i have had to patch my favorite pair of jeans. the cuffs are frayed and the pants have that worn in look that impressionable young fashionistas pay scads of cash to get. after years of faithful service, they have become my new weekend jeans. long live the weekend jean.
and long live the jeans i replaced them with from forth & towne. roomie and i trekked in the blazing heat to old orchard and, there, i immersed myself in the really great sale they were having.
(where else can you get a cropped poppy jacket for $30 when it was once over $100? or a green straw handbag for $20, marked down from $98? or a couple of soft as silk t-shirts that drape just the right way for under $10? get thee to this sale!)
these jeans...i thought they weren't going to fit, that they were going to make me look like a big muffin top, but once again forth & towne totally surprised me: dark wash, straight through the thigh and hip, very slight bootcut at the bottom. it makes me look tall-ish. and it rests at just the right spot at my 'waist.' whoever is making their pants, and whoever their fit model is, it is working for me.
we did other shopping at pottery barn (paisely plates for just $13!!), stopped into nordstrom for their anniversary sale, but it was a bloodbath.
(and word to the head honchos at macy's: the field's out at old orchard is already suffering from the macy's malady - over-stuffed floors and racks, poor merchandising and tacky, undistinguished clothes. what used to be a store with at least attractive merchandise, with some really great surprisingly quality lines, is now a jc penney. and MOVE the big soft girl section from the FURNITURE department. not a good way to create a loyal customer.
thanks for that. can't wait until you finally ruin the store downtown.)
then, we came back into the city and stopped at vive la femme, a cute boutique in bucktown for big soft girls, something that's rare for this part of town. bucktown likes to act like everyone is hip, rich and the size of fiona apple. VLF is normally very very pricey (sometimes, prohibitively) so i was cautious when the really aggressive owner made me try on a very disco black/white sweater with kimono sleeves and a wide waist band. what a surprise that it rocked! i never would have picked it but now i'm wearing it to new york. and it only cost the equivalent of a cheap pair of steve madden shoes! add to that a black party frock with a disturbing band of silver under the ruched bodice (hm, must be removed) and this was a surprisingly productive shopping day - all this for just under $200!
see what happens when you wake up in the morning and do your yoga? you turn into a freaking capitalist, shopping pig!
...
and i know i said the door was closed on this topic, but he keeps emailing me.
it turns out B- really wants to date seriously and wants to correct any misapprehension i may have had about him 'bowing out.'
i give up. i really do.
8 comments:
I like how JP is in the "BitchDown" blogroll rather than "ManUp." (We like to have him in our esteemed group.)
Those F&T like-silk t-shirts—are they the deep V-necks? 'Cause I bought five of those myself. Draping without unsightly clinging—good stuff.
yes. i'm wearing them now (have to layer them because they're really thin.)
i love 'em. aren't they perfect for summer? cool enough but don't look too junky. i can wear them at work.
i think jp likes being in the Bitchdown group, too.
at least, he hasn't complained to me. he seems very comfortable with his identity.
I must, with sorrow, report that - at least in the hats area, the downtown Marshall Fields have already been Macyfied - it is only a matter of time at this point as the gangrene spreads out into other areas.
the sloppiness and crappiness is going to spread like a fungus. and we've already discovered that bloomingdale's is going to discontinue carrying dana buchman and ellen tracy - two high end lines for women over size 8 that at least gave us options for dressing like an adult instead of like we're on vacation with lost luggage. (i borrowed that simile from Roomie.)
and, since bloomie's is also owned by the Federated Group, it's only a matter of time before even the 'spensive stuff starts looking like things you buy at wal mart or meijer.
I asked twice why I was in the "bitchdown" group. Hmph!
That was a couple years ago.
you're in the bitchdown group because i like you better.
werd.
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