Shopping notes, August 2007 edition
Aug. 25th, 2007 05:45 pmApparently, the latest trend in costume jewelry is big rings. Really, really big, really ugly rings; lumps of wood or plastic the size of baby potatoes; stones the size of pigeon's eggs. If they don't catch on, Macey's jewelry buyer is going to be in serious trouble this winter.
Why is it so hard to find clip-on earrings that aren't tacky? I understand it's a small segment of the market, and not populated by serious earring wearers, and that there are practical constraints on the design, but it still seems to me that the designers could try a tiny bit harder. This goes double or triple when it comes to dangly styles.
This is completely the wrong time of year to be shopping for jewelry boxes. I should try again closer to the holidays.
If there's a distinction between what Macey's call a camisole and what Marks and Spencer call a vest, it isn't one that's obvious to me.
Why is it so hard to find clip-on earrings that aren't tacky? I understand it's a small segment of the market, and not populated by serious earring wearers, and that there are practical constraints on the design, but it still seems to me that the designers could try a tiny bit harder. This goes double or triple when it comes to dangly styles.
This is completely the wrong time of year to be shopping for jewelry boxes. I should try again closer to the holidays.
If there's a distinction between what Macey's call a camisole and what Marks and Spencer call a vest, it isn't one that's obvious to me.
