Forever 21! Forever 21!

Yay! Finally, Forever 21 has opened in Winnipeg!

Though I didn’t join the throngs of girls lined up on Saturday morning for their grand opening (my sister said the salespeople were hyping up the crowd chanting “Forever 21! Forever 21!”), I’m definitely excited that there is now another option for trendy, inexpensive clothes and accessories! Actually, I’m more excited about the fact that there is a section for us slightly healthier girls! The section is bigger than most though, still tiny in relation to the rest of the store. The store itself, I’m told, is the biggest in Canada (yay for that!) and even includes a guy section. There seems to be a ton of salespeople, which is awesome for the pay line-ups. I’m anticipating that since this is all still a new novelty, the line-ups will continue for a little while. So far, the store is nicely organized and clean, though I didn’t really walk around too much. What I did see though, I was happy about. I can see spending many an hour here, exploring everything they have to offer.

In a world inundated with “skinny girl clothes”, it was refreshing to see a large(r than most) “healthy girl” section. Also, it was nice that it wasn’t immediately obvious that it was a different section from the rest of the store (unless you looked above where the sign said Forever 21+). This however, confused some of the shoppers as I noticed that not everyone in that section was…healthy. This was also fine as I’m sure people would have noticed that the sizing was different once they looked at the tags. There was no need for this one girl who stage-whispered to her mother “Mom! This section is for fat people!” as she side-long glanced over to me. I stared back and gave her face. Luckily for her she quickly took off with her mother in tow. Be-atch. 

Despite that little “reminder” that not everyone is created equal (I suppose not everyone can be as fabulous as me!), I found a cool, colorful leopard print sheer flowy tank that I plan to wear with black leggings in the spring! There was more stuff too, but I will have to save that for a weeknight, when hopefully the line-ups for the change rooms aren’t as ridic.

Even if the clothes aren’t of the greatest quality, they’re nice enough to keep up with the latest trends without having to shell out too much moolah! I for one am glad that we finally have one, though I’m sure Costa Blanca (which opened up right across from it) might feel differently...(they just need to move to another part of the mall I think). But finally, us Winnipeg girls won't have to travel to Minneaps or Edmonton to look for cute, party clothes!

Now, if only we could get that pesky Ikea opened…