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WIW recently and WIB: Shoe Bar edition

Christina F.

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Here are my recent WIW’s:

1. Madewell blouse, J Crew jeans and boots. For an evening out.

2. BR shirt, AT jeans and Born boots

3. BR shirt, LOFT pants and Steve Madden sneakers

4. BR blazer and top, Madewell jeans and J Crew boots

5. BR sweater, LOFT skirt and Born boots. Not sure if people will love the skirt but I think of it as my Elaine Benes skirt and I love it. #90sforthewin

6. BR sweater, Democracy jeans and Born boots

7 I am off today for Veterans Day (replaces Columbus Day at the office). The top is Boden, the puffer some random brand from amazon, the jeans J Crew and the sneakers Born.

Since I was off today I went to the new Nordy’s to browse and get a feel for the store’s layout. I ended up buying Blondo boots (photo 9). To celebrate, I drank at the Shoe Bar (photo 9), but only after I bought the shoes. So I like to think I drank responsibly.

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Blondo Emelia Waterproof Chelsea Bootie

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Banana Republic

Petite Long and Lean-Fit Plaid Blazer

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Floral Button Front Midi Skirt

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Banana Republic

Washable Merino Ribbed Sweater

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Banana Republic

Metallic Leopard Sweater

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slim cat

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Nice collection of outfits! Love dark floral skirt - a pendant maybe to add for a bit of sparkle during holidays? You deserve a little something for a relaxation - your drink at the Shoe bar is a go!

Christina F.

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Skin Cat - I forgot to wear any jewelry barring my wedding and engagement rings that day! I always realize when I’m already out of the house and it’s too late. Grr.

The drink was delicious. Shoe Bar has my seal of approval.

Christina F.

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Here’s my Blondos in action.

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Kathie

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I know I mentioned this in another thread, but the checked blazers you got this season are truly fabulous on you! 1 and 2 have great proportions, and the Blondos are super cute on you! So glad you got to try the bar and the shoes!

Katerina

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It sounds like a great day! The drink looks delish. The new boots are fabulous, a nice addition to your amazing collection. And as usual a fabulous variety of chic outfits. I like them all a lot, and super faves are no 5 and 6.

rachylou

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Fabness! I really like 3 in particular. Also: the shoe bar is starting to really make sense to me, like more sense than a real bar. Lol.

slim cat

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New boots look adorable on you - great addition to holiday wardrobe!

nemosmom

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shoe bar = heaven. Love the Blondos!

hereforthecake

I love that skirt on you! The patter, shape, length... So pretty!

Angie

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YOU LOOK FABULOUS. Every outfit is 10/10. Loving the Blondos and the way they pattern mix! You are semi-tucking beautifully

You need to wear peplums more often....and fun to see top picks in the mix!

Jaime

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Shoe Bar?!? It sounds like heaven . Anyway you look fab in every picture and I love the snakeskin boots.

Bonnie

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Well, the skirt outfit is my favorite.

kellygirl

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Killer booties! Love the Madewell top in 1, the skirt outfit and the new leopard sweater especially. Every one of these is gorgeous and so true to your style. Love !!

Liesbeth

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You are the rare type who can pull ofneutrals, cool and warm tones equally well! I'm not a floral print girl myself but unexpectedly, 1 and 5 are my favorites on you!

Helena

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Seriously, can I just have your wardrobe?!?!!??!?! Love every single thing you put on.

Christina F.

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Kathie - thank you! I do love my new blazers.

Katerina - the drink was delicious! It was basically a blood orange margarita.

rachylou- shoe shopping is hard work, I guess! You can also bring your drink anywhere on that floor rather than stay at the bar. Sadly, I am probably done shoe shopping for a while unless I get gift money (more likely to be for Amazon than Nordy's).

Angie - thank you! High praise! I have a few peplums but not as many as I'd like.

shevia - definitely heaven. I'm only sad that I don't need to shop for shoes any more, but I found drinking among the shoes relaxing, so I may go back and admire them. I am actually very focused in my shopping right now, so browsing isn't working much for me (they often don't stock the things I have my eye on). I only caved because someone put out these Blondos just as I was admiring them in a different color, and they ticked a lot of boxes (snakeskin, not too high, waterproof, YLF trusted brand).

bonnie - I loved that outfit, though I forgot to wear a pendant.

liesbeth - thanks! I am pretty lucky that way. I guess my coloring is a mix of warm and cool (I don't go in for color theory much, so I don't know). The only color I can't wear much of near my face is yellow.

Aww, thanks, torontogirl. Also high praise!

Thanks also nemosmom, hereforthecake, and kellygirl!

JAileen

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Very cute outfits, and awesome new boots! I think a bar in the shoe department is interesting/intriguing/weird. I wish stores around here did that.

Chris987

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All the looks are great but I'm especially liking your day off look! And having shoes and a bar right in the same place....how great is that! If I remember correctly you travel to this Nordies via subway and not car, and you purchased before ordering the beverage, so TOTALLY responsible drinking! I would love to have been a fly on the wall in the room where Nordie's marketing team was coming up with this plan

Christina F.

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JAlieen & Chris - the reason I went on my day off was that their tailor, who I visited the day before, had told me it's their least crowded time.

I don't like crowds, so I wanted to go and just get an overall feel for the store on a less busy day.

Well, I wouldn't say it was uncrowded, but it was manageable. I finished buying shoes right as happy hour started, which was fortuitous... let me tell you, that bar was packed the whole time I sat there (45 min), and people also ordered drinks to carry away to other parts of the floor. Their marketing team is clearly on point. Their main restaurant on the top fllor also appeared to have a wait.

Another thing I love about this store - they hired a super diverse group of employees (diverse in every way, not just race but including that) and they're all super friendly. Even my husband noticed the diversity when I bought him there briefly to return an item.

Anonymous

Great booties, and I like the black ones too!
*carries off shoe bar drink....
Well it can't hurt to try a few more little itsy things.....*

Anonymous

1, 5 & 6 are sooo good.
I love the Blondos, too.

Blood orange... mmm!

smittie

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Cute outfits, and I love the Elaine skirt.
Your wavy hair and boho top in #1 is a really great, relaxed, romantic look on you.

Christina F.

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suntiger- I managed to hold off on buying more shoes than one pair, despite the two drinks I had. Just drinking among the shoes and happy shoppers was soothing...

Jenna - the Blondos are great. I need to solve the problem of my feet sliding forward in them, with some ball of foot pads or something. The blood orange drink was good too.

smittie - thanks, I love the skirt too. And I like an occasional boho look, though it's been less my thing this year. I keep some pieces on hand for when I feel the need. A lot of them are blouses, and we seem to have skipped straight to deep winter, so I don't know how much wear they'll get anyway

Anonymous

I hope you fix the sliding issue because they are fab’ and need much wear!

Sara L.

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Oh my! A bar in the shoe section could be very dangerous to my pocketbook. I would have to have a strict no buying after drinking policy (and bring someone along to help enforce that policy). The boots are super cute and I hope you get a lot of wear out of them.

The striped shirt in #3 looks great on you as does the blazer in #4. You have some great pieces right now.

RobinF

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Haha, very responsible! Great outfits and new boots. Really love #1 and #4 but all good.

Christina F.

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Jenna - I ordered some things for the ball of my foot. Fingers crossed.

The shoes were wearable but not for long walking days. I'd still keep them, but I'd prefer less sliding.

Sara L - I wish I had someone to visit the Shoe Bar with me, but most of my friends are in the outer boroughs and other suburbs and not into fashion. I need some YLF people to visit! So I was on my own recognizance but was pleased that I bought something that was already what I was looking for rather than a random purchase (though it was an impulse on the moment). I think it's akin to Angie's organized emotional shopping.

Thanks, Robin!

karen13

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You look fab in everything, but 1,4and5 are my personal faves. The new boots are awesome! I just discovered Blondo. I found the Valli at Nordstrom Rack in October, just before I left on a one month trip to Europe, and they were amazing. Even with a bit of higher heel, I could walk for miles on cobbles. Total MVPs.

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Christina F.

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karen - good to know! The ones I got are less comfy due to the pointed toe, so not all day walking shoes. But very nice and it's so cool that they're waterproof.

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