Brown Girls: Death to "Recessionista Chic"

Thursday, January 15, 2009

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21 comments:
Anonymous said...

Hahahahahahahahaha! That's all I have to say.

Anonymous said...

It's so true, we are all "shopping our closets" we might as well shop our old rolodexes too! Good one!

Anonymous said...

Wearing paper bags--hilarious! Budget fashionistas rule!

Anonymous said...

lampshade hat. laughing out loud...

Anonymous said...

HEY, what's wrong with a little D&D (wink wink):)

Anonymous said...

LOL, hilarious!

Anonymous said...

haha funny! So timely!

Anonymous said...

I'm going to have to start wearing Safeway bags soon. Don't think I'll be calling the ex though!

Anonymous said...

I think it's time to bring back the bedazzler!

Anonymous said...

Hahahaha love the magazine spreads. Do those magazines think we're idiots? I actually read something advising me to sew together old ties to make a skirt.

Anonymous said...

BRILLIANT allusion to the tacky Vogue India spread, did you see this on it? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/business/worldbusiness/01vogue.html?_r=1&no_interstitial

Anonymous said...

If I start sewing aluminum foil on my clothes somebody please shoot me. I swear you can't read ANYTHING right now that doesn't talk about "recessionista style" or "frugal fashion." blech. just stop buying stuff and stop worrying so much about what you wear. and start wearing lampshades. HA.

Anonymous said...

That's a crazy story from Vogue India...how misguided. Great comic!

Anonymous said...

Hilarious. The image of the chic in the lampshade is priceless.

Anonymous said...

Yikes. I think I've been guilty of shopping my garbage disposal. And this was before shopping your closet was en vogue!

Anonymous said...

Um. This was me last weekend. I wasn't wearing a paper bag but that is only because I didn't think of it. It's impossible right now not to try to think of creative ways to make things "new" but they somehow all feel sort of foolish when all is said or done. Like, I clasped these broaches onto shoes because I read about that in a magazine and I thought I was all styling. But then I'm walking around the city and I feel like everyone is staring at me thinking, "christ, that chick's got broaches on her shoes." You know?

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Anonymous said...

Where are the Indian girls that look like this? Seriously, I want to know.

Anonymous said...

Ha, this is a good one. I am not wearing plastic bags yet but I walked into Claire's the other day for the first time since high school. Sad.

Anonymous said...

Anonomous poster: Do you mean girls who are half naked in plastic bags?

Anonymous said...

What is she making out of those lipsticks?? (This is so sad but I would love to know what I could do with all the ends of lipsticks I have).

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