{"id":8668,"date":"2023-05-22T15:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T22:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=8668"},"modified":"2023-05-22T15:37:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T22:37:48","slug":"rewind-fashion-shrubberies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=8668","title":{"rendered":"Rewind: Fashion Shrubberies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the BilgeBucket Gazette. Our first issue was on May 19, 2003 and we\u2019ve been shoveling it to the public, just like the corporate media, ever since. We changed our format to a WordPress blog in 2011 so all of our earlier material was archived. We\u2019ve been reposting many of those archived articles, headlines, photo-toons, BilgeBucket Lists and other content over the past twelve years. In honor of our 20th, and because we\u2019re sick of the current state of affairs in the world, we\u2019ll be reposting more items from 2003 through 2009 throughout this year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the strange constants in this modern world is the wackiness of the fashion industry. Each year, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"fashion houses pump out the latest in haute couture (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonmagazine.co.uk\/fashion\/top-10-most-ridiculous-looks-from-fashion-week-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\">fashion houses pump out the latest in haute couture<\/a> with models prowling the catwalks wearing trendy costumes that no normal woman or man would wear even for Halloween. And yet, celebrities flock to these extravaganzas and schmooze with other wealthy elites just to be seen in what many view as an orgy of status attainment and snobbery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve had some fun with the fashion world before at the Bucket (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=566\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=1391\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and we uncovered another photo-toon from our <strong>October 6, 2006<\/strong> issue illustrating the wackiness of these avant garde trendsetters.  Are you ready for some fashion shrubberies? We&#8217;re sure they&#8217;ll be available soon at your nearest Kohls or Home Depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fashionshrubberies.jpg\" alt=\"Fashion shrubberies, like this one by Elmer Goochie Nurseries presented last week at London Fashion Week, are making a huge comeback this spring.\" class=\"wp-image-8672\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fashionshrubberies.jpg 333w, http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fashionshrubberies-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 85vw, 333px\" \/><figcaption>Fashion shrubberies, like this one by Elmer Goochie Nurseries presented last week at London Fashion Week, are making a huge comeback this spring.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the BilgeBucket Gazette. Our first issue was on May 19, 2003 and we\u2019ve been shoveling it to the public, just like the corporate media, ever since. We changed our format to a WordPress blog in 2011 so all of our earlier material was archived. We\u2019ve been reposting many of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=8668\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rewind: Fashion Shrubberies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[377,185,2451,98,2450,2452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8668"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8668"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8676,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8668\/revisions\/8676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}