Cassette Playa Fall Winter 2010: anyone interested?
I’d like to draw your attention to a rather hilarious comment left on my blog over the weekend, which I have not had time to approve and respond to until now. It was a response to my “not-so-nice” mention of the nu rave brand Cassette Playa. I’d like to take this moment to apologize to anyone who I may have offended in my blog, I am sorry if anyone takes it personally, but I don’t have any intention of censoring my opinion on things. I am going to be honest, and terribly frank when I don’t like something. Especially terrifying fashion trends such the disgusting neon t-shirts produced by Cassette Playa.
(In fact, right now I am hating myself for giving this pathetic brand so much column space, they SO don’t deserve it!)
Anyway, below is the comment and my response. Or you can click here to reread the blog post and the comments at the end.
Comment from Anonymous:
“for starters Cassette Playa is NOT a nu rave brand you brain dead idiot! For someone who rates topshop this all quite makes sense. As for the brand disappearing you need to learn the facts before you start spouting shit on the internet! CP showed at LFW earlier on todat was fucking amazing!
Your blog is awful, you need to give it up mate! especially when it is called searching for style when you clearly aint got a clue”
My reply:
“Firstly, I am sorry for taking so long to approve and respond to your comment, but I have been busy, and since this is my blog, I decide when I am going to publish rude comments.
I’d like to know how you describe Cassette Playa, if it is not a nu rave brand, because as far as I am concerned, it came to be during the nu rave trend, and then disappeared when nu rave was over. Also, I should clarify that when I say disappeared, I don’t mean the brand no longer exists, I mean that the brand is no longer on the radar of the fashion industry. In the case of Cassette Playa, the only people still checking out the brand are people stuck in 2007, or wishing to have a good, hearty laugh.
I struggled to find any press about the Fall Winter 2010 collection, probably because there are very few blogs or websites that bothered to cover it, although there is a video clip here. I’ll have to disagree that it was “fuckin amazing”, it looks like the same ridiculous clothing, from 2007, with a few minor changes to the shapes and the way it is presented.
Also, I’d like to suggest that if you, Mr or Ms Anonymous, wish to be taken seriously in the future, perhaps you’d like to substantiate your claims and back up your arguments, rather than just saying things are “fuckin amazing” or “awful” With regards to your suggestion that I should “give it up mate”, I’ve had a 90% increase on unique visitors every months for the past three months, so I am guessing there are some people out there who like my blog, which has encouraged me to keep it going.
Finally, I’ll accept many insults graciously, like “bitchy”, “rude”, “mean” or “a spazz” but “brain dead idiot” does not even come close to describing me or my writing skills, so perhaps you’d like to reflect and consider what you say, before you say it. Just a little suggestion.
Btw, Cassette Playa SUCKS.”
Another unattractive t-shirt from Cassette Playa, this one from Fall Winter 2010.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all my readers for their support, its thanks to you all that I have had this great growth in readership. And I really appreciate the fact that I don’t have too many comments like this. As funny as they are, it takes a lot of time to respond.
