Of course, living where we do, shopping is not the easiest. I am trying to resist on-line shopping, as when I start I find I can't stop and the line between want and need becomes ever more blurred.
This summer I am coveting a pair of brown leather chunky sandals which could be worn with dresses or, more specifically, shorts. These would be the ideal:
But they are sold only in the US until May, when I believe that J Crew comes to the UK via Net A Porter (but I expect they will come with a price hike, much like Banana Republic), and $165 is a lot for a pair of shoes to wear on holiday.
These are a kind of similar style, from Nine West via Kurt Geiger and a more reasonable £45 in the sale, but somehow just not quite right.
This is the kind of look that I am going for:
Gozo Holiday by peacockfeathersdiamondrings featuring J Crew
{Wishful thinking clearly. I don't own a Mulberry bag}
A sort of sailor chic meets preppy. I know it's an island in the med and I should probably be going for brown leather flipflops and a white dress but there are 7 days of this holiday. I could do a different look every day (if it weren't for the small matter of a luggage allowance...
6 comments:
Looks like you've plagiarised a recent Liberty London Girl post. Bad blogging form indeed.
Thanks for your comment anon.
I've been back through recent Liberty London Girl archives and the nearest I can find to a similar post by LLG is a post on jcrew in general where she features the same sandals in a different colour with a comment that they go with shorts. And uses the word preppy in conjunction with jcrew (not in the same context as I used the word preppy here).
Or was it the price hike comment? Which is a well known fact and one which, irritating, happens to all US shops which come to the UK (Banana Republic, Abercrombie & Fitch and Anthropologie are all examples).
If using 2 similar phrases and mentioning the same item of clothing is plagurising then all magazines and blogs are similarly guilty. And a bad day for PR if each item of clothing is only allowed to be featured by one blog/publication.
Hey there lovely!
I just saw your tweet. Of course there is no exclusivity on-line! The only etiquette is that if you see something on another blog first that you then give a tiny credit if you then decide to write about it too.
But that doesn't seem to be the case here.
LLGxx
I love the Gap top although I wish it wasn't V-necked, I find v-necks combined with stripes a bit too preppy/public school for my liking. And I really regret not buying a pair of wooden heeled wedges I saw in Aldo two summers ago.
And anon? Really? If a blogger posts about a topic or even an item that another blogger has written about that's plagarism? Give me a break.
Hey LLG, thanks for your comments. I usually do post a link to credit a blog where I find something I like. In this case I had already seen the sandals on the J crew website and it was mere coincidence! I appreciate you taking time to post here though.
@peonies - I know what you mean about the v-neck but I do kind of like it with the shorts and sandals.
If anyone knows where I can find similar to the J Crew sandals though I would love to know.
Love the holiday look and love the reply comment to good old "anonymous" - classic!
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