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‘Apologies if the Bright, Vivid Colors Sear Your Eyes’
Pajamas Media ^ | Aug 27, 2010 | Ed Driscoll

Posted on 08/27/2010 6:32:07 AM PDT by Rashputin

That was almost two years ago, when designers and copywriters thought they saw a hot new trend to ride. You’d think by now they were ready for some Reagan-era sunny optimism, (or heck, even a little FDR-style sunny optimism) but what arrived in the mail yesterday was the greatest slab of retail Depression Porn I’ve seen yet.

In the past, Restoration Hardware had a sort of Ralph Lauren approach to furniture and design. Walking into their Palo Alto store in particular is like visiting one of Ralph’s stores: it’s the best of the mid-century past, but clean and shiny and stripped down and expensive. For hardware details and curios, it’s a great place to shop; I want to preface the rest of this post by saying I really like the place; a great deal of the accessories in my home, from the chrome numbers on the exterior of the house to the water glass holder in the master bath came from there.

I’m just not sure what got into the water supply at corporate HQ this year, though. To tie it in with another post earlier this week on journalists, Rush noted that they seem to be writing for themselves these days, not for any sort of audience — they’ve written them off by spending the last two years describing three-quarters of America as racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, etc. (As I joked to my wife yesterday, do I want to watch MSNBC tonight and be called a racist, or CNN and be dubbed an Islamophobe….?)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: depressionporn; fashion; stupidity; style
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If anyone doubts the left and the elitists were just salivating over having a second depression, just look at what they planned ahead to market as the hot new style. No wonder so many jumped from Hillary to Barry so fast, he was the guy who could deliver just what they really, really, wanted.
1 posted on 08/27/2010 6:32:10 AM PDT by Rashputin
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To: Rashputin
This drab garbage should be about as popular as J. Peterman's "urban sombrero".

Oh, and I've seen several Restoration Hardware locations that have closed recently. Hmm, imagine that.

2 posted on 08/27/2010 7:02:50 AM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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To: Rashputin

There’s still some colorful items left on their clearance 50% section on their site - LOL


3 posted on 08/27/2010 7:05:45 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: Rashputin

One of the comments on the original article here brought me to this site:
http://unhappyhipsters.com/
What a Hoot!!!


4 posted on 08/27/2010 7:12:10 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: Rashputin

I actually like it, but I agree that it needs to be balanced with a lot more light and brass. OTOH, I really like steampunk themes and a lot of the RH stuff fits right into that.


5 posted on 08/27/2010 7:36:07 AM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: Rashputin

The country is ‘ungovernable’ according to the ‘progressives’. People just don’t know what’s good for them. Until we can have the proper programs in place, ‘You have to break a few eggs to make an omlet’ so Stalin said. In other words, you have to tear it all down to build it back up in the ‘progressive’ image. “Just hold on it’ll get better” as they used to say in Russia. FOR SEVENTY YEARS!!!


6 posted on 08/27/2010 7:40:58 AM PDT by griswold3 ('Regulation and law without enforcement is no law at all)
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To: libertarian27
What a Hoot!!!

I love it. Thanks for the link.

7 posted on 08/27/2010 7:57:09 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: laotzu

I’m dying here...that site is a riot - I’m on page 10 - going for all of them....


8 posted on 08/27/2010 8:04:04 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: libertarian27
My favorite(so far):

Genghis was sorely disappointed to learn that breaking out of
the white acrylic bubble was merely step one in his escape.

9 posted on 08/27/2010 8:11:07 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: laotzu

lol - Yes! Great one.


10 posted on 08/27/2010 8:28:38 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: libertarian27
Must stop!!

I've been laughing out loud for over thirty minutes....not appropriate office etiquette.

My mother is an interior designer. I have to show her this.

Thanks much for the link.

11 posted on 08/27/2010 8:52:45 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: laotzu

My mouse right clicker is busted or I’d be posting some here too - these are over the top riot - sets smug watching to a new level above south park.

(The one with the cat on the couch with the sun pillow put me on the floor in tears:)


12 posted on 08/27/2010 8:56:26 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: libertarian27
I can't stop looking.

With her eyes closed, water tickling the tips of her fingers, she could
conjure memories of a time before the bomb, before the zombies.

13 posted on 08/27/2010 9:06:43 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: laotzu
OK - bypassed my right clicker plight a bit:)

Flipping the pages hurriedly, he sensed that the potted plants were advancing. :):):)

14 posted on 08/27/2010 9:16:51 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: FateAmenableToChange

That ‘belgian linen’ that they use for everything from upholstery to curtains to bed linens looks just like sackcloth. Old rusted cabinet for the bath, (zoom in).

http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1613009&navAction=push&navCount=2


15 posted on 08/27/2010 9:33:53 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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Oh, I loved the “hand welded steel” in the description of the cabinet. That make it esstra special. Automated welds are soooo 20th century, daaaling.


16 posted on 08/27/2010 10:06:41 AM PDT by Rashputin (Obama is already insane and sequestered on golf courses or vacations so you won't know it)
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To: sportutegrl
That ‘belgian linen’ that they use for everything from upholstery to curtains to bed linens looks just like sackcloth. Old rusted cabinet for the bath, (zoom in). http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1613009&navAction=push&navCount=2

That's only "rusted" to the unsophisticated and uninitiated. To the true cognoscenti, it is "antiqued" or "distressed".

To be specific, I like their airplane fuselage chairs, several of their Edwardian-styled lamps, their propeller decorations, and some of their desk chairs as long as I don't need to sit in them for any period of time. I agree that their upholstery might look to some like it was pulled out of an old grain mill, although when you see it up close it is clearly much more rugged than that.

17 posted on 08/27/2010 10:20:34 AM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: libertarian27

Wasn’t that hilarious? To me it just pointed out how pretentious most of modern architecture really is.


18 posted on 08/27/2010 3:46:18 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: laotzu
My favorite from Page 11 with the walls and toilet !

I like the modern houses that are shown on the site - clean, simple and not messy !


19 posted on 08/27/2010 4:04:44 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: CORedneck

I suppose the little blue dot says, “You are Here.”


20 posted on 08/27/2010 4:09:13 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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