November 7, 2009

Lucky Shops

Lucky Shops

Vena Cava (~$100 - $250)

Vena Cava (~$100 - $250)

Pour La Victoire

Pour La Victoire

Thread Social Dresses ($170)

Thread Social Dresses ($170)

Spotted: my TS bridal shower dress!

Spotted: my TS bridal shower dress!

Amrita Singh

Amrita Singh

adorable Cutler & Cross @ Selima

adorable Cutler & Cross @ Selima

Foley & Corinna (all dresses $100)

Foley & Corinna (all dresses $100)

Ranjana Khan for HSN

Ranjana Khan for HSN

Received comp passes to the LUCKY SHOPS preview.

Doubtful @ first, I whirled in with every intention of whirling back out ~

but Holy Lucky - it was amazekittens!  Comme shopping an amazing Bergdorf 5F Sale* with complimentary gelato, cheese, Luna bars, Svedka cocktails & a killer DJ.

Beautifully set-up, vendors sell from clearly-marked-booths with helpful-staff-on-hand… and the DJ had me boppin’ to fierce beats as I shimmied down the aisles.  Had a motherf-ing blast.  By myself!

Point is: Go Today. 11am-5pm.  For $20 entry (buy online, $30 @ door), you’ll get amazing deals.  They promise re-stocked merch and markdowns throughout the day.  And if you’re there past 3… get crunked while shopping!  (Svedka cocktails 3-5).

Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)

Tix here.

Clothing:

  • Alice & Olivia (dresses about $170)
  • Theory (50% off retail)
  • Pour La Victoire (women were going nuts over boots ~ 40% off)
  • Foley Corinna (all dresses $100 - a great deal!)
  • Thread Social (my fave! 75% off)
  • J Brand (jeans $90)
  • Vena Cava (dresses $225)
  • Geren Ford ($50 ~ $235)
  • Hanky Panky (thongs $12)
  • Robert Rodriguez (dresses started @ $80)
  • & so much more!  Charlotte Ronson, Tracy Reese, Vera Wang, Twinkle by Wenlan, Nicholas K, See by Chloe, full list of vendors here)

In spite of the rows upon rows of clothes.. the best part (imho) was the slammin’ Jewelry Selection (and the gelato).  SWOONED over gorgeous pieces by Erickson Beamon & Lee Angel; died over amazing deals by Amrita Singh ($25 earrings & cuffs) and Ranjana Khan for HSN (necklaces for $50).

*except quite unlike Bergdorf 5F, there are no real dressing rooms.  So go in leggings and a tank & take advantage of mirrors everywhere.

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November 6, 2009
Very serious day full of visits to very serious places…

Very serious day full of visits to very serious places…

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… Good thing I stuffed my purse with midtown’s best chocolate chip cookies (caffe macchiato @ 44th) and a stackful of jolly rancher lollipops!

… Good thing I stuffed my purse with midtown’s best chocolate chip cookies (caffe macchiato @ 44th) and a stackful of jolly rancher lollipops!

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Pumpkin Nutterbutters!

Did you heed my Party Crash Alert?

Did you track down Blair Waldorf chez Gramercy Park Hotel last night?

… well if you’d listened (sigh, you never do…), you’d have received a Swarovski crystal flash drive in your gift bag*.

how delish.

*Thank you, darling-birdie, for letting me know what I missed. Couldn’t get out of shmoozing myself into a tizzy @ the Tribeca Grand… Passion Fruit Cosmos contributing to post below.

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for the life of me… cannot get out of my Olympic-themed bed this morning. in desperate need of Alarm Clock that emits the smell of fresh hot glazed donuts. hello law of supply & demand? you there?

for the life of me…

cannot get out of my Olympic-themed bed this morning.

in desperate need of Alarm Clock that emits the smell of fresh hot glazed donuts.

hello law of supply & demand? you there?

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November 5, 2009
Kisses and thanks to Sweet Kitten Kimberly for emailing that Whitney Port stomps ‘round town in chocolate python versions of mine below. Yes, these are amazeballoons. Available here @ loefflerrandall.com.

Kisses and thanks to Sweet Kitten Kimberly for emailing that Whitney Port stomps ‘round town in chocolate python versions of mine below.

Yes, these are amazeballoons.

Available here @ loefflerrandall.com.

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boppin’ round town today in some favorite flat boots: Loeffler Randall Matildes. Purchased them in an unflattering ghost-pale-beige but after last winter’s premeditated bouts in the rain… love love the current beat-up color. bloody mary stains from Breakfast today, though… a bit much!

boppin’ round town today in some favorite flat boots: Loeffler Randall Matildes.

Purchased them in an unflattering ghost-pale-beige

but after last winter’s premeditated bouts in the rain…

love love the current beat-up color.

bloody mary stains from Breakfast today, though…

a bit much!

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Sample Sales Galore today

Emergency “client meeting” in the Garment District Today!  Grab a donut & run, baby, run…

Emanuel Ungaro Sample Sale

  • Nov. 5-7. Thurs., 12PM-7PM.; Fri. & Sat., 9AM-6PM
  • 409 W. 38th St., b/t  9 & 10 aves. (212-249-4090)

Valentino Sample Sale

  • Nov. 5-8. 9AM-6:30PM; Sunday 9AM-5PM
  • 317 West 33rd Street, b/t 8 & 9 Aves.

J. Crew Sample Sale

  • Nov. 3-6. 10AM-7PM
  • 2nd Fl, 261 W. 36th St. @ 7th Ave

Henri Bendel Friends & Family, 25% off everything

  • Nov. 5-8. 10AM-8PM; Sunday 12PM-7PM
  • 712 Fifth Avenue @ 56th St
  • also online, use code “FRIENDS & FAMILY”

Vivienne Tam Sample Sale

  • Nov. 4-6. 10AM-7PM
  • 260 W. 39th St. @ 7th Ave
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recently discovered this fantasmic goth punk brand: TRIPP NYC Love the jeans @ left, with a sewn-in fishnet underlay; and the whacky tie-dye job @ right. Browsing Tripp online… this shit seems like the real Arlene’s-Grocery-deal; not quite like Momma Vie pairing her sequin jeans with Louboutins & fur.  ;) (The Fishnet Underlay Jean, $60, The Over-dye Twill pants in Berry Pink, on sale for $28.95 @ karmaloop.com)

recently discovered this fantasmic goth punk brand:

TRIPP NYC

Love the jeans @ left, with a sewn-in fishnet underlay; and the whacky tie-dye job @ right.

Browsing Tripp online… this shit seems like the real Arlene’s-Grocery-deal; not quite like Momma Vie pairing her sequin jeans with Louboutins & fur.  ;)

(The Fishnet Underlay Jean, $60, The Over-dye Twill pants in Berry Pink, on sale for $28.95 @ karmaloop.com)

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November 4, 2009
Online sample sale for Inhabit Cashmere!! (click on photo) STOCK UP FOR WINTER. Inhabit’s fits are sexy but subtle - classic with a slight touch of hipster.  [My drawers are tumblin’ with every style and color.] Should not be sharing with you pansies before I clean out this site for Xmas gifts… but what can i say, i heart you suckers. ** above: me in the hallway of our hotel in Prague, waiting for the Husby to get his bidniz together & come out ‘n’ play… wearing one of my Inhabits, natch!

Online sample sale for Inhabit Cashmere!! (click on photo)

STOCK UP FOR WINTER.

Inhabit’s fits are sexy but subtle - classic with a slight touch of hipster.  [My drawers are tumblin’ with every style and color.]

Should not be sharing with you pansies before I clean out this site for Xmas gifts…

but what can i say,

i heart you suckers.

** above: me in the hallway of our hotel in Prague, waiting for the Husby to get his bidniz together & come out ‘n’ play… wearing one of my Inhabits, natch!

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