Thrift store and vintage clothing shopping have become more of a common practice lately. Numerous shoppers are experiencing the thrill of hunting for treasures from past decades. This type of shopping involves patience while searching through racks of clothing, and a sharp eye for finding high quality items. There are many stores in throughout Manhattan that specialize in this type of clothing including Screaming Mimi’s, with stores in New York and Tokyo. What Goes Around Comes Around, where the likes of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Mischa Barton, Matthew McConaughey, and The Beckhams, have been known to shop. Zachary Smile, located in Soho, and Cheap Jacks with reasonable prices that stay true to its name. While the prices at many vintage clothing stores offer jeans from all time periods that can run up to $250, more than a new pair of a designer brand. Other stores including true thrift stores sell vintage tee shirts and worn in clothing for next to nothing.
While some of the prices of these pieces might not seem worth it for previously worn clothing for designers and stylists looking for a unique alternative to replace off the rack clothing What Goes Around Comes Around has the answer. In 2003 the store opened a 7,000 square foot archive including 10,000 items of hard to find pieces from designers including Pucci, Alaia, and Hermes. No matter what your taste or budget there is something for everyone when it comes to vintage clothing.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
It seems that today women cannot get enough of luxury items including animal print accessories. This up and coming animal trend has been taken to the extreme as shown in the February issue of Elle magazine. The monthly Beauty News section featured a stunning picture of a perfectly leopard printed eye lid. This new concept goes above and beyond the conventional department store eye shadow. This astonishing shadow is applied by Professional Instant Eye Shadow Applicators. They look much more complex than they really are and are simply pressed onto each lid and than dusted with a translucent powder to set the look. This new product seems strange and hard to grasp at first but Elle summed it when they compared them to being similar to temporary tattoos.
If the “Leopard Lounge” shade isn’t your thing these single use shadows come in other shades including a wild zebra print, or “Sapphires and gold”. The cost of these “eye opening” statement makers is eighteen dollars for a pack of five, or thirty dollars for ten. While this might seem like a slight sticker shock at first the company states that having these eye shadows is the equivalent of having a professional make up artist at your finger tips. Even though some people argue that these eye shadows take out the fun of application, I feel that some of the more neutral shades would be appropriate for more formal occasions. This is a trend that may or may not catch on in the make up industry and while I can only see a select group of people using these regularly, I am sure they will be making an appearance on run ways everywhere very soon.
If the “Leopard Lounge” shade isn’t your thing these single use shadows come in other shades including a wild zebra print, or “Sapphires and gold”. The cost of these “eye opening” statement makers is eighteen dollars for a pack of five, or thirty dollars for ten. While this might seem like a slight sticker shock at first the company states that having these eye shadows is the equivalent of having a professional make up artist at your finger tips. Even though some people argue that these eye shadows take out the fun of application, I feel that some of the more neutral shades would be appropriate for more formal occasions. This is a trend that may or may not catch on in the make up industry and while I can only see a select group of people using these regularly, I am sure they will be making an appearance on run ways everywhere very soon.
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