{"id":840,"date":"2010-01-13T16:52:46","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T16:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2010-01-13T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T17:04:40","slug":"my-final-revision-of-the-sales-ends-in-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/?p=840","title":{"rendered":"My Final Revision of the Sales Ends in Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday 13th<\/sup> January 2010<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just back from my final revision of the Sales at H Nicks, The Library and Harrods.<\/p>\n

I was right! Those Jil Sander shirts with the black trim at H Nicks have been slashed! Now 60 per cent off. Rush to get one. Only size 16, but a small 16. You could be the owner of a whole Jil Sander shirt for as little as \u00a397.50.<\/p>\n

At The Library, can you believe it, sale now at 50 per cent, down from 30. I\u2019m right again! The grey moleskin trousers by Nicolo Ceschi Berrini, which I tried on before Christmas, still there. <\/em>I didn\u2019t tell you about them before. They\u2019ve been my little secret, burning within all through Christmas.<\/p>\n

The long, predatory watching, the final swoop \u2013 my strategy has worked. In the case of these slacks, how often the first thing we see is what we end up buying after weeks of looking elsewhere. A purchase may be a sudden thunderbolt or long-nurtured, bubbling quietly through the sleep, welling up from the unconscious.<\/p>\n

The Thin White Duchess is right (see Comments on \u2018What Can We Learn From a High Fashion Lady? Sunday January 10th<\/sup> 2010). We are hurt into buying clothes and more hurt in the buying. How often in the honed perfection of The Library or H Nicks have I felt dog-earred, ill-fitted, entirely wrong. But through this furnace we must go.<\/p>\n

And these last, delirious late sale purchases, when the budget is blasted to smithereens but so are prices, are often the most rewarding.<\/p>\n

Now is the time to go home, rebuild your shattered psyche and learn to treasure your purchases: I know I shall love my grey Prada Red Spring coat. It recalls, for reasons I can\u2019t entirely explain, Grace Monaco. The neck is a touch Dior. There\u2019s a couture feel. \u00a0It is also an investment in the future, as well as my bold, unexpected gesture these Sales. Do always try to buy ahead; secure your wardrobe\u2019s future. And, when the weather changes, you will not just be dragging out last year\u2019s outfits. You will be new before you\u2019ve begun.<\/p>\n

The question now is: will I be able to afford to go anywhere in these clothes? I could have had an entire Winter Sun holiday for the money spent.<\/p>\n

We shall see. What will clever re-financing, re-structuring of debt and, who knows, actual work achieve? How will I negotiate the narrow post-Sales straits?\u00a0 How will I retrench?<\/p>\n

\"My

My Prada Red Spring Coat, Recalling Grace Monaco - Bold Purchase<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jil

Jil Sander Shirt Slashed by 60 Per Cent<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Nicolo

Nicolo Ceschi Berrini Moleskin Slacks - 50 Per Cent Off at The Library. Size 52 May be Left<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Lord

Lord Arrowby's Hot Jacket by Dolce e Gabbana - Bought at Negotiated 20 per cent Discount<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Price

Price Tag of Lord Arrowby's Hot Jacket at H Nicks Sale<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday 13th January 2010 I\u2019m just back from my final revision of the Sales at H Nicks, The Library and Harrods. I was right! Those Jil Sander shirts with the black trim at H Nicks have been slashed! Now 60 per cent off. Rush to get one. Only size 16, but a small 16. You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adrain-edge"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}