Impulse to BUY BUY BUY!!
You know when you find something that is so amazing that you only want to hoard it for yourself for fear that once it catches, it will be ruined forever? FOREVER! Well, that my friends, is Impulse. I stumbled across this wonderful little gem through Pike/Pine (a Seattle street style blog) via face hunter. Impulse is a Seattle-based boutique that is relatively new, but which carries a lot of my favorite brands- can we say A.P.C, Mayle, Alice Roi, and other pricey but enduring goodies? Not to mention that the merchandising on their blog is genius. They (quite nicely and with much personal style and flair) model the clothing they sell as if it were a natural extension of their wardrobes.
They have a knack for putting together simple but quirky pieces that have that little ingredient called *personal style*. I get the feeling that each piece has lovingly been picked out because it reflects the taste (excellent taste at that!) of the store owner, rather then a mishmash of trendy in-the-moment hot labels slapped on a model without much styling or creativity. Sadly, the prices are not entirely wallet-friendly, but still very much worthy of sporadic investment splurges. Repeats to self: “Cost-per-Wear...”
P.S. Did I mention that you can email them and they will let you know about stock availability and take phone orders? They are super duper nice.