'tis the end of a short journey.

EDIT: So it seems that most people do not understand my sarcasm in this post (I absolutely adore the e-mails lecturing me); yes, it seems like a lovely skirt, and no, I will not actually be wasting $600 on a mere elastic-cotton-insert-some-sort-of-fabric-here skirt, high school student or not. I’d much rather use that money for open classes and coffee. And more caffeinated beverages. It’s called l-u-s-t, darlings. Lust.

But so what if I did? It’s my money. Or my parent’s rather.

…

So my quest for the perfect, high-waisted bodycon skirt has come to an end, for better or for worse. Drumroll, s’il vous plaît!

Hervé Léger high-waisted bandage mini | Net-a-Porter, $600

Behold, the Hervé Léger high-waisted bandage mini. I have always admired it from afar – from my laptop monitor – mentioning it in nearly every wish-list of mine. Granted, I have never tried anything of the Hervé Léger brand, nor have slipped into any garment worth remotely close to such luxury price tags. But from what I do know about the iconic house, Hervé Léger is the undefeated king of creating the most body-conscious of body-conscious clothing, infamous bondage and all.

Is it pathetic that that I would be willing to shell out the moo-lah ($600!) for this beauty? I have qualms about anything being worth over $100, though that may be the rational (or frugal, take your pick) high school student within me speaking. Yet the same, rational Jiminy Cricket would make sense of it all. Say I wear it every other day. The cost per wear would average to about $5 per outing. It’s in the numbers, and the numbers, my dears, always speak the truth. Or so those scientists and mathematicians and public educators claim. $600, Six hundred dollars, six Bejamins, oh my. All for a lovely piece of elasticated fabric, cut, sewn, and hemmed within a minute’s time. I suppose the extra zeros hanging at the end of the price tag are added to compensate the delicate workmanship: the fabric must be cut not straight (like all other bodycon skirts I’ve seen), but curved. Ah, the extra work of blood, sweat, and tears spent toiling over it!

Regardless. This is exactly what I have been searching for. High-waisted, with the silhouette slimmer at the top than the rest to prevent gapping at the waist. (Damn hourglass figure.) Thick, elastic fabric to prevent unwanted stretching of the fabric in awkward areas and any potential flashing of the knickers to the stranger behind you.

Now ’tis only a matter of convincing dearest mother of releasing the credit card…

♥

bisous,

La C.

P.S.: Thank you all for those sweet birthday wishes! (: