January 6, 2015

The Sales x

Can ideas grow old and desires outdated? Tastes certainly change and a subtle alteration can update the mundane, but how fast does fashion really run? Does a Season-behind-item really matter when the eye-watering price tag is suitably slashed? So whispers the seductive red-lipped temptation that is the January Sales, hip-swaying us in with a promise and a kiss to that shopper’s minefield of potential disaster and paradise..pick it right and get the prize for half the dosh…get it wrong and it’s a turkey turd festering in the darkest corner of your wardrobe forever..

I always thought the January Sales were the perfect opportunity to invest in a classic..the softest cashmere jumper, a timeless camel coat..an iconic silk blouse. But I’ve now seen the light: The Sales are not about anonymity and being conservative, but taking a risk and finding that one standout piece to love and hold forever, something cutting edge, different, unusual with independent thought, something that can mix the refined with everyday. And pieces like that takes time to find..

Thankfully, the fashion posts of the last year have provided a fine quality control to navigate the choppy waters of desire against fads and fly-by-nights, and the Collection that remains an earworm my head is Peter Pilotto AW15..so I took a deep breath and secretly went on a coat hunt – and this is where technology now makes such a difference…with websites such as ‘Search the Sales’ you can pin-point exactly what you’re looking for, they find it for the cheapest price available….and then (thankfully for Christopher Credit) you find it’s already sold out..

Next stop, Ebay…

Laters, Kate x

9 comments

January 6, 2015 - 12:58 pm Abbi

Because I get paid on the 6th of every month the sales always end up being pretty much dead by the time I get to them. Lol!

January 7, 2015 - 9:41 am Maison Bentley Style

There is that brief scatter of fireworks at the end where everything get slashed again…sometimes there’s a nugget of gold.. xxx

January 6, 2015 - 4:27 pm motherhendiaries

Haha! Yep… true story! In my case, fashion hunting is off the table until I catch my breath from holiday and taxes. But I wouldn’t say no to that lush outfit featured above! 🙂 I’m pretty sure I could rock it at least as well as the 14-year-old model wearing it, though my chances of affording it are pretty much on par with your average 14-year-old in any case. 😀

January 7, 2015 - 9:43 am Maison Bentley Style

Taxes. Not good..sigh..a girl can dream! xxx

January 6, 2015 - 7:32 pm dievca

I take my chances with the sales and then I, too, lurk on eBay. Sometimes you get lucky and it makes your day, year, future. 😀
XO

January 7, 2015 - 9:43 am Maison Bentley Style

I know!! Sometimes the buzz is even better! xxx

January 6, 2015 - 10:42 pm spunknbrains

Best advice on finding those standout pieces to love and hold forever.. at least until the next great find. 🙂

January 7, 2015 - 9:44 am Maison Bentley Style

You have your classics..and then you have your true loves..xxx

January 8, 2015 - 12:20 am jackiemallon

Then when you come in wearing it and your husband asks about it, you can honestly say, “What, this old thing?” 🙂 You are a resourceful and canny thrifty knickers, Kate, and I’m taking avid notes.xox

January 6, 2015 - 12:58 pm Abbi

Because I get paid on the 6th of every month the sales always end up being pretty much dead by the time I get to them. Lol!
- January 7, 2015 - 9:41 am Maison Bentley Style
  
  There is that brief scatter of fireworks at the end where everything get slashed again…sometimes there’s a nugget of gold.. xxx
January 6, 2015 - 4:27 pm motherhendiaries

Haha! Yep… true story! In my case, fashion hunting is off the table until I catch my breath from holiday and taxes. But I wouldn’t say no to that lush outfit featured above! 🙂 I’m pretty sure I could rock it at least as well as the 14-year-old model wearing it, though my chances of affording it are pretty much on par with your average 14-year-old in any case. 😀
- January 7, 2015 - 9:43 am Maison Bentley Style
  
  Taxes. Not good..sigh..a girl can dream! xxx
January 6, 2015 - 7:32 pm dievca

I take my chances with the sales and then I, too, lurk on eBay. Sometimes you get lucky and it makes your day, year, future. 😀
XO
- January 7, 2015 - 9:43 am Maison Bentley Style
  
  I know!! Sometimes the buzz is even better! xxx
January 6, 2015 - 10:42 pm spunknbrains

Best advice on finding those standout pieces to love and hold forever.. at least until the next great find. 🙂
- January 7, 2015 - 9:44 am Maison Bentley Style
  
  You have your classics..and then you have your true loves..xxx
January 8, 2015 - 12:20 am jackiemallon

Then when you come in wearing it and your husband asks about it, you can honestly say, “What, this old thing?” 🙂 You are a resourceful and canny thrifty knickers, Kate, and I’m taking avid notes.xox