Boston shopping

[lucy92]

the boston herald story made the jasmine sola scandal seem more well, scandalous! they made it seem like there were a lot more allegations of sexual misconduct...

i guess i dont have a lot of sympathy for the jasmine sola owner. he should be happy he made a bundle anyway...

 

[baddabling]

has anyone been to the Achilles Project yet?
a friend and i were thinking of going down today, and i was wondering what to expect...

 

[ChrissyM]

^^i haven't even heard of that..
what is it?

 

[Ianastar]

Yeah, Im curious about that too

 

[baddabling]

haha...
wellll. we tried to go but the construction process was a bit slower than expected, and the store isn't open yet

it [will be] both a restaurant and a store... exclusives such as opening ceremony...at 283 summer st in boston. near the childrens museum

 

[ChrissyM]

ohhh..
interesting...
definitely sounds like something worth checking out

 

[lucy92]

abercrombie and fitch is going to open a lingerie store at natick collection. its going to be australian themed apparently.

http://diffusionblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/abercrombie-to-launch-gilly-hicks.html

 

[Ianastar]

Oh that sounds cool.

The new place not the A&F panty store

 

[eugenius]

^Australian-themed lingerie...from A&F?

ummmm, am I seeing something soooo incredibly NOT sexy about how this will look?

 

[Ianastar]

What would that even be?

Camo panties with netting?

 

[punky]

Has anyone been to the Jasmine sola clearance?

 

[Sophia.]

What would that even be?

Camo panties with netting?

Hahahaha Sounds sensual!

I've been to Boston a few times now, I absolutely love it! I always choose to go back from time to time, I really enjoy myself. I don't think the shopping is very limited at all... sure it might not be NYC but it has a lot of the same stuff and the city itself is really beautiful!

 

[Ianastar]

Went out to Natick again.

I hate hate that mall - too many suburban families with thier annoying children.

I dont know WHY I keep going out there, but Im glad I did last night. BR is having a huge sale and I scored a pair of pants Ive been eyeing FORVER and some other stuff...super cheap.

 

[lucy92]

the jasmine solas should be closing in about a week...

i walked by the newbury street Zara location that is now under construction.
i peeked in (they had the door open) and it is NOWHERE near done....

 

[Ianastar]

Banana Republic is having some MAJOR sales.

I scored a new hat, a few tees, pants, sweaters, and dress shirts and only paid like $100

Silk/Cashmere blend sweaters for like $15

 

[lucy92]

this is a more definitive story about what happened at jasmine sola. the story is sexually explicit and pretty shocking in my opinion.

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/luciano_manganella_s_final_sale/page1

my favourite part is when the owner talks about how the "rules have changed...i didnt know that complimenting was wrong..."

 

[ChrissyM]

Banana Republic is having some MAJOR sales.

I scored a new hat, a few tees, pants, sweaters, and dress shirts and only paid like $100

Silk/Cashmere blend sweaters for like $15

thanks for the tip..
i might have to stop by soon..
i had my eye on one of their knit hats but didn't want to shell out $50..
maybe i'll be able to snag one on sale..

lucy i'll definitely be checking out that article..

 

[punky]

There is a new handmade item only store opening off Newbury st soon.
Its called OAK
This is the myspace: http://www.myspace.com/oakboston
This is their blog: http://oakboston.blogspot.com/

 

[mkd1187]

Does anyone remember Allston Beat on Newbury? It turned into a GStar a few years ago - but its the store that first got me interested in fashion when I was like 13?

nostalgia =)

 

[dreamecho]

Thanks for the tip, punky! Looks promising. The concept makes me think of Magpie in Somerville.