what really grinds my gears

second fashion related post of the day:

if you know me, you probably also know that i am blog-obsessed. i spend a good portion of my summa days parked in an arm-chair in my living room, reloading jezebel every two seconds to see whether or not they've posted any new stories. (i also enjoy browsing people's personal blogs...not to sound creepy or anything, but if you have a blog, it's pretty likely i've read it.)

anyhiz, i'm fairly new to fashionista (80,000 years late, i realize. as i am with fashion trends more generally?). but in the short time i've been acquainted, i have come to thoroughly enjoy browsing the fashion-world gossip and pretty pictures (not gonna lie, they've got mad photoshop skillz.) however, one thing that irks me re: fashionista is their strict anti-knock-off stance. today, they featured a post entitled "would you wear a knock-off?" in which the author expresses bewilderment at/blatantly disapproves of the wardrobe choices of a friend of hers ("definitely not someone you'd expect to show up sporting a F21 knock-off and an 'i know' smirk.") puzzled as to why this fashion-forward friend of hers would knowingly choose a knock-off over the original, the author poses the "to knock-off or not to knock-off" question to her readers.

my favorite part of this whole post is that the accused does in fact provide justification to her disapproving friend ("oh yeah, i know. it's not like i could afford the originals, so i just got these instead.") the author's response?

"i winced. such an irrelevant excuse and yet kept in a holster."

irrelevant excuse? really? hmm. in addition to being a narrow-minded snob, it appears our author is a few fries short of a Happy Meal. or else hasn't had to work a day in her life. maybe a combination of the two?

props to the fashionista readers for their comments replying to "would you wear a knock-off?"'s ridiculous (ELITIST) query. (for the record, most of them respond with something to the effect of "HELL TO THE YES.")

commenter number 45 has this to say:
"a very wise man once said 'lighten up.....it's just fashion!'"

so. yayyyy PR.

...and we've come full circle