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You guys have heard of Netflix, right? You pay a monthly fee and get three movies for as long as you want? They're doing the same with purses, now. I forget what the site is... but it's like borroworstealapurse.com or borrowapursesteal.com or something like that.. where you pay a monthly fee of anywhere from 20 - 100 bucks and get as many designer purses as you want. They give you seperate envelopes to mail the product back. They even have a policy that states if you break a purse, send it back to them and they'll charge you a "friendly fee" for it.
Omg.. why is this so pathetic?
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Would it work with power tools, I wonder? I mean, you already can rent tools but for some reason men feel like they have to own them. And so he buys a pretty cheap one and then has to go back and buy the one he should have bought to begin with.
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Sturdy vinyl-coated canvas in nova check plaid keeps this bag looking new year after year. Black leather trim and strap. One compartment with hidden snap closure. One zippered interior pocket. Black interior lining. L. 9.5'' X H. 6" X Depth. 3"
I'm not sure I'd steal it at this point.
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Actually, the power tool idea is brilliant -- except, of course, for the fact that shipping is likely to be significantly expensive.
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I think our budding entrepreneurs out there ought to jump on this. It’s actually a very innovative idea.
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Hm. Don't they ALREADY do it with video games? If not, I agree that this is an aspect of the business that NetFlix should seriously consider.
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Of course, they don't have Ferragamo or Hermes bags, which are the only ones I'd be interested in borrowing.
If they stocked Hermes Kelly bags (named after Grace Kelly, $8K - $84K) or Birkin bags, I'd be all over that.
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I'm not as into the designer as I am the texture, design and eye appeal of the bag.
I'm a bagaholic. The only irritating thing to me about my love of bags is that I can only, without looking like a bag lady of sorts, carry one at a time.
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*shudder* Honestly, I've never understood the appeal of pricey fashion accessories, and have always been deeply, deeply, deeply suspicious of the kind of people who do.
I'll freely admit to being a bigot in this regard; I have this instinctual feeling that someone's worth as a human being is inversely proportional to the number of designers they can name.
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I have some odd hobbies. I'm very, very picky about my brands of frozen peas, and I have a huge collection little colorful hair clips. Like any other hobby, I think it's fine - it's like stamp collecting.
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Except that it's not. As far as I know, even the most passionate stamp collector never received a letter from a friend and turned up his nose at it because it was posted with a self-sticking flag stamp.
Edit: I suppose it's because most fashionistas I know think of fashion as a form of self-improvement and self-respect; it's a way of measuring and demonstrating your worth. In general, Beanie Baby owners don't think people who don't collect Beanies are slobs who simply don't care about themselves.
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Guess my worth has plummetted straight down in a pretty linear fashion on your scale this last year then Tom.
I still haven't decided what to decide about "fashion" in general. But I did decide I should become educated about it before I made a sweeping decision one way or the other. I don't think it is any more superficial than modern art.
And despite my education, my tastes are still my own. I still wear steel toed shoes and I bought my new purse this weekend at Target for $12. My other one that I've used for the last 5 years finally gave up the ghost since the change pocket no longer holds change at all. The zipper on the pocket had been broken for probably close to a year but it only recently started depositing my loose change all over the floor in inconveinent locales. The one I bought was purcased completely with regards to design specifications that I could live with, appearance was totally secondary.
But do I know know who Missoni is? Yup. Is my life the poorer for it? Not really.
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I sure do. Although it's worth noting that podracing and fashion have exactly one thing in common, and it's why I dislike them in the first place: they're all meaningless, self-promoting flash.
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It's a legitimate form of fluffy entertainment - sophistic philosophy games are fun for different reasons, but they end up being the same thing.
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Tom, you are making some insulting and incorrect assumptions about me. I have never in my life been ugly to someone because they don't care about their appearances and I certainly don't assume that they're bad people who aren't worthy of my time. It's unfair of you to judge me.
It's also somewhat sexist. I know so many men who are huge sports fans and spend tons of money (that they can ill afford) on things like baseball cards, autographed jerseys, etc. Do you assume that they're obnoxious jerks? What about a car nut who can name every make and model of every car ever made - do you think their worth as a human being decreases for every model of Ford they can name?
The reason I like Hermes and Ferragamo bags is that they are classic works of art. They are made using beautiful materials and master craftmanship.
I'm not going to apologize because I love fashion and I know a lot about it. It is something that I enjoy and something that I have been able to share with others to make them feel better about themselves.
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Well even if the goal, is pleasure (be it pod-racing or clothing) There is always the industry behind the scenes. The fashionistas don't raise the goats for the leather they use in their fashions, nor do they grow the cotton or anything else. If they are big enough they *might* weave the cloth, but most of the time they just design the print pattern that the cloth is dyed with.
The actual entertainment Podracing (or perhaps NASCAR) for a real life equivalent, provides is probably the same. Actually owning a racing team is about as accessible as wearing haute coutre. I would say both are probably near equal in the amount of entertainment value the masses consume in information about the owners and wearers respectively.
And people do have jobs as a result. Is being an art museum curator any more important than either of the other occupations?
quote: they're all meaningless, self-promoting flash.
TJ Maxx, Ross's or Tuesday Morning, now that's my kind of shopping. I love Target as well. Target is much more hip, much flashier than Wal-Mart or Kmart, in all areas.
Don't forget Goodwill. I've purchased quite a few thrilling unique items at Goodwill.
If I can find a purse, pair of jeans or shoes that have a designer name stamped on them somewhere, so be it. It makes me think I've gotten a better deal. More style for my buck.
I'm a sale shopper. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate a good design.
My husband has to wear business casual type clothes to work. I've bought him shirts at Goodwill. Nice shirts. When complimented on how he looks at work, he says "yah, my wife spent a whole $2.99 (or whatever it is these days) on this shirt, she bought it at Goodwill". He could care less about the brand, yet he’s pleased about the purchase price and my thriftiness.
He looks good. I'm tickled because he's wearing a Ralph Lauren shirt that I purchased for a few bucks. Win-Win
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AJ, I'm stoked that you recognize those names.
I'm pretty traditional when it comes to bags, but I did get a pair of funky, Jackie-O glasses from Michael Kors this summer.
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quote: The reason I like Hermes and Ferragamo bags is that they are classic works of art. They are made using beautiful materials and master craftmanship.
Agreed.
I've seen some shoes that were meant to be framed. Not wearable mind you, yet worthy of prime wall space.
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"It's also somewhat sexist. I know so many men who are huge sports fans and spend tons of money (that they can ill afford) on things like baseball cards, autographed jerseys, etc. Do you assume that they're obnoxious jerks?"
Well, um....Yes. But you may quite rightly wonder why I do NOT feel this way about birders, stamp collectors, comic book geeks, and the like. And I think it has to do something with mainstream support/expectation of the hobby. There is no Birding section of the NYT; the Washington Post doesn't do a circular every month on new comics available from Vertigo. No one has the expectation that, to get along in high society, someone needs to know how to identify the call of the chickadee.
Fashion is a hobby that masquerades as a useful, even necessary "skill" -- and I think what I really mind is that masquerade. It SHOULD be optional and purely enjoyable, but the simple fact is that, in practice, it is neither.
I hate MBAs and golfers (although the two are largely interchangeable) for roughly the same reason.
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quote:Although it's worth noting that podracing and fashion have exactly one thing in common, and it's why I dislike them in the first place: they're all meaningless, self-promoting flash.
I don't know what podracing is, but I can tell you that fashion is not meaningless - it is a vital form of self-expression. It is also an art form that requires talent, dedication, and hard work.
Meaning is subjective. I find meaning and fulfillment in fashion. You find meaning and fulfillment in something else. The difference is that I would never judge or belittle anyone over where they find meaning.
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"The difference is that I would never judge or belittle anyone over where they find meaning."
Depends. How vital do you think fashion is for self-expression? I recall a thread in which you and Jeff Getzin both expressed a belief that everyone should own at least one fashionable designer outfit. By comparison, despite the fact that it's obliquely related to one of my hobbies and forms of self-expression, I have not suggested that you investigate what podracing is, nor that you purchase at least one issue of Brian Bendis' Powers.
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Tom you are falling into the exact same counter-culture trap that everyone else is. You know the average teenager that tries to *rebel* and be different and then ends up looking exactly like everyone else. I thought better of you than that.
Why are you assigning inherent worth to things based on popularity or lack thereof?
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It's not popularity, per se. It's necessity.
I assure you that, in my direct experience, knowing how to golf, recognize sports jerseys, and purchase the right designer labels are skills that, rather than being innocent hobbies, become necessary social forms for advancement. Again, I have never heard anyone, even among geeks, suggest that they would not hire someone because she hadn't played Planescape: Torment; I have, however, heard someone say that she would not consider hiring someone because she brought a Gucci knockoff handbag to an interview.
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I bet you would expect though a competent computer geek to know "All your base are belong to us" and I'd hazard that if you found one that didn't know that you'd worry about thier competency. Even if it wasn't the first question on the interview.
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