Comments on: ALERT: Ann Taylor For Reals Not Fug.

By: iplaudius

iplaudius — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:30:17 +0000

Oh my God the Norma Kamali link was terrifying. The hair was like a fucking Tell-Tale heart beating louder and louder with every flip of the page.

By: Hez

Hez — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:23:37 +0000

Calypso carries my bff's stuff! Talk about bright and resorty! My retinas are scorched in the MOST delightful way.

By: katiebakes

katiebakes — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:26:06 +0000

Go to the Mott St. store and ask for the salesgirl Alice. She is the rare retail representative who makes you feel as gorgeous as she is. LOVE YOU ALICE!

By: cherrispryte

cherrispryte — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:14:59 +0000

@kitten_witawip: thank you muchly!

By: Mary HK Choi

Mary HK Choi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:17:02 +0000

i LOVE calypso. it's SO funny. every day is resort season! and everything goes with white pants! especially bright paisley on organza! I want to make friends with calypso.

By: Mary HK Choi

Mary HK Choi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:14:34 +0000

i've only ever bought plates that you put bracelets on from Anthro. it's too specific cute. like felted cloche, earth/jewel tones cute and that flavor looks bad on me.

By: kitten_witawip

kitten_witawip — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:41:50 +0000

cherrispryte, They usually have the XLs available online.

By: kitten_witawip

kitten_witawip — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:38:58 +0000

I concur. The Earl did love his minutiae.

By: cherrispryte

cherrispryte — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:24:04 +0000

About the "prices vs. quality" thing – I suggest everyone take my approach in Anthropolgie, which is to enter the store with eyes squinted shut, fingers in ears, and RUN directly to the sale room. Never stop to look at anything. Once you see that the $70.00 shirts are marked down to $9.95 (score!), paying $70 (or, um, three times that) for anything in the main part of the store makes you feel like an idiot.
Note: hoping and praying that they've got a lot of XLs in the sale room as you run back there is optional, based on how offended you were by Abe's "no breeding fatties" post.

By: HonoriaGlossop

HonoriaGlossop — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:19:28 +0000

I couldn't agree more. The jackets are my personal downfall; I can't stop buying them.

By: DorothyMantooth

DorothyMantooth — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:59:50 +0000

GAH! "CALYPSO!"
Sheesh.

By: DorothyMantooth

DorothyMantooth — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:58:38 +0000

Difference being that Mary's posts don't make my eyes glaze over!

(I ain't knockin' The Earl, but DAAAAAMN that was some longass prose.)

By: DorothyMantooth

DorothyMantooth — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:56:38 +0000

Oooh! Speaking of! Can someone please tell me how you make "tied in the trendy CALIPSO way" happen.

By: josh_speed

josh_speed — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:49:27 +0000

OMG Mary HK Choi's breathless-yet-dead-on descriptions make her the spiritual mother of former G*wk*r commenter The Earl Grey, who also had some sort of Proustian/fashion version of Asperger's that would allow him to write these flowy, gorgeous, bias-cut paragraphs! :-)

By: Maevemealone

Maevemealone — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:48:12 +0000

I'm tall as well and Anthro dresses and shirts make me look like I squeezed into doll clothes. Also, I can never see the justification for their prices vs quality. So much of their stuff is obviously going to fall apart in two washings and shrink after one. And it's still made in China! Housewares is what I truly lust after in their store.

By: katiebakes

katiebakes — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:44:24 +0000

Yeah, I have to attack Anthro with sort of that "buy everything that looks remotely appealing and try it on in the safety/honesty of your bedroom … and then go back to return it, think you're going to save a ton of money, and instead rationalize buying $50 candles because they're 'basically free at this point anyway'" battle plan. You can imagine who ends up dead on those French-inspired beaches.

By: katiebakes

katiebakes — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:37:39 +0000

You mention LOFT briefly but I'd like to take an additional moment to sing its praises. Soft jersey fabrics, forgiving cuts, and surprisingly cute skirts. And cardigans, oh endless cardigans. At this point I'd say my wardrobe is approaching 50% LOFT. (For those of you who tell me, ahem, that I always look like a bridesmaid, that's the fault of the other 50%. MY WEAKNESSSSS)

By: Tuna Surprise

Tuna Surprise — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:24:07 +0000

Hmmm, I'm 5'10" so I generally don't get pants at Anthro (the J Crew/BR/Gap tall pants and skirts dominate my wardrobe) but their shirts help add a little pop to an otherwise boring closet. But I agree that they have trick mirrors at the stores. Something that looks great at the store can look awful once you get it hom.

By: amberwaving

amberwaving — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:19:53 +0000

I apologize for the provenance of this link: http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/10/15/photo-bret-michaels-cyndi-lauper-join-celebrity-apprentice/

By: hockeymom

hockeymom — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:16:16 +0000

I have an Anthropologie issue.
A lot of their stuff looks so cool and their salespeople assure me it always looks "great" on me.
But when I get home and look in my own mirror, it never quite fits.
I'm tall, so maybe that's the deal…but really, I think it only looks good if you are slouching in some sort of unnatural position in Cuba, on a bike, with a whimsical geegaw in your hair. At least, that's what works in their ads.

By: Mary HK Choi

Mary HK Choi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:13:14 +0000

SERIOUSLY? I missed Sinbad??!!! I loved him in It's a Different World when he was dating jalisa.

By: Tuna Surprise

Tuna Surprise — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:10:13 +0000

I don't particularly like fashion so I spend most of my shopping dollars in a random combination of Banana+J Crew+Anthropologie but I have to admit when I popped into an Ann Taylor store the other day and was impressed. So I feel vindicated that those in the know concur with my judgment.

By: amberwaving

amberwaving — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:02 +0000

That was definitely Bret Michaels. Sinbad was there, too.