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Jan
23
People have such strange priorities.
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One of the Shop Tart’s Facebook friends didn’t care for Aretha Franklin’s hat at the inauguration. The Shop Tart liked it, which is beside the point. Or is it? She always cares about fashion choices. Whether they make a fab individual statement or help the wearer feel comfortable in any given situation, clothes fascinate her endlessly. She suspects a certain lady lost in the primary to President Obama because no one ever took her aside to talk about the length of her pants. Fashion matters, like it or not. The Shop Tart’s hat-judging friend went on to say this about the offending headgear:
“Really. It was almost as bad as all the inane commentary about what people were wearing. Who gives a s**t?”*
Well, a lot of people do. One of our new president’s first achievements in office was to boost the economy by raising J. Crew’s share price more than 10 percent. Wonder if he would sport a Shop Tart t-shirt on his next jog? The Shop Tart watched the inauguration with friends, who enjoyed an excuse to drink Champagne in the middle of the day discussing any number of things, including politics, poetry, what they were making for dinner…and what our new leaders and their families were wearing. Her friend Angela squealed as the Bidens approached the podium,
“Oooh! Aren’t those your gloves?”
In vain, the Shop Tart tried to catch another glimpse of Miss Ashley Blazer Biden’s hands to confirm she was sporting the same pair of beloved Phillip Lim gloves.
Later in the day, she Googled, encore in vain. As a last resort, she contacted Ms. Biden directly, sure she wouldn’t respond. Au contraire, ma chére.
“Would it be possible to find out if Ms. Biden was wearing Phillip Lim gloves at the inauguration today? The fashion-curious want to know and only caught a quick glimpse.”
Less than a day later, she received this response:
“I was. Philip Lim all the way! I love my gloves…”
Charming! The Shop Tart did a little more digging and learned Ms. Biden also wore Phillip Lim to an Inaugural ball, the gown pictured below.
The Shop Tart tried it on at VanJean and is now kicking herself for not buying it - stunning on the model and equally stunning on Ms. Biden. The Shop Tart has a busy weekend ahead; she’ll probably spend a great deal of time rehashing the week with her new best friend Ashley. Well, maybe not, but the young Ms. Biden is the Shop Tart’s favorite political figure. Why? Because loving Phillip Lim like the Shop Tart loves him is a sure sign of intelligence, sophistication and excellent personal style. Mwah!
In other news…
- Of the utmost importance: Tomorrow is the Shop Tart’s birthday.
- Kick off the Shop Tart’s birthday weekend with a free wine tasting at Simply Savory today from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Pick up some of their delicious pimento cheese and some crackers for dinner at home, snuggled up with your favorite co-canoodler.
- The Shop Tart enjoyed a visit to Lola, Lola G and Kicks of Lexington yesterday. They were unpacking oodles of fab things for spring but had plenty of fall and winter items left on sale. Make the trip for classic blouses by Fashionista, more black pants and skirts than the Shop Tart could count and loads of other things you can wear right this minute. The shop is filled to bursting!
- Speaking of Kicks, they received more rain boots by Jeffrey Campbell, this time in navy. Love! Priced at only $65, they will go fast, so don’t wait for a sale. This is the black boot, which the Shop Tart wears rain or shine:
- Rosewood Market hosts the All-Local Farmers’ Market tomorrow morning. What a perfect place to buy flowers for the Shop Tart’s birthday!
- VanJean’s fall and winter merchandise is 75% off and they’re putting more out for spring every day. Spend at least $300 and receive a Tibi candle absolutely free!
- Belladea has new Ella Moss for spring.
- Burlap Fine Papers and Gifts is offering 40% off lots of items such as Paddywax candles, Vera Wang stationery, Mud Pie wine bags and wine stoppers, clutch purses and much, much more.
- In the Loop celebrates her second birthday with a two-day sale, at least 20% off all yarns.
- Through tomorrow, get 25% off all regularly-priced merchandise, in-stock and custom order, at Strobler.
- Just the Thing’s sale got even better this morning, 50 to 75% off fall and winter merchandise. So go get it!
Happy Shopping and don’t forget to tell them you read it on the Shop Tart!
* Someone doth protest too much. He brought up fashion first, n’est-ce pas? Not that the Shop Tart minds.
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