<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945</id><updated>2011-11-28T00:19:10.760Z</updated><category term='Miu Miu'/><category term='Lilo'/><category term='SS 2010'/><category term='Vlada'/><category term='swindler'/><category term='red'/><category term='Isaac Newton'/><category term='moon'/><category term='intellectual'/><category term='Couture'/><category term='jacket'/><category term='Pier Paolo Piccioli'/><category term='Pre-fall 2010'/><category term='Ralph Lauren'/><category term='raw edge'/><category term='Prada'/><category term='Valentino'/><category term='Armani Prive'/><category term='silk vest'/><category term='Ungaro'/><category term='Jonathan Swift'/><category term='RTW'/><category term='Miuccia'/><category term='con artist'/><category term='Maria Grazia Chiuri'/><category term='Giorgio Armani'/><category term='cheap bags'/><title type='text'>* Le Fashion Charade</title><subtitle type='html'>=-=-=-= See the real things, honey, not the hoo-hah brouhaha =-=-=-=</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945.post-1487100896310691370</id><published>2010-02-07T22:44:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-02-07T22:52:52.970Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ralph Lauren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SS 2010'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RTW'/><title type='text'>Wow, I'm so impressed but these knock-out looks! NOT.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S29CijAtMOI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/l78M7SGD0H0/s1600-h/Pictures1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 356px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435636436540666082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S29CijAtMOI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/l78M7SGD0H0/s400/Pictures1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Ralph Lauren RTW SS 2010&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So tell me again: exactly which one of these is chic, pretty and expensive-looking?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/540055449065238945-1487100896310691370?l=fashioncharade.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/1487100896310691370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=540055449065238945&amp;postID=1487100896310691370' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/1487100896310691370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/1487100896310691370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/2010/02/wow-im-so-impressed-but-these-knock-out.html' title='Wow, I&apos;m so impressed but these knock-out looks! NOT.'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S29CijAtMOI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/l78M7SGD0H0/s72-c/Pictures1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945.post-3741436346224039263</id><published>2010-02-07T22:18:00.006Z</published><updated>2010-02-07T22:56:12.177Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Isaac Newton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intellectual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miu Miu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jonathan Swift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pre-fall 2010'/><title type='text'>Curious source of inspiration</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S288V5zb0ZI/AAAAAAAAAMI/4J6B6Ji2WbA/s1600-h/Pictures.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 80px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435629622250951058" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S288V5zb0ZI/AAAAAAAAAMI/4J6B6Ji2WbA/s400/Pictures.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Miu Miu Pre-fall 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Dear Sir Isaac and Mr. Swift,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Thank you for being such an inspiration that guides me through the demanding and winding journey that's called fashion. As an intellect myself, I turn only to my worthy peers for any sort of idea-mining. But I'm just more interested in what's &lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; (instead of what's &lt;em&gt;inside&lt;/em&gt;) your head this time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Love,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Miu Miu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/540055449065238945-3741436346224039263?l=fashioncharade.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/3741436346224039263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=540055449065238945&amp;postID=3741436346224039263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/3741436346224039263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/3741436346224039263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/2010/02/curious-source-of-inspiration.html' title='Curious source of inspiration'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S288V5zb0ZI/AAAAAAAAAMI/4J6B6Ji2WbA/s72-c/Pictures.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945.post-8682457829194093524</id><published>2010-02-07T21:38:00.005Z</published><updated>2010-02-07T22:52:16.407Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pier Paolo Piccioli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maria Grazia Chiuri'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lilo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ungaro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='red'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pre-fall 2010'/><title type='text'>The new Valentino woman. Still red but more dangerous!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S28zKGi0pvI/AAAAAAAAAMA/w9lyuMy_JuY/s1600-h/Debut.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435619523907856114" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S28zKGi0pvI/AAAAAAAAAMA/w9lyuMy_JuY/s400/Debut.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Valentino Pre-fall 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;The newish Valentino pair, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, is definitely on the up! I do love and rever Signor Garavani, but it's also great to see that now he's retired and someone is doing great things to his label, updating it so that it appeals to the younger chic crowd. Some thing can't be said for Ungaro though, especially when there's a certain LiLo involved...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/540055449065238945-8682457829194093524?l=fashioncharade.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/8682457829194093524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=540055449065238945&amp;postID=8682457829194093524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/8682457829194093524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/8682457829194093524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-valentine-woman-still-red-but-more.html' title='The new Valentino woman. Still red but more dangerous!'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/S28zKGi0pvI/AAAAAAAAAMA/w9lyuMy_JuY/s72-c/Debut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945.post-6632466434025444574</id><published>2010-02-07T06:03:00.005Z</published><updated>2010-02-07T22:53:53.775Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Armani Prive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vlada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Couture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giorgio Armani'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SS 2010'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moon'/><title type='text'>Armani does loony...erm... I mean lunar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/2010/fashionshows/S2010CTR/APRIVE/RUNWAY/00330m.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 480px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/2010/fashionshows/S2010CTR/APRIVE/RUNWAY/00330m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Armani Prive Couture SS 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VOGUE.com reports: "It's about the moon," explained Giorgio Armani before his show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Errr... yeah I can totally see where the maestro is coming from. Literally. Like, the dress is soooo lunar couture right? Wonder what sniggering snide comments it'd cop if this dress rocks up on Project Runway?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;N.B. I think the theme should actually be about bio-genetic gone wrong in a NASA lab on moon. Vlada looks like a mitochondrionic giraffe poking out from a konnyaku cell membrane. Now this is when the Japanese influence really steps in!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/540055449065238945-6632466434025444574?l=fashioncharade.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/6632466434025444574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=540055449065238945&amp;postID=6632466434025444574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/6632466434025444574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/6632466434025444574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/2010/02/armani-does-loonyerm-i-mean-lunar.html' title='Armani does loony...erm... I mean lunar'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945.post-8158029665125109229</id><published>2010-02-07T04:20:00.013Z</published><updated>2010-02-07T22:55:11.001Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jacket'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intellectual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silk vest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miuccia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='con artist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swindler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SS 2010'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RTW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw edge'/><title type='text'>Not buying crap Prada is a choice, I say!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/S2010RTW/PRADA/DETAILS/00020m.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 480px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/S2010RTW/PRADA/DETAILS/00020m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 480px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/S2010RTW/PRADA/DETAILS/00930m.jpg" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Prada RTW SS 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I'm paying $800+++ for a stupid little jacket like this I would at least bloody want it to be bloody hemmed! I don't think that's fashion-forward. Nor do I think this is very clever, although Sarah Mower from VOGUE.com totally disagrees as our miss fashion journalist here thinks that Miuccia Prada is "one of fashion's great intellectuals". INTEL-bloody-LECTUAL??? I think not. I tell you what she is: she is a bloody con artist, a swindler that's what she is. Clothes with deliberately frayed edges - done by hand or not - is hardly something new in fashion, and our Saint Elbaz has proven collection and collection again that &lt;em&gt;he&lt;/em&gt; incorporates the technique into his designs intellectually &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; chicly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But sadly throngs of blinded women will just follow the hype listening to all these so-called fashion critics who constantly sneer from their blown-up pony and fork out good dosh to buy a piece of garment that is just simply silly and, more urgently, that does NOT look beautiful. When asked about this collection of hers, Miuccia Prada declared, "Optimism is a choice." WTF Mama Prada??!!! WTF!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/540055449065238945-8158029665125109229?l=fashioncharade.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/8158029665125109229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=540055449065238945&amp;postID=8158029665125109229' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/8158029665125109229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/8158029665125109229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/2010/02/not-buying-crap-prada-is-choice-i-say.html' title='Not buying crap Prada is a choice, I say!!!'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945.post-5493362525700451788</id><published>2008-01-03T04:40:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-02-07T22:55:33.238Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cheap bags'/><title type='text'>Pay me, and I'll shred 'em for ya!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtSkZFeI/AAAAAAAAABg/hOeO_htto7Q/s1600-h/1.BMP"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151110499627767266" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtSkZFeI/AAAAAAAAABg/hOeO_htto7Q/s400/1.BMP" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; Salvatore &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Ferragamo&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;USD&lt;/span&gt;$790.00 or Kmart for &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;USD&lt;/span&gt;$7.90?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtikZFfI/AAAAAAAAABo/iaZJpvhP4l4/s1600-h/2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151110503922734578" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtikZFfI/AAAAAAAAABo/iaZJpvhP4l4/s400/2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Fendi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;GBP&lt;/span&gt;$270. I'll scoop up 2 of different colours next time I go to &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Hong&lt;/span&gt; Kong for &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;GBP&lt;/span&gt;$27 each.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtikZFgI/AAAAAAAAABw/9C7kt8wNI5E/s1600-h/3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151110503922734594" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtikZFgI/AAAAAAAAABw/9C7kt8wNI5E/s400/3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Crapunzel's&lt;/span&gt; favourite arm candy. &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Miu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Miu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;GBP&lt;/span&gt;$450.00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtykZFhI/AAAAAAAAAB4/DSgn2G7Vo_c/s1600-h/4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151110508217701906" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtykZFhI/AAAAAAAAAB4/DSgn2G7Vo_c/s400/4.jpg" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Chloe "are you serious?" bag. Very "it". &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;GBP&lt;/span&gt;$825.00 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xruCkZFiI/AAAAAAAAACA/OgaQfYkEyRo/s1600-h/5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151110512512669218" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xruCkZFiI/AAAAAAAAACA/OgaQfYkEyRo/s400/5.jpg" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Fendi&lt;/span&gt;. Poor taste. &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Hedious&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Fendi&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;GBP&lt;/span&gt;$600.00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/540055449065238945-5493362525700451788?l=fashioncharade.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/5493362525700451788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=540055449065238945&amp;postID=5493362525700451788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/5493362525700451788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/5493362525700451788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/2008/01/pay-me-and-ill-shred-em-for-ya.html' title='Pay me, and I&apos;ll shred &apos;em for ya!'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3xrtSkZFeI/AAAAAAAAABg/hOeO_htto7Q/s72-c/1.BMP' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945.post-2797590335632978422</id><published>2008-01-02T02:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-01-02T04:05:38.937Z</updated><title type='text'>Ah, Prada... you love it, you hate it!</title><content type='html'>First up, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Prada&lt;/span&gt;. It seems like "everybody" loves this label. It's indeed one of the most well-known fashion labels in the world. The in crowds love it; the mere mortals know it; the wannabes, has-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;beens&lt;/span&gt;, never-has-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;beens&lt;/span&gt; crave for it. But why? It remains a speculation. The fashion journalists told us that the woman behind the label, the "eternally &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;chic&lt;/span&gt; and elegant" &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Miuccia&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Prada&lt;/span&gt; "can never go wrong". Right, so we're told. But, I mean, look at her Spring 2008 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;RTW&lt;/span&gt; collection:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150707855033701746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r9gSkZFXI/AAAAAAAAAAo/x3t3R9N_3HM/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150707627400435042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r9TCkZFWI/AAAAAAAAAAg/Vu-OQqoqaRE/s320/2.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;Pictures courtesy of style.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do they look? UGLY!&lt;br /&gt;Will any "stylish &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;fashioniatas"&lt;/span&gt; wanna wear them? I don't think so.&lt;br /&gt;By the way, that's supposed to be the opening look. Ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean, what the hell are those exactly? And let's not even look at the price tags when they hit the shops. But apparently those people who are in the inner fashion circle would disagree. According to Sarah Mower on style.com, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Miuccia&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Prada&lt;/span&gt; "is a woman who never loses the plot". I had to take a deep, cold breathe. Come on! I mean this collection has NOT got much plot to begin with! Such hypocrisy, such blindness, such dishonesty! I know Prada as a corporation is a very powerful conglomerate and there are so many things to consider (and censor) before a fashion media like Vogue/style.com would let any Prada-blasting piece of writing be published. And for sure the brand has done a lot of great stuff and contributea lot to the fashion world. But honey you gotta tell it as it is!!! Just look at the collection and review it honestly for Chanel's sake!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't stand all these so-called "professional fashion critics" saying crap like this. What a crock of bullshit!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/540055449065238945-2797590335632978422?l=fashioncharade.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/2797590335632978422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=540055449065238945&amp;postID=2797590335632978422' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/2797590335632978422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/2797590335632978422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/2008/01/ah-prada-you-love-it-you-hate-it.html' title='Ah, Prada... you love it, you hate it!'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r9gSkZFXI/AAAAAAAAAAo/x3t3R9N_3HM/s72-c/1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540055449065238945.post-6424825753584184785</id><published>2008-01-02T02:32:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-01-02T02:34:33.831Z</updated><title type='text'>Look out you pretenders, here I come!!!</title><content type='html'>O.k., finally I forced myself to do this. I have no choice; the so-called 'fashion people' leave me no choice. I just can't stand this any longer!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/540055449065238945-6424825753584184785?l=fashioncharade.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/feeds/6424825753584184785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=540055449065238945&amp;postID=6424825753584184785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/6424825753584184785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/540055449065238945/posts/default/6424825753584184785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fashioncharade.blogspot.com/2008/01/look-out-you-pretenders-here-i-come.html' title='Look out you pretenders, here I come!!!'/><author><name>A skeptic-critic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233730545555250432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_20_wVuYWxVQ/R3r1pykZFTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/j3aNWiZ0vGc/S220/grace-weston-creepy-baby.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
