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mir_nyc and I took Century 21 by storm last night. Loot: casual (but dress-up-able) black dress, multi-colored blouse and black skirt that aren't actually a set but go perfectly together, white button-down shirt, brown stretchy top with cleavage-keyhole, and a crop t-shirt with an embroidered tiger. Nothing over $30 (and most well under) except...the t-shirt. Go figure. It's a brand called Da Nang, which is mostly comprised of pseudo-worn, pseudo-military looking stuff. I like it, though a lot of their items suffer the "what do you mean, you have hips?" problem, and would have bought a skirt the last time except the only one in my size had a broken closure. Naturally, that design was no longer here.
I need pink shoes now. OH GOD SHOOT ME
As usual we took a gander through the nosebleed section (as in "prices are so high that you get a..."), where I spied a fantastic black heavy stretchy dress with lots of brass zips and buckles--very straitjacket--for the low, low price of $650. Wah. In general, straps and corsety things seem to be coming in this season. I don't know if that look is likely to trickle down to our price range, though.
We finished at about 8:15 and went to hunt for food, which became a horrible nightmare of wandering through freezing winds and blowing snow trying to find any eateries above the level of "bodega" or "skeezy pizza place" that were actually open. Did I mention that the zipper on my only-a-year-old winter coat has ceased to perform its duty? After much vexation, we landed at a somewhat-yuppified panini place which sufficed, but the irritation level was pretty high by that point. I can't imagine what it must be like to live down there; it can only be analogous to living in Puritan country. "Thou want'st food prepared for thee past sundown? What manner of decadence is this?!"
mir_nyc and I took Century 21 by storm last night. Loot: casual (but dress-up-able) black dress, multi-colored blouse and black skirt that aren't actually a set but go perfectly together, white button-down shirt, brown stretchy top with cleavage-keyhole, and a crop t-shirt with an embroidered tiger. Nothing over $30 (and most well under) except...the t-shirt. Go figure. It's a brand called Da Nang, which is mostly comprised of pseudo-worn, pseudo-military looking stuff. I like it, though a lot of their items suffer the "what do you mean, you have hips?" problem, and would have bought a skirt the last time except the only one in my size had a broken closure. Naturally, that design was no longer here.I need pink shoes now. OH GOD SHOOT ME
As usual we took a gander through the nosebleed section (as in "prices are so high that you get a..."), where I spied a fantastic black heavy stretchy dress with lots of brass zips and buckles--very straitjacket--for the low, low price of $650. Wah. In general, straps and corsety things seem to be coming in this season. I don't know if that look is likely to trickle down to our price range, though.
We finished at about 8:15 and went to hunt for food, which became a horrible nightmare of wandering through freezing winds and blowing snow trying to find any eateries above the level of "bodega" or "skeezy pizza place" that were actually open. Did I mention that the zipper on my only-a-year-old winter coat has ceased to perform its duty? After much vexation, we landed at a somewhat-yuppified panini place which sufficed, but the irritation level was pretty high by that point. I can't imagine what it must be like to live down there; it can only be analogous to living in Puritan country. "Thou want'st food prepared for thee past sundown? What manner of decadence is this?!"
