Online shopping tips

I may not have been clear though - pretty much any time you see a "Enter your Promo Code here" slot on an order form, I google "Fred Flare" "Promo code", using whatever wording they themselves use. "Swiss Chalet" "Appetizer Coupon" etc etc

Would this thread be a good clearinghouse for little-known websites with cool and unusual apparel? I like a good style resource.

finefine that is a good tip! i'll try to remember that next time i order something online

There we go! I wish I'd named it more generically. :P Maybe a mod can fix it?

http://www.impulseseattle.com/

really shouldn't spend the money but maybe by fall I will shell out for some isabel marant

I'm going to push ebags here again because it's sale time and I can't remember if I get bonus $$ if you enter my e-mail or not but whatever, I still am impressed that they flat-out replaced my old two-shoulder dork patrol model when one of the zippers started to get out of wack, and all over the phone nonetheless

also if you have a levi's store in your town, go there and ask for the card at the front that has your local free shipping code on it

god if i lived in the states i wld be so in credit card debt due to online shopping, srsly.

the customs & brokerage fees on commercial parcels keep me in check up here in the north. i am like an online window shopper.

Time to revive the fascinator!

Also I am putting this sort of strange "vintage" shoe place on here because I found it once and then lost it for like a year until I stumbled across it again.

Remix Classic Vintage Footwear

Where they even get these shoes made, I have no idea.

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laurel those fascinators look a little "crafty" to me? i dunno

Yeah, I'm not in a huge hurry to wear feathers in my hair, and some are better designed than others. But I'm intrigued.

love = http://www.remixvintageshoes.com/coco.html

Threadless threadless threadless, just in case someone doesn't know!

tho these i guess are more practical for my toes
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guys i love this board

finefine, please pardon me but i will hate on threadless all day

explain hate & love
i know v little abt threadless

i have a pair of remix shoes. the price/quality ratio is totally out of whack.

that's disappointing :(

i don't really like how the submitted designs are chosen for production by public voting -- i understand it helps eliminate overhead because hey printers love some license-free art! and sales are almost guaranteed -- but the groupthink means the overall design direction is way twee for me, and i don't like how they reward the design winners in merchandise

threadless, that is

That's okay, Elmo.. but I can't hate. They let me buy a shirt that says "Rock out with your cock out!" That's my all-time favourite expression, and it's a subtle shirt.

tell me about it! i'm still kind of fuming about it. i mean, the shoes are very cute but within 4 months the heels have small cracks in the bottoms, the leather is incredibly creased, and one of the buckles broke (i fixed it up, though). of course - no returns.

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I used to look at Impulse Seattle to find things I liked modeled on real people, but I think the whole blog design of a shopping website is really tedious. It's too hard to buy stuff.

I never buy stuff without looking for promo codes. But it sucks now that it is becoming more well known, retailers have been trying to block it from sites.

Definitely a lot of the designs suck, and the trend seems to be going into more obscure/hispster crap like gigantic unicorns that take up 75% of the shirt, etc. But I love some of them:

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v77/224/57/516053577/n516053577_75273_9970.jpg (War & Peace)

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/99/117/1148361495/n1148361495_30048036_4811.jpg (Rock out - note small white chicken on the right [his left] side of the shirt)

All this said, I haven't been moved to order anything in the last year, but they have $10 sales very frequently!

Boooooo to Remix! I am sad and mad at them now.

really shouldn't spend the money but maybe by fall I will shell out for some isabel marant
that looks like a nice store. love isabel marant

yeah me too, but can't find it anywhere unless there is a secret DC store that has it? i don't think so..

impulse has a proper store now www.totokaelo.com, actually. i really want these opening ceremony oxford flats but I can't justify spending almost $200 on them.. i mean i could if i actually managed to save money but i'm not good at that

Boooooo to Remix! I am sad and mad at them now.
sigh :(

it's kind of drag that you have to apply for a log-in on totokaelo!

er, kind of a.

I may not have been clear though - pretty much any time you see a "Enter your Promo Code here" slot on an order form, I google "Fred Flare" "Promo code", using whatever wording they themselves use. "Swiss Chalet" "Appetizer Coupon" etc etc

Yes!! I do this all the time and almost always find something whether it's free shipping or 10% off etc.

APC SALE online now :)

just about everything sold out :(

i want the leopard coat.. it's cool.. i think

i'm going to try going to the store saturday. i'm sure it will be completely a mess!

june25-28, alexander wang sample sale...

Okay this is a little odd but I frequently like the clothes at www.shukr.com. It's modest clothing for Muslim women in the West, and I think a fair bit of it is awesome. Like this top, which I imagine Lauren in:

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/shukr_2007_28041352

I kind of want to buy one in every color and cut the sleeves off.

how did you come across that?

I think I was googling different names of traditional women's gear to find out exactly what they were (shalwar kameez, burqa, niqab, etc) and got interested in the horribleness of most of what was sold online -- holy tie-dyed polyester, Batman. The Shukr site was a welcome relief.

omg Laurel, I buy from Shukr pretty frequently - I love the fit of their women's work shirts, they are cut just right for me. Their stuff is really high quality and well-made and decently priced.

Hahah!! See, I'm in good company.

I'm trying to remember how I found them - I think I was cracking up at those mormon modesty swimsuits and prom dresses and somehow chanced on a link. I wish their trouser legs weren't cut so darn wide! And I've been really tempted to get Mr. Jaq a thobe or galabiyya, but don't know if he'd buy into the look :)

I always want to buy cute skirts and peter pan collar shirts from here

http://www.flynnohara.com/mHome.asp

but I am scared of the sizing and busting out of the tops with my womanly bosom.

I feel like the jumpers could also be worthwhile if worn alone or with some ghetto t-shirt/tank.

http://www.retailmenot.com for coupon codes.

ok, so I gave in and bought some new shoes.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/6515/dsc0002largecs4.jpg

laurel i wld like to write a book abt religion and fashion with you please
it can be partly a picture book
everyone will think it is going to be 'contentious' when really it will be mostly 'interesting' and 'hey neat'

those shoes are great, daria!

aren't they?? i hope they fit.. i really wish i could walk around in short skirts and massive heels a la the entire staff of paris vogue, but i give up, im sticking to menswear trousers & oxford flats on a daily basis

etsy has a lot of cool stuff. i stumbles across this artist who also makes pseudo vintage jewelry and i LOVE it:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=86028&order=§ion_id=&page=1

http://pan3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.29542963.jpg

I love that modest top from www.shukr.com but am so afraid of billowy tops after last summer's disaster wherein one of my co-workers asked if I was pregnant.

I've bought from an online store for hip mormons! lol. I think it's the longer length of the tops that drew me to it.

rrobyn that sounds like a great coffee table book.

laurel, what was that site you were telling me about w/ the vintage reproduction dresses?

There used to be more mod 60s repro stuff, I remember in like 1998-2000 drooling over it regularly, but now the only sites I can find are all for swing dresses/rockabilly.

mybabyjo.com/
stopstaringclothing.com
reddressshoppe.com

Stop Staring makes a lot of dresses and everyone else just sells them, pretty much. Except I ordered one of theirs recently and it was strong and well-constructed but there wasn't enough of it THERE: no lining, no facings, no interfacing for shape...it was like a high-school sewing project, just extremely competently sewn.

There are ton more, but they all look about the same, as far as I can tell. A good resource for pencil skirts.

Oh wow Rubyredd that's an Etsy gem! Cute!