catalogs

[flea]

The print catalogs are flooding in at an even greater than usual rate (yes, they found us after we'd moved). They vary so much in their projection of the ideal vision of like, that I found myself pondering:

1. What catalog that you receive shows the life that most resembles your ideal?
2. What catalog that you receive shows the life that most resembles your actual life?
3. What catalog that you receive do you actually order the most from?

My answers:
1. Garnet Hill, or White Flower Farm.
2. Lands End, I think. LL Bean is a bit more my style, but we're not actually that outdoorsy.
3. Probably Lands End, but Hanna Andersson is probably a close second. If their shipping were cheaper or they had free shipping coupons (which I can almost always find for Lands End online) I'd probably order more - their sales are good.

Comments

[jesseh.livejournal.com]

I actually don't get many catalogs, but got my ALL TIME FAVORITE yesterday! Mrs. John L. Strong stationers. If I were rich, I would buy everyone $100 notebooks and $60/10 note cards and all of that kind of thing. I still have the one I got last year, and have looked at it recently.

[loligo.livejournal.com]

We are practically catalog twins, although Title 9 and Athleta would also rank very high as possible answers for #1. I miss the West Coast lifestyle *so much*. I never got into the more technical sports like rock-climbing and kayaking, but I used to go hiking, camping, and canoeing all the time, while also living in a trendy urban neighborhood.

Oh, and the Raintree Nursery catalog is also an ideal I aspire to, and I think someday my garden will actually get there.

Hanna doesn't send me catalogs anymore. I don't know why. I order sale stuff from their website all the time.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Apart from when I worked for Spiegel, or wanted a bicycle, I've rarely ordered from catalogs, and very few wind up here. Of those that do...

1. Woodcraft
2. Sears Craftsman
3. Sears Craftsman

[fatoudust.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Probably:

1. Orvis. I think that I think I'm going to be all settled in my (fictional) den by the hearth with my dog, with sturdy expensive furniture. Funny that this is such a masculine image of ideal.
2. Gardeners' Supply. Not that I'm really all that active gardening yet, but it's that vision of outdoor life. Nature, birds, weather, fresh foods. The things they depict are things I actually do, like eating on the patio.
3. Lehman's. All well-built hearty equipment for self-sufficiency. It's the most practical catalog I receive, and I regularly order from it. Particularly things that are hard to find here in a small Arizona town, like Nellie's natural laundry detergent and stuff like that.