Feb 10: 6-8p;
Feb 11 & 12: 12-7p;
Feb 13: 12-6p.
Pale pink bracelets from $8; photo-shoot worthy empress earrings for $95 reduced from $250 at this Valentines sale.
/nancy brenner
Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Preview from the Front: Sweetheart V-Day Deals at Wendy Mink
Feb 10: 6-8p;
Feb 11 & 12: 12-7p;
Feb 13: 12-6p.
Pale pink bracelets from $8; photo-shoot worthy empress earrings for $95 reduced from $250 at this Valentines sale.
/nancy brenner
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Valentine's Day 2010 at Change of Season, E. Village
Rick Owens: Coats, skirts, dresses, tops & blouses, and a couple pairs of boots! Also, Dries Van Noten, Margiela, Moschino, Balenciaga, Marni clothing and shoes, and more!
And, if anyone cares, there's a "focused selection" of menswear: Rick Owens, Junya for Comme, Miu Miu/Prada, Margiela, and Westwood MAN. So be one and come buy some stuff!
Change of Season, a boutique outlet
341 East 9th St. NYC
Friday, February 05, 2010
Report from the Front: Showroom Seven
Nancy Brenner Kicks Off the Weekend:
Snatch a shiny scarlet satchel at the Showroom Seven sample sale preview today. It's worth the hike, subway, bus, cab, or combo of transport modes if you want to snag a bag that doesn't look like every other on the 1,9 or 4,5,6 lines. All the single ladies, skip your Vitamin D and and give yourself an early Valentine's Day present at this Spring Sample Sale with sunny costume jewelry pieces from Erickson Beamon - featured in Vogue, etc. and worn by Beyonce, Ciara and Michelle Obama (those brooches). Looks range from tribal to skulls and razor blades necklaces to studded blue bracelet to funky Felix the Cat festooned on necklaces and delicate bracelets. Also, peruse Margaret Loves Peter purple hand-loomed cotton cardi encrusted with a rhinestone neckline for a one of a kind look along with other brands reped at this palace of pizzaz.
Showroom Seven
263 Eleventh Avenue btwn 27th - 28th Sts.
11 am - 7 pm
Snatch a shiny scarlet satchel at the Showroom Seven sample sale preview today. It's worth the hike, subway, bus, cab, or combo of transport modes if you want to snag a bag that doesn't look like every other on the 1,9 or 4,5,6 lines. All the single ladies, skip your Vitamin D and and give yourself an early Valentine's Day present at this Spring Sample Sale with sunny costume jewelry pieces from Erickson Beamon - featured in Vogue, etc. and worn by Beyonce, Ciara and Michelle Obama (those brooches). Looks range from tribal to skulls and razor blades necklaces to studded blue bracelet to funky Felix the Cat festooned on necklaces and delicate bracelets. Also, peruse Margaret Loves Peter purple hand-loomed cotton cardi encrusted with a rhinestone neckline for a one of a kind look along with other brands reped at this palace of pizzaz.
Showroom Seven
263 Eleventh Avenue btwn 27th - 28th Sts.
11 am - 7 pm
Thursday, February 04, 2010
V-Day Special from Gilt Groupe - Free Shipping Today Only
If you're not a member of Gilt, you can sign up here: http://www.gilt.com/invite/gsnyc
Friday, February 06, 2009
Viv & Ingrid Jewelry on 25% Off Sale for V-Day
Viv & Ingrid started 9 years ago with a simple idea: fashionable handmade jewelry that comes with a cute bag.Through Feb 16, save 25% on all jewelry and gifts when you spend over $75.
promo code: love25
Friday, January 23, 2009
Beauty Pros Team Up: Free Pre-Valentine’s Primp and Pamper Event
Valentine's Day is easily one of the more depressing days of the year for most of us. And to add insult to injury, it falls on a Saturday this year. But don't let that get you down! Take the world by storm, Bridget Jones-style!! Or at least get some free beauty advice and cocktails:To get women looking their sexiest before Valentine’s Day, Three Custom Color Specialists, pioneers in custom-blended makeup, are teaming up with Juara Skin Care and Red Market Salon for a free evening of cocktails, consultations, and one-night-only deep discounts on makeup and skin care products.
The first 150 attendees will score a free goodie bag, including full-sized products from Juara, Three Custom Color Specialists, and a certificate for a free blow-out at Red Market Salon.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 4th, 6PM – 8:30PM
WHERE: Red Market Salon, 32 Gansevoort, 4th Floor
HOW: RSVP’s are recommended. E-mail appt@threecustom.com with your and your guests’ names. Walk-ins welcome as space permits; cash only.
Juara Skin Care Founders will be on-hand pampering each guest with winter skin treatments featuring their line of Indonesian-inspired botanical products. One-night-only deep discounts will be offered. Red Market Salon Pro stylists will meet with guests to discuss the best styles for their hair texture, face shape, and lifestyle. Three Custom Color Specialists will offer makeup-touch ups, applications tips and provide one-night-only deep discounts on picks from their coveted Ready-To-Wear line.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Valentine's Day ecards
What better way to send V-day wishes to your peeps than via a last-minute-free e-card...Except, that lots of the major card sites a la Hallmark and Blue Mountain are DOWN due to traffic overload as I type. Oh no...you're in BIG trouble now...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
How to date women, circa 1943
Excerpted from an article in the February 2008 issue of The University of Michigan's "Michigan Today," I just had to post this non-shopping entry. It is not about shopping, but so great for Valentine's Day Eve.
How to date women, circa 1943
The advice in "Michiganetiquette"—most of it aimed at freshman men—guides the neophyte through each step on the path of romance, from initial exchange to the giving of the fraternity pin. First came the problem of meeting girls, a larger challenge when the sexes did not share dorms and visiting hours for women's dorms and sororities were strictly regulated. The thing was best done at freshman "mixers."
"At these affairs a boy may meet anyone he desires simply by cutting in while she is dancing with another fellow. The usual procedure is for the girl to introduce herself by mentioning her name, while the fellow follows suit. If the lass is shy, there is no reason why the fellow can't begin the conversation… If one wishes to know a girl's phone number and address, there will be no frowning if he simply asks her."
A typical first date in that era was a "Coke Date," frequently at the Union's Coke Bar, where soda cost a dime for men, free for women.
The first date was typically a "Coke Date," in which "the boy meets the girl somewhere in the afternoon, and they repair to some suitable place where they can sit around and 'get acquainted' with each other for an hour or two." This was often done at the Union's Coke Bar, open from 4 to 5:45—a dime for men, free for women.
To ask for a more formal date, "Michiganetiquette" advised against the old chestnuts that began "What are you doing…" and "Are you available…"
"These questions put the poor kid in a spot, especially if she doesn't particularly want to go out with you. Ask her if she would like to do whatever you have planned for that night with you, then, if she doesn't, she needed come right out and say so. She can say she's busy. This little fine point is well worth remembering. It may save you some awkward moments."
No need for flowers, except for a formal: "Ordinarily…the question of a corsage does not arise in Michigan dating."
It was customary to walk to dates. "The young lady…knows that there may be reasons why a fellow doesn't want to go by cab, and it would be poor taste to put him on the spot….College boys can no more afford such expenses than the girls can, and a sensible co-ed realizes this…"
But walking to a date was no easy matter.
"There is an art to walking with a girl. You must not walk too fast, and you must not be oblivious to the things going on around you while keeping up a stimulating conversation with her." If the occasion was a Union dance, one must observe the custom about women:
"Remember to escort your girl through the side door, for there is an old Michigan tradition that the front door of the Union is for men only. It may be that the gallantry of the Michigan man will not permit him to allow his fair lady to enter an uncanopied doorway, but, just in case you should forget, there is a gentleman at the front door to deter you." (This was a reference to George Johnson, a cigar-chomping 76-year-old who had been guarding the Union's front door against females since the Harding administration. He had infuriated women in 1935 for suggesting in public that the appearance of that year's entering class of co-eds failed to meet the Michigan standard.)
Once at the dance, it was wise to keep an eye on the clock, since male escorts had to be out of the women's dorms by 11:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Sleepovers? Don't even think about it. Any woman expecting to be out of her residence overnight had to get an okay from her housemother or, during the week, from the Dean of Women herself.
If love bloomed, the young man should be careful about offering his fraternity pin. Most national fraternities considered the giving of a pin to signify engagement, but "tradition at Michigan does not declare that this is so… Before a pin is given or taken, be certain of the terms to prevent hurt feelings later…" *
The male authors of "Michiganetiquette" offered a bit of advice to women, too, most of it on the subject of social reputation.
About smoking: "No girl was ever made more attractive or a more sought after personality because she smoked cigarettes! It doesn't help a bit, and it may actually make you look cheap."
About "going steady": "Dating in general is the usual procedure, and probably the most desirable state of affairs for Ann Arbor youth. … Many an up-and-coming freshman girl has been permanently shelved by going steady, and could never quite make a comeback. It's hard to get back into circulation after breaking up with the 'steady.'"
And about the giving of favors: "If a boy asks you when you are going to grow up and act like a college girl because you won't kiss him good night, ignore him. … Boys respect girls who deserve respect!... Social success at Michigan definitely does not depend upon humoring the passions of other people. It may result from a tactful practice of doing just the opposite.…Girls don't have to 'give' to be popular, and, as a matter of fact, it usually turns out that the most discreet and unkissable girls draw the better class of men – not the wolves, but the good guys that are going places, and who like girls with ideals as high as their own!"
Sources for this article were found in the archives of the Michigan Union and the U-M Alumni Association at the Bentley Historical Library; in The Michigan Daily; and in Kent Sagendorph, Michigan: The Story of the University (Dutton, 1948).
How to date women, circa 1943
The advice in "Michiganetiquette"—most of it aimed at freshman men—guides the neophyte through each step on the path of romance, from initial exchange to the giving of the fraternity pin. First came the problem of meeting girls, a larger challenge when the sexes did not share dorms and visiting hours for women's dorms and sororities were strictly regulated. The thing was best done at freshman "mixers."
"At these affairs a boy may meet anyone he desires simply by cutting in while she is dancing with another fellow. The usual procedure is for the girl to introduce herself by mentioning her name, while the fellow follows suit. If the lass is shy, there is no reason why the fellow can't begin the conversation… If one wishes to know a girl's phone number and address, there will be no frowning if he simply asks her."
A typical first date in that era was a "Coke Date," frequently at the Union's Coke Bar, where soda cost a dime for men, free for women.
The first date was typically a "Coke Date," in which "the boy meets the girl somewhere in the afternoon, and they repair to some suitable place where they can sit around and 'get acquainted' with each other for an hour or two." This was often done at the Union's Coke Bar, open from 4 to 5:45—a dime for men, free for women.
To ask for a more formal date, "Michiganetiquette" advised against the old chestnuts that began "What are you doing…" and "Are you available…"
"These questions put the poor kid in a spot, especially if she doesn't particularly want to go out with you. Ask her if she would like to do whatever you have planned for that night with you, then, if she doesn't, she needed come right out and say so. She can say she's busy. This little fine point is well worth remembering. It may save you some awkward moments."
No need for flowers, except for a formal: "Ordinarily…the question of a corsage does not arise in Michigan dating."
It was customary to walk to dates. "The young lady…knows that there may be reasons why a fellow doesn't want to go by cab, and it would be poor taste to put him on the spot….College boys can no more afford such expenses than the girls can, and a sensible co-ed realizes this…"
But walking to a date was no easy matter.
"There is an art to walking with a girl. You must not walk too fast, and you must not be oblivious to the things going on around you while keeping up a stimulating conversation with her." If the occasion was a Union dance, one must observe the custom about women:
"Remember to escort your girl through the side door, for there is an old Michigan tradition that the front door of the Union is for men only. It may be that the gallantry of the Michigan man will not permit him to allow his fair lady to enter an uncanopied doorway, but, just in case you should forget, there is a gentleman at the front door to deter you." (This was a reference to George Johnson, a cigar-chomping 76-year-old who had been guarding the Union's front door against females since the Harding administration. He had infuriated women in 1935 for suggesting in public that the appearance of that year's entering class of co-eds failed to meet the Michigan standard.)
Once at the dance, it was wise to keep an eye on the clock, since male escorts had to be out of the women's dorms by 11:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Sleepovers? Don't even think about it. Any woman expecting to be out of her residence overnight had to get an okay from her housemother or, during the week, from the Dean of Women herself.
If love bloomed, the young man should be careful about offering his fraternity pin. Most national fraternities considered the giving of a pin to signify engagement, but "tradition at Michigan does not declare that this is so… Before a pin is given or taken, be certain of the terms to prevent hurt feelings later…" *
The male authors of "Michiganetiquette" offered a bit of advice to women, too, most of it on the subject of social reputation.
About smoking: "No girl was ever made more attractive or a more sought after personality because she smoked cigarettes! It doesn't help a bit, and it may actually make you look cheap."
About "going steady": "Dating in general is the usual procedure, and probably the most desirable state of affairs for Ann Arbor youth. … Many an up-and-coming freshman girl has been permanently shelved by going steady, and could never quite make a comeback. It's hard to get back into circulation after breaking up with the 'steady.'"
And about the giving of favors: "If a boy asks you when you are going to grow up and act like a college girl because you won't kiss him good night, ignore him. … Boys respect girls who deserve respect!... Social success at Michigan definitely does not depend upon humoring the passions of other people. It may result from a tactful practice of doing just the opposite.…Girls don't have to 'give' to be popular, and, as a matter of fact, it usually turns out that the most discreet and unkissable girls draw the better class of men – not the wolves, but the good guys that are going places, and who like girls with ideals as high as their own!"
Sources for this article were found in the archives of the Michigan Union and the U-M Alumni Association at the Bentley Historical Library; in The Michigan Daily; and in Kent Sagendorph, Michigan: The Story of the University (Dutton, 1948).
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Jane Archer Illustration: Valentine's Day Support
Need your red carpet fix?
Look no further than Jane's latest illustrated book, The Fug Awards by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan of the wildly popular site GoFugyourself.com.
In The Fug Awards, Heather and Jessica pay special tribute to the most deserving--and notorious--celebrity fashion and style disasters. Sample awards include the Errstyle Award for the one with the most "vexing coiffure catastrophe" and the Tanorexia Award for the star most addicted to bronzer. Jane designed the interior and created a custom statuette for every category.
Ready to spread the love this Valentine's Day?
Let p.s. bella by jane archer stationery deliver it with style:
• Aria Box of Boxes - Easy-to-fold boxes that come with everything you need to transform a few chocolate hearts, a piece of jewelry or a bar of soap into a delightful surprise. Mix and match the box tops, bottoms, wrap bands and stickers to make every gift unique.
• Complement your gift boxes with matching Aria Gift Enclosures and elegant die-cut envelopes. • Origami Hearts note cards - Each sheet of writing paper---designed in patterns composed entirely of hearts--comes with easy folding instructions for transforming your personal message into an origami heart.
See it all at:
Monday, February 04, 2008
ENDS 2MORO: GS Exclusive: Valentine's Day Jewelry Sale
Now through February 5, for my adoring public only, get free shipping and 10% off of the pictured diamond necklaces right in time for Valentine's Day! You have the early and exclusive offer in your hands - why not take full advantage of it!?
If you are an avid reader of my blog, you have seen and heard about Dori O'Dea's Ike Designs Jewelry. They are delicate, beautiful and cutting edge all at the same time. Click here to check out her page on Etsy ("Your place to buy & sell all things handmade") and make your selection online. But how does it work?...
You will receive free shipping and 10% off if you elect to pay by electronic invoice.
Contact Dori at dori@ikedesignsjewelry.com with the subject "Guerilla Shopper referral," and she will invoice you the discounted amount via email.
This is key because it is the only way she can deduct the discount and the shipping - Do not use PayPal on Etsy.com, because it will automatically add shipping and not deduct the discount.
This offer is for Valentine's Day and is only good until February 5, 2008.
If you are an avid reader of my blog, you have seen and heard about Dori O'Dea's Ike Designs Jewelry. They are delicate, beautiful and cutting edge all at the same time. Click here to check out her page on Etsy ("Your place to buy & sell all things handmade") and make your selection online. But how does it work?...
You will receive free shipping and 10% off if you elect to pay by electronic invoice.
Contact Dori at dori@ikedesignsjewelry.com with the subject "Guerilla Shopper referral," and she will invoice you the discounted amount via email.
This is key because it is the only way she can deduct the discount and the shipping - Do not use PayPal on Etsy.com, because it will automatically add shipping and not deduct the discount.
This offer is for Valentine's Day and is only good until February 5, 2008.
As an added bonus, she will continue to add new pieces during the coming weeks, providing you with other jewelry options.
Ain't love grand?
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