Posted on 10/07/2004 3:27:41 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
I'm praying retailers are dead wrong. Wasn't a fan of the poncho in the 70's and my heart hasn't grown any love for them in 2004.
Please excuse the insult if you like them but they do nothing for me. And I've never seen a poncho that says, I'm the one, we'll look gorgeous together, buy me! Plus those annoying little fringes inevitably drag in the onion dip when I'm at a party trying to get a little nosh.
Hey! You got onion dip on my fringies! Well you got poncho fringies in my onion dip! *We pause to ponder the possibilities...*
The hostess and I let out a simultaneous Nahhhhhhh! Nothing good ever comes from combining poncho fringies and onion dip. However, the dog, trying to nip at the onion scented fringies did become my best friend.
Now from the experts on ponchos:
Apparel retailers across the country have been begging for something new, a fresh look that every woman doesn't already have in her closet.
This summer they got one: the poncho.
Crocheted with airy holes, off-the-shoulder or down to the knee, the '70s-era accessory has made a big-time comeback and is a hot product for clothing retailers headed into the fall shopping season.
Teenagers are wearing ponchos. So are their mothers and grandmothers. There aren't many fashion trends that can claim such reach.
Adding to the poncho's appeal, it disguises less-than-buff arms and comes in a friendly one-size-fits-all.
"Women got tired of everything being so body-conscious and bare," explains David Wolfe, creative director with the Doneger Group, a consulting firm that advises retailers on fashion trends.
Retailers from top to bottom have embraced the once utilitarian cover-up. At the low-end, Wal-Mart has them displayed front and center in refurbished apparel departments. At the high end, Neiman Marcus is showing a striped cashmere poncho in brown, black and gray for $245.
In between, Marshall Field's is offering a black open-knit poncho for $29.99, while Target is featuring a cheap-chic, flower-adorned pink version for $12.99.
The women's apparel industry certainly could use a boost. Sales of women's clothing fell 6 percent in 2003, the third consecutive year of declines, a reflection of the recession, lower-priced foreign imports and a lack of hot items.
Sales of women's clothing were flat through the first half of 2004, but they could jump 4.5 percent by year-end, predicts Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst with NPD Group. If so, it would be the best showing in five years. Continue the Poncho Pitching
Here are some examples, some good, some bad, some just plain ugly.
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By Barrie Pace.
Nice finds.
We watched it on tape last night. Dr. "Family First" Phil almost romanticized JFK's leaving his marriage when his daughters were 6 & 9.
Saw Chelsea Clinton and her on-again, off-again oily bohunk, Ian Klaus, perusing furniture at ABC Carpet and Home yesterday afternoon (10/3). She looked "classy" according to my husband in her Sunday best: a gray sweater, a black skirt and black patent leather heels. Klaus seemed whiny, and there was some mention of needing office furniture. As I stalked them from floor to floor like a lunatic, I spotted them steal a kiss near some uber mod tables. Awww.
As for reports of plastic surgery, my armchair opinion is yes, she has probably had some work (at least a nose job) done. Unfortunately, there is nothing she can do—aside from wearing limb-lengthening heels—about Hillary's contribution to her appearance: massive cankles. link
Before Newt dumped his second wife, Mrs.L and I spotted them shopping for some new furnishings in north Altlanta...Mrs.G did NOT look like Guild material, I will tell you.
Is it agism if I point out we'd all look like little grandmas if we wore those silly things? Can I get away with that? I am a granny after all.
Ooooo, love the long black tuxedo dress you found for IG. I must need a new dress for something... thinking... something will come to me.
I missed Dr. Phil yesterday! Phil must be quite the partisan if he'll toss aside his core beliefs on children for Effin'. Couldn't put my finger on why I didn't like Phil but now it's clear.
Thanks for the link to the Kerry/Phil thread!
Klaus seemed whiny,
As I stalked them from floor to floor like a lunatic,
Hillary's contribution to her appearance: massive cankles
Guffaw! But I kept reading:
what is probably the most scary of all the sightings, matt lauer and his non-existent wife (how was this women a model? she looks to be no more than 5'2") and their devil spawn. matt was rocking the gay or eurotrash look of a horrid zip front mock turtle neck sweater and ill fitting straight leg jeans and prada shoes. his hair is very gray in person. he scared me.
Ouch. It ain't easy living in NYC.
Btw, I hate John Kerry. (he's on live now splaining to us what Duefler's report said,,, barf)
I HAVE that dress. I want the long black one with the satin shawl collar.
#81 That's it. They told me it is out of stock and there will be no more.
There's a chart of sizes and colors available.
Check the link. They have some sizes available!
Wanting a portrait with which to surprise his wife, a businessman asked a blonde female painter he'd been recommended to paint him in the nude.
"No," the talented blonde artist said. "I don't do that sort of thing."
"But what if I double your fee?" he pleaded.
"Nope, sorry. Won't do it."
"How about I give you five times what you normally get?"
"Oh, okay then," said the artist, "but I'm keeping my socks on. I need a place to put my brushes."
The 14 is only available in Champaigne. I want black. If it is raining and something slops up on it it will be stained forever. (always practical. At least as practical as you can get when you're talking about $200 for a dress you'll never wear again)
I wonder what it would cost to have breast reduction? I could fit into a 12 if it wasn't for the "girls".
OK, the fashionistas are missing the point when they complain about the poncho this time around
The point is supposed to be that there's nothing else under the poncho except the babe wearing it.
The mind (and libido) boggles.
Bless your heart!
Phsstpok looks at this thread of some what bad ponchos and his first thought in a post is, well, obvious and you think he needs more encouragement? Yer makin' me meshuganah in the keppe! :-)
It's not a new idea. This is from the 1971 Raquel Welch movie Hannie Caulder
Works for me.
Before anyone gets on their high horse, I already realize that I'm in deep trouble with the better half of this forum right now. Ladies, I view this in the same vein as pictures of Mel Gibson or the like being posted. As a celebration and not intended in any way to be demeaning.
;^>
Seriously, if this offends anyone, I apologize in advance. (am I sensitized, or what?)
by the way, nice gun. You did notice the gun, didn't you?
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