Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I, for one, have no clue what league I am in.

If you are a woman, you can gauge it by the amount and quality of attention you get from men who you don't know personally. If decent looking (as well as ugly) men who you don't know go out of their way to make eye contact with you and try to talk to you at the grocery store over the stupidest things just to get your attention and men are always commenting positively on your looks, you are attractive. If only the bald, fat ones look at you, you are not attractive.

It isn't so easy for men since women tend to be more focused on whether the man appears to be financially well off than on his physical attractiveness.

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I think it may be that I'm OK looking and rate well on many of the basic scales (low-maintenance, niceness, humor, money/sucess)

Men only care about those qualities if they like the physical package that posseses those qualities.

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
but anyone looking for models with gravity defying tits

You don't have to be a model with gravity defying tits to get alot of male attention. Cute face and in shape body will do it. Good hair is a plus, too.

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
So I've basically given up trying to sort it out.

It really isn't that hard.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
impressive

Gee, thanks.

Point is, why would an ostrich skin bag be so expensive? It's not like it's rare.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by bilmore
Gee, thanks.

Point is, why would an ostrich skin bag be so expensive? It's not like it's rare.

Cow hide's cheap too, yet the leather ones run $6000 or something.

But I think it's time for another thread on needless spending on expensive items. Paigow, could you confirm that's next up, before fat people suck?

fancy watches, anyone?

Rolls-Royces?

Art?

Shit, none of those are my bag, and if I had the money to buy 'em, I'd be sure to spend it on something else. I can't understand the other side of it, but, hey, someone's making money by understanding that other side.

[dtb]

Originally posted by bilmore
Gee, thanks.

Point is, why would an ostrich skin bag be so expensive? It's not like it's rare.

It's not only the ostrich-osity that makes it expensive. It's the name. The regular leather ones (and I think maybe cattle are even less rare than ostrich -- although I'm just guessing) are $8000 or so. The crocodile ones are around $20,000 (or more.)

You're paying for the brand name, not the materials.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by dtb
It's not only the ostrich-osity that makes it expensive. It's the name. The regular leather ones (and I think maybe cattle are even less rare than ostrich -- although I'm just guessing) are $8000 or so. The crocodile ones are around $20,000 (or more.)

You're paying for the brand name, not the materials.

Ah, now I get it.

Thanks. I was assuming it had to do with the skin.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by bilmore
I was assuming it had to do with the skin.

You cannot be this clueless. You who yesterday were talking about the "brand" a woman has developed under a particular name don't understand that a brand might sell a bag?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by dtb
It's not only the ostrich-osity that makes it expensive. It's the name. The regular leather ones (and I think maybe cattle are even less rare than ostrich -- although I'm just guessing) are $8000 or so. The crocodile ones are around $20,000 (or more.)

You're paying for the brand name, not the materials.

It's also a convenience issue. Ever try cramming an entire ostrich into the overhead compartment of an airplane (assuming you make it through security)?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
You cannot be this clueless. You who yesterday were talking about the "brand" a woman has developed under a particular name don't understand that a brand might sell a bag?

For that kind of money? Honestly, no. I thought it was something to do with "ostrich", which was why I was confused.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by barely_legal
You've got to be kidding me.

No, you're right. A woman should be able to laugh off a guy rubbing his naked penis against her, as long as he doesn't progress all the way to rape.

Next you'll say that it doesn't count b/c he wasn't a stranger.

Seriously, have you ever had a naked guy who disgusted you rub his genitals on your bare skin? Did you laugh it off?

I'm glad they made amends b/c I really think that Hatch is just so clueless that he really thought what he was doing was funny and I doubt he meant to traumatize her. But still. Unacceptable. And more unacceptable to say that it should have been laughed off.

I don't recall saying I thought she should laugh it off. I merely suggested that she might have signed a waiver which would prohibit her from filing suit.

And then other people pointed out that it was against public policy, and I asked what the big deal was.

Cause really, still, I don't see why its such a big deal.

But then Bilmore and Hank pointed out the slippery slope argument and I shut up, because actually, I thought what they said made sense.

But nowhere did I suggest she laugh it off.

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by bilmore
Ah, now I get it.

Thanks. I was assuming it had to do with the skin.

I think it has more to do with the fact that Hermes bags are made by hand by one person who places every stitch after punching the skin with an awl. The skins are custom dyed and specified by the customer.

But they're still not very functional (unless you don't need to get into them) and not at all attractive.

I'm more into Furla these days -- clean lines, yummy colors and price tags that are respectable but not outrageous. About ready to throw out all of my Dooneys and Coaches because the logo thing has become so annoying, though.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Enough with the pet stories already, bilmore.

I thought it was a groceries story.

[notcasesensitive]

I can't believe no one posted this yet...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/0....ap/index.html

A woman found a piece of human fingertip in her salad at a Red Robin. Shudder.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I can't believe no one posted this yet...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/0....ap/index.html

A woman found a piece of human fingertip in her salad at a Red Robin. Shudder.

Worse. A woman found a piece of human fingertip (severed and not her own) in her MOUTH at a Red Robin... Shudder, and shudder again.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I can't believe no one posted this yet...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/0....ap/index.html

A woman found a piece of human fingertip in her salad at a Red Robin. Shudder.

Clearly because I'm falling down on the job.

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So under that reasoning, if I'm drinking in my office - which is legal (I think) my employer should not be allowed to punish me for doing something that is bad for me? Woo hoo! Crack open that bottle of champagne!!http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4458080/

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Gattigap
I thought it was a groceries story.

Both.

We have really BIG snakes . . .