Store Spotlight: HeReJ

As a huge Forever21, Necessary Clothing, Nasty Gal and H&M junkie, you can imagine how thrilled I was to come across another store in the budget-friendly-but-has-sick-clothing category.

Introducing my newest discovery, HeReJ.

I came across HeReJ on Refinery29’s “Reserve” site (which, by the way, is unbelievable). Right now, Reserve & HeReJ are offering $60 worth of clothing for only $30. Yes, that’s double the money to spend, people.

Here are my picks:

Velvet Leopard Blazer – $39

Red Frige Earrings – $12

Floral Kimono – $44

For $30, you could be adding some awesome new pieces to your wardrobe. So, what are you waiting for?

What do you think of HeReJ? Will you be shopping their site? Let us know in a comment! 

Real or Steal: Lita Edition

Jeffrey Campbell has made “Lita” one of the most popular girl names of 2011.

While I’d be more apt to drop $160 on a basic Lita (like this black pair) that I’d match with anything, or one so intricate that it’s highly unlikely that they’ll be copied for cheap (like this studded pair), some patterns are just too trendy to bother wasting money on.

Case and point: American flag Litas. Sure, they’re cool and could totally work for 4th of July or just even with a pair of jeans and a white tee, at the end of the day, they’ll probably be closer to the back of your closet than the front.

That’s why I flipped when I saw that Necessary Clothing had copied this pair for only $45.

While their “Necessary Lita” comes in an array of colors, the Red, White and Blue pair is a dead ringer for the Jeffrey Campbell ones, so when your feet no longer feel so patriotic, you won’t feel so guilty.

What do you think of Litas? Love them, or hate them? Would you rather splurge on them or save? Let us know in a comment!

Deals, Deals, Deals

Someone please explain this to my parents…

I’ve had such a busy break and because of it, have had very little time to shop. Thankfully, my interview the other day was in SoHo, which is by far my favorite place to peruse when I need to get my fashion fix.

Although I didn’t go in with the intention of shopping, hello, I am me and couldn’t resist the allure of some of my favorite stores.

The best deals that I found though were in Urban Outfitter‘s sale section and Necessary Clothing.

UO already has a gigantic area dedicated to their sale items on their 3rd floor in their SoHo location, but because of their extra holiday sales, everything was an extra 50% off the sale price. Um, can you say cha-ching?

On the other hand, Necessary Clothing doesn’t need to have a sale section to have unbeatable prices.

Here’s what I scored:

1. Skull Crop Button Up from NC: $25.99
2. Neon Green Half-Button Up: $27.99 (NC’s website only has Black and Burgundy in stock though)
3. Navy Half-Button Up: $27.99
4. Kim Chi Blue High Waisted Velvet Shorts with Lace Trim: originally, these were $49.00, and had been reduced to $19.99. With the extra 50% off, they came out to.. $9.99
5. Levi’s High Waisted Flair Jeans from UO: originally these were priced at $78, but had been reduced to $9.99. If that wasn’t insane enough, with the extra 50% off, I got these babies for… $4.99.

If you’re in the SoHo area this winter, I definitely recommend checking out both of these stores plus the sale racks at any of your other favorites. You never know what you’ll find!