Pretty Icons . . . Fe**rgie?!?!?!

Despite what you may think, we do try to avoid the obvious punchlines here at the Pretty. That being said, neither do we believe in looking the gift horse in the cliched mouth on the off time he comes trot-trot-trotting into our blogging stable. So when I stumbled upon this article in my interweb ramblings, I had to stop, drop, and cover my head in fear. Peeking between my fingers, I cautiously read it once again, and saw that I had indeed correctly interpreted the headline that proclaimed . . .

"Fe**rgie Tops People's Best-Dressed List"

Ahem. So many thoughts come to mind, but before we jump into those stormy waters, let's look at the hard evidence, shall we? Young readers might want to avert their eyes; the following is rated "PG" for "Please, God, Tell Me What Is Going On Here":

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A particularly Un-Pretty image, but in the name of bloggerific integrity and thoroughness, we must include it in our analysis. And please see this:

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We really could go on all night with these, but in the interest of not belaboring the rather obvious issue, let's explore the flip side.  Is it possible that "People" picked her on the strength of her accessorizing alone?

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Josh, schnookums, you look confused - we don't understand it either. But there's a lot about fashion lately we don't understand - like the, ah, jumpsuits, that are meant to be the height of fashion:

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Admittedly this might be on the tasteful end of jumpsuits, but we're rather partial to the Osh-Kosh-B'Gosh overall ones of our younger years. We don't want to give The Duchess any ideas, however, so we'll hurry along to note that we're also quite certain that our kiddie couture did not cost the (drumroll) $4,100 this Marc Jacobs number will set you back.

At the end of the day, we conclude that we are just hopelessly behind the times, and destined to muddle through sans leather skinny jeans or non-ironic bowler hats. Thanks to you helpful readers, we're already on course to add to our business casual collection with the gradual addition of "investment" pieces we find on sale & actually like ourselves (ie, no pleated capris with cat appliques), as well as the usual BR, J. Crew & Ann Taylor pieces.

This outlook might not land us on the Best Dressed List, but we suspect we'll be able to sleep through the night anyways. And hold on to the $4,1000 we didn't spend on a designer, ahem, jumpsuit.