Last week got a little bananas, but I PROMISED to upload my points about how to dress in a recession from my segment on Fox Business and here they are (finally). FBN wanted me to do this segment as a reaction to piece written in USA Today. The author made the point how in a recession, people should buy more EXPENSIVE clothes instead of staying in their means and purchasing cheaper pieces because they last longer. Um, newsflash- that’s just not true. Why would ANYONE spend money they don’t have on discretionary items especially luxe goods like a $2,000 Gucci suit?? I think expensive doesn’t necessarily mean better quality, and if you:
1) Stick to the basics, like combining your old black or grey interview suit with a new cool accessory.
2) Adhere to the 80%,20% rule meaning 80% of your outfit is inexpensive and 20% is on the pricey side (for example, take that dress from H&M and wear it with a pair of Louboutins).
3) Tap into the past- it’s ok to wear clothes from last season, or even from decades ago!!!
And I’m not just saying that because that’s the motherland for me. Women’s Wear Daily is reporting an influx of overseas buyers at Lakme Fashion Week, which started today. I predict in the next five years, more western designers are going to be showing there, making it just as large at NY Fashion Week.
Talking about what to wear in a recession (yep, there IS a different way to dress) . That’s right- we are in a recession. I don’t care what the president or Ben Bernake says. Our capital markets are totally unstable and the worst is yet to come. On that happy note, I will try and load the video for those of you that don’t get Fox Business!
Why does it seem like EVERY celeb has a fashion line? I think it’s kind of like a personal f— you to the real deal designers trying to make it. Would you wear something just because Lindsay Lohan has her name on it?
I’m working on a segment and would love to hear your ideas about how you are cutting (or not cutting) back during our current economic turmoil. Will upload my top ten ways to cut back in a bit!!
I think it’s interesting how Spitzer was wearing a red tie when he first apologized and today he sported a blue one. Seems like that’s the color of choice when badly behaving politicians, chief executives, etc., have to publically put their tail between their legs and apologize. Other dudes who had on a blue tie when the axe fell include, Stan O’Neal (Merril Lynch), Sam Waksal (Imclone), Andrew Fastow and President Nixon. Also, check out what Silda was wearing- the dark suit and scarf is gorgeous but she clearly looks like she’s in mourning.
Can Hautelook.com get ANY better?? This Wednesday, the high end, hi-fi sample sale web site is hosting ANOTHER sale with Decades Two. The merch. includes Chanel, Prada and Louis Vuitton handbags and accessories!! Damn, where is my tax rebate check when I need it??
If any of you live in New York (or for those of you who don’t and are CNN obsessed) you know our Governor had to fess up to a pretty sordid act involving hookers. Ew.
I don’t usually write about politics and fashion BUT I thought it was an interesting point Richard Blakely made on Boinkology regarding the outfits Dina Matos McGreevey AND Silda Wall Spitzer had on when their husbands (on two separate occasions) admitted to cheating on national television. Strangely, both women were wearing powder blue suit jackets with pearls!!! Apparently light blue is disarming!! And check out what Jim McGreevey and Eliot Spitzer were wearing- it’s pretty much the exact same outfit!! I wonder if they “discussed prior” to Spitzer going on television. Just sayin’…
It has nothing to do with her wrap dresses, prints, her ability to revive her brand. It also has nothing to do with her willingness to make time for and do ANY interview with me, or the MAJOR influence she has had on my career as a journalist (for those of you that don’t know the story, I will tell you another time.) I love DvF because I just read in Women’s Wear Daily she is contemplating writing a book about her late mother, a survivor of three concentration camps. von Furstenberg got the idea after she came across a note written on a piece of cardboard her mom wrote when she was first arrested. Her mom had thrown it on the street with instructions to deliver it to her parents. “It read, (said von Furstenberg to a crowd at her Manhattan studio) ’ I don’t know where I am going, but I want you to know I am leaving with a smile.”
Now that put everything in perspective, doesn’t it?
