clothes

Actually, no, that's not entirely true. The only time I ever buy clothes is when I'm on tour. I buy new shirts when I'm not able to wash them in the hotel sink. Which is why I have so many t-shirts from, like Minneapolis and Missoula, Montana and places.

Work clothes is a different matter. I always seem to be buying shirts to avoid ironing.

My general staple places are the GAP, which has just made a wicked awesome fresh supadupafly new type of jeans - TWO of them in fact, one given the god awful name of "long and lean" which are sandblasted low-rider flares, the other ultra-low cut, which are BEYOND low- riders, and tight. I feel so Jennifer Lopez in those. GAP also makes a brand new type of bra which has totally replaced my Victoria's Secret addition, it's called the flawless bra and it's GRATE. I bought one in every color, as I do with their t-shirts. Another staple place is H&M, which is just so good I can't even describe - I bought this fantastic tan-w/-pinstripes shirt there that everyone has complimented me on insane amounts, and I bought this great black square neck sweater that shows off my back tattoo there too. And it's all very cheap! I also will go to Urban Outfitters if I'm looking for a dose of pointless punk in my wardrobe - I have actually bought some mighty fine things there, like my white/black/red plaid skirt or my buddha shirt. Not as cheap as it should be, better to shop there at sales. Express gets a lot of my money too, they have really nice camisoles with built-in underwire bras, so I like those to sleep in, and their pants tend to be very nice for work. Indeed, I'm wearing a pair now.

But really I shop everywhere. I have store cards at Macys, Express, New York & Co, Victoria's Secret, probably the Limited, supposedly the GAP but never received it...etc etc. I am a shopping addict. French Connection UK is having a sale this week so I'm going to go up there. I have to go to Ann Taylor today to return a shirt I bought that's way too big. So on and so forth.

I buy almost all my shoes at the Naturalizer, if you wanted to know that too.

Oh wait... ::remembers cushy American style of living:: never mind.

I think we should have a raffle or something.

Or is this the start of a new thread...

That's cause you won't stray from Manhattan, you big ninny!

If you would just stray out into a burrah, you could go to a CHEAP Sally Anns (great one on Astoria Blvd in Queens) or go to a place like Domsey's Warehouse in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In fact, Williamsburg (at least used to be) packed with fantastic clothing by the bag cheap second hand goodness! There was a warehouse on the street parallel and east of Bedford that used to sell clothes by the pound! It was amazing! OK, not such a great deal when you're buying velvet, but for anything polyester, it was ace.

Apart from that hardly anywhere, although I visited Melbourne a few months ago and the amount of amazing (and cheap - although this had a little to do with the weak Aussie dollar) clothes shops.

Top Man's alright for tops I suppose, but not for anything else.

Whatever has got good clothes I s'pose.

I left right around the time they built the second monolith on the shorefront. I was convinced that the neighbourhood was going to be overrun by 1000 Yuppies in Condos. But then again, people feared the same thing of the Citicorp tower. The thing is, they bring 1000 yuppies in every day by train, but they won't leave the tower (the subway stops conveniently in the basement) becuase the neighbourhood smells so bad.

I once tempted on the 40-odd floor of that tower, and none of my coworkers had ever been outside it, they couldn't believe people actually lived in the neighbourhood, it smelled so bad.

Really, after the second week of June, you didn't notice the smell that much. We burned more insence than was probably good for us.

But, oh yeah, clothes. Domseys rules, it was only a short bus-ride away for us, and the bus left from literally outside our door.

I buy all my clothes in TOP SHOP and MISS SELFRIDGE cos I work for them and get a big fat discount. Ha.

I buy Woman's and Men's shirts whenever they catch my eye be they a used disco frock or a john smedley turtleneck.

I get mens socks because i have big feet, usually expensive ones because they last longer, from selfridges or the gap because they have good styles/brands. I don't ever buy socks that are the same color (ie packs of six white socks) because then they're hard to match up! And I'm a sucker for argyle (sweaters too).

I get shoes whenever I have the money and can find a pair that fits, which is extreemely difficult for anything besides tennis shoes, which i get in men's size, as i am a womans size 11 in america. This weekend I got a pair of men's flipflop things for half price!

I buy all my underwear from Victoria's Secret, because one you find a brand you like, it's easier to stick with it than try to be cheap.

So, about a third of my clothes came from a secondhand store, the other third from the basic high street shop(gap) and the other third from expensive designer places.

I'm a bit bummed out about this week because I don't have any money to shop the London sales with.

Oh well.

I'm thinking of doing some clothes shopping in London today. I used to go to Topman in Oxford Street, but PPPPppttttt!

Can any Ilxors tell me where else is good for shopping in London? I sometimes ask people where they got (certain item of clothe) and they'll say Camden, but I thought Camden was just a load of £5 t-shirts and tie die crap.

Where in London can one go to buy:

A nice shirt
Smart trousers
Possibly shoes?

saville row

longacre (above cov garden) has reiss, zara, hawes and curtis (posh shirts), amongst others, and intersects with neal st which has shoe shops coming out the wazoo. and it's a lot less busy than oxford st.

^^^ Good call. Also, Selfridges. It's sale time.