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We saw it while walking along North 6th and Wythe and thought, “Huh?”
But it turns out it’s just a vintage furniture store called Golden Calf.
Tickling, nonetheless.
Results tagged “Logos” (5)
Attention makeup collectors and unabashed logo whores:
Neiman Marcus still has a stash of the YSL lip gloss charms in stock, and you can buy them online.
The charms come filled with YSL Beaute color, but that’s obviously not the point -
The real deal is they’re attached to a chain-link bracelet, and stamped with the huge and coveted YSL logo.
The last time these charms debuted, at Saks, we saw them fly off the shelves faster than hot chocolate chip cookies, so forgive our astonishment, but here you go.
In college, we studied with a rich girl. She was in our art program, and bought Louis Vuitton bags to cut up or cover over, or half burn or part shred or whatever. She said it was a comment on consumerism but we thought a little differently:
That she was a pretty 19-year-old showing off all the shit she could buy.
We haven’t seen her since, but yesterday in Paris, we did spot this:
A new Colette art exhibit from the artist Comenius Roethlisberger, with giant chocolate blocks carved with designer logos.
You’ll notice the logos are white, and that’s because they’ve been filled with a mix of powdered sugar and cocaine.
We have to laugh because of how it could hold up in court:
Drug laws versus artistic expression?
Also: You think anyone will bust Colette for possession charges?
Last week’s Wall Street Journal showcased a New York City boutique that makes a point of excluding any clothes with right-in-your-face logos.
We kind of like this idea since we think dressing as a walking advertisement is pretty lame (and ugly.)
But the article got us thinking about something else:
How do the designers who put out these products, usually accessories, actually feel about them?
We understand why they design them- there’s a market for people who want to show off that they can afford, say, a Louis Vuitton (as in, LOUIS VUITTON!) bag or a pair of huge, crystal-encrusted Dior shades. And, whether it’s ethical or not, companies want to collect the hordes of money that these people are willing to drop on “status” items that bellow their net worth to everyone they walk by.
But we find that the people who are truly into fashion- as in, style instead of trendiness- wouldn’t be caught dead with either of the above, or anything like them, and consider themselves apart from the people who buy into this heavily branded fashion. And this group of people, of course, includes designers - although we did see John Galliano in a “J’adore Dior” shirt, once.
Do you think designers ever think twice about perpetrating a hideous trend? Or does money matter too much to care?
