Is it me, or has anyone else been taken aback by Anthropologie’s fall offerings? With apparel by Anna Sui and stripes by my new favorite, Edward An, I’d think I had walked into some sweet local boutique instead of a national chain once renowned for knit ruffles and sister company to Urban Outfitters and Free People. They’re even selling the All Black flats that I was a fan of back in July.
Remember these?
But there’s a price to be paid for national access to such niche lovelies. The aforementioned All Black flats, for example, go for $105 at Tani on West 72nd where I first spotted them and $138 at Anthropologie. Yikes! And the Rafe Molly Medium Hobo:
Would you rather buy it here for $425 or at Anthropologie for $448?
The moral of this story? If you fall for something at Anthropologie, a little research could turn it up elsewhere for less. If not, just wait a while then amble on to the back of the store for those fabulous Anthropologie sales.
Did anyone else do a double take when they saw the Prada ad in the NY Times’ Women’s Fashion Fall 2006 Style Magazine? Hot damn! I announced. Is that sour-faced model sporting clogs? A quick investigation provided the answer: both yes and no.
It’s the Prada mirror platform slingback, and though they are not clogs, they are distinctly clog-y, wouldn’t you say?
In the context of everyday footwear, clogs are, to a certain degree, old news. They’re a favorite with the Mom squad out here in Brooklyn, and they’ve been the kick of choice for the medical community for eons (a young male doctor in clogs? Rrrar!). But only recently have they started to look kinda cool. My interest in them was piqued by Refinery’s metallic gold clogs, then it spiked when I spotted a young European tourist traversing Union Square in jeans tucked into her light grey leather clog boots. Yes, that’s right, clog boots:
Aren’t they cute? I hope you think so, because they’re hitting mainstream NYC this fall. The pair pictured above are being sold at Scoop NYC, purveyor of upscale trendwear, for $265. However, for only $210, you can custom order clog boots in any of about a billion colors at Brooklyn’s own adorable Triple Happiness (so new, they don’t even have a website). They also carry the clog boot in shearling, which wearers are encouraged to rock sans-socks, as the lanolin is great for your feet. Finally, a suitable replacement for your nasty old Uggs! Now that’s news.