So my wife recieves the J. Crew catalog in the mail. I'm thumbing through it last night while she puts the rugrat down for the night (I was bored) and found what must be the apex of douchey neo-trendy absurdity. You can buy, from the J. Crew catalog, at what must be assinine prices, vintage books. W. T. F. A couple of instantaneous reactions: 1) Vintage books? What the hell does that even mean? Early editions? Some binding method only fashionable in the 70s? Books that were groundbreaking works of literary fortitude "back in the day" but are now considered antiquated tripe? Gah! 2) Have these folks never heard of used book stores? 3) Nothing solidifies brazen douche-tacularness like buying overpriced old books for the "look". I bet these guys have never read anything more insightful then "GQ" their entire lives. 4) I'd think if I was one of the authors represented within this collection I'd probably die from a combination of rage and disgust. 5) What would mlwoo think - is this the bookshelf version of a popped collar and jorts?
I don't get that catalog so... at the risk of opening up a can of worms, I'd like to ask: What vintage books were they selling?
