The Gilt Groupe: Online Discount ADHD Man-Cape Speed-Shopping
"I logged on at 12 sharp, and I actually was able to place a summer dress and a sweater that I really liked in my cart. I was told that the items would be held for ten minutes while I continued shopping…. Only after I had completed the transaction did I realize what an ingenious strategy the Gilt Groupe employs. From the minute the sale begins, there is this pressing time constraint and all your most primal hunting/fighting/dominating instincts start coursing through your veins and I found myself in an absolute sweat as I scrolled through the items looking for something, anything that wasn't sold out, and that would actually fit me. Of course when my tie-died peasant skirt and weird asymetrical sweater arrive, it will be hard to recall the great sense of joy and triumph I experienced when purchasing them."
Superman buys his capes in ten seconds.
I hate to be "the NPR Guy" but this is interesting in relation:"Ever wonder why you'll snap up a sweater "marked down" from $150 to $50 but pass up the very same sweater selling for "full price" at $50? Or why you'd prefer to pay more for an item than witness someone else pay less? Ever wonder why your own closet is cluttered with ill-fitting shoes and T-shirts in unbecoming shades? As we will see, science has the answer."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106431468
If only the grocery store employed these methods…
I have the same strategy towards orgasms.
Gilt Groupe, ideeli, and their ilk would be cooler if it didn't take three weeks for your items to arrive.
Note to self: buy more clam diggers, huaraches and mylar nippled alter vestments for Clown Day.
Hah, I thought a huarache was a Mexican sandwich, but it's also a Mexican sandal too? That's neat.
Well, if no one else is going to do so, then let me. I NEED MORE CAPES!!!
So this is from the Vatican's Fall collection, no?
Reminds me of Bacon's Pope Innocent X but with less of a goth overtone.
Also: confession? I knew that was Thom Browne without even looking it up to confirm. This makes me, how do you call it, "socially aware"?
Does anyone know if there is a matching miter?
Gilt = eBay + Great Recession Schadenfreude
Conspicous consumption is bad; closeted, good.
What always amazes me is the skorts (and, yes, capes) that are sold-out ASAP. Are they Trojan Unicorns?
I've made one purchase in a year: a Marc Jacobs tux. For about the price of a rental.
BTW: The waitlist is how I got said tux. WAIT for it to sellout if you're on the fence. Delayed gratification is the new instant gratification.
Site is shaping up nicely, BTW.
-C.I.