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[dtb]

Originally posted by nononono
Yes. I'm just now taking time again to reach back out to boutiques and smaller stores, but in the last several years, between relocating to a new, somewhat fashion-challenged locale and having two kids and a couple jobs, MF provided pretty reliable, good-quality, one-stop, within-walking-distance-of-work clothes for work and play, actually). F'ing Macy's is discontinuing all kinds of good lines, particularly in petites, where I get about half my things. And RP's right, the atmosphere in Macy's sucks. It's like a barely upscaled KMart. Garish, like their logo.

I have never liked Macy's - I thought mabye it was the enormity of the store - the flagship in NYC is effing HUGE. But all that crap you just said are probably the bigger reasons.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Make it stop. The women's fashion talk. I'm sorry I brought up Macy's.


These TITS* should make up for it.

*I miss ABBA

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
It's worse. The Macy's I went to today was a Hecht's, and I don't remember the music blasting like that. Otherwise, it is at least a bit brighter and cleaner, and I did get excellent service there today.

I don't know how people can stand to work there. It's one thing to put up with Christmas music from Columbus Day on, but to be blasted out of your ears every day is intolerable.

I can't be as bad as Abercrombe and Bitch. Where the music is so loud that outside the store and in another store you can still hear it.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Make it stop. The women's fashion talk. I'm sorry I brought up Macy's.


These TITS* should make up for it.

*I miss ABBA

I prefer the slices of bread to the meat in the sandwich. What say you?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I prefer the slices of bread to the meat in the sandwich. What say you?

I want this stomach.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Back in the day, Nordstroms would employ a separate buying department for every store. That way, they could buy appropriately per market. (Hi Blake!) Like, you wouldn't want a lot of deep winter outerwear in the LA store, for instance. But I had heard that over the years, they were doing away with that practice, because it was too expensive. I have been to 3 separate Nordstroms in the past 3 months (in 2 states) and can say with confidence that Ralph was not among the brands in any of the petite department. They had full size Ralph in other departments. The one by my house had Ann Klein for awhile, but a very limited selection.

I shop only in Faconnable, Savvy and Studio 121 now.

Maybe I should go to LA.

Faconnable is nice. Nice flagship store on 5th

[nononono]

Originally posted by dtb
I have never liked Macy's - I thought mabye it was the enormity of the store - the flagship in NYC is effing HUGE. But all that crap you just said are probably the bigger reasons.

I always hated it, except I loved when the flower show was on. But I worked within a block or two of Saks, and the lunchtime shoe sale shopping was fantastic. They had nice flowers, too. Actually, I think one of their arrangements inspired the choice of flowers I used at my wedding.

(sorry, Coltrane, but those tits do not compare with shoe memories)

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by nononono
I always hated it, except I loved when the flower show was on. But I worked within a block or two of Saks, and the lunchtime shoe sale shopping was fantastic. They had nice flowers, too. Actually, I think one of their arrangements inspired the choice of flowers I used at my wedding.

(sorry, Coltrane, but those tits do not compare with shoe memories)

I love Saks. I love the makeup counters [laura mercier and chanel] and the shoes and the bras and the bags. wow. I love Saks.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I want this stomach.

Her method was lots of crystal meth was it not?

[dtb]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
That for work clothes I shop at a lot of different places. Some nicer than others but for every day work stuff Ann Taylor is not a bad place to shop. They made it sound like it was like Ames or some shit. And the irony is the one that got all hard about work clothes is the one that doesn't work. d'oh!

Ah, Ames... we hardly knew ye.


(I ran into Kevin Bacon at the local Ames when it was on its last legs -- he was getting cut-rate cleaning products, iIrc.)

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I prefer the slices of bread to the meat in the sandwich. What say you?

I don't like the one on the right, relatively speaking.

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by dtb
I have never liked Macy's - I thought mabye it was the enormity of the store - the flagship in NYC is effing HUGE. But all that crap you just said are probably the bigger reasons.

I don't know if Marshall Field's had previously become part of one of the department store behemoths, but our local store that just became a Macy's (Meier & Frank) had been a May store. Back in the day when it was independent, M&F was pretty cool, but under May it became total CRAP. The Macy's store brands are better than the May store brands (especially when it comes to housewares--I have some items from the Herald Square Cellar that are going strong 10 years after leaving NYC), so I'll probably be heading back at least to check it out.

I do semi-regularly shop at Nordstrom, and when I was working next door I'd pop into Saks to peruse the sale racks (they marked things down further than Nordstrom did before sending them off to Off Fifth v. The Rack).

tm

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I prefer the slices of bread to the meat in the sandwich. What say you?

Funny -- I have the opposite view. Probably because the TITS on the right is a little outlandishly big.

You can me the wife to my Jack Spratt. Let's start licking that plate clean.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by dtb
Ah, Ames... we hardly knew ye.


(I ran into Kevin Bacon at the local Ames when it was on its last legs -- he was getting cut-rate cleaning products, iIrc.)

Didn't you post that on the other board years ago?

I remember that. sparked off a six degrees of Kevin Bacon thread. the ames sale near me they were selling the fixtures out of the store. wow.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Her method was lots of crystal meth was it not?

Yeah, I think so. I tried that once, for 3 days in San Diego.

I'll stick with my previously stated preferences.