Fashion Felis

Say ‘denim dress’, mean ‘effortless chic weekender’. And it’s getting better with the time.

Day Dresses by Miss Sixty
Day Dresses by Stella McCartney

It’s the best time to prepare for winter season. If you want UGGs for yourself and your little one for up to 43% off, go for it now.

New Marc by Marc Jacobs 40% or more sales just arrived.

Mini Skirts by Marc by Marc Jacobs
Dresses by Marc by Marc Jacobs

I have a few shopping rules. Here they are.

Rule #1
Don’t go shopping in a bad mood. You end up buying more than you planned as your thoughts will be preoccupied with the problem at hand.
Do go shopping to celebrate your accomplishments. You know better how to reward yourself.

Rule #2
Don’t set yourself daily spending limits. You’ll break them soon and your shopping trip turns into a guilt trip.
Do set yourself a reasonable monthly budget. You don’t want debts as you don’t want to feel “daily limits”

Rule #3
Don’t prepare yourself a fixed shopping list. It will take your precious time and remove the fun part from your shopping trip entirely.
Do know what you need to complete or extend a certain outfit, so you’ll have a starting point in your shopping.

Rule #4
Don’t buy stuff because it’s 70% off only because it’s 70% off. You have limited space in your closet, no matter the size of it.
Do have a reasonable expectations of the designer, style and your size. Clothing sizes S or M, 2, 4 or 6 will go fast, shoes sizes 7, 7.5, 8 and 8.5 will go even faster. If you want a new runway Diane Von Furstenberg dress, you’ll probably buy it for the full price or you miss it. If you want a new Juicy Couture top, you’d better wait till season sales.

Happy shopping!

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ps. You can save big on this Vivienne Westwood Anglomania tunic dress. Accessories are built in already, just get your favorite flats (remember the mice ?) and you’re ready to go.

Be prepared for summer with those fabulous shoes from Giuseppe Zanotti up to 65% off. (Read “some of those are under $200″)

Are you tired of pink for your toddler girl like I am? Here are good news. Just look at the sale prices!

Last December I got a nice, hot and stylish Canada Goose Expedition parka in black from Holt Renfrew in Toronto, Canada. I liked it so much (hey, who wouldn’t when it was minus 15C outside!) so I decided to get it in red too. My reasoning was the following: it’s good for every day use, coyote fur kind of adds some flirting sense to it, but black is so classic, I want to get the same quality thing but in different color. For this particular model I remembered bright red and shiny steel in almost every size in store. But remember, I decided it almost two months later. Of course, they didn’t have the parka in store. Moreover, they did not have the entire fur and winter coats section in store at the end of January because spring styles just arrived.

Canada Goose business model is the same that for any other upscale merchandise, it never goes on sale. They also have the same models over and over again every season, adding only different colors and some limited-edition versions every year. Why not sell it all-year-round? Ok, I want too much, but what’s the reason to stop selling it in January? I may want a new winter coat till the end of winter, may be till the end of March. Sure, I enjoy to see what I’ll get in spring and summer before the seasons come, especially if the palette is appealing (read ‘no dark hues, no office style, lots of silk and linen’), but I cannot wear it now. Don’t get that model, ‘buy now, wear later’.

The story ended happily, I got the second one on-line. You can jump on the bandwagon on-line now, when the normals outside range from plus 3C to plus 13C and you, your kid or partner need some outerwear. Happy hunting tho, not every size is available. But there are sales