Stitch Fix and Swing Meets Street
Hi all! How is your week going? We have some crazy weather going on in NYC. Monday in the 60s and then Tuesday in the 40s! Maybe we could split the baby and just stay in the 50s? The change in weather has forced me to break out some winter clothes and get ready for the long haul until April/May (oh man I almost started to cry when I said that…). I don’t know about you but I’m pretty obsessed with my summer wardrobe. I have so many pretty sundresses in all different colors plus shorts and blouses and colorful jewelry. My fall and winter wardrobe is a little lacking in comparison. The demur colors don’t grab me as much and I think I forgo buying items as a result.
So, realizing I needed a little help, I decided to try out Stitch Fix.* If you are an avid blog reader, you probably have already heard of Stitch Fix. A lot of bloggers have tried it out and raved about. I was excited to give it a try too. For those of you who don’t know, Stitch Fix is a service where a stylist selects clothes for you and sends you items she or he thinks you will enjoy. You have four days to look over and try on the items. If you choose to keep any of them then you pay for them, otherwise you can return the whole kittencaboodle (or parts thereof). The styling fee is $20.
I received my Stitch Fix box last Tuesday and I was pretty excited to see the clothes inside! A lot of stripes (love!) and some cute things I wouldn’t normally choose. But I didn’t end up keeping anything. . . whomp whomp. Nothing fit me correctly. The clothes were all a little bit baggy or not quite right. I’m not sure why but I didn’t want to keep anything just because it didn’t fit. The blazer actually did fit but it was just too long and looked more like a suit blazer than a casual blazer. I also felt a little rushed because I got everything Tuesday night and had to return it on Friday during the day so I didn’t feel like I really had time to consider the items. Oh well, I’m willing to give them a try again and see if the next shipment is better!
Oh and because clothes have zero to do with the focus of this blog, I’m going to awkwardly transition now to another topic… ZUMBA! Ok, I know you are probably sick of me talking about how much I love Zumba but I have to tell you about this master class I went to over the weekend hosted by Z Club NY. It was AMAZING!
The class was called Swing Meets Street and featured instructors Nick Logrea and Chris Santamaria (Nick is on the Zumba Core Wii game I told you guys about yesterday). It was 90 minutes of pure heart pumping fitness euphoria! The guys did such an awesome job blending swing style with hip hop/street style. I can’t say I’m an expert at either of these styles but the choreography just blew me away and made me want to learn more!
I love master classes because the energy is always so high, the choreography is always fresh and fun and you really learn more than in a regular class imo. This was not an instructor master class or anything like that, it was completely open to the public and the class was huge (there were some cat fights over where to stand and who gets to line up first, I was a little taken aback by this since we are grown women but I guess I can chaulk it up to the excitement of the day!).
If you’ve never heard of Z Club NY, it is THE place to do Zumba and they have multiple locations around Manhattan. You may remember that I mentioned them this summer when they teamed up with Skinnygirl Daily to host *free* Zumba in lower Manhattan. Their instructors are fabulous! If you get a chance, I highly recommend you try them out.
Readers, have you ever tried Stitch Fix? Would you consider attending a master class either in Zumba or anything else? What do you find more motivating: music or the instructor’s moves?
*The link to stitch fix is a referral link. If you choose to sign up, I will receive a credit to be applied to my Stitch Fix styling fee.