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You’ve said it all

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Nothing left but to get out my credit card.

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Merrill, I’d take another look at that pale pink shawl/cape/tunic pastel-colored synthetic faux-hair serape. I don’t think the scowl is at all necessary. Don’t buy into it. You can cheerily whirl around in it when you feed your baby squirrels. Just my opinion of course.

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That brings me to another problem I have looking at online catalogs. WHen I DO give in and buy a thing that is too expensive but I really love it...then I have NO PLACE TO WEAR IT! I never go places where you can wear these clothes!

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Hmm. Really? Not even the pastel pink pleated bows?!?!? I would think those could go anywhere. Can dress them up or down.

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You are right, as always. And its a good thing. Because I bought that one.

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👍🏼

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😂😂😂

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Thank you for making me chortle on a really bad day (tested positive)!!!

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Yes, after four years of being super-careful and always testing negative...

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I am so sorry to hear that. I am at 4 years of the same behavior.

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You have been reading my mind, I think. I have noticed (or maybe I just started paying attention) the recent trend of models looking angry. Like being constant pissed off is supposed to be hot? That mesh shirt did give 80s pangs, I have to admit. But we were having fun and admitting it, not glowering at anyone with the misfortune to cross our paths. These people do not know how to have fun, that much is clear.

The only model here I could relate to is the one staring off into space. That feels real.

I feel like you really need that first piece. The shimmery pink hair cape. It matches your hilariousness perfectly!

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Ha! Those expressions... models must learn how to create mood facades not normal to most humans.

Now that you mention it--I, too, believe because I have bangs I will look the same as the model with bangs.

I haven't bought many things online. Just as my hairstyle (the bangs) haven't changed since I was five, neither has my fashion sense. I used to wear pants with dresses to school. Being cold in LA, I toss on my workout pants (leggins) under skirts--to keep my legs warm and my butt covered. So I have no clue what's in style.

Call me next time you feel an urge to wear something that may not work for you. When I first moved to LA, in the 1980s, I worked at a women's clothing shop called M. Frederic. Women would come out of the dressing room in the potential outfits and I'd often scowl--because I can't hide my feelings on my face--and shake my head. "It's not working." I thought I was being helpful. I didn't want to see my fellow humans make poor choices.

Weeks later, the management told me "You don't have to come in tomorrow."

Is there a widget that can pop up before you put something in an online cart: "Are you SURE this outfit is for YOU? Give it some thought and come back."

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Some of the sites I go to send me e mails all day: "Don't you want to come back and get what you left behind!!?"

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When Merrill outdoes herself, as she does here, what does the former Merrill, now undone, do?

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um....huh?

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Quite illuminating. And, all along I imagined these models thinking, “ummmmm. . .”

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😂😂😂

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Hahahah! Nailed it!

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😂🤣😂🤣😂 Hilarious! And perfect, restacking immediately!

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THANK YOU!

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