Marketing and Pricing: J.Crew Sells Leggings for $650 US

Some of you may have seen my tweet yesterday questioning a pair of leggings from J.Crew’s latest update, selling for $650 (and over $760 in Canada).  I realize that this is from their “collection” line, which is always much higher-priced, considering the material and such, but did it have to be that much higher? And […]

Where Are The Umbrellas?

This past March, I lost my umbrella – it probably fell out of my “Fashion Week Kit” somehow, and I was never able to get it back (I didn’t realize it was gone until a week later, anyway).  So as soon as I discovered that it was gone, I started looking for a new one.  […]

Shopping in Hong Kong: Pacific Place

Pacific Place is pure luxury.  Stores include Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Chanel, Harvey Nichols and of course, the famous Lane Crawford, Hong Kong’s equivalent to Bergdorf Goodman.  The Pacific Place location of Lane Crawford, however, will be shutting down in the new year.  Burberry will eventually be taking over part of the location, but there’s […]

The 4 Types of Label Freaks

One may think a Label Freak (aka Label Whore) is a Label Freak, but really, there are at least four types,  as seen below: The “S/he’s Not Famous To Me” Freak: I came across this type a few years ago at a department store.  A woman proclaimed that a pair of shoes just wasn’t “worth […]

Shopping in London, Part One

Like other large cities, there are plenty of places to shop in London.  There are places like Marks & Spencers and Harrods, and of course, TopShop, but what about other places? Next is one of the stores that many people from North America have never heard of.  Not quite Wal-Mart (much better, actually) and not […]