Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

In a good way or a bad way? Also, he still seems more boyishly good looking than the Mick (and botox-free).

Re: Who knew?
 

I am wearing my black skinny jeans today, sans under-roos, same effect. The secretarial pool is giddy with gossip over it.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Wasn't the original Penske from the nutmeg state?

Re: Ugly Models
 

This new posting style of yours? You can't pull it off.

TM

Re: Ugly Models
 

the most over spending i ever did was in amsterdam- at least adjusted for income-

i was in my mid-early 20s and had a funny beard- i was in a boutique on the kalverstraat, looking at an over-priced sweater, and a male clerk walked up to me speaking to me in dutch- like he thought i was dutch! i was so verklumpf that i bought it.

I approve of these boots...
 

...in this circumstance.

http://on205thimages.com/images/yqx8z78k13glls5idvw.jpg

TM

Re: Ugly Models
 

Is it possible to "overspend" on hookers and mind-altering substances?

Re: Ugly Models
 

My only posting styles are incoherent and mispelled, which I pull off quite well, thank you very much.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I may have to do that.

I wouldn't start suggesting people stop in at any time. Isn't it bad enough that Flinty is always there with the binoculars?

Re: I approve of these boots...
 

google "cowboy boots naked" and the first 100 hits are all pretty much good looks.

Re: Ugly Models
 

C-list, her posture is important because it gives a sense of how the garment hangs.

A signature sweater I could wear for the next 5-10 years might be worth it at the original $1400 price and it's certainly worth $500.

Clothes are an investment. I have pieces I bought 10 years ago that women still stop me and ask about. I am wearing a gown next week I bought in the 90s, as it is timeless and beautifully constructed and it fits the bride's theme. (Or I may wear this new short cocktail dress I totally love because who thinks "the 30s" is an appropriate theme for a wedding.)

Having a sense of style has nothing to do with spending a lot of money on clothes, to be sure. That does not mean that it's not important to buy some killer stuff, wear them with confidence, and assemble them into a wardrobe.

Re: Who knew?
 

For that woman's sake, I sure hope so.

Re: Ugly Models
 

I am willing to try.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

This pretty much settles your white trash street creds. All you need is a mangy dog and some cars up on blocks. Does the soon-to-be Mr. dtb have a nice selection of wife beaters?

Re: Ugly Models
 

And this from a newlywed!!! Gasp! :eek:

Re: Ugly Models
 

Anytime a blackout is involved, any moolah after that point probably falls into the overspending category, unless the hooker is still there in the morning, at which point you can try to amortize the original investment over breakfast in bed. Or at least that's how Penske rolls.

Re: Ugly Models
 

Well in that case, it was totally worth the extra 500% (minimum) mark-up!!

Re: Ugly Models
 

I have been to exactly 3 fashion shows in my life. There are several reasons to overspend there, but how the clothes look on the model has little to do with it. Oral to completion - well, yes, that's one of them.

They're actually kind of fun, and much of the crowd is giggling at a large number of the outfits and a large number of attendees. Best one I went to though was a fundraiser for Jesse Jackson and that was pretty much a rave with class.

Re: Ugly Models
 

I think your basic department store has at least 300% markup so 500% isn't that much worse. But you forgot EO's post about her discount designer web sites. She doesn't pay that kind of markup.

Re: Ugly Models
 

I'm *not* going to pay a lot for that muffler.

Re: Ugly Models
 

So, Jesse wasn't there?

Off having a schvitz with Penske, no doubt.

Re: Ugly Models
 

Note my use of the word "extra."

The 500% I had in mind was based on the very rough example of a $100 department store sweater (admittedly, a bit low) compared to her $500 sample sale designer sweater. That's an "extra" 500%.

Re: Ugly Models
 

Thus making it evident why you are a lawyer and not someone who works with numbers.

Re: Ugly Models
 

When you go to a fancy restaurant with your wife, do you order her the pasta and a glass of house wine because you don't want to splurge on chicken and a bottle of Chilean red?

Re: Ugly Models
 

I love the $6.99 shorts I got on sale from Old Navy this week. Ah, unemployment.

Re: Ugly Models
 

2. I have three or four pair of shoes I bought in 2001 that I still wear today. They were expensive, but for that kind of mileage (and they're still going), it's a bargain. Same with watches. Buy one classic design and you're done with that accessory for 20 years.

Santoni. Best shoes ever made. Fit you like a glove and never wear out.

Same goes for cars. Do it right once and get 250k out of the vehicle. These asshats flipping Escalades, Range Rovers and junk like that at 36k deserve to go bankrupt.

Re: Ugly Models
 

And they look stunning!

Re: Ugly Models
 

Eh, 500% greater than the department story price, 500% extra mark up, whatever. Close enough.

Re: I approve of these boots...
 

That's the chick from Y Tu Mama Tambien?

Christ, she's held up well.

Re: Ugly Models
 

Stop digging.

Re: Ugly Models
 

I used to help my friend Vanessa put them on all the time.

She and my neighbor Jeff, who owns a modeling agency, have pretty much convinced me that posture, fluidity in walking and the ability to let a garment hang without drawing too much attention away from the garment is the key to good model. I have none of these qualities. But Jeff fabulously compliments me all the time, so I'll live with the disappointment that I'll never be a model.

ETA: Huh. I sat next to Jesse Jackson at a charity fashion show back when the Superbowl was here. You were there?

Re: Ugly Models
 

Damn, Adder -- E/O brings out the feisty in you.

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No, not a superbowl fashion show. One back when I was young and working in politics. Chicago.

Re: Ugly Models
 

My most expensive pair of shoes are these wonderfully outlandish laquered platform ankle wraps from Dolche and Gabbana. I bought them probably six or seven years ago, and I love, love, love them. Every single time I wear them, people (mostly women, but some men) ask about them. I almost didn't get them when I saw the price tag, but my sister is a very persuasive enabler.

Re: Ugly Models
 

I have no problem with proclaiming that you really like a more expensive brand because of its styling, or because you like the prestige of owning it, but I do not believe that you are so delusional as to actually believe that the price of high-end luxury items can be fully accounted for by differences in quality. Especially high-end shoes with leather soles that wear out if you walk at all in them.

As a few examples, is a Lexus really "higher quality" than a Toyota? Nope. It has some fancier features, and may be more care (i.e., more powerful) but both are going to perform admirably. I'm all for buying the Lexus because you like it and it's fun, but don't pretend it's a "better" car.

Same for a $5000 watch versus a $500 watch. Both will last you 20 years (if for some deranged reason you are still wearing a watch 20 years from now), and both can be equally "classic" in design.

In other words, high-quality is one thing (heck, I've been known to buy Hickey Freeman suits, recognizing that I could get something similar for less), and then there is high-end.

Re: Ugly Models
 

those are nice, but the most important thing in a shopping buddy is someone willing to say "nope. that isn't something you'll wear" or "nope. that isn't something you should wear."

I can get to yes on my own.

Re: Ugly Models
 

Eh, 400%, 500%, same damn thing.


(where's my shovel?)

Re: Ugly Models
 

So you really do think chicken and chilean wine is a splurge?

Re: Ugly Models
 

Why would I order chicken and Chilean wine when I can order belgian beer and mussels?

In other irrational rants, I also do not understand ordering chicken in a restaurant, as you can generally prepare it just as deliciously at home.

Re: Ugly Models
 

With less of a mark-up, too.