the comedy of fashion tragedy

[chelidon]

Speaking of laughter, this article is hilarious, if you have even an inkling of fashion in (or on) your body. I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats, and "Revenge of the Franchise" put together, but that goes without saying (but it is not better than the new Tim Burton "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" will be, I implore the universe). Anyway, thanks to raqs for the link, and the laugh. Clearly, we are still part of the same tribe after all these years ;>

Comments

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

OMG. After hitting the Gap, JC Penneys, Ross, Marshalls, and Old Navy (in search of a decent jeans jacket that doesn't look like sixteen people wore it before me in that dirty-blue color that looks like it's not been washed since Reagan was President)...boy, was starting to feel a bit down. Fortunately everyone else is at lunch, so no one around heard me laughing hysterically. That author rocks. I needed that!

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Yer welcome-- always glad to share the cure than numbs the pain ;>

[kitten-goddess.livejournal.com]

Things I wish they'd quit:

Jeans that fit in the waist, yet are way too tight on the hips. Hello, people SIT DOWN in these! And the ones that fit in the hips droop on my waist. Can we say just say no to exposed undies? Thank you.

And what is with the cropped pants thing? They look silly on anyone past kindergarden.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

I am convinced that things are the way they are because all fashion designers have to do is put together something that holds together looks sorta good on a prepubescent anorexic waif for 30 seconds, while they shake their emaciated ass down a catwalk. It has absolutely nothing, zero, to do with *real people* actually *wearing* it.

Guy fashion is simpler. Except that *nobody* seems to have good, single color silk shirts these days (black, maroon, aquamarine, etc). During those brief windows when they are "in style" I always grab a bunch, because I know I'll have to wait years probably until I find them again. What's up with that? And there are those times when nothing other than silk will do.

[raqs.livejournal.com]

lo, tomato nation is a bible for our tribe. frequently there are also screeds on dustbunnies, and cats.

i'm not sure i used the word "screed" correctly. or that it is a word.

hmmm.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

I believe that is exactly how "screed" is used. I note that "screed" backwards is "deercs" I note that I have a tight deadline on a piece I'm working on and I am totally avoiding it.

[lylythe-strega.livejournal.com]

You're kidding! ;>

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

ahem. I believe the operative phrase is, "kiss my holy relic." ;>

[lylythe-strega.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. I believe I touched a nerve, there... ;>

...and I will studiously save the remainder of my reply for offline, m'dear sir.

[firebirdgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hi there-found you through Snakey's LJ and friended you....! I'm currently in John Waters/Beltway land and was happy to hear from someone else who loved Bertha's!

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

It's soopa, hon! ;>

Our chaotomagickal group-house was in Beltwayland for 13 years before a clump of us emigrated to the great white nawth. I do miss Fells Point, though I miss it in its seedier, disreputable, pre-Yuppified days. Bertha's still rocks, no matter what.