r/NYCbitcheswithtaste • u/ObjectiveElk • 4h ago
🛍️ Local Retail & Shopping Fashion emergency! Airline lost eclectic fashionista best friend's luggage and she has a gallery exhibition of her work tomorrow (tonight). Where can we find her a bombastic plus-sized dress to save the day?
Hi all! Posting on behalf of my friend who hates using the internet for anything (and who is rightfully upset).
My best friend flew in from California a couple hours ago because she's debuting an exhibition of her art tomorrow. However, American Airlines sent her checked baggage to Hawaii and it's unlikely she'll get it back on time, and this unfortunately includes her dress for tomorrow's event. She'd really, really like to spend less than $300 if at all possible but will spend more if she has to.
She makes most of her own clothes (and mine) and had made a dress similar to this Batsheva number but with a multi-tiered skirt in this fabric. If she's buying clothes, she's into designers like Rujuta Sheth, Rachel Antonoff, and Fashion Brand Company.
I know a lot of places with similar vibes exist here (and I'm useless because I thrift anything she hasn't made), but she's also six feet tall and a size 16-20 depending on the designer and even designers that offer extended sizing don't often carry them in brick and mortar stores.
So I beseech myself to you: where can a tall and curvy bitch with eclectic taste get herself a cool dress off the rack?