Soundgirl Sample Sale, Y'awl!

My very beloved Soundgirl is having an in-house (sorry non-NYC-ers) sample sale through Thursday, August 23. I hit it up, and here's what I got:

($62, Soundgirl, Fred Flare)
They had this there for $30, I think.


($68, Soundgirl, Lilygraceonline.com)
I got this but with a purple background. It's a weeee bit snug, but oh wells. It was about $30 also, I think.


($62, Soundgirl, Amazon)
I got this for about $15, but it was missing the sash (boo). I'm gonna cut off the shoulder ruffles. Also, Fred Flare has it on sale for $24.



($46, Soundgirl, Vendima)
This was $30, I think.


Other stuff I admired but did not buy:
($64, Soundgirl, Vendima)
Super cute "Bunny Hutch" dress in London Fog, from their Fall 2007 collection.


($63, Soundgirl, Zappos)
This one was there for about $20.


($64, Soundgirl, 80spurple.com)
They had this for about $20, but I couldn't find it in the right size, and I truly do not need another hoodie.


Anyway, get thee to Soundgirl! Here's the info:

Lovely People Shoes and Soundgirl Sample Sale!

Wednesday August 22nd and Thursday August 23rd
10am – 6pm

Shoes: $60
Boots: $75
Clothes from $5 – 150

1385 Broadway
5th floor
between 37 & 38th streets
For more information call 212.730.0377

Another Word From Our "Sponsors"

... and ...

Okay, so I guess technically, legally, they're not our sponsors, but they DID give us some awes shit for our party, which you MAY OR MAY NOT have heard about...



Anyway, we're not just hawkin' chicken cutlets here, y'awl. So lemme intro you to two of our fave brands who bigged it up and gave us so adorbs stuff that we are passing along to YOU (should you win our astoundingly cool raffle).


First... Soundgirl... One of our fave brands. They're based in NYC and design fun, sporty and above all... ridiculously cute but not too too cutesy pieces inspired by music (hence the name). And their stuff comes in colors and shades with PRESH names like "poodle" and "buttercup" and "cake batter." AND, while I would seriously NEVER otherwise suggest that ANYONE sign up for ANY sort of e-mailing list whatsoever under any circumstances, theirs actually has really great record recs by bands like Peter Bjorn & John, RJD2, Cat Power, Chin Up Chin Up, Apostle of Hustle, Of Montreal, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead and other really not sucky bands. You can listen to their online MP3 jukeboxs (which actually WORKS and doesn't choke and sputter for 15 minutes) and basically have your own rad little online radio station minus the annoying commercials. And you can download their mixes too. They also give out free CD samplers -- we also MAY have some of those fer you too. Anyway, here are some of our fave pieces. We've got some for you. Which? Guess you better show up and find out.


($27, Soundgirl, Karmaloop.com)



($38, Soundgirl, Plasticland.com)



Their Rita dress isn't available yet, but it will be soon at karmaloop.com. At least it'd better be!



($48, Soundgirl, Amazon.com)
I'm about five seconds away from buying their Driftwood jean.



($33, Soundgirl, Karmaloop.com)
... And about six seconds away from buying these. (I don't care if skinny jeans are supposedly not "in" anymore. Those high-waisted jeans are horbs.)



($58, Soundgirl, Plasticland.com)
Gah! The sweetness of the Sweet Talk tank dress! Tomboy rugby stripes meets tough-girl cutersness!! And the fun buttons!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeee!



($44, Soundgirl, 80spurple.com)



($32, Soundgirl, Plasticland.com)


We could go on, but we're long-winded enough as it is. Remember: some of this stuff we have (for you), some of this stuff we wish we had (and will probably end up buying at some point).


Next...


Yak Pak
Woah. We had no freakin' clue that Yak Pak got SO cute. And we're glad we do have a clue, since we want just about every bag they make. And, they happen to make just about every one of their great styles (love the Zephyr and the tote that zips up!) in every one of their ridiculously great patterns and colors. A few examples of some of the bags we love, again... some we have FOR YOU, some we don't.



($33, Yak Pak, Shoebuy.com)



($25, Yak Pak, Shoebuy.com)



($36, Yak Pak, Delias)



($34, Yak Pak, Shoebuy.com)



($27, Yak Pak, Zumiez.com)



($36, Yak Pak, Shoebuy.com)



($46, Yakpak.com)

FYI, our fave style is the Zephyr. Check out the Yak Pak site for all your mix-and-match and buying needs.


Okay, now for a quick Awful/ Awesome:
AWFUL:

($136, Rachel Pally, ActiveEndeavors.com)
I don't care if you've got a body like Jessica Alba and a face like an angel. This dress is awful.


AWESOME:


($99, Julie Brown, Luvcharlie.com)
Not too seasonal, but who cares? It's gorgeous and under $100!


AWFUL:

($395, Marc Jacobs, Nordstrom)
Utterly awful.


COMPLETELY AWESOME:

Tim Gunn's style book!!!!! OMG! Best! It's called Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style and it's avails at Amazon or anywhere else fine reality TV-based literature is sold.


And if that weren't enough TG-related news, dude's also got a MAKEOVER show coming up on July 1st! Gold googly moogly! A better marketing gimmick there never was! Between those two newsbytes AND the Fashionbinge party, Could this summer get ANY better?


See y'awl Friday!

Totes Tuesday Cuters

K. Lotsa fun cutes pix for Tuesday, in ascending order of affordability. Lotsa Betsey Johnson, for some reason.


DRESSES
($19.99, Mossimo, Target.com)
Cute, and not OVERLY Denise Huxtable-boho.


($40, Drifter, TheArtofShop.net)
The photo is piss poor, but the dress is sorta cool.



($48, Nice Face, FredFlare.com)
Beyond cute, and another good poly-seasonal piece!


($187, Betsey Johnson)
OMG! Yellow puffy clouds = 2 cute 4 wrds!



($189, Betsey Johnson, Overstock.com)
OMGOMGOMG. I HEART this bow dress.



($216, T Bags, Polkadotsandmoonbeams.com)
Love the Pucci-esque colors and the Deco-esque design!


($282, Voom, Polkadotsandmoonbeams.com)
Torn between thinking this is cute because it's not too-too ethnicy, and wondering if it looks too much like a cheap futon cover.


($296, Alice & Trixie, Polkadotsandmoonbeams.com)
Probs my faves of the Polkadotsandmoonbeams dresses. Love the colors and silky appppeeeealll! Weeee!


($330, Betsey Johnson, Zappos)
Es muy elegante, no?



TOPS
($19, Hottopic.com)
This would be especially cute minus the studded belt and zebra hair.


($26, Drifter, TheArtofShop.net)
I'm not a HUGE graphic print fan (at least on Tees), but this is cute -- and cheap -- enough!


($32, Soundgirl, 80spurple.com)
The fact that the deer on this Soundgirl top are very tiny make the whole thing not too, well... dear.



($35, American Vintage, Theartofshop.net)
I'm a huge fan of this Paris brand, which I've found is hard to find in Los States. I like this top, though it sorta screams "Will bleed all over fucking everything in the wash" to me.


($40, Soundgirl, Amazon)
More cuteness from my beloved Soundgirl.


($115, Spring & Clifton, Azaleasnyc.com)
There hasn't yet been an instrument invented that could measure the amount of my love for this top.


OTHER STUFF
($24, Loyal Army, FredFlare.com)
Cuter than a day-old lil kitten crawling out of an upended olde-fashioned milk jug! And I love that it says "All Skate" and "Couples Skate" on it! Tee!


($35, Betsey Johnson)
Also muy elegante.


($44, Betsey Johnson, Amazon)
Loves the leops.


($95, People's Liberation, Theartofshop.net)
I would very much like to own these and wear them with the Spring & Clifton shirt, which I would also very much like to own.


($395, Michael Kors)
Despite my general disdain for black patent AND for large silver hardware, I actually really like these for reasons I still can't quite pinpoint.


... And... scene.

Soundgirl Sample Sale: Score!

Yesterday I trekked over and down (the annoying city-grid version of a rook move in chess) to the Soundgirl sample sale and positively cleaned up! It's definitely worth stopping by if you like their cute, ruffly, girly aesthetic. Here's a look at my loot:



Turquoise hooded trenchcoat, $45 at sale; $119.99 at Modcloth. This is EXACTLY what I wanted for spring. So fun!

Of course, I had to get a couple of hoodies, since Soundgirl makes the absolute cutest hoodies known to man. (Credit TLo with introducing me to this fact.) At $15 apiece, I could have bought more than two, but these were the two with the absolute highest level of cuteness:



"Breakin" hoodie in taboo red, $62 on the Giant Peach.



"Sweet Meadow" hoodie, $66 on Karmaloop.

Jackets were $30 each, so I hemmed and hawed and finally decided on this, in black:



"Simone" jacket, $88 on Karmaloop.



Finally, I got this LPD (little print dress) for just $20. It's $99 elsewhere on the web.

So, final tally is: A trenchcoat, a jacket, two hoodies and a dress (plus a free tote bag!) for just $125. Not too shabby, eh? Recommended if you're in the city!