We Turned the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ into a Shopping Guide
Let’s turn one of the most confusing (and crazy catchy) of Christmas carols into a shopping guide, shall we?
We shall.
Shopping
Thursday December 13th, 2012
Thursday November 1st, 2012
From Free PB&Js and Charge Ups to Red Cross Donations, Retailers Show Post-Sandy Compassion
Retail (and life in general) is starting (trying?) to get back to normal after Sandy. Barneys opened yesterday and today, Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale’s, Saks and Macy’s opened their doors along with plenty of other stores in areas with power. And we’ve been happy to see that many of our favorite retailers are showing a compassionate side, while obviously also trying to generate much needed sales.
Friday July 27th, 2012
Chris Benz on His New eBay Collab, Tattoos, Shopping in his Undies, and (Not) Working with Lena Denham
Last week we told you about eBay’s Holiday Collective, in which the online giant tapped Billy Reid, Chris Benz, Fallon, Jonathan Adler, Ruffian, Steven Alan and Tibi to design small collections of gifts between $50-$100. We admit we were intrigued to see what such a diverse group of designers would come up with, especially given Read more →
Friday May 11th, 2012
Facebook Meets Fashion: New Retail Initiative Displays Real Time Facebook Likes on Clothes Hangers
Many of us rely (at least partially) on our fashionable friends’ opinions of potential purchases when we’re shopping. But what if you find yourself on a solo spree? Sure, there are tons of fashion apps that let you share sartorial snaps for your biddies to rate, but many stores don’t allow photography. For all of you rule-abiding, approval-seeking customers, one store may have a solution you’ll ‘Like.’
Wednesday May 2nd, 2012
Anonymous Retail Rant: Don’t Leave Your (Used) Feminine Items in the Dressing Rooms, and Other Rules to Shop By
After a year of working as a sales associate at a well-known, fast fashion chain in downtown New York, I’ve had my fair share of good and bad customers. A good, appreciative, understanding customer can make even the most stressful, cramped, miserable days of retail (which, let’s face it, are many and close between) feel like a stroll through a well aerated, uncrowded, naturally lit park. Well, almost.
I’ve had ladies shriek with delight when I’ve handed them the store’s last pair of suspender tights that Rihanna wore. Or the flag-print hotpants Rihanna wore. Or anything Rihanna wore. Many customers have specifically requested my name following our interaction, so as to tell my higher-ups how helpful they found me (though sadly, I do not work on commission). One customer literally jumped up and down hugging me when I returned from an arduous journey to the stock room and back with last season’s faded pink skinny jeans that were no longer on the sales floor. “I hope you’re here next time I come,” she squealed, “I’m going to ask for you!” To which I replied, “For my sake, let’s hope I’m not.”
So what, you ask, has caused this level of embitterment?
Thursday April 26th, 2012
Check Out Helmut Lang’s Full Lower-Priced Line, Helmut
Helmut Lang almost seems like one of the last brands to launch a lower-priced diffusion line. The brand’s cool, kinda badass, asymmetric aesthetic can be yours for a fraction of the price it would cost you to snag a piece of their main line. The collection, which looks to be mostly made up of light, Read more →
Friday April 20th, 2012
Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind for J. Crew, The Complete Collections
We’ve already seen and swooned over Joseph Altuzarra’s gingham-filled, Brigitte Bardot-inspired collection for J. Crew, in stores now, but the retailer’s other two CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund collaborations have remained a bit of a mystery (Vogue gave us a little tease), until now. CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund runners-up Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind’s Shane Gabier Read more →
Wednesday December 21st, 2011
People Are Still Lining Up For Uggs… But Why?
Get ready to be a little disturbed this Wednesday afternoon: See that image above? That giant line of over-eager, sherpa-booted shoppers waiting to stampede a Manhattan UGG store? It’s not a throwback from the 2001 digital archives. It’s actually a photo taken yesterday- yesterday!- by NYC blog The Shophound.
Tuesday January 26th, 2010
What to Buy for Valentine’s Day, Even If You’re Ignoring It
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Wednesday September 30th, 2009
Forecast: Not So Cheery
Back in June, when I last wrote about consumer confidence levels, I said I was starting to feel a positive retail shift. Yeah, this is probably why it’s a good thing that I don’t do economic forecasting for a living. My hunches are about as reliable as my sense of direction. And in this case, Read more →
Wednesday September 2nd, 2009
Heart to Heart
As if you needed another reason to shop the cute items at fredflare.com, for today only Fred Flare is donating 5% of all sales to help send adorable Chris Hues designed hearts to kids all over the world. Chris started out sending the hearts to kids suffering from cancer and now his hearts are distributed Read more →
Friday April 3rd, 2009
Weekend Shopping Outlook: Decent
If you’re in New York City this weekend and looking to drop some cash in anticipation of your tax return, there are some pretty good options: – There’s Mixona, right next door to us on Mott Street, who’s offering a buy-one-get-one-half-off on any pieces of lingerie from Cosabella, Wolford and Eberjey, starting tomorrow. – But Read more →
