Apparently I am Uber fashionable [Archive]

iris lilies

3-12-23, 1:24pm

https://santafedrygoods.com/c/clothing/tops/?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=clothing

who ARE these customers who pay ginormous monies to dress like me, a wrinkled bag lady? What the actual fk is going on here?

Santa Fe Drygoods has some pretty clothes, but these are not them. I like linens and cottons for the summer, linens and cottons with some body, but paying $1,000+ for baggy wrinkled tops? Haha. Hahahaha.

Yppej

3-12-23, 1:54pm

IDK but I wear mostly T shirts from work now. Haven't bought clothes in a long time. I have no desire to buy things. All my focus is on freedom.

littlebittybobby

3-12-23, 2:57pm

Okay---it not just about the clothing, Dude. It's about your values. The other day at Aldis, I parked next to a subbbarooo outback that was just about to have its wheels fall off, and had many demmmaxcrat bumper stickers plastered all over the back. Prolly piled up the miles going to protesss marches against Big Oil.. Yup. But yeah---you Dudes need to get in tune!52585258

Rogar

3-12-23, 3:48pm

I look forward to the day when skinny jeans and yoga pants are out. From a Greg Brown song.

Here come the artists with their intense faces
With their need for money and quiet spaces
They leave New York, they leave L.A..
Here they are - who knows how long they'll stay -

The rich build sensitive houses and pass their staff around
For the rest of us, it's trailers on the outskirts of town
We carry them their coffee, wash their shiny cars
Hear all about how lucky we are
To be living in a boomtown

The guy from California moves in and relaxes
The natives have to move - they cannot pay the taxes
Santa Fe has had it. Sedona has, too
Maybe you'll be lucky - maybe your town will be the new boom town

pinkytoe

3-12-23, 5:29pm

Yikes those are some wrinkly shirts. I am not a fan of leggings or skinny jeans other. As DH says, do these ladies ever look in the mirror?

JaneV2.0

3-12-23, 8:29pm

I was thinking these were the kind of roomy, arty duds I usually like. But no.

bae

3-12-23, 8:40pm

From a Greg Brown song.

Wow, that song nails it!

Rogar

3-12-23, 8:57pm

Wow, that song nails it!

I thought of you on this part.

Here come the tourists with their blank stares
With their fanny packs - they are penny millionaires
Something interesting happened here long time ago
Now where people used to live their lives the restless
Come and go

iris lilies

3-12-23, 9:06pm

I was thinking these were the kind of roomy, arty duds I usually like. But no.
I know! There are all kinds of cool loose linen tops that are arty. There’s a beautiful one on Pinterest that drew me to the website of Santa Fe dry goods but it is out of stock, naturally. It was $500 anyway, which is not anything I’m going to pay.

JaneV2.0

3-12-23, 9:32pm

I know! There are all kinds of cool loose linen tops that are arty. There’s a beautiful one on Pinterest that drew me to the website of Santa Fe dry goods but it is out of stock, naturally. It was $500 anyway, which is not anything I’m going to pay.

I'm drawn to linen big shirts--I have a favorite one in a plummy color, and I'd love more.

rosarugosa

3-13-23, 6:15am

It's like a contemporary version of The Emperor's New Clothes.

happystuff

3-13-23, 11:04am

Yay! I feel this new fashion trend is permission to start pulling shirts out of my closet and wearing them without ironing them!!! :)

catherine

3-13-23, 11:53am

Some of them are really pretty. A lot are probably very unflattering. I'm love the idea of crinkled linen and 100% cotton, but when I put it on, I definitely feel unkempt. But maybe that's better than buying and wearing eco-unfriendly synthetics.

If I had one of these, I would maybe try being Zen about it and ironing it as a ritual. But I'm not likely to follow through on that idea. And DH, as a Marine who still takes shirts to the dry-cleaners and polishes his shoes wouldn't be seen in public with me if I wore wrinkled shirts.

iris lilies

3-13-23, 12:38pm

It's like a contemporary version of The Emperor's New Clothes.
Yes, exactly. Humans can be silly sheeple.

beckyliz

3-13-23, 1:40pm

$1175 for a blouse I could sew up for $30 (if I can find the linen on sale)? I'm glad I can sew.

JaneV2.0

3-13-23, 2:05pm

$1175 for a blouse I could sew up for $30 (if I can find the linen on sale)? I'm glad I can sew.

My sewing skills are pretty limited, but I bet I could thrift similar tops for a few dollars. I can't imagine a blouse I'd pay over a thousand dollars for.

frugal-one

3-13-23, 3:46pm

Can’t even imagine wearing something like that. Does look like bag lady garb.

catherine

3-13-23, 5:35pm

My sewing skills are pretty limited, but I bet I could thrift similar tops for a few dollars. I can't imagine a blouse I'd pay over a thousand dollars for.

Wow! I only looked at the pictures, not the prices! That is ridiculous!

iris lilies

3-13-23, 7:38pm

Wow! I only looked at the pictures, not the prices! That is ridiculous!
There are perfectly nice, American made or European made linen pieces for $70 -$100.

These are not them.

I will say, beware of the super cute cotton/linen pieces from the Chinese factories at ridiculously low prices. They are junk. Advertised as linen but are not. Sizing is tiny. 8 weeks to get them.etc. You see photos of them everywhere.

bae

3-13-23, 9:54pm

I will say, beware of the super duper cute cotton/linen pieces from the Chinese factories at ridiculously low prices. They are junk. Advertised as linen but are not. Sizing is tiny. 8 weeks to get them.etc. You see photos of them everywhere.

I have noticed a trend in the past year.

Ads on social media, using identical photos and wording, for what look like legitimate goods. The photos are typically lifted from the site of someone who actually makes and sells the goods you might be interested. The text seems to be vaguely AI generated. The ads are pure scams, the company with the ad may not even exist, it's all a bunch of shell companies that harvest money and ship nothing, or that ship nothing like the item pictured.

Meanwhile the legitimate producer of those goods gets driven out of the market, as their one real ad is buried in the sea of quickly-thrown-together fake ads.

iris lilies

3-13-23, 10:54pm

I have noticed a trend in the past year.

Ads on social media, using identical photos and wording, for what look like legitimate goods. The photos are typically lifted from the site of someone who actually makes and sells the goods you might be interested. The text seems to be vaguely AI generated. The ads are pure scams, the company with the ad may not even exist, it's all a bunch of shell companies that harvest money and ship nothing, or that ship nothing like the item pictured.

Meanwhile the legitimate producer of those goods gets driven out of the market, as their one real ad is buried in the sea of quickly-thrown-together fake ads.

yes, I have heard that they use stolen photos. But honestly at this stage, I think the vendors I’m talking about are making up beautiful pieces of clothing that photograph well because they’re all photographed on Chinese women. The designs are beautiful and interesting but I don’t believe these are the products you get if you buy them. You can’t even trust reviews necessarily because these companies generate hundreds of fake reviews.

SiouzQ.

3-17-23, 2:34pm

For some really ridiculously expensive Hobo-Chic rumpled clothing, go to this website: https://magnoliapearl.com/ . I have seen this clothing in a hoity-toity Canyon Road clothing store in Santa Fe.

Consignment stores and sometimes (if-you-are-really-lucky) Savers here can have some really excellent clothing when the rich gallery-hoppers get tired of their wardrobes. Santa Fe is a great place for consignment shopping for clothes and furnishings, though even second-hand it can still be pretty expensive. I splurged a little the other day and bought a really cute vintage-inspired dress that'll be great for my gallery sitting job.

iris lilies

3-17-23, 3:25pm

For some really ridiculously expensive Hobo-Chic rumpled clothing, go to this website: https://magnoliapearl.com/ . I have seen this clothing in hoity-toity Canyon Road clothing store in Santa Fe.

Consignment stores and sometimes (if-you-are-really-lucky) Savers here can have some really excellent clothing when the rich gallery-hoppers get tired of their wardrobes. Santa Fe is a great place for consignment shopping for clothes and furnishings, though even second-hand it can still be pretty expensive. I splurged a little the other day and bought a really cute vintage-inspired dress that'll be great for my gallery sitting job. These rumpled clothes are rather cute and they have some unique styling to them, unlike the rows of grandma shirts in my post! While I would need to be committed to a mental facility if I pranced around in those rumpled yellow lacy bloomers, some young women would look very cute and hip in them.

I look at Free People fashions now and then, and I like them too.

SiouzQ.

3-17-23, 4:21pm

I too, actually like some of those Magnolia Pearl fashions. The material they use for them is THE SOFTEST COTTON I have EVER felt. They really are very exquisite, but I would never spend that much money on clothing. I actually surprised myself that I splurged $48 on the second-hand dress I got the other day. I have decided at my late, great age that I will not settle for things that don't quite fit me, or are uncomfortable in any way. I love thrift-shopping but I am very discernable about price & value to me. Sometimes it boils down to I'd pay $3 for this Savers thrift store shirt but not $6.

Every time I look at that Magnolia Pearl clothing I wish I still had a sewing machine because it would be really fun to take apart thrift store clothes and embellish them with other bits and pieces. Maybe when I retire from metalsmithing...

iris lilies

3-17-23, 4:57pm

JaneV2.0

3-17-23, 5:08pm

Yeah, Magnolia Pearl is a whole different universe. And their models are suitably ethereal.

bae

3-17-23, 5:39pm

I pretty much wear Duluth Trading, Carhartt, Royal Robbins/5.11, Filson, Schaefer Outfitter, antique LL Bean, and various woolen items sourced from wherever.

Catch me on a fashion runway near you.

JaneV2.0

3-17-23, 9:06pm

Ha! I regularly wear Value Village duds, and fill in with Amazon. I'm just an icon of chic.

happystuff

3-18-23, 9:02am

I wear a t-shirt and men's Wrangler cargo pants to work. (I still can't find a pair of well-made, inexpensive women's cargo pants that seem to fit!) When not working, it is usually jeans and whatever shirt suits the weather.

ETA: Reminds me that I need to get some cargo shorts for the summer.

catherine

3-18-23, 9:34am

Daily wear: LL Bean and cheap stretch denim pants in the winter and LLBean "skort" in the summer. I have the same style in 3 colors. Typically worn with a Life Is Good t-shirt. If I can afford it, and it's on sale, once a year I buy something from Patagonia simply because I like their style of conscious capitalism. Favorite shoes now are Xero.

I don't buy a lot of clothes--only when something wears out as I have such limited space, so I don't feel guilty about buying brands that suit me.

LDAHL

3-18-23, 11:06am

I pretty much wear Duluth Trading, Carhartt, Royal Robbins/5.11, Filson, Schaefer Outfitter, antique LL Bean, and various woolen items sourced from wherever.

Catch me on a fashion runway near you.

A lot of those brands got more expensive during the lumbersexual trend, but that seems to have peaked.

catherine

3-18-23, 11:12am

A lot of those brands got more expensive during the lumbersexual trend, but that seems to have peaked.

My designer 30-something son-in-law definitely turns a tidy profit when he sells vintage Carhartts at flea markets.

LDAHL

3-18-23, 11:24am

My designer 30-something son-in-law definitely turns a tidy profit when he sells vintage Carhartts at flea markets.

It’s interesting how many hipsters (is that still a thing?) like to dress like dairymen, deer hunters or lumberjacks on the weekends. Or how many portly poltroons like to adorn themselves with tactical gear as if they were SOCOM tier one operators. I also suspect not everyone I see in scrubs are actual medical professionals.

bae

3-18-23, 11:54am

My designer 30-something son-in-law definitely turns a tidy profit when he sells vintage Carhartts at flea markets.

Darned hipsters and lumbersexuals really drove up the market. I noticed that Filson adapted and came out with their “Seattle cut” of some of their items - slimmer fit for style, instead of layering, and lighter weight material, because the customer was wearing the item in a craftbrewgastropub not the woods.

LDAHL

3-18-23, 1:13pm

At the pinnacle of the fashion pyramid, we see professional beauties adopting the “naked dress” and “free the nipple” trends.

The empress has no clothes.

iris lilies

3-19-23, 9:46am

At the pinnacle of the fashion pyramid, we see professional beauties adopting the “naked dress” and “free the nipple” trends.

The empress has no clothes.
some of the bare flesh Oscar outfits were awful this year, but I will say that at least one of them was an after party outfit and the reporting media didn't make that clear. It was still stupid fashion, but perhaps less shocking for the occasion.