More thinking

Okay, I’ve been thinking a lot about the fashion discussion sparked in the last post, and I just wanted to clarify a few points.

True: If I find I tend to like a certain designer, I will seek out his/her clothes, and be happy/excited when a shop employee brings them to me. (Example: I recently bought a dress by David Meister. I bought it because it looked fantastic. I will, in the future, make a point of going to the David Meister rack in stores.)

True: If a shop employee (read: expert in the industry) finds out that I like the clothes by Designer A, and tells me that Designers B, C, and D have very similar styles, I will be very happy to seek out and be brought clothes by B, C, and D.

True: This also goes for friends whose fashion advice I trust.

False: I will be impressed by clothes I do not like simply because they are by Designer A.

True: If I tend to like the fashion worn by a particular celebrity, I will be inclined to seek out a designer favored by that celebrity.

True: If I tell a shop employee that I loved what a particular celebrity wore on a particular occasion, and she tells me it was by Designer A, I will be interested in trying on Designer A’s clothing.

False: I will be impressed by a designer simply because they are favored by a celebrity, any celebrity.

False: I will be impressed a designer because I am told that a celebrity’s trophy wife whom I have never seen likes that designer.

True: I will be impressed by a designer if I find his/her clothing to be beautiful, comfortable, well-made, and looks good on me.

And this really goes for everything — books, movies, restaurants, hotels, travel destinations, tattoo artists… not that I have a tattoo. I’m not going to like a book just because someone tells me it’s a bestseller, or that Posh Spice really liked it. Are you?
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