If you love something...

The other day I was having a discussion with one of my friends, who also happens to be my fashion guru. This girl is ALL about fashion. I love hearing her designer shopping stories and purchasing dilemmas...("Have you seen those RIDIC Burb Boots? I NEED THEM!") She gives me advice on all the best shopping websites (yoox.com!!!) and updates me on crazy sales (I'm still kicking myself for not ordering those Jimmy Choos from that once-in-a-lifetime sale. Everytime she wears hers, she says "Dude, I told you!! You shoulda got in on it!" I know. I know. Sigh.). I force her to take pics of her purchases if only to experience these designers vicariously through her...If Madonna or Gwyneth Paltrow has it, she is also getting it! We discuss designers like Alexander Wang, Isabel Marant and Stella McCartney (Well actually, she discusses it and I sit there with my mouth hanging open in awe). She's even introduced me to her personal shopper...Yeah, she's THAT kind of fashionista!  

Anyways, we were discussing how sometimes you buy something because you just absolutely NEED to have it. It's not even a question. Your life was meaningless before this purchase and if you hadn't gotten it, you might as well not bother with the rest of your life because there is just nothingness if you don't have it. (A little over the top perhaps? Ah...no.) We were talking about loving an item so much that you can't even bring yourself to wear it or use it because it's just so GOOD. It's the complete opposite of "Crying in the Rain".

Take for example, this Joseph Altuzarra* skirt that she had ordered...(from Paris, no less!). She finally got it and was totally in love. She brought it with her to wear on her latest trip. She said she took it out of her suitcase, admired it, and promptly packed it back in. It was too good, she couldn't even stand to wear it. I said I felt the same way about my Burb shawl. I absolutely ADORE this shawl. I didn't even want to take it off in the store, but pretty much as soon as I got it home, I couldn't bear to take it off the velvet hanger and garment bag it came in. Oh, I did deign to wear it once on our cruise last year, but I was so stressed out about it! Right after dinner, I tenderly folded it back up into the delicate tissue paper and slipped it into another bag, before I put it right back into my suitcase. I did bring it on my last trip to NY, as that would be a perfect place for me to wear it...but I did the same thing she did with her Altuzarra...I took it out, admired it and promptly re-packed it. (She chided me for this too, saying "Dude, you're supposed to wear it on the plane, so you can be all nice and toasty!") Anyways, this is exactly how I feel about that Ostrich feather clutch from Club. It's too good. TOO good. I'll probably never use it. But my life will be empty without it.

I was discussing this with my husband later on, struggling to articulate how we felt about these pieces, but it turns out, he completely understood. He said "Oh, just like with my Jordans?" Precisely. He loves those shoes so much, the thought of them touching the ground is absolutely unheard of. Nevermind they were technically made to actually play the game of Basketball in.

You know that saying "If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back to you, it was never yours to begin with..." (or something like that). Well, I say, "If you love something, do whatever you can to get it. If it tries to get away, lock it up." Ah, thank you.

*PS. How HOT is Joseph Altuzarra?! We likey!!!