maybe i’ve been reading the bloggess too much, or maybe i just need to take a xanax, but i feel the snark rising up in my fingers, and i just can’t stop myself from the following.  i just received a press release from a certain company (which i adore, by the way), about a certain plaid shirt, featured in the following photo:

now, as i said, i love this company, and shop there altogether too often.  and so, i’m not going to defame them here when i’m really just annoyed about an entire trend (ahem, and actress).

first and foremost, i just think taylor momsen’s mom, or agent, or somebody needs to take her aside and tell her she is looking increasingly like some sort of homeless street urchin/crack addict hybrid, between the excessive eyeliner, the stringy hair and the oversized everything. she just kind of…well, she scares the holy living hell out of me, that’s all.

that said, my big gripe here is actually with the plaid flannel shirt in question. it’s just that my tolerance for the reincarnation of this particular trend is very, very low.  i didn’t much care for it when grunge was cool back in the ’90s, and it’s just one more decade i feel no need to relive (i’m looking at you, 1980s).

but even if i *did* want to wear a plaid flannel shirt, i’d want it to be trim, tailored, and just generally more chic, no?  i mean, if all i want is a baggy flannel shirt, i can get that at ll bean, target, or even sears for that matter, and probably for under $20.  i definitely don’t need to spend $140 on it (oh, did i not mention the one taylor momsen’s wearing is $140?  yeah.).

all that said, if this is a trend you simply can’t resist, allow me to offer a few suggestions that don’t, you know, make me want to throw things at innocent celebrities.

left is by mike & chris, on sale for a very respectable $75. it is not flannel. i think that’s a good thing, as is the very girly styling. i’m especially loving the farrah fawcett hair on the model (man, i am on fire today).  right is by steven alan, the king of the plaid shirt. i actually kind of love this one, and would highly recommend it.  even though it’s more expensive than the one i’m snarking about.  i know…i have no excuse for myself.

okay, snark over for now…but i’m right, aren’t i?

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