Re/Dress NYC Online
Bringing you new & vintage fab fun fatshions online. www.redressnyc.com. xoxox from the Re/Dress boutique, it was a magical 3 years!
FINALLY getting the vintage online.
One of a kind vintage dresses.
Two months feels both like forever, and a very short time to have said goodbye to you all and closed the Re/Dress NYC boutique in Brooklyn. I miss your smiling faces, sharing that joy of watching you emerge from the dressing rooms in a fantastic outfit and facilitating the commitment to engaging with our bodies in a more positive and liberating way. Re/Dress NYC showed the world that shopping is about more than just finding something cute to wear and that plus size folks can walk the walk when it comes to using fashion as a tool of self expression. I hope Re/Dress was a place where you felt like you could come up to the edges of your comfort zone and take a step beyond. I know that I was inspired on a daily basis by the fierce styling of my shopgrrls and our customers and I hold those images in my mind as I get dressed everyday.
Recently I was in LA to celebrate Marie Denee’s 3rd bloggeversary for The Curvy Fashionista. I saw colleagues and customers and one of our INDIE+ models Alicia Fajardo, rocking a fantastic polka dot bodysuit with puff sleeves that she got at the store (omg we had the wildest stuff!). I thought of you all as I bought for the online store, scouring the wholesale markets for exciting styles that I knew would inspire and delight you. I thought of particular customers as I bought X top or Y dress, knowing it would be something they’d love. I hope that you’ll check out our online store as it continues to grow and evolve with new and vintage fashions. I know that it will never be a replacement for the experience of shopping in Re/Dress Brooklyn. The Re/Dress website is a place where I get to take my knowledge and experience of dressing you for the last 3 years and find just those things that I know you’ll love and will make a positive difference in your lives and wardrobes; TEGGINGS anyone?
The challenge to you is to find ways in your life and community to maintain the other aspects of shopping at Re/Dress Brooklyn that can only be achieved in person.
If you’re local to New York, plan to shop at The Big Fat Flea in May - http://bigfatflea.tumblr.com/ (formerly known as The Fat Girl Fleamarket)
Or if you’re near Boston, attend the Big Thrifty also in May - https://www.facebook.com/TheBigThrifty
Or organize your own body positive clothing swap with your friends, classmates, and neighbors. It doesn’t have to be a large event like The Big Fat Flea to be fun and have an impact on your style and how you feel about yourself.
Seek to create the kind of environment you’d like to have while shopping, so if it means bringing friends with you when you shop, or becoming friendly with the sales associates at your local Lane Bryant, you have more control over the kinds of experiences you have out in the world than you think.
Photo from http://b1design.blogspot.com/
If anything we created at Re/Dress made a positive impact in your life, just know that’s now a permanent part of you. Just because Re/Dress in Brooklyn might not exist any more, that doesn’t mean that you aren’t just as amazing, beautiful and fabulous as you felt there. Resist anything that makes you feel less than gorgeous. Don’t be afraid to take the space you need. The power for revolution rests inside us all.
xox,
Deb
2 months have gone by and I have finally been able to bring myself to view this fantastic video by Zachary Kussin about our final INDIE+ show.
::tears::
xox,
Deb
The return of the crinoline! Just in time for Valentine’s Day!
http://www.redressnyc.com/categories/Accessories/
Answer:
Hi 8planetsandamuse! Thanks for your input about the online store. I understand that shopping online requires taking a risk with ordering clothing and finding that they may not work for you. I’ve worked in online retail before I opened Re/Dress NYC the boutique and I get that it’s not as easy as trying on a bunch of things in a dressing room and buying what fits.
You may not know that Re/Dress is not corporately supported, we are not zappos, which is owned by Amazon (a billion $ company) nor City Chic which is like the Lane Bryant of Australia. We’re just one tiny company and we actually lose money on the shipping costs on every order with the flat rate shipping we charge. We looked around at companies that we consider our compatriots and they all charge shipping (like Modcloth, LucieLu, Monif C…).
What you do get with Re/Dress Online is my expertise buying clothing that I know my customers want and will love. I hand pick everything that is sold on the site. Many things like the vintage pieces are one of a kind or the others are bought in small batches and not found in other stores or websites. We try our best to give you top notch customer service. If you have questions about any items, please email us at online@redressnyc.com or call (800) 328-1517. We will do our best to help you find what you need.
Thanks again for your feedback. We will continue to try to make our shopping experience better and better as time goes on.
xox,
Deb
Whooooo hooooo! Delish!
Hey it’s me standing strong for kids to feel good about themselves instead of shaming them into the multi billion dollar diet industry! Have a cookie and go play little friends! Original photo by Allison Michael Orenstein.
Another person stands with Stand4Kids!
(A response to ads that target children with weight bigotry in Georgia.)
Answer:
The Re/Dress boutique is permanently closed. It was a magical 3 years. We are online only and planning for pop up shops in the Spring and beyond. New clothes are online now and we’ll be adding more and more every week.
New Arrivals are online now. Crinolines & vintage are up next!
Very limited quantities.
http://www.redressnyc.com/categories/New-Arrivals/
and of course, we always have TEGGINGS!
http://www.redressnyc.com/categories/Bottoms
Passing on this beautiful piece of wisdom…. I think one of the greatest gifts we can give is love, to others and ourselves. Enjoy :)
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real…
