This is some sort of sick joke, right?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I bought an Olszewski for $300 and when I tried to wash it, it didn't make it once through the spin cycle.

I wish that the Disney gallery still sold collectibles and not "collectibles". Sericels? SHAG? Please.

I'm sure that some people who collect WDCC "sculptures" think that folks who buy these shirts are suckers. Let he who is without sin etc etc.

Hey, I'm still pretty much without sin. I bought the shag prints because I wanted to hang it on my walls, not because it's "rebellious", "fashionable", "brand name" or "collectible". In fact, I don't collect anything. I may drool over various stupidly expensive things but I'd never buy them for myself.

I still feel that my biggest spending "sin" is spending money on overpriced DL food....but that's not for the food, it's for the company and ambiance, and worth every penny.

[Alex]

I didn't read the whole thing so I don't know if this was said, but everything I'm hearing is that the replacement store for Hoypoloi will be a Disney-run store to house these high-end clothing lines.

Also, a similar Donald short was worn by one of the red carpet arrivals at the Downtown Disney premiere of Princess Diaries 2 so it really is vintage, just with rhinestones. At least 18 months old. Maybe putting Donald below the text adds $90 in value. Here's my picture (I have no idea who the woman is and neither did any of the other photographers):

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

the replacement store for Hoypoloi will be a Disney-run store to house these high-end clothing lines.

Is "high-end" determined solely by the retail price, or does quality of design and manufacture fit into that definition anywhere?

[DisneyDaniel]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Also, a similar Donald short was worn by one of the red carpet arrivals at the Downtown Disney premiere of Princess Diaries 2 so it really is vintage, just with rhinestones. At least 18 months old. Maybe putting Donald below the text adds $90 in value. Here's my picture (I have no idea who the woman is and neither did any of the other photographers):

The person in the picture looks like songwriter Diane Warren, who wrote the song "I Decide," performed by Lindsay Lohan, for the "Princess Diaries 2" soundtrack.

Diane Warren has written a long list of hit songs from the 1980s through today in pop, rock, country and R&B. Some of the massively-successful songs she has written include:
Aerosmith - "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
Celine Dion - "Because You Loved Me"
Toni Braxton - "Unbreak My Heart"
LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood - "How Do I Live"
Cher - "If I Could Turn Back Time"
Expose' - "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me"
Expose' - "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue"
Belinda Carlisle - "I Get Weak"
Laura Branigan - "Solitaire"
Taylor Dayne - "Love Will Lead You Back"
Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"

So, is it a hit shirt if hit-songwriter Diane Warren wears it?

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Hey, I'm still pretty much without sin.

Is that like being almost pregnant?

[Gemini Cricket]

I know nothing about fashion. I added that amendment to my gay Constitution long ago: is gay but knows nothing about fashion nor would spend heaps of money on it in the name of keeping up.

What alarms me about Disney pricing in general is that they seem to be hiking things up just to see how much they can get away with. If people pay this much for a t-shirt, then they'll keep hiking up the prices. And people do buy this stuff. Bleh.

And as far as quality goes, I never expect Disney stuff to be high quality. Ever.

My 2 cents.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Hey, I'm still pretty much without sin. I bought the shag prints because I wanted to hang it on my walls, not because it's "rebellious", "fashionable", "brand name" or "collectible". In fact, I don't collect anything. I may drool over various stupidly expensive things but I'd never buy them for myself.

I'm curious about your term "sin: here - and while I know you are just throwing some hyperbole around, even before this I get the impression that your reaction to this line of clothes is more than they are ugly or expensive, but rather they are somehow immorale - that to purchase or wear them is simply "wrong" and that a "good/just/smart/sensible" person would never do that. In a sense that "Fashion" may well be a sin to you, in that it means conformity, foolishness, or some subjegation to an ill-thinking elite.

I don't want to put words in your mouth, but that's an impression I get.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I'm curious about your term "sin: here ...

I think what CP meant was being guilty of buying Disney stuff. I didn't read it as her making a comment about the shirt itself...
:shrug:

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I think what CP meant was being guilty of buying Disney stuff. I didn't read it as her making a comment about the shirt itself...
:shrug:

I got that but the use of the term "sin" got me to think about some of the reaction - or my impressions I'm getting from them - that have been expressed here.

I think I see "fashion" as having far less baggage than others do. To me it's a matter of aesthetics, others see it as a commandment to wear legwarmers - or so it seems.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I'm curious about your term "sin: here - and while I know you are just throwing some hyperbole around, even before this I get the impression that your reaction to this line of clothes is more than they are ugly or expensive, but rather they are somehow immorale - that to purchase or wear them is simply "wrong" and that a "good/just/smart/sensible" person would never do that. In a sense that "Fashion" may well be a sin to you, in that it means conformity, foolishness, or some subjegation to an ill-thinking elite.

I don't want to put words in your mouth, but that's an impression I get.

Thanks for the fact check - as BTD noticed, I used the word "sin" because Mousepod did. I don't think of this in sin terms. I barely ever think of anything in sin terms.

I blame Mousepod