Luxury Department Stores Are Dying. And So It Goes.

Went to Neiman Marcus today to try on dresses. There's lots of stuff on sale online, so I wanted to see what they looked like in person before ordering anything. And guess what? Nothing is cute! At all! Really!

This Marc by Marc Jacobs dress was the only remotely cute/usable piece. How unfortunate.

The thing is, it isn't just NM that doesn't have anything. Saks has boring stuff (since when were sequins, feathers and studs boring? oh, since the economy tanked) and nothing that says "unique" or "worthwhile." The clothing is so easily knocked-off by local lines like 344 (formerly known as Jasmine Sola) and Forever 21 that I feel as though it's impossible to get any special designer clothing (even the pricey stuff at these department stores is boring--Tahari is tired, Missoni is mundane--let's not even get started with the cashmere). And that's why everything is constantly on sale. Even designer footware at Barney's is getting marked down like whoa (a discount from $900 to $500 still keeps Lanvin out of my closet, but come on--that is quite a big price cut). Oh, and all these sales reminds me of how cheap it is to even make this clothing. Jeez.

^that jacket is see by chloe. do i care? no. it looks like it came from goodwill.