What (Not) to Wear on a Road Trip

I love it I hate it I love it I hate it.

I gotta disagree (in part). Road trip=sundress. I’d totally wear some of those dresses and skirts and blouses on a road trip.

Road trip = sundress? I’ll have to think on that. It’s not my natural state but I could see where you’re coming from. But such fashiony sundresses on that particular road trip? I dunno. And there was way too much light/white clothing going on for a dusty area while driving a convertible.

I concur: sundresses are excellent for road trips. Very cool and comfy and great for unladylike sprawling when you’re riding shotgun.

The outfits in the video were lovely but a little precious for the environment. The shoes don’t bear discussion. But I wouldn’t wear them in the city, either.

Haha!!  I laughed when I clicked on this- Americana is a super high end “mall” on Long Island, in Manhasset, right near where I live/grew up.  “Americana Roadtrip” is the best oxymoron I can ever think of, mostly because I know for a fact that the clientele isn’t exactly prone to road tripping…. they are more likely to fly on the private jet (or at least first/business class). To each his/her own, but it’s definitely unsuitable for their marketing campaign! great find.

oh yeah, if you’ve ever heard Billy Joel’s “Its Still Rock and Roll to Me”..... the part where he’s like “are you gonna cruise the miracle mile”...Americana’s nickname is the Miracle Mile and that’s what he’s referring to (he’s from the area).

“stilettos do not do well on gravely dusty parking lots”

How many times did you try it before you gave up?

Thanks JackieB. Yeah, the only way I could see the clientele from a place like that doing a road trip like this would be through a high-end travel co promising, for the low low fee of $50,000, to give them an authentic long weekend taste of the real America (complete with helicoptered trips back to the super luxe hotel).

Chris—My lips are sealed. Let’s just say that I’m not easily put off from a task. (Yes, it’s true—though I’m not a sundress girl, I do like my heels.)

Not sure how well they’d go with a sundress, but these could probably kick a gravel parking lot’s tuchus:

http://gothmagazine.com/blog/?p=1982

Dembling—You crack me up.

Sophia - those look like the hidden interior of something from a Bond movie. Cover them with black leather maybe? I’m visualizing a Bond girl suddenly impaling somebody with previously unseen stainless steel. Maybe I’ve just been at work too long…

I found this almost as unlikely as the intrigue in the video for “Tourist” Eva unearthed.

http://www.worldhum.com/travel-blog/item/promo-videos-gone-wrong-tourist-20090302/

By the way, why do road trip/fashion fantasies like this so often seem to play out in Joshua Tree?

Now wait a minute there, cowboy. Are you really going off on a road trip in WHITE PANTS?

I’d just like to point out that—if I’ve learned anything from TV—outsiders lounging around shady motels making eyes at cowboy-hatted guys nearly always wind up floating face down in the pool. That Americana girl better keep the rusty chain on her door!

Oh believe me, I was thinking they were up for all sorts of trouble. That guy’s outfits won’t do him any good in any out-of-the-way bar I’ve ever been in.

And, typical of any slasher movie, she won’t be able to run in those shoes.