Fashion that looks posh to me, at Lipsy London in Syracuse, N.Y.
Call me skeptical.
I walk past a store in Syracuse, N.Y., with a sign that calls out to the world “Lipsy London,” and I wonder if indeed this store has any official connection on that side of the ocean.
I wouldn’t know offhand because the posh-looking fashion in the windows — black dresses and red dresses and print dresses and bags and such — is not in my wheelhouse.
Lloyd’s of London, I’ve heard of, even though I’ve never found myself in that big-ticket insurance market, either.
So I snap iPhone 4 pictures in Destiny USA, the mega complex of shopping, dining and entertainment, and vow to Google the joint when I get home.
And …
No lie.
Lipsy London was founded in that English city in 1990.
It’s listed as a women’s fashion brand. Its site has a .uk suffix.
Lipsy boasts of “this season’s must-have looks.”
So now I will ask for the opinion of my WordPress friends in the U.K., as well as fashionistas here, there, and everywhere:
Should the women of Central New York be excited about getting a Lipsy store?
Looks like the latest fashion to me.
Mark Bialczak 
Figures that Syracuse would be more interested in food than fashion and shopping in Walmart.
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If you say so, DG …
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well Lispy shops don’t fill me with excitement so I don’t think the women of central New York should really be all that bothered. If I was at destiny I would be thrilled to see a UK food store open – Blue Stilton cheese, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Cornish Pasties, Scottish Smoked Salmon and Eton Mess. Now that is more my idea of shopping. Plus a good second hand book shop and somewhere to buy wool!
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I have been waiting for your opinion, Rachel, and straight from London and the hip, you did not disappoint. Lipsy, eh, bring on the food stores it shall be.
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Glad my opinion didn’t disappoint.
I’ll be reading through your Super Bowl primer again tomorrow in readiness for the big game. NY looks like it’s making the most of it!
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Yes, New York is agog for a Super Bowl in New Jersey!
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I think I will just stick with Walmart, Mark.
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I will buy at Walmart before Lipsys London. That is for sure, Mer.
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I am not the one to answer this question. I see no purpose for dresses or fancy. 😀
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Somebody who can declare their wear in such style and grace needs neither dresses nor fancy, Colleen.
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🙂 You have validated me. And for that I am VERY grateful. 🙂
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I’m not a fashionista, but I do watch them on Project Runway, so I’ll weigh in here. I agree with your Syracuse commenter, “Another store. What’s not to like?” If it’s a pricey clothing store, however, it may go the way of the dinosaur (No. Not the Bar-B-Q hot spot in Syracuse). That’s what happened to a few upscale clothing stores in Syracuse. I’m thinking of Bonwit Teller which used to be next to Borders (which I hear is also history).
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Bonwit Teller, I sort of remember. Borders I miss every time I go to the mall, Judy.
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When we lived in Syracuse, you could find me at Border’s about 3 times a week. We lived within 3 to 5 miles from the mall and I loved going there. Two floors of books – Wow!
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this one is a mystery to me as well, mark. I’m interested to see what people know about it –
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Well, at least its credentials checked out online, Beth! A Syracuse woman commented on my Facebook page “another store, what’s not to like?” A general endorsement, if you will.
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that’s true, and hahaha – that’s a perfect response from the syracuse woman )
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