How Did I Miss This?

www.kottke.org links to this gem by Vogue. Let me just bullet point the jaw-dropping facts:

• An Hermes bag purchase can set you back ~$50,000.
• You may have to wait several years for the chance to dish out that kind of cash.
• They're breeding their own crocodiles to keep with demand. Go ahead, read that again.

Why the Heck Not?

http://www.beardhead.com/ sells, well, these. They keep you warm. They look like something out of Monty Python. I know a few people who would actually buy one. Of course, those people have a lot of chintzy crap gathering dust around their house, but who am I to judge?

What Would Michelle Obama Wear

Michelle is seen by many as the second coming of Jackie O, who was to straight women what (without too much irony) Marilyn Monroe was to gay men. Thus, she is expected to take up the torch of fashion and set the White House ablaze in taste once more. Of course, she'll likely have an agenda and staff, and, thus, do a lot more for America than Jackie O did as First Mom. But that hasn't stopped designers from taking a conceptual whack at her possible inaugural ensemble.

Some are amazing. Others explain why I see what I see on the racks of some purportedly reputable retailers.

[In other news: I was surprised to find out that I have an established "fashion" tag on this blog. Who knew?]

Wow

This isn't a political tidbit. I'll just chalk it up to amazement and leave the value judgments to the rest of you. Vanity Fair tallied up the cost of one of Cindy McCain's outfits at the Convention: $300,000..

$280,000 of that are two 3 carat diamond earrings. Even without that, when was the last time "someone just like you" spent on an ensemble what I spent on my entire wedding? (and my wedding wasn't cheap according to most Americans).

"See our complete Psycho Bunny collection."

Where could this quote originate? Snorg T's? ThinkGeek? . . . nope.

Neiman Marcus.

Yes. And it isn't some rogue product either. It's got friends, a posse, a line, if you will. What happened to this haven of white-washed couture wonder? Where are the jeans, already warn and stained by the less fortunate so that those blessed by HIS credit limit can feel "authentic"? Where are the high necked sleeveless LBDs? Alas, perhaps we should have known when J. Crew began emblazoning their cargo pants with cross-bones that N. Marcus could not stand idly by. We knew then that the war had started.

And now it has captured our furry friends. Frolic now, little ones, for soon the neckware cometh.

Gizmodo officially labeled the posting for this wonderful product, "ass hat."

Not sure how many postings they tagged with that particular label, but I am sure it is bound to grow and broaden like its namesake. Now, if only content could droop...