I haven’t been keeping up with things very well lately, so I thought it was time to make fun of something.

This isn’t a shop window, but it was the front display of a store in a mall, so essentially it serves the same purpose as a window.  But most of all, it makes me question the taste of whoever put this together. GUM BOOTS?????  It’s not the gum boots alone that bother me though.  To put this in context, this photo is from Vancouver, BC, where it rains about 9 months of the year.  I can understand the appeal of waterproof footwear, even if that somehow turns into the desire to wear something as scary as gum boots.  BUT these are so ugly in themselves….they look like the ones your mom got you at K-Mart when you were 5 so you could play in the mud, not something you’d want to wear as an adult out in public, unless you’re trying to tell the world you were just gardening.  However, my problem does not end with the boots.  Why are these boots paired with an incredibly preppy outfit?  It doesn’t make sense!  It just adds to the whole ‘5 year old’ look, like your mom dressed you up for school, but let you choose your own footwear, so of course you went for the gum boots!  Also, why is the mannequin missing half her leg?  It’s creepy.

The mannequin on the left looks like a soccer mom that gave up, but I wont get into that now.

I’m back from the holidays and making a much belated holiday post, with a ‘holiday’ window to match.  I loved this, and how simple it is.  Just a simple white dress and some wings.  It caught my eye immediately.  I really like how small studio shops set up sort of like this.  Just a small, good example to make people wonder what else the designer does.  Very classy.  I think it brings people in to a studio/shop of a local designer.  You can’t help but be drawn in by simple elegance, and quality always speaks over quantity, which is what these designers market themselves on in the first place.

Hope everyone is enjoying 2008 so far!