Sponsored Post : Century 21 Shopping & Video!

Ever since I began shopping, I’ve had a love affair with discount department stores. It started with Ross, I’ve made my rounds with all the other nation-wide chains, and none of them are quite like Century 21. My first visit happened when I first moved to New York in the mid-90’s, my friend had told me about this amazing discount store (she’s a real bargain hunter) and she just raved about it. I quickly fell in love with the store, and even though I didn’t stay in New York, Century 21 became a ‘must do’ for every time I visited thereafter. My most notable purchases were in 2002, I had to fight a woman for a pair of Michele Perry purple leather boots for $90 (which I sadly sold for the move to Germany) and a Calvin Klein tweed blazer for $25 back in February.

When asked to do a sponsored post, I couldn’t say no… I genuinely love browsing around the designer section, which is unlike anything I’ve ever seen anywhere. Since I spend a lot of time online looking at designer clothing, going to the boutiques can be cool, but there’s often a pressure to buy. I don’t feel that way, and it’s really nice, because I can try on things that I wouldn’t normally have access to and usually I find something I can fall in love with.

This video was produced by Style Coalition and sponsored by Century 21.

(Thank you YouTube for picking a flattering still)

The video is actually really well done, considering, I don’t do well in front of a video camera… especially one with a giant light, where either tend to stare like a drunk driver into a cop’s mag-lite, or avoid eye contact with the camera all together. Woops.

On the day we shot the video, the other bloggers taking part in this campaign My It Things,  Style Observer, Second City Style and Style Bakery all met up at the shop. I had arrived the day earlier to scope out the inventory and check out what I wanted to talk about. Of course, my mind went wild with possibilities, and I figured, when else am I going to wear a Pucci dress with Rick Owens leggings and Chloe booties? Though I wish I had better photos of my outfit… then again, that’s how it often works when I’m out and about. But all in all it was also great to catch a glimpse of some things I’ve seen online, like the Prada lace, a silver brocade Pucci puffer coat, Marc Jacobs booties with neon heels. To tell the truth, choosing just one outfit was definitely a challenge…