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When I was studying in Paris I used to love browsing Colette. The boutique is a fantastic mix of creative randomness and quirkiness. Filled with products ranging from beauty to design to fashion and a whole lot in between.
I'm getting quite excited for the Colette pop-up store that will be featured in NYC's flagship Gap location (54th St. @ 5th Ave.) starting September 6th! It will be there for about a month, ending on October 5th.
You can check out some of the designs that will be featured in the pop-up (such as the t-shirt to the left) via High Snobiety. I think this is one of my favs, but all are fun and unique collaborations between Parisian and NYC artists.
Ahh, so thrilled it's Wednesday! Project Runway tonight perhaps? If I remember AND if there are no apts to see.
-B
A few choice sample sales I'll be going to this week:
-Theory, Alice + Olivia, Helmut Lang. 8/4 - 8/7 @ 261 W. 36th St./7th Ave., 2nd Fl. This will be a lunch hour trip, 10a - 6p today!
As promised, I'm keeping you updated on how the sales turn out. You know, so you don't have to waste your time if they suck. I'm so nice, aren't I? Ha. For the above sale, there's a decent selection of all the designers plus some jackets/coats from Gryphon. They also have a good range of sizes. Some pieces are "irregular" which seems to mean the sizing may not be exact and/or there are damages. The prices aren't all as low as I'd like, but as usual shirts/tees and shorts are on the lower end while party dresses and leather goods are on the higher end. I found a great Helmut Lang blazer but unfortunately it was too small for me. I can't remember how much blazers/jackets are, but the blazer still had its tags, and at an original $520, I'm sure it would've been a huge discount. The lunch rush was quite hectic and there was a 10 piece minimum to take into the fitting room. In the end, I didn't make any purchases and my advice would be to go when you have more time than an hour-long lunch break to really get through everything. I may try to go back later in the week.
-Elizabeth & James tomorrow! Okay...I'm actually not terribly impressed with the "sale" prices because I still think it's a lot to spend, nevertheless, I will go check it out. 145 W. 18th St./6th Ave. Yay because it goes 'til 8p every night (Tues - Thurs)! Will have to be an after work trip.
Grr, so I didn't make it to the sale yesterday, but will try to go tonight after work. I did get some info from one of my roommates and she wasn't terribly impressed. As I had read, pretty much everything was still at least $100 if not more...including a fab jacket that she wanted, but was still over $300, ON SALE! Ughh, not so good, but will hopefully check it out and find out more. Though, it happens to be in the same location and I believe, is run by the same people who did the Acne Jeans/Camilla Staerk sale, and I can tell you that they did cut prices on the last day. A jacket I wanted was $75 at the beginning of the sale, but on the last day it was $50.
-Reiss summer sale. I'm still undecided since it's a bit out of the way for me. 387 W. Broadway/Spring St. (Now - 8/10 and also 'til 8p every night except Sun.)[Via
NYMag.com]
That's all for now! Have a lovely lunch!
-B
Good morning Sunshine!
Haha, so I got to work early, as I often do and decided to get in an early post for today. I happen to live on the Upper East Side (right now at least, currently looking for an apt for Sept. 1st!). No, not in some super fancy schmancy pad. It's your typical tiny NY apartment that I share with three, that's right, three other girls. Despite what certain television shows depicting the city, etc. would have non-New Yorkers believe, the UES can actally be one of the more affordable areas and apartments are often bigger than say, what one might find in the East Village.
Anyhow, there are still the amazing buildings I walk by all the time on Park or Madison or Fifth that are worth millions and incredible and yes, I wish I lived in them. So you can imagine the wealthy adults and kids that I see fairly regularly. Today while on the bus (I like the bus) on my way to work, I was sitting among three young girls. I'm not good at guessing ages, but I'd say they were young high schoolers. Let me tell you, I felt like I was on an episode of Gossip Girl.
These three, not particularly well dressed in my opinion, were criticizing another girl, we'll call her R. For not showing much of a sense of style themselves, they seemed to have no problem calling out R for hers. Apparently, her style is too "Miami" and "bright." They proceeded to discuss various "hideous/ugly" outfits that she wears to go out. Then, they talked about how they tried to go to The Plumm the other night. This is a lounge/club that I have been to before, partially owned by Chris Noth and Samantha Ronson among others, and that I was not impressed with. Needless to say, these girls did NOT get in. This, at least, is much more realistic than what GG would have people believe. No way would any of these "exclusive" clubs, lounges, etc. such as Butter and Socialista, would ever let in a group of 15 year old girls. I don't care who they're wearing or what amount of cash they have to drop. They would NOT GET IN.
I'm not saying they were wrong or right for their behavior. It's common for girls at their age to talk trash on other girls. As I'm sure we all know, girls can be mean, I think because we're very competitive. You know, I've always heard that, in fact, girls dress for other girls, not guys. I think this probably true. I mean, how many guys would even notice who or what you're wearing anyway? Besides, I'm not gonna lie, I can be pretty judgey myself. So, I merely wanted to share this because I found it quite amusing. Oh, high school drama...
Ciao!
-B
When I was studying in Paris I used to love browsing Colette. The boutique is a fantastic mix of creative randomness and quirkiness. Filled with products ranging from beauty to design to fashion and a whole lot in between.
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