I like the passive-aggressive tease of the “[secondary item in photo] not for sale” warning. As if the reason it’s not for sale is because it’s already been promised to the Tate Modern.
what I love most about this is how the stitch at the bottom was made on such huge needles it looks to scale like the Barbie ponchos my mom crocheted in the 70s.
It’s nice she’s selling something crocheted by the blind, I guess she forgot to leave that out of the description – that the $198 is being donated to the seeing eye dog foundation.
She has to know her nipple is showing, right? I mean, is that the whole point of the listing? “hey, I bet I can show my nipple on etsy, what piece of crap do I have that has holes and is wild enough that I can get away with it? aw, here it is. Do you think anyone will notice?”
damn it! why is the hat not for sale?!?
I demand the ability to purchase the hat!!!!!
Nothing says “I wish I was Lady Gaga” quite like this. And really, it’s about 7 years too early to actually be adroit while being ironic about the eighties, unless you’re over the age of 45.
In hipster irony, this sort of thing is actually criminal the way that wearing white shoes after labor day is a crime to the generation of Martha Stewart. Oh, what a faux pas! Biminy.
One sleeve…? ONE sleeve? What happened to the other one? I have to know! Did it tear itself off and run away in horror?
Is this catering for a very exclusive niche market of one armed blind people?
Perfect for parties, indeed. When you inevitably pass out and fall on the floor, you’ll be spared then embarrassment because everyone else will mistake you for a rug.
Artsnark (#5), thanks for the link to CAN’T STOP THE BUSTLE! If that sucker weren’t $900, I’d buy it and wear it around the house in perfect seriousness just to see what my husband would do. Although I might regret that after he had me committed.
“can’t stop the bustle” is amazing… you have to admire someone with the balls to describe their work as “a tangle of treasures that keeps eyes and mind engaged for hours on end”
#28 goblin : I’d pay to see the look on your husbands face at that
At the very least one could shimmy around the floor on your arse and polish the boards at the same time! Genius! And if one gets bored, there is a whole plethora of weird things on your belly with which to amuse and entertain. Now why didn’t I think of that!
Somehow this poor girl has managed to get her head trapped in a pan of man-eating Jiffy Pop and has lived to tell the story! It’s obvious that the condition of the sweater is just a result of her friends’ struggle to keep the rest of her body from being sucked into popcorn hell.
October 19, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I want her hat!!! It looks like the helper elf from The Christmas Story at Macy’s. The sweater Sucks.
October 19, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I refuse to wear the sweater without the tinfoil hat!
October 19, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Wow! They sure know how to party in Friendsville, Tennessee.
October 19, 2009 at 6:16 pm
holy $#!^ !!
October 19, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Holy wow. I…
Yeah.
This one is also quite staggering http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8483743
October 19, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I am not sure whether this ensemble or the fetching reflective bra also available in the shop is more desirable. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=32337963
I will have to devote some deep thinking time to this.
October 19, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I like the passive-aggressive tease of the “[secondary item in photo] not for sale” warning. As if the reason it’s not for sale is because it’s already been promised to the Tate Modern.
October 19, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Question: is shipping free to mental asylums?
October 19, 2009 at 6:46 pm
i ll wear that at burning man together with the happenin’ peace3 piece, chewing on my peyote
October 19, 2009 at 7:04 pm
You know, I think the hat is actually the second sleeve. When they realized that it had been sewn backwards, they re-purposed it.
October 19, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Is she a medieval hippie?
October 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm
as for the link to the monstrosity that artsnark posted; greatest camel toe ever on the model.
October 19, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I see a nipple!
October 19, 2009 at 7:22 pm
what I love most about this is how the stitch at the bottom was made on such huge needles it looks to scale like the Barbie ponchos my mom crocheted in the 70s.
October 19, 2009 at 7:24 pm
It’s nice she’s selling something crocheted by the blind, I guess she forgot to leave that out of the description – that the $198 is being donated to the seeing eye dog foundation.
October 19, 2009 at 7:33 pm
It’s a runaway clown from Cirque de Soleil!!!
October 19, 2009 at 7:44 pm
I got to thinking about the sweater and maybe it has already been to the party. This is all that remains.
October 19, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Do I see a nipple?
October 19, 2009 at 7:52 pm
#12 dr-awkward :
I did actually miss that. And I was silly enough to go back to look.
Damn.
October 19, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Hey! I made one of those in kindergarten! Only then it was a pot holder.
October 19, 2009 at 8:07 pm
She has to know her nipple is showing, right? I mean, is that the whole point of the listing? “hey, I bet I can show my nipple on etsy, what piece of crap do I have that has holes and is wild enough that I can get away with it? aw, here it is. Do you think anyone will notice?”
October 19, 2009 at 8:13 pm
ok does anyone else think that it looks like a giant michael jackson thumb is tapping her on the head?
October 19, 2009 at 9:23 pm
damn it! why is the hat not for sale?!?
I demand the ability to purchase the hat!!!!!
Nothing says “I wish I was Lady Gaga” quite like this. And really, it’s about 7 years too early to actually be adroit while being ironic about the eighties, unless you’re over the age of 45.
In hipster irony, this sort of thing is actually criminal the way that wearing white shoes after labor day is a crime to the generation of Martha Stewart. Oh, what a faux pas! Biminy.
October 19, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I sometimes wonder if Etsy spawned Lady Gaga. She could find years worth of outfits and accessories at this site.
October 20, 2009 at 12:27 am
One sleeve…? ONE sleeve? What happened to the other one? I have to know! Did it tear itself off and run away in horror?
Is this catering for a very exclusive niche market of one armed blind people?
October 20, 2009 at 6:48 am
Perfect for parties, indeed. When you inevitably pass out and fall on the floor, you’ll be spared then embarrassment because everyone else will mistake you for a rug.
October 20, 2009 at 6:55 am
@#7 Prof. Scammington
More like the “Taint Modern”…..cause it taint art and it taint fashion.
October 20, 2009 at 8:12 am
WHY CAN’T I BUY THE HAT?!
Artsnark (#5), thanks for the link to CAN’T STOP THE BUSTLE! If that sucker weren’t $900, I’d buy it and wear it around the house in perfect seriousness just to see what my husband would do. Although I might regret that after he had me committed.
October 20, 2009 at 8:29 am
I didn’t know schizophrenic homeless ladies went to parties. The hat isn’t for sale because it keeps the government from reading the seller’s mind.
October 20, 2009 at 8:47 am
I can’t even think of anything to say about this, it is that bad.
October 20, 2009 at 9:09 am
“can’t stop the bustle” is amazing… you have to admire someone with the balls to describe their work as “a tangle of treasures that keeps eyes and mind engaged for hours on end”
October 20, 2009 at 9:13 am
Okay, because I’m a terrible procrastiantor I browsed this person’s shop and found this:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21890191
The description says: Good Horse scented oil for hair and body-
Um, as somebody who owns horses I can honestly say that the first thing you do after petting or riding them is wash off their scent.
October 20, 2009 at 9:28 am
Dibs on the day-glo red playsuit!!!
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21859828"
October 20, 2009 at 11:37 am
The hat is a phallic representation done in silver disco-ball glitter.
October 20, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I can probably crochet better than that, and I have only crocheted a row or two (while learning) my entire life! Yikes!
October 20, 2009 at 2:38 pm
#28 goblin : I’d pay to see the look on your husbands face at that
At the very least one could shimmy around the floor on your arse and polish the boards at the same time! Genius! And if one gets bored, there is a whole plethora of weird things on your belly with which to amuse and entertain. Now why didn’t I think of that!
October 20, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Somehow this poor girl has managed to get her head trapped in a pan of man-eating Jiffy Pop and has lived to tell the story! It’s obvious that the condition of the sweater is just a result of her friends’ struggle to keep the rest of her body from being sucked into popcorn hell.
October 20, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Actually Yippy, I think that’s Balloon Boy. This picture is a few days old.
October 20, 2009 at 7:58 pm
#27 rodgertheshrubber:
I want to be a curator at the Taint Modern.
October 24, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Well I found a solution to the hat situation thanks to the murkin lady http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7342328
October 28, 2009 at 6:35 pm
all i can say is OMFG! HAT jesus
October 28, 2009 at 7:24 pm
http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.56822143.jpg
October 28, 2009 at 7:32 pm
If you want to destroy my sweater woa wo wo pull this thread as I walk away. This is your brain on drugs
November 25, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Um, DUH… of course the hat isn’t included-WHO doesn’t already have one?