However, I love a bit of skin-on-skin, real life clothes-buying action. And there are clothes shops like Anthropologie that just are not available here. I could easily spend a whole day in that shop. I have - in London and SF.
Last night, I went out with my dear friend Y, for dinner in Northcote. As I clothed for dinner, I realised that everything I was wearing, barring bra and undies, were from trips overseas. It is a sort of uncomfortable-in-betweeny- weather in Melbourne (I believe the lingo is transeasonal) and I had to pick a weather appropriate outfit, which is hard.
Behold.
Lacy Top - Shop in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco (on my first trip there)
Camisole - New Look, Dubai, 2011
Jeans - Adriano Goldschmeid (AG), Anthropologie, San Francisco (my second trip there)
Shoes - Pilcro, Anthropologie, San Francisco
Beads - From Airport in Bilbao, Spain. They look a bit Spanish, no?
Here is a gratuitous close-up of the shoes. The photo above does not capture their true fabulousness. See:
I really recommend AG jeans. Normally jeans buying makes me fly into a rage; I have short legs, big thighs and a big bum with a smaller waist, and a lot of jeans manufacturers don't make stuff that flatters me. I now own 3 pairs of these jeans (the first two bought on sale) and they are flattering, comfy and stylish - the holy trinity. And also, no exposure of butt crack. Hallelujah.
What is the best couture you have bought overseas?
Love the shoes. The stripes make them.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a lot of stuff from o/s since I've mainly been to Asia and the sizing is so small - although have got stuff at Forever 21 etc. Oh and love my Uniqlo cardis - so cheap and so good.
It's a pity in a way so many shops are going international now. Convenient I guess but takes some of the fun out of it when you see the same stores everywhere.