Saturday, November 18, 2006
Shopping questions (from Jay E) and my comments
Jay E left a comment on my previous post...
oh haha...i bought 4 brand new clothes from Lyn's stall at Rm30 (i hope the price was reasonable for garage sale like this).
Oh yeah, can you pls give some tips for choosing the right outfit? Coz we can't try those clothes and sometimes different brand have different cutting...
More, some clothes are gorgeous but not it's not our usual style...so we should just leave it or take the risk and get it home?....
y answers to these issues are that, different women/shoppers have different style of dealing with shopping like that -- can't try on clothes, unfamiliar with market price of such items, etc.
But I am certainly most happy to share with you my way of dealing with it and my comments.
Ask yourself whether you are WILLING to take the risk on THAT particular item you are considering. You don't have to have A FORMULA to all situations, treat each clothe item with separate consideration.
Consider each items
-- price, is it cheap/affordable enough for you to risk your cash if you aren't sure whether it fits/fits your style/compatible with the rest of your wardrobe, etc.
-- design, is it yet another safe item, safe as in it's like most other skirts/shirts/dresses in your wardrobe already? Or is it something completely different -- then evaluate WHY it caught your eye -- are you thinking of dressing up differently soon? Just being impulsive?
-- fitting, with price n design aside -- DOES IT FIT YOU? With some clothes you can just tell whether it fits by just looking so that's the easy bit. In my experience, you can ALWAYS try on clothes at sales (2nd hand sale), whether it's outdoor or in a hall. MOST vendors would say go ahead and try them, REMEMBER to ask for a fitting. Run to the nearest bush, toilet, enclosed area, etc. My advise is always dress for your shopping, wear something practical for you to pull over something to try without having to strip in public, eg. wear an A-line skirt when you go so you can try on jeans, skirts, pants, boots, etc; wear a fitting tank top so you can pull over blouses, dresses, jackets....etc and still see if it sits nicely on your body...you get the idea. IF you really can't find a way to try it on, consider what is your loss if you bought it and found out at home you can't fit or it's fitting. Consider your opportunity cost la, sell to a friend? Give it away? ALTER it?
Speaking of alteration, if you shop 2nd hand a lot, chances are you would need to have a good tailor who does fantastic job on alteration.
My trusted one through the years is PINKY HOUSE at Sungei Wang, 3rd floor, the little pink shop behind those travelling agencies and that MUSIC CHAMBER outlet.
Those are my quick thoughts on your questions, please feel free to write in further if you have other comments/questions :)
Oh ya folks, I had a great time yesterday on the shoot for January issue of the Malaysian edition of JASMINE, a Taiwanese fashion mag. I was one of the shoppers they interviewed for their Best Buy column (I hope I got it right Winnie!!!!). I shared with them my shopping style and shopping stories...of course I got to meet other girls who obviously shop a lot, and I got to wear my favourite buys...here, a sneak preview...
Goffing around were (from left) Sze Yoong of Estee Lauder, Winnie and Tara from Jasmine
Vicky our make-up artist and Karen (right)-- drama queens
Vicky making up for her shoot too, she is the smoky eyes specialist by the way :)
she touched up my at home attempt smoky eyes and gave me a mini smoky eyes effect, yay!
so remember, go get your copy of Jasmine mag in January!
oh haha...i bought 4 brand new clothes from Lyn's stall at Rm30 (i hope the price was reasonable for garage sale like this).
Oh yeah, can you pls give some tips for choosing the right outfit? Coz we can't try those clothes and sometimes different brand have different cutting...
More, some clothes are gorgeous but not it's not our usual style...so we should just leave it or take the risk and get it home?....
y answers to these issues are that, different women/shoppers have different style of dealing with shopping like that -- can't try on clothes, unfamiliar with market price of such items, etc.
But I am certainly most happy to share with you my way of dealing with it and my comments.
Ask yourself whether you are WILLING to take the risk on THAT particular item you are considering. You don't have to have A FORMULA to all situations, treat each clothe item with separate consideration.
Consider each items
-- price, is it cheap/affordable enough for you to risk your cash if you aren't sure whether it fits/fits your style/compatible with the rest of your wardrobe, etc.
-- design, is it yet another safe item, safe as in it's like most other skirts/shirts/dresses in your wardrobe already? Or is it something completely different -- then evaluate WHY it caught your eye -- are you thinking of dressing up differently soon? Just being impulsive?
-- fitting, with price n design aside -- DOES IT FIT YOU? With some clothes you can just tell whether it fits by just looking so that's the easy bit. In my experience, you can ALWAYS try on clothes at sales (2nd hand sale), whether it's outdoor or in a hall. MOST vendors would say go ahead and try them, REMEMBER to ask for a fitting. Run to the nearest bush, toilet, enclosed area, etc. My advise is always dress for your shopping, wear something practical for you to pull over something to try without having to strip in public, eg. wear an A-line skirt when you go so you can try on jeans, skirts, pants, boots, etc; wear a fitting tank top so you can pull over blouses, dresses, jackets....etc and still see if it sits nicely on your body...you get the idea. IF you really can't find a way to try it on, consider what is your loss if you bought it and found out at home you can't fit or it's fitting. Consider your opportunity cost la, sell to a friend? Give it away? ALTER it?
Speaking of alteration, if you shop 2nd hand a lot, chances are you would need to have a good tailor who does fantastic job on alteration.
My trusted one through the years is PINKY HOUSE at Sungei Wang, 3rd floor, the little pink shop behind those travelling agencies and that MUSIC CHAMBER outlet.
Those are my quick thoughts on your questions, please feel free to write in further if you have other comments/questions :)
Oh ya folks, I had a great time yesterday on the shoot for January issue of the Malaysian edition of JASMINE, a Taiwanese fashion mag. I was one of the shoppers they interviewed for their Best Buy column (I hope I got it right Winnie!!!!). I shared with them my shopping style and shopping stories...of course I got to meet other girls who obviously shop a lot, and I got to wear my favourite buys...here, a sneak preview...
Goffing around were (from left) Sze Yoong of Estee Lauder, Winnie and Tara from Jasmine 
Vicky our make-up artist and Karen (right)-- drama queens 
Vicky making up for her shoot too, she is the smoky eyes specialist by the way :)
she touched up my at home attempt smoky eyes and gave me a mini smoky eyes effect, yay!so remember, go get your copy of Jasmine mag in January!
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