America may have finally had enough of insanely priced buffoonery masquerading as “fashion.”
“You can spend $1,000 to essentially look like a laundry rack,” said Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo Wednesday night on “The Ingraham Angle.” “It looks like you walked out of your house with static cling.”
“What is that? Homeless chic?” Fox News host Laura Ingraham joked.
Arroyo and Ingraham were talking about Balenciaga’s latest offering, which will be shipping at the end of July.
Want a cotton T-shirt sewn onto a long-sleeved, poplin button-down? No?
You are in good company — hardly anyone else does, either.
Not even for the low, low price — wait for it — of $1,290.
Balenciaga’s T-Shirt Shirt is precisely as goofy as it sounds. It’s literally a T-shirt affixed to the back of a second shirt.
On its website, Balenciaga’s model wears the T-shirt and the button-down dangles off the front.
It can also be worn in reverse, the luxe fashion house’s website notes, with the T-shirt dangling off the back.
Unfortunately, this supposed versatility fails to render the atrocity any more appealing.
If you’re dying for a T-Shirt Shirt, but it is just too casual for the office, Balenciaga’s Double Shirt may better suit your needs. This little number is a button-down affixed to a second button-down.
The Double Shirt will set you back $1,490. This is a particularly good option for offices with annoying climate control issues. One of the shirts is short-sleeved and the other long-sleeved.
Sorry, ladies. Both the T-shirt Shirt and Double Shirt are for men.
But don’t lose hope. There are always pants, as long as you are willing to stray from the Balenciaga brand.
Carmar Denim has women covered — or not — in the pants department. Carmar offers an Extreme Cut Out Jean for only $168.
The Extreme Cut Out Jean consists of a waist band, a zippered front fly connected to a narrow thong at the rear, inner and outer seam strips, pockets, an inch strip of denim across both knees, and an inch or so of cuff. That’s it. The rest is cut out.
It covers less skin than a micromini, but apparently qualifies as pants in the crazy world of fashion.
Just don’t try wearing them to the office if you hope to keep your job.
Hey @BALENCIAGA I took it from casual to chic with one hanger. This look is free pic.twitter.com/yuJSp6f1d3
— Addie Zinone (@addiezinone) May 28, 2018
Shrug, anything labeled High Fashion is not fit to be worn in public anyhow. It's the results of a running bet, to see how stupid people are. #theemperorhasnoclothes
— TC Holmes ن (@TangoCharliePDX) May 29, 2018
This must be a social experiment on herd mentality.
— Rawi (@SN_Rawit) May 29, 2018
whoever is the designer for balenciaga has to leave… pic.twitter.com/XhvMxVzwov
— ♡ (@electrawaves) May 27, 2018
These $168 Extreme Cut-Out Jeans Makes You Feel Like You'd Never Understand Fashionhttps://t.co/hIgJR4SRqx pic.twitter.com/DWkaaRIrWR
— 9GAG (@9GAG) May 2, 2018
Confused whether to wear jeans or not? Try on ‘extreme-cut-out’ jeans with ONLY seams and pockets https://t.co/TgU923PSTK
— Anurag Vohra (@anuragvohra8) May 29, 2018
Michele Blood is a Flemington, New Jersey-based freelance writer and a regular contributor to LifeZette.
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