LJ Idol: Week Eleven - Haute

[ckocher]

Haute, I’m not. Never have been, never will be.

This is one aspect of the frugality my mother and grandmother taught me that has actually stuck. It’s so very hard to for me to pay a lot of money for something. Why pay hundreds of dollars for clothes? You’ll end up either never wearing them, or being too afraid to do anything in them while wearing

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[hellboy]

This strikes very true to me-- the prices are absolutely outrageous for "fashionable" items, and really for no reason at all. I lust after them anyway, but only because they're pretty >_>

[java_fiend]

This is fantastic. And like you, I'm more about function than fashion. Excellently written.

Interesting thoughts

[intscher]

I agree with much of your thought on this topic. I also learned from my mom to be thrifty. We would walk in the store and I would famously say "we can make that - can't we mom". But now having a fashion designer as a sister who produces very expensive couture pieces and occasionally gives me things I can really appreciate hand-crafted high quality materials and products. I also have pause when wearing some things worried that I may mess them up. I have also developed a fondness for eco and organic clothing - much more expensive but I do see the value in them. I wonder if it also comes down to how much value we see in ourselves - "do I deserve this - am I worth this?" I know I struggle with it. Hmmn - interesting - sorry to ramble.

[libwitch]

I think you hit on it when you said disopibility - my parents taught frugality as well. However, I did buy my car new as well (something my parent would never do) but it has lasted me thus far, 10 years and 118,000 miles. I also will spend over $100 on sunglasses that allow me to be both outside in very bright weather without squinting, but I can also see in cloudy in "bright but cloudy/rainy" conditions. But they typically last me 7-10 years.

[hammaboo]

Excellently written. And I also flip through the fashion mags and wonder at the price of clothing. I can't imagine going out ther door in an outfit that cost over $1K.