

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! I'd probably want your input if I ever did something like that for the SCA, though...;)

How's the move?

[girlygothic.livejournal.com]

I used to watch the show, but got fed up with them being catty just for the sake of being catty. That and the fact that the $5000 is really only $2000 because you have to do the shopping in NY, at NY prices.

The BBC version is much better. They're still sometimes catty. But they're more positive and helpful overall. Plus they don't necessarily discard every item from the old wardrobe.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Plus they don't necessarily discard every item from the old wardrobe.

That is the part that usually upsets me the most. Some of the clothing is perfectly fine, some of it likely has sentimental associations, and what in heaven's name is wrong with having a few t-shirts or sweatshirts with slogans?

One thing that *really* gets me is the way that all the people who are made over in the American version are young, wear normal sizes, and relatively affluent. I'd love to see them do a middle aged woman, or someone who was struggling financially and really *needed* a nice wardrobe, or someone plus-sized who has trouble finding anything that isn't polyester. And I HATE the way that every. single. woman. gets a layered haircut, including the nurse who explicitly said she needed to keep her hair long so she could keep it out of her eyes...and was given *bangs* and a haircut that would have needed monthly, expensive trims.

Now...I've learned a lot watching the show, and have followed some of their principles when buying new clothes. But I really wish they'd expand their "client base," so to speak. Also, could they for once suggest a pair of shoes that doesn't look like a pair of 14th century krakows?

[ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com]

I used to watch the show and I'd be more interested in what they pulled out for the person to wear rather than the original wardrobe.

In general, I hate make-over shows because too often they chop off long hair, and turn people into clones. Personal taste and style of the person getting the make-over often have little impact on what gets chosen.

I wouldn't do well on the show because there'd be a high chance that I'd be at odds with whomever was trying to dress me and there would be no way in hell they'd touch my hair.

[danabren.livejournal.com]

It's a vicious show - as stated above it's just an excuse to make people into clones which goes against everything I hold near and dear.

Modern fashion is, for the most part, unflattering, hideous, and derivative, and that show refuses to permit people individuality.

Hiss spit