Bad kitty!

I've been known to say that I've never met a leopard print I didn't like. 

Until now.  (Link fixed.)

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Call me old-fashioned...

but it just seems so wrong to Bedazzle a Birkin.

Picture from style.com Paris Fashion Week coverage.

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So tell me...

...to whom are these ads targeted? Is this really a winning marketing strategy? Does it make you want to buy J.Crew clothing for your daughters/grandkids/nieces when the models look as if they'd rather eat a pound of lima beans than be seen in these outfits?

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This...

Is a perfect example of why Fashion just isn't speaking to une femme anymore.
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If this turkey could fly...

This goofy ensemble wings its way right past the radar for "Quirkyville" and crosses into "Deranged County" airspace.



Edited to add: but hey, you can get it for 20% off!


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Dear Banana Republic...

If you want to know why I'm returning these, just ask yourselves, "What's wrong with this picture?" I appreciate that you offer your "urban" jeans for those of us with derriere to spare, but how about making the pockets proportional? I'd rather not go about looking as if there's a postage stamp affixed to each cheek.
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Just. So. Wrong.

Jelly--oui, jelly!!--oxford, $100.

These are the footwear equivalent of Tofurky. My feet start to sweat just contemplating these.
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Fashion Looney Tunes

Now where have I seen this look before? I just can't put my finger on ----




Oh yeah.
Jacket above from Dolce & Gabbana. Bugs & friend from Chuck Jones.

Update: So either I saw this and I'm suffering from CRS* or WendyB and I really are psychic, but credit where credit is due, she made this connection first.

*Can't Remember S--t
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Is it just me or...

Is Ferragamo losing it? Who would want to carry a bag that looks like a bad case of boils???

The height of irony...

Balenciaga Does Betty

Balenciaga pic from Style.com
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Wherein une femme answers the rherotical question...

"Can one ever have enough leopard print?"

Picture from Style.com.
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Une femme dit:

Not for all the fromage in Paris.
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Everything I need to know about Marc Jacobs, I learned in nursery school

When he was good, he was very, very good,



And when he was bad, he was horrid!


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File under "Uh, no thanks"

E-mail from Saks, subject line "Jumpsuits you've just got to have!"

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Fringe Elements

From WendyB - Beoncé sports some new sunglasses. But where have I seen this look before??





Oh, yeah.

(Sorry, Wendy, couldn't resist! ;-p )

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Stylists Run Amok - Case Study # 1798

Gah. This looks like someone's great aunt's corset/petticoats circa 1932. Or the muslin mock-up of the dress that should have seen it's final version in celadon silk.

January Jones Emmy Red Carpet pic from LA Times.

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Out Of Touch

(the only work-safe pic accompanying this article)

NO one blinked at the Marc Jacobs fashion show last week when the model Freja Beha Erichsen appeared in a sheer black top that revealed that she was wearing a nipple ring. No one blushed at the Chris Benz show when Sasha Luss and Ekat Kiseleva posed in see-through camisoles. No one seemed particularly hot or bothered that Ali Stephens’s breasts were clearly visible through her dress when she walked for Derek Lam. No one was outraged that Francisco Costa showed a transparent raincoat at Calvin Klein with nothing but a thong underneath.
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We have become so desensitized to images of naked celebrities, sex tapes and Internet pornography that designers are hard-pressed to create anything that seems really transgressive. Even a strong undercurrent of bondage in the spring collections, with harnesses at Proenza Schouler and Rodarte, caging stripes at Narciso Rodriguez and Thakoon and blackout bars across the breasts of a sheer top from Cushnie et Ochs, a new label by recent fashion school graduates Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs, failed to whip up a frenzy.
One could argue that American tastes have become less puritanical, but it seems more likely that they have simply become dulled.
NYT.

OK, I'll grant that (capitalF)ashion is supposed to be theatrical and edgy and push boundaries. But COME ON. Even when this season's runway themes trickle down to the ready-to-wear racks, who will be actually ready to wear this particular trend?

(And may I just add that for many of us, going braless is not "liberating," but just damned uncomfortable.)
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Shoes for Saturday

In which une femme surrenders to Sk8r Kultur.

While walking back to my car after getting my hair colored and cut (both of which worked out brilliantly, much to my relief) I spotted these at David's in the sale bin for $25. For walking dogs, running to the grocery store, picking up the dry cleaning...why not?

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Funky Friday - Boots We Love To Hate Edition

Sometime in the next few weeks, some Famous Young Thing somewhere will be spotted in these and everyone will want a pair. Heed my words and remember how horrendous they looked before SiennaLindsayParisHeidiZooeyChloeLauren paired them with some floral mini-dress and showed up at some red carpet event which was featured in InStyle's Celebrity Looks section, ushering in a new and dubious trend.

Edited to add: These are by Michael Kors, whose designs I usually consider mainstream and accessible, if not always to my taste. This looks like something that was designed by Steve Madden during a vodka-and-vicodin laced fever dream.

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The prosecution rests.

Following up with the discussion at The Thoughtful Dresser earlier this week...

If this is how the "new" pleated pants look on Naomi Freakin' Campbell, you know how they're going to look on us mere (shorter, fatter) mortals.

Photo from Instyle.com.
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