I was shopping last night at the mall for some home accessories. As one whose obsession with shoes never seem to get under control, I just had to walk through the shoe section to browse for the latest styles (and yes, I was a very good girl and resisted buying an Alfani comfort Mary Jane). I came across this pair of shoes:
For the love of fashion! Who in the right mind would buy such item which can only be described beyond tacky, a hideous sight? I mean, seriously, I will not be caught dead wearing one of these.
I know the latest fashion trend seem to summarize this generation fairly well; one that of name brands. The clothes, the bags, and as I just found out, the shoes one wears all represent one's identity. Personally, I don't believe in name brands. Yes, I own I a number of items with respectable brands: marc jacobs, hermes, coach, miu miu, reaction, etc. However, I can promise you that you will never see me advertising them around. Graffiti art is free advertising for manufacturing companies and an admission to one's lack of self identity and individuality. Come on. What the hell makes these graffiti art accessories look appealing? Nothing. Graffiti art is nonsensical. All it does is shout out loud to everyone that one has submitted to status quo and have become a victim of advertising. "Hey, look at me, I'm a Coach girl, much like everyone else. Oh yeah, by the way, they're real. No really, I'm real."
It doesn't really matter much if one's graffiti art is real. What matters is the reason why one would even think of buying one at all, and propagate it around as though one is better with one than without. The irony, eh?
