Fashion treasures in the Fashion District...fact or fiction???

30 days of dishing on New York done already!  Wow where does a month go.

People keep asking me, “Do you still like New York?” and saying things like, “You just hold on to that pretty smile for as long as you can dear.”  Are they trying to scare me.  Am I missing something.  I guess that just means they don’t see what I see.  Endless possibility.  And today I discovered endless shopping possibility New York style.

It’s called wholesale stores. Really!  There’s an area of town that virtually everyone has heard of but relatively few people go to called the FASHION DISTRICT.  It’s between 5th and 8th Avenue bordered roughly by 20th street to the south and 34th street to the north.  Every block is filled with jewelry, clothing, accessories, furs and of course…shoes.  Many famous clothing houses have showrooms in the area so naturally models, stylists and fashion-conscious treasure hunters can be seen roaming the area 7 days a week.  Seriously savvy New York City women take advantage of the great buys here on a regular basis but (from my recent experience) aren’t to keen about dishing about it.  A great magician never gives away their secrets.

There is so much to choose from the faint-of-fashion-heart can get a little unraveled threading in and out of the jacquard weave of side streets and dazzling merchant displays with “wholesalers only” signs spiked unwelcomingly in the windows.  Many of the shops do open their doors to simple retail buyers and offer amazing bargain prices, it just takes a little time to sort out the good quality from the junk and figure out who’s retail friendly and who’s New York nasty.

A little perseverance pays off.  I found earnings for 2 and 3 bucks that most people are paying $20 or $30 for at their favorite dress shop because guess what…that savvy dress shop owners shops here too.  Bags…oh the bags!  And I don’t mean cheap knock-offs, I mean gorgeous, nice quality bags at prices so low even my limbo-champion friend Kim would be knocked over.  I found beautiful necklaces, sunglasses, scarfs….and I’m just getting started.  Over the next 10 days I plan to tear through The Fashion District with a fine rat-tail comb.  And when I do find all the best deals in town I WON’T TELL ANYONE exactly where they are nor will I feel like a heal ‘cause that’s what a real savvy New York woman would do (or not do)!  Heeheehee