Okay, we get that the guys at Audemars Piguet spent a long time - 3 years - developing a watch that could time consecutive laps on the race course, per racing legend and spokesperson Micheal Schumacher's request. And the people who worked on the watch want to see their work made visible, like all good craftsmen.
And we get that Schumacher's family is spending a fortune on his recovery, since his near fatal skiing accident in late 2013. But a watch that celebrates "pushing limit's" by a man who pushed the limits so hard that he is now in a wheelchair and trying to regain basic speech and memory functions? Really?

Putting aside the ethical issues of a watch that costs $229,500 - are there really  221 people who will buy a watch like this at that price? Hard to believe. And finally we'll note that, as you can see, the watch is not very easy to read, and kinda ugly. It's a strange world in which we live. 

Yes, at one point in time, in your grandfather's lifetime, this is what normal men wore to go biking - or, for that matter, fishing. A look that might not be quite as functional as today's multi-colored skin tight lycra, but so much classier. 

Our favorite model shows how a lady looks great at 82 years old.

These shoes are both by Cole Haan.  They are not all that different. Yet one pair gets a lot more compliments than the other.  No idea why really. 

We saw these while browsing a Nike store in Phoenix.  Okay, we get that Steve Jobs liked the inside of his products to look elegant, although no one would ever see them. But do the bottom of a pair of running shoes really need to look this good? Are you going to pound pavement in them or hang them on the wall?

We've done a few posts about ludicrously priced ripped jeans for men. But hey, equal rights for all, including the right to spend your money in remarkably stupid ways. So ladies, should you wish to follow the menfolk down the path of idiocy,  be our guests.  And you can wear these pants from Saint Laurent while you're walking down that lane - $890 for "distressed" jeans.

Or you can buy some at the Gap for $50, send them to Attitude Media, and we'll distress them for free. Then you can send the $840 you just saved to buy food for some starving kids in Africa; and throw in a few hundred schoolbooks as well.  Maybe you'll wake up one day and realize that the smile on the face of a kid with food in her stomach is a cooler look than ripped jeans.

We're always mildly amused when we see a woman, or man, like this. Note the tasteful, traditional blouse and skirt. And the green hair.  The beauty of this sort of look is that it can all be changed easily.  She could slip on a new outfit to match the hair, or just wash her hair and end up looking completely traditional. So she leaves herself a lot of options. Unlike, say, a tat. 

Let's assume something crazy happens - this Rolls Royce was on the streets of New York. But by crazy, what we really mean is let's assume you did something really off the wall - not made a ton of money, because there are a lot of rich fools in New York. Let's say you're not an investment banker at Goldmans, or a plaintiff's lawyer. Let's - take a deep breath here - say you actually earned the money by doing something worthwhile. Maybe even created some value, as we say here at Attitude Media. Given all that, you don't want your standard limo. You don't want to be confused with Donald Trump or all the other parvenus.  You want something with a little old school class, a little real style. Here ya go, big spender. 

This dress, featured in an exhibit at the Met's Costume Wing, is so sexy it doesn't require a human body inside it. 

Going to museums, or any place for that matter, would be so much more pleasant if all the guests had the good taste of this lady, who happened to be visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  Great summer dress, great hat, great combo.