Great piece criticizing a Newsweek article on "fashion trends"

[ellen_datlow]

Jezebel rails against a Newsweek trend piece by Sameer Reddy that blames "casual wear" vs elegance and sartorial fashion for helping to create the credit crunch -- I kid you not:

"Comfort has its place, of course, but if that becomes the guiding value in getting dressed—or anything else—then we've got a problem. This misplaced priority has arguably contributed to our current troubles with credit, education and productivity."

Here's the response from Jezebel

What do you all think about this?

Comments

[yswilce.livejournal.com]

I am with Lord Whimsy on the "Perils of Sportswear"...and raise my voice with his in the battle cry: "Chin-straps for All!" but that said, I am sitting here in a pair of yoga pants, so clearly I do not always heed the call. That *that* said, I have worn stays (circa 1865) through camping, riding, washing laundry in a tub, and cooking over an open fire and have found them to be much more comfortable than the Vanity Fair undergarment I am currently wearing. Excellent support of both bust and back. But I agree on the high heels issue. I hear you can learn to wear five inch heels but I believe you must start training when you about ten years old. Until I have a palanquin, I fear I must stay low to the ground.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I have worn the bustier or two when I was younger and by the time dinner was over I thought I'd die from the edges digging in under my ribs.

High heels can be comfortable--but not those with spike heels. I've always found platform heels work well for me (I mean a high heel platform, not corkease, which I LOVED in the 70s).

[yswilce.livejournal.com]

Ah...then the bustier didn't fit. The trick to stays is that they must be made to order if they are to be comfortable. And I do agree about platforms--much more comfy!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

It was just a cheapo affair--I bought one in black and one in white. I'm sure I bought them in a lingerie dept of a department store.

[pm-again.livejournal.com]

Somewhere a tabloid screams, "Anthology Queen Datlow declares, "I WORE DEPARTMENT STORE LINGERIE AS A YOUNGER WOMAN!"

:)