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Archive for the ‘Daylight Robbery’ Category
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
“Iconic” and “spiritual” are the two words the people at Colette feel best describe these pink bracelets by Luis Morais.
Given that the bracelets in question retail for £787 / $1285, we’d like to suggest two more words. They are: “daylight” and “robbery”. The fact that the clover detail is 18c gold doesn’t change our assesment of that, either.
Anyone like to suggest any more?
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Rodarte have made a collection of three dolls, all dressed in tiny versions of clothes by the label – look, this one’s wearing the famous cobweb tights from the Spring/Summer 2008 collection.
These dolls cost $1,125, so are presumably aimed at the serious collector only. Ahem. Would you buy one, though? If you would, head over to Colette, and have your credit card at the ready…
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
We’re assuming it’s the fox fur on the shoulders of this dress that justifies the $2,200 price tag. (Well, that and the Fendi label inside it, obviously.)
Ironically, that’s what makes it a crime of fashion, too. Funny how things work out, no? And where’s PETA when you need them?
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Goodness, but streetwalking must be paying well these days when even the cheapest-looking hookers can afford to pay £595 / $978 for their dresses!
Seriously, almost $1000 for something that even Great Glam would dismiss as a little too trashy? Has the fashion world gone mad?
Oh. Stupid question, huh?
Mark Fast mini dress with cutout detail, £395, Browns
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
We’re assuming this hat is designed for those who like to commit acts of Daylight Robbery. Fittingly, then, it costs £212 at Colette, and will allow you to keep your identity a secret AND your nose warm. Multitasking! We love it!
Still, at least your warm nose will be a source of comfort to you as you languish in the Fashion Police jail – or possibly even the REAL jail if someone becomes alarmed by your anonymous presence and decides you must be up to no good…
Monday, September 14th, 2009
“Simply slips on!” declares the product page for this hat at Browns Fashion. Well, they had to try and find some way to make it sound unique and exciting, didn’t they? Otherwise they’d have to have written, “Looks just like any other beanie, but is made by Rick Owens, so we’re going to charge you £115 for it.”
Seriously, Rick Owens is a great designer and some of his stuff really is innovative. Not this, though. This is a beanie hat. And yeah, it’s 68% baby alpaca, and we’re sure it’s lovely and soft, but we just don’t think Rick Owens had to slave for hours over the design, somehow.
What do you think, readers? Is a designer beanie worth the money, or are you happy to save your pennies on a budget version?
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Quick question, readers: you can have this jumpsuit or, for roughly the same price, you can have a good quality second hand car.
Which would you choose?
(Those are slits at the knees for your legs to poke through, by the way. Not that we’re trying to influence you here in any way, you understand.)
We realise calling Balmain out for Daylight Robbery is a bit like describing Lady Gaga as “a tad eccentric”, but seriously: why do they think they can charge this much for their designs? It’s just a jumpsuit, for crying out loud! And sure, it has Swarovski crystals around the bodice, but even so: just. a. jumpsuit. Surely?
Balmain bodysuit, $9632
Monday, September 7th, 2009
 What do you mean “old lace curtain/tablecloth loosely tied a the waist”? That right there is a $913 skirt, we’ll have you know! And who cares if it could only ever really be useful as a beach cover-up, and even then people will wonder why you brought a curtain to the beach, and you’ll be terrified about getting it dirty? It’s DESIGNER, dontchya know?
Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off to source some, er, old lace curtains. For completely unrelated reasons.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
 Seriously, these BETTER be knitted out of unicorn hair or something to justify the $1,188 price tag. But, oops, no, they’re plain ol’ wool and cashmere, and sure, cashmere feels nice, but unless our cashmere blend mittens are hand delivered by ANGELS and come with some kind of attachment (preferably made from solid gold) to allow us to secure them to our clothes AT ALL TIMES(can you imagine losing one of your $1,000 mittens?), we’re not buying.
Also, did someone say “recession”? We think certain fashion designers may have missed the memo…
Thom Browne wool/cashmere mittens, $1,188
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Apologies for bringing another Daylight Robbery report so soon after the feather headdress, but we have another DIY project for you all:
- Get a pair of knee-high socks
- Sew a bunch of sequins and maybe some little buttons etc onto them
- Sell them for $400*
- If anyone challenges you on this, explain that you are an “artist” and talk a lot about “craftsmanship”. Finish by telling the person that they “obviously don’t understand art”.
- Laugh all the way to the bank
Got that? Great!
And right at this moment, shoe designers all over the world are kicking themselves at the thought that they’ve been spending all that time carefully designing and crafting shoes when they could’ve just stuck some sequins onto socks and sold them for almost the same price…
Miu Miu embellished cotton socks, £245, Net-a-Porter
* We rounded the price up a bit – it was actually only$398 at time of writing.
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