Ah folks, the change of seasons is coming. It’s wonderful outside today, partly cloudy and a high of 20°. There are lots of new winter clothes coming into the bazaar, so let’s get started digging through them.
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This is a maternity shirt… er, I don’t know what else to say about it. Once you know that, though, it gives a new meaning to “inside from the lost world.”
That’s great, because I was getting tired of all this conventional anonymous fame.
I was, until I got a good dose of unconventional personalised fame. Now I’m okay.
It’s kind of like clay pigeons— a more humane alternative to hunting a real fox.
I love everything about this, but especially the “partir au pause.”
I know you can’t see it because it’s white embroidery on a white background, but the word next to “little” is “builder.” Yeah, “finger little builder.” Let’s move on. Quickly.
There’s so much about the children’s clothing in this country that makes me cringe, but if I could choose only one thing to ban, I would get them to stop putting the word “pleasure” on shirts for little girls. About half the shirts you see for under-10s have the word “pleasure” on them somewhere, and even though there’s nothing wrong with that word per se, something about the way it’s used freaks me a out a little.
This is actually funny because it’s true, but I’ve never heard a tow truck referred to as a saviour car.
I couldn’t believe this— on the table where I found this there were literally hundreds of different items, shirts and pants and skirts and bags and socks and underwear, all with that same embroidered outline of a lady’s head, and all with the same address. I looked it up when I got home, and as it turns out, 1400 Alton Road in Miami Beach is a Gold’s Gym. The phone number is correct, also. None of the clothing items had any company name anywhere on them, just the lady and the address.
Honourable mention: I saw a bra today with embroidered writing on the cups— one cup said “everyday” and the other one said “someday.” I tried to get a photo, but the bra was hanging up above the tables and I couldn’t get close enough to it. But I thought you needed to know about it anyway.
If you want to see more of these, the bazaar archive is here, and if you want some Turklish of your own you can find it over at the store. See you guys tomorrow.
those are awesome. i want to go to a bazaar.
those are awesome. i want to go to a bazaar.
The one with the gym phone number is unbelieveable. I wonder whether they get any calls from Turkey. Also, the bra! I so want to see a photo of that.
The one with the gym phone number is unbelieveable. I wonder whether they get any calls from Turkey. Also, the bra! I so want to see a photo of that.
creepy, i wonder if it’s some strange international marketing campaign from gold’s gym?
creepy, i wonder if it’s some strange international marketing campaign from gold’s gym?
Probably the Gold’s Gym bought the shirts and they were embroidered incorrectly so they said, “HM, we could just parlay this into some funds by selling them at the Turkish Bazaar, they won’t know the difference.”
Probably the Gold’s Gym bought the shirts and they were embroidered incorrectly so they said, “HM, we could just parlay this into some funds by selling them at the Turkish Bazaar, they won’t know the difference.”
@pseudojoe: well come on over next Thursday and I’ll show you all about it!
@pseudojoe: well come on over next Thursday and I’ll show you all about it!
@Sara: I’ve seen snippets of addresses before, but never a whole one. I still can’t believe that one.
@Sara: I’ve seen snippets of addresses before, but never a whole one. I still can’t believe that one.
@randell my money’s more on some cheap Turkish clothing company wanting to be associated with Gold’s but too afraid of litigation to actually put the Gold’s logo on their clothing. I’m thinking reprinting a publically available address isn’t illegal.
@randell my money’s more on some cheap Turkish clothing company wanting to be associated with Gold’s but too afraid of litigation to actually put the Gold’s logo on their clothing. I’m thinking reprinting a publically available address isn’t illegal.
@princesscathy: actually, I think you’re on to something there – we get a lot of second-quality stuff at the bazaar that was slated to be original designer stuff but came back from the printers faulty and ended up being sold to third-world countries.
@princesscathy: actually, I think you’re on to something there – we get a lot of second-quality stuff at the bazaar that was slated to be original designer stuff but came back from the printers faulty and ended up being sold to third-world countries.