what English countryside is she talking about?



That would be the green rolling hills of the Bronx, right?

By the way, the "tweed" on the vest to the right isn't even woven, it's printed!

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  1. silver_liningSeptember 13, 2012 at 1:55 PM

    'Cause when I think "English countryside", the first thing that comes to mind is "Acrylic/wool/poly".

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    1. wellfedfredSeptember 13, 2012 at 5:24 PM

      a product of Blake's dark satanic mills, no doubt.

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  2. DaniBPSeptember 13, 2012 at 2:17 PM

    I think she's thinking about Gwenyth's English countryside, it's a J Crew festival over at Goop today.

    Did you see that bedazzled Irish wool pencil skirt? It's only $798, such the deal!

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    1. wellfedfredSeptember 13, 2012 at 5:24 PM

      It's an insult to fashion and an insult to Ireland and I bet the wool isn't Irish anyway.

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  3. Jane and Lance HattattSeptember 13, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    Hello:
    This is nothing like the English countryside that we know of. Where is the mud, the lurcher and the eccentric aristocrat, never mind the Tweed?

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    1. wellfedfredSeptember 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM

      I think they're hiding from the ladies in synthetics who are hoping to get off a train and collect an autograph from Mr. Shakespeare.

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  4. Lisa - respect the shoesSeptember 13, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    Wait a minute there ... I've never clicked on to tweed vest because it's not my style but thought it was kind of cool (if only it were fitted a bit in the waist). But the tweed is printed? It's not even a wooly tweed? What ...

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    1. wellfedfredSeptember 13, 2012 at 5:26 PM

      Hey, I only observe. And of course, read fine print, or at least look for it.

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  5. DavidSeptember 13, 2012 at 3:24 PM

    I think I shalt email Ms Spannaus and let her know that methinks the fall collection needs to be buried in the English countryside under a few hay bales until many centuries pass and the spawn of the Copywriter from Space venture to earth (again) to write its epitaph, no doubt trying to tie it in some way to Stonehenge. As for Goop(or Poop as my 82yo Aunt R calls it), is it really necessary for all these fashion bloggers, celebrities and retail figures to sit in a circle and stroke each other round the clock? Are their egos so diaphanous?

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    1. wellfedfredSeptember 13, 2012 at 5:27 PM

      OK, coming up soon is a post about my friend the Old Bat, and your Aunt R sounds like someone she and I would adore. Meanwhile give Aunt R a hug from me.

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  6. EmaSeptember 13, 2012 at 8:50 PM

    All I have to say is, I miss Jenna dearly. Enough with Gayle. Who is she anyways? As we would say in Italy "Whe never shared a meal" so I won't take fashion advice from her (not that I shared a meal with Jenna but at least she was a real person who wasn't afraid to show her face.

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  7. wellfedfredSeptember 13, 2012 at 10:16 PM

    I kind of agree, in that I never got the feeling that Jenna expected me to actually wear the woolly tights/shorts/sequin combos, but was just goofing around, and it was bored fashion writers took that stuff seriously. But who knows, it's all bubbles. Gayle has a JC backstory that's kind of similar to Jenna's, been with company forever, moved around in different depts, etc. On the other hand Gayle is the woman responsible for saying that stripes are a neutral. No. Stripes are a pattern. Deal with it. And if they're going to put out statements over your name, read them before they're in print. "I'm Gayle and I approve this message?"

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  8. Pat OlskiSeptember 13, 2012 at 10:32 PM

    Why do all American companies think that invoking the U.K. will give their product validity and high end appeal? My eminently sensible 12 yr old always complains when we are in the car and yet another British spokesperson is on air advertising an American product. I have to think that there are many lovely countrysides in the USA that are tweed (or FAUX?!!!!????tweed ) appropriate.

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    1. wellfedfredSeptember 13, 2012 at 10:54 PM

      Oh, so thats why the Geico Insurance lizard is trekking thru the US countryside?

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  9. Raina CoxSeptember 14, 2012 at 5:34 PM

    Your blog tagline should be whatever "Keeping it real" is in Latin.

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    1. wellfedfredSeptember 14, 2012 at 8:55 PM

      hi, Raina, I think that line, Latin and all, belongs to Bill Maher.

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