I went (window) shopping.
Okay before you say anything about my shopping ban, I feel the need to remind you that I am allowed to buy 3 things on my exception list for 2010, to be purchased at each milestone (3 months):
- Knee-high grey boots (no luck here because I am not quite sure what I want yet)
- Trench coat (bad luck here, because I’m only lusting after the Burberry ones!! Ack!)
- Leather jacket (so far, found a perfect one for $575, fainted & moved on)
Still looking for these options above, the only must, is the leather jacket.
And a real leather jacket, not a faux one, because they make me sweat like a pig in heat and they tend to feel … squeaky.. for lack of a better description.
So anyway, I went window shopping just to see what I’m missing (I know, bad idea, right?) and THERE WAS NOTHING I WANTED TO BUY.
Other than that $575 leather jacket from Aritzia that didn’t even come in the colour I wanted (dark brown), the stores are just lacking in tempting clothing.
Everything is:
- neutral — sands, beiges, greys, blacks; I love me a neutral, but I want colour & pattern!
- colours I’d never wear — neons were huge for some reason & really funky 70s prints
- patterns — none to really speak of; I saw a great red print pattern but hated the style
- style/shape I can’t pull off — super skin tight? strange fabrics? assymetrical what!?
…all just unwearable for me.
I can’t wear neon green, grass green, beige, sandy colours or anything that makes me look sickly.
The only decent colour was the vibrant purples I saw. The really neon magenta pinks? Not so much.
Glad I’m on a shopping ban. The stores have just made it so much easier to resist — there’s nothing I want.
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I'm starting to get very bored or disappointed with the clothing marketed to 20-somethings nowadays. As much as I like camel, black, dark grey, and white, I love a pop of bright violet or turquoise. The icky beige-y, ballet pink colours fade me out because I am fair and blonde. Most of the tops look like sacks too. I did find a lot of cute, wearable things at The Limited and Ann Taylor Loft in the US. You just need to be really picky. Everything looks like a sack nowadays and sort of disheveled. I prefer architectural details in my jackets and dresses that make it look structured. You can find that clothing, but it tends to be much more pricey and above my budget. 🙁 If I could buy my entire wardrobe, I would go to Nordstrom in a heartbeat.
EXACTLY.
I can’t wear Pepto Bismol pink, I can’t wear neon colours.. I just want deep, saturated, beautiful inky colours. Can’t find ’em.
The Limited and Ann Taylor would be my choices to go to as well, except I live in Canada.
I can only really pick from Banana Republic…
Yeah, this is actually making my shopping ban easier.
Well, Anthropologie clothes are always tempting, but the prices are certainly a deterrent!
Try http://www.etsy.com. It's a bunch of crafty folks who'd be glad to whip you up something creative and ooak. Go to their Alchemy section and place a request. Another approach is to 'wish' your perfect purchase into existence. Find a picture of the ideal item, and hang it up somewhere you'll see it all the time (like a bathroom mirror). Without thinking of cost or store, close your eyes and imagine yourself looking perfectly in that item. Go about your daily life. It will turn up sooner or later. The Edwardians came up with the Law of Attraction (in the 1910's) and it works!
OO but I’m on a shopping ban, Meg 🙂
I’ve been PURPOSELY avoiding Etsy.
I have a real brown leather jacket that is currently collecting dust. If you are interested it is yours just let me know where I can send it. Just pay me for shipping. You can even give me a PO box if you prefer to not let someone know your address. If you want more info on the jacket or want to see what it looks like let me know.
Yes!! Contact me here with the size, pics and I guess brand? Some brands fit smaller..
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I know you still want that royal blue wrap dress….. 🙂
I do. Enabler 😉
Many financial analysts that review the trends in fashion and how they relate to the economy as a whole have reported that during recessions, bold fashion statements tend to disappear as designers stick to safe styles. You could imagine that if when times are good I'm splurging on a hot pink fur jacket, I'm not going to do so in a recession. I'm going to go after a white t-shirt because I can wear it with multiple things.
That said, at NY Fashion Week, there were a lot of daring styles, so analysts are noting that fashion houses are starting to believe in the recovery. To note though, the only people that always keep it FUNKY are Alexander McQueen (RIP) and Betsy Johnson. Also, I am not a fashionista by any measure, but I love interesting economic indicators.
That IS interesting! It all makes sense once you explained it.
I guess that’s why I saw neutrals all over the place. Yawn.