Clothes and electronics

[petronia]

Hilariously enough it turns out that Pucci prints are the look of the season. I would seriously like to know how/why that works, because I'm only consciously aware of picking up fashion cues from manga (not necessarily recent) and this is like the fifth time it's happened. There's even a bunch of actual Emilio Pucci frocks and things from two seasons back at Winners (...) including a really nice top I didn't buy because I'm not going to spend 250$ to look like a JoJo character. Instead I bought a swirly-print peacock blue/green empire waist baby doll dress at Zara for 50$. XD At one point angrybabble and I had a gmail chat re: the merits and demerits of empire waist dresses (we were rooting through style.com for visual references w/r/t what various JoJo characters would wear): I was generally for, she was generally against. This is definitely the kind that makes everyone look a bit pregnant, but it's visually stunning from afar so I like it.

Other purchases:

* Second Zara dress, in a black and white print. Cut-wise it's an exact clone of the little yellow-green plaid sundress I wear to death in the summer - I mean exactly.

* Two pairs of flats, because I wore out my sandals from last summer. Metallic silver with sun-moon-star cutouts (♥), and fire engine red patent leather (!). I've actually been wearing black leather flats at work for the past several months, because they go well with the cigarette-leg trousers I bought in a fit of optimism after losing weight in China (this is one of those "God and/or the fashion industry hates you" clothing items: they make you look tall and skinny, but only if you're taller than 5'5" and have a bmi of 22 or less). They belonged to my mother and are probably about as old as I am. XD;

* swivelly DJ-style earphones. Sony, not noise-cancelling, but far better than the crappy earbuds I'm used to. XD It's like when you get a new prescription for your glasses and everything suddenly comes into focus.

* a splitter that allows two sets of earphones to be plugged in at once. I'VE ONLY BEEN MEANING TO GET THIS RIDICULOUS DOOHICKEY FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

* a 2GB data key. SEE ABOVE.

* a cheap Panasonic portable mp3 CD player. We had up to three in our household, now we're down to one and playback's sort of iffy.

* Shadow of the Colossus. Mostly for sororial unit, since she has actual hand-eye coordination and stuff.

So now I have no money, but mostly this was necessary stuff I'd put off buying.

Comments

[arboretum]

I love reading this list. Also, you should take pictures of your purchases, to make it easier for me to live vicariously through your shopping to show off how cool they are. *hopeful* XD

[analyse.livejournal.com]

Empire-waist dresses are good on skinny people though! Generally for dual purposes - to simulate cleavage, and to hide spare tires. I prefer them knee-length to wear them with jeans, wherein they fulfil a third purpose - to conceal a large derrière.

a really nice top I didn't buy because I'm not going to spend 250$ to look like a JoJo character. Instead I bought a swirly-print peacock blue/green empire waist baby doll dress at Zara for 50$.

Who is the winner here, Araki (for fashion!) or Zara (for sensibility)? XD Personally I love Zara's new ranges - especially since their jeans now cater to people above size sixes and Mango, my old favourite, doesn't - they're understated and stylish.

[angrybabble.livejournal.com]

well, that's what I said to her! Skinny flat-chested people are the only ones who can look at all good in them! But if you've got boobs at all they basically make you look like a pregnant tent, an effect which worsens the shorter you are, which is not the look I am usually going for; I'm not skinny at all, but I certainly am not huge and definitely am not in proportion to the boobs, even if I DID want to display them, so you wouldn't even be able to GUESS at my actual size. Plus I have loads of cleavage naturally, I don't need help from my clothes; in fact I tend to buy things that are supposed to have the opposite effect... >_>;;

[one-if-by-land.livejournal.com]

I echo val, mostly because I'm all for empire waists but can't stand babydoll stresses and I feel like I'm missing something (it may be called a chest). or maybe I just want to see you in peacock swirls. XD