Retail Remedy

On the Road: Authentic western looks are more romance than reality…

Road trip shopping in Montana and Wyoming for iconic western fashion… Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam… Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, except when it comes to the fashion that’s cloudy all day! City slicker fashion peeps have a romantic and idolized view of Western clothing. We assume that the fabulous fringe, perfectly worn in cowboy boots, dusty dark jeans, and delicately beaded belts are an easy find in any shop in a town where lodgepole pine outweighs cement or old time shoot ‘em up references still apply. Well, reality doesn’t always play as well as Ralph Lauren’s stylized vision of the Wild West when it comes to fashion. I should know about authentic western fashion

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Retail Remedy: Venice Window Shopping, Italian Early Fall Preview

This entry is part 2 of 1 in the series Venice Window Shopping Or, how I spent my summer vacation, Part Due… Venice is quite the chic shopping mecca with Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Zegna, Hermes, Chanel, and almost any luxury brand that you can think of in the vicinity of the ubiquitous Carnevale masks and Murano millifiore glass chotseka tourist shops. Yes, there are some rather major contemporary glass shops thrown in the mix, but it is heaven for the figurine junkie! We’ve looked at what’s in store for summer in the Venice shop windows, now for a peek at the fall clothes that are starting to trickle in. The humidity continued to soar thus making it rather

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Retail Remedy: Window Shop Bergdorf Goodman, NY

Early spring allure in the NY windows of Bergdorf Goodman… Don’t fret the freezing temperature, sit back and ponder the beauty of top designers in Bergdorf Goodman’s early spring windows. We love the architectural sleeves of the Lanvin for Acne Jeans dress pictured here, and sure you will be gaga over the all the other delicious styles in our photo gallery below. Peek at divine gorgeousness from Marchesa, Chanel, D Squared, Thankoon, and so many more top designers that may just want to venture out and shop! From day to night, the Bergdorf Goodman windows have you covered.

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Retail Remedy: NY Christmas Windows, Stylish and Artful Elegance

Bergdorf Goodman and Louis Vuitton New York holiday windows… In what are probably one of the most visually stunning New York Christmas windows, Bergdorf Goodman creates artful displays that recreate the feel of the dioramas of the Natural History Museum.   The store’s Fifth Avenue windows are an opulent white on white homage to the four seasons, plus holiday all combining the unique mix of natural wonders and Bergdorf Goodman luxury fashion. While the East 58th Street and Bergdorf Goodman Men’s Store windows create a more allegorical display of animals and fashion. East 57th Street windows are a whimsical play on black, white, plus red. All are absolutely amazing and quite a scene to get your turn to photograph. In

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Secret Shoppers: Rich Chicks Covering Up Their High End Indulgences

Scrap the luxury orange or turquoise signature shopping bag and make hers a modest plain Jane… We are totally behind carrying your own eco bag to the grocery store, but this shopping bag switch is on a whole other level! The Daily Beast reports, “What Rich People Don’t Want You to Know About Their Spending” is that although the cash cows are more than happy to drop a mother lode to support their luxury indulgences, they simply don’t want to be caught red-handed walking out of tony shops flaunting the armloads of arm candy. Have they not heard of FedEx? It seems, according to the story, that “Kathleen Fuld, wife of Lehman Brothers C.E.O. Dick Fuld, stopped by the Hermes

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