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Cheap JAP for Marc Jacobs

I find the whole “vintage clothing”/”designer resale” genre seriously bothersome because coded in the terminology are the letters R-I-P-O-F-F. I am, however, a big believer in thrift stores. I hit thrift stores for cheap, cool shit, which means I neither look for nor expect to find anything remotely brand name-esque. Perhaps this is why fortune sporadically smiles on me.

I came across this blacket while perusing the racks at Beacon’s Closet (blacket = blazer/jacket, i.e. cut like a blazer but thick enough to work as a mini-coat). I almost ignored it because Mommy bought me a Marc Jacobs blazer two summers ago - pale pink cotton, $300 at Scoop, Hamptons. (No, my fam doesn’t summer. Would I need to shop cheap to look loaded if I had a fucking house in Amagansett?).

Thankfully, the familiar tag on the blacket caught my eye. Marc Jacobs. At Beacon’s Closet. Shut UP. I immediately realized that the MJ blacket was totally different from the MJ blazer I already owned; it’s corduroy (ideal for Fall), more rouge than pink, and has some sweet ass snap details on the sleeves to boot.

Take a good, hard look at this image, because it’s a fucking work of art. That’s a $27.95 price tag attached to a Marc Jacobs blacket.

Sample sales are for pussies. This is the real designer discount deal.