Olé! cried the Copywriter from Space. And Ole! she cried again.

I've known for too long that gravity is not my friend.

(long sad sigh)
Imagine my chagrin when I detected the return of ruffles. And of overly vivid, implausible copy.

Spoiler alert: please don't be offended if you find a ruffled chest or a skirt composed of descending tiers of gathered fabric becoming to your smooth slender figure that I wish I had - just bear in mind that sooner or later the force of gravity will catch up with you. As it has with me.

So, shamelessly copied from a would-be trend-setting website, we may observe - oh, by the way, we have a dress cloned from a blouse (or a blouse cloned from a dress, whatever), and the Copywriter from Space has economically used the same copy for both - overgrown ruffles and overstated enthusiasm.



And this:



Do we indeed.

12 comments:

  1. I just roll my eyes when I see clothes like this. I too am sure it looks just fabulous on some one.

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    1. just not someone with a functional chest. Like Moi.

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  2. The only person this will look good on is Ema. I don't need that kind of assistance,

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    1. ok, I take it back. It will look good on Ema. But everything looks good on Ema.

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  3. Snort! I really do think anyone would feel like dancing if they saw me in this.

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    1. well, if I wore either of these masterpieces, people would trample one another to get away from the peculiar apparition....

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  4. Gravity or not I decided some time ago that girl wearing ruffly white dancing through a field of tall grass with flowers in her hair is not going to be me.

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  5. CFS-- Lost for words? Would not make a good nightie either.

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  6. To give CWFS some credit, I was speechless, and I don't get paid to comment. Possibly " You heard it here first- dust ruffles and lamp shades are the newest trend. We like them styled with wellies and pearls. "

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  7. Look, I have nothing up top, and supposedly a bit of a frill is a good distraction for that problem, but this top/ dress would do me no favours. Large frills = a deeply unflattering look on anyone my height (5'4") and they would swamp me. I just can't believe any designer thought this dress looked good (or that anyone would buy it. But I can see why the copywriters had difficulties coming up with something different for the various options. They'd really said it all they could scrape up that was positive with their first go at the copy).

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