It started with a leisurely walk on the Pitt Street Mall in Sydney. Entering and leaving shops within seconds, I felt awash with frustration at the sameness of it all.
Anyone can do leggings, and they do. Anyone can put boots over jeans, and they certainly do that... though I wish they'd stop - especially over the non-skinny leg variety. Note to Kate Moss: "Please declare your new boot wearing style as a matter of priority. Australia needs help!".
One heavily featured "style" for the coming Australian summer, and appearing in every chain store, was the array of tops and dresses with bows on them. To amuse myself as I endured a bout of shopper's fatigue, I wrote in my mind, an imaginary letter of complaint to the lazy designers working for big brand, high street stores.
It went something like this;
Dear Ms Bow Bozo,
I have seen the white acrylic bow tank in your Spring Summer '10 collection, and regret to advise that it is incredibly dull. No matter how many sequins you put on it, and regardless of the size, I think you are lazy, uninspired and demand that you resign at once.
Painfully
Majorca De Ville
I am a huge fan of the actual, tied pussy bow, as avant garde as it can seem at times. Worn the right way, it can look striking, and polished.
But printing a big fat bow on a t-shirt is unacceptable. Buying one sober, and wearing it in public would see you driven into exile. Don't stimulate our economy by buying one, because if you do, you'll be indirectly keeping some lacklustre designer in a job.
One heavily featured "style" for the coming Australian summer, and appearing in every chain store, was the array of tops and dresses with bows on them. To amuse myself as I endured a bout of shopper's fatigue, I wrote in my mind, an imaginary letter of complaint to the lazy designers working for big brand, high street stores.
It went something like this; Dear Ms Bow Bozo,I have seen the white acrylic bow tank in your Spring Summer '10 collection, and regret to advise that it is incredibly dull. No matter how many sequins you put on it, and regardless of the size, I think you are lazy, uninspired and demand that you resign at once.
Painfully
Majorca De Ville
I am a huge fan of the actual, tied pussy bow, as avant garde as it can seem at times. Worn the right way, it can look striking, and polished.
But printing a big fat bow on a t-shirt is unacceptable. Buying one sober, and wearing it in public would see you driven into exile. Don't stimulate our economy by buying one, because if you do, you'll be indirectly keeping some lacklustre designer in a job.
1 comments:
But what if the bow is all like, you know punk red sequins... that would be soooo rad. And like, designed to look as if its twisitng and 3D, but like, its not really, its just a really cool illusion!
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