THAT DESIRE FOR EXPENSIVE DESIGNER COOLNESS THAT IS PRETTY MUCH SHOVED INTO US BY THE BELOVED MEDIA CAN ALWAYS GET REPLACED WITH ALL THOSE CHEAP (NOT ALWAYS) ZARA LOOKALIKES, AND HERE IS THE NEWEST INSPIRATION.
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LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE JUST SCORED AT ZARA (S-S 13). THESE PONY VANS-LOOKING SLIP ONS WILL BE MY HUGE LOVE ALL SPRING, I CAN FEEL IT .)
I NEVER REALLY LIKED MICHAEL KORS DESIGNS, BECAUSE HE ALWAYS REMINDED ME OF A MORE EXPENSIVE ZARA THAT ALSO INSPIRES IN A VERY OBVIOUS WAY. IF I WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE DRESS THAT DEFINED 2011 SUMMER FOR ME IT WOULD BE THE INFAMOUS RAF SIMON’S T-SHIRT DRESS FOR JIL SANDER THAT HE HAS REINTRODUCED AT DIOR FOR SUMMER 2013 AND COPYING SUCH A DRESS IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH FROM A FAMOUS DESIGNER IF YOU ASK ME.
BEFORE GIVENCHY CREATED ALL THOSE AMAZING PRINTS, THEY WERE VERY GOOD AT DECORATING T-SHIRTS WITH METAL AND PRINTED STARS. ANYONE WHO HAS EVERY CHECKED RICCARDO TISCI’S COLLECTIONS KNOWS THE STARS IS “HIS THING”. I PREPARED THIS POST A FEW DAYS AGO AND ACTUALLY BUMPED INTO THE ZARA VERSION YESTERDAY AND WELL IT WAS MUCH BETTER LOOKING IN PERSON THAN ON PHOTOS, ESP. THE BACK SO I WENT ON AND BOUGHT IT. I NORMALLY REALLY HATE SUCH MAJOR LOOKALIKES, BUT I’LL FORGIVE MYSELF THIS ONCE.
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