tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post4346375979388970523..comments2024-02-27T07:37:46.350-05:00Comments on K-Line: Disposable Clothing: The PreambleK.Linehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-36098573075361507062008-04-03T18:36:00.000-04:002008-04-03T18:36:00.000-04:00Diva: Somehow I missed responding to your comment...Diva: Somehow I missed responding to your comment in the other response. I really appreciate what you are saying about the dilemma of dressing well on a mini (shall we say, transitional) budget. It's a bitch, quite frankly. Something I like to do - to mitigate my feelings of ambivalence about conglomerate clothing - is shop vintage. It too can be cheap, but it's like recyling!K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-87623925653889587882008-04-03T18:31:00.000-04:002008-04-03T18:31:00.000-04:00Miss C: Le Chateau does indeed exist. It just doe...Miss C: Le Chateau does indeed exist. It just doesn't have the cache of, say, H&M - though the stuff is largely the same. Buying quality on sale is totally the way to go, IMO. I'm just on a bit of a bender this year :-)<BR/><BR/>Enc: Why thank you! You are totally right about someone getting squeezed. It kind of makes me want to live on a textile commune. A really fash one.<BR/><BR/>Riz: Today I'll start posting the pics and you can decide for yourself whether I upsold them (it's possible I had crazy glasses on). Zara is scarily appealing.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Ambika - I think those standards you apply are so sound. I do think I'll get quite a bit of use out of the sweater and vest - at least until they fall apart!<BR/><BR/>Miss White: I read a few Brit blogs and Primark is inevitably mentioned (as a contrast to "nice" places like TopShop) I think it must be something like our Le Chateau. Pretty crass but cheap and au courant.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-23943684703732289362008-04-02T17:55:00.000-04:002008-04-02T17:55:00.000-04:00We have a shop called Primark in the UK and it's d...We have a shop called Primark in the UK and it's dirt cheap and terrible quality. Although the clothes are usually really on trend they just scream 'Primark', not to mention the ethical implications. I don't have money to burn but buying clothes there gives me no pleasure whatsoever! Topshop on the other hand...Miss Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218192965752084317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-8826257341498155442008-04-02T16:16:00.000-04:002008-04-02T16:16:00.000-04:00Great post. I can't help but wonder how my guilty ...Great post. I can't help but wonder how my guilty pleasure that is F21 affects those made it. It's hard because YSL is not something that I can afford on a grad school budget. And while I do believe in quality and not quantity and am trying hard to live in a quality not quality mindset my bank account cannot always afford the quality price tag. It's a hard call without a clear solutionDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165306450609872935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-77008266736579183642008-04-02T11:23:00.000-04:002008-04-02T11:23:00.000-04:00It's funny, I was in Portland this past weekend an...It's funny, I was in Portland this past weekend and F21 was one of the few places where I found things I liked. I own very few things from there as the majority of my shopping tends to be at Anthropologie, Nordstrom Rack & thrift stores. I really try to apply the same standards at F21 that I do anywhere else. Do I love it enough to throw something in my closet out? Will I wear it to death? If it can't meet those criteria, it's not coming home with me.<BR/><BR/>The ethics is such a hard call. So little is made in countries where you know decent wages are a given--and the few who don't, I have problems with for other reasons (looking in American Apparel's direction.) <BR/><BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-23203331069826251432008-04-02T00:44:00.000-04:002008-04-02T00:44:00.000-04:00Ok, I guess i read the last post before this one, ...Ok, I guess i read the last post before this one, where you answer my query kind of. <BR/><BR/>I thoroughly share your feelings, esp, that F21 makes Zara look like YSL. (I have to confess I am QUITE the fan of Zara)<BR/><BR/>As an aside, you definitely describe the items to make them sound way more appealing and plush than I would imagine...rizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889071198159171775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-51868913152282216532008-04-01T22:39:00.000-04:002008-04-01T22:39:00.000-04:00This is such a great post for so many reasons, the...This is such a great post for so many reasons, the main one being that you hit the F21/H&M/Topshop shopping experience from all angles. <BR/><BR/>I don't think you missed anything. It's complicated shopping in these places when we have a conscience about all the issues involved. I don't know how we can really shop entirely ethically in any form these days: designer, high street, or in between, someone is getting squeezed.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406942482508439839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-43045143402253213102008-04-01T21:55:00.000-04:002008-04-01T21:55:00.000-04:00Does Le Chateau still exist in Canada? It used to...Does Le Chateau still exist in Canada? It used to be a good source of super trendy, fairly affordable clothes that could possibly last a season, if you took extra careful care of them.<BR/><BR/>It's funny: I feel that I can't afford to buy inexpensive clothes any more, since I have three children who need new wardrobes every season (different body types makes hand-me-downs now difficult). <BR/><BR/>So I tend to buy quality pieces (ideally on sale, though those are very hard to find where I live) and wear them forever (like the French example you cited earlier). <BR/><BR/>I never would have imagined holding this philosophy in my twenties when the newest shape was what counted. So I'm thrilled to live vicariously through you and your smashing shopping adventures!Miss Cavendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461488799928956875noreply@blogger.com