RETIRED The Official VS, Beauty & more Thread

Yeah, I learned the hard way to keep it simple with them. One time I needed a red wool coat taken in right before we flew to London. They had 48 hours - I picked it up and on the way to the airport, I got stuck with a pin they had left in, it drew blood I also noticed that the dry cleaners seemed to be a family-run business. The "seamstress" looked like a 90 yr old grandma chained to a sewing machine, so I felt bad...

Review time!

Metallic tweed jacket [victoriassecret.com] - i've been looking for a tweed jacket for awhile, and this one is very cute. it's much more shiny irl because of the metallic threads. sleeves are a bit long, but i'm pretty short. it's has an asymmetrical zipper in the front. the zippers on the sleeves are a little big and make a loud sound when moved. the only things i would nitpick about is that the collar is raw and unfinished and there is only one pocket zipper on the right hand side, which makes it look a little unbalanced. overall, it's more of a rockerish type of jacket versus a chanel-esque tweed jacket, but i do really like it and would recommend it.

VS pencil jean [victoriassecret.com] - got this in the well worn blue wash, 30" inseam, and size 0. it's a little loose, fits more like boyfriend jeans on me than skinny jeans. the length is still long on me and the opening is a little loose, but that actually works for me-- i just double cuff it and wear the jeans like boyfriend jeans. love them and would recommend as well.

i also ordered the same vs pencil jean, but in a different wash--the clean blue. when it came, the bag was marked a completely different wash. irl, the color is deeper with a lot of fading in the middle and whiskering--which i like more than how it was pictured online. the fit was completely different than the well worn blue though--runs smaller, but is still too big to wear as skinnies for me, yet too small to work as boyfriend jeans. it's a return for me, but it's still very cute if it fits someone else properly.

Dream Angels Demi Bra (from SAS link) - got it in ivory with metallic lace. Similar here [victoriassecret.com] I just have to say that I LOVE this bra. love it. it's absolutely gorgeous and my new favorite bra. too bad i don't have anyone to show it to keeper. i wish i bought it in more colors yesterday.

so sorry. that is not good workmanship if the seam is falling out. i think express pants are getting bigger, so that's why you're getting the saggy butt. vs actually makes some decent work pants in a short inseam. i just bought the kate bootcut--the material is pretty good, but the inseam is a little on the short side if i wanted to wear high heels (i like my pants to almost touch the floor when i wear heels since i need all the illusion of height i can get).

I had a lady hem a $225 long dress too short & I couldn't wear it. I've been afraid to have anything altered since them. If it doesn't fit right, I send it back now.

I'm loving the new express card. My bday gift was $40 this year.

Dream Angels Demi Bra (from SAS link) - got it in ivory with metallic lace. Similar here [victoriassecret.com] I just have to say that I LOVE this bra. love it. it's absolutely gorgeous and my new favorite bra. too bad i don't have anyone to show it to keeper. i wish i bought it in more colors yesterday.

What are you doing at your gyno visit, playing chess? I'm giving my doc the money shot. I'm not sure they're doing it right if you're not doing that I did not know you had to be au naturale for lazering. how about regular bikini waxing?

Well, today I got 3 checks from VS. Two of them were 1 penny each and another one was for 50 cents. When VS had FS on any order I placed 2 $9.99 orders and one $9:50 (all with SRC), so they sent me whatever was left on my SR cards. It doesn't even make sense, because I could have used the remaining value last night or at the store, but it's VS.

I had $.01 and .02 credited back to my card and could not figure out what it was from.

Vsshopper - Thats totally insane that usps/ups/fedex people dont sort the mail in your apartment. I think its thier job to do that. What if someone has any edible delivery.

Interesting about Express. I guess I was excited about their work pants when I started my job and stuff, but they just don't fit well. I tried buying VS' work pants and it, too, fit terribly, but this was years ago. I guess I can give it a whirl again!

Review time!

Metallic tweed jacket [victoriassecret.com] - i've been looking for a tweed jacket for awhile, and this one is very cute. it's much more shiny irl because of the metallic threads. sleeves are a bit long, but i'm pretty short. it's has an asymmetrical zipper in the front. the zippers on the sleeves are a little big and make a loud sound when moved. the only things i would nitpick about is that the collar is raw and unfinished and there is only one pocket zipper on the right hand side, which makes it look a little unbalanced. overall, it's more of a rockerish type of jacket versus a chanel-esque tweed jacket, but i do really like it and would recommend it.

VS pencil jean [victoriassecret.com] - got this in the well worn blue wash, 30" inseam, and size 0. it's a little loose, fits more like boyfriend jeans on me than skinny jeans. the length is still long on me and the opening is a little loose, but that actually works for me-- i just double cuff it and wear the jeans like boyfriend jeans. love them and would recommend as well.

i also ordered the same vs pencil jean, but in a different wash--the clean blue. when it came, the bag was marked a completely different wash. irl, the color is deeper with a lot of fading in the middle and whiskering--which i like more than how it was pictured online. the fit was completely different than the well worn blue though--runs smaller, but is still too big to wear as skinnies for me, yet too small to work as boyfriend jeans. it's a return for me, but it's still very cute if it fits someone else properly.

Dream Angels Demi Bra (from SAS link) - got it in ivory with metallic lace. Similar here [victoriassecret.com] I just have to say that I LOVE this bra. love it. it's absolutely gorgeous and my new favorite bra. too bad i don't have anyone to show it to keeper. i wish i bought it in more colors yesterday.

Interesting about Express. I guess I was excited about their work pants when I started my job and stuff, but they just don't fit well. I tried buying VS' work pants and it, too, fit terribly, but this was years ago. I guess I can give it a whirl again!

I also need the illusion of height!!


That sucks! Same thing happened to me on a Bebe dress, this was a $198 dress!! They royally screwed it up and I was able to return it back to Bebe, because I had the tags on it still. I shouldn't have done that, but oh well, I really didn't want to lose out on that money and Bebe was giving me issues in the past, so I consider that karma.



Wow! That's awesome! Is that with the new benefits of the card?


I really like the designs on their old Dream Angels. I felt the new ones, padding is MUCH softer!! I wish they had designs I liked, so I might take another gander at the SAS!

Thank you dear!! pmd you

My size (34DD) isn't available in the bra I want. Do you think I could wear a 36D? The band is too big on the 36DDs I have, since I've lost some weight. I'm afraid the band on the 36D will be too big too, but I haven't tried one.

Azn- it is part of the express next rewards. They say the bday gift can be up to $65. I wasn't expecting but $15 when I opened it so I was to get $40.

Bluenose-I'm loving the free shipping! It makes all the coupons so easy to use! I saw a dress I wanted today. It is oos online. I may go back tomorrow. Ds is at grandma's so I can get some stuff done.