fear and loathing at the mall
There is a mall a couple miles from our house where D. and I usually go for a walk several evenings a week. Why do we walk at a mall, you ask? Because it is either 97 degrees with 97% humidity or (like right now) it is 23 degrees outside and I consider both of these weather extremes to be unacceptable for outdoor walking.
But I digress. This mall is rather yuppified and contains a Brooks Brothers, a store that sells incredibly overpriced and horribly ugly yuppie-wear. The women's store window display currently contains a sequence of plaid skirts in at least 4 or 5 equally hideous and matronly styles (including a floor length one), paired with things like shapeless navy blue cardigans. The overall effect is of someone who loved the catholic school uniform so much they couldn't let it go and are still wearing it at least 30 years after graduation from high school except now they want it to cover all their fat instead of to show off their legs.
The men's store has some equally horrible offerings, including something that appears to be a blazer made out of 1 inch squares of mismatched plaid patched haphazardly together.
I'm sure they charge at least $200 for this work of art. However, the worst offender, one that sticks with me, is embroidered pants, for both men and women. In the warm weather, I saw hot pink shorts embroidered with what appeared to be butterflies...for men. Currently all I can find on the website is women's corduroy pants embroidered with...ducks. Who wears this stuff? It makes me loathe Brooks Brothers, everyone who shops there and everything they stand for.
But I digress. This mall is rather yuppified and contains a Brooks Brothers, a store that sells incredibly overpriced and horribly ugly yuppie-wear. The women's store window display currently contains a sequence of plaid skirts in at least 4 or 5 equally hideous and matronly styles (including a floor length one), paired with things like shapeless navy blue cardigans. The overall effect is of someone who loved the catholic school uniform so much they couldn't let it go and are still wearing it at least 30 years after graduation from high school except now they want it to cover all their fat instead of to show off their legs.
The men's store has some equally horrible offerings, including something that appears to be a blazer made out of 1 inch squares of mismatched plaid patched haphazardly together.
I'm sure they charge at least $200 for this work of art. However, the worst offender, one that sticks with me, is embroidered pants, for both men and women. In the warm weather, I saw hot pink shorts embroidered with what appeared to be butterflies...for men. Currently all I can find on the website is women's corduroy pants embroidered with...ducks. Who wears this stuff? It makes me loathe Brooks Brothers, everyone who shops there and everything they stand for.
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