I woke up early today morning to take Nat to the Villa Moda sale. She had seen this purse two weeks ago which she liked and she figured with the 50% off it would be a much better deal. After not facing any major morning traffic, we arrived to Villa Moda early at 9:40AM to find a large crowd waiting outside the closed doors. We didn’t wait for too long though before the doors opened at 9:55 and the large crowd started rushing into the building. There wasn’t any running or shoving but everyone was moving pretty fast.
The most popular stores inside were Gucci, Prada and D&G in that order. The guys store was empty since there were practically no guys there, they were probably all still asleep like I should have been.
The most surprising thing was that woman weren’t buying an item or two, they were mostly buying in bulk. Its just crazy, I saw one woman with 8 Gucci bags, a few belts and small boxes probably filled with wallets and scarfs. I saw one woman buy the same bag in 3 different colors. It was unreal, everyone was just walking around with a handful of bags and shoes as if they were buying CDs from the discount bin.
It was an interesting experience and although some of you might disagree, 50% off is a lot and makes everything much more approachable. Of course there are exceptions, a 1000KD leather Prada jacket is still expensive even after a 50% discount but a 170KD Prada nylon jacket is now much more affordable at only 85KD. There were a ton of good deals and it does make sense getting there early. The sale is going to last till Monday so it might be worth passing by although I doubt there is much left.
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You know, the real funny thing is that woman probably wouldn’t have ever thought she’d spend over a certain ammount of money for a certain item (everyone has their limits, even the fashion nerds). But when it’s SALE TIME, the point of which is to save money in the first place (in my understanding of it), it magically becomes ok for her to buy items that are individually cheaper than before the sale, but in total end up costing more than what she would’ve paid in a non-sale shopping session. Truly a ridiculous spectacle.
Store Clerk (who pronounces the “S” sound in a gay manner): Ma’am, would you like to buy our sssuper duper fashionable Omelet Du Fromage purse? It was made by thuper famousss Frenchman!
Simpleton Customer: Boi you must be outcho mind! I aint pain no daayymn faave hunned and fitty dollas fo no daayymn omelet purse! Boi u tryin ta hustle me?!
Store Clerk: Oh no ma’am, I would never try to hussstle you, I’ve never been to the ghetto I thwear! Ma’am, you won’t believe what’s going on today…we…have…a…fabulouth……TTTHHHHHAAAAAAAALEE!!!111oneoneone
Simpleton Customer: SAY WHAAAAAAAAAT?! HOW MUCH DAT PURSE GOIN FO?
Store Clerk: Only FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS MA’AM!
Simpleton Customer: I’LL TAKE FIIIVE!
Store Clerk: Faabulousss! That’ll be $2,500 pleasse :).
Simpleton Customer: Hehehe, that sure is a bargin :).
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If you think the crowd was bad outside Villa Moda thn you should see the crowd outside Harrods on the 1st of Jan. ppl sleep outside the doors from the night before in the freezing cold.. But on the other hand one is getting a really good deal in Harrods unlike Villa moda where they put stuff in the sale from 2 or 3 seasons ago where as with Harrods the goods are only couple of months old.
How much are they paying u for this advertisement?
I never unnderstood why women fall for brands, or is it somekind of competition on who has the best looking bags! Most of these brand so called designer are based on a fad that some famous trend setter liked and was shown in a magazine and here goes the neighborhood. I mean really, will wearing the newest Prada makes as famous or rather infamous as Britney, or is it that they are trying to pass a message to their GF, that they are a cut above the rest, or wearing such a bag will make them the life of the party!! I mean hey you dont see us rushing out to buy BOSS just because some wise guy on the silver screen wore it. I guess women has other priorities than us which I for one will never be able to figure out..
when u need to go to such a sale for a bargain it seems ur maybe not the right person to be buying designer brands, better to go to buy the fakes in asia.
fatfukka thats the lamest thing I’ve heard. If you don’t want to pay full price on a prada go get a fake? Thats the stupidest advice.
So did Nat get purse she wanted?
I don’t see anything wrong with buying sale items
No, it was sold a few days earlier but she did find this other purse which she had seen when we were in Paris.
50% off villa moda’s price? thats not a good deal since that place is already over priced.
explanation of what you saw today: Kuwait women are $@&#ED UP IN THE HEAD
3azeez the purse Nat got was cheaper in Paris by just KD20 so the stuff isn’t that over priced here. Actually some of the items are cheaper here if you compare them to the prices on eluxury.com or amazon.com (although with the falling dollar i don’t know if thats still true)
Monotheist, you sound like a jealous little man who penny pinches his way through life. The point of a sale is to save money on items that were previously beyond people’s normal budgets. Perhaps some of the ladies were buying in bulk because EID is around the corner??
Buying a Prada is not the same as buying Next. The design, quality of fabric and ‘cut’ are what makes the items different.Compare a pair of Prada shoes with some from Aldo’s – you’ll probably be shocked at how cheap the finishing is.
Kuwait2Beirut, they go for brands because they wont to look different from each other. Places like H & M bring 5000 pairs of the same dress, D & G bring 5. It’s about being unique.
That was pure insanity! lol! it was funny passing by, but riding was more fun!
Britney wears Prada?!
Stan,
Yes, I’m a jealous little money pinching man because I don’t shop for ghey overpriced clothes at Villa Moda, what an excellent observation. I know what a sale is, I already defined it for you in my first comment.
I don’t care about the difference between Prada and Next, if it looks good and feels comfortable I’m going to wear it regardless. I couldn’t care less abouth whether or not it was made by some famous Italian guy, it could be made by Jamshed the local Pakistani tailor for all I care. I guess I don’t enjoy “the finer things in life” (read: the ridiculously superficial and pointless things in life).
Just because eid is around the corner doesn’t mean you need to go nuts at villa moda or anywhere else. This mass consumersim crap isn’t uniquely Kuwaiti anyway, you should see how people react to holidy shopping in the states. It happens in most countries with malls in the world and it receives the same criticism everywhere.
btw, I wear generic black sneakers that you could have a forensic scientist examine all day and he wouldn’t be able to tell who made it. I’ve had them for 4 years and I’ll keep wearing them till they get torn appart. Then I’ll patch them up at the jam3iya and keep wearing them for another 4 years.
Monotheist some people do care about the quality of clothes and the uniqueness and style that comes along with certain brands.
Although Next and BHS might be fine with you, other people are looking for more and this is when brands come into place. You don’t have to get luxury brands like Prada or Gucci, my favorite brands for example are Hurley and Volcom. I care about what I wear, just because you don’t doesn’t mean people who do are wrong.
And its not only a Kuwait thing, its a world wide thing, you have people like you who don’t care about style or fashion and people who do.
Monotheist, have to agree with Stan and Mark’s points. YOU may not care what you dress like but a hell of a a lot of people do.
Example: if you showed up to a meeting wearing shorts and slippers, you wont get the same respect as walking in with a suit and tie. Likewise, if you went into McDonald’s and the servers were all wearing their regular clothes, it would distort your image about the place.
Image is everything.
You took the words right out of my mouth Mark ; ) .
Probably the above arguments are correct, the only issue related to the cost is the design and the brand, if production is moved to the asian market than prices will drop significantly. However I have to say there are a lot of creative people outthere providing cool designs without the brand tags, I dont see this is something that should delute the value of the item, tags are tags the main thing is how cool it will look on you. I dont see why someone should be killing themselves to wear a brand when it does not fit the mold. Unfortunately lots of women falls victims of this trap.
Mark and Croco,
This isn’t a point of disagreement between me and you guys. I do realize that many people care about the way they look, and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. What I am saying, however, is that some people take it way WAY over the top. This is what I have an issue with and do not understand the justification for at all.
And obviously you have to present yourself well at your place of work and generally dress for the occassion. I don’t disagree with this at all, no one is suggesting that people should show up at formal meetings in shorts and flipflops. This is one end of an extreme, the opposite of which is insisting on buying ridiculously expensive clothes that are indistinguishable from cheaper ones just because they carry a certain brand name.
And just so we’re on the same page here, this is just my opinion. I certainly can’t say that what those people do is wrong because that’s all relative, but I can definitely say that the justification for it isn’t exactly profound, to put it mildly.
Usually, when you ask someone to explain why these clothing items are worth the money, they’d tell you it’s because they look nice and feel comfortable. Well the obvious next question is, why not get something that looks and feels the same but is cheaper, and the justification for this usually is that the expensive item is “special” because it was made by a famous designer.
This really is what it all boils down to, some french dude made it, therefore it’s cool. In reality, it isn’t about the brand name, because the brand name in and of itself has zero bearing on the quality of the shirt, rather its about people’s preception of the brand name and all the “glamor” attached to it. This is what I resent and deeply disagree with. Essentially, it’s about showing off, otherwise the cheap shirt that feels and looks like the expensive shirt would’ve been the choice.
No offense to anyone, this is just how I feel about it.
I have one thing to say about buying deseigner clothes in kuwait.. “ALL DRESSED UP AND NO WHERE TO GO!”. As to the quality of desiegner clothes, you are not paying for the quality, you are paying for the name that is like an official stamp made for you just to prove that you spent that amount on that item of clothing. As for uniqueness.. hehe, we are in kuwait, all women have the same bags from the same deseigners, etc… its rediculas..
It’s a huge rip off. First they make you think you need to wear clothes with their names on them, then they try to convince you to feel better when you do wear them, convincing you that u are now a better person.
one word tefahaat. I went through this faze when i was in my early 20’s.
I used to shop weekly at Harvey Nick’s and Harrod’s since they were a short walking distance from our house in london. Been there, done that when i was a kid.. I’ve since corrected my ways.
However, if you do need to feel “special” and need the attention from small minded local idiots, or need to conform with them to feel accepted by them, or even to contend with them on who has been ripped off the most, then go ahead.
I am intitaled to my opinion.
MonotoneTheist prob spends all his money secretly on alcohol, drugs and abortions for the filipino maids he impregnated while he preaches about religion on the internet LMFAO.
Seriously who cares what people spend their money on? It’s their money. why give yourself a heart attack over it?
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go slow and you’ll like it, slow life is the good life,,
It’s just my opinion, my spiteful son, why get your panties in a bunch over it? This is the comment section, where you’re supposed to weigh in with your opinion.