Some more pictures from my BBerry before my digicam purchase:
American Apparel
I am a recent AA convert. I feel everything in my closet that is not monochrome comes from American Apparel now. Their affordability affords me a great opportunity to try different shots of color.
T shirt dress in Forrest:
T shirt dress in Cranberry:
T shirt dress in Navy:
T shirt dress in Black:
Ella Moss 'sprouse' halter
I'm about 5 rounds of
Sex and the City re-runs too late to jump on the Ella Moss bandwagon (the brand first shot to fame when Carrie wore its striped dress to go on a date with her high school boyfriend David Duchovny), but I rarely say no to red-and-black color blocks.
I would have nabbed the same top in this color, but the fit is too slouchy to justify the multiple purchases.
Aritzia
This Canadian boutique was my shopping temple when I went to high school in Vancouver. I have since then left the land of the maple leaf but I always make a point to visit it whenever I make a trip home, however few and far in between that has become. I was psyched to discover that it has laid down roots in the US now, first in San Jose and now at Union Square in San Francisco. Sometime in the early 2000's the direction of the store changed from something chic and office-y to expensive denim and colorful t-shirts, which I think is less original but more commercially viable, I guess. It's nice to see that the store has maintained its friendly pricing policy despite the strength of the Canadian dollar. The silk tiered top I picked up was $70; e-tailers would have put another digit in front of it.
Excuse the clutter on the floor.

It doesn't look anywhere as bad in real-life. Guess weight is not the only thing the camera exaggerates.
picture source: my own pics, AmericanApparel.net, Shopbop.com, RevolveClothing.com