Forever 21 and I are “On a Break”
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I must be sick.
After perusing the Forever 21 website today, looking for something— I don’t know what, but something— I suddenly realized, the reason I couldn’t find that something was not because there weren’t cute clothes, like this mineral wash vest, on the site, but because for some strange reason, in my mind, no amount of cuteness could make up for the cheap fabrics and poor construction of the items. I’m not sure when it happened. It seems like only yesterday I was trotting my happy heiny to F21 to pick up anything and everything and caring less that I would have to re-purchase new clothes in the very near future. Maybe it all started with Target’s GO International collections. No matter the designer, Proenza Schouler… Alexander McQueen… Rodarte, I couldn’t wrap my head around wearing fabrics that draped as well as a paper bag, so instead of spending $40 on a polyblend dress, I went to the accessories department and bought another pair of $10 sunnies that I knew I would lose. I sort of miss the carefree girl who shopped and bought just for the sake of it, but after being exposed to and wearing well-made designer duds, I’m not sure she’ll ever come back. My wallet however needs her to come back because I, unfortuantely, can’t afford to shop at Needless Mark-ups Neiman Marcus all the time. I’m not sure what’s going on, but things better make more sense in 2010. |
