Currently listening to: “The Spy” by The Doors
I suppose today’s outfit is somewhat of a rebuttal this week’s release of the Gap Design Edition’s 2nd Annual “White Shirt” offering. For those of you have not been to one of the approximately seven zillion Gap stores on the planet, the basics giant partnered with 2007 CFDA/ Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists Phillip Lim, Three AsFour, Band of Outsiders and Michael Bastian to create a capsule collection of variations on the iconic white button-down. After initially hearing that Gap was having a 2nd go at the classic shirt revamp, I was ecstatic and promptly starred it on my calendar (no I am not too old to use star stickers thank you very 
much.) But once I saw the shirts in person, I found this year’s offerings to be a bit lacklustre. And then I discovered the only shirt that I would be willing to pay for (the Patchwork Shirt by Band of Outsiders) was priced at $88. Needless to say, my mind was sufficiently blown. I’m never one to question the value added to a garment when a designer’s name is tacked on…. but Gap’s clothes are still produced in Malaysia (or whichever 3rd world country), so it seemed a bit excessive to me to spend almost $90 on a shirt one of my ex boyfs could have left at my house. In protest, I’m wearing my own large dress shirt. As it happens, it’s a men’s tuxedo shirt that I believe was once intended as a gift for an ex (obviously we never made it long enough for me to give it to him.) The only difference between my oversized fashion and that of the “Design Editions” is that mine wasn’t $90 and made with sweatshop labour. Well that, and its black. I hope my irony here is not lost on you.
