What not to wear?

[sekiharatae]

Ok... first, let me just say that -- subject aside -- I *hate* this show.  If my family and friends ever decide I dress so horribly as to need help from these people, I will go out and find new friends.  Or kill myself.  Or them.  Because the last thing I need are two snooty New Yorkers (1) forcing me to go shopping in NYC when I live, oh, somewhere else -- learning how to shop in NYC helps me HOW? (2) insisting I buy things that are both over priced and overly dressy, and (3) completely neglecting the fact that my lifestyle may not call for heels and skirts.  Like, for instance:  I have a senile and incontinent dog, and -- at least 4 times a day, between 10 AM and 6 PM -- I have to carry her outside to do her business. Sometimes she does it before I get her out there, or decides to do it on the way back upstairs.  Sometimes she does it before I pick her up and then sits in it.  So I really don't think I need to spend $50 on a pair of jeans when my Wal-Mart specials do the job.  Thanks.

This is not to say they don't (generally) make their victim guest look better.  Because with a very few exceptions out of the very few shows I've seen, they do.  It's to say that they go about it in a horribly rude and impractical way.  Mothers and grandmothers who spend their time working in gardens or chasing after toddlers do not need to dress like they work on Wallstreet!  They don't need to be made over into models.  They need help to look good as what they are:  women who have lives that require practical clothing.

That said... this post really has nothing to do with the show.  ^^;  It started because I found this shirt and wanted to share my WTF reaction.  (Especially to the pic with the big flower.  Because I guess the shirt wasn't intrusive enough as-is...)

^^;

Yeah... I've mentioned I get easily distracted, right?  The above rant brought to you by my reaction to the phrase "what not to wear" after I thought it in reaction to that top.

Comments

[windrider1.livejournal.com]

Uhm, I hate that show, but I won't rant... lol.

Also, that shirt is MASSIVE WTF?!? Uhm... how is that practical in any way? Odd people.

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

Oh, go ahead! (I shared my thoughts! ^_^)

Yeah, exactly on the shirt. Definitely had to stare and blink and look again because I just couldn't believe I saw what I thought I saw...

[qwi-xux.livejournal.com]

Never seen the show, and glad I haven't. ;)

That shirt is...indescribable. (Okay, maybe not, but the words I have for it aren't exactly NICE.) What is up with those SHOULDERS? UGHHHHHHHHH.

It makes no sense to me why people go out and spend so much money on clothing. It lasts for how long? Not long. You change it, you recycle it, you wear clothes out, need new ones--hello, thrift store! Suits my needs just fine and dandy. And some people with their kids??? Kids grow fast. Consignment stores, thrift stores...it's all I need to get my kids through the seasons. Shopping trip in the fall for fall/winter, shopping trip in the spring for spring/summer, they're set for six months, and it's not like 'oh, crap, they got a hole in their $60 jeans'. Pfft. Kids will be kids, and my daughter in particular has a talent for staining her shirts.

Okay, rant over, but really...who buys this stuff?

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

I will admit to buying "boutique" children's clothes on occasion. My niece is an exceptionally girly girl, and for her birthday and/or Christmas we usually get her clothes. Generally I buy them on sale, but they're still a bit pricier than probably makes sense. =) I don't have any kids, though, and at 38 (soon to be 39) I don't think I ever will. So I enjoy spoiling my niece and nephew.

Of course, I don't know what her mom does with the stuff when she outgrows it. If it were me, I'd donate it so another child would get to wear it. =)

[qwi-xux.livejournal.com]

*waves* Gifts and spoils from relatives doesn't count. I mean, it counts as clothes, LOL, but if the kids' relatives want to get them fancy or boutique clothes, I'm certainly not going to complain. ;) As long as they know the clothes probably won't stay pretty, unless they're wearing them for special occasions.

Spoiling is fun. ^_^ I only just became an aunt last year--it was the best birthday present ever. My sister delivered her first baby 2 and 1/2 hours before my birthday. ;) I told her if she could wait until my birthday, it would be awesome, but that I didn't wish labor pains on her for that long. Now that she's about to have her second baby as well, I'll get to double spoil. Well, triple, because there's her future stepson, too. ^_^

[aliale.livejournal.com]

Never seen the show, though I do love watching so-called fashion experts go out and "re-do" the normal people... I always get quite the laugh.

As for the shirt... well... I know the 80's shoulders are very much "in" right now, but this is slightly overdoing things. While the fabric and color are marvelous (and those trousers are a killer *_*), the shoulders ....they...I mean.. yeah, lets just leaving it there.

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

LOL. I think if she turns to fast she'll put out someone's eye...

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

YUCK!!!! What a horrible shirt! Just...ugh. No one could look attractive in that.

As for me, they'll pry my tank top, jeans, and hiking boots off my COLD DEAD BODY. So there.

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

You are so right!

And... is the flower supposed to make it BETTER? does it squirt water?

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I think it's just a distraction. "Oh my GOD, your shirt is horrible! Quick, put a giant flower to catch attention!" "But...isn't the giant flower horrible too?" "No, it's merely tacky. That's a lesser fashion sin."

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

ROTFLMAO

[amethyst-key.livejournal.com]

... Anything intelligent that I had planned to say just died when I saw that shirt.

The only possible reason that anyone would ever wear a shirt like that is if they lived in a very crowded city and they needed a lot of room to walk. Or if they're blind.

[shadowneko003.livejournal.com]

horrible shirt is all i have to say.