Oh what is it about Forever 21...
that is just so bloggable? My first blog post almost two years ago was probably the last time I purchased anything at this establishment. My former colleague at the Daily Northwestern has devoted half a blog to educating readers on "Making Forever 21 Your Bitch." And here I am again.
Friday was a day that was too beautiful not to be outside so cut out of work early to walk to Union Square and do some summer shopping. I've recently lost about two clothing sizes worth of weight which makes shopping really fun, 1) because I've been listening to everything society has told me for the last 23 years and would rather be thin than fat and 2) maybe because of 1), or maybe not, clothes just look better when you're thinner. Or at least when I am. I just had an experience last week at one of those boutiques on Bedford Avenue, where I was in a fitting room and the clerk (who was actually nice! A Williamsburg boutique anomaly!) told me how good I looked and I'm like "I haven't been this size since high school!"
So anyway, I'm on a buying spree, and I bought jeans at Banana Republic, then went to Urban Outfitters and tried a bunch of things on. This one shirt looked really great, but it was $48, and I've been spending a lot of money recently and Urban is really overpriced and I found out that this trip I'm taking to Puerto Rico will be a lot more expensive then I anticipated because apparently PR doesn't have hostels and I don't think I'm ever going to get a raise at this job I have now. So I didn't buy it, rationalizing that I could find something comparable at half the price at Forever 21. Totally wrong. After waiting through the massively long line which I think is so long because they realize that if you wait that long on a line, you'll feel like you might as well buy something now. Normally I would just try clothes on in front of a mirror, but since I should have been at work, I had time, so why not get the full experience?
Also, on line I overheard a guy on his cell phone saying "I take cabs now" which just said so much about New York and Forever 21 shoppers and upward mobility. And "I take cabs now" is another possible title for a novel I have yet to write. Basically, if I spent as much time writing as I do thinking of book titles I would be a best-selling author by now.
Anyway, I decided to buy two things I liked but didn't love and were not well-made. One of the items, a blue shirt dress, was worth the $11 I spent. Another plaid jacket, for $28, I realize now doesn't even fit properly, proving that even though I'm thin for me right now, I am a little bit zaftig for Forever 21's target body-shape demographic. And worst of all neither is a replacement for the blouse at Urban. I'm sure there was something comparable in the piles of clothing, but nothing worth I think I'm going to return the poorly fitting jacket-thing and buy the blouse I actually like. I've just spent 10 minutes looking online for a picture of any of the items so I could include a picture with the post but now I have to go, so I will search later.
Friday was a day that was too beautiful not to be outside so cut out of work early to walk to Union Square and do some summer shopping. I've recently lost about two clothing sizes worth of weight which makes shopping really fun, 1) because I've been listening to everything society has told me for the last 23 years and would rather be thin than fat and 2) maybe because of 1), or maybe not, clothes just look better when you're thinner. Or at least when I am. I just had an experience last week at one of those boutiques on Bedford Avenue, where I was in a fitting room and the clerk (who was actually nice! A Williamsburg boutique anomaly!) told me how good I looked and I'm like "I haven't been this size since high school!"
So anyway, I'm on a buying spree, and I bought jeans at Banana Republic, then went to Urban Outfitters and tried a bunch of things on. This one shirt looked really great, but it was $48, and I've been spending a lot of money recently and Urban is really overpriced and I found out that this trip I'm taking to Puerto Rico will be a lot more expensive then I anticipated because apparently PR doesn't have hostels and I don't think I'm ever going to get a raise at this job I have now. So I didn't buy it, rationalizing that I could find something comparable at half the price at Forever 21. Totally wrong. After waiting through the massively long line which I think is so long because they realize that if you wait that long on a line, you'll feel like you might as well buy something now. Normally I would just try clothes on in front of a mirror, but since I should have been at work, I had time, so why not get the full experience?
Also, on line I overheard a guy on his cell phone saying "I take cabs now" which just said so much about New York and Forever 21 shoppers and upward mobility. And "I take cabs now" is another possible title for a novel I have yet to write. Basically, if I spent as much time writing as I do thinking of book titles I would be a best-selling author by now.
Anyway, I decided to buy two things I liked but didn't love and were not well-made. One of the items, a blue shirt dress, was worth the $11 I spent. Another plaid jacket, for $28, I realize now doesn't even fit properly, proving that even though I'm thin for me right now, I am a little bit zaftig for Forever 21's target body-shape demographic. And worst of all neither is a replacement for the blouse at Urban. I'm sure there was something comparable in the piles of clothing, but nothing worth I think I'm going to return the poorly fitting jacket-thing and buy the blouse I actually like. I've just spent 10 minutes looking online for a picture of any of the items so I could include a picture with the post but now I have to go, so I will search later.
posted by diana at 3:37 PM
1 Comments:
Very exciting clothes shopping! But quick warning...F21 doesn't refund your money, so maybe preparing for $28 of cheap jewelry exchanges.
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