Sounded too good to be true, I suspected they were gonna just give us old stocks that couldn't get sold out.
But ultimately Jiayi managed to persuade me and the ad was attractive enough.
The ad said, 'bags/accessories/clothes/shoes' included, and they said that the shopping time was limited to 1 hour. (but when we were there, they cut it to 20 minutes.)
I thought, maybe i'll just get some accessories and bags if the clothes don't suit me.
But inside the shop, it was a whole different story. There were mostly only clothes strewn on a table and on the floor, and I think I speak for most of the girls there when I say, 99% of the clothes there wereugly as fuck not very nice.
Shoes: I only saw one pair of heels, and they were ugly as well.
But inside the shop, it was a whole different story. There were mostly only clothes strewn on a table and on the floor, and I think I speak for most of the girls there when I say, 99% of the clothes there were
Shoes: I only saw one pair of heels, and they were ugly as well.
Accessories: NO necklaces/rings which I was looking forward to. Belts were okay (though mostly not my style), contact lenses (with degrees, so obviously I can't get them), false eyelashes (not for me either since I don't wear them). /edit: p.s. they said max 3 accessories
Bags: Yeah there were bags, they weren't bad I think (didn't really manage to have a good look), but the 'buffet bag' they provided was puny. It was impossible to even try to squeeze one of the bags into an EMPTY buffet bag, let alone try to squeeze it with other items. So I didn't really bother to look at the bags much because i knew it was impossible to get them.
Bags: Yeah there were bags, they weren't bad I think (didn't really manage to have a good look), but the 'buffet bag' they provided was puny. It was impossible to even try to squeeze one of the bags into an EMPTY buffet bag, let alone try to squeeze it with other items. So I didn't really bother to look at the bags much because i knew it was impossible to get them.
Here's the buffet bag. Tiny!
My shopping experience there wasn't very good. People weren't as pushy as I expect (thank god! I detest pushy people) but got bumped a lot -__-
Anyway, people were just grabbing and grabbing and myself with an (STILL) empty buffet bag, I was like 'FFFUUUUU--- nothing is catching my eye!' So I decided to just grab whatever looked nice... which was hard, considering most of the clothes were really ugly.
This was the first thing I FINALLY decided to grab:
Looked nice at first glance cos I only saw the sleeves, so i just grabbed it cos I was miserable with an empty bag :(When I got home I saw the 2 ribbons on the sleeves and I went LOL. Too fucking cutesy for me HAHAHAHAHAHA. Might cut the ribbons off, or not, we'll see.For this top, the sewing job was not very nicely done, loose threads everywhere. But it's not that bad overall so I'll let it pass.
Then again I'm still not sure if I would wear this top out :/
Got this belt. I honestly don't need another belt but NOTHING else there was good, seriously. At least this belt caught my eye and was small enough to be squeezed into the buffet bag.
Ah, this dress. At first i just grabbed it because of the nice mint colour, then I went, "I have no idea what this is wtf" to Jiayi. Another girl actually heard me and she laughed HAHAHAHA!!But I just took it anyway because I wanted to fill up my buffet bag.
Figured i could go home and DIY it and make it into something wearable or cut it entirely and make something new out of the material (was thinking of making a scalloped top! Cos I always can't find my size outside!).
But when I got home i realised it's sort of like a halter-neck multi-way dress? Something like a halter neck dress but you can tie it in more than one way because the halter strap is longer.
But it's SO NOT ME and it doesn't look very nice and it isn't exactly my size either. It's free size.
I hate 'free size'. Free sizes are meant for bloody average-sized people! Petite, tall or larger sized people can't wear them. So screw all the average-sized people in the world
!!! HAHAHAHA! (*hint hint Tammy inside joke!)
So yes, this was a bad find, unless I can find some way to DIY and make it into something I would wear :/
This ribbon, I saw it on the floor and just added it into my buffet bag but I have no idea what I would use it for HAHAHAHAHAHA but the tag says it retailed for $16 so I was like NO I PAID $30 FOR THIS BUFFET AND I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING I WANT AND THE CLOTHES ARE SHIT, SO I'M GONNA JUST TAKE THIS.
My PERSONAL opinion after Theblogshop's clothes buffet is that this whole thing is a marketing strategy to clear all their old, unwanted stocks that they NEVER managed to sell out for a long time.
To say it is a 'CLOTHES BUFFET' is just putting it nicely (in contrast to 'CLEARANCE SALE'), and make it seem more attractive to people. After all, if they sold those ugly clothes at a clearance sale at a cheap price, no one would buy them. But if the clothes were under a 'clothes buffet', people would just grab the clothes without much consideration even if they looked like crap because they already paid money beforehand for the clothes buffet, which isn't refundable.
I mean, say it was a clearance sale, and I was there. I wouldn't get any clothes from there even if they were $5 each. Other customers would probably not buy the clothes either. If that happens, Theblogshop wouldn't earn much, and they'd still be stuck with all the unwanted clothes which they'd never manage to sell.
So yes, I've got to give it to them, great marketing strategy because not only did they manage to clear their old ugly stocks (sorry I'm just going to be blunt here because they were really terrible), but they also managed to earn a shit load of money out of it. BRAVO MY FRIENDS AT THEBLOGSHOP, BRAVO.
Ultimately, it's still my own fault for deciding to go for the clothes buffet, because knowing myself,
1. I standing under the hot sun. (did that for 1hour++ queueing outside the shop)
2. I hate shopping in chaotic environments, like in a sale, and this was a 20-minute buffet so imagine, people there being crazy as hell and I'm like, just chilling (but inside feeling VERY annoyed at the pushy people)... HAHAHA
I should have known better myself! But what's done is done and thankfully it was only $30 so it wasn't a big loss. (still feel cheated though!)
Anyway, I seldom go shopping at Haji Lane so I decided to walk around for a bit with Jiayi and I found this 3/4 maxi I really like! It was $40 after a discount (originally $49) which is kind of overpriced because it's of a really thin cotton material + it's brandless. :(
That's one thing i don't really like about shopping at Haji Lane! The boutiques are really small and independent, so their stuff are usually really overpriced.
I bet the cost price is a fraction or lesser, but oh well, at least I ACTUALLY like it!
Super love the print! :)
I better make sure i wear it though, I realise I always buy dresses but never wear them because I think they're inconvenient for school hahaha.
I would really rather spend more on something i know i will like than going for a clothes buffet though. So yesss, first and LAST clothes buffet experience for me!