Time to Re-Read "The Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorstein Veblen
I love the Sunday New York Times, but the ads suck. Good lord, you’d have to be a Trump woman to buy the $900 bra recently advertised, or the $1266 shoes that are simply a few straps on a sole.
These prices are ridiculous! It’s such a turn-off to me. A bra shouldn’t cost that much even if it consists of a human with two cupped hands following you around all day.
Shoes that weigh about 7 ounces should not cost $1266, plus we’re heading into fall so who can wear these almost-not-there shoes when the wind is blowing and the temperatures are falling?
I guess the lady buying these shoes will get carried from her home to the limousine to the restaurant or party because she sure won’t be able to comfortably walk in these strappy little nothings.
(As an aside, I was recently told by an inside source that Trump’s future wife was born last week and should be ready for conspicuous consumption in 18-20 years.)
Also, by now, I would think most women have read numerous times that expensive, skin creams do not work better than simple old fashioned lubricants. Vaseline is as good as “Deep Facial Repair by La Prairie” which goes for $500 for 1.7 ounce jar. Lube is apparently just lube.
If these anti-aging creams worked you wouldn’t find a single rich person with a wrinkle – but that is not the case.
Tell me what toddler needs a $700 mink trimmed sweater? Can’t you picture this sweater with apple juice stains and baby dribble in the fur?
As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and the middle-class sinks into the poor category, I find these ads repulsive and morally repugnant.
The implication that by the very fact you are reading the New York Times you are disgustingly rich enrages me.
Many readers are people like myself who could never afford nor would they ever purchase anything that outlandishly costly or ostentatious.
If I had the money to buy those items, I’d still select something much less expensive and then donate to people and places that needed some help.
How much money does a rich person have to spend on a pair of shoes before they think to themselves, this is ridiculous?
And if the Times insists on advertising these over-the-top items, then they should lower the price of the paper. If you're advertising a $900 bra then the manufacturer should be paying a fortune for the 1/8 page ad.
Otherwise, why not put a big headline over the ad that says: Melania and Paris, check out this bra, want a couple dozen?
I love the Sunday New York Times, but the ads suck. Good lord, you’d have to be a Trump woman to buy the $900 bra recently advertised, or the $1266 shoes that are simply a few straps on a sole.
These prices are ridiculous! It’s such a turn-off to me. A bra shouldn’t cost that much even if it consists of a human with two cupped hands following you around all day.
Shoes that weigh about 7 ounces should not cost $1266, plus we’re heading into fall so who can wear these almost-not-there shoes when the wind is blowing and the temperatures are falling?
I guess the lady buying these shoes will get carried from her home to the limousine to the restaurant or party because she sure won’t be able to comfortably walk in these strappy little nothings.
(As an aside, I was recently told by an inside source that Trump’s future wife was born last week and should be ready for conspicuous consumption in 18-20 years.)
Also, by now, I would think most women have read numerous times that expensive, skin creams do not work better than simple old fashioned lubricants. Vaseline is as good as “Deep Facial Repair by La Prairie” which goes for $500 for 1.7 ounce jar. Lube is apparently just lube.
If these anti-aging creams worked you wouldn’t find a single rich person with a wrinkle – but that is not the case.
Tell me what toddler needs a $700 mink trimmed sweater? Can’t you picture this sweater with apple juice stains and baby dribble in the fur?
As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and the middle-class sinks into the poor category, I find these ads repulsive and morally repugnant.
The implication that by the very fact you are reading the New York Times you are disgustingly rich enrages me.
Many readers are people like myself who could never afford nor would they ever purchase anything that outlandishly costly or ostentatious.
If I had the money to buy those items, I’d still select something much less expensive and then donate to people and places that needed some help.
How much money does a rich person have to spend on a pair of shoes before they think to themselves, this is ridiculous?
And if the Times insists on advertising these over-the-top items, then they should lower the price of the paper. If you're advertising a $900 bra then the manufacturer should be paying a fortune for the 1/8 page ad.
Otherwise, why not put a big headline over the ad that says: Melania and Paris, check out this bra, want a couple dozen?
posted by mary bishop | 11:15 AM
15 Comments:
Ha! Love it! Melania...and Paris...now I have to go pee. Thanks.
BTW: The human bra. I like that one. If the human were hand picked, as it were. ;)
The rest of the ads? Preposterous!
Oh and further word to the wise: Never ever subscribe to "Town and Country" Big mistake.
You said: "A bra shouldn’t cost that much even if it consists of a human with two cupped hands following you around all day."
I say: I don't know if that's a bad price. I mean, it depends on *what* human would be cupping my breasts all day.
If we're talking Hugh Grant or Gerard Way, super sexy front man of My Chemical Romance, well I might pony up a pretty penny for that kind of ... erm... support.
Hänni and LB - ah yes, a new take on Seinfeld's Man Bra episode..remember that one?
Actually I'm getting a warm happy feeling thinking about the human bra, providing I can choose the hands...heh heh heh
Let's start saving our money!
You speak to me. This is a common rant I've frequently had - usually to the poor unsuspecting co-passenger in the airplane. Yes, there are moments when I'm THAT person. Rare, but it happens. :) I rant when I get upset, no matter who hears. Sometimes multiple times so that everyone may share in my ire and frustration. But you've hit one of my all-time favorites and put it so much more eloquently than I. And I'm sorry, I don't know that I'd want the human hand bra - even if it were the most gorgeous wet dream on the face of the planet. Why? Because how the hell would I jog in that thing? :)
Echrai- you're too funny - I guess my idea for a human bra would have its drawbacks...
Back to the bra drawing board!
That human bra would be awesome wouldn't it, a lift like none other!!
I don't understand the pricing of things anymore. How can these people be that rich? Seriously. If spending $1266 on shoes is normal, than what do the rest of the things cost?
I volunteer myself out to be a human bra.
And trust me, I would not even come close to charging $900...
Ladies, we have our first volunteer for human bra, thanks JDJ!
With the right woman, I might pay $900 to BE the human bra.
It is so true. The blatant, excessive consumerism is just a slap in the face to the single mom trying to support her kids at $7 an hour, or the people that were stuck in the Superdome for days before being herded around like animals.
There IS enough money, and there ARE enough resources in the world that no one should go hungry. If it was distributed more evenly.
I'm trying to think up what qualifications one would need to have in order to become a human bra.
Hmm..warm hands? Soft fingers?
Not only do we have a human bra volunteer, Metro is willing to pay to perform that service...things are looking up...!
Doc Ern says: There IS enough money, and there ARE enough resources in the world that no one should go hungry. If it was distributed more evenly.
How right you are Doc E. but so many people don't understand this concept - that resources, even money, is finite and if a baseball player, for example, makes 15 million a year, that means that other people must be paid less.
Along, I'd like to think the human bra would have long arms so he could stand behind you and wrap his arms around you without disturbing arm function. Soft hands would be good and I guess human bras would have to come in different sizes like small medium and large.
8-D
I like your approach to the advertising...but does Paris even read?
I have to say MB I agree with you whole heartedly. I"m willing to pay up to $150 for a pair of shoes, if they are well made, will last, and will actually work well to support feet and back. (if your feet aren't happy the rest of you isn't.) But there is a limit to how much $$ one can spend before it's simply pure "Show offedness" Sadly similar with bras... i am on the great bra search. (i'm sure Echrai can understand) Finding ones taht actually fit and hold up is INSANE. I try them all on in the store and they all fit horribly and they are all made like cr@p. {Sigh} and they charge $50-$75 for that garbage... sad huh??? The materials couldn't have cost them more than $1. Oh well - that's my rant and frustration at the moment.
William good point..I don't think she reads nor does she need any form of bra, human or otherwise. Isn't she solidly plastic in that area?
Ilanna - I just read somewhere that 95 percent of all women wear the wrong size bra. That's a bummer. But, the big question is: that five percent wearing the correct size bra, how did they ever figure out their size? I have to try them on and buy the ones that fit which usually encompass a few sizes...and hours under the bright lights of the dressing room....
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