|Ines de la Fressange in her navy cashmere sweater from Monoprix with daughter Nine in hers from Bompard.|
Please remember, I can only speak from my experiences. My generalizations may not be yours. (There, I think I've qualified the subject to death.) One cannot compare Monoprix to Target, even when it's pronounced "Tar-jaay."
Yes, I'm aware that designers produce capsule collections for Target, and some seem sort of cute, but usually the materials make my teeth hurt. There's something skimpy, nothing special about them (my impressions). Meanwhile at Monoprix the silks, cashmeres, cottons and linens are lovely and provide perfect fill-ins for two types of wardrobe needs:
|One can't get more classic than this linen tunic.|
1.) The basics. T-shirts of all sorts, styles and colors at rock bottom prices. All nicely finished and the cotton is truly luxe. If one wants a single item dabble in a wild, trendy color without full commitment, this is the time and place.
Wonderfully affordable linens in the summer -- tunics, shirts, shift dresses. And, they're keepers. I've had some of my tunics for years. The other day I bought my daughter a short-sleeved, knee-skimming linen shift.
The cashmeres are light and reasonably priced. They come in amazing colors and there are always a few unexpected designs like marinieres this season for example in gray and red or navy and red stripes.
|Last fall, the king of cashmere, Lucien Pellat-Finet, designed these cashmere sweaters for Monoprix.|
2.) A flash of fashion. Always, one can find something of-the-moment or better yet, something unexpected like mariniere dresses, linen skimmers, sweet open-toed espadrilles with a bow, great belts to give the basics a shot of color -- shocking pink, electric yellow, neon blue, lime green.
A new design team is behind the brand and it shows.
Whenever I shop in my favorite Monoprix(s) I see incredibly chic women perusing the racks and shelves. It's another great place to find beautiful underpinnings and pretty, light cotton sleep wear including long cotton pajama trousers from the men's department.
Let's see, how shall I put this? One doesn't see the "trash" element one often observes at seemingly comparable emporiums. Monoprix has the French twist.
|Ines in the same navy cashmere sweater with her daughter Nine.|
". . . my sense is she is a woman who knows how to melange the expensive and the inexpensive, the new and the old, a T-shirt from Monoprix and a bracelet from a fine jeweler."
News Report: Regarding the activities of Une Femme and A Femme (you're already here): lots of fun, gossip, walking, talking, talking, talking, shopping, sipping and tonight dinner with our Reasons-For-Being-Married.
Aside: You asked why I have a discount at Monoprix. I have a Monoprix card and whenever I buy something I get points and then one magic day a notice arrives by the post telling me to come in and use my points, i.e. discounts. Very exciting as you can imagine.