Fun & Hip Styles from Moa Moa & Romeo & Juliet Couture

Just in time to supplement your fall wardrobe, all Loehmann’s stores will be getting in a shipment of a fabulous array of fun and flirty tops!

Of course, the It store of Designer Fashion will be offering you these designer tops at up to 75% off department store prices!

This collection will feature wrap tops, necklace tops, and animal print graphic tees from Moa Moa and Romeo & Juliet Couture. All will be priced between 24.99 and 29.99 with savings up to 75% off of the regular department store prices of $58 to $128.

With a great range of fashionable colors and styles, this is your chance to get on board with some knit tops that are comfortable, easy wearing and super cute to boot!  These are the kinds to tops that work great with a casual pair of jeans, but can be easily dressed up to go out and are so comfy and stylish enough that you wear them to the office too!

A favorite of many celebrities and Hollywood types, at this price, you won’t want to miss out on this special savings!

Hurry in while selections last!

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Hi all, Ava here.

This is something that you will want to spread around to other fashionistas you know and love:

Beginning March 5^th at select Loehmann’s* a special buy of Theory separates are arriving on the selling floor at up to 80% off department store prices!!

If this means nothing to you, then, my dear, you do not know what you are missing:

The Theory clothing line is one of the premier contemporary American designer lines that is comfortable, wearable, goes from boardroom to wine bar, fits  beyond great, look so fine and right now, is so affordable, it’s just even more beautiful.  Founded in 1997, Theory was based on the principle that women wanted to feel sexy, yet comfortable in modern clothing. The shapes are clean, silhouettes sleek, as they were one of the first RTW lines that worked in lycra technology with other fabrics creating the Theory signature “stretch”.

I mean, I don’t think I know one woman who has not loved and adored, and often worn to death, a pair of Theory pants.

This, my darlings, is the time to stock up on these fashion wardrobe staples!! Seriously this is the best pricing you will see on any collection of Theory clothing.

All Specialty Marked Theory clothing separates are priced  $100 or less

When I say that the pieces were originally priced in department stores at $55 to $885 each, then you know that you do not need a calculator to see what huge savings you are receiving with this special buy.

Just look at this: 

• Theory Blouses are marked at $50 when elsewhere they are $130 to $255.
• Theory Skirts are $60 as opposed to $140 to $295
• Theory Knit Tops are only $25 a piece when you will see them elsewhere priced at $55 to $140.
• Dresses from Theory are only $70 marked down from $225 to $595
• Theory Jackets for a to-die-for price of $100 when normally at department stores you will find them priced from $255 to $885
• And the closet staple, Theory Pants are at the stock up price of $60 as opposed to $120 to $295.

 Of course, selections will vary by store. And yes, you need to check the small print least your local Loehmann’s is not included, but if you desire to look fabulous and feel oh so comfortable and save some serious dough, then you need to make this sample sale shopping more than, dare I say it, a Theory. Plan for shopping starting March 5^th.

And that is the Loehdown!

Ava

*Theory samples will be limited to Loehmann’s locations in:

Chelsea, Upper Westside, White Plaines, New Hyde Park, Hewlett, Norwalk, Paramus, East Brunswick, East Hanover, Northbrook, Timonium, Falls Church, Chevy Chase, Rockville, Atlanta, North Miami, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Gardens, Reseda, Beverly Hills, Sunnyvale, Laguna Beach, San Francisco Irvine and Pasadena.

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As the role of women in the workplace has evolved and become accepted, the look of the female “power suit” has also morphed. Women’s business suits have come along way from the floppy bowed look when the concept was to mimic a traditional men’s suit as much as possible.

Now the traditional credence of buying a good quality basic suit has not been tossed aside. A well made, expertly tailor suit that fits you well is an excellent place to base a business wardrobe off of.  Any wardrobe staple should have total versatility and the most recent trends in women’s business wear really amplifies that.  Adding to your career wardrobe no longer demands that you buy a whole new suit with a full on matching blouse, the key is to add selectively and mix it up.

Mixing up your suit basics is also a great way to get many more looks from standard pieces. For example, take a khaki skirt suit and a black pants suit. You can easily double your possibilities by trading tops and bottoms. If you are able to trade out the matching shirts with each look, then you have 8 different outfits.  Now for every different shirt you add in, you have an additional four new outfits. Say one is just starting out and you have just the two suits and five shirts. It’s just a matter of simple math and well thought out purchases. If they all can go together, you have twenty different outfits. 

After that, you can selectively add additional pieces. A bright colored jacket that works with all the shirts, added to the basic closet above creates another 10 looks. By keeping the bottom piece of your suit in a more traditional, dark, or neutral color, your jacket can still maintain a professional and polished look. Try a fun pink or add in purple with black and gray to take advantage of one of this season’s hot color combinations.

Any suit, whether it is a more casual pants suit or a red on red power dress suit, can be modified simply by changing the look and feel of the shirt underneath.  A navy blue jacket over a classic starched white collared shirt has a completely different feel than a navy blue jacket over a black lacy camisole top.  A suit jacket can also look different with the very same shirt underneath depending on whether the shirt collar is out or tucked in over the lapels.

 There is no excuse to get  stuck in a rut with your women’s office suits.

Loehmann’s has a huge selection of new suits coming in this fall making it really easy to add a few new key pieces to your work wardrobe.   Even if polishing up your career closet was not on your budget, at prices 30% to 65% off, can you afford to not look great? 

Do you have all the business suits you need?

Then brush up your style with some new fashion career blouses.  Spend some time looking at your closet and then treat yourself to some fabulous new tops that will update your suits in a hot minute. Yes, Loehmann’s has a huge selection of fashionably forward colored blouses and knit tops, too.

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We imagine that you have heard about the political hoopla regarding the fact that the Republican National Committee spent nearly $150,000.00 on clothing for Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin and her family? The story broke first over on Politico and has been making waves ever since.

 Now the big deal is not about that she is wearing high quality designer clothing. Everyone seems to agree that she looks great and that she need to look the part of knowledge and authority. And really, it does seem like all the main candidates do wear expensive designer digs; that’s not the issue. We don’t even care that the RNC paid for it and or whether or not it all goes to charity should Sarah need to return to Alaska and her fuzzy parkas.

 It’s just that spending 150K on designer threads is not smart shopping! What were they thinking paying full price???

It’s just not necessary when you can get the same designer look for so much less at Loehmann’s!

 As Washington Post’s Robin Givhan writes; 

 ” How do you sell someone as a no-frills hockey mom who sold the state plane and fired the official cook and hunted her own moose meat, and then try to explain wardrobing her in clothes from Neiman Marcus — a store occasionally referred to by aggrieved, frugal shoppers as Needless Markup? ……..Any retail expert can tell you that part of being a good merchant is finding a way of speaking to who it is the customer believes herself to be. A smart retailer stands for something. And in our culture Neiman Marcus stands for “elite,” not for “Everyman.”

The fact is that even those of us that adore top name brands and fabulous clothing, know how to find a great deal at Loehmann’s. 

 Now the bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined total of $49,425.74, reports Politico. And that’s not all. There were also two major shopping sprees to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one in early September that rang up a staggering bill of $75,062.63. Payments in September were also made to Barney’s New York ($789.72), Bloomingdale’s New York ($5,102.71) and Macy’s in Minneapolis ($9,447.71).  

That’s a pretty hefty junk of change, and as shown by the Washington Post, just not needed at all. The Reliable Source’s Roxanne and Amy actually went shopping at both Neiman Marcus and Loehmann’s to find appropriate vice presidential clothing.  Dollar for dollar, it went like this:

 

In case you don’t feel like doing the math, that’s a savings of $11,526.82 by going to Loehmann’s.

 Want to know more? Follow these links:

Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2008/10/rs-palin23.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102202187.html?nav=rss_politics  

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102301432_2.html   

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102401029.html  

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102400631.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102303330.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/10/23/DI2008102301241.html

BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7685067.stm

LA Times; http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palinshop23-2008oct23,0,5314359.story?track=rss:

WWD: http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/palins-fashiongate-1841561

The Atlantic: http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/republicans_disgusted_by_rnc_s.php

Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14844.html

 

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