१४ जुलै, २०१०

Phrases from a NYT article about a store in Manhattan that sells pants, nothing but khaki pants.

1. "insouciance and dignity."

2. "inject it with purpose and vision."

3. "reimagined khaki pants as an artisanal product."

4. "jean approximants."

5. "burlap-wrapped bales of cotton (or the equivalent thereof) — a touch of rural whimsy."

6. "an attitude or a process, an art or a mood?"

7. "Testosterone and calluses."

२१ टिप्पण्या:

2yellowdogs म्हणाले...

"pseudo-hip pretentiousness"

jeff म्हणाले...

"rural whimsy." Right. Cause that's all I see out on the farms. Nothing but khaki pants.

mesquito म्हणाले...

Pat!

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Psota म्हणाले...

Of The System, but not in The System

अनामित म्हणाले...

They're Words White People Like describing Stuff White People Like.

chuck b. म्हणाले...

I confess to wearing khakis quite often. Also, canvas painter's pants. Very comfortable.

Overwashed black denim jeans have been my favorite type of jean for a long time now.

Ripping the hem on the bottom of denim blue jeans is something I was doing 20 years ago. But I haven't worn blue jeans since ca. 2006.

It's a long story how I came in to possession of not one but two pair of leather pants. I have never worn them.

The rule of Lemnity म्हणाले...

I love my khakis.. I had several sizes that didn't fit anymore.. took them and gave them away in Santiago.. They were too good to be dumped at the Salvation Army.

Khakis are the perfect pants..

Kirk Parker म्हणाले...

"Nothing but khaki pants"?

That's nothing, I remember a shop in Juba that sold nothing but Vick's Vapor Rub.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

Testosterone and calluses? I hesitate to ask where the calluses are.

Whenever I see Just Nails stores I am always tempted to stop and ask if they sell brads and screws too. I'm not sure what I'd ask at a Just Khaki store.

Richard Dolan म्हणाले...

The article reads like a parody of a NYT style piece. Take something as mundane as khaki pants for men, and turn it into: Metaphor!, Poetry!, Drama!, Contempo-Culture-in-a-Capsule!, anything except what it is, which is nothing much.

Unknown म्हणाले...

It's OK. The Army hasn't worn them since V-J Day.

(What??? The Marines still do???)

Known Unknown म्हणाले...

Sometimes pants are just pants.

ricpic म्हणाले...

L.L. Bean sells a decent pair of khakis for 25 bucks.

alan markus म्हणाले...

Well, at least it looks like they don't stock khaki shorts. That's a good thing, right?

LordSomber म्हणाले...

Jenny: Oh, welcome to Scotch Boutique!

Man: Um, do you sell any recording tape here?

Jenny: [cheerfully] No, just the sticky kind.

अनामित म्हणाले...

May your $185 khakis never be mistaken for Dockers.

I wonder how long those two stores will last.

Mumpsimus म्हणाले...

Five semicolons in that story. And ten colons.

Methadras म्हणाले...

I thought they were talking about The Gap. The store for upscale, up-priced bland clothing.

Adam म्हणाले...

approximants? Is that a word, or a wv?

ddh म्हणाले...

Is it possible to write an article that better parodies the impact of gays on clothing styles and the New York Times? Just think what the reviewer could do with flannel work shirts.

Unknown म्हणाले...

Should have said, "The twill felt a bit twee"