Window Shopping











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I do get the logic here.  It’s fun!  Look at the balloons, and the bright colours on the leggings.  This would be perfectly appropriate if it were, say, Halloween, or Karnival, or perhaps if this were a costume shop.  But alas, this is a window for a vintage clothing store, and the whole point of vintage is to take either fun or classic items from the past and incorporate them into your wardrobe, not look like you just awoke from a long sleep after 20 years.  I can’t even focus on one item.  The leggings say it all.  I hate leggings anyway, but crazy, brightly patterned leggings?  Ew.  They’re worn by themselves too, so on any normal person, helllo camel toe!  The belt reminds me of Wonder Woman, and as awesome as she is, I don’t want to look like her walking down the street.  The jacket or scarf could look half decent when paired with less jarring clothing, but with this outfit they seem to add to the mess.  This window doesn’t tell me that there are ‘cute’ or ‘interesting’ items in this shop that I might want to wear in my daily life.  It tells me that this store sells great outfits for 80’s night.



{March 7, 2008}   Bedsheet Dress

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I saw this and thought ‘wow, someone has taken an ugly old bedsheet and made it into a shapless, unflattering dress!’

Wouldn’t this be nice and stylish to wear?  Think about it….’crazy cat lady’ could be a great look for you!  I mean, don’t knock it until you try it people.  Maybe shapless sacks that scream ’shut in’ are your thing!



{March 1, 2008}   I’m such a slacker

Excuse my absense for the past week.  Things have been hectic over my way, and I’ve been such a blogging slacker.  But I come back bearing pretty gifts:

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While the clothes in this window are not outstanding on their own, I like it. I love the depth mostly.  It’s a tiny shop with the designers own creations, but they’ve managed to fill up the space without looking disorganized and cluttered.  I wasn’t even looking for window displays at this point, and it still caught my eye.  It’s just a few pieces presented nicely and organized, and I’m a sucker for organization and presentation.



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