<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, shopping]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, shopping]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/shopping http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/shopping <![CDATA[Overwhelming & Odd: Shopping Oprah's New Online Store]]> The Oprah Store is now online! In a video tour, Oprah explains that since 600 people line up everyday to watch a taping of her show, she always wanted a place where "they could just get a keychain or something." Of course, Oprah being Oprah, things are never that simple. The brick-and-mortar store is 5,500 square feet of items, each approved by Ms. Winfrey. The clothes come in every size from small to 3x. Dressing rooms are in soothing colors with a flattering mirror, "no fat mirrors allowed." There's an entire section devoted to tea. Lots of items, including the gift wrap, are "new grass green," Oprah's fave color. And most everything in the Chicago store can now be found online. Baby bibs, bowls, puppy polos and South African crafts, after the jump.

First: Unless your name is Olivia, Ophelia, Obama, Odetta or, of course, Oprah, you may not find it exciting that nearly everything Oprah sells has an O on it. At first it was extremely distracting. Then you get used to it. Onward!

First stop: O Baby. There are cute sets you could pick up if you're going to a baby shower.

These bibs are bestsellers, Oprah says.

These are a lot funnier, don't you think?

The critters on this tee aren't just random; they're animals found in South Africa. Oprah has a vision!

While the puppy polo is cute, it just makes a lot more sense if your dog's name is Oscar, or Oakley.

When the Os make a pattern, like on this leash, they're less Obnoxious.

The apparel for women consists of lots and lots of workout wear. Three different kinds of yoga pants, all kinds of hoodies and sweatshirts, and almost everything has a tiny embroidered O. Obese? No excuse!

There are T-shirts with Oprah phrases on them…


…Which are either inspirational or rather demanding, depending on your mood.

Oprah has an entire section called "cashmere." This sweater comes in sizes up to XXXL, which almost never happens with cashmere, so that's great. The O logo? Not so great, when the sweater is $120.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but, I might buy this sweater. It's just so freakin' cute! Cashmere, with rouched sleeves. And look ma, no logo!

For men, Oprah offers Harpo logo tees, which is just not ever going to happen. Catch on, I mean. Never.

Ties seem more likely: You can't even tell there a million tiny Os on each one.

The "Home Living" section has some really gorgeous items, like these handcrafted beaded glass bowls. They're from Sizwe Umoya, a group of rural Zulu wire-weavers in South Africa. Oprah is soooo on-message.

These baskets are also handcrafted, but I'm just going to go ahead and say it: Meh.

I might buy this pillow, Oprah. Okay? Winning me over.

Oprah loves tea, so there are plenty of teapots, trays, dessert plates, cups and mugs to choose from. Still, only the Obamas, O'Connors and Onassises should have O teapots.

This O tray is pretty damn cute. And the colorful acrylic glasses are perfect for cocktails by the pool. Not that I have a pool.

Oprah says this makeup bag is a top-seller. The logo starts to grow on you after a while. Like fungus.

These makeup bags are even better: Metallic is chic, and the logo's been reduced to a mere zipper pull. Subtle!

Ladies and gentlemen, Oprah luggage. For traveling to Ontario, Oman, or, oh, Ohio.

For some reason, this piece of luggage seems even worse than the others. At least the previous ones had a sense of humor.

An Oprah nOtebook makes sense somehow.

Oprah notes: Vadgetastic?

The keychain that started it all!

Last, but not least: The O ornament. Oprah is practically a deity at this point, right? Happy Holidays!

The Oprah Store goes online [UPI]
The Oprah Store [Official Site]

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<![CDATA[Defamer's Next Top T-Shirt Slogan]]>

In our ongoing attempt to give you new and exciting ways to interact with this Intertubes Blogsite and fritter away even more of your employer's valuable time, we are happy to invite you, the reader who always believed that the whispers the voice inside your head distracts you with as you try to roll calls would make a catchy t-shirt slogan, to provide (and/or vote on! See? Interactive!) the idea for the next high-quality Defamer garment to be sold in the Gawker Shop. Here's how it works: The creative-minded can submit their slogans in the form found after the jump (after submitting, you'll be whisked off to the live, Digg-style voting), while the impatient and judgmental can jump directly to the voting page to celebrate the inspired or euthanize the feeble. And while we recognize that you are undoubtedly brimming with sloganeering genius, we prefer you not drain your reserves too quickly, and so limit you to a single submission every half-hour. Get to work, before the Lindsay Lohan-related idea you had is rendered obsolete by a newer and more suspicious emergency surgery.


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<![CDATA[The Gawker Shop Helps You Save Christmas]]>

We tried putting together a comprehensive Defamer Holiday Gift Guide for our readers, but then it hit us: a list of wonderful things you might buy for people you cherish and/or need favors from should begin and end with the fine garments on sale at the Gawker Shop. Is there a better way to express your love than in t-shirt form? Wait, this one is easy, so we'll answer it for you: No, there is not. And as a special enticement to make an already ludicrously easy gift-giving decision even more simple, the Shop is offering a special, pre-holiday 20.69% discount on our Defamer-themed Bathroom Stall VIP Club Member and Your Assistant Hates You models, with the latter style the perfect way to remind your boss of your warm feelings towards him during this festive season. Hit the shop and buy, buy, buy, for time is running out to have your purchases shipped before you abandon our fair city for the holidays.

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<![CDATA[The Gawker Shop: A Warm Place To Stay During The Holidays]]>

With the mall-clogging horror of Black Friday behind us, we think it's finally safe for us to make a new appeal to your culturally ingrained imperative to completely drain your savings during the holiday season: Why let your hard-earned money languish in a corporate usurer's vault when you can easily convert your liquidity into a far more practical, t-shirt form? Time to get a-clickin' and a-spendin' at the Gawker Shop, where a staggering variety of cottony, slogan-bearing delights await you, like the pictured "George Clooney Stalked Me" model, a garment so universally coveted that it's now only available in a men's medium size. Those headed home from Los Angeles this holiday might want to treat themselves to our classic, Defamer-themed "An Agent Ate My Baby" and "Hollywood Kicked My Ass" styles, shirts which make awkward explanations about the recent work-related misfortunes that have left you suddenly childless and/or jobless completely unnecessary. Feel free to browse the online store (which is refreshingly free of images of porny nineteen-year-olds lounging around in our products) while you decide on the dozen or so shirts you will eventually purchase. Consume: it's what we do between Thanksgiving and Christmas to make the pain go away.


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<![CDATA[Gawker T-Shirts: Be The Finest MF'R On The Set]]>

Every so often, we're able to convince our bosses to devote some blog-time to promoting the sale of some t-shirts they've coincidentally just reprinted and would otherwise be content to let languish in some dusty cardboard boxes in the Gawker Media Warehouse. Accordingly, today we're happy to announce the rearrrival of our wildly popular "It's Like, Yeah, Motherfucker, I'm Fine" shirt, which long ago completely sold out but has now returned to tantalize you, the savvy, voracious consumer of garments featuring defiant expressions of spiritual and physical health once spoken by Lindsay Lohan. Buy, and buy now, for failure to do so would be madness itself.

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<![CDATA[Gawker T-Shirts Make Universally Acclaimed Comeback]]> It is our incredible pleasure to inform you on behalf of our merchandising-obsessed management that the Gawker Shop (visit it here online, or our other, less convenient location, the trunk of a car stalled near the valet stand at Hyde) has finally—finally!—restocked its supply of two of its billion-selling t-shirts models, the It's Not Whoring If You Do It For Free (pictured—and isn't that so, so true?), and the Quietly Judging You. But there's even better news: the shirts are now available in larger sizes, an attempt to better accommodate your recent pectoral or breast augmentation surgeries. As always, these shirts are backed by the Gawker Shop Guarantee: If you don't achieve international superstardom within fifteen years of your purchase, our boss will personally refund your money.* Consume!

[*In 2006 US dollars]

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<![CDATA[Hot Dogs Vs. Handbags: The Battle For Robertson]]> robertson.jpgWe recently received an e-mail plea from a New Line staffer begging us to solicit support for beloved local Robertson Blvd. food cart vendor "Antonio the hot dog guy," whom the owner of a newly opened accessories store called Surly Girl is attempting to displace. Knowing every story has two sides, and being fans in equal measure of both fiery sausage and Swarovski-crystal-encrusted calculators alike (see their online catalog: "Very, very trendy and cool purses!" says Ryan Seacrest we shit you not), we stayed safely out of the matter. Today, Page Six stokes the flames:

[Surly Girl owner Alison] Muh retorts, "I am a small, new business trying to pay my astronomical rent. I cannot afford to lose a sale. Antonio was parked in front of my store and took up two parking spots all day ... He was paying off parking enforcement with free food, which is why they let him park in a two-hour metered zone for over six hours a day. On one day alone, I counted more than 20 shoppers who could not walk through [Antonio's] unruly line to get to my store. I begged my landlord to help me find a good solution for everyone. We finally approached Antonio directly and he yelled at us."


Sony Pictures staffer Leigha Lindsay sent Surly Girl staff an e-mail with a subtle threat: "Have you had a turkey dog? A burrito? A tuna sandwich? I ask that you take this into strong consideration as bad press is not beneficial to your store."

We must commend Muh, who could have easily replied to the angry industry luncher with a counter e-mail along the lines of, "Well, have you ever tried a Large Hamptons Hobo? A flower bangle? A Laguna Tote?!" Here's hoping the two businesses find a workable solution, and that life on the bustling boulevard gets back to normal soon. After all, there's really no reason why you shouldn't be able to pick up a couple kosher dogs with everything for you and your latest purchase, who probably hasn't been fed in days.

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<![CDATA[Gawker T-Shirt Stall: Be As Fine As Lindsay Lohan]]> We know you better than you know yourselves. And we know that if we didn't give you the opportunity to stretch a celebrity-inspired catchphrase across your chest before it's worn out its welcome, you'd hate us forever. Hot off the looms of the Gawker Shop is this t-shirt, which echoes Lindsay Lohan's defiant, final words in her recent Vanity Fair interview. The next time your friends are dragging you out of the bathroom stall by your ankles, they can look down at your shirt and know that you, like Lindsay, are gonna be OK, and change course from the emergency room to another club, ready for the night's next adventure.

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<![CDATA[Time Is Running Out To Give The Gift Of Gawker T-Shirts]]> hollywoodkickedmyass.jpgWe feel a contractual obligation deep responsibility to inform you that this might be your last chance to give the only gift that can adequately express your feelings for anyone you care at all about, a t-shirt from the Gawker shop. In fact, we can't guarantee that the impulse purchase that will certainly follow this entreaty will arrive before Christmas, but that is no reason not to buy, buy, buy. Ask yourself: Is it more awkward to explain to that special someone that their gift may arrive a day or two late because you're a procrastinator, or that there will be no gift at all? And as long as we're asking questions here, which is a more dignified way to broach the delicate subject of moving back into the family home to one's parents: this commemorative "Hollywood Kicked My Ass" t-shirt, or a tear-drenched nervous breakdown? Yeah, we thought so. Consume!

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<![CDATA[Defamer Holiday Deal Alert: Orphans Half-Off At Kitson]]>
We at Defamer realize some members of our readership may still have some disposable income left after buying out all the inventory in our t-shirt store, and we're committed to keeping these prized consumers informed of Hollywood's hottest retail deals. We've received word that bleeding-edge celebrity trend purveyor Kitson has slashed prices on its remaining inventory of Cambodian orphans (the much more popular "Zahara" line of Ethiopian babies sold out weeks ago—sorry, no rainchecks!) in hopes of finding the adorable, overstocked tykes (pictured above; mohawk kit sold separately) suitably fashionable homes before the holidays. As a special bonus, the first dozen shoppers to mention Defamer will also receive a "Team Jolie" tote bag, free of charge!

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<![CDATA[Gawker T-Shirts Save You From Yourself]]> whoring-tshirt.jpgNot to put too fine a point on it, but you're running dangerously short on holiday shopping time, and in the event that you're not done yet, you're a bad person. Luckily, the fine people at corporate blogging mothership Gawker Media (motto: Give Until It Hurts, And Then Roll Over And Go To Sleep) are here to save you from the evil, procrastinating elves who live inside your head. They're offering Free! Priority! Mail! to ship your order from our t-shirt shop, ensuring that your Christmakkahwanzaa won't be ruined by the thoughtlessness of old-timey snail mail. Order now, and often, lest shirts like "It's not whoring if you do it for free" (pictured at left, and tattooed in a place we're too modest to reveal in this space) fail to stuff your greedy stockings in time for the holidays. Consume!

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<![CDATA[Gawker T-Shirts: A Lot Like Love, But Less Expensive]]> bathroom-vip-tshirt.jpgAs if the fine, generous folks on the bridge of the Gawker Media mothership haven't given you enough today with the launch of the new blog, we're going to remind you about their munificence by pointing out that a number of fine t-shirts are available for purchase at the impossibly swanky Gawker shop. This week, we're going to spotlight the Defamer Inspired™ (though not logo-bearing) shirt at left, perhaps the most efficient way to broadcast your clubbing needs short of pounding on the stall door and demanding a little powdered candy, "just for the gums."

The holidays are coming! Consume!

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<![CDATA[Gawker T-Shirts: Express Holiday Love Of Your Fellow Man With A Simple Purchase]]> assistant-shirt.jpgThe starter's pistol has been fired, signalling the start of the holiday-season retail orgy (yes, our orgies always feature gunplay) that distinguishes this great Nation from the Communist puppet regimes that once plagued Eastern Europe.

What were we talking about? Oh, right. The folks back at the Gawker Media Retail mothership have generously decided to help fill your seasonal gift-giving needs by offering some brand-new t-shirts at our online shop. We're featuring the first Defamer-logo'd shirt (pictured at left), which illustrates in vivid detail what you'd like to do the next time your cruel boss asks you to "put a pin in it" while he attends to the pressing matter of his Free Cell game. You, however, are too smart to resort to actual violence, knowing that one day you'll be running this town, and will serve your ice-cold revenge in due time. Until then, why not channel your rage into an impulse t-shirt purchase? Go on, do it now, before the boss returns from lunch and begins a fresh round of afternoon torture. You owe it to yourself.

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