I don't know you but I am SO happy that Black Friday is behind us. This year I felt the pressure much more than in years past, probably because almost all the retailers pushed up the start of the crazy deals to midnight while I usually sleep in too late for the good early birds specials. So I was on the computer at midnight and it took all my willpower to only order my husband's Xmas present at Bloomingdales.com (that in fact was having "early birds" or better "late owls" savings until 4 am).
If you live in a city like NY you have to decide where you want to spend your Black Friday money in advance because we don't have a mall where you can hop from one retailer to another in less than three hours. So I decided that I would spend my Black Friday money at the Loft for a number of reasons, the most important one being that I have a store at walking distance from my place (I hate taking the subway) and I knew that they were having a 50% off BF special until noon. The other reason why I went to the Loft is that I was there two days before for a return and I saw a lot of cute dresses. Last reason was that you can't risk to spend too much money at the Loft (unlike at Saks, that I have purposefully avoided). In any case I bought a bunch of stuff because of the 50% off but then I had buyer's remorse and returned almost everything a few hours later! Oh well, the important thing is to participate.
I took pics of everything I tried on and I will try to post them before the end of the weekend, since they are still having 40% off everything.
But now I only have the time for a quick OOTD and these:
Did you recognize them? Well, they are not the JCrew printed Valentinas but Nine West knockoffs. I had been eyeing them for a while and I was hoping for a better deal on BF, but they were "only" 30% off. I bought them anyway because I didn't want to miss on them at $55. You can buy them here (color is multi sy) but they look MUCH better IRL. They are TTS to slightly big IMO. They are also very comfortable to walk in and the heel is slightly lower than the Valentinas. They also have a flat version for a little bit cheaper and again, they are awesome (I would have bought the grey ones but they didn't have my size and half a size smaller was too small). I will probably end up ordering them since they have free shipping on any order for a limited time.
I really reccomend to check out Nine West if you are shopping this weekend, they have a suede Mona knockoff as well (that I can't find online) and a style very similar to the JCrew Juliets of a few seasons ago (here).
Now, on to my OOTD. I saw a woman wearing this outfit at JCrew yesterday and I had to copy it (the good thing about having a brand obsession is that you can immediately recognize the clothes when someone is wearing them without having to ask "where did you get that?" and chances are are that you have them too).
I didn't think of wearing my cashmere shell over my tartan shirt but it looked really classic with the whit-ish cords (these are the toothpicks in champagne from last year). So here you go, with the shell tucked in our out:
I added a necklace that I bought on ebay last year to wear with this shirt thinking that it was black (it came in crystal and black). In reality the black color is a quite clear petrol green but it works with the shirt anyway:
I have worn this shirt so much since I bought it last year around this time that I allowed myself to add another "tartan" item in my closet with the 25% off promo. Can you guess what it might be?
OK, that's it for today. I am curious to know how you spent Black Friday and what deals did you get, please share!





I love the shoes!
ReplyDeleteExcellent outfit with the tartan shirt too.
We don't have Black Friday up here but I did some JCrew shopping with the 25% and free shipping.
love the outfit----esp.the shell left out, not tucked in. i placed an order online at anthro---was super excited for the deal i got, then received an email that it was cancelled!!! SO bummed!!
ReplyDeleteI dread Black Friday too and never take part except maybe online. I'm guessing the tartan item you added is the wool plaid capri pants?
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