tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post2164560502604011756..comments2024-01-02T10:16:13.926+00:00Comments on The Thoughtful Dresser: Off piste, off trendLinda Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126115924247248057noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-84991498681091206082008-10-04T08:38:00.000+01:002008-10-04T08:38:00.000+01:00desertwindplease check out Boden. You'll find a li...desertwind<BR/><BR/>please check out Boden. You'll find a link to it if you scroll down on the righthand side of the page. This is the UK store, but they have a US mailorder site as well. They have what you want, look under loungewear.Linda Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126115924247248057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-28936150568513190502008-10-04T00:33:00.000+01:002008-10-04T00:33:00.000+01:00Trends.I've been trying to find pajama bottoms. Ju...Trends.<BR/><BR/>I've been trying to find pajama bottoms. Just nice ol' cotton/hang on the waist/cropped at the ankle PJs.No chance. They're all low slung and cropped below the knee. <BR/><BR/>It suddenly hit me. It's economic. So much less fabric and they can charge the same for it.<BR/><BR/>(a variation on this is happening -- stealthly -- with paper products like paper towels and tissues, though the packaging hasn't changed.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-23656080068765521742008-10-03T14:00:00.000+01:002008-10-03T14:00:00.000+01:00I always feel that Condeleeza Rice looks unfinishe...I always feel that Condeleeza Rice looks unfinished because she doesn't carry a handbag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-30060176590656842132008-10-03T13:39:00.000+01:002008-10-03T13:39:00.000+01:00While I won't rend garments over the return of a s...While I won't rend garments over the return of a scaled down shoulder pad (helps give my broad-but-rounded shoulders a little angularity) the rest of the trends I'll skip. Roitfeld has an assistant or four to tote anything she needs, not all of us have the luxury of a sherpa. (Interesting to note that it's now far more acceptable for men to wear/carry some sort of messenger or shoulder bag at the same time that women are supposed to forego.)Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005855250089328310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-17323509910256455182008-10-03T12:18:00.000+01:002008-10-03T12:18:00.000+01:00Forget silly heels, I just bought a pair of Ugg bo...Forget silly heels, I just bought a pair of Ugg boots! Very comfy and very warm - though I don't plan on actually wearing them out of the house much.<BR/><BR/>And they're not actually Uggs - they're from a fantastic Cornish company called Celtic Sheepskin and are made in the UK (from British sheep I think). Celtic Sheepskin, who basically sold Ugg's to surfers, had the original trademark for Ugg but sold it to the the giant we know now. Very interesting story.Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360878379989903535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-68888007759103819592008-10-03T11:49:00.000+01:002008-10-03T11:49:00.000+01:00Like most trends, these are just silly. And I'm re...Like most trends, these are just silly. And I'm really, really tired of the eternal Eighties revival - mot of the Nineties was Eighties revival and now it's 2008 and it's still on. <BR/><BR/>I totally agree with rosarias image. Maybe one is supposed to stuff everything you can't put in a bag into the pagoda-shoulders?<BR/><BR/>Clothes one can really live in are just not fashionable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-6069442606960940512008-10-03T11:45:00.000+01:002008-10-03T11:45:00.000+01:00I would say you're quite right to ignore the trend...I would say you're quite right to ignore the trends mentioned - no thoughtful dresser would go anywhere near them yet.<BR/><BR/>But for the sake of an argument I would also say that these are only trends, not actual styles. They mark a significant and inevitable change in fashion styles that will trickle down through the design hierarchy until they reach a wearable level. Where your wearable level is, is entirely personal, but it is there somewhere. <BR/><BR/>This is the cycle of fashion that will never change and it's amazing that in this world of globalization it is still happening through Paris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-90144894600747341242008-10-03T09:49:00.000+01:002008-10-03T09:49:00.000+01:00I might keep my skinny jeans and might buy a pair ...I might keep my skinny jeans and might buy a pair of leather leggings but the others I don't agree with. Back in the '80s I didn't like the big shouldered jackets and I grimace at those even now. I know that it's all shoes this season but a girl can't live without a fabulous bag. Can she???Songyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719407771250196663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-62468304860267526172008-10-03T09:09:00.000+01:002008-10-03T09:09:00.000+01:00I have an image in my mind....of a woman wobbling ...I have an image in my mind....of a woman wobbling stiff-legged down the high street en pointe in staggeringly high shoes with heels the shape of African Masi warriors, unable to bend her knees due to her painted on pants, and shoulders sticking out like pagodas or reminiscient of Joan Collins circa 1985. <BR/><BR/>Her clutch is appropriately slender, yet her pockets bulge with superfluous accessories which can't fit into the bag. Such as car keys, phone, lippy, concealer, bronzer, gum and other really big stuff. <BR/><BR/>Like Linda, I'm suitably piste off, actually, if these are indeed the trends to watch for. And they're so original, aren't they? <BR/><BR/>The British economy, like many others, has come to a screeching halt, and women will be looking for more creative solutions to looking good. <BR/><BR/>In times of hardship, a new lippy is often an affordable morale booster. I predict modest items such as these will boom. <BR/><BR/>Well, it's back to the disaster zone of the finance markets...where shares in a cosmetics company look quite promising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com