Wednesday 4 June 2014

Review: NAP goodies

Ordered last Wednesday, arrived at my desk first thing Monday morning.


I adore NAP packaging.  I love the black boxes and the classic b&w ribbon.  I do a sneaky and even when I'm ordering only sale items, I'll throw in a full-priced item to get the classic black box.  Returns to NAP are free ;)


Oh em gee I am in so much love with my Karl Lagerfield pant suit.  So much love and such a bargain.  And you know what is really weird?  The pants fit like a glove.  No need to take the hem up AT ALL.  I checked NAP and they are not listed as cropped, 7/8 or 3/4 pants.  Makes no sense.

I knew the J Brand cotton twill pants would be a perfect fit as I have the same pants in white - these black ones will be my Friday work pants because I don't get casual Fridays :(  Can I take a poll -
How many people get casual Fridays at their office job?

The J Crew tee is a lovely soft fabric.


The biggest disappointment are the Repetto flats.  My friend Ling has first hand experience with Repetto flats and said the quality isn't great and they are quite slippery.  I had to buy them half a size smaller as they didn't have my size (they're 100% leather so I figured they would stretch out) but I can barely get my feet into them.  I also inspected the shoes and they don't look good quality.  I actually think Bloch flats are better made and half the price so I'll be sticking to Bloch for now.

13 comments:

  1. Love, love, love! The KL suit especially.

    SSG xxx

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  2. That suit is cool!

    I get casual Friday only every second week.

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    1. That's ok, once a fortnight is better than never, right?

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  3. Ohh I love that tee, I had been eyeing it off! We don't have a strict dress code at our work, lots of people do casual Friday, and lots do casual everyday!

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    1. Yeah some of my old jobs were casual every day. It's always a case of wanting what you can't have (for me anyway).

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  4. I get a casual Friday once every month - I always try to wear jeans on this day.

    When in Paris I inspected the Repetto shoes as well and did not buy as I thought they had a slight 'granny' appearance to them - I will happily stick to my CR flats :)

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    1. I would defs try and wear jeans on the monthly casual Friday as well!!

      Yeah not happy with the Repetto flats, they are definitely going back

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  5. Love the pant suit!

    Obviously no casual Friday here but you have me thinking - I might start doing a Corporate Monday! Just coz.

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  6. well done on the suit - amazing! as for repetto - you actually need to size up half a size than your normal. they're shoes are always small. i used to own the flats in patent leather. ususally i'm a 36.5-37 so i got them in 37. too small, but thought i could get away with it. they hardly gave at all and were also very slippery. quality - i didn't think they were that bad though.
    have you tried anniel shoes? my sister swears by them. and they are about the same price point as bloch. and are always on sale.
    my favourite flats would definitely be the chloe scallops - butter leather and don't need to be worn in at all. but also come with a hefty price tag - i would say double repetto. you might be lucky to find them on sale though!

    reckless abandon

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    1. Oh I've seen Anniel but I wasn't sure if they were any good! Are they suitable for wide feet, do you know?

      I actually don't find Chloe Scallop flats comfy - they pinched the first time I put them on since I have such wide feet :(

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  7. Love the suit! It makes it feel a bit better going to work? Lol. Casual Fridays are sometimes not always a good thing as wearing normal work clothes is much easier. But jeans are always good for no thinking and fail safe. We have ours once a week but some places have it once a month

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