Let’s face it. Your average body-type does not look good in tapered-leg skinny jeans. We’re not even saying “average body type” as code for “fatty.” We actually mean it. Regular people look bad in these fashions and do not want to purchase cheap Walmart versions of them. People want to buy socks at Walmart. Big bags of socks.
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Strange Dell Fashion Show Announces New Line Of Pretty Colored Laptops
By 6.26.07
Unable to resist, we sent Gawker video wunderkid Alex Goldberg to tape the affair awesomeness. We hypothesize the fete was conceptually tied to Dell’s new line of Insprions which come in different colors, meaning that Dell has finally caught up to Apple, circa 1998.
Stick It To The Smartass Cable Tech
By 5.31.07
Thing is, though, it’s not the tech’s fault the dispatch system is messed up. — BEN POPKEN
Make Your Own Vintage Jeans
By 5.8.07
Curbly has a neat idea for making your own pair of vintage jeans. Take a pair of old jeans and soak them in a tub of hot water and an old sock filled with coffee grounds. In the morning, they’ll have a nice patina. For further distressing, you can use a cheese grater for small scuffs and tears, or put objects in the pocket and sandpaper over them.
Retailers Flog About Their Own Wares, Biased Blogging Becoming Commonplace
By 2.12.07
Unlike other media covering the shows, these commentators are in the awkward position of reviewing their own suppliers — and their aim is more to boost sales rather than offer impartial critique.
Does it work? Absolutely. When Downing links his comments to specific merchandise the store sees a “sales bump” that exceeds expectations, according to a Neiman Marcus spokesperson. As shady as Ken is, least he’s honest about his identity and job function as he lavishes his purple prose on nearly everything he sees.
Junk Food Nail Artist Revealed
By 12.28.06
Exactly on year ago today, former Consumerist writer John Brownlee mocked these painted nails with words like:
Like.com Finds What You Like
By 11.9.06
Like.com is a brand-new search engine that allows you to search by looking at shoes and accessories featured in celebrity photos. Sounds lame, and it is, until you realize that you can draw a box around the exact part of the featured accessory you like… and like.com searches for other products that have that same feature.
The News; Enron Curses All Who Penetrate Its Tomb
By 7.13.06
• Personally, we’re a slut for love. [NYT] “The Taming of the Slur”
Children’s ER Names Itself After Abercrombie & Fitch
By 7.11.06
Branding is everywhere, billboards, sky-writing and even in your pants (check the label, bub). Always seeking new ways to expand message penetration, companies have turned to sponsoring buildings, such as the Pepsi Center and Coors Field. The field of viable sports venues depleted, corporations have turned to the next killing field: hospitals!
Threadless Gets Cooler, Steals Babies
By 6.28.06
Threadless has added a delicious layer of imperialism to their communist t-shirt direct democracy by launching Threadless Select. A more premium line of tees, by premium artists, at premium prices. The oligarchy is upon us, upon our chests, and we’re paying for it. Oh well, the shirts seem neat enough.
American Apparel Responds to Resignation Letter
By 6.16.06
We asked The Consumerist’s resident American Apparel lurker, Weronika Cwir (pictured), what she thought of Laurelle’s resignation letter we posted earlier this week. The letter was written prior to Weronika’s matriculation at the AA school of the future of the now, but she did manage to pen a heartfelt and revealing response that paints a softer side of the vestment micro-giant.
American Apparel Resignation Letter
By 6.13.06
Hot on the heels of news that American Apparel is stocking flip-flops from Thailand, seemingly flying in the face of AA’s commitment to ‘vertically-integrated, sweatshop free goods,’ comes a letter. A resignation letter from an employee from March 2005, who at the time claims to be the most senior Canadian American Apparel employee.
