after finishing my previous entry and reading it, i noticed that it was too lengthy and the paragraphs were too long for anyone to maintain interest. as such, i will make a concious effort in my future posts to be short and understood.
first of all, i'd like to say that i have so much things to bitch about that i had thought of updating it everyday. but then another thought struck me. what if i ran out of things to bitch about? so i decided to update every once in a while only. like when i feel very strongly about a particular thing at the moment. come to think of it, the blog should be entitled 'my bitchings' instead.
anyway, with the disclaimer shit outta the way, i will now proceed with my entry proper. i'm sure that most of you have heard of the Anya Hindmarch 'I'm not a plastic bag' bag. and to the uninitiated, it was created "to use our influence in a positive way to make it fashionable not to use plastic bags, to raise awareness of this issue and to encourage people to make small changes in their behaviour."
(http://www.anyahindmarch.com/division/environmental_bags_faq.aspx#a)
it is very noble of Anya Hindmarch, an upmarket UK retail store that sells tote bags for hundreds of pounds (£1 = S$3+), to make an effort to care for the environment. for example, the cheapest tote canvas bag i've found on their website is £215 (S$648.63)! heck, the original retail price for the canvas 'i'm not a plastic bag' bag was a mere £5 ($16.60)! (http://www.thebaglady.tv/2007/02/anya_hindmarchs_1.html) sure, it may simply be a PR gimmick just like every other 'save the world; care for children; cure disease' campaign, but who cares? at least they
are trying.
just to clarify with you readers, i'm not against taking plastic bags from stores and i have no qualms about it. and i really don't care if you do or not. but please, don't carry this 'fashion statement' bag with you
and carry a plastic bag. it hurts your rep. a lot.
pity those women in singapore who don't give a shit about their bag says. in less than two short weeks, i've seen at least 3 instances of women carrying the Anya Hindmarch bag in one hand
and a plastic bag (or more) in the other. c'mon, even if u don't give a shit about using a plastic bag, at least please
act like you do, and hide that 7-11 plastic bag in your very
atas Anya Hindmarch bag
laaaahfirstly, everybody knows that you're probably carrying a very fake Anya Hindmarch bag because the bag is very sold out at the moment even in the UK, let alone Singapore where they don't even sell the damn bag. secondly, you are showing the world how shallow and ignorant you are by blindly following the latest fad, but not even knowing what it is that you carry. it's bad enough that you're a fake, and now you're taking it one step further by being ignorant by carrying a damn plastic bag. that takes the cake man.
so please, if you want to be a fashionista, make sure you don't do it blindly. and make sure you don't bring your fake 'i'm not a plastic bag' bag when you intend to use plastic bags outside. it is so not cool to pretend to be cool and reveal your stupidity. u might as well label your plastic bag 'I am a plastic bag' then you'd have the best of both worlds!
Labels: anya, hindmarch, i'm not a plastic bag, plastic bag, singapore
edwardsam
9/18/2007 02:31:00 PM
