Burberry goes the way of Abercrombie’s *UPDATED*
Bookworm on Oct 04 2009 at 8:35 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
Abercrombie & Fitch used to be a rather stodgy store that sold high quality sportswear — for those who viewed “sports” as hunting and fishing. It now sells trendy clothes, propped up by tawdry advertising. It seems as if the venerably Burberry’s (conservative raincoats, for those not old enough to remember) has gone the same way. Driving in San Francisco today, I saw a huge Burberry’s bill board that showed the backview of a man with a woman on either side. He had an arm around each woman’s shoulder — and the women were holding hands behind his back.
Are there no standards any more? Do my children really need to try to figure out what a menage a trois is as they drive down San Francisco streets?
UPDATE: I owe Burberry’s an apology. Having seen the ad again, I realize that it was another company, the name of which I am struggling to remember. I’ll remember it eventually, or I’ll drive by the billboard again and make a note.
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Off topic. For those who get their news from the New York Times. It quotes the NYT on how the paper let its readers down by being last out of the blocks for the ACORN controversy.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/10/024641.php
Billboards and learning French – C’est damage.
You can feel heartened that he was wearinga raincoat sans high heels, which would have sent additional messages.
If you ever need to explain a menage et tois, you can use:
ACORN, Congress and POTUS
Feds, Bank Bailouts, Barney Frank
Liberals, NYT and NBC
Which leads me to…
Gringo’s post
“I had to answer ‘no’ because I get all my news from the New York Times.”
This is the best tin foil hat answer I have ever read. No more of that old school stuff – the dog ate my homework.
It’s really pathetic when I think about it – mental macular degeneration.
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