There is a denim jacket for $200,000.
But! But? I can understand how couture can be expensive, taking into account labour-hours and cost of materials and such, but how many hours can have gone into a fricking denim jacket? Dear Jesus.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jars - Oct 31, 2007 7:39:31 am PDT #9546 of 10001
shrift - Oct 31, 2007 7:42:01 am PDT #9547 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh my GOD.
Thanks to Facebook, I have discovered that my ten year HS class reunion is the same weekend as Thanksgiving. When I will be in town.
And while there are a couple of people I might like to see, uh...
"Hi, everyone! I've gained weight since high school AND I am completely unsuccessful! How YOU doin'?"
Gudanov - Oct 31, 2007 7:42:38 am PDT #9548 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
taking into account labour-hours
Maybe it was made by multinational CEOs and professional sports players. Those labor charges would add up quick.
Toddson - Oct 31, 2007 7:43:06 am PDT #9549 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Mink lined - the mink were specially bred, fed a diet of champagne and caviar, hand-groomed every day, the fur taken when each had reached the peak of its beauty. Denim from specially cultivated cotton, hand-picked, thread spun and then woven by hand by temple virgins.
Or just an obscene mark-up for a designer label.
Jars - Oct 31, 2007 7:44:57 am PDT #9550 of 10001
"Hi, everyone! I've gained weight since high school AND I am completely unsuccessful! How YOU doin'?"
I'd phrase it more like "Hi, everyone! I haven't had kids and get to lie in on weekends, thinking of ways to spend all the money I don't have to spend on diapers! You?"
No?
Pix - Oct 31, 2007 7:46:10 am PDT #9551 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Seriously. Couture is one thing, but that level of decadence makes my skin crawl. 75,000+ homeless in LA, many living mere miles away from a $200,000 denim jacket. Feh.
Jesse - Oct 31, 2007 7:47:17 am PDT #9552 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Mink lined - the mink were specially bred, fed a diet of champagne and caviar, hand-groomed every day, the fur taken when each had reached the peak of its beauty.
Like on HIMYM this week: the lobsters raised on Kobe beef!
P.M. Marc - Oct 31, 2007 7:48:05 am PDT #9553 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sue, your house is a candy bowl! It's awesome! So pretty.
Kevin - Oct 31, 2007 7:48:09 am PDT #9554 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
"Hi, everyone! I haven't had kids and get to lie in on weekends, thinking of ways to spend all the money I don't have to spend on diapers! You?"
"Hi, everyone! I've met Neil Gaiman, and danced with Joss Whedon to Greenday. You don't even know who any of those people are!".
Jesse - Oct 31, 2007 7:48:20 am PDT #9555 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also:
"Hi, everyone! I've gained weight since high school AND I am completely unsuccessful! How YOU doin'?"
Everyone's gained weight since high school, and most of them have never left town. At least, that was my experience at my 10 year reunion.