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The Fashion Police will let you off with a warning - this time
By adamg on Mon, 01/23/2006 - 12:06pm
Eeka wonders (on One Smoot Short of a Bridge), why all the Masters of the Universe getting off the Orange Line at State Street are leaving the brand-name labels on the sleeves of their suits:
These are not meant to be left on the garment once you purchase it.
Now, I know that the idea of stitches being temporary might be an overwhelming concept for you McExecutives who would never in a million years attempt to make or mend something, and who view everything as disposable rather than modifiable. But I promise you, loose stitching has been used in this manner for years and continues to be used on a lot of traditional garments. You don't go around wearing the size tags that are affixed by little plastic leashes, do you? ...
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Somewhere I heard/read that
Somewhere I heard/read that this is common practice in China, where newly wealthy men want to display the designer label as conspicuous marker of consumption. I'll have to pay more attention to see who is doing it in Boston.
Sounds logical...
Here, it doesn't seem confined to one group, nor to designer wear. I think that rather than being ostentatious, it's more of a sign that the person is wearing a suit or overcoat because they have some McJob they hate that requires this type of dress. The people seem to look like overtired people who don't care enough about their job environment to look around and notice that the bigwigs don't have labels on their sleeves.
Most of the ones I saw this morning said "100% wool" or some random brand of overcoat I'd not heard of.
Dude, people, I wouldn't exactly be advertising the fact that you think wool is an appropriate material to wear as outerwear when it's snowing heavily. I see that tag and I'm like, "Oh, it's YOUR wet coat that's making the train smell like wet dog..."
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