would approve of these cheerful reproductions
haven't you noticed how gross and ridiculous die outward displays of vulgar wealth are looking these days? Somehow, $3,000 handbags and $1,000 shoes don't seem chic any more-they seem gross and dumb. (That's only part of why the new Sex and the City movie is shop for tiffany money clips a bomb.)Anyway, if you don't believe me, and you're still obsessed with what that wildly disappointing film calls "love and labels," then head for Express, where exact replicas of those lush flower prints that Prada launched
in its resort line are available, made up as strapless dresses, fauxdowdy pleated skirts (a Prada specialty), and even elongated clutch purses and high-waisted T-shirts. The dresses top out at $128, but don't be discouraged: The shop for tiffany cuff Links is only $49.50, and the tees are a lovely $29.50. (I'd like to think that Miuccia Prada-who, like me, spent her youth handing out socialist leaflets and thinking shamefacedly about clothes-would approve of these cheerful reproductions.)
And speaking of knockofls, Forever 21, so prodigious in this arena that if s being named in lawsuits by Anna Sui and Diane von Furstenberg, has a cotton top decorated with fake jewels in a splotchy ethnic print highly reminiscent of Dries Van Noten for $19.80. It's less easy to trace shop for tiffany key rings"inspiration" behind an elongated pink cotton-knit undershirt trimmed with lace and a grosgrain ribbon that gives off an ineffable sexy-granny vibe and is $13.80.
Even if you think H&M stands for Hastily Made & Middlebrow, there are, as ever, some offerings that are hard to resist A khaki bag sporting huge gold dots that I would personally consider carrying-which is saying a lot-is a happy $14.90. There's also a healthy tiffany clearance of flip-flops, including a pair in pink with jeweled straps for $7.90. (Question: Why do people spend a fortune on something like Jimmy Choo flip-flops when only the straps show anyway? Better to spend the money on a summer's worth of pedicures, no?)