La Meridionale Ballerina

Bebe.  Remember when it was cool?  Remember when that one member of the cheerleading team showed up with a sparkly shirt that said Bebe on it and everyone wanted to buy clothes from there, but then didn’t because they went to the store and realized all their shirts cost $60 and up and that was way more than high school allowance?

Well, I decided to go shopping last night and somehow found myself in Bebe.  This was after a failed attempt at finding wearable clothing anywhere else.

(All I want is a cute shirt to go on dates in, people.  That’s all I want.  Just a nice, cute shirt.)

First off: all their shirts look exactly the same.  Exactly the same.  Poufy sleeves, button-down.  Variations include satin poufy sleeve button-downs, long poufy sleeve button-downs, poufy sleeve buttondown dresses, and poufy sleeve button-downs with a sweater vest attached.

As they would say on Project Runway (love it!), "Bebe, we’ve seen this shirt before.  Where’s the innovation?" 

Not that there’s anything wrong with this shirt style, per se.  It’s just that, as much as I love retro-inspired looks, I don’t actually want to look the Girl from the Wrong Side of the Tracks Who Flirts with All the Boys Even if They’re Going Steady at the Soda Shop.  Also, this look might require red lipstick, which looks awful on me.

So I say, fine, I don’t want to buy a shirt even though that’s what I came to the mall to look for.  I’ll look for something else.

Like this oh-so-practical number:

This is from their Glamour Satin Suiting collection.  That’s right - suiting.  This particular number is the Glamour Satin Bustier dress.  You know, for the corporate hooker.

(Seriously, where on earth would you wear that?  With the blazer and the gloves?)

Sheesh.  What a joke.  And this stuff still costs more than my allowance.

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