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Okay, so really, this is weird.










I was walking through Rundle Mall yesterday, exhaling deeply in the company of my best friend and noting with no small amount of consternation the amount of buskers in face paint, when I stopped outside a shop window and stared in amazement.




The mannequin inside frighteningly resembled me.








Wtf? She had pigtails, a flower in her hair, long brown boots and a wee, stupid-looking dress. SHE WAS ALSO CLEARLY SOME KIND OF BOOK DORK JUDGING FROM THE LITERARY DETRITUS SURROUNDING HER.




















Should I be weirded out? I'm weirded out. I don't usually put pictures up on this blog, but christ. That is fucking weird. Who am I supposed to call during times like this? Has Dotti raped my soul?

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29Feb11:37
melbournegirl said...
it's you alright but they got the hair colour wrong. so wrong. and i'm pretty sure you don't sit like that.

but freaky, yes.
29Feb11:50
Far East said...
Ms Fits... did you check to see if the plastic you was wearing Polichicks undies? Then, we'll know if some parallel universe exists! Ahh Adelaide, it never ceases to surprise...
29Feb11:54
Marmalade said...
It's only weird if you go back to Sydney and you forget about it and then a few days later you wake up in the middle of the night and look out the window of your bedroom and the mannequin is in your yard, staring up at the window. Then you hear a noise and turn around and she's no longer in the yard, she's standing in your bedroom doorway.

Bust out the marshmallows over the campfire and we'll share more of this frightening tale in a little while.
29Feb11:56
basil seal said...
could you sit like that fits? it would be easier to see your tits.
29Feb11:56
Anonymous said...
this brings to mind that sienfeld episode....you and elaine.....got any shop-model-dresser ex's in adelaide fits?
29Feb11:58
ms fits said...


Not that I'm aware of, Anon. But they are a varied bunch, so there may be further intrigue yet.
29Feb12:12
la nadine said...
I'm with Marmalade. I can't top that.

*Writes screenplay*
29Feb12:42
Derek said...
Ms Fits, perhaps you're taking subliminal styling cues from shopfronts. Just don't walk past those undressed mannequins. Unexplained public nudity can be embarrassing.
29Feb12:46
EclecticEccentric said...
All the mannequin needs is a pair of big, beautiful (... no ...) eyes, and an adorably coquettish countenance ... actually Fits, you are way better than some silly old dummy, even though I've only seen you on the telly.

Ta, too, for the Town Bikes link. Very silly and very edgy - will keep a lookout when they're back in Vic.
29Feb13:00
Andy Pants said...
Oh Dear God. You've become a fashion trend. Now you will be forever trying to convince people you came up with it first.
29Feb13:04
ms fits said...


What's worse is that I had already purchased that same dress.





*hides*
29Feb13:05
EclecticEccentric said...
Now *that* is funny!

(Sorry Fits.)
29Feb13:06
Booky said...
Shit like that happens to everyone in Adelaide. You're best pouring a glass of tap water into your bag and letting the smell remind you of why you're never going back there.

And stop being so selfish, how do you think the mannequin felt?
29Feb13:07
EclecticEccentric said...
*thinks* Couldn't we have a photo of you in the dress? (In mannequin's pose would rate 10 on the Freakiness scale.)
29Feb13:08
Lala said...
Fits, this is simply evidence that Adelaide has adopted you as a fashion icon.

As a resident, I dont know whether you should be happy or scared about that though.
29Feb13:10
ms fits said...


A little from column A, a little from column B.
29Feb13:16
Rustique said...
You are the biggest name to hit Adelaide since Pauly Shore's plane was diverted there in 2001.
29Feb13:17
squib said...
That would make such a scary auton in a Doctor Who episode - have you approached the BBC with that idea?
29Feb13:19
EclecticEccentric said...
Now that's just plain cruel.
29Feb13:20
EclecticEccentric said...
(Sorry, was aiming at Rustique but hit squib instead.)
29Feb14:21
sublime-ation said...
Did you go inside and enquire about it?

Although, yes, cue Seinfeld, they probably would have denied the similarity just to freak you out even more.

To be honest, this makes me a little bit scared.
29Feb14:28
sublime-ation said...
btw, genius title Fits, your best work yet.
29Feb14:50
Droo said...
Of course you're much better lookin....
29Feb14:56
The Last Scientician said...
Pffft. They've used a fake peony.

Every good Fitstalker worth his salt knows it's a fake HIBISCUS you wear. On your left.

Or sometimes a lily.

I can tell you the dates if you like. Not the species, though, the colours are so unrealistic on those fake flowers.
29Feb15:08
Anonymous said...
um... i don't think you can really lay claim to copyright on flowers in your hair and floral frocks...I wear that all the time? Lots of people do...

....but I can see your point.

kinda...

no not really at all.
29Feb15:17
epon_anon said...
Well done anon, the internet is truly the best place to demonstrate one's utter lack of clues.

This post has increased my paranoia that one day some person who looks exactly like me is going to show up in Men's Fashion. And they'll be really, really angry because they''ll be prematurely bald & will have no genitals.
29Feb15:19
Anonymous said...
yes but the boots and the books are a dead giveaway...

i think it's kinda sweet that they think you're worth mannequin-izing
29Feb15:30
Dr Nic said...
If it's good enough for Egyptian Princesses, why not you Fitzy?
29Feb16:49
Anonymous said...
maybe its just the fact that you wear the same shit everyone else does?
29Feb16:56
Anonymous said...
doesnt everyone wear variations of the same shit?

nothin new under the sun and that.

But yes dotti has never really presented itself as a literate label and to that end I can see how Fits can feel weirded out a bit.

mind you everyone reads don't they?

oh now I am confused.
29Feb17:03
EclecticEccentric said...
If it dresses like a Fits, wears it 'do like a Fits and reads like a Fits, then it must be a Fits.

QED
29Feb17:07
Anonymous said...
I think you will find the mannequin is supposed to be a librarian.
29Feb17:11
bigger fish to fry said...
yeah....a librarian who DRESSES A LOT LIKE FITS
29Feb17:13
Anonymous said...
no, she dresses like a librarian
29Feb17:53
Mel said...
Not enough cleavage.

On the mannequin. You have plenty.

Also, the hair's wrong.
29Feb18:09
Anonymous said...
who played the mannequin in the movie. i can't remember if it was daryl hannah, kim cattrall or kelly mcgillis. or none.

can't be bothered looking up.
29Feb18:18
EclecticEccentric said...
OTTOMH, Kim Cattrall, but imdb.com to be sure.
29Feb19:02
mark said...
I'd start freeking out if in the next window you saw like another pose say of you of the triplej site....... then you'd know that a 'window dresser' has some kind of crush on you.......
29Feb19:17
ms fits said...


At least we'd have a good story to tell at our wedding, mark.
29Feb20:43
Anonymous said...
Looks a bit like the archibald pose??
29Feb22:12
Yip said...
Looks to me like the mannequin's having a poo.
29Feb22:34
Fenz said...
oh wow i just watched the Dr Who episode where all the shop mannequins came to life and tried to take over the world. Maybe it's going to happen here, I mean there... somewhere...

29Feb23:53
zzymurgy said...
What about this one I saw today?

PS. Sorry Fits, I was too starstruck to say hello this morning.
PPS. Surely that was a very chilly outfit.

01Mar01:33
gem said...
im so irritated i wasnt out and about around adelaide today...i chose sleep over possible awkward meetings. how silly.
01Mar10:57
Anonymous said...
zzymurgy - that's a bit stalky!
01Mar11:44
Anonymous said...
Nice knees
01Mar18:14
gottlieb said...
Knock knees?
01Mar18:44
Fiona said...
Great to see those boots are versatile!
01Mar18:48
Anonymous said...
The mannequins tits were too small ;)
02Mar16:00
Mrs Madrigal said...
Think that's weird. Someone has painted a picture for the Archibald and it looks just like you (iconic boots and all). Can't be you though. You would have insisted on a red background ... not yellow!
02Mar16:10
Kaleu Big said...
While watching a rugby player in the ring this week, a friend fired the torch built into his lighter against the wall. The light produced a sphere with an image inside. Much like the one you fire if you want to get in contact with batman .However this image was of a pretty pigtailed lass with her superb chess exposed. This vision was the spitting image of none other than young Lady Fits.
Now if this was a one off lighter image, fair enough. I will confiscate the lighter, and ah keep it, for ah, good measure, yes that’s it. But if this was a series of shots that was done for lighters, then I think boys using the torch to read under the covers, won’t be doing that much reading
02Mar21:44
Galia said...
You're flattering yourself darling. It looks nothing like you... except that it has the same vacant expression you have on your face when you try to think.
03Mar17:26
Anonymous said...
As if one of you wasn't enough.
04Mar22:58
Elise said...
Now just to make things a little creepier, I've come across your blog after googling you. I googled you because I've just watched First Tuesday Book Club for the first time, and seen you for the first time. What intrigued me was that every time you looked down I had a terrifying sense of recognition that I associate with seeing footage of myself.
Looking up, all was fine, but whenever you looked down I felt this creepy jolt in my stomach, like swallowing a strong mint.
Weird!
12Mar17:39
Anonymous said...
You really are up yourself, aren't you?

You sold your soul to the devil and now you're going to harp on and whinge about how you think everbody is copying you?
WTF?
Op shop dressing is NOT exclusive to you love.
17Mar14:48
Anonymous said...
There is a mannequin that looks exactly like my girlfriend. I'm worried other guys that like her will buy this mannequin and perform acts with it. On the bright side, if we ever break up...
22Apr22:00
Steph said...
"I call her 'Elaine'" :P

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