I'm lucky. I happen to love being pregnant. Sure, I have symptoms, am swollen, don't fit into anything, and can be incredibly cranky (just ask H...not sure he's speaking to me this morning). All in all, though, I'm a happy pregnant girl. (Full permission to hate me at this point.)
AND I'm really really really looking forward to spring collections. I know they're out there already. I know I'm behind the 8-ball. Who knows how long it'll take me before I'm back in "regular" clothes.
BUT I still can't help but be happy at the prospect of heading out to shop (as if I'll have the time) for a new blouse or skirt...and can take advantage of everything from Target to Cusp. I saw a picture of me the other day in a silver and charcoal silk halter gown...and just sighed. It's hanging on the back of my closet door - right in front of my wedding dress, which no, I still haven't had cleaned.
Do you think I can shop in Target with a vivacious 2.5 year old and an infant? I was trying to figure out just how to manage Bean #2 in the dressing room this morning...
In my dreams: colors, flounces, silks, and breeziness...I'll see if I can find a few minutes today and search for a few pics.
Badass doesn't have an expiration date. But bad fashion and Go-Gurts do.
Showing posts with label aspirational shoppers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aspirational shoppers. Show all posts
13 January 2010
11 November 2007
Accessible Luxury Makes Me Squirm
Have to say...
I was thrilled when Vanessa O'Connell called me to ask about "accessible luxury" and my buying habits. Like way back when, I felt oh, so important. (O'Connell had interviewed me for an earlier story, but I ended up on the cutting room floor.) The Wall Street Journal. The Big Time.
After reading the article, I'm intrigued to a certain extent (as I was talking with Vanessa the other day) by the concept of accessible luxury. It's something I've certainly observed, but had never named for myself. The silver at Tiffany that Aunt Lorna can buy, the Coach key fob, and even the downscale designer work happening at box stores like Target and Kohl's - intriguing economic phenomenon - or is it a societal happening? I'm not sure I like the idea that everyone can afford a little Tiffany. Loses its luster. Lord knows I've wondered about those women with the Dooney & Burke or Louis Vuitton purses - the ones who really don't look like they can afford them (not that I'm judging books or covers, mind you). Maybe a few of them are theives, spending way beyond their means, and just not looking "finished"*, but most of them are just trying a little too hard.
Then I realized I'm just another one of those people...buying the little things I can at high end stores. Mildly embarassing, somehow.
*A interestingly timed story about two DC government workers embezzeling 1000s of dollars and spending, spending, spending on luxury goods. "Basically unfinished," said one stylist of the aspirational shoppers.
I was thrilled when Vanessa O'Connell called me to ask about "accessible luxury" and my buying habits. Like way back when, I felt oh, so important. (O'Connell had interviewed me for an earlier story, but I ended up on the cutting room floor.) The Wall Street Journal. The Big Time.
After reading the article, I'm intrigued to a certain extent (as I was talking with Vanessa the other day) by the concept of accessible luxury. It's something I've certainly observed, but had never named for myself. The silver at Tiffany that Aunt Lorna can buy, the Coach key fob, and even the downscale designer work happening at box stores like Target and Kohl's - intriguing economic phenomenon - or is it a societal happening? I'm not sure I like the idea that everyone can afford a little Tiffany. Loses its luster. Lord knows I've wondered about those women with the Dooney & Burke or Louis Vuitton purses - the ones who really don't look like they can afford them (not that I'm judging books or covers, mind you). Maybe a few of them are theives, spending way beyond their means, and just not looking "finished"*, but most of them are just trying a little too hard.
Then I realized I'm just another one of those people...buying the little things I can at high end stores. Mildly embarassing, somehow.
*A interestingly timed story about two DC government workers embezzeling 1000s of dollars and spending, spending, spending on luxury goods. "Basically unfinished," said one stylist of the aspirational shoppers.
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