I was in J.Crew in East Hampton the other day. I Love this new shop. It is beautiful and tasteful. The sales help is positively lovely. There is no need to feel uncomfortable in any way, it is only J.Crew not Gucci. I was still feeling svelte and tan and long and lean from the summer. I wanted to try on some jeans and sweaters. Stock up on a few Fall staples. I took my small lot of things to try on into the dressing room. Now these are beautiful softly lit dressing rooms. Soft color, nice rug, a little stool, pretty curtain. You would think that one would look OK in there. However as was buttoning the jeans and looking up at my reflection I was horrified. Who was that, that…greenish… person?! with that wrinkly saggy post baby tummy and ashy skin looking back at me. GOOD GRACIOUS!! I quickly put on a sweater to cover the offending belly and ran out to a mirror as close to a window as I could find. Wow, luckily that monster in the dressing room had not followed me! Phew. Back to my jeans and sweater shopping in peace.
Have you seen one of these dressing room monsters? I am sure you have. Did it make you drop all your clothes and leave the shop totally dejected heading for the gym? Well, you can avoid these things completely. You MUST wear dark glasses in the dressing and have a very loyal friend waiting outside to escort you to a proper monster free mirror. Scope the store out before heading into a dressing room. Look at yourself in all the mirrors and decide which one is the best. Then, when in the dressing room, KEEP YOUR BACK to the mirror AT ALL TIMES. After changing in to the new clothes head out immediately to the mirror mirror on the wall with said friend standing near by. Then together asses the possible new purchases. You need a partner to help decide if things look OK from all angles. (unfortunately this does not apply to swim wear which should only be tried on at home. NEVER in a dressing room)
Happy Shopping
Peri-
P.S. Do check out J.Crew. Don’t be afraid to ask what is on sale. It is not always marked down on the tag. The sales staff there is very happy to help. They are alw
