Shopaholic takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella

Author:Sophie Kinsella
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Torrent
ISBN: 9780385335881
Publisher: New York : Dell Pub., c2002.
Published: 2004-03-02T05:00:00+00:00

She disappears, and I can't resist sidling over to the rack of clothes, just to see what else she brought. The woman in glasses watches me for a moment, then comes in and holds out her hand.

'Christina Rowan,' she said. 'I head up the personal shopping department.'

'Well, hello!' I say, looking at a pale blue Jill Stuart shirt. 'I'm Becky Bloomwood.'

'And you're from England, I guess, by your accent?'

'London. But I'm going to move to New York!'

'Are you, indeed.' Christina Rowan gives me a friendly smile. 'Tell me, what do you do, Becky? Do you work in fashion?'

'Oh no. I'm in finance.'

'Finance! Really.' She raises her eyebrows.

'I give financial advice on the telly. You know, pensions and stuff . ' I reach for a pair of soft cashmere trousers. 'Aren't these beautiful? Much better than the Ralph Lauren ones. And they're cheaper.'

'They're great, aren't they?' She gives me a quizzical look. 'Well, it's nice to have such an enthusiastic customer.' She reaches into the pocket of her jacket and pulls out a business card. 'Do come back and visit us when you're here again.'

'I will!' I beam at her. 'And thanks very much.'

It's four o'clock by the time I finally leave Barney's.

I hail a cab and travel back to the Fou Seasons. As I push open the door to our room and look at my reflection in the silent dressing-table mirror, I'm still on a glittery high; almost a hysterical excitement at what I've just done. What I've just bought.

I know I went out just planning to buy a single outfit .

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for my screen test. But I ended up... Well, I suppose I just got a bit.., a bit carried away. So my final list of purchases goes like this: ,,

i. Moschino jacket

2. Knee-length Barney's skirt ::

3. Calvin Klein underwear :!

4.

Pair of new tights

and

5.

Vera Wang cocktail dress

OK. Just... before you say anything, I know I wasn't supposed to be buying a cocktail dress. I know that when Erin said, 'Are you interested in evening wear at all?' I should simply have said 'no'.

But oh God. Oh God. That Vera Wang dress. Inky purple, with a low back and glittering straps. It just looked so completely movie-star perfect. Everyone crowded round to see me in it - and when I drew back the curtain, they all gasped.

I just stared at myself, mesmerized. Entranced by what I could look like; by the person I could be. There was no question. I had to have it. I had to. As I signed the credit card slip . . . I wasn't me any more. I was Grace Kelly. I was Gwyneth Paltrow. I was a glittering somebody else who can casually sign a credit card slip for thousands of dollars while smiling and laughing at the assistant, as though this were a nothing-purchase.

Thousands of dollars.

Although, for a designer like Vera Wang, that price is actually .quite...

Well, it's really very...

Oh God, I feel slightly sick. I don't even want to think about how much it cost.

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