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LouieA Strange, New World of Accessories
September 9th 2007 07:07
I don't know when it happened, but the humble accessory, once an interesting pair of earrings, has morphed into strange objects of vogue. I blame this on the co-habitation of the Consumer Culture and the Technological Age. Their love child is Consume-Tech, the dirty beast that requires people to have things, not out of interest or appreciation, but because everyone else has it. You know when someone says, "I'm going to the shops. Would you like anything?", and you feel the urge to make a request, but you can't actually imagine an object in your mind? That is a symptom of the cultural atmosphere of today: you simply must have something, anything at all.
One object that people feel the need to update update UPDATE is the mobile phone. Apparently, for one to be stylish, one must purchase an updated version of these gadgets every two months. I am therefore a total dag, as you can't even get a new battery for my phone and it was only released two years ago. Today's phones hold a microcosm of your world: your address book, your camera, your photo gallery, your video camera and associated home movies, your mp3 player, a radio, navigator systems, mirrors and they may even make phone calls too. It can't be singularly planed either - it has to flip, slide or rotate. Call me Aunty Mable, but I just don't get why something that is hidden most of the time is considered more desirable than a pair of Christian Louboutin's.
Another point of interest is the rise in the take-away coffee. The large numbers of celebrities, models and babes carrying their espresso-to-go around town have made ground Arabica in a cardboard cylinder a hot item, metaphorically (and literally too, if your barista is any good). As a result, I am now self-conscious that I'm being seen as a trend fiend for complying to my early morning needs. That bad taste in my mouth is not burnt coffee, but stigmatization.
Therefore, I have two requests for the beautiful, rich, famous and powerful: please drink your coffee indoors, from a porcelain vessel. And when you do this, talk to people, not at your glittering case of electrical circuits. It would be nice to see people doing vintage acts in their vintage threads.
One object that people feel the need to update update UPDATE is the mobile phone. Apparently, for one to be stylish, one must purchase an updated version of these gadgets every two months. I am therefore a total dag, as you can't even get a new battery for my phone and it was only released two years ago. Today's phones hold a microcosm of your world: your address book, your camera, your photo gallery, your video camera and associated home movies, your mp3 player, a radio, navigator systems, mirrors and they may even make phone calls too. It can't be singularly planed either - it has to flip, slide or rotate. Call me Aunty Mable, but I just don't get why something that is hidden most of the time is considered more desirable than a pair of Christian Louboutin's.
Christian Louboutin Prive heels. Image from saksfifthavenue.com, drool my own.
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The Nokia N90: it flips and swings. Image from firstadoptor.com
Another point of interest is the rise in the take-away coffee. The large numbers of celebrities, models and babes carrying their espresso-to-go around town have made ground Arabica in a cardboard cylinder a hot item, metaphorically (and literally too, if your barista is any good). As a result, I am now self-conscious that I'm being seen as a trend fiend for complying to my early morning needs. That bad taste in my mouth is not burnt coffee, but stigmatization.
Ashley Olsen shows how coffee = cool. Image from betterthanyou.org
Therefore, I have two requests for the beautiful, rich, famous and powerful: please drink your coffee indoors, from a porcelain vessel. And when you do this, talk to people, not at your glittering case of electrical circuits. It would be nice to see people doing vintage acts in their vintage threads.
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Comment by the-mothball-cardigan
My mum and I have bonding sessions over shoes. They're like little Dalai Lamas for your feet, bringing goodwill and peace to all who can share in their beauty.
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Comment by Chic Critique
Awesome post M-C as always!
Cheers
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