I know I'm not the only girl who is simply dieing for real fall weather. Here in Charlotte, it is approaching. Slowly. I will catch a waft of chilly air in an otherwise balmy breeze and can't help but smile. Inspiration to play with warmer colors and multiple layers has hit me hard. I went shopping yesterday(more for looking than buying as one needs money for the later), but for the most part I was disappointed. I was underwhelmed. Particularly by American Apparel. I always get it in my head that they are the holy grail of easy to wear basics. Yet every time i enter the premises I am disappointed. Their t-shirts are great. And they have ok leggings. Beyond that, everything is pretty much cheeply made over priced whore clothes. Except their tights. I need a few of them. Bad. But i digress.
I went in solely to find this skirt.

What i found was cheaply constructed, unflattering, and completely see though. All for the low price tag of $30.


I think i'm going to turn all my shopping energies toward the vintage, handmade, and local world. I really should be mostly doing this anyway but F21, Marshalls, and Urban's clearence are so cheap. So i'm going to challenge myself to make 80% of my fall purchaces fit within these restraints. I'll be happier for it. I'll start by telling you about a local girl and a fellow Etsyian (and fellow blogger. She is featured above) I'm kinda obsessing over. I am having a fit over all her lovely knitwear, but especially her Bubble Berets.





And BONUS(!) she is from Colombia,SC. Like an hour from here! SO excited. What an excellent place to begin my mission.
Luv, Vanessa*
thanks miss!
ReplyDeletei'm with you on american apparel. i go in there and usually get one or two things, but always end up having trouble with them! if i get something brightly colored and wash it something funny usually happens to the dye and color - like maybe it wasn't set properly in the first place - and the piece is ruined. that happened with that same skirt there, too. i do like their plain solid non extremely tight racerback dresses, but you can get those on amazon for 12 bucks or so if you do a search for american apparel dress. leggings cheaper there, too. and well, a lot of the other older stuff. so go amazon. although your idea to go vintage and handmade is a lot better. i'm trying to enact a shopping ban or at least restriction of some sort myself - i just need to think it through first :)