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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Fashion / Events The One End-of-Season Sale You Don't Want to Miss

Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:29 PM

I know I keep mentioning all the big post-holiday, end-of-winter sales going on (don't forget that this, these, that, and this are all coming up real quick), but if you only have the bandwidth for one of them, I recommend this rare and wonderful grouping: Stand Up Comedy, Adam Arnold, The English Dept., Lille Boutique, Machus, and Una. I can scarce imagine a more wallet-emptying combination, so save your pennies for Sunday, February 12, when these brands will take over Luce from 11-3 pm, unloading their past-season stock at prices as low as you may ever see them. Cash and credit both accepted, but fair warning: There are no dressing rooms, so know your sizes and be prepared to improvise.

Speaking of Una, the shop is picking up from it's original digs off SE 28th and relocating to 922 SE Ankeny, putting it in nice walking distance to its new neighbors and co-participants for the sale. In fact, with the 811 building and the vintage stores in that neighborhood, it's shaping up to be as strong a neighborhood shopping destination as the relatively newly christened West End. Perhaps this calls for another name change. What do you think: The Lower East Side? Too much?

A Clu dress at Una.
  • Una
  • A Clu dress at Una.

UPDATE Una will open its doors in the new spot as of Tuesday, Feb 7.

 

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Another post that reads plainly like the advertorial that it basically is. Nothing against Marjorie personally, it just seems like none of the fashion/style posts are filtered through any particular viewpoint as a writer. It's just, here's this new thing that's great and that you should go buy. No context, critical voice, or commentary.
Just my two cents.
Posted by geyser on February 2, 2012 at 2:42 PM · Report
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That lady's sweatshirt is really stretched out.
Posted by Chuck Garabedian on February 2, 2012 at 3:48 PM · Report
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@1: Cut her some slack. I suppose the End Hits posts are just, here's this new band that's great and you should go buy their record.

Marjorie's posts are meant to keep people abreast of what's going on in the major boutiques, sales, etc. What exactly do you think is missing?
Posted by Ovidius on February 2, 2012 at 3:53 PM · Report
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Hmmm. I can see I,A's point.
Posted by tcraighenry on February 2, 2012 at 4:03 PM · Report
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Geyser, reading this blog certainly requires finding a good system for sifting through and finding posts that actually interest you. If I was actually reading all the video game and romance posts, i'd be Lana del Rey by now.
Posted by ($8239f8h248cerfehjf23@&*@ebdjhb23f237OCDBO#BD*(# on February 2, 2012 at 4:15 PM · Report
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Well, I don't expect everything to interest me, but I'd be more interested to hear more of Marjorie's own voice come through: some opinion that isn't just "this is new and great and go check it out." I realize that's the best way to give people a heads-up about things that are happening, but I think there's also a place for commentary about what's happening to give a broader feel for the bigger picture and what this journalists finds particularly vital about what certain designers are doing. Instead, what I get is the impression that everything is equally great and new. There are a few exceptions to this, naturally.
Posted by geyser on February 2, 2012 at 4:49 PM · Report
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PS I wrote @1 before seeing the I,A offensive, so I regret the timing, even though I meant this in a constructive-criticism, my-personal-opinion way.
Posted by geyser on February 2, 2012 at 4:56 PM · Report
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@ geyser, thanks for the feedback. I really do make an effort to insert my opinions in my fashion/retail coverage where appropriate. A pretty straight-up news item about an event and related relocation doesn't seem to especially call for much more than what I've done here (it's hard, for instance, to critique clothing prior to something happening, since it's anyone's guess which specific items will be there) but I'll take it under consideration nonetheless.
Posted by Marjorie on February 3, 2012 at 11:41 AM · Report
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Oh yeah, what I,A offensive? The photo thing? That's Una's photo, not mine, although we all take a lot our own photos. We're a tiny company. So what?
Posted by Marjorie on February 3, 2012 at 11:47 AM · Report

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