Friends & Family Friday

I would be remiss in not alerting you to the plethora of Friends & Family deals occurring now or soon on 34th Street. Go here to get Friends & Family flyers for: Macy's, Foot Locker, Footaction, and Ann Taylor Loft. Also, at Gap, now through May 6th, if you buy pants, shorts or skirts you can get a top for 50% off.

Let's end this week with some adorable, colorful, irresistible, and not $$ bikinis lolling around right now at Forever 21 on 34th Street. They're hanging out on the second floor, right by the inevitably really long line at the dressing rooms. I cannot tell a lie, that is one busy store, so go early or when it's raining cats and dogs for no lines.

Mix and match (each under $20), good for those of us who will always need, ahem, larger bottoms.













Love this print.













Obviously not bikinis, but rather cute skirts I snapped in F21 last week. Part of the Twelve by Twelve label.


Also, BIG news for plus-size gals. I saw on their website that Forever 21 has added a plus-size label, Faith 21, to their collections. Not on 34th Street yet, but hopefully soon. Here are the stores carrying the line.








Forever 21, 50 W. 34th between 5th & 6th

Forever 21 Dresses

Eeps made a comment yesterday about a friend surviving maternity months sans maternity clothing by buying Forever 21 dresses, and I've been meaning to check out their spring dresses, sooo...


I couldn't resist the orange ($29.80), which can easily double as maternity. It's lined so it's not too flimsy for hot summer commuting, and it has adjustable straps. Big flowy dresses are a great way to get through humid sticky summers, preggers or not.

The blue & purple strapless ($36) is another roomy and apt summer dress, good for weekends, and beaches, and weekend beach evenings....will summer never come?


Then there are the long slinky dresses, etc, not very maternity, but very pretty. All of the below are from the F21 Twelve by Twelve line and can be found on the first floor, right side.

Long, dramatic-shoulder purple dress is $36, and the black dress is $39. The back of the belt is a chain, and there's a nice crochet detail on the bottom.


















The jumpsuits ($39) are available in different color combos. Slinky, striped "dress" ($28) is more of a top on me (long inseam).


















There may not be as many empire waist dresses as last spring, but there's still plenty of options here for the expectant mother. And as usual, F21 is packed with inexpensive dress options for everyone. But be sure to go to the 3rd floor on 34th Street, as this is where they keep the discounted items. I didn't have much time to browse the sale racks, but quickly spotted many tempting items from last season. Which, at F21, could have been last week.

Forever 21, 50 W. 34th Street between 5th & 6th