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Okay. I am not opposed to Twilight. I like Kristen Stewart, and I do not deny Robert Pattinson's dreamboat good looks, nor his piercing gaze, and although I thought that the book was no Harry Potter, I did appreciate both its and the movie's merits. But upon learning that Nordstrom is debuting a New Moon fashion line, I thought it necessary that someone spoke up.
Now, obviously Kristen Stewart is gorgeous, and presumably there is a whole team of stylists working on-set to make her look perfectly casual, and Pacific Northwestern, and sporty-yet-feminine during every scene of the film. (Because, as many of you may be able to attest, that is actually not an easy look to achieve. I tried it for many years in college and learned that it's a fine line between "athletically feminine" and... sort of slobby.) But have you people read the book? Wait - I know the answer to that. Basically everyone in this country under the age of 30 has read at least the first installation of the Twilight Saga, and -- forgive me if I go on a little rant here, but -- the fashion described in that book is just TRULY horrendous. Bella swathes herself in sleeveless button-downs and floor-length denim skirts; she admires Edward Cullen's ... white turtlenecks? I'm sorry, but Twilight can be marketed in many ways. And Nordstrom may have hit upon the one facet in which even the most RPattz-obsessed, Bella-emulating, Twilight-fanatic teens may not buy in to. Is anyone with me on this?!
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