When fashionistas strike back!

[drakyndra]

So, this morning I wondered into the city to check out the Stella McCartney launch at Target. Mostly just to look around, as I did expect it to be terribly busy, but sort of holding vague hopes that I might be able to get in and get some stuff.

And I think I underestimated how busy it was going to be. Because it was crazy. Seriously, when I got there maybe ten minutes before the opening, the line was literally half a black long. (Which I sort of accidentally jumped. Really! When the guy opening the store told us people hanging around the doors to get to the end of the queue, I was heading in that direction. But, alas, the pull of the crowd meant I got shoved right to the front of the line. I couldn't resist, I swear!)

In any case, there were TV cameras, and some lady from 3AW talking to her boss about a radio cross (as she held her radio mike in one hand). Which is fitting, seeing as I heard name-calling, people bitching, and after a women in a pram got let in first, a few others suggesting they should have brought prams to jump the queue.

It was like a mosh-pit inside, honestly. Which was bizarre, when you consider it's Target.

In any case, due to my unintentional *cough* queue-jumping, I managed to get into the store at a decent time, so I figured I might as well take advantage of it, and get some stuff.

So, I managed to get:
- The Grey Trench-Coat
(Alas, there were only Larges left, so it is somewhat too big for me, but still, it's a trench-coat. They ain't designed to be skintight.
Also, I look like someone from a noir film when I wear it)
- Pink silk camisole
- Printed pink silk scarf
- Printed silk dress

(I'll put some more pictures up when I find some that I can link to. Or just check out the catalogue pictures)

Aside from the too-big coat, it all fits well. And is terribly pretty. So I'm in a good mood.

I also missed one lecture. But that was also an accident. And I attended my other three classes.

At CHAS today, we watched The Young Ones. It is quite possibly the oddest show I have ever seen.

Comments

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

I was going to get the teal cami, but it was way, WAY badly cut for my body shape; way too boxy around the waist, and way too tight across the boobs. And given that I've gone down a cupsize, it's frustrating :(

Was it the blue sleeveless silk dress, or the pink/brown print one with sleeves? I loved that one, but I seriously couldn't afford it, and I have way too many dresses as it is.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

The cami's probably not the most flattering thing I own, but with a decent jacket and push-up bra it should be fine (I have the opposite issue, boobs-wise)

And it was the brown printed dress with the sleeves. So pretty, the cut is gorgeous.

And I have a thing for silk clothes.

(Forthcoming post with coat cam-whorage)

[iko.livejournal.com]

I wish she launched some of her collection here in the US. Some of those pieces are pretty!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, she did a range for some UK stores a while back, and then there was this Australian range, so anything's possible.

Or you could just try eBay. ;)

[hacked2death.livejournal.com]

I saw the pics up in Target in Mildura, here it was just another sale. Nothing out of the ordinary.

The Young Ones was my introduction to British comedy, I love it so...

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, that's the difference between living in Melbourne and Mildura, I suppose (also, I think the country stores only had limited selections to choose from).

It was completely and utterly bonkers. But not in a bad way.

[hacked2death.livejournal.com]

(to be honest, i was in there looking for DVDs), but the big stores probably make an event out of it as well...

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Veeeery strange show, that one. I've got the first two serieseseses on DVD.

Fancy coat :D Crazy Target rampades! People queueing up for Target.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I think strange about sums it up.

And yeah, I have been somewhat amused by the surrealness of Target queues.

[breo-saighit.livejournal.com]

Someone wrote in bitching about it in MX. 'What was the point of feminists fighting for rights for women if we just act like animals?!?' and so on. And also that it wasn't what Stella McCartney's designs were about. Or something.