It absolutely boggles my mind, the ubiquity of French-themed "fashion" T-shirts in the US marketplace. I don't mean tourist souvenir type T-shirts, but trendy T-shirts for daily wear. It's like, French women are famously fashionable, so let's all wear a shirt with the Eiffel Tower on it...
...or some French words...
or hell yeah, a drawing of a fashionable French woman (who is not wearing a French-themed T-shirt, mai oui). Indeed, the skinny French woman design has risen to the level of plus-size fashion trope. (I have tried so hard several times to re-find the hilarious website where I read about plus-size fashion cliches but can't. Boo!)
I am distinctly not a fan of the weird stand-alone word(s) on clothing thing, whether it's the obnoxious Pink/Juicy/etc. sweatpants ass or the slightly more grown up "mood" words on shirts and sweaters.
It probably doesn't help that an accurate mood shirt for me would spend 80% of the time declaring: No Fucking Way, What Fresh Hell?, or Hulk Smash. About 15% of the time, it would read: BUNNIES! LOVE!
But when I was perusing the 25% off Style & Co. clothing sale at Macys.com on Thanksgiving, I found the perfect French themed shirt. No, it did not say "MERDE." It said:
Yep, a disapproving lop in a beret. For $8.50. No words needed, French or otherwise -- that grumpy face transcends verbal language.
Now they just need to complete their "rabbits in hats" clothing line. May I suggest a Rhinelander in a Tyrolean hat? A rex in a fedora? A Dutch in one of those silly white bonnets? A Xmas themed disapproving rabbit in a Santa hat, with optional wording: "Bah, humbun"?
*Beret bunny T-shirt (Macy's)
Navy cardigan (Kohls)
Bootcut jeans (thrifted, Target)
Grey ankle boots by Seychelles
4 comments:
Cute lapin!
I thought you might approve!
That shirt is WAY too cute. Holy mother of muffins.
I know, right? RIGHT?! It's crazy.
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