J.Karma and Career Wardrobe
Reasonably-good-cause alert!
From J.Karma Boutique, at 62 N 3rd St. in Old City, there’s a donation drive for Career Wardrobe with an added bonus:
November 2nd starts a MONTH long accessory drive for work appropriate shoes and handbags which will be donated to The Career Wardrobe, a non-profit organization which provides free work appropriate clothing and workshops designed to educate and inspire women returning to the workforce.
From November 2nd thru November 30th, J. Karma will be accepting much needed donations to benefit this important cause. During this time, please stop by and donate your gently used work appropriate shoes and handbags – we will also be accepting scarves & jewelry.
In exchange for your generous donations, J.Karma will offer a coupon for $10 off your next purchase of $50 or more OR $20 off your next purchase of $100 or more.
Arright, so $10 off $50 and $20 off $100 are kind of sneaky not-real-coupons, like those standardized Banana Republic/Gap/Express/whichever-mall-store sales in which you always run around trying to find something that’s exactly $5 to go with that $45 skirt and end up buying more than you would have (or maybe that’s just me), but!
The Career Wardrobe is a legit good cause, and I don’t think it’s going too far out there in feminist-land to say that it takes far more effort and money for a woman to outfit herself for most living-wage jobs than it does for her male counterpart, and that on top of that, women tend to be judged more than men on how they dress at work. Like, say you only have two or three work-type outfits and one pair of shoes: way less likely to be noticed if you’re a guy.
So even if you’re not in the market for a new pair of shoes, you might consider the Career Wardrobe when you clean out your closet for the season.
But if you’re looking to take advantage of what they’re offering, here’s some things we like at J.Karma at the moment, in addition to the Melie Bianco bag at the top of the post:
Short and tall boots by Jeffrey Campbell.
Bubble ring by Marlyn Schiff.
…more boots by Jeffrey Campbell. What can we say, we like boots.
Some Splainin’ To Do
Fancy Lashes - Courtesy of Glamour.com
We’re feeling a little bad this morning about whoever had the job of pulling this ad from today’s Inquirer. Looks like they’re going to have some ’splainin’ to do.
One of our fave stores, Express hosted an event called the Hollywood Style Awards last month. There are also pictures on Pop Sugar’s website.
Halloween is a perfect time to try outrageous makeup, and that’s just what some ladies at Glamour did. They even learned some tips and tricks.
Lastly, MTV re-aired an episode of True Life last night, which we love. This episode was good. Maybe they weren’t the most cuddly characters, but the girls featured in True Life: I’m a Compulsive Shopper were really interesting,