The Sunday Evening Post

Hi guys,

I am still in the midst of an incredibly crazy, busy, stressful run.  And I'm not even talking about today's launch for the Jason Wu for Target line!  So I'm gonna be brief today.

First, I found some more old things in a box today.  Look familiar?

And...

Did these images tug at some old heart strings?  Are you also holding onto some of your junior high trinkets?  Or did you toss them like flaming garbage?  If you chose to cling to them, like I have, why do you think you did this?  Because it reminds you of good memories of "way back when?"  The design?  Collector's habit?  Or pure laziness?  Am I the only one sitting on stuff like this???

Second, so what do you think of the Jason Wu launch?  My friends and I are still debating whether it's as nutty as the Missoni for Target collaboration.  While I have yet to hear about any websites tumbling down, some pals have reported a repeat of what the stores experienced on opening day:  lines out the door, pushing, shoving, snapping up everything in sight before others could, women eyeing other women's carts like circling vultures, and all that cray-cray jazz.

Did you partake or refrain?  Hit the stores or shopped from the safety of your home?  Maybe you just raised the big sign that says, "PASS" on it?  Or are you still thinking about your long strand of faux pearls from the Limited Express?

Whether your brain is idling in the era of telephones that were nailed into the wall (and had a long, curling cord) or trying not to fritz out with your iPhone 4S, I'm hoping my past neon brights or current speculations on the Jason Wu line will compel you to share your own two cents :)



Images:  my own

Found...

Does anyone remember this catalog?  Or, better yet, still have one?

Yes, it's a "vintage" (I cringe to accept that fact) Esprit catalog.  And, yep, one that I've stashed all these years after having received it in the mail back in, um, 1988 or something like that.  I was recently talking with someone at work about fashion and nostalgia, and I hope to start sharing my absolute love for this company, when it was in its glory days, through images and my own thoughts.  In fact, I'm so obsessed with the Esprit of ye olde tyme that I acquired a now out-of-print design bible of sorts.  It's a nice, thick coffee table-friendly book that encompasses all their design endeavors, from the obvious (clothing and graphics) to the more subtle (they paired with influential designers, photographers and architects to create a very thorough, thoughtful brand).  I can't wait to start reading it, and all the photos in the book are like a memory slingshot.

For now, enjoy this little blast from the past, and let me know if there's a brand that still tugs at your heart, even if it went out of business long ago.