Omg, Karie. I LOVE that cocoon coat. And it's puffy
Anna - You know, as soon as the post left my fingertips, I thought about that. You're right things aren't the same. They don't do so much bread-and-butter staples. And/or their staples aren't their bread-and-butter. Always something new and different. Much more about manufacturing than artisan work.
Diana - That's an idea. I wonder if I could stretch my imagination that way more often.
E - Go sensible governess voice!! I like the idea of that.
Lyn, Runcarla - So old for the style. Interesting!
rabbit - Wearable art... does that mean no *house* at all? Hmm.
shevia - On the subject of wearable art... You know, I think the Japanese designers are artists first...
Echo, amiable - Maybe that's part of it for me, part of being able to get the same thing ten years later - not feeling that newer designers are established and here to stay. Also the shopping experience seems very different to me, altho the shops are all pretty mall-ified now.
IK - A vote for Helmut!
Thistle - Lol. Yeah, reality is, I have a lot of other things to do with $2000 in one go than clothes.
Mo - Well, I have to agree that some of the mystique is bewildering. The hype. In reality, I liken it to the chicken sticks I give Lilypup the dog for treats. There was a local lady who drove out to the farms for the chicken and then dehydrated them in her kitchen. I went to the rude lady's chi-chi store and bought these chicken treats for as long as chicken stick lady was in business. I could have gone to the fawning guy's chi-chi store and done something different every month - seaweed, blueberry, ollalabery (sp?), etc. etc. But as Anna points out, I'm somewhat delusional about how steady the product is at these "old" places.
