Sunday, October 26, 2008

Welcome to “Recession Chic”

Welcome to “recession chic” and its personification, the “recessionista,” the new name for the style maven on a budget.
Read the entire article here.

2 comments:

Melissa @ I Pick Pretty said...

I saw this article too & thought it was a rather snarky take on a serious thing. What is self-serving about hoping to continue to keep up one's wardrobe, but setting reasonable budget expectations for same? And so my love/hate relationship with the NYT Style page continues . . .

a. said...

Mel - you and me both on the love/hate relationship with the NY Times Style section!

I think that some people will have to seriously scale back because of the economic crisis - I cut back a lot on driving when gas prices were through the roof!