Paisley
February 24, 2005 @ 1:21 pm
Patterns are back! Banana Republic has been sneaking into my brain and crossing wires, because suddenly I'm drawn to these ridiculous patterns in their spring catalog:
This ad from the February 14th & 21st, 2005 New Yorker was particularly amusing:
On top of that, I bought a pair of red paisley sleep pants at Meijer last month and they've quickly become my favorite lounge pants. For the first couple of days wearing them it would surprise me to see red paisley in my apartment, but now it seems completely normal. What's next, plaid?
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Plaid r00lz. As does Banana Republic. It seems to me that the woman in the picture is on a date with Paisley Man but looking out of the shot at *his* brother Edward. She isn't really paying attention to Paisley Man. It doesn't se
srah said on March 4, 2005 @ 7:40 am
Dammit!
srah said on March 4, 2005 @ 7:41 am
As I was saying... It doesn't seem like a good way to sell shirts. "Buy this and... your girlfriend will still prefer your brother." I saw a guy today wearing a flowered shirt and a striped tie. I thought it was
srah said on March 4, 2005 @ 7:41 am
I thought it was really strange that he had combined those, but then I realized it was really strange that he *had* a flowered shirt in the first place. Where do you even BUY men's shirts with flowers on them?
srah said on March 4, 2005 @ 7:42 am
I hate your comments. >:(
srah said on March 4, 2005 @ 7:42 am
I'll fix the comments feature when we get back, I don't know why it's acting like that. I assumed the man in paisley was the brother Edward, so she's looking at her boyfriend out of the frame but secretly lusting for Paisley...
Nick Baker said on March 4, 2005 @ 7:47 am
It should be a taller photo that shows them playing footsies under the table. :)
srah said on March 5, 2005 @ 11:28 pm
Ha! Now that you mention it, however, I think the ambiguity works nicely. BTW I have fixed my comments, you can now post a whole novel if you like. (Well, a chapter anyway.)
Nick Baker said on March 6, 2005 @ 2:53 pm
When in the course of human events...
srah said on March 6, 2005 @ 6:02 pm
I missed the photo :(
Urs said on March 9, 2005 @ 11:16 pm
or I'm just not that bright
Urs said on March 9, 2005 @ 11:16 pm
Or its just really late
Urs said on March 9, 2005 @ 11:16 pm
cool site
Sally Kraus said on September 26, 2007 @ 5:07 am
