Molly Bloom knows style

This may surprise you, but I’m not a huge shopper. I prefer to buy only what I need, deduce where I could buy such an item, perhaps do some research online, and pounce. I tend to buy nice things that I’ll have for a long time. For the most part I stopped buying quickie, trendy items that won’t last or be in style for long (the occasional Delia’s T-shirt being an exception). There are a few things I shouldn’t have bought, but there are very few things I regret not buying.

Sometime in the late ’90s I went to a big sale at Saks Fifth Avenue. I couldn’t afford to shop at Saks, and probably still can’t. I was there to socialize with friends. And then I saw it: a crisp black snap-front dress shirt, made by Samsonite, which promised not to wrinkle or fade and to dry quickly. I tried it on. It fit perfectly. It was on sale, but I was between jobs and the purchase would have put me in the poorer house. I summoned up my willpower and I put it back on the rack.

Nearly a decade later, I still think about the black Samsonite shirt. I search eBay from time to time, and still haven’t found it. I wonder if I would still be wearing the shirt and if it would have performed as promised. I’m glad I didn’t empty my account or go into debt, but still I wonder about that shirt. Some day, my pets. Some day.