So I'm trying to promote this new concept I'm calling "intelligent consumerism."

Conspicuos consumption's pretty much dead so we need to find a new way to consume and while frugality's working well for some, I just can't do it.

I don't necessarily want cheap stuff or bargain finds but I do want things that are well worth their cost. It's ridiculous to ask people to stop shopping but I'm curious about the new ways in which people are shopping.

Let me know your thoughts on it and soon I'll be putting all of my ideas into my own blog.

Thanks!

I was in American Apparel today with a friend and I was trying on some bathing suits.

With every suit that I put on, my "nips" would show through the tops.

My friend had an uncontrollable laughing fit, and the saleslady said, "I don't understand whats so funny. They're like kind of a trend."

Is it just the jaded sales people at American Apparel?

Or is the no bra and visible nips an actual trend?