Loehmanns Archives - fiftytwothursdays https://fiftytwothursdays.us/tag/loehmanns/ style + fitness Wed, 20 May 2015 05:53:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Label Whore https://fiftytwothursdays.us/fashion/label-whore/ https://fiftytwothursdays.us/fashion/label-whore/#respond Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:03:13 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=3474 If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you love style and fashion. Maybe you love dresses, especially? Or specifically Diane von Furstenburg dresses? Can you remember when you fell in love with those dresses? Do you recall what started you on the sometimes heartbreaking and often bank account breaking fashion road? Here’s my story: I was raised in the racks of Loehmann’s (R.I.P.). This was back in the day – before we became spoiled with outlets and eBay. This was when Loehmann’s was the only (magical!) place you could buy designer clothes at a bit of a discount. Thousands of items hung squished together on enormous racks, but because it was so heavily discounted, the brands didn’t want their presence there known so designers made the store cut the tags out of their clothes. Imagine for a moment, walking into a store filled with both good stuff and garbage, and not having any obvious clues about what was Chanel and what was Anne Klein. Of course, I was six so I just ran headfirst into enormous piles of sweaters and giggled. But for my mom – the most stylish woman I’ve ever met –shopping was therapy. I remember her carefully, methodically, […]

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