(I feel like I shouldn't have to mention every time I talk about coveting leather items that I covet them only because I want to knock them off with faux leather, but I'll say it again here just because Bess carry so much of it)
They also used to have these really cool tank tops with woodcut scenes of various tortures and other evil/satanic imagery that were distressed in just the right way, buuuut like I said, they were $150.
I feel like living in New York you get a sincerely distorted sense of what is ok to spend on clothing, you spend so long looking at $700 t shirts, that suddenly $150 sounds like quite a steal.
Some things just aren't worth bargain hunting for. Sunglasses for example. Just get the $500 pair because guess what, the $20 pair look like they cost $20. Everyone has their little things that they aren't happy substituting with a Forever21 knockoff, and that's fine, but some things are obvious.... which brings me back to $150 for a tank top. And let me be clear, I'm not saying I wouldn't spend $150 on a tank top, I'm saying that at present, I cannot afford to and so I would rather spend $500 on sunglasses and make my own shirts. Places like Bess are great for inspiration, but I can make my own woodcut shirt with a load of people being impaled... It is for those things that I cannot make or emulate that I save my pennies.
And here endeth the lesson in fashion economics, go forth and make your own shit!
(And yes, I know some of these pictures are from one of the '09 lookbooks, but I like it better than the '10 so far)
is this place in NYC?
ReplyDeleteYes, on Lafayette, and also, apparently in LA now too, on Melrose.
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