Month: October 2011
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Stitch Fix: Personal Shopping 2.0?
For the third and final installment in “Behind the Buying” I spoke with a friend about Stitch Fix, a local start-up that has the potential to disrupt the way women shop. In case you’re not familiar with the company, you take a comprehensive – yet fun – style survey, pay $20, and then they send…
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Flash Sale Sites – In Real Life
Remember the days before Gilt Groupe and Groupon, where if you wanted to score an amazing deal on top brands you actually went to a brick and mortar sample sale? There was always something so exciting about the surprise of finding out when one was happening and arriving to a room full of possibilities. Don’t…
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A McQueen Rhapsody in Blue
I adore the entire line of McQueen skull clutches, but I found this one to be the most unexpected. One part bad-ass biker, one part cute and classy; it’s perfect!
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Steering Towards Spring at Steven Alan
For the second installment of Behind the Buying, let’s see how the professionals do it. During fashion week I had the privilege of tagging along with Arlene and Brandon of Twenty Thirty Forty on a buying trip at the Steven Alan showroom. As I watched them select what they wanted for spring, I discovered that shopping for…