Thanks for the information Greyscale. I'll keep that in mind next time in town. It could be the newer Rack is geared towards tourists, e.g. more mainstream. This could be the case of the main Nordstrom across the street as well. I have this huge crush on a Rick Owens jacket right now, totally out of my price range. But I wanted to try it on for the purpose of stalking it -- maybe one day I can find it used or dramatically reduced etc. But the jacket was only available at the Stanford store.
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/ri.....ch-persona

Fantastic finds! All look fab on you and I think the length of the dresses are perfect to wear bare-legged should you desire.

...and am really digging that helmut lang jacket. I love Lang's stuff. I have several of his pieces and find they are so well cut and the perfect mix of fluid/drapey and figure flattering!