Catalogues: Search and Destroy

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What catalogues do you like to look at? Do you buy stuff from catalogues? Will the Internet kill catalogues? (You can ignore the third part if you like)

― james, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My big brother is slightly obsessed with Argos and rarely seems to go to any other shop.

Anyway, the best catalogues are those with pictures of women wearing bras, no?

― jamesmichaelward, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

No, of women without bras. Like the mail order bride one I just got yesterday.

― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

But Victoria's Secret is so classy!

― JM, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The internet will NOT kill catalogs cos who doesn't like to look at catalogs on trains or sitting at home? You can't do that via the internet. The best catalog is Victoria's Secret because it is so ridiculous, I mean who actually wears those clothes to work? Extremely professional prostitutes? I admit some of them are very nice but others, deary me. And those million dollar bras, if you can afford a million dollar bra and then buy it cos you have nothing better to do with that money, then you have too much dosh, sorry.

I like the Ikea catalog too, and the Pottery Barn ones. I like thinking about ways to redo my house, not that I ever do it. I am going to do it early next year, I really have to redo the bedroom badly, being as the drawers fell apart (literally) and the mattress has no actual bed to go.

― Ally, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe so, but i can't afford the women in that one.

― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Are there really million dollar bras?

― Sean, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

If I was going to spend a million dollars on a bra, I wouldn't buy it from a blimmin catalogue, I'd want to check it out fully first. [comedy pause] Well that's I did last time anyway [sigh]

― jamesmichaelward, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There is indeed a million dollar bra. I know this because I saw it on Entertainment Tonight.

― Kim, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I am obsessed with buying crap household items Argos, mainly to see whether all of the things that cost like £3.50 are actually any good.

Tomorrow...? Scales.

― Graham, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There's actually a $10m one now, wtf is that? I mean, hello, $10m? For a bra? Did they not realize it's a bra?

― Ally, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That's some pothead shit if I've ever heard it. "Dude, you know what would be even better than a million dollar bra? A TEN MILLION DOLLAR BRA." *inhale* If I had ten million dollars, I certainly wouldn't be spending it on a posing strap.

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My dad's wife used to take the Spiegel catalogue (source of the Spike Jonze trust fund) and the Christmas one from Needless Markups (that's Neiman Marcus, posh American department store) which has items like the $10m bra and/or Harrods Hall Of Luxury every year (maybe she was already plotting what to spend my gran's money on before she got her meathooks on it).

However because I am queen of Champagne Lifestyle/Beer Budget I have Ikea, which is good if you know how to use it. And can be arsed to go to one of their brownfield redevelopment sites to actually pick up the damned furniture. Also in college there was the Tweeds catalogue, source of good non-specific stylish clothes - is it still around?

― suzy, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Everyone, sit down, as if you're all not sitting already, we're online, hello.

I just got the new Victoria's Secret Christmas wishbook.

THERE IS A $12.5M BRA IN THERE.

Me and Ramon got into a big conversation about this last night, and decided that diamond-encrusted underwear = complete dud. I mean, wouldn't it hurt to wear something that heavy on your tits? And don't get me started on diamond-encrusted thongs, jesus. And how do you explain it if you got it on and you whip off your shirt? "Well, I'm actually Wonder Woman in my spare time". And! Wouldn't it scratch up your significant other if you don't immediately remove it? Ridiculous.

I was absolutely horrified by the ludicrious bullshit that they seemed to think was sexy this Christmas. Inexplicably, half of the pictures in the lingerie section (there is a lingerie and a clothing section to each catalog, not that you lads get that far) featured lion cubs. I mean, wtf?

― Ally, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I just got the new Victoria's Secret Christmas wishbook.

THERE IS A $12.5M BRA IN THERE.

I got this as well, because as I mentioned on another thread I get a Victoria's Secret catalogue EVERY OTHER DAY! Even if I had a raging lingerie fetish there wouldn't be a need for that many.

The whole catalogue was pretty laughable, but the 12m bra and thong took the cake. Even if it were cheap, it makes me squeamish. Having what is basically stones sewn into your undergarments is not my idea of comfortable. I supposed it would be fun for hairshirt wearing masochists, though.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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