Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Busy Busy Busy!

*I started writing this 3 days ago and because I've been so busy I didn't finish it until today.

Wow, I had no idea my holiday was going to be so hectic, after the spine/rib incident, we had to take the 'connections' out to dinner (or lunch) as a way of saying thanks, and also Chinese New Year is only 4 days away we had so many relatives to visit! Mum and I are so exhausted we booked a room at a very historic but up to date hotel and we're staying there for 2 weeks (until the 'Chinese New Year' rush is over). The hotel we're staying at is really close to the city centre (15 minutes walk). We settled in pretty fast and treated ourselves even more with a shopping trip in DeJi Plaza; a rather high-end shopping mall famous for being famous (Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Versace, D&G, Gucci etc.), and as we later found out, extraordinarily overrated. But that didn't stop us from staying there for the whole day, as soon as I entered the revolving doors I knew I was in for something extremely cliche; everywhere you looked there were cliche, rich, 'euro-trashy' girls with their husbands. The stock in the designer stores is so much better than Melbourne, but so much more expensive! Mum and I had so much fun trying on clothes and shoes, my mum bought a Burberry trench coat (after trying on every single coat in the shop!!!), a pair of C.Banner boots (C.Banner's not actually in DeJi but I pretty much listing everything we bought that day), expensive granny pants (she decided it was time to "suck it in'), a pair of cropped pants from A-Line, 3 skirts from a boutique that cannot be translated into English and some scarves. I bought a pair of DKNY pants and that is all... Pretty weird for me to buy less than my mum. After DeJi we went to H&M and we were so disapointed, everything is over prices and average. We've yet to pay Zara a visit, I've lowered my expectations by a lot.
XXASAB

1 comment:

Tørlich said...

Do you have both Zara and H&M in Australia, or are they somewhat new to you?
Cause then I understand why you're disappointed in H&M. Crap quality, but overpriced? Hardly, since the clothes cost next to nothing.

Anyways - Zara is much much better. Great quality, but also higher prices. And when I say great quality I of course mean that seeing how low the prices are the quality is great.
In Zara you'll find 100% cashmere cardis and silk dresses, which are nowhere to be found in H&M.

And if you have both stores in Australia, just delete this comment. :)

/Caroline