Picks for Valentine's Day (for Imaginary People)

Well, imaginary people who read this blog, you're in luck! In honor of the upcoming holiday of Valentine's Day, I am posting some of my favorite Valentine's clothing, accessories, and fun litle objects. Click on the pictures to buy them. Enjoy!


Heart Glasses - $9.00 - Fred Flare


Pizza my Heart Tee - $19.50 - alloy.com


Vans Love Slip ons - $40.00 - alloy.com


Boo Boo Kisses Bandaids - $4.99 - girlprops.com


Paul Frank Heart Panties Trio - $24.00 - Fred Flare


Be Mine Bear Cookie - $1.99 - amazon.com


Charm Patent Ballet Flats - $24.00 - Delia's

www.forestprints.com

Weird, and yet... alluring, this Singapore site has simple cartoonish forest-inspired designs on cozy cotton T-shirts, cute cards, and more. We love the selection of squishy pillow people, especially Forest Magoo, which looks like—well, just check it out yourself.

CUTE bags and shirts and stuff. Kind of like what you'd expect to find at fredflare.com.

Home/Decorating cheaply (fun/funky)

www.cb2.com

Home

The little sibling to Crate & Barrell has the coolest, colorful, and reasonably priced stuff for the home.

Very funky. Future dorm room/apartment decorating/furnishing source? I think so...
Well, this and Ikea. And Target.


www.pearlriver.com

Home, Accessories

Chinese imports are the focus of this NYC-based site. Get everything from sequin-adorned slippers (less than five bucks a pair) to lanterns and lacquered chopsticks. Cheap and fun!

Cheap Designer Apparel

www.bluefly.com
Clothing, Accessories
Discount shopping online just doesn't get better than this, with an ever-changing and growing selection of designer clothing and accessories. Searching by size and designer is a snap.

www.designerapparel.com
Yes! The average person can now afford designer clothing!

www.smartbargains.com
Clothing, Accessories, HomeAn outlet center online: get everything from linens to Loehmann's fashion overstock.

The Best Places for Vintage in Boston (Lucky Magazine)

Boutique Fabulous
1309 Cambridge St., Cambridge
617-864-0656
Amazing home items, jewelry, and accessories from the '20s to the present fill this eclectic Inman Square shop. We found rustic wooden baskets ($45), a blue beaded Moroccan chandelier ($415), and a wide array of burlesque '20s table lamps ($30 to $60).

Room 125
125 Charles St.
617-523-4450
This small storefront is definitely a hit-or-miss kind of place, but when you hit, you score big: vintage pieces from designers like Pucci, Halston, and Diane von Furstenberg, priced from $65 to $350. Check back regularly for special shipments or sign up for alerts at room125.com.

The Great Eastern Trading Company
49 River St., Cambridge
617-354-5279
Stop here before Halloween for Vegas-showgirl, belly-dancer, and cowboy looks, or visit anytime for modish miniskirts, little black dresses from every era, a rich selection of oversize bohemian jewelry, and a wallet-friendly boot selection.

Oona's
1210 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
617-491-2654
Just outside Harvard Square, this tiny shop is packed with dresses from the '60s and '70s, leather jackets, and tons of covetable jewelry, bags, and accessories, including feathered hats, ladylike '50s fur shawls, and colorful plastic bangles from the '80s.

My Stores

I am not a cheap person. I don't spend a lot of money, but it's not because I don't want to. I jsut don't have a lot of it. This is kind of unfortunate for someone who loves fashion. I'm not going to waste my time complaining about it, though. I've found some stores that are in my price range and carry some pretty awesome clothes, most of the time. I've also found some online thrift stores, but so far I'm too chicken to buy from them.

Cheap but awesome stores:

• Wet Seal
• Forever 21
• Delia's (sometimes)
• alloy.com
• Target

My one splurge:

• Urban Outfitters

Stores I covet:

• Free People!
• Betsy Johnson

Starting Over

Ok, so I just deleted my earlier posts and I'm starting over. This blog was originally going to be about my art and poetry. Now, I find that I would rather write about the stuff that excites me, but I can't tell anyone about it because they would find it boring. Most of it will be fashion-related, I think, but not all of it. I'm going to have to post a lot of entries today, because I've come up with a bunch of stuff I want to write over the past week. Well, I guess I'll get started!