tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post1938262564880157865..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: The Politics Of StyleSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-4232250160248110892015-04-22T22:34:07.496-05:002015-04-22T22:34:07.496-05:00It seems to offend her that fashionable, expensive...It seems to offend her that fashionable, expensive clothes can be loud or kitschy. She might depend on overt signs of upper class in apparel to know what to wear; it should look a certain way, be certain colors, have a certain conservative cut. She's not sure enough in her elite status to like something that isn't overtly elite. Perhaps she is worried someone might think she is not elite if she doesn't look expensively or conservatively dressed?<br /><br />If that is so, she can't have fun with fashion the way a woman secure in her position would. Or be daring and eclectic the way a poorer girl might. Which explains her "fondness" for Pulitzer while she sneers at the poorer women who wear it.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-48052854089367521682015-04-22T22:20:06.265-05:002015-04-22T22:20:06.265-05:00Megan is something like 6 feet tall--bright colore...Megan is something like 6 feet tall--bright colored prints probably make her look like wallpaper. OTOH, I think her real resentment here is that Pulitizer is taking a particular look and making it accessible to a mass audience. The thing about fancy designer clothes is that they should be recognizable without anyone having to ask or look for a label. Take that away and they lose their cache for someone like Megan. She may not buy these, but she knows them when she sees them which may be more important to her. Unfortunately, even the rich fail master the skill of recognition for designer duds. I used to cut through Nieman Marcus in Atlanta's Lenox Mall (there was always more parking near N-M. the one thing that seemed odd was the giant signs for the big designers like Chanel. Even a plebe like me knows you're supposed to be able to recognize a Chanel by sight rather than label, but southern matrons can't and Megan is afraid of winding up in the same boat.Skinny Little Boy from Cleveland, Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04360441752575669061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-15718231137180130402015-04-22T17:41:24.664-05:002015-04-22T17:41:24.664-05:00shorter mcmegan: those grapes over there? quite so...shorter mcmegan: those grapes over there? quite sour, if you think about it.nilseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-23931749690686442152015-04-22T11:52:12.673-05:002015-04-22T11:52:12.673-05:00Best comment ever!!!
Metrocity > SmellyMik...Best comment ever!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Metrocity > SmellyMike • 16 hours ago <br /><br />No. No no. I spend money on my clothes and I look good. Also, my wife dresses very well, so I should look like I fit. Right? And, I feel good when I look good. People treat me with deference. Respect. A lot of respect. And they have no idea if I'm a lousy prlck or Someone. This is typical. A few months ago I was out with the wife. Going to dinner, but the range first - I'm a member of a nice indoor gun range. Anyway, we get to our lane and my wife goes to hang up her coat. But all the hooks are taken. The guy in the lane next to us takes *his wife's* coat down so she has a place for hers. Without so much as a sideways look from his wife. It's like magic.<br /><br />It's conservative cliché bingo! Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-51021314050888419012015-04-22T10:07:17.828-05:002015-04-22T10:07:17.828-05:00Her commenters told her that she is far more attra...Her commenters told her that she is far more attractive than her column's photo; she said she'd get a new one.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-72684017486449153502015-04-21T18:14:01.303-05:002015-04-21T18:14:01.303-05:00Megan seems to deliberately make herself look bad....Megan seems to deliberately make herself look bad. Susan, you yourself once said (accurately) that she's quite pretty. But I've never seen a photo of her that doesn't look bad. Either she's defiantly un-made-up in a way that looks, not modest, but self-abusing, or (in an old headshot) she takes a stab at glamour but can't bring it off. <br /><br />I was going to say: "Bill Maher used to have horrible taste in clothes and now he looks good. She could use similar advice." But now that I think of it, Megan doesn't need a fashion consultant. She needs a good therapist.Mr. Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-89931134281794835922015-04-21T17:42:40.426-05:002015-04-21T17:42:40.426-05:00There are also lots of solid colored dresses that ...There are also lots of solid colored dresses that are elegant a d stylish. Hardly the grandmotherly potato sacks Megan makes them out to be.<br /><br />But yeah, I like sturdy, well-made clothes, but I'm no slave to designer labels unless I can get them at resale shops or places like Ross or TJ Maxx. Megan wouldn't caught dead in places like that.<br /><br />You'd also think she'd approve of LP lines being sold at Target, since I've read a good deal of the stuff that flew off the shelves was being resold on e-Bay as the high-end, boutique quality clothes. Yay for free market entrepreneurship!Clever Pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14834672870031235322015-04-21T16:25:23.322-05:002015-04-21T16:25:23.322-05:00Jackie Kennedy did not go around in ugly dresses! ...Jackie Kennedy did not go around in ugly dresses! The prints are supposed to be colorful and fun and lots of people like them, obviously. All that sneering over a difference of opinion regarding fashion is pathetic.<br /><br />Let's not tell McArdle that some people got their designer clothes at resale shops. She might never recover. I bought a haute couture purse for $9, which would probably horrify her.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-9183300655681444372015-04-21T16:16:19.850-05:002015-04-21T16:16:19.850-05:00Actually, Lilly Pulitzer mAkes lots of cute, form1...Actually, Lilly Pulitzer mAkes lots of cute, form1flattering dresses. I'm a big fan of the 60's style minis. And maybe preppies in NYC dressed differently, but the ones I knew were very well put together, as you noted SoT.<br /><br />But I can see where Megan has a problem. Even though she does 't like Pulitzer's clothes, she's probably horrified that the poors can now theoretically afford the same labels as her.Clever Pseudonymnoreply@blogger.com