ModCloth Stylish Surprise (mixed bag)- January 2016

Mod Cloth: a retro-ish clothing website that offers surprise “grab bag” style clothing, shoes and household and maybe accessories (can’t remember if they do an accessories bag) mystery bags several times a year. Now, I am going to call it straight. This is a total crap shoot. You could hit the jackpot and get stuff that is totally your style and fits great or you can get stuff that is awful or worse stuff you may like but doesn’t fit (the greatest of all grab bag tragedies)
Go big or go home, right? Live on the wild side? Well, let us open this mystery bag and find out….. 

Cost:

One Apparel (Size Medium) $15

One Shoes (Size 9) $10

A Tale of 2 Coats:

In fair Maui, where we set our tale. A lady dreamed of purchasing unique and interesting clothes without paying retail values for them. One day a box with a shining screen told her about ModCloth stylish surprise… “What is inside will be a surprise” said the shining box… All you have to do is pick your size……

She chose one apparel item and one pair of shoes. She thought surely they are selling off summer items that they can not sell anymore even with deep discounts. She dared to dream of epic surprises as she waited 3 1/2 weeks for her box to arrive. She would return to the little shining box to see ladies in far off lands receiving Birkenstocks and tank tops or cute summer dresses…..

Finally one day, her box arrived. It was large and looked like it had been run over by a truck. The box tape was oddly strong and was difficult to open. This last struggle for stylish clothes tripled the anticipation…..

Apparel item:

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It had zippers and was heavy….

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It was a faux leather material with sleeves…. Her castle of dreams of left over summer items was crumbling before her very eyes as she opened……

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A light weight Fall-ish coat from Coffee Shop.

It was trendy…. It was cute… but the final nail in the coffin was that it was lined…. She tried it on and began sweating. Sigh… She cried out, “I knew better” “How was I fooled again?”
You see what she didn’t want anyone to know is that in July she had already tried this ModCloth stylish surprise. She had already waited for weeks to get her box only to open the box to find……

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A WOOL COAT…………….

She knew in that moment that the her suspicions were confirmed. Mod Cloth was run by a pack of goats who desired only merriment. They are rolling around baaaa-ing over this tale of 2 coats and the irony that they simple goats had created by sending 2 coats to a lady who lives in Hawaii.

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Buuuyyyy a stttyyylliishhh suuuppprriiisseee, bbbbbaaammuuuuaahhhh (That was an evil goat laugh)

 

 

And now for the shoes:
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These are called Platform Oxford Lace ups by B.A.I.T footware. They are still selling retail on the companies website for $73. Super cute and I wish I could somehow wear them. I am just not fancy and I work in scrubs. Here is the pair pictured below:

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Now these tales of failed stylish surprises may convince you that you may never want to try them however check out what our reader Farmcat got:

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Oh wait, Mod Cloth doesn’t send cats. That is her adorable winter kitty. Here below are her super cute boots

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Another angle:

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She loves her boots! She also paid only $10. Her comments Are: These ankle boots fit well. I purchased a size 8.  And the boot heel is one inch and a quarter.

So there you go….fails and successes. It is a surprise.

Go big or go home, right?! Nothing ventured nothing gained. 

 

  14 comments for “ModCloth Stylish Surprise (mixed bag)- January 2016

  1. Sub Bella
    January 29, 2016 at 12:50 pm

    I wanted heavy clothing! My apparel was disappointing. I received a light weight tank top and a sheer white shirt. The farmcat has major attitude! Love it.

    • January 29, 2016 at 12:57 pm

      That’s hilarious apparently ModCloth caters to the opposite of the customer’s local climate!

    • January 29, 2016 at 4:12 pm

      So Sub Bella this narrative was totally inspired by your popsugar nov post. It was the only way I could tell this tale without deep sadness…..

      • Sub Bella
        January 31, 2016 at 2:07 pm

        Aw, thank you!

    • January 29, 2016 at 4:16 pm

      Sub Bella that’s what I got last time I tried it, so I said no this time. The time before I received a middriff sweater/cardi, a beige bridesmaid dress with tulle, and a dark green plaid pencil skirt that was like 80 times too small.

      I’ve decided to rename this box the Ish Surprise! You’ll be surprised alright… if you get something cute-ish or worth keeping ;D

      • Sub Bella
        January 31, 2016 at 2:08 pm

        Good name!

  2. AngelaR
    January 29, 2016 at 3:37 pm

    I didn’t know ModCloth did the stylish surprise in July. Hopefully they will this year. I love the coat. It is so cute. The cat is adorable. 🙂

    • January 29, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      This cat is beyond adorable! 🙂 It may have been august. It was summer though because I couldn’t even think of trying on the wool coat it was that hot here this summer

  3. January 29, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    I feel like this review is the best ever modcloth review I have ever personally read… In my life!

    I love the wool coat but the coffee talk one? Yeah… Deeeeeeep yeahhhhhhhhh

    Dat kitty doh….

    • January 29, 2016 at 10:57 pm

      (Just saying I wanna pet that calico!)

    • January 30, 2016 at 10:33 am

      I sent it to my friend who lives in portland who can basically make anything look cool. She was all over it!

      • January 31, 2016 at 5:02 pm

        YES! I think I got in trouble by posting your review on their facebook lol whoopsie doodle… they did say nice kitty to farmcat!

  4. Farmcat
    January 30, 2016 at 4:37 am

    Thanks 🙂 When she isn’t running around having her adventures on the farm she loves being petted. She is my little cutie.

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