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Cami crisis continues
Response to Wednesday’s camisole blog:
— First, I got an e-mail that seemed to be from an an actual, real-live reader, and I was all set to treasure it for the rest of my life (because that is what I do with e-mail and comments). But upon further examination, it seemed to be from someone whose job it is to promote a particular brand of camisoles. It was not the brand of camisoles that I wear, which was decried in the e-mail as “cheap and tasteless.” That’s me, friends.
— I also received this comment from reader Lisa:
I don’t understand this at all. What are you talking about?
An explanation: I was trying to make fun of Lucky magazine’s declaration “Who isn’t at a turning point with her lace cami?” To me, this was a very funny thing for Lucky to say, as if all of womanhood were seized by worry about how to wear lace camisoles. I don’t think Lucky meant this to be funny at all. I imagine that a lot of productivity has been lost at Lucky because staffers have been unable to think about anything besides what they’re going to do with their lace camis. Most of us who do not work at Lucky are not at a turning point with our lace camis. Most of us thought turning points occurred only in relationships with humans, not fashion items. Anyway, I was attempting to have some fun at the expense of Lucky’s seriousness about lace camisoles. I apologize for being baffling.
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By Beth
June 16, 2005 01:16 PM | Link to this
Sarah, I personally have been thinking of nothing BUT lace camis since your blog entry yesterday. I went home, my husband asked what we were having for supper, I said, "Lace camis." My son asked me a question about which super hero I'd rather be or something like that, and I blanked out at first, because I was thinking about lace camis (I recovered to say "Wonder Woman;" he'd rather be Super-Man.) I did actually have an in-depth discussion ABOUT laci camis with my 3-year-old daughter, who is generally more interested in clothing and style than I am. She is also at a turning point with her laci cami, which is very sad because at 3, her biggest concerns should be potty-training and Play-Doh.
By Sarah
June 16, 2005 01:37 PM | Link to this
Beth, if there is anything that gives me comfort, it's that we are all at this turning point together. Courage.
Your friend,
Sarah
By Cami
June 16, 2005 07:11 PM | Link to this
I am so sorry you had to explain the humor in your genuinely really funny first entry on Lucky, lace camis, turning points, and to be fair, the whole idea of a magazine devoted to shopping and thinking about fashion beyond the point of "what am I going to wear today?"
Mwah!