I think I've been watching too much What Not To Wear. Last night I had a dream that I went to this exclusive clothing store and bought two pairs of pants for $150 each. One pair was off-white linen, which is utterly impractical, but they were a size smaller than anything I currently have and looked fab on me.
I also bought a bikini. I've owned 2 bikinis in my life, one when I was two that had little green froggy faces covering my non-boobies, the other when I was 13 that I only wore at my grandparents' house because I was sick and tired of having a fish-belly white belly. The bikini in the dream looked good on me somehow so of course I had to buy it. I think it was $300.
And therein lies the problem I've always had with What Not To Wear. Stacy and Clinton drag these people to New York, trash their current wardrobe, teach them what looks good on them, and then turn them loose in the shops of New York to spend $5000. However, with the prices at these chi-chi shops, it always looks like the person gets 3 pairs of paints, a couple of skirts, 4 shirts, and an awesome jacket. Yeah, that's very useful for the average American.
I think what they should do is have Stacy and Clinton scope out the person's hometown for appropriate clothing and then show the person how to shop for clothes in their own town, within a realistic budget. That would be more productive toward continuing the fabulousness after Stacy and Clinton are no longer holding the person's hand.
TLC should hire me.
I also agree wholeheartedly with their decision to get rid of Paige Davis on Trading Spaces, simply because her perkiness got really REALLY annoying after a few years, and I know someone who knew her pre-Trading Spaces who confirmed that yes, she is a self-absorbed annoying little pixie. However, Trading Spaces seems kind of aimless now. I think a host of some sort is necessary to keep the flow going. Now we just have interviews with the traders at the beginning and then at the end they kind of wander back into their homes, not really knowing where they're supposed to be going (it's the room with all the bright set lighting, guys!).
4 comments:
i so totally agree with you! i have always wondered how the people were supposed to find good stuff when they got back home. after all, the really expensive stuff can be a lot better made and therefore fit a lot better than the average stuff you would find at the mall.
plus, who is rich enough to spend that kind of cash on clothes anyway?? even if i was, i doubt i would.
congrats on being done with the bar!! :)
Have you ever seen the BBC version of What Not To Wear? I find it so much more entertaining than the American version.
Ambush Makeover at least has people shopping at the local mall.
$5,000 is not very much money for an entire wardrobe, especially since most of those people are buying suits for work. Unless you find some deals at a thrift store, you are not going to find a nice suit for under $500.
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