petronia

1) White flares! (c/o Uncle Karl, I only link the best)

These days when I fixate on some particular style or item the stores generally provide, but I only wear the clothes - knock-offs at that. I can't imagine having to come up with the ideas six months in advance, but that's why I'm not Karl Lagerfeld. Also, I guess I am clueless because I never knew there were such things as "resort collections". XD; I was even wondering about that in Brazil, like wouldn't fashion victims who lived year-round in Rio be doomed because not only is the weather always 20C-plus, the seasons are reversed?? No one on the trip could answer this question satisfactorily, but the marketplace will out.

In any case I couldn't find a pair of white flares I liked. All the ones I tried fit badly (white pants != forgiving) or had some detailing that looked terrible. I've given up as even if I found the perfect pair tomorrow I'd have all of two weeks to wear them in, and the weather's been wretchedly rainy this year. I got a pair of blue-on-white capris at the clothing exchange a month back, they'll have to do.

2) Today I saw a purse I liked in the department store. This one, but not pink - the one that caught my eye was a medium green with beige and red accents, colours that one would associate with a wooden toy locomotive. I'm incredibly picky when it comes to purses: 99.5% of what I see inspires me not only with indifference but with active dislike, which is probably a good thing from a pocketbook perspective. XD; But I can imagine this bag being my friend (this is LITERALLY what it feels like, as if one had met another human being). Unfortunately it's $300 and from a previous season, so I'll never see its like again.

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