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Anonymous
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Pretentious poster again. I just did a quick search on price points for skirts. I decided to use the Gap as a measure, as it is a store within reach for most consumers. With tax, none of the skirts are below 50 bucks. Before tax, you could buy either a skirt made of camoflage material, or denim. So I'm not sure that my advice to ignore that poster's advice was even wrong, considering that OP stated she was buying this skirt to wear at a party. I certainly don't think it was pretentious.
Old Navy has skirts for below 30 bucks. However, none of them would be appropriate for a party. I looked at Talbots, which has a reputation of being a mid-range to somewhat expensive store, but certainly not an outrageously expensive one. All of their skirts are over 100. I didn't check the sale or outlet portions of their site. Perhaps in the summer, a smart bargain shopper could find a nice skirt for 50. But this is getting to be the winter -- skirts have to be lined and the materials must be more substantial than they are in the summer. I just don't see how the OP could find a skirt that she could wear to a party in this season without spending upwards of 50 dollars. I therefore stand by my statement that this is not a price point that should be considered. You want to call me pretentious, go ahead. Call me a Nazi. I don't care. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
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I also wont spend more than $50 on a skirt - I probably wouldnt spend more than $30 and my wardrobe is mostly skirts.
Macys and Lord & Taylor have beautiful things and great sales with extra 15-20% off coupons! Marshalls also often has beautiful skirts. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
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The Ann Taylor Loft Skirt specifically states that it is not lined, and I doubt most of the other ones are, either.
Gross. Unlined skirts in the winter. Why don't you just take your $30.00, wipe your ass with it, and flush it. Or better, wipe your ass with the skirt and flush it. It won't last much longer than that, anyway. |
Anonymous
I think the most I've paid for a skirt is about $120. (J Crew is not cheap!) It's a good skirt, though - I can wear it to work or to nice dinners and it goes with a lot of different tops. I probably wouldn't spend $300 - I just can't see myself being able to justify that, given my income ($85K) and the other things I could do with that money. Typically I would spend $300 on a skirt, a sweater set and a new pair of boots at DSW. 
If you really love the skirt, maybe you could find it cheaper somewhere else, or a similar skirt for half the price? if it's designer, maybe there's a knockoff somewhere? |
Anonymous
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Zumbamama and the PP have probably posted the most reasonable posts on this topic.
I've now looked at all of the skirts. There are a number of problems. With the exception of the first two and the knee-length one from Sears, all of them look terribly cheap. The knee-length one from Sears does not mention that it is lined; I therefore assume that it is not lined. I will not buy a winter skirt that is not lined. It's trashy. The first two skirts are fine, basic black skirts that one could wear to work, but not to a party. The last one from Macy's looks like it is for a 14 year old girl. The other skirts from Sears (apart from the one I mentioned) are just plain FUGLY. The first two skirts from JCP look like something one might wear on 14th Street. The skirt from Kohl's does not mention a lining; I therefore assume it is not lined. The poster did not ask: Where can I find the cheapest skirt in the land? She asked what is the most people here would consider ever paying for a skirt. For some, it appears that the most they would ever consider spending is also the least amount they could possibly spend. Fine for them. I do not believe for one second that these posters were trying to be supportive of the OP. The intentionally skirted (!) the issue posed the OP: what is the most you would ever spend on a skirt to wear to a fancy party? And came back with a bunch of self-righteous sanctimony about how they would never spend more than 30 bucks; one poster said that she doubts she would ever spend more than 70 bucks on any one item for herself in her life. She must be taking very good care of herself; I'm sure her husband appreciates that. This reminds me a lot of the thread in which some poor woman was made to feel bad for comtemplating an expensive shoe purchase. One poster exclaimed that she goes to Ross and buys shoes that normally cost 70 bucks for 30 bucks, and the thread ended with a vicious attack on another poor poster who confessed to selling a diamond in order to keep her kids safe. What a nice, supportive group you are. |
Anonymous
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My goodness, this has turned in to a cat fight (again).
To answer the OP's original question. I am a thrifty shopper, and I won't pay more than $75 for a skirt. And that skirt would have to fit me like a dream. And I'd have to be sure that my body is done changing post-baby (i.e., I have lost the baby weight) You can buy, and I have a whole closet full of, good looking, well made skirts for under $50. So what. If the OP is looking for someone to help her justify her decision, I am not sure anyone above has done that. Plus, whether you spend $300 on anything is a decision that has to be made in the context of all other items you spend money on, or whether you want to save the money or pay down debt, etc. If this is a one time splurge, then it takes on a different character than if it is a once a month splurge at $300 a pop. OP, if you don't buy the skirt, what would you do with the money? |
Anonymous
Hey, Pretentious Poster, I'm on your side. 
All of this talk about $$$ is irrelevant anyway, as it is totally dependent on your income level. If you make $50k per year, $300 for a skirt is crazy. If you make $500k, it's perfectly reasonable. OP, if you can afford it and love it, go for it. Personally, I think $300 for a well made fashionable skirt that I really love is perfectly reasonable, assuming I don't already have one that looks the same. (meaning I'm not allowed to buy yet another black skirt....) Now go look for some killer Laboutins to go with it! |
Anonymous
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Thanks.
Ultimately, though I think it is unfortunate, I think it is foolish to come here, state that you've been loving a pair of 500 dollar shoes or a 300 skirt and that you can afford it but, since you feel ambivalent about it, you would like to know how much others would spend on a pair of shoes they love or a skirt they love and want to wear for a party. Because, with the exception of someone like me (who has now been flamed both on the shoe thread and this one), you will not get much support. Women that can't afford it will just jump on the opportunity to make you feel bad. And ultimately, I don't really think it's going to change the OPs mind about the shoes or the skirt. I was also once made to feel bad for stating that I drop about 300 bucks every time I go to the salon for a cut, color and brow waxing, with tax and tip. The criticism sure did make me feel bad for about 24 hours, but it didn't change my grooming habits one iota. I like looking good, value my relationship with this particular sylist, the location of his shop, and like to tip 20%. I am far from a rich gal. I love Loehmann's Back Room and Blue Fly and www.smartbargains.com ; I look for promo codes and try to wait for sales. I like outlet shopping and fatwallet.com. I am certainly not above buying my workout clothes and my workout shoes at Target, and I absolutely refuse to be hustled by the cosmetics industry. You will not find any salon quality shampoo in my shower, because I am not of the opinion that they make any difference in the way my hair looks. I take surveys for money -- enough to splurge on a 300 skirt, by golly -- and I personally have never owned a pair of 500 shoes or a 300 skirt. That doesn't mean I never will, and it may well mean I wish I could. Most of my skirts probably cost somewhere just short of 200. They are high-quality and have lasted for years and years and years running. There is no way you are ever going to convince me that the skirts linked to in this thread could hold a candle to the ones I have in my closet. There is something to be said for ammortization. There's also something to be said about getting what you pay for. You can certainly shop smart and save money, but there's only so low that you can go without wasting your money on something very unattractive and low-quality. So, I would suggest that the next time someone is deciding on an expensive purchase that they can afford, they ask a best friend. Don't feed yourselves to the wolves on this board. |
Anonymous
| I think cost per wear is a good way of thinking about a piece. Granted, everyone's reasonable cost is going to be different depending upon financial circumstance, but just because you don't make a lot of $$$, doesn't mean you should buy a cheap skirt. A more expensive, high quality, one that you will wear over and over again over many years may in fact be more financially prudent than a cheap one. |
Anonymous
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Hey 11:12, I'm not some one who would wear a JC Penny skirt, but I'm a big 14th St. fan. What was that all about?
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Anonymous
| Ummm. Not sure what part of 14th Street you like. It's a big street. Part of it, however, belongs to hookers. And that's where I thought those two skirts would fit in. Are you a fan of hookers? |
Anonymous
I like it through the Logan/ U St. area and as far north as Columbia Heights. There's never reason to go further north on 14th, but there are a lot of good things happening throughout the commercial areas even though we have a little more cleaning up to do. How many years has it been since you've been there, PP? |
Anonymous
| I am aware of the many gentrifications that have gone on throughout the area in the years. Let's just ditch the reference to 14th Street altogether and say that the two skirts I originally associated with 14th Street look like something a hooker would wear, and leave it at that. |