UNREAL EXPECTATIONS

From New York

Green Shoes Eau De Parfum.

The back label reads: Compliments of Jolay Bootery.

What a concept. A perfume that smells like a shoe!

Four Dollars.

 

From New York

Store mannequin. A beautiful, albeit unlikely, body image.

BEAUTIFUL, YET INSCRUTABLE

From New York

Well laminated, elegantly printed. This card of nice heft came attached to my health insurance card.

Just in case someone I don’t like asks for my phone number……

 

 

From France

A refillable metal powder compact marked “Ultima II”.

Enameled to look like a magnification of aging skin……..