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Steve and Barry’s Filed For Chapter 11 Protection

Dexie Wharton — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:41:41 +0000

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Steve and Barry’s just filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday.

So how does this affect SJP’s Bitten Line? Amanda Byne’s as well. How about the $15 Stephon Marbury sneakers? I was planning on shopping there for my son’s Back-to-School clothes.

All I could say is, maybe Sarah Jessica Parker should’ve worn one of her dresses during the Sex and The City Movie premiere. Then she would’ve helped with sales big time. And, she wouldn’t been perturbed and embroiled in one of the biggest fashion-gate with her Nina Ricci gown that has actually been worn by Lauren Santo Domino and Lindsay Lohan before her.

I know I know, I love stirring the pot. Hehe .

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Fall Look : Gray Tunic + Black Skirt + Boots

Dexie Wharton — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:09:37 +0000

OLD NAVY Gray Nautical Tunic ($7.99)
Black cami underneath tunic
Steve and Barry’s Black Corduroy pleated skirt ($3.99)
Black/gray tie-sash belt
PAYLESS Black faux-suede knee-high boots ($29.99)
Long black beads gothic cross necklace (AAFES, $7.99)
Nomination charms bracelet(price not applicable )
sterling silver hoop earrings(part of $4.99 3 pairs set)

I wore a black cami underneath the Old Navy boatneck tunic coz it’s sheer enough to need one. However, I didn’t wear black tights underneath the Steve and Barry’s corduroy skirt coz the weather is forgivable enough to forego it. For now anyway. Once NC gets that winter cold, I promise I’ll start wearing black tights. The tie-sash belt actually came with the skirt. It has hoops where you put the sash belt in but I took it out and tied it OVER the tunic instead.

FYI, I’ve already bought my brown tights for my catholic school girl ensemble .

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Lint Lint, Go Away…My New Black Jeans Wants To…Play?

Dexie Wharton — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:52:54 +0000

I’ve avoided buying black jeans or trousers for years coz I just can’t stand those damn pesky lints all over ‘em after a visit from the washer. But, I’ve decided to bite the bullet one more time and buy black jeans after I saw one on sale at Steve and Barry’s for only $12.99. No, it’s not from the BITTEN by SJP line . Just a regular Steve and Barry’s jeans. I haven’t worn this low-rise boot-cut jeans yet. I do plan on wearing it with one of my heels of course and the L.E.I floral halter-tube top sometime(and other tops). Now let’s hope those damn lints will leave my new jeans alone.

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Steve & Barry’s Brown and Black $3.99 Fall Skirts

Dexie Wharton — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:10:14 +0000

Ok, it’s time to stop screwing around. You’ve all noticed I’ve been shopping for bargains but I’m showing them one by one instead of my usual shopping haulages I know you’ve all come to love . So here are a couple of skirts I’ve purchased to replenish and kick-off my Fall ensembles. I love skirts during Fall season. I love wearing them with my knee-high boots, respectively.

Black pleated corduroy skirt with gray satin sash stripes belt. I found it on sale for only $3.99 at the nearest Steve and Barry’s store where I live which happens to be about 35-40 minutes drive, roughly. This skirt will of course pair with my black faux suede round-toe knee-high stacked heels boots from PAYLESS.

While this brown plaid pleated skirt, also $3.99 from Steve and Barry’s will be worn with my brown square-toe faux suede knee-high boots also from PAYLESS.

I do need to buy an opaque brown stockings though for this skirt and also for a brown velvet shirt dress coz I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing leggings underneath the aforementioned outfits this Fall.

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SJP’s BITTEN $9.98 Red Canvas Shoes “BURNING” Review

Dexie Wharton — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:14:26 +0000

Ok, so I said, even though this canvas red sneakers shoes from Sarah Jessica Parker’s BITTEN collection is an obvious knock off of Chuck Taylor’s yet I bought it because it’s less than $10, right? Well, I discovered why it’s so cheap. It’s cause the day you break this pair of sneakers in which I did when we went to finally watch Transformers movie this weekend and walked around Wal-Mart for some groceries and the Baby’s new pair of Mary Janes , my pinkies were burning. YUP! I was in pain walking in these damn shoes. So what?, I should’ve expected it right? I mean it’s cheap. Well, I’ve bought cheaper shoes from Target, Wal-Mart, PAYLESS, and definitely other places but I’ve never felt my pinkies burning the first day I wore any of ‘em. I mean it’s not like they’re going to fall off but still, I was hurting. I’m hoping the reason is because I’m still breaking it in like my husband claimed. I guess I’ll find out the next time I wear it. Talk about literal irony, heh. BITTEN = burning pinkies = pain.

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I Got BITTEN By Sarah Jessica Parker pt2

Dexie Wharton — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:54:59 +0000

For my second purchase of Sarah Jessica Parker’s BITTEN line from our stop at Steve and Barry’s in NY from our vacation last week, I decided on shoes. But it’s not what you think I’d buy though. Once again, BITTEN is boring to me. No offense to SJP but stamping it with “classic” doesn’t make a difference to me at all. But anyway, I saw a pair of espadrille wedge but it was ugly. Even my husband said so. There were flip-flops and I have to say they’re very affordable but I have enough flip-flops in my house that I care to count so I didn’t pick any. Instead, I picked a Chuck Taylor low-top canvas shoes knock-off. Yes it is a knock-off. No matter which way you turn it, it is one. But I bought it coz it’s $9.98 and it’s red .

It’s not for the $5.49 brown Steve and Barry’s trouser but it would sure go with any pairs of jeans for a casual day. Hubs asked if there’s a pink color but didn’t find any. I guess I’ll just have to reserve that color for Converse Chuck Taylor’s

A red classic canvas shoes for $9.98 with Sarah Jessica Parker’’s stamp on it, eh, why not

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Steve and Barry’s Brown Trouser For $5.49

Dexie Wharton — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:08:17 +0000

This Vista brown flare trouser is my first pick when I entered the Steve and Barry’s store from our recently concluded Upstate New York road trip. I found it in the Clearance section and as soon as I saw my size, I grabbed it immediately. $5.49 for a trouser, Come On. Too bad they didn’t have it in black as well. There were pink ones but who wears pink trousers these days? Well no one under 50 anyway. This Steve and Barry’s pant is the main reason why I opted to buy a classic piece from Sarah Jessica Parker’s BITTEN line. I’m trying to build my trouser selection so even though I saw skirts and casual tops for like $3 each I decided to get this trouser instead. Yah know, there comes a time when you just have to let go of some sales to have “mature” pieces in your wardrobe .

I should add that I was so relieved when I tried it on and it fit perfectly. To quote my hubby, “NIIIICCE” . After all the food I ate at my in-laws’s family reunion party, it felt so good knowing I’m still the same size as when I left for vacation… LOL.

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I Got BITTEN By Sarah Jessica Parker pt1

Dexie Wharton — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:12:36 +0000

Well not quite. Almost but not totally BITTEN by Sarah Jessica Parker’s clothing line. I wasn’t really impressed by her collection even after Oprah glorified it in her show. Great prices but too drabby for my style. SJP calls it as classic, eh. That’s all I have to say. BUT, that didn’t stop me from buying some when we stopped at the Steve and Barry’s store in Utica NY on our drive home from our NY vacation. I spied from the corner of my eye the store on our drive to my in-laws’s house. I told my husband I wanted to stop there because I wanted to check out SJP which he didn’t have a problem with since he wanted to check out the $15 Starbury sneakers anyway. I was actually waking up from my short drug-induced nap which I’ll explain some other time when he said “guess where we’re going?”. I saw the Shopping Mall sign but he said No and a few seconds later it dawned on me that we were on our way to Steve and Barry’s. Woohoooo. Honestly, I wanted to jump on the BITTEN by SJP bandwagon, LOL.

Anyhooo, great prices, the collection is quite undesirable for my taste. You really have to have a creative mind fashion wise to make the outfits pop. A lot of accessorizing is needed to infuse your own style on the BITTEN collection. The only prints I found were on graphic tees and the few nautical tunics in blue, and peach colors and plaid Bermuda shorts. Solid colors like black, and white are abundant though. Great low prices of course. The tops ranging from $7.98 to $14.98. I picked this pale pink 3/4 sleeves Poplin fitted blouse. For my first SJP purchase I figured I’d start with a classic blouse that will go with the trouser that I bought from the store’s Clearance rack(more on this later) and my black pinstriped My Michelle trouser already in my closet as well. I wanted a white one also but they didn’t have it in my size. I always buy Large when buying blouses like these. Unfortunately the white ones only came in Small, and XL. Yes, I must point out that BITTEN caters to all sizes which is good. This BITTEN by Sarah Jessica Parker 3/4 sleeves fitted blouse is $9.98 by the way.

Part 2, coming soon.. and it’s red

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