Outlets are for Athletes

NEW YORK DAY ONE

The trip from Montreal to New York takes approximately an hour by plane, so why take the road trip option that takes 5 hours more than the air way?...Easy, pit stop at Woodbury Common Premium Outlet. I'm talking Tom Ford, Saint-Laurent, La Perla, the works...all at a fraction of the price. Belinda Carlisle had probably hit up the De La Renta Outlet when she sang that "heaven" is in deed "a place on earth." Is it overwhelming... yes, awesomely so...absolutely.  You see outlet shopping takes a ton of discipline, endurance, and stamina, I'm mean serious self control. It's not because that Gucci Canadian flag purse is 50% off that it deserves any more of a spot in your closet. So of course I bought it anyway. Store to store the bags just keep piling on, the motorcycle leather jacket that was a light option suddenly feels like a spa body wrap treatment, and soon enough the beads of sweat come streaming down. It's time to go hard or get the fuck out. I once stated that "shopping was my cardio"...well outlet shopping is the half-marathon I was training for during those practice rounds. All that to say, it's not quite a trip to H&M when designer collabs are released, but nonetheless it is SERIOUS.SHIT.  

A Little Comfort for the Road

Urban Oufitters hat,  Isabel Marant for H&M scarf,  AllSaints leather jacket and dress, Celine  Trapeze bag, and Isabel Marant wedge boots