Shopping Strategies 101
In this age of waiting lists and rationing — sure, the Russian look is in for fall, but what is this, the Soviet Union? — making your buying decisions every season has become a contact sport… as well as an exercise in statistical analysis. To wit: When the store racks are merely filled with first shipments, you have to think fast. (Clearly, most of the stuff you’ll be buying at last call shouldn’t even be on your radar at this point. Don’t let them distract you from the task at hand.) Which items do you commit to immediately, buy right on the spot, while it’s still in stock in your size? And which ones do you figure, based on your knowledge of past performances, will still be hanging around at the mid-season sale? Don’t be glib. Study the history of shopping. Get some exercise and take your vitamins.
When you miscalculate your odds, you end up feeling the pain of seeing your Prada crocodile-trimmed straw wedges, purchased well before the temperature rose above 55, sitting on the sale rack in July. Children, learn from my mistakes and start cramming now! Before even venturing into Neiman’s, make your list and check it twice! Need I remind you that your whole fall wardrobe is at stake here?
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