I'm sure I've told you that I am often ahead of my time.
I brought back knee socks. The high heeled Mary Janes that Coach advertised for this season look a lot like the pair I bought from Kurt Geiger several years ago. I wore torn jeans before you had to pay for them to come that way and vintage when it was called used clothes and hand-me-downs. The list goes on.
Well, here's another example - a story, lesson and quote from this week's New Yorker Magazine. The story is about New York being on sale, and sale/discount purchases (especially of designer clothes). The lesson from the story is about being a better shopper and not purchasing clothes because of the discount. Sound familiar yet?
The quote is from the brilliant Patricia Marx:
"Do you swear you can't live without it? Well, then and only then can you mull over the dollars and cents. What does this have to do with my philosophy of life? Simply this: Do not be seduced by the deal. It's better to spend a lot on a getup you love than a fraction of that on something, or even five of those somethings, that you'll never bother to take out of the shopping bag. By the way, this advice also applies to discount love interests. And half-price sushi."
Now only if I can write as well as I can set a trend...
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