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Had reason to tour Bloomingdale's yesterday. I can't wear any of the winter fashions--they just won't suit my shape, but I must say, they are pretty nice and, unlike the plaids, pastels and bows of summer, very flattering. Early-to-mid 60's look which general make women look elegant and sexy. Either Jackie Kennedy, Twiggy or Diana Rigg. And the usual winter/autumnal colors.
http://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/0/optimized/934700_fpx.tif?wid=325&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeghttp://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/3/optimized/942663_fpx.tif?wid=325&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeghttp://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/3/optimized/944933_fpx.tif?wid=325&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeg
And I know I mocked Ralph Lauren for that "Country Club" look he gave the American athletes at the Olympics, but gosh darn what did I know? The biggest look of all is looking like you're about to go fox hunting. Skinny jeans and riding boots. http://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/1/optimized/934481_fpx.tif?wid=173&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeg
These ain't cheap either. I saw one pair that was $1220!
That's $610 a foot! Lucky for me, I can't pull off boots that tall. Unlucky for me, they're getting taller. Some are coming up over the knee...
http://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/2/optimized/934482_fpx.tif?wid=173&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeg
I suspect this is going to be a good year to be a dominatrix.
It does make me wonder, however. These fashions were created for winter at least six months to a year ago, while the economy was still riding high on the hog (so to speak). I wonder, did the fashion world know something? Was this it's last hurrah? Odd that as banks crash around us and the stock market goes up in flames that the fashion look should be so very chic and rich, as if we all were off to fox hunts or, putting on our gloves and fur-trimmed coats, ready to have lunch at a four star restaurant.
These fashions are very flattering to most women, and I'm sure they'll do as well as they can given the economy (though, possibly, not the $1220 boots!). But will next years fashions reflect the fact that we can't pretend to be rich any longer? That, unlike the MadMen style that inspired many of these fashions, it is not the early 60's and we are not a super rich, superpower were newlyweds can move right into that sprawling ranch house, buy a new Cadillac, take up horseback riding and, yes, get a membership at the local country club.
Will fashion designers start to glorify simplicity and being inexpensive in the coming year?...maybe go very hippy with patches and a homemade look? Or will they continue on like this, trying, as fashions did in the Depression, to pretend that we still have money and can wear our slinky evening glows (tuxes for the guys) for a night out at the Ritz?
http://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/0/optimized/934700_fpx.tif?wid=325&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeghttp://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/3/optimized/942663_fpx.tif?wid=325&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeghttp://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/3/optimized/944933_fpx.tif?wid=325&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeg
And I know I mocked Ralph Lauren for that "Country Club" look he gave the American athletes at the Olympics, but gosh darn what did I know? The biggest look of all is looking like you're about to go fox hunting. Skinny jeans and riding boots. http://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/1/optimized/934481_fpx.tif?wid=173&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeg
These ain't cheap either. I saw one pair that was $1220!
That's $610 a foot! Lucky for me, I can't pull off boots that tall. Unlucky for me, they're getting taller. Some are coming up over the knee...http://images.bloomingdales.com/is/image/BLM/products/2/optimized/934482_fpx.tif?wid=173&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bilin&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeg
I suspect this is going to be a good year to be a dominatrix.
It does make me wonder, however. These fashions were created for winter at least six months to a year ago, while the economy was still riding high on the hog (so to speak). I wonder, did the fashion world know something? Was this it's last hurrah? Odd that as banks crash around us and the stock market goes up in flames that the fashion look should be so very chic and rich, as if we all were off to fox hunts or, putting on our gloves and fur-trimmed coats, ready to have lunch at a four star restaurant.
These fashions are very flattering to most women, and I'm sure they'll do as well as they can given the economy (though, possibly, not the $1220 boots!). But will next years fashions reflect the fact that we can't pretend to be rich any longer? That, unlike the MadMen style that inspired many of these fashions, it is not the early 60's and we are not a super rich, superpower were newlyweds can move right into that sprawling ranch house, buy a new Cadillac, take up horseback riding and, yes, get a membership at the local country club.
Will fashion designers start to glorify simplicity and being inexpensive in the coming year?...maybe go very hippy with patches and a homemade look? Or will they continue on like this, trying, as fashions did in the Depression, to pretend that we still have money and can wear our slinky evening glows (tuxes for the guys) for a night out at the Ritz?
