https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:04:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1291597 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:53:50 +0000 Thistle 1291597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great finds. Sounds like you and your sister had a blast! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1291594 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:50:48 +0000 lyn* 1291594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Greycat - It took a bit of doing, but they just look straight fall tops now :)</p> <p>@ Kkards - There sure isn't, especially if it's MY sister ;)</p> <p>@ Echo - Wow! That sounds like quite the story! I can imagine quite a number of frustrated size 12 ladies trying to squish into that dress! I did struggle with fitting into that stupid "M" at Zara which was really an XS. So I guess I feel their pain too.</p> <p>@ Windchime - Indeed, pants can be very important. I really liked the blouse, but there was one in store with a hole in it because of shoddy sewing; gotta be careful at the H&amp;M.</p> <p>@ Alana - There's an escalator for shopping carts at my Target. It's seriously amazing. That's the only thing that's amazing at Target. My sister wondered why anyone would need a shopping cart there?</p> <p>@ Gigi - I flipped them inside out and traced a blouse that I knew fit me well that fell straight up and down. I left room for boob darts and just traced. Darted if needed.&nbsp;Stitched and reinforced, trimmed away the excess (quite a bit of excess!) and reinforced it again.&nbsp;</p> <p>@ Bella - It's like Lifestyle Anthropologie except affordable! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1291251 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 06:58:15 +0000 bella 1291251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am very jealous of this lifestyle H&amp;M. Sounds like you found some amazing things!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1291193 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 05:07:10 +0000 Gigi 1291193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, maybe you should sign yourself&nbsp;up on the No-Buy July program? :)</p> <p>H&amp;M (at least the ones here) is so disordered that I'm not surprised the SA was mistaken about the matching top.</p> <p>How did you untrapeze the tops? Did you just take in the sleeves and torso?</p> <p>Can't wait to see your new finds in action! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1291075 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 01:43:27 +0000 Alana in Canada 1291075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! What an amazing day. I think I would faint dead away if I bought that many things all in one day!</p> <p>I need to get to that H&amp;M homestyle store--but the whole Target fiasco has kind of dampened my enthusiasm for American retailers opening here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1291045 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 01:03:49 +0000 Windchime 1291045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shopping with your sister-- what a great thing!<br /> I tried on the H&amp;M navy sleeveless shirt. I liked it a lot but ended up leaving it in the store because at this time I need pants more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1291043 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:54:12 +0000 Echo 1291043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love Timmy's. And isn't it the best when they have items mis-tagged or sized radically wrong? The item invariably ends up on a clearance rack because everyone who picked it up thinking it was a US 12 was disappointed, and anyone smaller never even picked it up. I once bought a beautiful red wool coat that way, except the opposite way around. It was marked as XS when in fact it was more of a medium, and I got an amazing deal.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1291005 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:51:17 +0000 kkards 1291005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>there is nothing like shopping with your sister! sounds like you had a great time, and it certainly looks like you got some great goods. can't wait to see it styled and in action! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1290991 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:32:18 +0000 greycat6 1290991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great finds,Lyn*!&nbsp; Looking forward to seeing your handiwork with the tops.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-largest-mall-in-canada#post-1290989 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:28:40 +0000 lyn* 1290989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My sister and I headed to the largest mall in Canada today to do some shopping! She wanted to hit up some of the summer sales and who am I to say &nbsp;no? Besides, they often get&nbsp;<i>the good stuff</i> in that the other smaller malls don't!&nbsp;</p> <p>We got there super early to beat the crowds, and in true Canadian fashion, had our tea and pastries at&nbsp;<i>Tim Hortons</i> across the road.&nbsp;</p> <p>At&nbsp;<i>Anthropologie</i>, I had a few returns which resulted in a store credit. Apparently they have a "new store policy" in which returns cannot be paid in cash if I used PayPal. This must be fairly new as I have never had any problems with this before! But it's okay, the sales racks were out ... I found two new tops and a hoodie for cheap. The tops were of their "trapeze" style which I'm sure looks good on very few people, but the material was very nice (80% cotton with some stretch and other magic), so I bought them with intent to do a bit of a hack job. There was also a dress marked&nbsp;<i>Size 12</i> in a black straight style with a hem to neck zipper, which I thought there was&nbsp;<i>NO WAY</i> this is a size 12, even though the tag on the dress and the paper tag told me they were. Well, whatever size 12 they were, it was more of a UK12, because it fit me nicely and I got it for a song (haha, couldn't find the link though for Finds!)</p> <p><i></i>We have a&nbsp;<i>newly renovated</i>&nbsp;<i>"lifestyle" H&amp;M -&nbsp;</i>which I suppose means that the store is now HUGE and they also have a "home" section. They have&nbsp;<i>all the H&amp;M</i> stuff I found online that I couldn't find at my local shop! They had skirts of a reasonable length! And fabrication! AND POCKETS. POCKETS. I also picked up a bright magenta dress because I loved the colour, and it's definitely within my comfort zones for colour, but something I don't have in my wardrobe right now.</p> <p>I did miss out on the matching top with the skirt, as shown in picture 1. The sales lady&nbsp;<i>INSISTED</i> that they had it in store, but despite having multiple people look for it, it doesn't exist. It sure doesn't exist at my local store either, so I may be out of luck for this Too bad we don't have online shopping in Canada!</p> <p>For lunch, we had sushi and vietnamese spring rolls! And by the time the crowds had come, we were done our shopping and on the way home. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>It took me about 2 hrs to "Untrapeeze" the tops, but I think they're much more versatile now. About 30 minutes of that was trying to trouble shoot my sewing machine because it kept on "birds nest-ing" the bottom thread; had to completely take things apart and clean it up; and now it works fine.&nbsp;</p> <p>And that concludes the brilliant adventures of me and my sister. And my shopping budget for July is dead. HAHA. </p>