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Very funny article about buying expensive clothing

UmmLila (Lisa)

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Apologies to the Rick Owens fans but the insults are quite amusing. Here's one.

"The mystique of the store has mostly to do with the designer. Rick Owens is a tall, sinewy man with a thin nose, Old World teeth, and fantastic hair. He resembles an Egon Schiele subject and lives in a five-story Parisian mansion with his muse and business partner, Michèle Lamy. (Lamy doubles as Owens’s much older, pygmy-size, polyamorous goth wife.) Together they make $800 shirts that look like lice-infested shrouds worn by medieval serfs."

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crutcher

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That is funny...I tried to imagine what it would feel like to hand over your care...the one with the lowest APR..smile and know that you had just spent 4000 on one coat that was later knocked off to the extend that it was everywhere...smile...How scarey!...Thanks for sharing...

Anonymous

Good article:) But the insults are pretty bang-on: have you even seen a picture of these two? Especially her.

And I'd be petrified to go into that store too, just saying...

Anonymous

She is a hilarious writer! Caucasians in bad pants? I had to laugh aloud.

annagybe

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Too true.

Glory

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Hilarious! But I would feel the same way and doubt I would have the nerve to enter

Lyn D.

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Loved it- especially the description of the purchase and subsequent thoughts!
A lot of us have been there with a wild-card-wildly-expensive-for-us-must-have buy

ironkurtin

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I had a totally different takeaway, maybe because I lived in NYC for so long. Money does indeed start to seem irrelevant surrounded by so much expense. Also, I don't think she was insulting Rick Owens and his wife; that's what they are, and what they make, and in NYC no one cares. Also I'm pretty sure she doesn't care the coat was knocked off. She bought it as a personal statement, and SHE knows it's real.

It's a pretty fabulous coat, too.

Firecracker (Sharan)

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Great article! Oh, man, I used to wish I could write like that. (I can't, which is why I came to my senses and stuck with editing. . . and now sewing!)

arltera

Thanks for sharing the link!

Jaime

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Thanks!

Deborah

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Well I am a huge Rick Owens fan...and no offence taken:)

Interesting article. I'm actually not sure what to think about what she says. It's a funny read. I have never been to New York so can't comment on that aspect of the article but I liked her comment "The moment you throw one on, however, the weight falls into a mysterious, life-affirming silhouette. The black suede, fur-lined Rick Owens motorcycle jacket I selected made me feel thinner, taller, and infinitely more interesting". I find it intriguing that the jacket itself seems to have seduced her...and on a side note my personal feeling is that Owens is a design genius. I'm with IK, I'd be surprised if she wasn't extremely satisfied with her genuine Rick Owens jacket, which I suspect she will have for a long time and I'm guessing you could tell the difference;).

viva

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Now I want that jacket.

Anonymous

I thoroughly enjoyed the article. Thanks for sharing.

BethL

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What a great article.

I found it poignant and fascinating, but, then, I'm a writer, and I lived outside of NYC for 40+ plus years. Outside, where, of course, you're always looking in. Even when you live there, it takes a long time to belong. I'm with IK about the money; that's what it's like there. Really well-written. I adore that jacket. I love her description of how it goes from a "rough-hewn...hide...of extraterrestrial origin" to a "mysterious, life-affirming silhouette."

Those life-affirming silhouettes, whether the price tag is high or low, are pretty magical.

Thanks for sharing, Ummlila.