Summary
Your life is a living hell whenever you're hobbling around in them!-are out in full force at Aldo, rendered in ombreshaded pink patent leather, or with Mary Jane toes, or sporting multicolored straps, and all with shiny metallic heels treacherous enough to fell the most agile contortionist (But at least at Aldo they're $100, which is $900 less than their sadistic siblings with loftier provenances.) It comes as quite a relief to walk to the back of the store-or crawl, if you're wearing those stilettos-and see flats in plaid (another putative trend of the season) for an appealing $40. Unlike the other stops on my brief tour, Forever 21 seems to have jumped on another fall trend, with red-white-and-blue tote bags that say "Vote," a faux-faded T-shirt sporting the legend "Freedom Rocks," and, for a highly affordable $10.80, a slender, silky purple tee decorated with a peace symbol that would go far in sexing up a pair of slack trousers or a skinny skirt on a certain Tuesday in November.
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Prepping for Fashion Week
I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. I READ THOSE TWO-TON FALL FASHION MAGAZINES, SO I AM WELL AWARE THAT AT THIS VERY secOND, YOU ARE SCRAMBLING ABOUT FURIOUSLY FOR A BLOUSE WITH FLOPPY SLEEVES AND A PAIR OF UNATTRACTIVELY FULL PANTS, PENCIL SKIRTS AS STIFF AS THOSE PANTS ARE LIMP, A GAUZY PEASANT DRESS, AND A PAIR OF HIDEOUSLY HIGH HEE...
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