Nuts and Bolts

Did anyone pay $45 for these?










Hope not. I think the general consensus with this Crangi Gap Design Editions was: too, too expensive for that little bolt and chain. But as I was standing at the Gap counter on 34th Street the other day digging round for a coupon (!), I spotted them. And they are now 25% off of $6.99. That's more like it. I got three, two blacks and a gold. I wanted the white to mix in, but it was missing the bolt. So really, what's the point? Of course, my husband looked askance when I showed him my score. A person handy with things like hammers, drills, etc. is befuddled by anyone paying even the low price of $5.20 for a bolt hanging from what is, essentially, a dime-store chain. That's fashion, baby!

Speaking of Design Editions, I was cruising the Gap website this morning and these boots caught my eye:












I must speculate, are these the "Design Editions" for fall, perhaps courtesy of the famed French shoe designer we know and love? Hmmm. Please click on that tall boot and check out the detail. Click on them all and check out the details, as I'm a little excited. If any of you fashionbeasta* insiders know more, please dish!

And speaking of Pierre, I must remind all of you scooping up Pierre's Gap shoes for under $22 (insert coughing, choking noise) that the gladiators run big! You must try them on, as a co-worker learned the hard way after hauling a pair of the silver gladiators back from Chicago this weekend, only to discover her 7 is more like an 8.

*new word from famed fashion expert Xmastime.


Gap, 60 w. 34th @ 6th

Gap Design Editions White Out

If you've got your heart set on threeASFOUR from the Gap Design Editions (left, wrinkled but cute), get to a Gap today. The tank is cool as hell, and while at checkout I saw four girls buying the dress. It is a little tenty so the small sizes are going fast. At Gap on 34th Street the XS was gone by 1:30pm.

But I recommend trying on the whole collection because the Phillip Lim's (below) are beautiful; 34th Street has three styles. His details are impressive (cloth covered buttons) and the cotton is neat, stiff and heavy.









34th Street also has some of the Philip Crangi white studded cuffs (left). I'm really lusting after his white belt (right) **, but it hasn't hit stores yet. As for the rest of the white shirts, the Bastian men's shirt is slouchy and wonderful (left, try it!) and his western shirt (right) is hard to resist. Unfortunately I saw no Band of Outsiders except on a mannequin. No one's climbed up and torn it off yet.

So get to Gap today or tomorrow and find out what kind of white shirt girl you really are. Check online here for prices and stores that carry the Design Editions collection.

**Update: oops, sorry, not a belt, wishful thinking - just a bracelet

Gap, 60 W. 34th btwn 5th & Broadway