For years, I have been buying the bulk (at least 80%) of my
seasonal wardrobe at J.Crew because normally, I am utterly obsessed with their
clothes, but also because truth be told – I’m kind of lazy. I love to shop, but
only when it goes my way. Trying on 2-3 sizes to find the right fit because I
don’t know the store, its cuts, and how sizes run is pretty much entirely a
no-go for me. Put me in a J.Crew and I can drop $200 without trying anything on
– and it will all fit. Call it what you want, but I’m gonna call it efficiency.
And then there was Zara. I guess the fashion tycoon has
always been somewhat on my radar since I studied abroad in Italy and it was the
only store (+ H&M) that I could afford to shop at in any of the countries I
visited, but upon returning to the US, it was much less accessible to me and I
(gasp) forgot about it. Thankfully, the blogging world brought Zara back into
my worldview – and in this current time when I’m desperate for versatile
summer-to-autumn pieces – Zara’s hitting the spot.
I know it's a lot of studs, but...
