February 6, 2009

DEADLY DESIGN: DIAMOND MIRROR


*DEADLY DESIGN WILL BE AN ONGOING SERIES FEATURING DESIGNS AND PRODUCTS THAT BASICALLY FRUSTRATE THE HELL OUT OF ME*

Okay... I'm as vain as the next gal. Or metrosexual. I will readily admit to spending time poking at the signs of middleageness that are slowly creeping onto my reflection. (Notice I said "slowly.")

That being said, I think you'd have to be out of your ever-loving mind to spend $3,500 on a mirror. Yes... $3,500.

What do you get for the money? Besides a hand polished mirror? Well, the Diamond Mirror, by Piet Houtenbos, promises "an exceptionally clear reflection." Um... As opposed to the unclear reflections we seem to all be victims of?

Sorry, but I don't get it. $3,500? I mean... do you know how many units of Botox that can buy?

Thanks, but no thanks. At that price, I'd better be getting that swanky, chatty mirror Snow White's stepmother had. And you better be damn sure I'd be the "fairest of them all."