I wished I'd included more of the hat, but I don't think stores like you taking pictures, so I was sneaking this. The sign says "Display only/Please do not try on/Please see a team member for more details/We apologize for any inconvenience."
Well, fine. But will you apologize for being so depressing? This is the saddest outfit I have ever seen, especially if you include the sign and the overall setting, replete with brown carpet and brown pillar. [And the mask!]
What sorry looking retail establishment was Althouse patronizing? Whole Foods.
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"Well, fine. But will you apologize for being so depressing? This is the saddest outfit I have ever seen, especially if you include the sign, and the overall setting, replete with brown carpet and brown pillar."
Don't forget the mask.
If you go into Whole Foods you see lots of people dressed like that. Not exactly like that but similar old hippie styles.
The first thing that set me off was the mask. Purple hair right behind. Clothes and sign not even on my radar.
Let's look on the good side, there is no "bulge."
It looks okay to me. Not fashion obsessed like other women, is the message.
I tend to think that if there's a sign up telling you not to do something it's probably because someone actually did it and it was a problem.
Although, I really can't see someone going to the trouble of taking the leggings off the mannequin to try them on, but you never know.
>Ann Althouse said...
I wished I'd included more of the hat, but I don't think stores like you taking pictures, so I was sneaking this.<
You kiddin' me?! I don't think I know anyone who wouldn't snap the photo they want even if they *knew* stores don't like your taking pictures.
Timorousness, thy name is Althouse.
"Although, I really can't see someone going to the trouble of taking the leggings off the mannequin to try them on, but you never know."
Does Whole Foods even have dressing rooms?
Skinny girls clothes can be found between bulk fiber, and reading glasses.
I suspect it might be the Melissa&Dave toy “Let's Explore Hiking Play Set” the mannequin is wearing that we’re being asked not to try on.
Meade: It's Melissa and Doug (coincidentally, they are neighbors of mine).
It's an odd characteristic of our society that signs are posted telling people not to do things that common sense should otherwise prevent. I saw a story this morning about a woman in Portland whose 98 y.o. husband died and left his body to science. His dissection was done in public with people paying $500 to attend.
Tomcc—my apologies to Doug and Melinda. 😁
Oh, boy- Howard's been shopping again!
At least the fake chick is thin, so she's got that going for her...
I take pictures in stores all the time. Usually of packages in grocery and drug stores. Also hardware, autoparts and toy stores.
I have only been approached by an employee once as I was arranging different style of shampoo tubes and bottles.
She asked if I needed assistance, I told her I was just taking pictures and she said OK and left me to it.
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More foisting of unrealistic female body-isms or something!
AA,
What was the masking ratio there?
I worked in women’s RTW for a couple decades. My guess is they either aren’t trying to sell that hot mess or it’s a joke. You don’t go to Whole Paycheck to by clothes. Stick with Old Navy.
Original Mike said...
Does Whole Foods even have dressing rooms?
Do you think that would really matter with the Whole Foods crowd?
Does Whole Foods even have dressing rooms?
It's a lot like WalMart where they have a dressing room in EVERY aisle.
"I don't think stores like you taking pictures, so I was sneaking this."
Interesting ethical problem. Stores can't "like" something, only people can. So, presumably, you mean the people running the store. Would you take a picture of one of those people, against your expectation of their desires? I suppose there are certainly situations that would warrant that. Of course, you could have asked permission. You could even have cooked up some lie about how you admire the display and want to include it in Yadda-yadda-yadda. But then, lying presents additional ethical problems. I often think it would be nice, really nice, to arrange my affairs so that I never lie to anybody. Or even avoid telling them something I know they would want to be aware of. Good luck with that!
I would be tempted to try on the wig, especially if it's part of the hat.
"At least the fake chick is thin, so she's got that going for her..."
Also, nice rack, for a skinny chick. But the purple hair ...
I can't speak for heterosexual males as a group, but I know I really can't turn it off. Show me a simulacrum, however vague, of a human female, and a part of my mind will get right to work deciding if she is attractive. In fact, I guess there must be a department in there that evaluates everything for its resemblance to a human female, before handing it on to the appropriate rating agency. This is why its so annoying when you can't tell the difference.
Clothes to take the trash out in?
I walked into a woodworking store today. Within 3 feet of the entrance was a stunning table made of a single slice of pecan, about 3' x 8', with natural edges on both sides, finished with a satin varnish that made the grain shimmer warmly and almost look alive. I reached out and touched the surface, quite automatically, just as my mind comprehended the tiny note perched on a small table centerpiece, "Do not touch the table."
Too late, I violated the note, and the table was touched by one more barbarian of a customer. I felt tricked by the store, by whoever placed this irresistable object so very much within reach of questing fingers, but with such a note demanding it not be touched. This was a nearly perfect example of the art of Dadaism, much like the painting with a stern "This is not a pipe," in French written below a pipe. Or the furry coffee cup.
Well, I enjoyed touching it. And even more, because as I did I was realizing someone wanted to stop me from doing so, and had failed.
And any shop that won't sell the shirt off a mannequin's back deserves ridicule. What are they worried about? Mannequin nipples exposed in public?
Whoa. I would have guessed the Walmart in Dodgeville.
People dressed like bag ladies in the 1970's too. Same reason, looking rich made you a target.
Subliminal cross-marketing the Apple Pan Dowdy in the bakery department.
Dr. Bonners Jesus Soap behind the wo-manikin. Looks like Lavender-Hemp. Extra super groovy.
I have never felt the need to take the clothes off of a mannequin to try on. What clientele does this store have?
ATTENTION Whole Food shoppers!
Carpet and drapes don't match?
For a skinny chick, her boobs are well proportioned.
On the last four Southwest flights I've taken, this outfit would qualify as a June Cleaver shirtwaist with pearls and heels.
If you want fashion, try Whole Clothes instead of Whole Foods.
Show me a simulacrum, however vague, of a human female, and a part of my mind will get right to work deciding if she is attractive.
That's what she wants you to do.
What's really sad?? Going to the expensive grocery store because you know they're going to have better looking females shopping.
(I'm retired and not worried about losing my job.) Give that girl a cheeseburger!
Violet over burlap. Tres chic.
This looks like a Walmart four remodels back.
I like the purple hair. Complements the shabby chic outfit…
Some women need Thigh Gap illustrated to them.
I am Laslo.
"Show me a simulacrum, however vague, of a human female . . ."
Really. Skinny, but a perky pair above. Don't care for the blue hair though.
"Going to the expensive grocery store because you know they're going to have better looking females shopping."
Or worse, going there because the mannikins are better looking.
Barr is right—check your lookism, people!
Narr not Barr. Sorry about that, Narr.
In the mid 70s the mannequins had nipples.
Why does a mannequin need a face mask?
Even the man mannequins?
S'alright, Meade.
Thigh Gap, yesss. Meditation on thighs. Strong, sturdy, American thighs.
Sorry, where were we?
Pantless women (birthing people ... bleeding people ... whatever ...) are not depressingly dressed for many (who self-identify as) men.
Why does a mannequin need a face mask?
To demonstrate obedience.
The others made her wear the sign - mannequins are awful just like people.
Men lol
A friend sent me a “cartoon” depicting the difference between a man’s brain and a woman’s. The woman’s brain had neat little sections labeled: shopping, cooking, kids… The man’s, you ask? It was moving!!! Looking closer- the entire brain was filled w/little naked outlin drawings of male&female bodies humping like rabbits and just as fast.
A work of art, it was.
I took a picture today, too. I don’t think I’ve ever done that. I agree w/Althouse on that. My pic was of a wine lane w/Snoopdog’s face on it.
19 Crimes/Cali-red in red w/a red line thru it. He looks like shit.
A way-better shopping experience, for various reasons.
Seems like there is only one of them:
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Wine label…
Mom smacked me upside the head for looking up the manniquins dress at Sears when I was six or seven
Not sure what I was looking for at that age.
The Kamala look. She seems to have decided the *UPS-Brown* pants suit look is the go, despite much mocking….
Whole Food = Democrat = Brown. Coincidence ??
It would look good on Al Gore though.
It breaks my heart that the photo crops out the hat.
It breaks my heart that the photo crops out the hat/headwear.
Subliminal cross-marketing the Apple Pan Dowdy in the bakery department.
BRILLIANT. Every word works!
I have never felt the need to take the clothes off of a mannequin to try on. What clientele does this store have?
It's Whole Foods -- entitled I'd wager.
That's Antifa holiday attire!
Ann, the fashion today is very much focused on outfits like this, and the word has gone out that clothes AND home decor must be beige upon off-white upon rusty-brown upon tan. Blech! One is permitted some muted green.
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