Good news at the Mix!

So FINALLY there is some good news at the Mix! The receivers have significantly lowered our rents.. and it is about time. I guess that they realize that if we all leave as tenants, they are going to have to re-tenant it at the going rate anyway so they might as well work with their existing clientele. This is great news, especially going into summer.. Rent is not the biggest drain on finances (no surprise, that honor goes to inventory) but it is significant and monthly and it really makes me want to stay here now that the rent is lower. I have considered moving but really, I would have to set up in another area and go thru all the crap associated with that. Now, if personal issues in my life force me to do that, I will but for right now, this place is good... oh, and I got more cowboy hats in! They are soo darn cute and each one is made specific for my store.

I just wish it was November already and getting a little chilly.. this heat really BITES it.

Tie Dye!

So.. I am in love with tie-dye. There. I have said it. And, I am actually even embarrassed to say that I remember it from the 70's. But that tie-dye was hippie, Grateful Dead-attending, eye-searingly bright colors- serioiusly waaay too much. Now? Just night and day different. I have so many great colors in dresses in different styles.. ya gotta love it.

Michelle Jonas: One of my FAVORITE designers.. her stuff is amazing and sells out so fast.. great fits and just about anyone can wear them. We have got the open- back keyhole dress.. in turquoise and royal blue as well as persimmon and tangerine coming in at the end of the month. We also have the Long Irena dress which is hands down for me the sexiest long dress I have ever worn. Plus, it feels sooo soft.. modal cotton and it feels like I am wearing a nightgown. Right now we have that in the royal blue/turquoise and have it coming in lemon/lime and the persimmon/tangerine.. by the end of the month..

Upstyle: New designer from LA.. just got in her roll-over tube dress in dark purple/eggplant. Super sexy and versatile as you can wear it either as a dress or down at your hips as a long skirt. Plus, the price point on this one is super reasonable.. $119... this one you just can't miss.

So rock on and bring the 70s back.. but waay more hip!

Hats Hats Hats!

SO I LOVE hats! I am getting two types in.. fedoras and cowboy hats!

So what is up with fedoras! They are flippin cute and I can't seem to keep them in stock. Such a great hat and it looks good on everyone. I am getting some in in brown, black, white and cream. Kinda urban/edgy with a cool vibe.

Cowboy hats are great for the pool. This is my thinkin- there are 3 types of hats you can wear at the pool: you got your big floppy hat, your baseball cap, and your cowboy. Seriously, the floppy hat makes you look like an older woman and the baseball is a little too casual. But you put a cowboy hat on with a great bikini and suddenly sexy! The ones I have have crowns on the top and/or fleur de lys and other similar styles. .. natural colors of course to go with everything. I have them custom made by a really cool older lady with pink hair! Literally pink! but she has good hat taste!!!

Summer is here! Ick!!!

Wow, is it just me or did summer just kick us in the pants? I mean, wasn't it like 85 last week and then BAM! 105 . The good news is that just makes it easier and more sensible to come into the store, pick out a little dress or shorts outfit and head out to the pool for a barbecue. Or, find some great little dress that travels well for your vacation trip to the tropics. We have been getting in the cutest little dresses and rompers. Ok, I am going to show my age but helloo!!! Back to the eighties and I LOVE IT!! What I really like about rompers (and dresses for that matter) is that you can wear one outfit and that is it.. no trying to find a bottom (or top), coordinating just means finding the right cool jewelry.

And the maxis.. btw, that is soo funny. New name for long dresses.. but they ARE different. Now designers are using non-fussy fabrics and easy modal cottons so what used to be considered a "dressy" look has become something easy that everyone (including moms) can wear.

So gotta go.. what an amazing day today is.. the weather is just great! I hold myself personally responsible as whenever that happens it is because I am working all day. You can all thank me later..
Ciao!

More drama at the Mix!!

So this is getting to be fun.. when we lost so many stores at the Mix, so many new lines opened up and now I am getting the chance to carry some of the lines that I REALLY want.. that is great! Someone elses' bad luck is always someone else's good right??

So I have some great new lines coming in for fall! yeah!!! I am getting in Single, Stella & Jamie, Krisa, Iron, Sheri Bodell, Tova and Bailey 44!!!

Details....

Single: wonderful, great dresses and tops in delicious printed silks
Stella & Jamie: fun dresses, maxis, tops and skirts all with great leather details and studs
Krisa: Resonably priced dresses and tops with maximum flair for minimum price
Iron: Beautiful special dresses and tops
Sheri Bodell: Gorgeous and sexily sophisticated knit dresses that are amazing on!
Tova: The BEST jewelry line (besides my own of course!) with agate necklaces and bracelets and they are just AMAZING.
Bailey 44: A full line of beautiful contemporary dresses, tops, pants, cardigans.. you name it and they are all just fantastic to wear..

I am also getting in some great Michelle Jonas piecesfor summer as well as fall!!! Yeah! If you guys have not made it in lately, come in and try on the Long Irena maxi dress by Michelle Jonas (if I can keep it in stock that long that is!).. it is the sexiest long dress I have ever seen, and done up in beautiful all -over bamboo tie dye in a wonderful modal cotton. It's like wearing your nightgown out but waaay sexier!!! I literally cannot keep it in stock!


See ya at the store SOON!!!

So I suck at this! Blogging I mean!

Yes, we have established at this point that I am a crappy blogster. .. (is that a word? should be.. ). I am always forgetting to update this thing.. running the store just takes so much time. I promise to get better.

So this week and last week have been horrible because of my computer. Let me tell you, you have to make certain that if you are backing up, the computer is actually BACKING UP. I found that out the hard way when my computer corrupted last week and I have lost about a month of my Quickbooks info and a day of the POS. Talk about a buzzkill! Plus , I have to talk to the idiots in service over at Intuit. Did I happen to mention that they are in India? So I am talking to some guy in effin Calcutta or something. What with the Indian accent, the long distance connection and the fact that they are woefully inandequate means that I am on the phone with them an average of a few hours every time. I swear, I want to reach thru the phone sometimes and pull that little spot off their forehead. Still having problems and not going to be fixed for a while. Plus, I have to do paychecks and stuff so it sucks. My employee is coming in and I will be working on the computer all day until I get somewhere. Wish me luck!

I just met with a great line, Single, and have some of it coming in for the fall..really pretty dresses and tops- great silk prints. Should be good.. plus, I have just placed an order on more of the Michelle Jonas dresses and tops. There modals are just great! Sexy and great fit and they do some cool tie-dyes and colors. I have just rocked on their long v neck dress in the modal. Think I went thru like 25 of them!

So the Mix is still limping along.. heard some rumors (like that never stops! ) about ownership changing, etc., but we will see. I sure would like it to change. The current landlord just never helps out with anything and we get nada. Zip. The big zero. We are now down to four (yep, count em four) fashion stores. Pretty sad. Started with 18. Had one person who will remain un named come thru the other day and snip that she was surprised I am still open. Oh, and btw HER stores are out of business!! Can you say beotch!!!!????But I guess that is fashion and some of the women in the business..

I will post I promise more and better. Mo Betta!

Long time

So it has been QUITE a while since I have posted.. life gets like that sometimes I guess.. Boy, alot of things have changed since the last time! The Mix is down another store now! The one next to me, Judge Me Boutique, left in the middle of the nite. That seems to be the way that they all do it. We originally opened with 18 retailers and now we are down to 4! Can you believe???!!! I feel like a trooper! haha. I am STILL here. It seems that the stores where the owner has an active part are the ones still open. So now in terms of fashion retailers, it is me, Amy Inc., Garage and Joy Li. The good thing is that we all offer something different from each other. Garage has great children's clothes, Amy Inc does great contemporary, Joy Li does modern sophisticated clothing and mine is a mix of contemporary and reasonably priced things. So even if there are only 4 left, we are still a nice little mix.

It will be interesting to see how the spring goes.. traffic is down in general because of the economy as well as the store attrition that we have experienced. But I am positive.. you do what you have to do to keep the doors open and lights on.. I can tell you this tho: I am being MUCH more conservative with my buying at this point.